(January 2021)
This Privacy Notice (the “Notice”) applies to you if you are located in the European Union or the United Kingdom.
This website is operated by Y•Consulting, also referred to in this Notice as “we” or “us”. Y•Consulting is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Notice describes how we will collect and use your information both from your use of this website and through any services that we may provide to you and the rights you have in relation to your information.
We may collect information from you about your preferences through your use of this website when you request information from us or engage with our services.
By using any of our services, including this website, and by providing us with any personal information, you acknowledge the use of your personal information as set out in this Notice. Please do not further browse our website or send us any personal information if you do not want that information to be used in this way.
References in this Notice to “your information” are also to personal information and data that you provide to us. Y•Consulting is the data controller of any information provided via this website and in the course of our relationship with you.
Information we collect
Y•Consulting may ask for and collect from you personally identifiable and other information, including personal data, at certain points via this website and in the course of your relationship and interactions with us. Depending on the information and/or services you request, you may be asked to provide your name, email address and other information including identification documents.
In addition to the information you knowingly provide, Y•Consulting collects the domain names and IP addresses of its website visitors, along with usage statistics (e.g., types of web browsers and operating systems used) and browsing history. This data may be used to promote our services. For such purpose, Y•Consulting may combine this information with the personally identifiable and other information it collects.
How we use your information – Legal basis for processing
At Y•Consulting we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and will only use your personal information:
- to provide our services to you, on the basis of the performance of our contract with you;
- to improve our services to you, on the basis of our legitimate interest to better understand your requirements and to adapt our offering accordingly;
- to compile anonymous statistics, for example, website usage statistics, on the basis of our legitimate interest to analyze the reach of our website;
- to market our services, on the basis of our legitimate interest to develop our business or your consent;
- to manage our relationship with you, on the basis of our legitimate interest to develop our business or your consent;
- to process and respond to enquiries, on the basis of our legitimate interest to develop our relationship with you.
How and why we share your information
Y•Consulting may disclose your personal information to another entity (i) for purposes of outsourcing one or more of the functions described above; (ii) to confirm or update information provided by you; (iii) to inform you of events, information about our services, and other important information; or (iv) for other purposes disclosed at or before the time the information is collected. We may also share your information when legally required to do so.
In order to achieve said purposes, your personal information may be communicated to third parties who provide services to us or on our behalf. This may entail a transfer of your information from a location within the European Economic Area (the “EEA”) or the United Kingdom (the “UK”) to outside the EEA or the UK, or from outside the EEA or the UK to a location within the EEA or the UK. The level of information protection in countries outside the EEA or the UK may be less than that offered within the EEA or the UK.
Retention of personal data
How long Y•Consulting holds personal data for will vary. The retention period will be determined by various criteria including:
- the purpose for which Y•Consulting is using it – Y•Consulting will need to keep the data for as long as is necessary for that purpose; and
- legal obligations – laws or regulation may set a minimum period for which Y•Consulting has to retain personal data.
Confidentiality
We acknowledge that the information you provide may be confidential. We do not sell, rent, distribute or otherwise make personal information commercially available to any third party, except that we may share information with our service providers for the purposes set out in this Notice. We endeavor to maintain the confidentiality of and protect your information in accordance with this Notice and all applicable laws. However, notwithstanding the measures to provide a secure environment for users accessing this website, Y•Consulting cannot guarantee the confidentiality or security of the personal and other information being provided and we make no warranty whatsoever, express or implied, in that regard.
Your rights
You have the right to apply for a copy of the information we hold about you. This is called a data subject access request and you can make a request by writing to us using the contact form. We may require further information from you in order to verify your identity before disclosing any personal information to you.
You also have the right to have any inaccurate information about you corrected. We want to make sure that your information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to correct or remove any information that you think is no longer up to date. Please contact us using the contact details below if you would like any corrections made to your information or would like Y•Consulting to erase your personal data. Please note that there may be circumstances where you ask Y•Consulting to erase your personal data, but we are legally entitled to retain it.
You also have the right to object to Y•Consulting’s processing of your personal information or request that Y•Consulting restricts the processing of your personal information. When your personal information is processed on the basis of your consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
In some circumstances, you also have the right to receive some personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and/or request that Y•Consulting transmit such data to a third party where this is technically feasible. Please note that this right only applies to personal data which you have provided to Y•Consulting.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority if you think that any of your rights have been infringed by Y•Consulting.
To exercise the above rights, you can contact Y•Consulting by using the “Contact us” form.
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Change to this notice
From time to time, we may change this Notice. Unless as provided otherwise, changes to this Notice are effective as of the effective date listed above and indicates the last time this Notice was revised or materially changed.