Privacy Policy

At Colony, the privacy and security of our clients and professionals are of superior importance. Below you can see what we do to secure your data.

1. Introduction

At Colony, the privacy and security of our customers, professionals and visitors are of superior importance. The Colony is committed to protecting the data you share with us. This privacy policy explains how the Colony processes information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify an individual (“Personal Data”) collected through use of its website.

Any information shared with the Colony website is treated as confidential. All information is stored securely and is accessed by authorized personnel only. The Colony implements and maintains appropriate technical, security and organisational measures to protect Personal Data against unauthorized or unlawful processing and use, and against accidental loss, destruction, damage, theft or disclosure.

2. Data that we collect

We collect your data only when you want to contact us and use some of our paid services. The data that we collect in this case is as follows:

• — Your full name
• — Company name
• — Your E-mail address
• — Your phone number

When you use some of our free services, or just to browse our page we don’t collect your personal data.

3. Why we collect data?

We collect data to improve our services that we provide for you:

• — Notify you about changes to our services and/or products
• — Provide you with information on the estimation of costs for our services
• — Send you newsletters and marketing updates

4. Giving your consent

In order to process your information, we need your consent. Not giving your consent will not restrict you from using our service, but our services could be limited. In accordance with GDPR you can give us your consent by accepting and agreeing, and opt specifically and individually for the following:

• — To notify you about changes to our services and/or products
• — To provide you with information on the estimation of costs for our services
• — To send you newsletters and marketing updates

5. Your Rights and Control

EXPORTING AND DELETING YOUR INFORMATION

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

RIGHT OF ACCESS

By sending an e-mail to our contact at [email protected] you can request some of the following or all together:

• — Which of your personal information we have stored
• — The purposes of the processing
• — The recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations
• — Where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period

RIGHT TO RECTIFICATION

By sending an e-mail to our contact at [email protected] you can obtain from us without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data

RIGHT TO ERASURE (RIGHT TO BE FORGOTEN)

You have the right to obtain from us the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay and the we have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:

• — The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed
• — You withdraw consent on which the processing is based and where there is no other legal ground for the processing
• — You object to the processing and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing
• — The personal data have been unlawfully processed
• — The personal data have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which we are subject
• — The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services

RIGHT TO RESTRICTION OF PROCESSING

You have the right to obtain from us restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

• — The accuracy of the personal data is contested by you, for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the personal data
• — The processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead
• — We no longer need the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims

Where processing has been restricted, such personal data shall, with the exception of storage, only be processed with the your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.

If you have obtained restriction of processing, you shall be informed by us before the restriction of processing is lifted.

6. Sharing your Data

RIGHT TO DATA PORTABILITY

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from us, where:

• — The processing is based on consent or on a contract and
• — The processing is carried out by automated means

In exercising your right to data portability you have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from us to another company, where technically feasible.

7. Keeping Data Secure

We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures for ensuring that, by default, only personal data which are necessary for each specific purpose of the processing are processed. That obligation applies to the amount of personal data collected, the extent of their processing, the period of their storage and their accessibility.

The Colony processes Personal Data as a Controller, as defined in the Directive and the GDPR. All data collected by the Colony through forms will be stored exclusively in secure hosting facilities. The Colony has a data processing agreement in place with its provider, ensuring compliance with the Directive. All hosting is performed in accordance with the highest security regulations. All transfers of data internally in the EEA is done in accordance with this data processing agreement.

8. Retention and Deletion of Data

The Colony will not retain data longer than is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected or as required by applicable laws or regulations.

9. Acceptance of these conditions

We assume that all Visitors of our website have carefully read this document and agree to its contents. If someone does not agree with this privacy policy, they should refrain from using our website. We reserve the right to change our privacy policy as necessity dictates. Continued use of the website of Colony after having been informed of any such changes to these conditions implies acceptance of the revised privacy policy.

10. Our Legal Obligation to Disclose Personal Information

We will reveal a user’s personal information without his/her prior permission only when we have reason to believe that the disclosure of this information is required to establish the identity of, to contact or to initiate legal proceedings against a person or persons who are suspected of infringing rights or property belonging to the Colony or to others who could be harmed by the user’s activities or of persons who could (deliberately or otherwise) transgress upon these rights and property. We are permitted to disclose personal information when we have good reason to believe that this is legally required.

11. For Further Information

If you have any further questions regarding the data Colony collects, or how we use it, then please feel free to contact us by email at:[email protected]