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Data protection by TecAlliance Asia Pacific Limited

Thank you very much for your interest in our company. Data protection has a particularly high priority for the management of TecAlliance Asia Pacific Limited. The use of the TecAlliance Asia Pacific Limited Internet pages is basically possible without entering any personal data. However, if a user wishes to make use of special services of our company via our website, it may be necessary to process personal data. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we obtain the general consent of the person concerned.

The processing of personal data, for example the name, address, e-mail address or telephone number of a person concerned, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to TecAlliance Asia Pacific Limited. By means of this privacy policy, our company wishes to inform the public about the nature, scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, affected persons are informed of their rights by means of this data protection declaration.

TecAlliance Asia Pacific Limited, as the data controller, has implemented numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data processed via this website is protected as completely as possible. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can in principle have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, each person concerned is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, such as telephone.

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1. Definitions

The data protection declaration of TecAlliance Asia Pacific Limited is based on the terms used by the European directive issuers and regulators in the enactment of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy should be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. In order to ensure this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance.

We use the following terms in this privacy statement, among others:

(a) personal data

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"). A natural person shall be considered identifiable if he can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more specific characteristics expressing the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

(b) data subject

Data subject means any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data are processed by the controller.

(c) processing

Processing" means any operation or set of operations which is carried out with or without the aid of automated processes and which relates to personal data, such as collection, recording, organisation, sorting, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or association, qualification, erasure or destruction.

(d) Limitation of processing

Limitation of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their future processing.

e) Profiling

Profiling is any automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects relating to the work performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, conduct, whereabouts or movement of that natural person.

(f) Pseudonymisation

Pseudonymisation means the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the provision of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separate and is subject to technical and organisational measures ensuring that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

(g) controller or data controller

The controller or data controller is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are laid down by Union law or by the law of the Member States, the controller or controllers may be designated in accordance with Union law or with the law of the Member States on the basis of certain criteria.

(h) Contract processor

A contract processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

(i) Recipient

The recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to whom personal data are disclosed, whether or not that person is a third party. However, authorities which may receive personal data in the context of a specific investigation mandate under Union law or the law of the Member States shall not be considered as recipients.

j) Third party

Third party means any natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons authorised to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the controller or processor.

(k) Consent

Consent means any voluntary, informed and unambiguous expression by the data subject of his or her will in the particular case, in the form of a statement or other unequivocal confirmatory act, indicating that he or she consents to the processing of his or her personal data.

2. E-mail contact of the controller

The person responsible within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is the Data Protection Controller:

E-Mail: info@tecalliance.net, Website: https://www.tecalliance-sea.com

3. Name and address of the Data Protection Officer

The data protection officer of the controller is:

E-Mail: CorporatePrivacy@TecAlliance.net

Any concerned person can contact our data protection officer directly with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.

4. Cookies

The TecAlliance SEA website uses cookies. Cookies are text files which are stored on a computer system via an Internet browser.

Many websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a string of characters through which Internet pages and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the visited Internet pages and servers to distinguish the individual browser of the person concerned from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified via the unique cookie ID.

By using cookies, TecAlliance Asia Pacific Limited can provide users of this website with user-friendly services that would not be possible without the setting of cookies.

By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimised in the interests of the user. Cookies enable us, as already mentioned, to recognize the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, the user of a website that uses cookies does not have to re-enter his access data each time he visits the website because recognition is performed by the website and the cookie stored on the user's computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in the online shop. The online shop remembers the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart with a cookie.

An affected person can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time with the appropriate setting of the Internet browser used; and this permanently prevents the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software program. This is possible in all common Internet browsers. If a person deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable under certain conditions.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest in the processing of personal data lies in the purposes described above. The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies for analysis purposes is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR if the user has given his consent.

5. Collection of general data and information

The TecAlliance SEA website collects a series of general data and information each time the website is accessed by a person or an automated system. This general data and information are stored in the log files of the server. The (1) browser types and versions used can be recorded, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system accesses our website (so-called referrer), (4) the sub-sites which are accessed via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information used to avert dangers in the event of attacks on our information technology systems. (9) times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, and page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs).

We may also use device identifiers, cookies, and other technologies on devices, applications, and our website to collect browsing, usage, or other technical information.

When using this general data and information, TecAlliance Asia Pacific Limited does not draw any conclusions about the person concerned. This information is needed (1) to correctly deliver the content of our website, (2) to optimise the content and advertising of our website, (3) to ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and (4) to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for law enforcement in the event of a cyberattack. This anonymously collected data and information is therefore evaluated by TecAlliance Asia Pacific Limited both statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company to ultimately ensure an optimum level of protection for the personal data processed by us.

The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest lies in the purposes of data processing described above.

The data are deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose of their collection. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended. A storage going beyond this is possible. In this case the IP addresses of the users are deleted or alienated, so that an assignment of the calling client is no longer possible.

The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is mandatory for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility of objection on the part of the user.

6. Subscription to our newsletter

On the TecAlliance SEA website, users are given the opportunity to subscribe to our company's newsletter. The personal data that is transferred to the person responsible for processing orders for the newsletter results from the input mask used for this purpose.

TecAlliance Asia Pacific Limited informs its customers and business partners at regular intervals by means of a newsletter about company news, product introduction etc. The newsletter of our company can only be received by the person concerned if (1) the person concerned has a valid e-mail address and (2) the person concerned registers to receive the newsletter.

The personal data collected as part of newsletter registration will only be used to send our newsletter. The personal data collected as part of the newsletter service will not be passed on to third parties.

The legal basis for the processing of data by the user after registration for the newsletter is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR if the user has given his consent.

The subscription to our newsletter can be cancelled by the person concerned. The consent to the storage of personal data, which the person concerned has given us for the newsletter dispatch, can be revoke as long as needed.

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. The user's e-mail address will therefore be stored as long as the newsletter subscription is active.

7. Possibility of contact via the website

Due to legal regulations, the TecAlliance SEA website contains information that enables rapid electronic contact with our company and direct communication with us. This includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the controller by e-mail, the personal data transmitted by the data subject shall be automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted voluntarily by a data subject to the controller are stored for the purposes of processing or contacting the data subject. This personal data will not be passed on to third parties.

The legal basis for processing the data transmitted in the course of sending an e-mail is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the purpose of the e-mail contact is to conclude a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. For the personal data from the input mask of the contact form and those sent by e-mail, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation is terminated when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the relevant facts have been conclusively clarified.

The data subject can revoke his/her consent to the processing of personal data. If he/she contacts us by e-mail, he/she can object to the storage of his/her personal data. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued.

8. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data

The controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the time necessary to achieve the storage purpose or where provided for by the European regulator or another legislative body in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.

If the storage purpose no longer applies or if a storage period prescribed by the European regulator or another competent legislature expires, the personal data shall be blocked or deleted routinely and in accordance with the statutory provisions.

9. Rights of the data subject

a) Right to confirmation

Every data subject shall have the right, granted by the European regulator, to obtain from the controller confirmation as to whether personal data relating to the data subject are being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, he or she may at any time contact an employee of the controller.

b) Right of access

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European regulator, to obtain, free of charge, from the controller, information on the personal data relating to that person which have been stored and a copy of that information.

(c) Right of rectification

Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European directive and regulation maker, to request the rectification without delay of inaccurate personal data concerning that person. Furthermore, the data subject shall have the right, regarding the purposes of the processing, to demand the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary statement.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of rectification, he or she may contact an employee of the controller.

d) Right to cancellation (right to be forgotten)

Any person data subject to the processing of personal data shall have the right, granted by the European regulator, to require the controller to erase without delay personal data concerning him which are subject to one of the following conditions and to the extent that the processing is not necessary:

The personal data have been collected or otherwise processed for such purposes for which they are no longer necessary.

The data subject withdraws his consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.

The data subject objects to the processing under Article 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing under Article 21(2) GDPR.

Personal data have been processed unlawfully.

The deletion of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the data controller is subject.

The personal data were collected in relation to information provider services offered pursuant to Art. 8 para. 1 GDPR.

If one of the above reasons applies and a person concerned wishes to have personal data stored at TecAlliance Asia Pacific Limited deleted, he or she can contact an employee of the controller. The employee of TecAlliance Asia Pacific Limited will arrange for the request for deletion to be complied with immediately.

If the personal data have been made public by TecAlliance Asia Pacific Limited and if our company as the person responsible is obliged to delete the personal data in accordance with Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR, TecAlliance Asia Pacific Limited shall take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform other persons responsible for data processing who process the published personal data that the person concerned has requested the deletion of all links to this personal data or copies or replications of this personal data from these other persons responsible for data processing, insofar as the processing is not necessary. The employee of TecAlliance Asia Pacific Limited will take the necessary steps in individual cases.

10. Privacy policy on the use and application of third party platforms

The data controller has integrated various third party platforms on this website.

To enhance users benefit we may choose various third party platforms to be linked within TecAlliance SEA website. To provide e-commerce transactions and / or other services to visitors. These linked platforms have their own separate and independent privacy policies and security arrangements. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of websites operated by these parties. Although the third party is linked to our catalogue, but we have no control over these linked platforms. The user are advised to check on the applicable privacy policies of those platforms to determine how they will handle any information they collect from you.

We therefore claim no responsibility or liability for the content,security management and activities of these linked platforms. These linked platforms are for your convenience.

11. Privacy policy regarding the use and application of Google Maps

The data controller has integrated Google Maps components into this website.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings and the easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

For the use of functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence over this data transfer.

By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of automated data by Google Inc., its agents and third parties.

Google Maps is operated by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. You can find more information about the handling of user data in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

12. Privacy policy regarding the use and application of Piwik Marketing Suite

The data controller has integrated the Piwik Marketing Suite component on this website.

Piwik Marketing Suite collects first-party information about website visitors based on cookies, IP numbers; it creates user profiles based on browser history and calculates metrics related to website usage such as bounce rate, intensity of visits, page views, etc.

Further information about the data collected, the cookies used and the third-party tools used etc. and Piwik's current privacy policy can be found at: https://matomo.org/privacy-policy/

13. Privacy policy regarding the use of Google Fonts

The data controller has integrated Google Fonts on this website.

Google Fonts is an interactive directory with more than 800 fonts that Google makes available for free use. The files (CSS, fonts) are requested via the Google domains fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com.

The use of Google Fonts is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. According to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, this constitutes a “legitimate interest” in the processing of personal data.

By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of automated data by Google Inc., its agents and third parties.

Each Google Font request automatically transmits information such as IP address, language settings, browser screen resolution, browser version and browser name to the Google servers.

The operating company of Google Fonts is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

You can find out more about Google Fonts and other questions at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?tid=311124635.

You can also find out which data is collected by Google and what this data is used for at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ .

14. The duration of storage of personal data

The personal data will be stored for as long as the legal or contractually agreed retention periods require. After this period has expired, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted unless they are no longer required for the fulfilment of the contract or the initiation of the contract.

15. Legal or contractual provisions governing the provision of personal data; requirement for the conclusion of the contract; obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of not providing the personal data

We inform you that the provision of personal data is in part required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or may result from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary for a contract to be concluded that a person concerned makes personal data available to us which must subsequently be processed by us. For example, the person concerned is obliged to provide us with personal data when our company concludes a contract with him or her. Failure to provide personal data would mean that the contract could not be concluded with the data subject. Before the data subject provides personal data, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee informs the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of a contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and what consequences the non-availability of the personal data would have.

16. Amendments to this Privacy Policy

Please note that this Privacy Policy may be subject to change if new legal requirements make it necessary.