Privacy Policy
HOGARD takes your privacy very seriously. We ask that you read this Privacy Policy carefully as it contains important information about what to expect when we collect personal information about you, including how we will use your personal data and the steps that we take to ensure that it is kept safe.
HOGARD shall process all personal information in accordance with data protection legislation and regulations relating to the processing of personal data and privacy, including but not limited to the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679).
What personal information do we collect about you?
In order to provide you with our services and products and the legitimate interests of HOGARD, we may collect personal information about you from our websites, telephone conversations, emails, and written and oral communications. We may, for example, keep a record of your name, address, email address and/or telephone number.
In addition to the information you knowingly provide,
HOGARD collects the domain names and IP addresses of its visitors to the website https://www.hogard.net along with usage statistics (for example, types of web browsers and operating systems used) and browsing history. This data is used to promote our services. HOGARD may combine this information with the personally identifiable and other information it collects.
How will we use your personal information?
We will primarily use your personal information to provide our services and products to you.
We may also use your personal information for one or more of the following purposes:
a) to process requests and purchases and manage your interactions with us;
b) to communicate with you about services or products you have requested from us: for example, in the event that the service or product you have requested is unavailable; or if there is a query or problem with your requests; or when (in accordance with your preferences) we keep in touch with you about similar services or products;
c) for record-keeping purposes;
d) to fulfil our legal obligations (for example, where we are required to keep records of transactions or share information with authorities);
e) to improve the quality of our services;
f) subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy and your preferences, for marketing purposes and so that we can improve and tailor the services and/or products we offer you;
We may also use aggregate information and statistics for the purposes of monitoring website usage in order to help us to develop our website and our services. We may also provide such aggregate information to third parties, but these statistics will not include information that can be used to identify you.
Disclosure of your personal information
In order to provide our services and products, we may, occasionally, appoint other organisations to carry out some of the processing activities on our behalf. These may include, for example, technology hosts, printing companies and mailing houses. In these circumstances, we will ensure that personal information is properly protected and that it is only used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
In very limited circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties if we are under a legal obligation to do so.
What if you do not want to receive marketing information?
We consider it is in HOGARD’s legitimate interest to keep you informed about what we offer. You will receive marketing information only if you marked that you agree to.
If you agree to us providing you with marketing information or HOGARD news, you can always opt out at a later date or narrow your preferences. You are in control of what you receive. However, please note that where you withhold or withdraw your consent to be contacted in this way, we may be unable to keep you informed of new services, products, events and/or special offers that may interest you.
Cookies and other information-gathering technologies
Our website www.hogard.net uses cookies. Please read our Cookie policy for more information.
How we protect and keep your personal information
We keep your personal data for no longer than necessary for a lawful purpose, such as processing a purchase (or for a reasonable period after the purchase so that we can process any claim or query).
We will also keep your contact details for as long as we believe you wish to hear from us using those contact details.
HOGARD takes the security of your personal information seriously. HOGARD will attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your personal information. HOGARD has implemented reasonable administrative, technical and physical measures to protect your personal information.
However, you should be aware that the use of the Internet is not entirely secure and for this reason we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal information which is transferred from you or to you via the Internet. We are not responsible for the contents or policies of external websites and recommend that you check the privacy and security policies and procedures of every website that you use and submit your personal details to.
Overseas transfers
The information you provide may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) that do not have similar protections in place regarding your data and restrictions on its use as set out in this Privacy Policy. However, we will take steps to ensure adequate protections are in place to ensure the security of your information. The EEA comprises the EU member states plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. By submitting your information, you agree to these transfers for the purposes specified above.
Changes to Privacy Notice
We keep our Privacy Policy under regular review. If we change our Privacy Policy we will post the changes on this page, where appropriate, place notices on other pages of our websites and advertise on our social media platforms. Any material changes that affect how your personal data is used will be provided to you, so that you may be aware of the information we collect and how we use it at all times.
How to contact HOGARD
If you would like to contact HOGARD with any queries about our Privacy Policy, please send an email to info@hogard.net