Cookies
We and the service providers that help us provide the Services use small text files, called “Cookies”, are small computer files sent to or accessed from your web browser or your computer's or tablet's hard drive that contain information about your computer, such as a user ID, user settings, browsing history and activities conducted while using the Services. Cookies are not themselves personally identifiable but may be linked to Personal Information that you provide to us through your interaction with the Services. A Cookie typically contains the name of the domain (internet location) from which the Cookie originated, the “lifetime” of the Cookie (i.e., when it expires) and a randomly generated unique number or similar identifier.
How We Use Data Collection Tools
We use Cookies to help us improve our Services, these cookies help us recognize you across different services, products, learn about your interests both on and off our services, improve your experience, increase security, offer products, measure use and effectiveness of our services, serve advertising, and to help detect and prevent fraud. We also use other Cookies and other data collection tools (such as web beacons, mobile app identifiers, and server logs), which we collectively refer to as “Data Collection Tools,” to help improve your experience with the Services. For example, Data Collection Tools help us remember users and make the Services' more relevant to them. cVation, and affiliates, also may use Data Collection Tools to collect information from the device used to access the Services, such as operating system type, browser type, domain and other system settings, as well as the operating system used and the country and time zone in which the computer or device is located. We also may collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will 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 our privacy policy. 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.
Purposes for Which We Will Use Your Personal Data
We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.
Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.
Purpose: Register you as a new customer
Types of data: Identity and contact.
Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest: Performance of a contract with you.
Purpose: Manage our relationship with you including notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy and asking you to leave a review or take a survey
Types of data: (a) Identity, (b) contact, (c) Profile and (d) marketing and communications.
Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest:
a) Performance of a contract with you.
b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation.
c) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to study how customers use our products/services).
Purpose: Administer and protect our business and this website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data)
Types of data: (a) Identity, (b) contact and (c) technical.
Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest:
a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganization or group restructuring exercise).
b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation.
Purpose: Deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you
Types of data: (a) Identity, (b) contact, (c) profile, (d) usage, (e) marketing and communications and (f) technical.
Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest: Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy).
Purpose: To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences
Types of data: (a) Technical and (b) usage.
Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest: Necessary for our legitimate interests (to define types of customers for our products and services, to keep our website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy).
Purpose: Make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you
Types of data: (a) Identity, (b) contact, (c) technical, (d) usage, (e) profile and (f) marketing and Communications.
Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest: Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our products/services and grow our business).
Control of Cookies
Web browsers allow some control of most Cookies through the browser settings. Some web browsers (including some mobile web browsers) provide settings that allow a user to reject Cookies or to alert a user when a Cookie is placed on the user's computer, tablet or mobile device. Most mobile devices also offer settings to reject mobile device identifiers. Although users are not required to accept Cookies or mobile device identifiers, blocking or rejecting them may prevent access to some features available through the Services.
Change of Purpose
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us at info@cvation.com. If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so. Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
Contact Information
If you have concerns about the essential tracking technologies, please contact info@cvation.com.