By way of accessing and/or utilizing this website or any of our products or services, you agree that your personal data will be used in accordance with the Global Privacy Policy of Fike Corporation and its Affiliates which meets the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulations.
LAST UPDATED 31 July, 2018

FIKE EXTERNAL PRIVACY STATEMENT

Thank you for your interest in Fike Corporation our organization, products and services. Your privacy is important to us. We take the protection of your personal data and its confidential treatment very seriously. If you are a citizen or resident of a country within European Economic Area (“EEA”), then your data will be processed exclusively within the legal framework of the data protection provisions of the European Union, particularly the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter: “GDPR”). This data protection privacy statement provides you with information about the processing of your personal data and your data protection rights when using our website.

For the purposes of this privacy statement, “We”, “Our”, “Us”, refers to Fike Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates.

“You”, “Your” refers to a website visitor.  “Personal Data” refers to any information which identifies you as an individual (directly or indirectly). “Website” refers to www.fike.com, forums.fike.com, www.support.fike.com, www.fikejapan.co.jp, www.fike.be, www.fike.it, www.fike.com.tr, www.fike.fr,  www.fike.co.uk, www.fike.es, www.fike.de, www.ishpmie2018.com, www.kellerfire.com, www.gotoitsi.com, www.fpsys.com, www.fk-5-1-12.com, www.suppressionsystems.com, or www.cartactdev.com as well as all webpages, platforms, interactive features, applications, widgets, blogs, social networks, social network tabs, or other offerings that post a link to this Privacy Policy.

By continuing to access a Website you (the data subject, website user, website visitor) consent to how data is collected and used as described within this privacy policy.

Your privacy is important to us. We want to be transparent with you about the type of personal data we collect, why we collect it, and what we do with it. Moreover, we want you to know your rights regarding this personal data. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you read this privacy policy and if you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact us.

1. Which information (including personal data) do we collect about you and why?

Information you give us: We collect, store and process all the information you enter on our websites or provide to us for sale of our services or products, or for purchase from you of your services or products.

To obtain information about our services or products, we may require some information from you including your name, surname, business title and contact information including your email address to be able to send you information about our services or products.

When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your name, surname and email address to be able to send our newsletter to you in a personal manner.

To provide you with our services or products, we may require some information from you including your name, surname, business title and contact information including your email address and physical address for shipping or otherwise making arrangements to provide you with the requested services or products.  We may also require your financial contact information to provide you with our services or products.

To purchase from you any services or products, we may require some information from you including your name, surname, business title and contact information including your email address.

You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of all our services.

Automatic Information:  When you visit our website or receive a newsletter from us, we collect information via cookies and other techniques. Cookies are small, simple text files that save to your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. The other techniques we use are JavaScript and web beacons. These are standard internet techniques along with cookies to ensure that a system can collect information (Java Scripts), can store this in small, simple text files (cookies) and then can send (web beacons).

We collect the following information:

·      Plugins (apps/tools) Installed

Crazy Egg allows you to get access to your website’s heat map, take digital snapshots that display your visitors’ click behavior.

https://help.crazyegg.com/article/165-crazy-eggs-gdpr-readiness

Google Analytics is a website traffic analysis application that provides real-time statistics and analysis of user interaction with the website.

https://privacy.google.com/businesses/compliance/#?modal_active=none

Moz is a software as a service company based in Seattle that sells inbound marketing and marketing analytics software subscriptions.

https://moz.com/gdpr

SEMrush is a powerful and versatile competitive intelligence suite for online marketing, from SEO and PPC to social media and video advertising research.

https://www.semrush.com/company/legal/data-processing-agreement/

Yoast SEO provides options to optimize pages for search engines, connects to social sites and shares user data with social sites. May not be relevant for Fike.com

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/yoast-gdpr/

·      Marketing Tools

MailChimp is a web-based email marketing service.

https://kb.mailchimp.com/accounts/management/about-the-general-data-protection-regulation

Constant Contact provides email, social media and event marketing tools

https://blogs.constantcontact.com/gdpr-how-to-comply/

Internet Protocol (IP) Address; Browser type and Version; Geolocation; Clicking-behaviour. We collect this information for functional and analytical purposes.

Commercial Cookies:

When you visit Our Website we may place Cookies onto your device, or read Cookies already on your device, subject always to obtaining your consent, where required, in accordance with applicable law. We use Cookies to record information about your device, your browser and, in some cases, your preferences and browsing habits. We may Process your Personal Data through Cookies and similar technologies, in accordance with our Cookie Notice.

Examples of Cookies We Use

If you do not want us to collect this information via cookies, you can set your browser cookie settings accordingly. However, we want to remind you that if you do not want to use cookies, unfortunately we cannot guarantee that our website will work properly or give you a great user experience.
2. How long do we keep your personal data?

We keep personal data about you only for so long as is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or as required under any contract or by applicable law. For example, when you subscribe to our newsletter, we keep your personal data as long as you do not unsubscribe.

We take every reasonable step to ensure that your Personal Data are only Processed for the minimum period necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.  The criteria for determining the duration for which we will keep your Personal Data are as follows: we will retain copies of your Personal Data in a form that permits identification only for as long as is necessary in connection with the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless applicable law requires a longer retention period. In particular, we may retain your Personal Data for the duration of any period necessary to establish, exercise or defend any legal rights.
3. Your rights regarding your personal data

Once you have provided us your data, either actively or automatically, you have the right to:

4. We commit to protect your personal data

We are committed to protect the security and confidentiality of your personal data. We use appropriate technical and organizational measures in such a manner that processing will meet the requirements of applicable laws including the General Data Protection Regulation and ensure the protection of your rights.

Accounts require a username and password to log in. You must keep your username and password secure, and never disclose it to a third party.

If you have any questions about how we handle or protect your personal data, please contact us.
5. Where is the Website hosted and the data located?

The website is hosted by WP Engine in  North America, the European Union and Asia. Your personal information is safely stored in North America, the European Union and Asia.
6. Do we share information with third party service providers?

We share any information, including customer information you  provided to us with our distributors, third party companies or individuals globally for the following reasons:

We want to inform our Service users that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.
7. Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Do we transfer your data outside the EEA?  

Because of the international nature of our business, we may need to transfer your Personal Data within the JP Cornerstone group, and to third parties as described below, in connection with the purposes set out in this Notice. For this reason, we may transfer your Personal Data to other countries that may have different laws and data protection compliance requirements to those that apply in the country in which you are located.  We transfer your information  to our distributors, third party companies or individuals globally to provide Fike products and services.

To ensure security of any transfers to the above-described parties, we have taken the following measures: If we engage a third-party processor to process your Personal Data, the processor will be subject to binding contractual obligations to: (i) only process the Personal Data in accordance with our prior written instructions; (ii) use measures to protect the confidentiality and security of the Personal Data; together with any additional requirements under applicable law; and (iii) We have a mandatory Fike Corporation data Privacy Policy, as set forth herein.
8. Security

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Data, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
9. Periodic Updates or Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may change this privacy policy at any time and from time to time. All updates and amendments are effective immediately upon notice, which we may give by any means, including, but not limited to, by posting a revised version of this Privacy Policy or other notice on the Website.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy often to stay informed of changes that may affect you, as your continued use of the Website signifies your continuing consent to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

Contact Details

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or require additional information about how we use your data, please contact us via email at privacy.officer@fike.com. FIKE Europe BV has a Chief Privacy Officer (Data Protection Officer or “DPO”) and can be reached at:

Cranium
privacy.officer@fike.com

+3-246-561-6175

Contact address for Fike:

Fike Europe bvba
Toekomstlaan
2200 Herentals
BELGIE