PRIVACY STATEMENT
This privacy statement sets out how APA Façade Systems (“APA”) uses and protects the information that you provide when you visit this website. APA Facade Systems Ltd, its subsidiaries, and affiliates are committed to the protection of your privacy, and we aim to be as transparent as possible regarding how and why we process your information. For this reason, this statement will help you understand:
- what information we collect;
- how and why we use it
- how the information is shared;
- your rights; and
- other useful information
APA Façade Systems may change this policy by updating this page when necessary, usually to reflect changes to this website and/or to comply with changes in Irish or EU legislation. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
WHO WE ARE
Under the General Data Protection Regulation, a “data controller” is the person or organisation who decides the purposes for which and the way in which any personal data is processed. The data controller is APA Façade Systems Limited.
Address: Unit 12, Parkmore Industrial Estate, Long Mile Road, Dublin, D12 VXH9.
Tel: (01) 450 9102 Email: datacontroller@apafacadesystems.com
HOW WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION
There are several ways in which APA might collect personal information. Under GDPR, we believe that the below processing activities are lawful by virtue of either consent you have given, contractual obligations or due to our legitimate interests in customer service and marketing. They are listed and explained below:
Visitors to our website, www.apafacadesystems.com, may choose to contact APA through the Contact Us form. In this form, you provide us with your name, e-mail address, a contact phone number and your intended message. By completing the form and selecting the “I have read, understand and agree with your Privacy Statement” checkbox, you consent to APA contacting you using the information provided. We may use this information to provide you with updates on product launches or offers on occasion, but please note that you may always opt-out at any time.
If you register with us on our website, you provide us with your name, e-mail address, phone number, company name and role. You also create a password to permit access to our Technical Library. By providing this information, we will use this information to manage your account, personalise your use of the website and for marketing and administration purposes.
If you purchase our products, we may collect certain transactional information, contact information and delivery details. This information, along with relevant information you may have provided previously, is required for the performance of a contract or may be necessary to enter into a contract with us. This information will be used for administrative purposes and ongoing sales and customer service purposes. Note that if information is a contractual requirement, there may be legal consequences should you fail to meet those requirements.
We may also get some technical information when you use our website. This information is logged automatically and happens when you use any website. This can range from log data, such as your Internet Protocol address, your browser type and settings, the date and time of your visit, cookie data and device information. If you are interested, please visit here for more information on our cookie policy.
We have taken appropriate technical and organisational measures to guarantee data security, in particular to protect your personal data against access by third parties, as well as accidental or intentional modification, loss or destruction. Such measures are reviewed periodically and in line with industry standards.
WHO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH
We do not sell personal data to third parties.
We may, when necessary, share personal information with any other members of the APA Façade Systems group. We may also disclose personal information to various recipients in order to offer you the best possible service; this might include outsourced service providers or IT service providers.
We may need to disclose your personal information to public authorities or bodies as required by law e.g. police force or other law enforcement agencies for the purposes of prevention, investigation or detection of crime, or to third parties in order to comply with applicable laws or regulations, search warrants, court orders or another statutory requirement.
To meet these purposes, we may on occasion need to transfer your personal information outside of the European Economic Area to a country that has not been confirmed as holding an adequate level of protection. If so, we will ensure that appropriate measures are in place to comply with our obligations under applicable law governing such transfers, which may include seeking consent from you as the data subject, drawing up a data processing agreement containing Model Clauses, and/or ensuring that the transfer is covered by the EU-US Privacy Shield framework (or any equivalent framework).
HOW LONG WE HOLD YOUR INFORMATION
We will not hold any of your personal information for longer than is necessary. Once your data is no longer required e.g. upon termination of a customer relationship or end of a statutory retention period, we commit to ensure your information is erased from our systems and to notify any recipients of their obligations.
YOUR RIGHTS AS A DATA SUBJECT
As a data subject, you have the right to:
- withdraw your consent to direct marketing;
- be informed about how we process your data, as per this Privacy Statement;
- access your personal data;
- have any errors or inaccuracies rectified;
- erasure of your personal data, in certain circumstances;
- have restrictions placed upon any processing of your data, in certain circumstances;
- personal data portability, if applicable;
- object to processing on certain grounds.
If you are unhappy with how we handle your data and are unable to reach an amicable resolution with APA directly, you have the right to complain to the Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland. Further information can be found here.
SECURITY
We have taken appropriate technical and organisational measures to guarantee data security, in particular to protect your personal data against access by third parties, as well as accidental or intentional modification, loss or destruction. Such measures are reviewed periodically and in line with industry standards.
ADDITIONAL PROCESSING ACTIVITIES
In the event that APA intends to process your personal data for any purpose other than those listed within this privacy statement, APA will provide you with detailed information prior to initiating any new processing activity.
If you have any questions regarding the contents of this Privacy Statement, please contact APA Façade Systems at: datacontroller@apafacadesystems.com and we will endeavour to address any concerns or queries you may have.
COOKIE POLICY
In order to improve user
experience and help us improve our site, this site uses cookies.
This document explains
what cookies are and how we use cookies on our site.
WHAT ARE COOKIES
Cookies are
small pieces of information, stored in text files, placed on your computer
browser. Some cookies can be read by the website on your subsequent visits. The
information stored in cookies generally relates to your browsing habits on this
website. Other cookies are deleted when you close your browser and only relate
to the working of the website.
Each cookie can only be accessed by the site which has created
it.
WHAT COOKIES ARE WE USING
This site uses the following cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies
This type of cookies are necessary for the site to function or to provide
you with certain necessary functionalities. This site uses cookies for the
following functionalities:- Session Cookies: those do not store personal information
and are used by the site to preserve the visitor’s session state across
pages - Login: If you have an account and you log in to this
site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts
cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you
close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login
information. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies
last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will
persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies
will be removed.
- Session Cookies: those do not store personal information
- Preferences
- Cookies Banner: should you accept the use of cookies
via the banner a cookie allowing us to remember your choice will be placed
containing the date and time of acceptance. The “cookie_accept”
cookie can be removed from your settings
- Cookies Banner: should you accept the use of cookies
- Third party cookies
Some cookies may be set on your computer by third party sites and systems
we may use.- Analytics: We use Analytics (Google Analytics) to provide
us with information on this site. In order to insure we do NOT store personal
information through such system we are masking visitor’s IP address through
the option settings. The information provided allows us to better understand
where visitors come from, what area of our site they like best and some
of their behaviours on our site.
- Analytics: We use Analytics (Google Analytics) to provide
All browsers allow you to turn off cookies or to customise your settings for
cookies. Should you wish to change those settings please feel free to do so.
Please note that if you turn off cookies or change your
settings, some features / functionalities on this site may not work correctly.