Privacy Policy | Semiwise Ltd

This privacy notice is subject to ongoing review and change.

Last updated: 20/07/2021

If you have any questions about this privacy notice, including if you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us by email information@semiwise.uk

Or write to: Semiwise Ltd, Rankine building, 79-85 Oakfield Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8LT, UK.

This privacy notice sets out how SEMIWISE uses and protects personal information that you give SEMIWISE when you visit or use SEMIWISE websites and other services, including events, that refer or link to this privacy notice. This also applies to introductions in a business context and share contact information. This privacy notice may be supplemented by additional privacy statements, terms or notices provided to you.

We are committed to preserving your privacy.

HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We may collect your personal data in the following ways:

From you directly, following meetings in a business context (face to face, attendance at SEMIWISE meetings or events, email, mail or telephone)
From data that you provide online via SEMIWISE online forms (such as your name, contact details, e-mail address etc.), online forms on SEMIWISE event sites, online surveys you reply to or requests by email or by website sign up form to subscribe to the SEMIWISE newsletter
From your interaction with and use of online services including the SEMIWISE website, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media feeds
If you contact SEMIWISE we may keep a record of that correspondence
Emails you send to us will be held on the password-protected SEMIWISE CRM system accessible to SEMIWISE staff only

WE MAY COLLECT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

Name and job title
Organisation or academic institution you are associated with
Contact information such as an email address, postal address or telephone number
Demographic information such as address, postcode, preferences and interests
Your interaction with SEMIWISE including, but not limited to, frequency and timing of visits to the SEMIWISE website and your engagement with SEMIWISE newsletters
Financial details if payments are required (e.g., payment for goods or services)
Details of your visits to the SEMIWISE website including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use your information to:

Keep internal records
Store your information on the SEMIWISE CRM database
Send you details of news, events or training courses that we feel may be of interest to you
Enable us to perform and improve the services you have requested
Respond to any queries submitted via the website, email, mail or telephone
Ensure that content from the SEMIWISE website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer
Analyse the information we collect so that we can administer, support, improve and develop the website and our services
Satisfy internal record keeping
Contact you from time to time for research purposes in relation to our services, projects or work themes. We may contact you by email, phone or mail
Provide you with information or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, unless you have indicated otherwise
Notify you about changes to our service
Create activity reports.

WHO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH

We will not share your data with any third parties for the purposes of direct marketing.

Legal Grounds for Processing

We will only collect, use and otherwise handle your personal data when we have legal grounds for doing so. The common grounds will be:

Legitimate Interest

We may process your personal information for our legitimate business interests. You have the right to object to this processing. When we process your personal information for our legitimate interests, we make sure to consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative), and your rights under data protection laws. Our legitimate business interests do not automatically override your interests – we will not use your Personal Data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law)

These legitimate interests are (i) Reasonable expectation and (ii) Relevant and appropriate relationship

Consent for Email marketing

If you wish to receive the SEMIWISE email newsletter, you must either sign up at the SEMIWISE website or give permission by email. This permission will be recorded and stored. By subscribing through the website or requesting the email newsletter by email, you consent to the collection, storage, use and transfer of your data by us in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

You can withdraw your consent at any point by clicking on the ‘unsubscribe’ link provided in SEMIWISE emails or by contacting SEMIWISE directly.

VISITORS TO THE SEMIWISE WEBSITE

Analytics

When you visit https://www.semiconductorwise.com, we use a third-party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out such things as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way that does not identify anyone. We do not make, and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website.

If we do collect personal data through our website, we’ll be upfront about this. We’ll make it clear when we collect personal information, and we’ll explain what we intend to do with it.

We use a cookies tool on our website. More information about our Cookie Policy can be found here.

Links to Third Party Websites

As we want your experience of the SEMIWISE website and newsletters to be as informative and useful as possible, we provide a number of links to websites operated by third parties.

Please be aware that we do not have any control over third party websites and that such third-party websites may send their own cookies to users, or otherwise collect data or solicit personal information.

We cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such third-party websites and so these are not governed by this privacy notice. We encourage you to review each third-party website’s privacy policy/notice before browsing and interacting with the website in question.

Retention of your information

We will retain your personal data for as long as we reasonably require in light of the purpose(s) for which we are holding it and all relevant legal, commercial and operational considerations.

Personal data is stored on our servers and will remain within the UK/EEA.

Disclosure of your information

We will not share, sell or distribute any of the information you provide to us without your consent, except where disclosure is:

Necessary to enforce our rights
Required or permitted by law
Your rights under data protection laws

All individuals have a number of rights under data protection laws. However, they do not apply in all circumstances.

Rights include:

Your right of access: You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
Your right of rectification: You have the right to ask us to rectify information you think is inaccurate.
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 information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing: You have the right to object to processing if we are able to process your information because the process forms part of our public tasks or is in our legitimate interests.
Your right to data portability: This only applies to data you have given us. You have the right to ask that we transfer the information you gave us from one organisation to another or give it to you. The right only applies if we are processing information based on your consent or under, or in talks about entering into a contract and the processing is automated.

You can read more about all of these rights here.

At all times, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office which enforces data protection laws.

If you wish to exercise any of these, please email information@semiwise.uk and we will explain at that time if they are applicable or not. We will inform you in writing following receipt of your written request and if necessary, seek additional information from you about your request, including proof of identity.

Security

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 online or through the website. Any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Changes to our Privacy Notice

We may amend this Privacy Notice from time to time to take account of changes to our processing and regulatory changes. We encourage you to review it from time to time. If we make any substantial changes we will notify you by posting a notice on our website.

Your contact details

Please help us keep our records updated by informing SEMIWISE of any changes to your e-mail address and other contact details to information@semiwise.uk with the subject line “Change of details”

Queries and concerns

If you have any queries or concerns about our processing of your personal data, please contact us at Semiwise Ltd, Rankine building, 79-85 Oakfield Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8LT, UK with the subject line “Privacy Notice”.