This statement highlights our practices regarding personal information that we collect and store about you through this website, www.vision.com. VISION Consulting Limited is the data controller in respect of this Personal Data.
Our relationship with you is valuable and we understand the importance you place on the privacy and security of information that personally identifies you. In that respect, we take the protection of your personal data seriously. This privacy notice sets out how we protect your Personal Data and informs you of your privacy rights. Through this privacy notice we aim to inform you of how VISION Consulting Limited processes your personal data.
It is important that you read this privacy notice carefully before we commence work on your behalf or before you submit Personal Data to us in order to understand how your information will be treated.
We may collect Personal Data from you when you become our client, when we engage you as a supplier or during the processing of employment and general enquiries. We ask you to disclose only as much information as is necessary to provide you with our services or to submit a question/suggestion/comment in relation to our website or our services.
We collect the information set out above in order to provide you with information, to market our services, to improve our website and to process job applications, and alumni related requests. The purposes for which we use Personal Data and the legal basis for why that processing is necessary or permitted are:
| Data Collected | Purposes/activity | Legal basis for processing |
|---|---|---|
| First and last name, Email address, telephone contact details. | Providing our services to clients. | The processing is necessary to perform a contract |
| First and last name, Email address, telephone contact details. | Communicating with you, our clients or other persons in the course of our business. | The processing is necessary to perform a contract or enter into a contract with you. |
| Name, Email address. | To send you email alerts and newsletters that you have opted-in to receive by filling in our online forms or contacting us by email or by other means. | Your consent. |
| First and last name, Email address, telephone contact details. | To market to or respond to or prospects regarding business services and opportunities. | Your consent To support our legitimate interests in marketing, managing and improving our business and services and providing services, provided such interests are not overridden by the rights and interests of the data subjects concerned |
| First and last name, email address, location, phone number, professional qualifications, CV, references, confirmation that you are 18 or older. | To process job applications in our ‘Recruitment’ section. | The processing is necessary to perform a contract or enter into a contract with you. |
| IP address, browser type etc. | To assist the proper operation and functionality of our site. | The processing is necessary to support our legitimate interests in managing our business and maintaining website security. |
We will not share any of your personal data with any third parties for any purposes, subject to the following exceptions:
We will store your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purpose(s) for which it was obtained. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include (i) the length of time we have an ongoing relationship and/or provide our services; (ii) whether there is a legal requirement to which we are subject; and (iii) whether the retention is advisable in light of our legal position (such as in regard to applicable statutes of limitations, litigation or regulatory investigations). Please contact us if you wish to obtain further information concerning our retention periods (see ‘Contact Us’ below).
Your use of our website may from time to time involve the transfer, storage, and processing of your personal data to other countries outside of the European Economic Area. We will take appropriate measures, in compliance with applicable law, to ensure that your personal data remains protected. Such measures include the use of Standard Contractual Clauses to safeguard the transfer of data outside of the EEA. We may be requested by law, legal process, or court order from governmental authorities to disclose your information. VISION also commit that if we are ever compelled by a valid and binding legal request to disclose customer data, we will disclose only the minimum amount of data necessary to satisfy the request.
Your Personal Data is held on secure servers. No data transmission over the internet can be 100% secure. The nature of the internet is such that we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us via the internet. You transfer data at your own risk. However, we will take all reasonable steps (including appropriate technical and organisational measures) to protect your Personal Data. We limit access to your Personal Data to those employees, agents, contractors, consultants and other third parties who have a business need to process your personal data. Your Personal Data will only be processed by employees and third parties on our instructions and subject to a duty of confidentiality.
Cookies are small text files downloaded from websites to your computer or mobile device. Cookies are useful because they allow our website to recognise a user’s device and allows a website to remember your actions or preferences over a length of time. You can find more information about cookies at: https://www.allaboutcookies.org/ and https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect technical data about your computer equipment, browsing actions and preferences. Most web browsers give you some control over cookies through the browsing settings. However, turning cookies off may interfere with your browsing experience. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Our website may from time to time contain links to and from other websites. If you follow a link to any of those websites, please do note that those websites have their own privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for those policies. Please check those policies before you submit any personal date to those websites.
The website does not knowingly solicit or collect personally identifiable information online from children under the age of 16 and request that no such information be submitted to us. If you become aware of any personally identifiable information, we have collected from children under 16, please contact us. (see how can you contact us? below)
Under GDPR, you have certain legal rights in respect of your personal information handed by us. These include:
You may exercise any of the above rights by contacting us (see how can you contact us? below). You may lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority with respect to our processing of your Personal Data. The local Supervisory Authority in Ireland is the Data Protection Commission. The website is https://www.dataprotection.ie/.
This notice may change from time to time, and any changes will be posted on this website, so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. Any changes will be effective when posted. Please review this notice each time you use our website or our services. This notice was last updated on the 10 day of January 2023.
Should you wish to contact us in relation to this notice you can do so by email or by post to the following:
Attn: Head of Compliance
Address: VISION Consulting Limited, The Priory, John Street West – D08 AP63
Email: dataprivacy@vision.com