If we ask you to provide Personal data other than that described above, we will let you know 
which data we are asking you to provide and why as and when it is required.

 

2.2 From time to time, we may receive Personal data relating to you from third parties, for example 
through commercial events, industry seminars, etc., but only if we have checked that these 
third parties are legally permitted or obliged to communicate your Personal data to us.
 

The categories of Personal data that we collect from third parties include contact details, 
company, type of business, etc. and we use this Personal data that we receive from third parties 
to maintain and improve the accuracy of the data that we hold about you.

2.3 As a general rule, we only use the Personal data that we collect from you for the purposes set 
out in this Policy or for those purposes that we explain to you as and when required. However, 
we may also use your Personal data for other purposes that are not incompatible with the 
purposes that we have communicated to you (such as processing for archiving purposes in 
the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes), on the 
condition that they are authorised by the applicable data protection legislation.

3. Who we share your data with

3.1 We may communicate your Personal data to the following categories of recipients:

 

(a) companies in our group for purposes in accordance with this Policy. We take 
precautions to ensure that access to Personal data is limited to staff members with a 
legitimate business need. 

(b) our third-party suppliers, service providers and partners who provide us with 
data processing services or who process the Personal data for the purposes set out 
in this Policy or of whom we make you aware when we collect the Personal data. This 
can include communicating the Personal data to third parties and to other service 
providers whose services we use, in particular to support us in areas such as IT 
platform management or support services, infrastructure and application services, 
marketing, data analysis and business travel services,

(c) any relevant law enforcement agency, regulator, government agency, court or 
other third party when we judge that it is necessary for us to divulge the information 
(i) in accordance with applicable laws or regulations, (ii) to assert or defend our rights, 
or (iii) to protect our vital interests or those of any other person, 

(d) our auditors, advisers, legal representatives and similar agents within the 
context of the consultancy services that they supply to us for legitimate commercial 
purposes and under a contractual prohibition to use the Personal data for other 
purposes, 

(e) a potential buyer (and their agents and advisers) within the context of a planned 
purchase, merger or acquisition of a part of our business, on the condition that we 
inform the buyer that they must not use the Personal data for any purposes other 
than those laid down in this Policy, 

(f) any other person when you have given your prior consent for your Personal data to 
be divulged. 

4. How we protect your privacy 

4.1 In accordance with this Policy, when we process your Personal data we apply the following 
principles:

(a) Honesty: we will process your Personal data in an honest manner. This means that 
we will be transparent about how we process your Personal data, and that all the 
processing we carry out will be within the confines of the applicable laws. 

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(b) Limitations on purposes: we will process the Personal data for determined, lawful 
purposes and we will not process it in any way that is not compatible with these 
purposes. 

(c) Proportionality: we will process the Personal data in a manner proportional to the 
purposes which the processing is intended to achieve. 

(d) Accuracy of data: we will take appropriate measures to ensure that the Personal 
data that we hold is accurate, comprehensive and, where necessary, kept up to date. 
Nevertheless, you are also responsible for ensuring that your Personal data is as 
accurate, comprehensive and up to date as possible by informing Us of any 
modification or error. You must inform your local contact of any change to the 
Personal data that we hold about you (for example, a change of address).

(e) Data security: we use the appropriate technical and organisational measures to 
protect the Personal data about you that we collect and process. The measures that 
we use are designed to offer a level of security commensurate with the risks of 
processing your Personal data. 

(f) Sub-contracting: we may subcontract the processing of Personal data for and on 
behalf of EURELEC to third parties.. We require these third parties to process the 
Personal data and operate strictly according to our instructions and to take the 
appropriate measures to ensure that the Personal data remains protected. 

(g) International data transfers: your Personal data may be transferred to and 
processed in countries other than your country of residence. The data protection laws 
in place in these countries may differ from those in place in your own country.

 

More precisely, our servers are located within the EEA, whereas our group 
companies and our service providers and third party partners operate all over the 
world. This means that when we collect your Personal data, we may process it in all 
these countries.

However, we have taken appropriate protection measures to require that your 
Personal data continues to be protected in accordance with this Policy. This includes 
putting in place an intragroup framework data transfer agreement based on the 
European Commission’s standard contract clauses for the transfer of Personal data 
between companies in our group, requiring that all group companies protect the 
Personal data originating from the EEA that they process in accordance with 
European Union data protection laws (the “Intragroup Framework Data Transfer 
Agreement”).

Our Intragroup Framework Data Transfer Agreement (or extracts from it) can be 
provided on request. We have put in place similar appropriate safeguards with our 
third-party service providers and partners and further details can be supplied on 
request.

(h) Data retention: we keep the Personal data that we collect from you when we have a 
legitimate business need to do so (for example, to supply a service that you have 
requested or to comply with relevant legal, tax or accounting requirements).

 

When we do not have any legitimate business need to process your Personal data, 
we will delete or anonymise it, or if this is impossible (because, for example, your 

 

Personal data has been stored in a backup archive), we will store it securely and 
isolate it from any further processing until it can be deleted.

 

5. Your data protection rights

5.1 You have the following data protection rights:

(a) If you wish to access, correct or update your Personal data, or ask us to delete 
it, you can do so at any time by contacting privacy@eurelec-trading.eu .

(b) If your Personal data is being processed on the basis of our legitimate interest, you 
have the right to object to the processing of your Personal data (you can find out 
when your Personal data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interest in clause 
2.1 of this Policy). In this situation, we will weigh up your right to privacy against our 
legitimate interests. If your right to privacy prevails over our legitimate interests, we 
will cease the relevant processing of your Personal data. You can exercise these 
rights by contacting privacy@eurelec-trading.eu .

(c) You have the right to ask us to limit the processing of your Personal data when 
you have contested the accuracy of the Personal data, for a sufficient period of time 
for us to check the accuracy of your Personal data; when our processing of your 
Personal data is unlawful but you object to your data being deleted and require us to 
limit our use of it instead; when we no longer require the Personal data for the original 
purpose, but it is still needed to contest, exercise or defend rights in a legal case; and
when you have objected to the processing of your Personal data and while interests 
are being weighed up as set out above in clause 5.1 (a). You can exercise these 
rights by contacting privacy@eurelec-trading.eu .

(d) You have the right to request data portability for your Personal data, which means 
the right to receive the Personal data that you have supplied to us in a structured, 
commonly used and machine-readable format, and to transfer this Personal data to 
another controller when the processing is based on your consent, or is necessary for 
the contract and automated processes are used in the processing. You can exercise 
these rights by contacting privacy@eurelec-trading.eu . If we have collected and 
processed your Personal data with your consent, you can withdraw your consent
at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the legitimacy of any processing 
that we carried out before it was withdrawn and will not affect Personal data 
processing carried out on the basis of lawful processing other than consent.

(e) You have the right to refuse the advertising communications that we send to you 
at any time. You can exercise this right by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in the 
advertising emails that we send you. To unsubscribe from other forms of advertising 
(such as direct postal mailing and digital advertising), please contact us at the 
address above.

(f) If you are concerned about the way we have processed your Personal data or wish 
to make a complaint, we will do our best to address your issue. If you feel that we 
have not taken sufficient account of your complaint or concern, you have the right to 
lodge a complaint with a data protection authority regarding our collection and 
use of your Personal data. For more information, please contact your local data 
protection authority. (Contact details for the data protection authorities in the EEA, 
Switzerland and certain other countries (including the United States of America and 
Canada) are available here.)
 

5.2 We reply to all requests that we receive from people wishing to exercise their rights in relation 
to the protection of their Personal data in accordance with the applicable data protection laws.

6. Updates to this Policy

6.1 We may update this Policy from time to time to take account of legal, technical and business 
developments. When we update our Policy, we will take the necessary measures to inform 
you, as appropriate to the significance of the changes made. We will obtain your consent for 
all major changes to this Policy, if the applicable data protection laws require us to do so.

6.2 The date on which this Policy was last updated is shown at the top of the document

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