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Privacy Policy – Processing of personal data within Hydroscand

Your personal data is important for us

Hydroscand takes privacy and integrity very seriously, and we only process personal data relating to an identified or identifiable natural person in accordance with applicable data protection legislations and this privacy policy.

The purpose of this policy

The purpose of this privacy policy is to provide you with information about how we use, capture and share your personal data. The policy describes which personal data we collect, for which purpose we collect data, how you can control your personal data and how to get in contact with us.

Our employees are obliged to adhere to this privacy policy as well as observe applicable local data protection legislations.

DATA CONTROLLER

Hydroscand AB (556130-7124, "Hydroscand", Box 401, 128 06 Sköndal, Sweden) is data controller for processing of personal data within Hydroscand AB.

Which personal data are we collecting about you as a customer and why?

In this section we describe for which purposes we process personal data, which personal data that is processed and on which lawful ground the processing done.

Handle orders/purchases

Personal data is being processed to:

·       Deliver ordered products or services (including notification of delivery or contacts concerning the delivery)

·       Enable ID-controls

·       Handle payments

·       Handle returns, reclaims and warranty

Personal data processed:

·       Name

·       Contact information (e g address, e-mail, telephone number)

·       Payment information (e g transaction reference)

·       Company/VAT number, personal ID-number

·       Payment history

·       Order information

 

Lawful ground: Fulfillment of an agreement when we have an agreement with you as an individual. Legitimate interest - Certain processing also takes place based on a legitimate interest to perform our contract with your employer, i.e. Hydroscand’s customer, supplier or partner. In doing so, we consider and weigh your interest in integrity in relation to our interest and purpose (as stated above) in performing the data processing. We then balance these interests and consider both positive and negative effects and conclude that our interest is justified.

 

Sharing of personal data: We share the data only with suppliers that are necessary for the performance of the processing, and within the framework of the purposes stated above. For example:

·       IT services (companies that handle the necessary operation, technical support and maintenance of our IT solutions etc).

·       Companies arranging transport (logistic companies, forwarding agents).

Retention period: We store your data only for as long as is necessary for us to be able to fulfil our contractual obligations and legitimate interest, as we deem it justified, considering what is stated above about legal grounds and purposes; typically, during the time that the customer or supplier relationship lasts and for customer care purposes, meaning that we erase or anonymise your data at the latest on the end of the calendar year two years after your last transaction with us.

Handle and administer your web shop account

Personal data is being processed to:

Grant access to login
Keep data correct and updated
Enable tracking of payment history
Personal data processed

Name
Contact information (e g address, e-mail, telephone number)
Username (e-mail)
Purchasing history
Order history
Customer number
Lawful ground: Legitimate interest. The processing is necessary for our mutual interest of handling and administering your user account.

Sharing of personal data: We share the data only with suppliers that are necessary for the performance of the processing, and within the framework of the purposes stated above. For example:

·       IT services (companies that handle the necessary operation, technical support and maintenance of our IT solutions).

Retention period: We store your data only for as long as is necessary for us to be able to administer your web account correctly, considering what is stated above about legal grounds and purposes; typically, during the time that the web shop account is maintained by you, meaning that we erase or anonymise your data at the latest on the end of the calendar year two years after your last transaction with us.

Handle customer service matters

Personal data is being processed to:

Communicate with customers and answer request coming to customer service via digital channels or telephone
Handle questions, sort out issues and support matters
Personal data processed:

Name
Contact information (e g address, e-mail, telephone number)
Correspondence
Data about time for the transaction, place of the transaction, product complaints etc.
Lawful ground: Legitimate interest. The processing is necessary for our mutual interest of handling customer service matters.

Sharing of personal data: We share the data only with suppliers that are necessary for the performance of the processing, and within the framework of the purposes stated above. For example:

·       IT companies that provide us with our solutions for customer service matters (companies that handle the necessary operation, technical support and maintenance of our IT solutions).

·       Companies arranging transport (logistic companies, forwarding agents).

Retention period: We store your data only for as long as is necessary for us to be able to provide you with customer care, as we deem it justified, considering what is stated above about legal grounds and purposes; typically, during the time that the customer care matter is being handled. We store this information together with the purchase information as described under the sections above and purge it accordingly.

Handle ordering of printed matters

Personal data is being processed to:

Provide ordered printed matters e g product booklet or brochure
Personal data processed:

E-mail address
Telephone number
Name
Address
Store
Lawful ground: Legitimate interest. The processing is necessary to deliver your ordered material.

Sharing of personal data: We share the data only with suppliers that are necessary for the performance of the processing, and within the framework of the purposes stated above. For example:

·       IT services (companies that handle the necessary operation, technical support and maintenance of our IT solutions).

·       Companies arranging transport (logistic companies, forwarding agents).

Retention period: We store your data only for as long as is necessary for us to be able to fulfill our contractual obligations and as we deem it justified, considering what is stated above about legal grounds and purposes; typically, during the time that the order is being handled, meaning that we erase or anonymise your data at the latest on the end of the calendar year two years after your last transaction with us.

Handle job applications

Personal data is being processed:

For recruitment purposes alternatively for spontaneous applications
Personal data processed:

E-mail address
Telephone number
Address
Information in attached documents
Lawful ground: Legitimate interest. The processing is necessary to be able to handle your job application.

Sharing of personal data: We share the data only with suppliers that are necessary for the performance of the processing, and within the framework of the purposes stated above. For example:

·       Marketing agencies, that help us provide information to the public when we have an open job position in our company.

·       IT services or recruiting companies that help us handle or recruit employees in our business, such as Teamtailor.

Retention period: We only store your data for as long as we deem it justified, considering the above stated legal basis and purpose, in this case 12 months from the time of your application (unless you request otherwise, which we will naturally respect). If you become an employee of ours, the information in your application will be stored and processed in accordance with what is stated in our privacy notice for processing employees' personal data, which is only provided to our employees.

Handle contacts after events such as trade shows etc.

Personal data is being processed to:

Be able to contact customers after events regarding enquiries made
Personal data processed:

E-mail address
Telephone number
Lawful ground: Legitimate interest. The processing is necessary to cater to your requests.

Sharing of personal data: We share the data only with suppliers that are necessary for the performance of the processing, and within the framework of the purposes stated above. For example:

·       Suppliers such as event agencies and similar.

·       Other IT services (companies that handle the necessary operation in regard to the different events).

Retention period: We store your data only for as long as is necessary for us to fulfil our legitimate interest. Typically, during a period of two years after the event. If our contact after a potential event or similar causes additional relationships, purchase-related actions or otherwise then we refer you to other processing activities in this privacy policy, and the retention periods stated there.    

Subscription to newsletters

Personal data is being processed to:

Be able to send out newsletters
Analyze data in order to create relevant offerings to you
Personal data processed:

E-mail address
Name
Lawful ground: Consent. By leaving your e-mail address in the designated field and actively click the button “Subscribe” you are considered to have given your consent.

Sharing of personal data: We share the data only with suppliers that are necessary for the performance of the processing to administer the newsletters. For example:

·       IT services (companies that handle the necessary operation, technical support and maintenance of our IT solutions).

Retention period: We use data from your other interactions with us as described above, and does not store such data for this purpose longer than what is described above.

To fulfil legal requirements

Personal data is being processed to:

·       Be able to fulfil legal requirements according to demands in laws, verdicts or authority decisions e g the Accounting Act.

 

Personal data processed:

Name
Contact information (e g address, e-mail, telephone number)
Correspondence
Username for the web account
Organization-, VAT-number or social security number
Username for web account
Payment information
Order- and payment history
Lawful ground: Legal requirement.

Sharing of personal data: We share the data only with suppliers that are necessary for the performance of the processing to fulfil our legal requirements. For example:

·       Authorities such as police or tax authority, or similar.

·       IT services (companies that handle the necessary operation, technical support and maintenance of our IT solutions).

Retention period: We store your data only for as long as is necessary for us to fulfil legal requirements, for example during 7 years under requirement in the Accounting Act.

Sharing of personal data

When Hydroscand is sharing your personal data to the above-mentioned recipients, our partners are sometimes processing the personal data as data controllers in accordance with their own privacy policies and handling instructions and sometimes as processors on behalf of us.

Hydroscands objective is to process personal data within EU/EES and to cooperate with partners and suppliers that process personal data within EU/EES. If this is not possible, the processing of personal data can only take place in countries having an appropriate level of protection in accordance with decisions from the European Commission or by using appropriate protection measures e g standard clauses in the agreement or binding company internal regulations. Irrespectively in which country the personal data is being processed, Hydroscand will take reasonable technical, legal, and organizational measures to secure that the level of protection is the same as in the EU/EES.

Your rights

According to the EU’s general data protection regulation, you as an Individual have the following rights in relation to the personal data, we process about you.

 

Right to extracts

You have the right to demand access to your personal data and receive information on how it is processed.

 

Rectification, erasure and limitation

You are entitled to rectification of the personal data you consider to be incorrect. In certain cases, you are entitled to have your personal data deleted. This does not apply if your personal data still is required, for example due to legal requirements or if the processing may be based on any other legal ground. You have the right to request that the processing of personal data is restricted to a shorter time when we investigate potential errors.

 

Withdraw consent

If you have consented to a certain type of processing, you have the right to withdraw your consent.

 

Objection to legitimate interest

When the processing is based on legitimate interest you have the right, at any time, to object to such processing.

 

Objection to direct marketing

You may, at any time, object to processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes. Upon such objection, the personal data shall not be processed for such purpose anymore.

 

Data portability

You are entitled to data portability, which means that you may, under certain circumstances, have the right to receive such personal data that you have provided to us, for the purpose of transferring such personal data to another controller.

 

Complaint

You also have the right to file a complaint to:

 

Hydroscand AB 
Box 401, 128 06 Sköndal 
E-postadress:  gdpr@hydroscand.se
Telefonnummer: 08-555 990 00

 

if you believe that our processing of your personal data does not meet the requirements of the EU Data Protection Regulation.

Cookies

We use cookies on our websites. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device via your web browser. Such data can be used to adapt the content and the functions of our services and contribute to a better user experience. For information about how we use cookies please read our cookie policy here.

Contact information

For further information about how we process your personal data, or if you have any questions, you are welcome to contact us:

Hydroscand AB 
Box 401, 128 06 Sköndal 
E-postadress:  gdpr@hydroscand.se
Telefonnummer: 08-555 990 00



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What we collect

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Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

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You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please email us this request using our Contact Us information.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

List of cookies we collect

The table below lists the cookies we collect and what information they store.

Cookie Name Cookie Description
FORM_KEY Stores randomly generated key used to prevent forged requests.
PHPSESSID Your session ID on the server.
GUEST-VIEW Allows guests to view and edit their orders.
PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART A link to information about your cart and viewing history, if you have asked for this.
STF Information on products you have emailed to friends.
STORE The store view or language you have selected.
USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE Indicates whether a customer allowed to use cookies.
MAGE-CACHE-SESSID Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
MAGE-CACHE-STORAGE Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
MAGE-CACHE-STORAGE-SECTION-INVALIDATION Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
MAGE-CACHE-TIMEOUT Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
SECTION-DATA-IDS Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
PRIVATE_CONTENT_VERSION Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
X-MAGENTO-VARY Facilitates caching of content on the server to make pages load faster.
MAGE-TRANSLATION-FILE-VERSION Facilitates translation of content to other languages.
MAGE-TRANSLATION-STORAGE Facilitates translation of content to other languages.
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