This privacy policy informs you on how we use personal information submitted to us or personal data collected by us online (using cookies).
Sigma Technology AB (including our subsidiaries, hereinafter referred to as “we”), respect your privacy and the right to maintain control over your personal data. Our guiding principles are simple. We will be transparent about which data we collect and why.
We process personal data in accordance with the provisions of the applicable personal data protection at any given time, including the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, EU 2016/679, (GDPR) and any subsequent legislation replacing or supplementing these.
PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT
We obtain data directly from you, within the context of the relationship that we have with you. You can be a contact person with one of our customers, contractors, and/or partners, or even sub-consultants, job seekers and/or students. In short, people who we interact with within the context of our business, or process personal data for as part of managing our relationship.
Examples of personal data that we process are your name and your contact details such as mobile phone number and e-mail address. We may also update your information from other public records, such as via the Swedish Companies Registration Office, SPAR, etc. if it is deemed necessary, in order to maintain a good filing system.
We may also register personal data when you interact digitally with us, in connection with:
- – Signing up for a service that is offered via the various platforms that we offer.
- – When you fill in your name and e-mail address and/or your mobile number on any of our websites.
- – If you contact us via e-mail, our websites and social media.
- – If you sign up for one of our newsletters or register for an event.
- – If you visit our websites and/or apps, including but not limited to traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, such as the IP address, type of device, operating system and web browser type that was used for the visit.
How we use information that we have collected
We process your personal data to fulfill the following purposes and the stated legal basis.
| Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| To manage and maintain our customer or supplier and/or partner relationships with your company (where you are employed) or you as a contractor/partner, and fulfill the requirements of applicable agreements, orders and requests, which may imply processing of personal data in digital business support tools, such as CRM-or supplier management systems. | Our legitimate interest in managing our business relations and fulfilling our duties. |
| To manage administration, invoicing, correspondence, etc. with our partners and provide good service, correct incorrect data, and/or send information that has been requested or which at our discretion may be of your (or your employer) interest. | Our legitimate interest in managing our business relations and fulfilling our duties. |
| To manage and support our relationship with you as an individual contractor, job seeker, or student, in order to match requests for open assignments and positions. | Our legitimate interest in managing our business relations and fulfilling our duties, including fulfilling our undertakings to you. |
| To complete, manage, and develop and improve our digital services (websites, apps, databases, etc.), which may include analysis of user and statistical data at an aggregated level as well as storage and analysis. | Our legitimate interest in providing and ensuring effective digital services and providing effective information and marketing about our business. |
| To contact you via email, app, SMS, or update you about offers, promotions, or services that we believe may be of interest to your employer or you (please note that you can opt-out/decline at any time). | Our legitimate interest in offering and marketing services and products we consider are of interest to your employer or you. |
Information that may be disclosed
We may disclose your personal information to companies within our company group that are in the context of our collaboration and integral to our relationship with you.
We may also share personal data with the service providers that process data on our behalf in order to execute our services, e.g., IT services, recruitment, and marketing services unless otherwise instructed.
We only cooperate with partners processing personal data within the EU/EEA, or with companies that maintain the same level of protection as within the EU/EEA, by using EU standard agreements. All data transfers comply with the requirements of the GDPR.
STORAGE AND DELETION OF PERSONAL DATA
All data processing is performed in accordance with applicable legislation, which means that personal data is not retained for a longer period than necessary. We will store your personal information as long as you are an active or potential customer, supplier (including contractor or candidate), or partner to us.
If our relationship has ceased and/or it is not considered reasonable to be re-activated, we shall delete your information. Such reviews are made periodically and at least once a year.
Unless specifically instructed or we have obtained your specific approval, personal data of subjects who have been inactive in their relationship with us will be deleted at the latest after 3 years of inactivity. Some information may be retained longer if necessary due to legal requirements, such as the Accounting Act (SFS 1999:1078).
In all processing and storage of personal data, the privacy and relevant level of organizational and technical security measures are observed based on the risk and sensitivity of the data being processed.
SECURITY
We ensure that appropriate technical and organizational measures are taken to protect your personal data against unauthorized access or destruction, illegal treatment, or accidental loss or damage.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to obtain information on which personal data about you we process and you can control what information about you is stored. We will correct the information that is found to be incorrect on our own, your, and/or our partner’s initiative. You may also request for your data to be deleted or for its usage to be limited by contacting us (for contact information, see “Contact us”).
If you have complaints concerning Sigma Technology AB’s processing of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Swedish Data Protection Authority or another supervisory authority that supervises the processing of personal data by companies.
You are entitled, under certain circumstances, to obtain the personal information you have provided to us which concerns you, in an electronic format that is widely used. You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information, which is based on our legitimate interest. If so, Sigma Technology AB will only continue with the processing if there are legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests.
You can at any time refrain from receiving marketing communications from us by updating your account settings on “My Profile” (or similar), by clicking “unsubscribe” in an email and a text message that you receive from us. You are always welcome to contact us for assistance in unsubscribing from our communications.
You may obtain information concerning which personal details are registered by sending us a written request for a register excerpt.
COOKIES
We use cookies to provide a more user-friendly website for you. Some cookies may also be used (i.e. Google Analytics or other tools) for analytical purposes and website performance improvements. For more information, please see our Cookies Policy section of this policy.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
If our website contains links to third-party websites or materials published by third parties, these links are for information purposes only. Since we do not control the information on these websites, we are not responsible for their content. We are not responsible for any damages or losses that might arise from the use of these links.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy as needed, for example, to comply with changes in laws and regulations. Such changes will be published on the Sigma Technology’s website.
CONTACT US
Sigma Technology Group AB
C/O: GDPR responsible
Lindholmspiren 9
417 56 Gothenburg
Sweden
E-mail: info@sigmatechnology.com
COOKIES POLICY
This cookies policy informs you about how we use personal data collected by us online (using cookies).
HOW WE WORK WITH THE WEBSITE DATA
The Sigma Technology AB’s website gathers and retrieves some information from your browser using small pieces of data, known as cookies. We need this information to make sure that our website works as expected and provides good user experience, for example, remembers your actions and preferences over a period of time. Some of the cookies that we collect from you (third-party cookies) help us analyze how well the website is performing and what content requires improvements.
If you wish to opt-out from cookies, you can either delete them from your computer or restrict the cookies collected in your browser. However, this may cause some personal settings to disappear or impair the functionality of some web pages.
LIST OF COOKIES
The cookies used at sigmatechnology.com include functionality and performance cookies.
Functionality cookies
The functionality cookies used on sigmatechnology.com are associated with the AddThis social sharing widget (cookies _atuvc, _atuvs, di2, loc, ouid, uid, uvc, vc) that is embedded to enable you to share content from sigmatechnology.com with a range of networking and sharing platforms. You can choose to block or alert you about these cookies in your browser.
Some pages of our website use such services as Google Maps, YouTube embedded player, and Facebook sharing plugin.
Performance cookies
We use the Google Analytics platform for analytical and performance purposes. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
The service uses a set of cookies (_ga, _gat, _gid) that are used to:
- – Distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request on a site and used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data for the site’s analytics reports. It is set to expire after 38 months.
- – Throttle the request rate-limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes.
- – Store and update a unique value for each page visited.
We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices. This includes a device’s IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our website. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf.
Marketing Cookies
We use third-party cookies to manage the online advertising you see from us. They allow us to display personalized advertisements that are relevant for you and make your online experience better. This is called “retargeting,” and it’s based on your browsing activities.
You can opt-out of customized advertisements, however, please, be aware that opting out of an online advertising network doesn’t mean that you will no longer receive or be subject to our online advertising. It means the network you opted out of won’t deliver ads customized to your web preferences and browsing patterns anymore.
If you have any concerns or queries about anything on this site, please contact us by email info@sigmatechnology.com.