DATE POSTED: 24-05-2018
HKScanis committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. As part of this commitment, we seek to provide you with clear information about why and how HKScan processes your personal data and other information we may collect when you use our services.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
The information we collect about you depends on your use of HKScan’s services. We collect and process personal data which:
2. COOKIES
Our websites may use cookies and other similar technologies to, for example, distinguish you from other users of our websites, in which case you will be notified of their existence by a banner when you access our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our sites. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer upon your approval.
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also set cookies through our websites. These cookies are likely to be analytical or targeting cookies. Third party services or applications found on HKScan’s websites are subject to third parties’ privacy policies.
We may use cookies for the following purposes:
You may block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our websites or they may not function properly.
If you do not wish to disable cookies through your browser settings, you may alternatively disable cookies by certain third parties through Your Online Choices-service, which also contains further information on cookies, online advertising and steps you can take to protect your privacy on the Internet.
3. USES MADE OF THE INFORMATION AND THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING
EU data protection laws require that we provide details of the purposes for which we use your information and the legal grounds on which we rely to perform that processing, which are as follows:
4. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may share your personal data:
5. SECURITY AND STORING OF YOUR INFORMATION
Our aim is to store your information within the European Economic Area (EEA). In some cases it might however be necessary for us or our partners to transfer your information at a destination outside the EEA.In such cases, we will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Notice. Please see section 8 for further details.
Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share the password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
6. HOW LONG WE HOLD YOUR INFORMATION
Should we collect your personal data, the length of time we retain it is determined by a number of factors including the purpose for which we use that data and our obligations under applicable legislation.
We do not retain personal data in an identifiable format for longer than is necessary for the purposes indicated in this Privacy Notice.
7. TRANSFERRING YOUR INFORMATION OUTSIDE THE EEA
Your information may be transferred to a country outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) by us or our partners. Where adequate protections for your information do not exist under the laws of those countries, we will take necessary steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are put in place to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Notice. Safeguards include imposing contractual obligations on the recipient of your information or ensuring that the recipients are subscribed to ‘international frameworks’ that ensure adequate protection. Please contact us using the details at the end of this Privacy Notice for more information about the protections that we put in place, including to obtain a copy of the relevant documents.
8. YOUR RIGHTS
We are committed to ensuring that our use of your personal data is fair and transparent. Helping you to understand your legal rights is part of how we achieve this.
In certain circumstances, you are entitled to certain rights under EU data protection laws. These are, in summary:
The way we process your personal data and the legal basis on which we rely to process those data may affect the extent to which these rights apply.If you would like to discuss any of your rights, please contact us using the details set out below.
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
9. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY NOTICE
Any changes we make to our Privacy Notice in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our Privacy Notice.
10. CONTACT US
HKScan Oyj and other HKScan group companies as listed below are data controllers for their own personal data processing activities that are conducted in accordance with this Privacy Notice:
HKScan Oyj | Processing of personal data in relation to:- www.hkscan.com– HKScan’s corporate communications, such as investor and media relations. |
HKScan Finland Oy HKScan Sweden AB HKScan Denmark A/S AS HKScan Estonia AS HKScan Latvia UAB HKScan Lietuva (Lithuania) |
Processing of personal data in their respective countries in relation to:- Consumer and customer service- Marketing campaigns
– Our websites aimed for consumers and customers |
Paimion Teurastamo Oy | Processing of personal data in relation to www.paimionteurastamo.fi |
Questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy Notice are welcomed and should be addressed to HKScan Data Privacy Manager at privacy@hkscan.com, who acts as a representative of the above data controllers.
You can also write to us at:
HKScan Oyj
Legal
PL50
20521 Turku
Finland