Tecnics is committed to protecting the privacy of all personal information obtained from you during your visits to our website (https://tecnics.com/),  visit our office premises, during the process of prospecting, marketing, recruitment and exchanging information for the purpose of new business or expansion. Our aim is to safeguard the security and privacy of all users. This policy explains our information practices and the choices you can make about the way in which Tecnics collects and uses your information.

Use of Personal Data

The website does not automatically capture or store personal data from visitors to the site other than to log the users IP address and hostname, and session details such as the duration of the visit, pages visited and the nature of the browser used. This information does not identify you personally; it is used to help us diagnose problems with our data server, to administer our website, and to compile statistics about our visitors and their use of the site. For example, we may use this data to track which pages our users are visiting most often, or to determine which web browsers our visitors use. Any data that is collected will not be sold to any third parties for marketing parties.

How secure is the information collected?

Tecnics is committed to ensuring that your personal information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Tecnics is certified with ISO 27001 (Information Security Management System) demonstrating formal compliance to protecting confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information collected, processed and stored.

The IT team shall continuously develop and evaluate the Company’s security policy with respect to the processing of personal data. We strive to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction and have some key information security and physical security policies in place to safeguard the information. Some of the examples are – encryptions, physical and logical access control, user authentication, secure login using One Time Password (OTP), firewalls and latest antivirus and likewise.

Regarding your use of our websites it should be noted that the open nature of the Internet is such that information and personal data may flow over networks connecting you to our systems without security measures in some cases and may be accessed and used by people other than those for whom the data is intended. You acknowledge that, Tecnics can’t prevent the use (or misuse) of such personal data by others.

In case you follow a link to any of the sites which may be arising out of Tecnics website, please note that these sites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies or sites. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these sites.

As per GDPR Article 6(1)(f) – Processing shall be lawful only if and to the extent that at least one of the following applies:

(f) processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.

While we consider legitimate interests as reasonable grounds to process your personal information, we also ensure that these legitimate interests are not overridden by your interests and rights or freedoms you have in relation to the processing activities.

Where mandated by law, we will obtain your prior consent for processing your personal information for the purposes mentioned above based. Submitting consent through forms, emails or through website (example – “I agree”, “By continuing to use this website, you agree to our cookie & privacy policy) shall be considered as your agreement to collect and process the Personal Information for the stated purpose.

In the event of a medical emergency or authorized by law, we may use your personal information considering the following lawfulness of processing as per GDPR Article 6(1)(d) and 6(1)(e) –

• 6(1)(d) processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person
• 6(1)(e) processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller

We do not generally seek to collect or process sensitive personal data also known as special categories (revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade-union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation) through this site. In the limited cases where we may seek to collect such data, we will do this in accordance with local data privacy law requirements.

For how long do we maintain data?

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary. Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes. If you have an association with us, we will only keep the data while your association is active or for as long as needed to provide services to you and, as further needed for us to comply with our legal and contractual obligations. When the personal data that has been collected is no longer required, Tecnics shall destroy or delete it in a secure manner in accordance with our information security policies and/or as per the official contract made with the other party.

Cookies

A 'cookie' is a small data file that a website may send to your browser and that your browser may then store on your system. 

External Links

This privacy policy does not apply to third party websites that may be accessible through links from the Tecnics website. These hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only and do not imply endorsement of their activities or products unless otherwise stated. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of those third parties to learn how they collect and use information about you before using the site or providing any personal data about yourself.

Notification of Changes

Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted here so that you will always know what information we are collecting online, how we use it and what choices you have.

(This policy was last updated on 27-Aug-2020.)