This Privacy Notice provides mandatory information as required under Articles 12, 13 and 14 of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regarding the transparency of personal data processing.
Under GDPR an organisation must provide information regarding how it handles personal data in a concise, transparent, intelligible, and easily accessible form, and it should be written in clear and plain language. This policy is our notice to users of this clearpool.io website and all content, services and products available at or through the website (taken together, the “Website”). The Website is owned and operated by Clearpool Ltd (the “Company”).
Data collected on the basis of consent
Upon your request and expression of consent, we collect the following data for the purpose of providing services to you. Your data is not used for any other purposes or shared with third parties. It is removed upon your withdrawal of consent or your request to terminate these services.
Comments
Our Website’s blog uses Disqus to support commenting. By leaving a comment on our site through their service you are agreeing to their Terms and Privacy policies.
Submitted Forms
Some parts of our Website invite you to engage with us using a form. In these forms we may collect your name, email address and message which may include other information you may volunteer.
The retention period for the aforementioned data is indefinite so we may use the information to respond to your request, in accordance with your rights.
Data collected on the basis of legitimate interest
Based on our legitimate interests, we collect the following data for the purpose of running this website. Your data is not used for any other purposes or shared with third parties. It is removed upon your request.
Statistics
Our Website uses Google Analytics, a service which transmits website traffic data to Google servers, possibly in the United States, and allows us to notice trends to improve the user experience on our website. This is known as “digital analytics”.
Google Analytics processes anonymous personal data such as: the unique User ID set by Google Analytics, the date and time, the title of the page being viewed, the URL of the page being viewed, the URL of the page that was viewed prior to the current page, the screen resolution, the time in local timezone, the files that were clicked on and downloaded, the links clicked on to an outside domain, the type of device, and the country, region, and city.
This information allows us to understand individual behaviours and needs more accurately. For more information on how Google uses the data collected via this service, see policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
To opt out of being tracked via Google Analytics, you can also use Google's opt-out browser add-on: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
You may also opt out of this tracking at any time by activating the “Do Not Track” setting in your browser.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site.
First party cookies are cookies set by the website you’re visiting. Only that website can read them. In addition, a website might potentially use external services, which also set their own cookies, known as third-party cookies.
Persistent cookies are cookies saved on your computer which are not deleted automatically when you quit your browser, unlike a session cookie, which is deleted when you quit your browser.
First-Party Cookies
As stated above we use Google Analytics on our Website. This functions using the script analytics.js and works using the following cookies:
Third-party cookies
Some of our pages display content from external providers, e.g. YouTube, Vimeo and Google Slides. To view this third-party content, you first have to accept their specific terms and conditions. This includes their cookie policies, which we have no control over. If you do not view this content, no third-party cookies are installed on your device.
Third-party providers on this website:
These third-party services are outside of the control of the Company. Providers may, at any time, change their terms of service, purpose and use of cookies, and so on.
Your rights pertaining your data
If you have rights under the GDPR, you have the following rights:
- The right to withdraw consent
- The right of access
- The right to erasure
- The right to rectification
- The right to data portability
- The right to object
- Notification of data breaches
- The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
Should you wish to exercise any of your rights under the GDPR please send your request to privacy@clearpool.io.
