Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy outlines how Prothea Technologies Ltd. (“us”, “we”, or “our”) collects, uses, and safeguards the personal information you may choose to provide us with when you visit our site. By engaging with our website, you consent to the practices described in this policy.
Information Collection and Use
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our services to you.
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data Collected for Newsletters and Mailing Lists
Where an individual signs up to one of our mailing lists, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Name
- Email address
- Company (optional)
- Job title (optional)
The legal basis for processing your Personal Data for newsletters and mailing lists is your consent.
Website Usage Data
We currently do not use cookies or collect any usage data related to your visit to our website. If this changes in the future, we will update our Privacy Policy accordingly and provide information on the use of cookies or similar technologies.
Use of Data
Use of Data Collected for Newsletters and Mailing Lists
The information provided when subscribing to our mailing lists will be stored on Mailchimp, a secured mailing list platform used by us to manage and send newsletters. This data will be used only to send subscribers the newsletters that they have subscribed to.
Subscribers can opt-out of receiving the newsletters at any time. Instructions on how to do so can be found in the ‘Data Protection Rights’ section below. Subscribers will also be able to control what information they receive from us by following the “update your preferences” link at the bottom of each email.
Transfer of Data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information. This includes adhering to the Standard Contractual Clauses for the transfer of data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
Transfer of Data Collected for Newsletters and Mailing Lists
If you choose to subscribe to one of our mailing lists, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States for processing on Mailchimp’s secure platforms.
Your Data Protection Rights
Individuals have data protection rights aimed at allowing you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data. If you wish to exercise any of these rights or be informed about what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
Objections and complaints
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can raise a complaint in writing, see the ‘Contact Us’ section below.
You can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
By email: privacy@prothea.tech
By mail:
Prothea Technologies
City Point, 3rd Floor, 65 Haymarket Terrace
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH12 5HD
Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, and other factors. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting the personal information we collect. Your continued engagement with our website after any changes or revisions to this privacy policy indicates your agreement with the terms of such revised privacy policy.