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This Privacy Statement explains what Hunter Safety Solutions do with your personal data, whether you are visiting our website, corresponding with us or using our services. It describes how we collect, use and process your personal data, and how, in doing so, we comply with our legal obligations to you.
This Privacy Statement applies to the personal data for customers, our suppliers and our commercial partners who work with us, as well as website visitors.
For the purpose of applicable data protection legislation (including but not limited to the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (the "GDPR"), the company responsible for your personal data ("Hunter Safety Solutions" or "us") are a Data Controller.
What data do we collect and how do we use it? GENERAL PUBLIC The main reasons that we collect data regarding the general public are:
1. Providing a safe environment – we need to ensure the safe operation of our environmentand in doing so we will collect personal information in the management of health and safety incidents or in managing public order issues.
In providing these services, your data may be shared with official agencies such as the Police
2. Community support and services – we will collect personal information in the process of managing our community interests such as charitable and community investment. We also collect basic personal information if we are required to respond to any complaints.
3. Marketing and promotions – we may from time to time collect personal information from you to provide you with details of additional services provided by us or by our partners, we only do this with your consent and you are able to withdraw this at any time.
We also use some of your personal data in our legitimate interests, we do not think that any of the following activities prejudice individuals in any way – in fact, they help us to offer you a more tailored, efficient service. However, you do have the right to object to us processing your personal data on this basis.
4. We might collect and hold personal information in providing services, for example:
1. Managing customer service enquiries
2. Managing complaints
The main reasons that we collect data regarding suppliers and commercial partners are:
1. Managing contractual relationships – We will collect the details for our contacts within your organisation, such as names, telephone numbers and email addresses. We may also hold extra information that someone in your organisation has chosen to tell us.
2. Managing finances – We will collect personal information in relation to our Finance processes such as bank details, so that we can pay you. In certain circumstances, such as when you engage with our Finance and Debt Recovery teams, our calls with you may be recorded, depending on the applicable local laws and requirements.
3. Providing a safe environment – we need to ensure the safe operation of our environment and in doing so we will collect personal information in the management of health and safety incidents or in managing public order issues.
In providing these services, your data may be shared with official agencies such as the Police.
4. Marketing and developing our business – we may from time to time collect personal information from you or other sources to help us to grow our business, such as when you provide us with a business card or we obtain your information from another source.
5. We might collect and hold personal information in providing services, for example:
1. Contacting individuals in relation to press releases
2. Collating and managing business proposals
We collect a limited amount of data from our Website Users, which we use to help us to improve your experience when using our website and to help us manage the services we provide. This includes information such as how you use our website, the frequency with which you access our website, your browser type, the location you view our website from, the language you choose to view it in and the times that our website is most popular. If you contact us via the website, for example by using the contact form, we will collect any information that you provide to us, for example your name and contact details.
How do we store and process your data internationally?
There may be occasions where we need to process your data internationally, if we do this regularly it will be noted in this privacy statement. If we are to do this more occasionally then this may be:
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together follows:
Identity Data includes First Name and Surname
Contact Data includes Telephone Number and Email Address
Technical Data includes IP Address, Browser Type, Browser Version and Operating System
Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences
We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose.
Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy notice.
We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.
We want to make sure that your data is stored and transferred in a secure way. We will therefore only transfer data outside of the European Economic Area or EEA where it is compliant with data protection legislation and the means of transfer provides adequate safeguards in relation to your data, for example:
by way of data transfer agreement, incorporating the current standard contractual clauses adopted by the European Commission for the transfer of personal data by data controllers in the EEA to data controllers and processors in jurisdictions without adequate data protection laws; or
by signing up to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework for the transfer of personal data from entities in the EU to entities in the United States of America or any equivalent agreement in respect of other jurisdictions; or
transferring your data to a country where there has been a finding of adequacy by the European Commission in respect of that country's levels of data protection via its legislation; or
where it is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between ourselves and a third party and the transfer is in your interests for the purposes of that contract (for example, if we need to transfer data outside the EEA in order to meet our obligations under that contract if you are a Client of ours); or
where you have consented to the data transfer.
Your rights. You retain various rights in respect of your data, even once you have given it to us. These are described in more detail below. To get in touch about these rights, please contact us. We will seek to deal with your request without undue delay, and in any event within one month (subject to any extensions to which we are lawfully entitled). Please note that we may keep a record of your communications to help us resolve any issues you raise.
Right to object: this right enables you to object to us processing your personal data where we do so for one of the following four reasons: (i) our legitimate interests; (ii) to enable us to perform a task in the public interest or exercise official authority; (iii) to send you direct marketing materials; and (iv) for scientific, historical, research, or statistical purposes.
Right to access: You may ask us to confirm what information we hold about you at any time, and request us to modify, update or delete such information. We will need to verify your identity and may ask for more information about your request. 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". If you request further copies of this information from us, we may charge you a reasonable administrative cost where legally permissible. Where we are legally permitted to do so, we may refuse your request. If we refuse your request we will always tell you the reasons for doing so.
Right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data in certain circumstances. Normally, the information must meet one of the following criteria:
We would only be entitled to refuse to comply with your request for one of the following reasons:
If we have shared your personal data with third parties, we will notify them about the restricted processing unless this is impossible or involves disproportionate effort. We will, of course, notify you before lifting any restriction on processing your personal data.
Right to rectification: You have the right to request that we rectify any inaccurate or incomplete personal data that we hold about you. If we have shared this personal data with third parties, we will notify them about the rectification unless this is impossible or involves disproportionate effort. Where appropriate, we will also tell you which third parties we have disclosed the inaccurate or incomplete personal data to. Where we think that it is reasonable for us not to comply with your request, we will explain our reasons for this decision.
Right of data portability: If you wish, you have the right to transfer your personal data between data controllers. To allow you to do so, we will provide you with your data in a commonly used machine-readable format that is password-protected so that you can transfer the data to another online platform.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, or withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data (where consent is our legal basis for processing your personal data) please contact us. Please note that we may keep a record of your communications to help us resolve any issues which you raise.