PRIVACY POLICY – Argos – Manage Risks Think Compliance

This privacy policy describes policies and procedures of Argos Limited on the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you use the website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
We use your personal data to provide and improve the website. By using the website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this privacy policy. This privacy statement defines why and how we collect and use personal data, as Argos Limited is highly committed to protecting personal data.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

In this privacy policy, unless inconsistent with the context or otherwise specified, the definition of terms and words is included for ease of interpretation.

Definitions

For the purposes of this privacy policy the following words shall have the following terms assigned to them:

“Company” (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us”, or “Our”) refers to Argos Limited, 29, F. Zahra, Birkirkara BKR 1782, Malta.
“Cookies” are small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
“Country” refers to Malta.
“Device” means any device that can access the website, such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
“Personal Data” is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
“Service Provider” means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the website, to provide the website on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the website or to assist the Company in analyzing how the website is used.
“Usage Data” refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the website or from the website infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
“Website” refers to the website of Argos Limited “Manage Risks Think Compliance”, accessible from http://argos-advisory.com
“You” means the individual accessing or using the website, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the website, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Your Data Protection Rights

Our Company would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access: You have the right to request Argos Limited for copies of your personal data. A small fee will be charged to you for this service.
The right to rectification: You have the right to request that Argos Limited correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request our Company to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure: You have the right to request that Argos Limited erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that Argos Limited restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our Company’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability: You have the right to request that Argos Limited transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the website.

Usage Data may include information such as your device’s internet protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When you access the website by or through mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website or when you access the website by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our website. The technologies we use may include, but are not limited to:

Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Nonetheless, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our website. Unless you have adjusted your browser settings so that it will refuse cookies, our website may use cookies.
Flash Cookies. Certain features of our website may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences or your activity on our website. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies. For more information on how you can delete Flash Cookies, kindly read “Where can I change the settings for disabling, or deleting local shared objects?” available at https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html#main_Where_can_I_change_the_settings_for_disabling__or_deleting_local_shared_objects_
Web Beacons. Certain sections of our website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser. Learn more about cookies: http://www.whatarecookies.com/

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

Administered by: Argos Limited

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the website and to enable you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that you have asked for cannot be provided, and we only use these Cookies to provide you with those services.

Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Argos Limited

Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the website.

Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Argos Limited

Purpose: These cookies allow us to remember choices you make when you use the website, such as remembering your personal details or language preference for example. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the website.

Use of Your Personal Data

Argos Limited may use personal data for the following purposes:

To provide and maintain our website, including to monitor the usage of our website.
For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase for the products, items or services you have solicited our company for, or of any other contract with us through the website.
To contact you: To contact you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
To provide you with news and general information about services offered by Argos Limited, unless you have opted not to receive such information.
To manage your requests: to attend and manage your requests to us.
For business transfers: We may use your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by us about our website users is among the assets transferred.
For other purposes: We may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our website and your experience on it.

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

With service providers: We may share your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our website, to contact you.
For business transfers: We may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
With affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other company that we might control in the future.
With business partners: We may share your personal information with our business partners for projects purposes. However, we will ensure that they have an efficient privacy policy as well.
With your consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

Argos Limited will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy (i.e. for as long as we have, or need to keep a record of, a relationship with a business contact). We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations in terms of data protection, notably GDPR (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Argos Limited will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our website, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices in Malta and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to – and maintained on – computers outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If personal data was to be transferred outside of countries where we and our clients are located – including to countries outside the European Union (“EU”) and to countries that do not have laws that provide specific protection for personal data – we would have taken steps to ensure all personal data is provided with adequate protection and that all transfers of personal data outside the EU are done lawfully.

In cases where personal data are transferred outside the EU to a country not determined by the European Commission are providing an adequate level of protection for personal data, the transfers will be under an agreement which covers the EU requirements for the transfer of personal data outside the EU, such as the European Commission approved standards contractual clauses.

Overall, Argos Limited will take all steps necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If Argos Limited is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred. We will provide you with a notice before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, Argos Limited may be required to disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

Argos Limited may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the website
Protect the personal safety of users of the website or the public
Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of your personal data is important to us, still it must be emphasized that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our website, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this privacy policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:

By email: info@argos-advisory.com
By visiting this page on our website: http://argos-advisory.com