Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy: Customer Data and Marketing Register

Thank you for your interest in the privacy practices of Porkka UK Limited’s website.
The following privacy statement describes the processing of personal data, cookies and social media add-ons.
Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Register

We do not collect personal data in the external register except to the extent that the person has contacted us himself or herself as a representative of the customer company. The personal data collected is used to maintain and develop the customer relationship. The register can be kept for the purpose of managing Porkka Finland’s customer relationship and marketing.

The data is used, for example, to:

  • To manage the company’s business (e.g. implementing customer service and ensuring, analysing, reporting and developing business and service events).
  • To implement responsibility and to fulfil obligations based on law and official regulations.
  • To prevent and investigate misuse and problem situations and to ensure information security.
  • Porkka has the right to use the person’s data for information, implementation, maintenance, care and marketing related to the services. Marketing is carried out only if the person has given permission for it.

Information collected by the website.

When you visit our website, information, possibly also personal data, is transmitted between the terminal device you use and our server. We process the aforementioned data, for example, in order to optimize our website or to display advertisements in the browser of the terminal device you are using.

Personal data is transferred, for example, if you fill in a contact form. We process all personal data with due care and comply with legal and ethical reporting obligations and document retention requirements. The data is not stored unnecessarily, and the data is immediately destroyed in a reliable manner when it is no longer needed.

Data controller, person in charge of register matters and data protection officer

Porkka UK Limited
29b Greenhill Crescent

Watford Business Park

Watford WD18 8YB
Phone: +441923233675
E-mail: sales@porkka.co.uk

Basis for data collection and processing

The customer’s data is collected and processed with the customer’s consent, or for the performance of a contract with the customer.

Data retention period

Personal data is stored for as long as it is needed for the performance of a contract with the customer or for the development of customer service.

Regular sources of information

As a rule, data is collected in the register from the person himself or herself. The register also generates information from material reported by retailer companies and collected from public data sources.

Browser-specific data can be collected using the Google Analytics tool.

Use of cookies

The website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files stored on your terminal device (e.g. computer, tablet, smartphone) in connection with a visit to a website. Cookies do not harm the terminal device you are using, and there is nothing harmful about cookies. For example, cookies recognize if you have visited the website before and how long you have stayed on the site. The analytics tool Google Analytics is used for this. Cookies can be blocked in your browser settings, but pages may not function properly without cookies. Cookies can be turned off in your browser settings.

Instructions on how to disable cookies can be found, for example, from Google.

Google Analytics

Website optimization uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service. The processing is based on legitimate interest, which is based on the functionality and optimization of the website. The information collected through cookies cannot be linked to an individual.

More information on Google Analytics data protection can be found on the Google Analytics website of Google Analytics.

Social media plugins

There is no control over what and how social media providers process the data they collect.

The social media plugin service provider stores the data it collects, which it utilizes to target advertising, market research and/or maintain its website. In particular, the service provider analyzes the data in order to carry out appropriate advertising (including for those users who are not logged-in users).

Social media plugins are also used to transfer information even if you are not a customer. the user of the plug-in service provider.

For example, the page contains plug-ins from the following social media providers:

Facebook Inc.: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php; More information about data collection can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info-on-other#applications and here: http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info#everyoneinfo.

Google Ireland Limited: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/?hl=de.

The operation of all of these meets the requirements of the EU-US-Privacy-Shield: https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Rights of the data subject

The data subject has the right to inspect what information about him or her has been stored in the personal data register. A written inspection request must be sent signed to the person responsible for register matters.

The right of access is free of charge when implemented no more than once a year.

The data subject has the right to demand the rectification or erasure of incorrect or outdated data or the transfer of data from one system to another. They also have the right to restrict or object to the processing of their data in accordance with Articles 18 and 21 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.

The data subject has the right to withdraw his or her previously given consent to the processing of data or to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority concerning matters related to the processing of his or her personal data.

The data subject also has the right to prohibit the use of their data for direct marketing purposes at any time. The prohibition must be submitted in writing by e-mail or post.