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Privacy Notice

We are committed to protecting your privacy when you use our online or other services ("Services").

Please read this Privacy Notice (“Notice”) carefully as it contains important information to help you understand our practices regarding the use of your personal information by PTP Group Limited.

Introduction

PTP Group Limited and associated companies (“PTP” or “the Group”) are committed to complying with internationally recognized standards of privacy protection and applicable data privacy and security laws in the countries in which we operate. PTP’s registered address is at << 2 Leman Street, London, United Kingdom, E1W 9US>>. In this Notice, references to “we”, “us” or “our” are references to PTP.

This Notice applies to all personal information we collect, use and process about you when you use our services. 

What data do we collect and how do we use it?

We may collect and process your personal information in connection with our services at the start of, and for the duration of, your relationship with us and beyond. We will limit the collection and processing of your personal information to information necessary to achieve one or more legitimate purposes, as identified in this notice. We may collect the following personal information about you:

Personal Information Category

Personal Information Collected

Identity information

First name, last name

Contact information

Home, delivery, or billing address (including street address, city, state, town, postal code / zip code), telephone numbers, email address

Contractual information

Personal information (as outlined in the other categories) collected as part of the services we provide to you

Commercial information

Records of services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies

Financial information

Bank account, payment card details, invoice amounts, payment amount, outstanding balances.

Internet or another similar network activity information

Internet Protocol (IP) address, broad demographic information for aggregate use

Information that we gather through cookies or similar tracking tools when you use our websites

Internet browser type, the site from which you linked to our Website.

How we collect your Personal Information

We collect your personal information in a variety of ways, such as:

• Through interactions with you when you enquired about or purchased our services from us, requested information or assistance from us, registered to attend or attended one of our events or similar
• Through activity on our website such as submissions from you via our website or website usage details collected automatically
• Through interactions with our clients due to your role in your organisation
• Through interactions with third parties such as industry, trade or regulatory bodies
• From third party service providers acting on our behalf in connection with the services we provide
• From publicly available sources including social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter), your organisation's website, the press, the electoral register, company registers and online search engines
• From automated technologies or interactions that collect technical data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns such as cookies, server logs or other similar technologies

Purpose for processing your Personal Information

We will only use and share your personal information where it is necessary for us to carry out our lawful business activities. Your personal information may be shared with and processed by other PTP Group companies. PTP collects and processes your personal information for purposes detailed below:

Reasons for Processing Personal Information

Purpose of Processing Personal Information

To fulfil our contractual obligations

·        To provide our services to you
·        For you to provide your products or services to us

For our legitimate interest, as a commercial organisation, provided our use is proportionate and respects your privacy rights

·        To provide you with information on our services
·        To respond to a query, we have received from you
·        To review and improve our services and to help and support you in using our services
·        To confirm, update and improve our customer records
·        To review and develop your relationship with us
·        To inform you about improvements to our website
·        To troubleshoot problems with the Website, or to customise your experience on the Website
·        To conduct statistical analysis and research
·        To keep you informed of other services that may be of interest to you via email alerts, event registrations, social media activity, and other notices concerning our services, or events or news that may be of interest to you, including through targeted messages and advertisements on or through our websites and apps and through third-party websites and apps
·        To enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered between you or the entity you represent and us, including for billing and collections
·        To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all our assets, whether as an ongoing concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which your information held by us is among the assets transferred
·        To record information and feedback from you, including to enhance our services and for training and marketing purposes
·        For other reasons in connection with our business operations

To comply with a legal obligation

·        To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, which may require us to share your information, for example where we are required to report to tax authorities or respond to law enforcement requests

You have provided your consent to the processing

·        You provided your consent for us to process your personal information for a specific purpose

 

If you do not provide us with your personal information when requested, it may prevent us from being able to carry out the tasks listed above.

Cookies and online tracking

When you visit our Websites, we may automatically log your IP address (the unique address which identifies your computer on the internet) which is automatically recognised by our web server. We use IP addresses to help us administer our Websites and to collect broad demographic information for aggregate use. We do not link IP addresses to personally identifiable information.

We may automatically collect non-personal information about you such as the type of internet browsers you use or the site from which you linked to our Websites. You cannot be identified from this information and it is only used to assist us in improving our Websites.

Please also read our Cookies Policy which explains what cookies we use.

With whom is the information shared?

PTP will not share, sell, or rent your personal information to third parties.

PTP may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or if it believes that such action is necessary to protect and defend the rights, property or personal safety of PTP, its staff and its Websites, visitors to the Websites and customers of our Services.

How we transfer your personal information

We operate globally and we may transfer your personal information between PTP Group companies to help us operate our business efficiently and to provide you with our products and services. Third party service providers may process your personal information in connection with a service, they provide to us. When we share your personal information between PTP Group companies or with third parties, they may be located outside of the jurisdiction in which your personal information was collected. This means personal information collected in one jurisdiction may be transferred, stored, and processed outside the country of origin and where privacy laws differ. We only make these arrangements or transfers where we are satisfied that adequate levels of protection are in place to protect your personal information. For these transfers, we have the relevant legal safeguards in place, including (1) an Adequacy Decision in favour of the country of destination, (2) contractual arrangements based on Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCC”) pre-approved by the European Commission (or otherwise consistent with the requirements of the relevant jurisdiction) or Binding Corporate Rules (“BCR”) binding on the exporter and importer, plus a corresponding “transfer impact assessment” (“TIA”) and supplementary measures, or (3) an Article 49 exemption to the rules such as explicit consent that allows us to perform these transfers. 

Following the EU’s Adequacy Decision granted on 10 July 2023, the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”), allows self-certified US businesses to freely receive personal data from the EEA without further measures. This means that for some transfers to the US, SCCs, TIAs and supplementary measures will no longer be required.

How we protect your personal information

We place great importance on the security of all information associated with our customers. We invest appropriate resources and use reasonable technical and organization measures, in compliance with applicable laws, to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized personnel have access to your personal information.

Our website uses secure server software (SSL) to encrypt financial information you input before it is sent to us. We will do our best to protect your personal information, however we cannot guarantee the security of your data sent over the internet or by email. We cannot be held responsible for unauthorized or unintended access that is beyond our control.

Where is the information stored?

Information which you submit via our Websites or Services is stored in our computer data centres located in Europe, Americas and the Middle East. Our systems are compliant with the appropriate privacy and data protection laws.

Retention of your Personal Information

We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, such as providing our services, or as required by applicable laws or regulations. Our retention periods are driven by legislation and / or business need. If there is no legally defined retention period for personal information, we will determine an appropriate retention period. We will take reasonable steps to destroy personal information we hold if it is no longer needed. Retention may extend beyond the termination of our relationship with you.

Links to other websites

Our Website contains links to the sites of third parties. When you visit these sites, we suggest that you read their privacy policies. PTP is not responsible for the privacy policies or the content of such sites.

Changes to this Privacy Notice

We keep our Notice under regular review to make sure it is up to date and accurate. Please refer to this Policy regularly to review any amendments. We reserve the right to update this Notice at any time, and we will provide you with a new Notice when we make any substantial updates. We may also notify you in other ways from time to time about the processing of your personal information.

Information about products and services

It is very important to us that we provide you with the highest level of service. In order to help us do this, PTP may send you details of our products and services which we think may be of interest to you. If at any time you do not wish to receive these details, please email us at info@ptpscheme.com

Your rights

Your Rights

Description of Rights

Right to know

You may have the right to know what personal information we process about you including:

 what personal information processed

·        the categories of personal information being processed
·        the categories of sources from which the personal information was collected
·        the purpose for processing the personal information
·        the categories of third parties who the personal information is disclosed to

Right to access

You may have the right to access categories and specific pieces of personal information that we collect, use, and disclose about you

Right of rectification

You may have the right to ask us to rectify information you think is inaccurate or incomplete

Right to erasure

You may have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstance

Right to restriction of processing

You may have the right to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances

Right to object to processing

You may have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances

Right to data portability

You may have the right to ask that we transfer any personal information you gave us from one organisation to another or give it to you. We will provide the personal information in a structured, commonly used or in machine-readable format, and transmit it directly you or the required entity

Your right to opt out of sale of personal information

PTP will not sell your personal information

 

How to exercise your rights

Please email info@ptpscheme.com to action a privacy right.

How to complain

If you would like to complain about how we have handled your personal information, please contact us at info@ptpscheme.com. If you are unhappy with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection supervisory authority:

  • In the UK the supervisory authority is The Information Commissioners Office (ICO). To raise a complaint please visit their website https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

    • In the EU details of the national data protection supervisory authorities can be found on the European Data Protection Board website at https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en. Contact information for the supervisory authorities may be found here: EU Data Protection Authorities

    • In the United States the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has authority to enforce privacy laws and take actions to protect consumers. You can report fraud, scams, and bad business practice on the federal government's website at https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/. Many US states also have their own data privacy and security laws, and state attorney general offices are responsible for overseeing these laws. State attorney general office contact details can be found at https://www.usa.gov/state-attorney-general.

If you would like to speak to us about data protection you can do so by email or post using the details below:

Email:                  info@ptpscheme.com
Postal address: Webmaster, PTP
                           Rosewell House
                           Connect Business Park
                           Newbridge
                           EH28 8QJ
                           UK

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