Privacy Policy
High-Availability.Com Privacy Policy
We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
Everyone has rights with regard to the way in which their personal data is handled. During the course of our activities we will collect, store and process personal data about our customers, suppliers and other third parties, and we recognise that the correct and lawful treatment of this data will maintain confidence in the organisation and will provide for successful business operations.
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. For the purpose of UK data protection laws, the data controller is High-Availability.com Limited of Pentland House, Village Way, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 2GH, UK (collectively referred to as "HAC", "we", "us" or "our" in this privacy notice).
Data protection principles
We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
When processing your information, we must comply with the six enforceable principles of good practice. These provide that your personal data must be:
- processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner,
- processed for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes,
- adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary,
- accurate and kept up-to-date,
- kept for no longer than is necessary, and
- processed in a manner than ensures appropriate security.
Information you give to us
You may give us information (such as your name, address, email address, phone number, company name) by:
- filling in a 'Contact us' form on our website and HAC landing pages
- having your attendee badge scanned at our events
- corresponding with us by phone, email, letters or otherwise
We may use the information you give to us for a number of different purposes. For each purpose, we are required to confirm the 'legal basis' that allows us to use your information, as follows:
| Purposes for which we will use the information you give to us | Legal Basis |
| To receive information about our services and details of pricing. | It will be necessary for our legitimate business interests, namely to ensure the user is fully aware of the services we offer and the cost of those services. |
| To notify you of any new services or updates available. | It will be necessary for our legitimate business interests, namely to ensure all services remain up to date and fully operational and to ensure that you are fully informed of new services available. |
| To assist us in responding to whatever query or interest you have expressed. | It will be necessary for the performance of a contract between you and us and it will be necessary for our legitimate business interests, namely satisfying your concerns and ensuring we provide a complete service. |
| Any other purpose that we notify to you, but are not expressly listed in this table. | We will only do this if you give us your consent by some specific, informed and unambiguous method. |
In certain circumstances it may be a legal or contractual requirement for you to provide us with certain information for us to fulfil our service or contractual obligations to you.
All other information you give us is given entirely as your discretion. If you do not provide that information, then we will be unable to provide a comprehensive service.
Information we collect about you from other sources
When you visit our website, we may collect information about you (such as the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser plug-in type and versions, time zone setting, operating system and platform).
When you visit our website, using a mobile device, we may collect information about you (such as country code, language, device name, operating system name and version).
We may use the information we collect about you for a number of different purposes. For each purpose, we are required to confirm the 'legal basis' that allows us to use your information, as follows:
| Purposes for which we will use the information we collect | Legal Basis |
| To administer our website and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes, to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so, to measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you and to make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of our site about goods or services that may interest you or them. | It will be necessary for our legitimate business interests to ensure you receive the best experience possible when accessing and using our website. |
| To obtain further information about you, any organisation you represent, with a view to us recommending and providing suitable services. | It will be necessary for our legitimate business interests to ensure we are fully aware of all issues relating to the services you require to ensure the correct Service is recommended and provided. |
Disclosure of your information
You agree that we have the right to share your personal information with:
- OVH Virtual Private Cloud and other online cloud providers. We utilize cloud service OVH (and other online cloud providers) for data storage within a Virtual Private Cloud, your personal data will be transferred to this Virtual Private Cloud for the purposes of providing you our services;
- Selected third parties including:
- verified business partners and sub-contractors to the extent we reasonably consider that it is in your best interests for us to do so, or it is necessary for our legitimate business interests
- analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site
We will disclose your personal information to third parties:
- in order to securely host our software and internal files;
- to manage our databases and email marketing campaigns;
- in the event that we enter into negotiations to sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we will disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets;
- if HAC or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about you will be one of the assets transferred to the third party;
- if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply any contract between you or us, or our website terms of use, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of HAC, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction; or
- if you request us to do so and if you give us your consent by some specific, informed and unambiguous method.
Identifying you as a customer
If you are a business client, we may identify you as a client of the firm in our marketing material or in legal directories, although we will never publicly disclose any confidential information about your legal matters without having obtained your prior consent. If you do not agree to us identifying you as a customer of the firm, please notify us by writing to the address at the top of this policy, or by emailing us at privacypolicy@high-availability.com
Where we store your personal data
All information you provide to us is stored on secure platforms within the EU.
We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely, including taking the following safeguards:
- Use of encrypted filestore on our servers, desktops, laptops and removable storage.
- Secure lockable desks and cupboards. Desks and cupboards are kept locked when not in use if they hold confidential information of any kind.
- Methods of disposal. Paper documents are disposed of by shredding in a manner that ensures confidentiality.
- Equipment. Our internal policies require that individual monitors do not show confidential information to passers-by and that users lock or log-off from their computer when it is unattended.
- Firewalls.
- Use of Virtual Private Networks for remote access.
Some of the data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the United Kingdom but within the EU. It may also be processed by personnel operating outside the United Kingdom who work for us, our group companies or for one of our suppliers. This includes staff engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your orders, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
How long we will store your personal data
The length of time that we will store your data will depend on the 'legal basis' for why we are using that data, as follows:
| Legal basis | Length of time |
| Where we use/store your data because it is necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us. | We will use/store your data for as long as it is necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us. |
| Where we use/store your data because it is necessary for us to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject. | We will use/store your data for as long as it is necessary for us to comply with our legal obligations. |
| Where we use/store your data because it is necessary for our legitimate business interests. | We will use/store your data until you ask us to stop. However, if we can demonstrate the reason why we are using/storing your data overrides your interests, rights and freedoms, then we will continue to use and store your data for as long as it is necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us (or, if earlier, we no longer have a legitimate interest in using/storing your data). |
| Where we use/store your data because you have given us your specific, informed and unambiguous consent. | We will use/store your data until you ask us to stop. |
Your rights
You have various legal rights in relation to the information you give us, or which we collect about you, as follows:
- You have a right to access the information we hold about you free-of-charge, together with various information about why and how we are using your information, to whom we may have disclosed that information, from where we originally obtained the information and for how long we will use your information.
- You have the right to ask us to rectify any information we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.
- You have the right to ask us to erase the information we hold about you (the 'right to be forgotten'). Please note that this right can only be exercised in certain circumstances and, if you ask us to erase your information and we are unable to do so, we will explain why not.
- You have the right to ask us to stop using your information where: (i) the information we hold about you is inaccurate; (ii) we are unlawfully using your information; (iii) we no longer need to use the information; or (iv) we do not have a legitimate reason to use the information. Please note that we may continue to store your information, or use your information for the purpose of legal proceedings or for protecting the rights of any other person.
- You have the right to ask us to transmit the information we hold about you to another person or company in a structured, commonly-used and machine-readable format. Please note that this right can only be exercised in certain circumstances and, if you ask us to transmit your information and we are unable to do so, we will explain why not.
- Where we use/store your information because it is necessary for our legitimate business interests, you have the right to object to us using/storing your information. We will stop using/storing your information unless we can demonstrate why we believe we have a legitimate business interest which overrides your interests, rights and freedoms.
- Where we use/store your data because you have given us your specific, informed and unambiguous consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- You have the right to object to us using/storing your information for direct marketing purposes.
If you wish to exercise any of your legal rights, please contact us by writing to the address at the top of this policy, or by emailing us at privacypolicy@high-availability.com.
You also have the right, at any time, to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office if you believe we are not complying with the laws and regulations relating to the use/storage of the information you give us, or that we collect about you.
Changes to our policy
Any changes we make to our policy in the future will be posted on our website and, where appropriate, notified to you by email or via social media. Please check our website frequently to see any updates or changes to our policy.
Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this policy are welcomed and should be addressed to us by writing to the address at the top of this policy, or by emailing us at privacypolicy@high-availability.com.