The FastLatch GDPR & Privacy Policy
FastLatch, LLC is committed to protecting online user privacy. In order to ensure your privacy, information FastLatch collects through our web site at www.fastlatch.com (“Site”) is used only in the manner and for the purposes described in this FastLatch Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy.”)
User Consent to Privacy Policy
Any person accessing, browsing, or otherwise using the Site, either manually or via an automated device or program, shall be considered a “User.” All Users are bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. Users consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of personally identifiable User information (“Information”) pursuant to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Information Collected from Users
FastLatch collects the email address of Users that email a question or comment to FastLatch or submit a customer review.
FastLatch collects the billing and shipping addresses, including relevant e-mail, phone and credit card numbers and expiration dates of Users who purchase a product from FastLatch through the Site. This includes Users who register to become FastLatch members or enter any FastLatch contests or other promotional features available on the Site.
Through the use of “cookies” (For more information regarding Cookies, see below), FastLatch may collect and store anonymous information relating to Users’ browsing patterns, including, for instance, the User’s browser version, site referral information, IP address, operating system, and other technical Site use information.
Cookies
The Site uses a feature of Internet Web browsers called a Cookie, which is a file that a User’s Web browser places on a User’s computer’s hard drive, to assign an identification code to the computer and to collect anonymous browsing information. On this Site, cookies are used in conjunction with session variables to track a User’s shopping cart and expire as soon as an order is completed or if a shopping cart sits idle for a lengthy period without being checked-out.
FastLatch does not use Cookies to retrieve Information about Users from a User’s computer unless the User knowingly and willingly provided such Information.
You may set your Internet Web browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to prevent cookies from being sent. If you prevent a cookie from being sent, you may limit the functionality FastLatch can provide you when you visit the Site, especially when purchasing an item on the Site.
Use of Information
FastLatch uses the Information collected from its Users to:
– Respond to Users’ questions or comments;
– Administer a User’s contest entry or entry in other promotional feature;
– Fulfill a User’s purchase request and notify Users of their order status; and
– Provide Users with important functionality changes to the Site, new FastLatch services and special offers we think you will find valuable.
Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
Unless we have your consent or except as required or permitted by law, FastLatch will not sell, share, trade or give away any Information that it collects or receives regarding its Users.
FastLatch may disclose information about our Users to others if we have a good faith belief that we are required to do so by law or legal process, to respond to claims, or to protect the rights, property or safety of FastLatch or others. FastLatch may disclose Information to third party in the event that a third party acquires FastLatch or its assets. (See, Sale or Acquisition section below.)
Linked Internet Web Sites
The Site may provide hyperlinks, which are highlighted words or pictures within a hypertext document that, when clicked, take you to another place within the document, to another document altogether, or may take you to a third party website not controlled by FastLatch. These hyperlinked third party websites may collect and disclose Information different than this Site. FastLatch is not responsible for the collection, use, or disclosure of information collected through these web sites, and FastLatch expressly disclaims any and all liability related to such collection, use, or disclosure.
Children
The FastLatch Site is not directed towards children under 18 years of age and FastLatch does not knowingly collect any information from children under 18 years of age through the Site.
Security
FastLatch has security measures to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the Information under our control, including credit card information that is submitted to FastLatch When Users place orders or access their account information, the Site uses secure server software (SSL), which encrypts all information Users’ input before it is sent to us. Thus, we have taken steps to protect the Information we collect from you from unauthorized access. Unfortunately, no system is perfect; therefore, FastLatch makes no representations or warranties with regard to the sufficiency of these security measures. FastLatch shall not be responsible for any actual or consequential damages that result from a lapse in compliance with this Privacy Policy because of a security breach or technical malfunction.
Sale or Acquisition
In the event that another company acquires FastLatch or all or part of its assets, we reserve the right to include Information among the assets transferred to the acquiring company.
Applicable Law/International Issues
Information that is submitted to this Site will be collected, processed, stored, disclosed and disposed of in accordance with applicable U.S. law. If you are a non-U.S. User, you acknowledge and agree that we may collect and use your Information, as discussed above, outside your resident jurisdiction. In addition, such Information may be stored on servers located outside your resident jurisdiction. U.S. law may not provide the degree of protection for Information that is available in other countries. By providing us with your Information, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy, understand it, agree to its terms and consent to the transfer of such Information outside your resident jurisdiction. If you do not consent to the terms of this Policy, please do not use this Site, but if you have already provided us with Information, please contact us and let us know how you would like us to handle such information.
Amendments to Privacy Policy
FastLatch reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy periodically.
This notice is for people who are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and supplements our general Privacy Statement. Our processing of personal data of people who are in the EEA is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”), which applies from May 25, 2018. The GDPR requires us to provide certain information to you about your personal data, which we refer to in this notice as your personal information.
Data Controller
The data controller for this website is the company Fastlatch, LLC. For our contact information, please access our contact page.
Purposes of the Processing
Personal information gathered through cookies is used for the purposes described in our Cookies Notice. Other than that, the only personal information we collect is whatever you provided voluntarily when you request to receive additional information or register for a service or event. The personal information you enter through our subscriptions page is used only to provide them you with communications in specialty areas they select. If as a visitor you register via our website for one of our events (including webinars and events hosted at our offices), we use the personal information you provide solely for purposes of contacting you about the event, and to let you know about future events (if you indicate you would like to have that additional information). All the information you provide as a visitor is used solely to respond to and process your requests.
Lawful basis for the processing
Generally, we process personal information provided by visitors through our website on the basis of consent.
The only exception: we may also process personal information on other bases as legally required by the GDPR and applicable laws.
Categories of personal information
We process the following information when provided voluntarily by our website visitors: name, business title, name of employer, e-mail address (business e-mail address preferred), postal address and/or country, and telephone number (again, business number preferred). We also process automatically-gathered information as described in our Cookies Notice.
Recipients of your personal information
We use various service providers to manage our website and provide services such as event registration or managing e-mail communications. Our service providers change from time to time. Note that our service providers have entered into contracts with us that restrict what they can do with your personal information. If you would like specific information about our service providers who have received your information, please contact us using our contact form and we will provide that information to you.
Information regarding the transfers of personal data outside of the European Economic Area (EEA)
Fastlatch, LLC main administrative offices are based in the USA and that’s where we process personal information collected through our website. When you provide personal information to us, we request your consent to transfer that personal information to the USA. The USA does not have an adequacy decision from the European Commission, which means that the Commission has not determined that the laws of the USA provide adequate protection for personal information. Although the laws of the USA do not provide legal protection that is equivalent to EU data protection laws, we safeguard your personal information by treating it in accordance with this GDPR Privacy Notice. We take appropriate steps to protect your privacy and implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information in storage. We use secure transmission methods to collect personal data through our website. We also enter into contracts with our data processors that require them to treat personal information in a manner that is consistent with this Notice.
Retention period for personal information
How long we retain personal information varies according to the type of information in question and the purpose for which it is used. We delete personal information within a reasonable period after we no longer need to use it for the purpose for which it was collected (or for any subsequent purpose that is compatible with the original purpose). This does not affect your right to request that we delete your personal data before the end of its retention period. We may archive personal data (which means storing it in inactive files) for a certain period prior to its final deletion, as part of our ordinary business continuity procedures.
Your rights to access, correct, restrict or delete your personal data and object to processing
You have the right to request access to your personal data, to have your personal data corrected, restricted or deleted, and to object to our processing of your personal data. You also have the right of data portability, which means that you can request that we provide you (or a third party you designate) with a transferable copy of personal information that you have provided to us. Your rights may be subject to various limitations under the GDPR. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, or if you have any concerns about our processing of your personal data, please contact us in any of the ways listed in the section “How to Contact Us” in our general Privacy Notice.
The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
You have the right to file a complaint concerning our processing of your personal data with your national (or in some countries, regional) data protection authority. The EU Commission has a list here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm
Absence of statutory or contractual requirement or other obligation to provide any personal data
Users of our website are under no statutory or contractual requirement or other obligation to provide personal information to us via our website.