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Konsu’s data protection policy

Goals of the data protection policy

Data protection covers the protection of persons’ private life, and the private life is protected by other rights when processing personal data.

We adhere to national and international data protection regulations and official recommendations and guidelines, and all of our processes and policies are based on the applicable legislation.

The data protection policy describes the essential rights of clients, employees and other interest groups pertaining to the use of their personal data in connection with Konsu’s business. The data protection policy describes the rights and obligations of the data processor when processing personal data. When implementing data protection, particular attention is paid to the confidentiality of personal data and to ensuring that unauthorised parties do not have access to the data and that the data are not used in a manner harmful to the subject.

Data protection is integrally connected to information security. Konsu has a written information security policy, which specifies the policies in place in Konsu on implementing information security.

Personal data registers at Konsu

Konsu processes personal data in its customer register, personnel register, marketing register, vendor/supplier register and recruitment register.

Acquiring, processing and deleting data

The processing of personal data is based on the person’s consent or another premise set forth in legislation. Personal data are processed only because of a justified reason and only to the extent and as long as necessary with respect to the purpose of use. Attempt is made to ensure the correctness of the data used, and the data is updated from the person in question or from other reliable sources. When the data is no longer necessary for their purpose, the data is destroyed appropriately.

The data is used for the purposes described when collecting it, to the extent permitted by applicable law. The data is disclosed only on specifically described or statutory grounds and only to specifically named or statutory recipients.

The personal data is used for producing the service and for customer relationship management.

Disclosure of personal data

Data is disclosed to the extent required and permitted by law, for example, to authorities, insurance companies or employee pension funds. Data may be disclosed outside of the EU/EEA member states in conformance with legislation.

Responsibility for implementation of data protection

Business and group management bears the responsibility for implementing data protection within their own business units. The entire Konsu staff has been trained regarding data protection.  We have a data protection officer in the Konsu who is in charge of data protection and who supervises and develops the implementation of data protection in the group.

Business units are responsible for data protection also when outsourcing data processing. Business units are responsible for their selected partners adhering to data protection requirements.

If a client outsources the processing of personal data to Konsu, the client remains as the controller of the personal data and Konsu is a processor of the data. The client is responsible for having the appropriate right to process and disclose the personal data. Konsu is responsible for processing personal data in its operations in conformance with legislation. A written agreement is always made between the client and Konsu, also describing the data protection responsibilities between the parties.

Ensuring data protection

Data protection matters are part of the orientation of new employees handling personal data and is also a repeating theme of training for all employees.

All persons processing personal data are bound by statutory or separately agreed and documented obligation of non-disclosure.

The use of information systems that contain personal data is controlled with user management solutions or other documented procedures. Log data are collected for all registers at a detail level prescribed by law or otherwise sufficient.

Procedure in case of compromised data protection

If it is suspected or detected that data protection is compromised, the matter will be investigated without delay and the parties that must be informed of the compromising will be informed as required by law. The registered party whose data protection has been compromised will be notified without delay, provided that such notification is called for in order to carry out rectifying measures or limit the damage.  Also the data protection officer is notified of the compromising. If an anomaly has taken place, rectifying measures are taken immediately, and these measures are reported appropriately.

Terms and conditions

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE ACCESSING AND USING THE KONSU’S WORLD WIDE WEB PAGES

By accessing Konsu’s WWW-pages you agree to the following terms and conditions. Do not use these pages if you do not agree to all terms and conditions that follow.

These WWW-pages, including the contents of each individual page, or collection of the pages, or any data or other materials that may be accessible via the pages, are fully owned by Konsu. Copyright (c) 2014 Konsu Corporation. All rights reserved.

Konsu does not warrant that Konsu’s Web pages will be uninterrupted or error-free. Konsu shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages, lost profits or for business interruption arising out of the use of or inability to use Konsu Web service.

The use of Konsu Web and the content therein, is permitted for own personal use only and not for commercial use or distribution in any case. Konsu consents to you browsing Konsu Web on your computer, or printing extracts from these pages for your personal use only.

You are allowed to store extracts from Konsu’s pages on your computer and to print copies of them for your personal non-commercial use only. You are allowed to use and to distribute necessary minor extracts from Konsu’s pages to provide direct linkage to the pages or linkage by Internet search services. Any other kind of use, reproduction, translation, adaptation, arrangement, distribution or storage of Konsu’s pages in any form and by any means, in whole or in part without the prior written permission from Konsu is strictly prohibited.

Konsu WWW-pages are provided as they are and without warranties of any kind either express or implied made in relation to the correctness, accuracy, reliability or availability of these pages or otherwise. Konsu does not warrant that these pages or the server that makes them available are free of viruses or of other harmful components. Konsu reserves the right to revise the WWW-pages or withdraw access to them at any time.

By submitting material to us e.g. by e-mail or via Konsu Web, you agree that the material will not contain any item that is unlawful or otherwise unfit for publication, you will thereinafter own materials or have the right submitting them, you inform Konsu if any third party rights are violated in relation to the material you submit, and you do not take action against Konsu in relation to material that you submit. Konsu does not and cannot review the content submitted by users of Konsu Web and is not responsible for such content.

Any dispute related to the use of these pages will be settled by the district court in Helsinki, Finland in accordance with the laws of Finland.

Cookie Notice

When is this cookie Notice applied?

This Cookie Notice (hereinafter “Notice”) describes how Konsu (hereinafter together “Konsu”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies on its websites. Please read this Notice carefully to understand how cookies may improve your user experience on our websites, and how you can manage cookies on your device.

What are cookies?

A “cookie” is a piece of information that is stored on your computer, tablet or phone (hereinafter together “device”) when you visit a website. Cookies can help in identifying your device when you visit a website and remember helpful details of your previous visits to improve your user experience. Cookies are used by most websites, including ours.

Cookies cannot be used alone to identify you, but they may be linked directly or indirectly to you when combined with other information. In these cases, cookies may be treated as personal data. We make no effort to identify you personally from cookies. If we do, we make sure that all cookie information is processed as personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies to:

  • give you a better user experience when you visit our websites,
  • allow you to set personal preferences,
  • provide you relevant content and information (e.g. targeted adverts),
  • ensure the security of our websites, and
  • create statistical information about the use of our websites, and to measure the effectiveness of advertising

What cookies do we use?

We use the following categories of cookies on our websites:

Functional cookies

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features. For example, functional cookies are used to remember your login information and language settings. Functional cookies can also be used to make your visit to our websites more tailored.

Performance Cookies

These cookies collect anonymous statistical information on how people use our website. For example, performance cookies may help us understand how users browse or use our website and highlight areas that are used the most.

Targeted advertising cookies

These cookies collect information about your browsing habits. They are used to make advertising more relevant to you and your interests. We may also use these cookies to limit the number of times you see an advert, and to estimate how the advertisements on our websites reach our users.  The cookies are usually placed by third party advertising networks to create information about your interests through your online behaviour.

Other third party cookies

We also may have social media cookies on our websites. These cookies allow you to share what you’ve been doing on the website on social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. We are not responsible for such cookies. Please read the privacy policies of these third parties carefully.

How long are cookies retained on my device?

The storage time for cookies on your device is divided into two categories.

Session cookies

Session cookies are typically used to remember relevant settings of your browsing session. Session cookies are set per session, meaning that they last until you close your browser. Session cookies are not stored on the hard drive of your device.

Persistent cookies

Persistent cookies may typically be used for targeted advertising and gaining insight on how you use our websites. Persistent cookies are stored on your hard drive in between browser sessions until you delete them or they reach their expiry date. We will not store cookie information from persistent cookies for longer than a maximum of 2 years.

What are my options to manage cookies on my device?

You can accept or refuse cookies through your browser settings. You can also clear your cookie history from your browser settings. Typically, browsers enable various means to disable cookies and manage your cookie history. You can usually find the navigation settings relating to cookies in the “Options”, “Tools” or “Preferences” menus of the browser you use to access our websites.

Accepting cookies is usually the best way to make sure you get the best from our websites. If you refuse cookies, some aspects of our websites site may not work on your device, and you may not be able to access all areas of our websites. For this reason, we recommend that you accept cookies.

Yandex Metrica

The Site uses the web analytics service Yandex.Metrika, provided by Yandex LLC, 16 L. Tolstogo St., Moscow, 119021, Russia (hereinafter – Yandex). The Yandex.Metrica service uses “cookie” technology – small text files placed on users’ computer in order to analyze their user activity. The information collected with the help of cookies cannot identify the User, but may help improve the operation of the Site. Information about the User’s use of this Site collected by means of a cookie will be transmitted to Yandex and stored on Yandex’s server in the EU and the Russian Federation. Yandex will process this information to evaluate the User’s use of the Site, to compile reports on the Site’s activity, and to provide other services. Yandex will process this information in the manner set out in the terms of use of the Yandex.Metric service. The User may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in the browser. The User may also use the tool – https://yandex.ru/support/metrika/general/opt-out.html. However, this may affect the operation of some functions of the Site. By using this Site, the User agrees to the processing of data about the User by Yandex in the manner and for the purposes specified above.

Google Analytics

The Site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter referred to as “Google”). Features of the service include versatile analytics functions. They allow data, sessions, and interactions between multiple devices to be attributed to a pseudonymous User ID, enabling the User’s actions to be analyzed across all devices. Google Analytics uses cookies: these are text files that are stored on the User’s device and allow us to analyze the User’s use of the Site. The Site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service offered by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics applies so-called cookies, text files that are stored on the User’s device and allow the analysis of the User’s visit to the Site. The information generated by cookies about the User’s visit to the Website is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. On this website, the Google Analytics service has been extended with code to enable anonymized registration of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). This enables Google to pre-shorten the IP address of the User, but only in member states of the European Union or in other member states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address indicated in the browser of the User of Google Analytics will not be combined with other data collected by Google. Google will use this information to analyze User’s use of the Website, compile reports on Website activity and provide other services to the Website Owner related to the use of the Website and Internet usage. The User may prevent the storage of cookies by using the appropriate setting in the User’s browser software. However, please note that in this case the User will not be able to use all the functions of the Site. The User may also prevent the recording of data collected by the cookie in relation to the use of the Site (including IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB). Refusing cookies prevents the collection of User data during any future visits to the relevant Site. To prevent Universal Analytics from collecting data on multiple devices, the User must opt-out of all systems used. The owner of the Site uses Google Analytics to fulfill the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.

I still have some questions about cookies. Who can I contact?

If you wish to know more about the use of cookies on our website, please feel free to contact us at info@konsugroup.com