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Privacy Policy for Capital Switchgear
At Capital Switchgear – accessible from https://www.capitalswitchgear.com, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Capital Switchgear and how we use it.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Capital Switchgear, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Third Party Privacy Policies
Capital Switchgear’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
Children’s Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
Capital Switchgear does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Online Privacy Policy
As a general policy, no personal information is automatically collected from visitors to this site. However, as with most sites, certain non-personal information is recorded by the standard operation of our server. Such information may include; the name of the ISP from which you access the internet, the Search Engine and keywords you used to locate this site, the date and time you accessed the site, the internet address of the website from which you enter our site and where you go after you leave our site. This information is used to measure and monitor the use of our site and to improve its content. Data which would personally identify you is known only when voluntarily submitted.
If you voluntarily provide us with any requested information, we use that information for the purpose of providing the services, information or articles you have requested. We will not use the information for other purposes, and generally we do not share it with anyone outside of Capital Switchgear. Some of the information voluntarily provided as part of your reply on our website may be provided to third party vendors for processing. Unfortunately, we cannot always exercise control over their use of the information.
If you provide us with your e-mail address, we will not use it for any purpose other than possibly responding to the message you’ve sent. However, we cannot currently respond to any messages that are sent to us outside of our normal channels for communications.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
We are a Data Controller of your information.
Capital Switchgear legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information we collect and the specific context in which we collect the information:
Capital Switchgear needs to perform a contract with you.
You have given Capital Switchgear permission to do so.
Processing your personal information is in Capital Switchgear legitimate interests.
Capital Switchgear needs to comply with the law.
Capital Switchgear will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what Personal Information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.
Data Protection Rights
In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.
The right of rectification.
The right to object.
The right of restriction.
The right to data portability
The right to withdraw consent
Who we are
Capital Switchgear was established in 2012.
Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Acts, Capital Switchgear is responsible for monitoring the application of the GDPR in order to protect the rights and freedoms of individuals in relation to the processing of personal data.
The tasks of Capital Switchgear include promoting public awareness and understanding of the risks, rules, safeguards and rights in relation to the processing of personal data; handling complaints lodged by data subjects or organisations; and cooperating with, which includes sharing information with, data protection authorities in other EU Member States.
Controller contact details
Capital Switchgear is the controller for the personal data it processes. You can contact Capital Switchgear in a number of ways, which are set out on the contact page of our website.
How to opt out
We provide users with the opportunity to opt-out from receiving updates on our products, newsletters, and other communications from us. You can opt-out by clicking on the link provided in our electronic mailings or by contacting via the contact page of our website.
Retention Periods for Personal Data
The retention periods for personal data held by Capital Switchgear are based on the requirements of the data and on the purpose for which the personal data is collected and processed. For example, in the case of complaints, Capital Switchgear will retain personal data (as contained on its case file) for as long as is necessary for the handling of the complaint and for any subsequent action that is required.
The retention periods applied by Capital Switchgear to personal data which it processes are also, in certain circumstances, based on legal and regulatory requirements to retain information for a specified period and on the relevant limitation periods for taking legal action.
Your Right To Complain
If you have any concerns in relation to the manner in which we process your personal data, you can contact us on info@capitalswitchgear.com
Log Files
Capital Switchgear follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
Consent to the use of cookies.
For our website to function properly we use cookies. To obtain your valid consent for the use and storage of cookies in the browser you use to access our website and to properly document this we use a consent management platform: CookieFirst. This technology is provided by Digital Data Solutions BV, Plantage Middenlaan 42a, 1018 DH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Website: https://cookiefirst.com referred to as CookieFirst.
When you access our website, a connection is established with CookieFirst’s server to give us the possibility to obtain valid consent from you to the use of certain cookies. CookieFirst then stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to activate only those cookies to which you have consented and to properly document this. The data processed is stored until the predefined storage period expires or you request to delete the data. Certain mandatory legal storage periods may apply notwithstanding the aforementioned.
CookieFirst is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is article 6(1)(c) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Data processing agreement
We have concluded a data processing agreement with CookieFirst. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that data of our website visitors is only processed in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
Server log files
Our website and CookieFirst automatically collect and store information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. The following data is collected:
- Your consent status or the withdrawal of consent
- Your anonymised IP address
- Information about your Browser
- Information about your Device
- The date and time you have visited our website
- The webpage url where you saved or updated your consent preferences
- The approximate location of the user that saved their consent preference
- A universally unique identifier (UUID) of the website visitor that clicked the cookie banner