We understand the importance of privacy. Therefore, we are committed
to ensure the measures that protects your personal information when you visit us or have decided to
share your data with us. The following information is designed to help visitors, partners, customers and
applicants understand what information we collect from our sites and how we handle and use the
information after that. This Privacy and Cookies Policy (“ The Policy”) explains our
practices, including your choices and rights, regarding the collection, use, and processing of certain
information, including your personal information, by the SEAVUS Group of
companies (“SEAVUS”).
We own and/or manage for third parties multiple websites for services,
products, campaigns and career purposes. This Policy is extended and applied to all websites owned
and/or managed by Seavus, (“the Sites” or “websites”).
1. Contacting Us
Seavus is a multinational group of companies, thus we have offices
around the globe. Our leading entity which is deemed leading data controller is Seavus AB located in Malmö. The leading data authority is deemed to be Swedish
data protection authority (“Datainspektionen”). However, in case you provide and share information for
the purposes of interaction with a particular Seavus entity (for example, sending a CV on our Career site for job application in a specific Seavus entity), then such Seavus entity shall be deemed your data controller and
the respective local supervising data protection authority shall be the corresponding authority.
In order to achieve high level of protection of your data, we have
established safeguards and measures on group level and applied them so adequate organization,
administrative and technical protection is achieved and applied through our corporate and intercompany
policies.
For questions specifically about this Policy, or our collection and/or
processing of your personal information, cookies or similar technologies, please contact us by email at
privacy@seavus.com. You may also contact the Group Data
Protection Officer at dposeavusgroup@seavus.com or send a
letter via traditional post at:
Seavus Group Data Protection
Officer
Rundelsgatan 16
211 36 Malmö
Sweden
2. Collection and Use of Information
The collection and use of information, enable us to provide the
services and products we offer, meaning, they are inevitable in order to be able for us to perform our
business and provide services or offer products to you. We do not use or share your information in any
other way except what is prescribed in this Policy.
Information you provide to us, such as e-mail address, name and
surname, address or postal code, telephone number, can be collected by us in a number of ways, if the
website you contact offers the type of way prescribed here, such as:
- When applying for a job position or contact us through our Carrier site
- When downloading trial, brochure for services and products
offered or purchasing a product offered online
- When you contact us via our websites for possible business
cooperation or contact us by sending e-mail to any of our contact mail addresses on the Sites
- Lead Download Trial Web Form
- Schedule Demo Web Form
- Request for price quotes Form
- Contact Support Form
- Login for Online products via third party storage such as Google
Drive, DropBox, Box,One Drive and Yandex,
Payment
Your Credit Card Is Protected.
Payment applies solely for the Sites we manage, where purchasing
online products is available. On the Sites where online purchasing is not available, this section does
not apply. If you choose to purchase our product, the Apco Limited Payment Gateway (if you choose to pay
with VISA or Master Card) or the VeriSign Payment Gateway (if you choose to pay with American Express or
Discover) will process your payment. The card number is sent through a strongly encrypted connection
directly to the bank. Apco Limited Secured
We do not have access, collect or process any information about the
card or your bank account.
Both Apco Limited and VeriSign Payment Gateway use secure server
software (SSL) which is the industry standard and among the best software available today for secure
commerce transactions. You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web
browser, or looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the web page.
By purchasing a products via Apco Limited Payment Gateway you provide
and interact with them as third party, therefore their Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions apply for
the transactions you choose to carry out.
Information we collect automatically
In order to be able to conduct our business and offer you our services
and/or products, we collect information about you and your use of the Sites automatically, such
as:
- device IDs or other unique identifiers; device and software
characteristics (such as type and configuration), connection information, statistics on page views,
referral URLs, IP address (which may tell us your general location), browser and standard web server
log information;
- Information collected via the use of cookies, web beacons and
other technologies, including ad data (such as information on the availability and delivery of ads,
the site URL, as well as the date and time, Heatmaps). See our Cookies Marketing and Advertising section for more
details.
Information from other sources:
We might supplement the information described above with
information we obtain from other sources, including from both online and offline data providers. See our
Cookies Marketing and Advertising section for more
details.
Use of Information:
We use the information in the manner prescribed by corresponding
applicable law and the General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR (in force as of May 25th 2018). The use
of your information, its collection, processing and transfer is done following the principles of the
GDPR and under one or more of the lawful purposes specified in Article 6 of the GDPR.
3.
Disclosure of Information
We might transfer your data within Seavus Group of companies in order
to be able to achieve best possible service to you. Other companies within Seavus Group of companies may
each be data controllers, depending to which office you have shared your data. The companies within
Seavus Group regulates and safeguards the processing of your data through intercompany contracts and
procedures and this Policy applies to all of them.
Personal data may also be disclosed to subcontractors and partners
that Seavus engages with, to perform a better service towards you, i.e. invitations, recruiting,
partnering, subcontracting services for an end client, products purchases and promotions etc. Such
contractors are personal data processors for Seavus to which Seavus requires the same level of
organizational and technical measures to safeguard your data.
In connection with any reorganization, restructuring, merger or sale,
or other transfer of assets, we will transfer information, including personal information, provided that
the receiving party agrees to respect your personal information in a manner that is consistent with our
Privacy and Cookies Policy and safeguard procedures, as well as applicable laws and regulations.
Personal data may be disclosed to the police or other authority
provided that Seavus is required to disclose the information by mandatory law or by mandatory ruling of
an authority.
4. International Transfers of Information
How does Seavus transfer information about you to other
countries?
Whenever in the course of sharing information we transfer personal
information to countries outside of the European Economic Area and other regions with comprehensive data
protection laws, we will ensure that the information is transferred in accordance with this Policy, and
as permitted by GDPR and the applicable laws on data protection.
Seavus is multinational group of companies. For the purposes explained
in this Policy, your information may be transferred to Seavus group companies (including service
providers operating on their behalf) and other third parties in countries which might not have the same
level of data protection laws as those in the country where you are located. Each of those Seavus group
companies (and their authorized data processors) will however comply with Seavus internal policies and
procedures or have same level of their own policies and procedures, relating to collection and
processing of personal data which complies with the key data protection principles of fair handling of
personal data and ensuring adequate level of protection of personal data according to GDPR and the
applicable laws on data protection.
5.
Your Information and Rights
If you would like a copy of the personal information that we may have
collected or process about you, you have the right to request it in writing be signed by you via e-mail
or post. You may be asked to provide some proof of identification so that we can verify that it is you
making the request.
This is in addition to your legal rights, including the right to
access a copy of your personal information, the right to request the deletion or updating of any
inaccurate personal data and the right to object or request suspension, in some cases, to our processing
of your personal data.
You can exercise these rights by contacting us in the manner
prescribed in our Contacting Us section.
In this section, we have summed up the rights that you have. Some of
the rights are complex, and not all of the details have been included in our summaries. Accordingly, you
should read this Policy in full, as well as if needed further relevant laws and guidance from the
regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.
Your principal rights with regard to your personal data are:
- a) the right to access;
- b) the right to rectification;
- c) the right to erasure;
- d) the right to restrict processing;
- e) the right to object to
processing;
- f) the right to data portability;
- g) the right to complain to a supervisory
authority; and
- h) the right to withdraw consent.
You have the right to have any inaccurate personal data about you
rectified and, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to have any incomplete personal data
about you completed. In some cases, you have the right to the erasure of your personal data without
undue delay. Those circumstances include:
- the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the
purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;
- you withdraw consent to consent-based processing;
- the processing is for direct marketing purposes;
However, there are certain general exclusions of the right to
erasure.
Those general exclusions include where
processing is necessary:
- for exercising the right of freedom of expression and
information;
- for compliance with a legal obligation or contract; or
- for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal
claims.
In some cases, you have the right to restrict the processing of your
personal data. Those circumstances are:
- you contest the accuracy of the personal data;
- processing is unlawful but you oppose erasure;
- we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of our
processing,
- but you require personal data for the establishment, exercise or
defense of legal claims;
- and you have objected to processing, pending the verification of
that objection.
Where processing has been restricted on this basis, we may continue to
store your personal data. However, we will only otherwise process it: with your consent; for the
establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; for mandatory legal obligation prescribed by law;
for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or for reasons of important public
interest.
You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data
on grounds relating to your particular situation, but only to the extent that the legal basis for the
processing is that the processing is necessary for: the performance of a task carried out in the public
interest or in the exercise of any official authority vested in us; or the purposes of the legitimate
interests pursued by us or by a third party.
If you make such an objection, we will cease to process the personal
information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing or the processing
is for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data
for direct marketing purposes. If you make such an objection, we will cease to process your personal
data for this purpose.
You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for
scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes on grounds relating to your
particular situation, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for
reasons of public interest.
To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal
data is consent, and such processing is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive
your personal data from us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. However, this
right does not apply where it would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
If you consider that our processing of your personal information is
not compliant with applicable regulation, you have a right to lodge a complaint with our leading
authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the local data protection authority in your
habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the considered noncompliance occurred.
To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal
information is consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal will not
affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.
We will only retain your personal data for as long as is reasonably
necessary for the applicable purpose or to otherwise comply with any applicable laws and regulations
concerning the mandatory retention of certain types of information. Should any personal data held by us
no longer be required to be retained, we undertake to take reasonable steps to destroy or de-identify
any personal data after a reasonable period of time has elapsed.
We may reject requests that are unreasonable or not required by law,
including those that would be extremely impractical, impossible or absurd, could require
disproportionate technical effort, or could expose us to operational risks such as free trial fraud. We
may retain information as required or permitted by applicable laws and regulations, including to honor
your choices, for our billing or records purposes and to fulfill the purposes described in this
Policy.
6. Security
and Encryption
Security
While no one in today’s world and technological growth, including us,
can’t guarantee that unauthorized access will never occur, rest assured that we take great care in
maintaining the security of your personal data to prevent unauthorized access to it, through the use of
appropriate technology and internal procedures. We take a number of steps to protect your information
from unauthorized access, use or alteration and unlawful destruction, including where
appropriate:
- Using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption when collecting or
transferring sensitive information
- Limiting access to the information we collect about you (for
instance, only those of our personnel who need your information to carry out our business activities
are allowed access)
- Putting in place physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards
in line with industry standards
Encryption
Any contact you initiate with us via the Sites, whether submitting an
application or an enquiry on a corresponding form, will always be encrypted. However, Seavus cannot
accept any liability for e-mails sent via your respective service provider. When using this form of
contact, please ensure that your message is encrypted. Please note that any information that is sent
unencrypted is not protected from third-party access.
7. Other Websites, Platforms and Applications
The Sites may contain reference and linked third party websites,
platforms, applications and advertisers. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content
of such websites, so by clicking on those links you may be directed to those websites which are not
under control of Seavus and need to comply with those respective third party policies. If you have any
questions about how these other websites use your information, you should review their policies and
contact them directly.
Social plugins and social applications are operated by the social
network themselves, and are subject to their terms of use and privacy policies.
8. Cookies, Marketing and Advertising
Cookies
Our websites use cookies.
A cookie, also known as an HTTP cookie, web cookie, or browser cookie,
is a piece of data stored by a website within a browser, and then subsequently sent back to the same
website by the browser. Cookies were designed to be a reliable mechanism for websites to remember things
that a browser had done there in the past, which can include having clicked particular buttons, logging
in, or having read pages on that site previously.
Cookies are often designed to improve the usability of a
website.
There are two types of cookie. The first saves
a file for a longer time on the user's computer. It is used, for example, for functions that tell the
user what is new since their last visit to the site. The second type of cookie is called a session
cookie, and is temporarily stored in the user's computer's memory during the time the user is surfing
the site. Session cookies are deleted when the browser is closed.
Cookies are categorized in 4 categories:
You can choose whether you want to accept cookies or not or set up
cookies settings.
Check out the Cookies we use and set your consent and settings of Cookies via our
Cookies
Settings .
In your browser's settings, you can set which cookies are allowed,
blocked or deleted.
If you do not consent to the use of cookies, you can set your browser
so that you automatically deny the storage of cookies. This may, however, mean that the services and
features available might change functionality depending on your cookies settings.
If you have any questions about the cookies used on the Sites, please
contact us at privacy@seavus.com .
Marketing and Advertising
We may use information collected from users, for sales and marketing
purposes, including email marketing. We may combine this information with data obtained from other
sources to help us improve its overall accuracy and completeness, and to help us better tailor our
interactions with users. Users may choose not to receive marketing materials by following the
unsubscribe option, when we use campaign monitor platform or reply to the e-mail with request to be
unsubscribed. Please note that the above does not affect users’ ability to reject cookies in accordance
with this Policy.
In case of downloads of trials and materials, appropriate consent
based opt in will apply.
9. Surveys and
Contests
From time-to-time we collect information via surveys or for
participation of any contests organized by us on the Sites. Participation in these surveys and/or
contests is completely voluntary. You may choose whether or not to participate and thereby disclose any
information about you.
Information requested may include contact information (such as name and
shipping address), and/or demographic or similar information. By agreeing to participate in the survey,
appropriate consent based opt in will apply.
10. Children
We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children.
Children under the age of 16 should not use Seavus sites. In the event that we learn that we have
inadvertently gathered personal information from children under the age of 16, we will undertake proper
measures and activate internal processes to promptly erase such information from our records and
environment.
We invite you to report to us any information you may have regarding this at privacy@seavus.com so we take appropriate measures.
11. Policy Effect and Changes to this Policy
We will update this Policy from time to time in response to changing
legal, regulatory or operational requirements. We will provide notice of any such changes (including
when they will take effect).
Your continued use of the Sites after any such updates take effect
will constitute acceptance of those changes. If you do not accept any updates to this Policy, please do
not use the Sites.
This Policy shall take effect on the date of public announcement. Any
updates related with the GDPR shall be in effect as of May 25th 2018.
Last Updated: 18.05.2018