CONNECTED TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Website Privacy Policy
Version 1.0
CONNECTED TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
4th Floor 100 Fenchurch Street, London, England, EC3M 5JD
Website Privacy Policy
1. Purpose
CONNECTED TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (“The Company”) are committed to protecting your Personal Information when you use our website, products and services. We recognise that when you choose to provide us with information about yourself, you trust us to treat it in a responsible manner. The purpose of this Website Privacy Policy is to inform you about how the Company may use your Personal Information. In order to optimise the provision of our services to you and to facilitate some of our marketing efforts, we collect certain specific information about you. This Website Privacy Policy explains the following:
what information we may collect about you;
The Company uses all Personal Information that you provide to us or that we collect from you in accordance with all applicable laws, including those concerning the protection of Personal Information such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
2. Definitions
In this privacy policy, the following definitions are used:
GDPR: the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). It also addresses the transfer of personal data outside the EU and EEA areas. The primary aim of the “GDPR” is to give control to individuals over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU.
Data Protection Law: all legislation and regulations in force from time to time regulating the use of personal data and the privacy of electronic communications including, but not limited to, EU Regulation 2016/679 (the“GDPR”), the Data Protection Act 2018, and any successor legislation or other directly applicable EU regulation relating to data protection and privacy for as long as, and to the extent that, EU law has legal effect in the UK).
Encryption or encrypted data: The most effective way to achieve data security. To read an encrypted file, you must have access to a secret key or password that enables you to decrypt it. Unencrypted data is called plain text.
ICO: Information Commissioner’s Office. The supervisory authority for data protection in the UK.
Personal Data: any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that information, for example, a person’s name, identification number, location, online identifier. It can also include pseudonymised data. The terms Personal Data and Personal Information are used interchangeably within this policy.
Personal Data Breach: a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed.
Special Categories of Personal Data: this data needs more protection because it is sensitive. It includes data which relates to an individual’s health, sexual orientation, race, ethnic origin, political opinion, religion, and trade union membership. It also includes genetic and biometric data (where used for ID purposes).
3. Website Privacy Policy Scope
This Website Privacy Policy applies only to the actions of the Company and use of the Company’s website. The website may contain hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites have their own privacy policies, and are also likely to use cookies. We recommend that you review these policies which will govern the use of Personal Information which you submit when visiting these websites and which may also be collected by cookies. We do not accept any liability for such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.
4. The Collection and Use of Data
4.1. How do we collect information
This Policy relates to the Company’s use of any Personal Information collected from you via the following services:
CONNECTED TECHNOLOGY LIMITED’s website; social media; messaging services; and any official email address or SMS number
4.2. What information do we collect
When you participate in, access or sign up to any of the Company’s services, activities or online content (including on social media and messaging applications), such as newsletters, promotions, live chats, message boards, web and mobile notifications or votes, we may receive Personal Information about you.
This may include:
4.3. How will we use the information?
Depending on your use of our site, we will use your personal information for a number of purposes including:
To provide our services, activities or online content, or communicating information about
them (e.g. relating to upcoming promotions or new product launches) or dealing with your
requests and enquiries. To contact you about any submission you have made.
To use IP addresses and device identifiers to identify the location of users, blocking disruptive use, establishing the number of visits from different countries, tailoring the content of our sites, apps or other services based on browsing behaviours, and determining the country from which you are accessing the services. We collect and use the Personal Information about you for the purposes described above, because we have a legitimate business interest to do so that is not overridden by your right to have your Personal Information adequately protected. You do not have to provide us with any of the Personal Information described above, but if you chose not to do so, you may not be able to receive certain Company services, access certain parts of our website or receive information from us that you have requested.
4.4. Where do we send your information
The Company may be required to transfer personal data to a country/countries around the world including ( Europe , US , Africa ). We will, where the country to which your data is transferred has not been found to provide an adequate level of protection, put in place appropriate safeguards to ensure your Personal Information is protected.
5. Cookies
We may use information obtained from cookies or similar technology.
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity. For further information visit
You can set your browser not to accept cookies and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, if you do so in a few cases some of our website features may not function as a result. During the course of any visit to our website, the pages you see, along with a cookie, are downloaded to your device. Many websites do this, because cookies enable website publishers to do useful things like find out whether the device (and probably its user) has visited the website before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the last visit. If you continue without changing your settings, we’ll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on our website. However, you can change your cookie settings at any time.
5.1. What do we use cookies for?
This website uses cookies that fall into one or more of all the categories below:
Strictly necessary cookies – these enable services you have specifically asked for. These
cookies are essential to enable you to move around our website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies certain services you have
asked for cannot be provided.
6. Keeping Data Secure
6.1. Third Party Websites
Our website links to third party sites which we do not operate or endorse. These websites may use cookies and collect your personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies. This privacy policy does not apply to third party websites and we are not responsible for third party websites.
6.2. How do we protect your information?
We take appropriate measures to ensure that any personal information which you disclose to us is kept secure, accurate and up to date and kept only for so long as is necessary for the purposes for which it is used. The security measures taken may include, but are not limited to, data encryption.
7. What are your rights?
Under the “GDPR”, you have the following rights, which the Company will always work to uphold:
Right to access - for a copy of the Personal Information we hold about you, and details about how we are processing your Personal Information. If we provide you with access to the information we hold about you, we will not charge you for this, unless your request is
“manifestly unfounded or excessive”. Where we are legally permitted to do so, we may refuse your request. If we refuse your request, we will tell you the reasons why.
Right to correct - to have any inaccuracies in your Personal Information corrected.
Right to erase - to have your Personal Information erased, or for our use of it to be restricted (for example, if your preferences change, or if you don’t want us to send you the information you have requested).
Right to restrict use - the right to “block” CONNECTED TECHNOLOGY LIMITED from using
your data or limit the way in which we can use it;
Right to data portability - if we are processing your Personal Information by automated means and on the basis of your consent (see “How do we use it?”, above), for us to provide your personal information to you in a structured, commonly-used and machine-readable format. You can also ask us to provide your personal information directly to a third party in this format, and, if technically feasible, we will do so;
Right to object - the right to object to our use of your data including where we use it for our
legitimate interests.
7.1. Right to opt out
You can request that we stop sending you marketing materials at any time. Electronic
communications typically include an unsubscribe link that allows you to manage your
communication preferences including the ability to unsubscribe from all future marketing. If for any reason that has not been successful please contact us using the details provided below.
7.2. How to contact us
This Website Privacy Policy should tell you everything you need to know, but you can always contact us to ask any questions or if you wish to exercise any of your rights in relation to your Personal Information, using the contact information below:
The Company has appointed a Data Protection Officer (“DPO”), who is responsible for managing any questions you may have in relation to this Policy. Please contact them using the details set out below:
Full Name: Data Protection Officer
Email address: dpo@connectedtech.co.uk
Postal address: Connected Technology Limited, Commercial House, 52 Perrymount Road,
RH163DT
You have the right to make a complaint to the supervisory authority if you are
unhappy with how we’ve handled your Personal Information. In the UK, the supervisory
authority is the Information Commissioner’s Office (http://www.ico.org.uk).
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