Privacy Statement (ZA)
This privacy statement was last updated on March 6, 2022 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of South Africa.
In this privacy statement, we explain what we do with the data we obtain about you via https://ecotechmarine.com. We recommend you carefully read this statement. In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:
- we clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this by means of this privacy statement;
- we aim to limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data required for legitimate purposes;
- we first request your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases requiring your consent;
- we take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and also require this from parties that process personal data on our behalf;
- we respect your right to access your personal data or have it corrected or deleted, at your request.
If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.
1. Purpose, data and retention period
We may collect or receive personal information for a number of purposes connected with our business operations which may include the following: (click to expand)1.1 Contact - Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms
1.1 Contact - Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms
For this purpose we use the following data:
- Name, Address and City
- Email address
- Birth date
- Username, passwords and other account specific data
- IP Address
- Location
- Visitor behavior
- Photos
- Criminal or legal data
- Telephone number
- Other:
The basis on which we may process these data is:
Upon the provision of consent.Retention period
We determine the retention period according to fixed objective criteria: Until the product and/or services are no longer supported by the company
1.2 Payments
1.2 Payments
For this purpose we use the following data:
- Name, Address and City
- Email address
- Financial data
- Birth date
- Username, passwords and other account specific data
- IP Address
- Location
- Visitor behavior
- Telephone number
- Other:
The basis on which we may process these data is:
It is necessary for the execution of a contract or preliminary procedures related to a contract to which the data subject is a party.Retention period
We retain this data until the service is terminated.
1.3 Registering an account
1.3 Registering an account
For this purpose we use the following data:
- Name, Address and City
- Email address
- Birth date
- Username, passwords and other account specific data
- IP Address
- Location
- Visitor behavior
- Photos
- Social media accounts
- Telephone number
- Other:
The basis on which we may process these data is:
Upon the provision of consent.Retention period
We determine the retention period according to fixed objective criteria: Until the product and/or services are no longer supported by the company
1.4 Newsletters
1.4 Newsletters
For this purpose we use the following data:
- Name, Address and City
- Email address
- Birth date
- Username, passwords and other account specific data
- IP Address
- Location
- Visitor behavior
- Photos
- Social media accounts
- Telephone number
The basis on which we may process these data is:
Upon the provision of consent.Retention period
We determine the retention period according to fixed objective criteria: Until requested by the data subject
1.5 To support services or products that a customer wants to buy or has purchased
1.5 To support services or products that a customer wants to buy or has purchased
For this purpose we use the following data:
- Name, Address and City
- Email address
- Birth date
- Username, passwords and other account specific data
- IP Address
- Location
- Visitor behavior
- Photos
- Social media accounts
- Telephone number
- Other:
The basis on which we may process these data is:
It is necessary for the execution of a contract or preliminary procedures related to a contract to which the data subject is a party.Retention period
We determine the retention period according to fixed objective criteria: Until the product and/or services are no longer supported by the company
1.6 To be able to comply with legal obligations
1.6 To be able to comply with legal obligations
The collection is required or authorized by the following law or court/tribunal order:
Per US federal and state laws.
For this purpose we use the following data:
- Name, Address and City
- Email address
- Birth date
- Username, passwords and other account specific data
- IP Address
- Location
- Visitor behavior
- Photos
- Social media accounts
- Telephone number
The basis on which we may process these data is:
For compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation.Retention period
We retain this data until the service is terminated.
1.7 Compiling and analyzing statistics for website improvement.
1.7 Compiling and analyzing statistics for website improvement.
For this purpose we use the following data:
- Name, Address and City
- Email address
- Birth date
- Username, passwords and other account specific data
- IP Address
- Location
- Visitor behavior
- Photos
- Social media accounts
- Telephone number
- Other:
The basis on which we may process these data is:
Upon the provision of consent.Retention period
We retain this data until the service is terminated.
1.8 To be able to offer personalized products and services
1.8 To be able to offer personalized products and services
For this purpose we use the following data:
- Name, Address and City
- Email address
- Birth date
- Username, passwords and other account specific data
- IP Address
- Location
- Visitor behavior
- Photos
- Social media accounts
- Telephone number
- Other:
The basis on which we may process these data is:
Upon the provision of consent.Retention period
We determine the retention period according to fixed objective criteria: Until the product and/or services are no longer provided by the company
2. What if you don't provide us with your personal information?
If you don't provide us with your personal information, we may not be able to provide you with the information, products or assistance that you are seeking.
3. Sharing with other parties
We only share this data with operators and with other third parties for which consent must be obtained. It concerns the following party or parties:
Operators
Name: Mail Chimp
Country: USA
Purpose: Marketing and Communications
Name: YouTube
Country: USA
Purpose: Markting and Communications
Name: Facebook
Country: USA
Purpose: Marketing and Communications
Name: Twitter
Country: USA
Purpose: Marketing and Communications
Name: Instagram
Country: USA
Purpose: Marketing and Communications
Name: Influitivie
Country: USA
Purpose: Marketing and Communications
Name: Zendesk
Country: USA
Purpose: Customer Support
Name: Shopify
Country: USA
Purpose: Customer Support and Goods Purchases
Name: Epicor
Country: USA
Purpose: Operations and Payment Processing
Name: Amazon Web Services
Country: USA
Purpose: Web hosting
Name: Gravity Forms
Country: USA
Purpose: Web information transfer, forms transfer
Name: Google
Country: USA
Purpose: Web hosting, email, marketing, communications
Name: Microsoft
Country: USA
Purpose: Web hosting, email, communications, marketing
Name: Dropbox
Country: USA
Purpose: Storage
Name: Hubspot
Country: USA
Purpose: Marketing and Communications
Third parties
Name: affiliates and subsidiaries
Country: USA
Purpose: We share data with affiliates and subsidiaries; with vendors working on our behalf; when required by law or to respond to legal process; to protect our customers; to protect lives; to maintain the security of our products; and to protect the rights and property of EcoTech and its customers. We also share your information with third parties and to provide or improve our services. As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy other businesses or services. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Statement (unless, of course, the customer consents otherwise). In the event that EcoTech or substantially all of its assets are acquired, you affirmatively consent to us sharing your information with purchasers and its affiliates upon such merger, acquisition, or change in control.
Data: User Data
4. Cookies
Our website uses cookies. For more information about cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google. Google may not use the data for any other Google services. The inclusion of full IP addresses is blocked by us.5. Security
We are committed to the security of personal data. We take appropriate security measures to limit abuse of and unauthorised access to personal data. This ensures that only the necessary persons have access to your data, that access to the data is protected, and that our security measures are regularly reviewed.6. Third-party websites
This privacy statement does not apply to third-party websites connected by links on our website. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend you read the privacy statements of these websites prior to making use of these websites.7. Amendments to this privacy statement
We reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy statement. It is recommended that you consult this privacy statement regularly in order to be aware of any changes. In addition, we will actively inform you wherever possible.8. Accessing and modifying your data
If you have any questions or want to know which personal data we have about you, please contact us. You can contact us by using the information below. You have the following rights:
- You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
- Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
- Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
- If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
- Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.
Please make sure to always clearly state who you are, so that we can be certain that we do not modify or delete any data of the wrong person.
9. Submitting a complaint
If you are not satisfied with the way in which we handle (a complaint about) the processing of your personal data, you have the right to submit a complaint to the Information Regulator South Africa:P.O Box 31533,
Braamfontein,
Johannesburg,
2017
Complaints email:[email protected]
10. Children
Our website is not designed to attract children and it is not our intent to collect personal data from children under the age of consent in their country of residence. We therefore request that children under the age of consent do not submit any personal data to us.
11. Contact details
EcoTech, LLC
2675 Commerce Center Blvd
Suite 101
Bethlehem, PA 18015
United States
Website: https://ecotechmarine.com
Email: legal_team@ecotechmarine.com
Phone number: (610) 954-8480
We have appointed a contact person for the organization’s policies and practices and to whom complaints or inquiries can be forwarded:
Patrick Clasen
2675 Commerce Center Blvd
Suite 101
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Annex
iThemes Security
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Security Logs
The IP address of visitors, user ID of logged in users, and username of login attempts are conditionally logged to check for malicious activity and to protect the site from specific kinds of attacks. Examples of conditions when logging occurs include login attempts, log out requests, requests for suspicious URLs, changes to site content, and password updates. This information is retained for 7 days.Who we share your data with
A QR code image is generated for users that set up two-factor authentication for this site. This image is generated using an iThemes hosted API. As part of generating this image, your username is sent to the API. This data is not logged. For privacy policy details, please see the iThemes Privacy Policy. When using the Remember Device for Two-Factor, a cookie (itsec_remember_2fa) will be set with a secure token that expires in 30 days. This site is scanned for potential malware and vulnerabilities by Sucuri's SiteCheck. We do not send personal information to Sucuri; however, Sucuri could find personal information posted publicly (such as in comments) during their scan. For more details, please see Sucuri's privacy policy.When running Security Check, ithemes.com will be contacted as part of a process to determine if the site supports TLS/SSL requests. No personal data is sent to ithemes.com as part of this process. Requests to ithemes.com include the site's URL. For ithemes.com privacy policy details, please see the iThemes Privacy Policy.
In order to ensure file integrity, iThemes Security pulls data from wordpress.org, ithemes.com, and amazonaws.com. No personal data is sent to these sites. Requests to wordpress.org include the WordPress version, the site's locale, a list of installed plugins, and a list of each plugin's version. Requests to ithemes.com and amazonaws.com include the installed iThemes products and their versions. For wordpress.org privacy policy details, please see the WordPress Privacy Policy. For ithemes.com privacy policy details, please see the iThemes Privacy Policy. Requests to amazonaws.com are to content added and managed by iThemes which is covered by the Amazon Web Services Data Privacy policy.