privacy policy
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This Website Privacy Notice (the “Notice”) describes how and why we, ETALON GROUP PLC (“we”, “us” or “ETALON”), collect, store, use, share and otherwise process your personal data when you visit or use www.etalongroup.com (the “Website”). The terms “you” or “your” hereinafter refer to any individual who visits or uses the Website.
Please note that, since the Website is not intended for minors (under 18 years of age), we will not process their personal data.
The purpose of this Notice is to give you a better understanding of how we process your personal data on the Website, what rights you have concerning your personal data and how you can exercise control over the processing of your personal data in general.
In carrying out the activities described in the Notice, we act as the sole data controller. This means that we alone determine the specific purposes of, and methods for, processing your personal data.
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personal data
Personal data is any information that relates to you directly or indirectly and that makes it possible to identify you as an individual. Since the term encompasses a variety of specific details about you (e.g., your name, ID number, place of residence, telephone number, etc.) that are inherently non-public and confidential, you should be able to know how others use this data and to exercise control over such use.
For the most part, we receive personal data directly from you, and not from other sources. That means you have the right to decide whether you want to share your personal data with us or not. You are under no obligation to provide us with any personal data.
If you do share such data with us, we will use it as described in the table below:
Received directly from you when you fill out the “Subscription” form on the Website to subscribe to news
Contact details
First name, last name and email address
To properly address you and to send you by email the news that you choose to subscribe to
Until you decide to unsubscribe
Your consent (by clicking the “Subscribe” link on the Website)
Received directly from you when you contact us through the feedback form on the Website
Contact details
First name, last name and email address
To properly address you and respond to your comments and questions
Until you object to such processing
Our legitimate interests – namely, effective communication with you, as we cannot respond to an unidentified individual
Any other personal data that you provide to us as part of your communication
To respond to your comments and questions when they also contain the indicated personal data
Until you object to such processing
Our legitimate interests – namely, effective communication with you, as such personal data is contained in your communication and must be processed so that we can effectively respond to you
Пожалуйста, обратите внимание, что мы не обрабатываем ваши персональные данные для целей прямого маркетинга и не полагаемся на автоматизированное принятие решений.
In some cases, as described in the table below, we receive your personal data automatically through data collection technologies such as cookies that we use on the Website.
What are cookies? These are small files containing certain information that are downloaded to your device (PC, smartphone, etc.) when you visit a website. As a result, your device may store various cookies.
Why are cookies important? They enable websites to recognise user devices, determine user preferences and collect statistics on how users interact with the website in order to improve the user experience or to fix errors or bugs that may occur from time to time. Of course, the list of purposes for which cookies are needed is not exhaustive and depends on the specific website you visit.
Since cookies usually contain a lot of data that can potentially be used to identify users without their consent, you likely want to know which cookies are stored on your device.
When you visit the Website, its trusted service providers place the following cookies on your device:
Technical cookies
These cookies are essential for the Website to function.
Technical cookies enable you to navigate the Website, view its various sections, fill out forms and check checkboxes.
We need to use these cookies because the Website cannot function properly without them. Technical cookies are always active on the Website and cannot be disabled.
No more than 10 years
Our legitimate interests – namely, the proper functioning of the Website, as we want to provide you with continuous, uninterrupted and error-free access to the Website, as well as to ensure the uninterrupted operation of the Website in general.
personal data
In carrying out the activities described in this Notice, we share your personal data with the following categories of recipients:
- ETALON affiliates and subsidiaries;
- Third-party contractors that we, our affiliates or subsidiaries engage to support the Website, manage your personal information and facilitate communication with you, such as hosting providers, customer data platforms (CDPs), email service providers, etc.
We always ensure that such recipients adhere to personal data protection standards that are at least equivalent to those described in this Notice and that they are subject to the strictest confidentiality obligations.
If such recipients are located outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we share personal data only when:
- the recipient’s country ensures an adequate level of personal data protection (no lower than that found in the EEA);
- We implement additional safeguards to protect your personal information and mitigate any potential risks associated with the transfer of such data outside the EEA. All our agreements with recipients of your personal data from outside the EEA always include standard contractual clauses supported by other legal, organisational and technical measures, such as encryption, pseudonymisation, other appropriate security measures, as well as internal policies and procedures necessary for the implementation of best practices in the area of personal data protection, etc.
protection rights
This section describes in detail the rights you have concerning your personal data and how you can exercise them:
Access
You have the right to know how we process your personal data, and you can request a copy of your data from us
Refer to this Notice to learn about the processing of your personal data; to request a copy of your personal data, contact us at dpo@etalongroup.com
Rectification
You have the right to ask us to correct, update or complete your personal data if you believe it is incorrect, outdated or incomplete
Contact us at dpo@etalongroup.com
Deletion
You have the right to ask us to delete your personal data
Contact us at dpo@etalongroup.com
Objection to processing
This right applies only when ETALON’s legitimate interests are the legal basis for processing your personal data
Contact us at dpo@etalongroup.com
Restriction of processing
You have the right to ask us to stop processing your personal data when • you dispute the accuracy of your personal data (for the period during which we verify its accuracy); • you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful, but you do not want us to delete it; • we wish to delete your personal data, but you ask us to retain it for the purpose of asserting, enforcing or contesting legal claims and actions; • you object to processing (while we decide whether to keep your personal data or not).
Contact us at dpo@etalongroup.com
Data portability
You have the right to request a copy of your personal data in electronic form and to ask us to transfer this copy to a specific third party for subsequent use by that party. This right applies only when the legal basis for processing your personal data is consent
Contact us at dpo@etalongroup.com
Withdrawal of consent
You have the right to withdraw consent at any time when we rely on it as the legal basis for processing
Click a link (for example, the unsubscribe link) at the bottom of any newsletter you receive from us, or contact us at dpo@etalongroup.com
Filing a complaint
If you believe that we have violated your personal data protection rights in any way, you may file a complaint with the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection of the Republic of Cyprus or with your local personal data protection authority
Submit a complaint to the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection of the Republic of Cyprus or to your local personal data protection authority in the required format
Notice
We will update this Notice periodically, and the effective date of the current version will always appear at the bottom of the Notice. Even if you regularly visit the Website, we still recommend that you review this page from time to time to stay informed of any changes.
ETALON GROUP PLC is a legal entity incorporated and operating under the laws of the Republic of Cyprus, with its registered office at Arch. Makariou III, 9th Floor 2-4, Capital Center, Nicosia 1065, Republic of Cyprus. Our email for personal data protection issues: dpo@etalongroup.com
Effective date: 12 December 2024