privacy policy
Last updated May 24, 2018
Introduction
We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors and service users.
This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors and service users; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.
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.
In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to International Health Technologies.
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How We Use Your Personal Data
In this section we have set out:
The general categories of personal data that we may process
The purposes for which we may process personal data
The legal bases of the processing
Types of Data We Process
Usage Data
We may process data about your use of our website 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
Page views and website navigation paths
Information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use
Source: Our analytics tracking system
Purpose: Analyzing the use of the website and services
Legal basis: Our legitimate interests (monitoring and improving our website and services)
Account Data
We may process your account data
Purpose: Operating our website, providing our services, ensuring security, maintaining database backups, and communicating with you
Legal basis: Our legitimate interests (proper administration of our website and business)
Profile Data
We may process your information included in your personal profile on our website
Purpose: Enabling and monitoring your use of our website and services
Legal basis: Our legitimate interests (proper administration of our website and business)
Service Data
We may process your personal data provided during the use of our services
Purpose: Operating our website, providing our services, ensuring security, maintaining database backups, and communicating with you
Legal basis: Our legitimate interests (proper administration of our website and business)
Publication Data
We may process information that you post for publication on our website or through our services
Purpose: Enabling publication and administering our website and services
Legal basis: Our legitimate interests (proper administration of our website and business)
Enquiry Data
We may process information contained in any enquiry you submit regarding goods and/or services
Purpose: Offering, marketing and selling relevant goods and/or services to you
Legal basis: Consent
Customer Relationship Data
We may process information relating to our customer relationships, including customer contact information
Purpose: Managing relationships with customers, communicating with customers, keeping records of communications, and promoting our products and services
Legal basis: Our legitimate interests (proper management of customer relationships)
Transaction Data
We may process information relating to transactions, including purchases of goods and services
The transaction data may include:
Your contact details
Your card details
Transaction details
Purpose: Supplying purchased goods and services and keeping proper records of transactions
Legal basis: Performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps at your request to enter into such a contract, and our legitimate interests (proper administration of our website and business)
Notification Data
We may process information that you provide for subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters
Purpose: Sending you relevant notifications and/or newsletters
Legal basis: Consent
Correspondence Data
We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us
The correspondence data may include:
Communication content
Metadata associated with the communication
Our website will generate metadata associated with communications made using website contact forms
Purpose: Communicating with you and record-keeping
Legal basis: Our legitimate interests (proper administration of our website and business and communications with users)
Additional Processing Circumstances
We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for:
The establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims (whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure)
Obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional advice
Protecting your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person
Important: Please do not supply any other person’s personal data to us, unless we prompt you to do so.
Providing Your Personal Data to Others
We may disclose your personal data to:
Any member of our group of companies (subsidiaries, ultimate holding company and all its subsidiaries) insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes and on the legal bases set out in this policy
Our insurers and/or professional advisers insofar as reasonably necessary for:
Obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage
Managing risks
Obtaining professional advice
The establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims
We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for:
Compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject
Protecting your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person
International Transfers of Your Personal Data
We provide information about circumstances in which your personal data may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
You acknowledge that personal data you submit for publication through our website or services may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use (or misuse) of such personal data by others.
Retaining and Deleting Personal Data
This section sets out our data retention policies and procedures, designed to help ensure compliance with our legal obligations regarding retention and deletion of personal data.
General Principle: Personal data that we process for any purpose shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose.
Retention Periods
We will retain your personal data as follows:
Minimum period: 1 day following initial contact
Maximum period: One year following initial contact (except when a customer/vendor contract is established)
Retention Criteria
In cases where we cannot specify retention periods in advance, we will determine the period based on:
The period of retention will be determined based on initial contact
Exception: We may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation or to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
Amendments
We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website
You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes
We may notify you of changes by email or through the private messaging system on our website
Your Rights
We have summarized the rights you have under data protection law. Some rights are complex, and not all details are included in our summaries. You should read the relevant laws and guidance from regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.
Your Principal Rights
Right to access
Right to rectification
Right to erasure
Right to restrict processing
Right to object to processing
Right to data portability
Right to complain to a supervisory authority
Right to withdraw consent
Detailed Rights Explanations
Right to Access
You have the right to confirmation as to whether we process your personal data
Where we do, you have access to the personal data, together with additional information including:
Details of the purposes of processing
Categories of personal data concerned
Recipients of the personal data
We will supply a copy of your personal data (first copy free of charge, additional copies may be subject to a reasonable fee)
Right to Rectification
You have the right to have any inaccurate personal data rectified
You have the right to have incomplete personal data completed
Right to Erasure
In some circumstances, you have the right to erasure of your personal data without undue delay
Circumstances include:
Personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected
You withdraw consent to consent-based processing
You object to processing under certain rules of applicable data protection law
Processing is for direct marketing purposes
Personal data have been unlawfully processed
Exclusions include where processing is necessary for:
Exercising the right of freedom of expression and information
Compliance with a legal obligation
The establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims
Right to Restrict Processing
Circumstances where you can restrict processing:
You contest the accuracy of the personal data
Processing is unlawful but you oppose erasure
We no longer need the personal data for our processing purposes, but you require it for legal claims
You have objected to processing, pending verification of that objection
Where processing has been restricted, we may continue to store your personal data but will only otherwise process it:
With your consent
For the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims
For the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person
For reasons of important public interest
Right to Object
You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation, but only where the legal basis for processing is:
Performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority
Purposes of legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party
If you make such an objection, we will cease processing unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for legal claims
You have the right to object to processing for direct marketing purposes (including profiling for direct marketing)
You have the right to object to processing for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes on grounds relating to your particular situation, unless necessary for public interest
Right to Data Portability
Where the legal basis for processing is consent or contract performance, and processing is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format
This right does not apply where it would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others
Right to Complain
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
Right to Withdraw Consent
Where the legal basis for processing is consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time
Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal
Exercising Your Rights
You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us
About Cookies
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Types of Cookies
Persistent Cookies
Stored by a web browser and remain valid until their set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date
Session Cookies
Expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed
Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
Cookies That We Use
We use cookies for the following purposes:
Authentication – We use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website
Status – We use cookies to help us determine if you are logged into our website
Personalisation – We use cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalise the website for you
Security – We use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally
Analysis – We use cookies to help us analyze the use and performance of our website and services
Cookies Used by Our Service Providers
Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website
Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies
The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website
Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
GoDaddy
We use GoDaddy to host this website
This service uses cookies for WordPress
You can view the privacy policy of this service provider at www.godaddy.com
Managing Cookies
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Opera: http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Edge: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy
Important Notes:
Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites
If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website
Our Details
This website is owned and operated by International Health Technologies.
Contact Information
You can contact us:
Using our website contact form
By telephone, on the contact number published on our website from time to time