Mobile App Privacy Policy

Mobile App Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 15th, 2024

 

1. Introduction

1.1 We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors, web and mobile apps users and service users.

1.2 This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors, web and mobile apps users and service users; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.

1.3 We use cookies on our website. Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.

1.4 In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to TEHNICA SCHWEIZ IMPEX SRL. For more information about us, see Section 12.

1.5 This Privacy Policy applies only to TEHNICA SCHWEIZ IMPEX SRL’s employees as the mobile app can only be accessed by our employees and is also subject to internal employee agreements and terms which may differ one from another.

 

2. How we use your personal data

2.1 In this Section 2 we have set out:

(a) the general categories of personal data that we may process;

(b) the purposes for which we may process personal data; and

(c) the legal bases of the processing.

2.2 We may process data about your use of our mobile app and services (“usage data”). The usage data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit,  as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of the usage data may be our analytics tracking system, Google Analytics or our own proprietary tools. This usage data may be processed for the purposes of analyzing the use of the website and services. The legal basis for this processing is consent and the proper administration of our app and business.

2.3 We may process your account data (“account data”). The account data may include your first name, last name, email address as well as other information you will provide. The source of the account data is you or your employer. The account data may be processed for the purposes of operating our app, providing our services, understanding the user’s needs and improving our services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you.The legal basis for this processing is consent and the proper administration of our website and business.

2.4 We may process your information included in your your account in our app (“profile data”). The profile data may include but is not limited to your name, address, telephone number, email address, date of birth, employment details and company details. The profile data may be processed for the purposes of enabling and monitoring your use of our app and services. The legal basis for this processing is consent and the proper administration of our app and business.

2.5 We may process your personal data that are provided in the course of the use of our services (“service data”). The service data may include usage of our services.The source of the service data is you or your employer. The service data may be processed for the purposes of operating our app and it’s backend, providing our services, ensuring the security of our app and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is consent and the proper administration of our app and business.

2.6 We may process information that you post for publication on our website or through our services (“publication data”). The publication data may be processed for the purposes of enabling such publication and administering our app and services. The legal basis for this processing is consent and the proper administration of our app and business.

2.7 We may process information contained in any enquiry you submit to us regarding goods and/or services (“enquiry data”). The enquiry data may be processed for the purposes of offering, marketing and selling relevant goods and/or services to you. The legal basis for this processing is consent.

2.8 We may process information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters (“notification data”). The notification data may be processed for the purposes of sending you the relevant notifications and/or newsletters. The legal basis for this processing is consent.

2.9 We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us (“correspondence data”). The correspondence data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. The correspondence data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and record-keeping. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our app and business and communications with users, in this case our employees.

2.10 We may process and identify general category of data. This data may include usage of our app and website, products and services. The source of this data is you, your employer or the analytics tools mentioned above. This data may be processed for improving our products and services and marketing our products and services. The legal basis for this processing is consent.

2.11 We may process any of your persona data identified in this policy where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others.

2.12 We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper protection of our business against risks.

2.13 In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this Section 2, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, orin order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

2.14 Please do not supply any other person’s personal data to us, unless we prompt you to do so.

 

3. Providing your personal data to others

3.1 We may disclose your personal data to any member of our group of companies (this means our subsidiaries and affiliates, our ultimate holding company and all its subsidiaries and affiliates) insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes, and on the legal bases, set out in this policy. Information about our group of companies can be found at www.tehnicas.ro

3.2 We may disclose your personal data to our insurers and/or professional advisers insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, obtaining professional advice, or the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.

3.3 We may disclose your name, contact and usage of our services information to our partners, suppliers or subcontractors as reasonably necessary for improving tech development, customer service and support.

3.4 In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section 3, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.

 

4. Retaining and deleting personal data

4.1 This Section 4 sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal data.

4.2 Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.

4.3 We will retain your personal data as follows:

(a) Your name, email, address and other contact information that you provided will be retained fort he duration of your employment contract with the company and for a maximum period of 2(two)years following your request to terminate your membership.

4.4 In some cases it is not possible for us to specify in advance the periods for which your personal data will be retained. In such cases, we will determine the period of retention based on the following criteria:

(a) the period of retention of your personal data mentioned above will be determined based on where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

4.5 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 4, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

 

5. Amendments

5.1 We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.

5.2 You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.

5.3 We may or may not notify you of significant changes to this policy by email or through the private notification system found in your account dashboard on our web or mobile apps and services.

 

6. Your rights

6.1 In this Section 6, we have summarized the rights that you have under data protection law. Some of the rights are complex, and not all of the details have been included in our summaries. Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.

6.2 Your principal rights under data protection law 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.

6.3 You have the right to confirmation as to whether or not we process your personal data and, where we do, access to the personal data, together with certain additional information.

6.4 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.

6.5 In some circumstances 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; you object to the processing under certain rules of applicable data protection law; the processing is for direct marketing purposes; and the personal data have been unlawfully processed. However, there are exclusions of the right to erasure. The general exclusions include where processing is necessary: for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information; for compliance with a legal obligation; or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

6.6 In some circumstances 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 the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or for reasons of important public interest.

6.7 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 which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

6.8 You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes (including profiling for direct marketing purposes). If you make such an objection, we will cease to process your personal data for this purpose.

6.9 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.

6.10 To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal data is:

(a) consent; or

(b) that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract,

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.

6.11 If you consider that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

6.12 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.

6.13 You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us.

 

7. Our details

11.1 This website – Tehnicas.ro and its subdomains – is owned and operated by TEHNICA SCHWEIZ IMPEX SRL.

11.2 We are registered in Romania under registration number J35/174/1998 , and our registered office is at Sat Voiteg, Judetul Timis, Romania

11.3 Our principal place of business is at Sat Voiteg, Judetul Timis, Romania

11.4 You can contact us:

(a) by post, to the postal address given above;

(b) using our website contact information;

(c) by telephone, on the contact number published on our website from time to time; or

(d) by email, using the email address published on our website from time to time.