Privacy Policy

Background:

Troika International Limited understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, www.troika-int.com (“our site”) and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.

Please read this privacy policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of our privacy policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of our site . If you do not accept and agree with this privacy policy, you must stop using our site immediately.

1. Definitions and interpretation

In this policy the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Account
Means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of our site;

Cookie
Means a small text file placed on your computer or device by our site when you visit certain parts of our site and/or when you use certain features of our site. Details of the cookies used by our site are set out in section 12, below;

Cookie law
Means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003;;

Personal data
Means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data. In this case, it means personal data that you give to us via our site. This definition shall, where applicable, incorporate the definitions provided in the EU Regulation 2016/679 the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”); and

We/us/our
Means Troika International Limited, a limited company registered in England under company number 3990424, whose registered address is Eridge House, Coach & Horses Passage, The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 5NP.

2. Information about us

Our site is owned and operated by Troika International Limited.

Our VAT number is 850 4932 26

Our data protection contact is Jill Lewis, and can be contacted by email at info@troika-int.com, by telephone on 01892 616060, or by post at Troika International Limited, Eridge House, Coach & Horses Passage, The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 5NP.

3. What does this policy cover?

This privacy policy applies only to your use of our site. Our site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

4. Your rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this policy and our use of personal data have been designed to uphold:

  • The right to be informed about our collection and use of personal data;
  • The right of access to the personal data we hold about you (see section 11);
  • The right to rectification if any personal data we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete (please contact us using the details in section 13);
  • The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask us to delete any personal data we hold about you (we only hold your personal data for a limited time, as explained in section 6 but if you would like us to delete it sooner, please contact us using the details in section 13);
  • The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;
  • The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to re-use with another service or organisation);
  • The right to object to us using your personal data for particular purposes; and
  • Rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling.

If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, please contact us using the details provided in section 13 and we will do our best to solve the problem for you. If we are unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.

For further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.

5. What data do we collect?

Depending upon your use of our site, we may collect some or all of the following personal and non-personal data (please also see section 12 on our use of cookies and similar technologies.

  • Name
  • Business/company name
  • Job title;
  • Profession
  • Contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
  • Demographic information such as post code, preferences and interests;
  • IP address;
  • Web browser type and version;
  • Operating system;
  • A list of URLs starting with a referring site, your activity on our site, and the site you exit to;
6. How do we use your data?

All personal data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will comply with our obligations and safeguard your rights under the GDPR at all times. For more details on security see section 7, below.

Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal data (e.g. by subscribing to emails), or because it is in our legitimate interests. Specifically, we may use your data for the following purposes:

  • Providing and managing your account;
  • Providing and managing your access to our site;
  • Personalising and tailoring your experience on our site;
  • Supplying our products and services to you (please note that we require your personal data in order to enter into a contract with you);
  • Personalising and tailoring our products and services for you;
  • Replying to emails from you;
  • Supplying you with emails that you have opted into (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by letting us know)
  • Market research including industry events.
  • Analysing your use of our site and gathering feedback to enable us to continually improve our site and your user experience;

With your permission and where permitted by law, we may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email and telephone with information and news on our products and services. We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that we fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

You have the right to withdraw your consent to us using your personal data at any time, and to request that we delete it.

We do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected.

7. How and where do we store your data?

We only keep your personal data for as long as we need to in order to use it as described above in section 6, and/or for as long as we have your permission to keep it.

Your data will only be stored within the European Economic Area (“the EEA”) (The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein).

Data security is very important to us, and to protect your data we have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure data collected through our site.

Steps we take to secure and protect your data include:

Our site uses sophisticated security and safeguard measures to protect users’ information including Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption to ensure that your data will be protected against fraudulent use on our website.

Robust internal controls.

8. Do we share your data?

We will not share any of your data with any third parties for any purposes. In certain circumstances we may be legally required to share certain data held by us, which may include your personal data, for example, where we are involved in legal proceedings, where we are complying with legal obligations, a court order, or a governmental authority.

We may sometimes contract with third parties to supply products and services to you on our behalf. These may include payment processing, delivery of goods, search engine facilities, advertising, and marketing. In some cases, the third parties may require access to some or all of your data. Where any of your data is required for such a purpose, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.

We may compile statistics about the use of our site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales, and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying data, or any anonymised data that can be combined with other data and used to identify you. We may from time to time share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates, partners, and advertisers. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.

In certain circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain data held by us, which may include your personal data, for example, where we are involved in legal proceedings, where we are complying with legal requirements, a court order, or a governmental authority.

9. How can you control your data?

In addition to your rights under the GDPR, set out in section 4, when you submit personal data via our site, you may be given options to restrict our use of your data. In particular, we aim to give you strong controls on our use of your data for direct marketing purposes (including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in our emails and at the point of providing your details.

You may also wish to sign up to one or more of the preference services operating in the UK: The Telephone Preference Service (“the TPS”), the Corporate Telephone Preference Service (“the CTPS”), and the Mailing Preference Service (“the MPS”). These may help to prevent you receiving unsolicited marketing. Please note, however, that these services will not prevent you from receiving marketing communications that you have consented to receiving.

10. Your right to withhold information

You may access certain areas of our site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on our site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.

You may restrict our use of cookies. For more information, see section 12.

11. How can you access your data?

You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by us (where such data is held). Under the GDPR, no fee is payable and we will provide any and all information in response to your request free of charge. Please contact us for more details at info@troika-int.com, or using the contact details below in section 13.

12. Our use of cookies

Our site may place and access certain first party cookies on your computer or device. First party cookies are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of our site and to provide and improve our products and services. We have carefully chosen these cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.

All cookies used by and on our site are used in accordance with current cookie law.

Certain features of our site depend on cookies to function. Cookie law deems these cookies to be “strictly necessary”. Your consent will not be sought to place these cookies, but it is still important that you are aware of them. You may still block these cookies by changing your internet browser’s settings as detailed below, but please be aware that our site may not work properly if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.

Our site uses a Content Management System (WordPress). This cookie is used to maintain your computer’s session to its server. The information, which is not shared or sold to any third party organisations for any purpose, is an IP address and does not contain personal information.

Our site uses analytics services provided by Google. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling us to better understand how our site is used. This, in turn, enables us to improve our site and the products and services offered through it. You do not have to allow us to use these cookies, however whilst our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of our site, it does enable us to continually improve our site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.

Our site uses third party cookies set by services that appear on our pages. They are set by the operators of that service, for example, our site has social media buttons for LinkedIn. Visitors may use these to bookmark or share our web pages, these work using scripts from domains outside of our site and it is likely that those sites will collect their own information about what you are doing. You should review the policies to see how they use your information and to find out how to opt out or delete such information.

Our site uses LinkedIn for social media contact. If you intend to post a comment on our LinkedIn feed, LinkedIn will require you to set up your own account. Please review the LinkedIn privacy notice to see how it uses your information and to find out how to opt out or delete such information.

Our site contains links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this website. If you link to those websites you should review their own privacy policies as they are outside of our control.

In addition to the controls that we provide, you can choose to enable or disable cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all cookies or only third party cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.

You can choose to delete cookies on your computer or device at any time, however you may lose any information that enables you to access our site more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, login and personalisation settings.

Our site may place and access certain first party cookies on your computer or device. First party cookies are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of our site and to provide and improve our products and services. In addition, our site uses analytics services provided by Google, which also use cookies. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse usage statistics, enabling us to better understand how people use our site.

13. Contacting us

If you have any questions about our site or this privacy policy, please contact us by email at info@troika-int.com , by telephone on 01892 616060, or by post at Troika International Limited, Eridge House, Coach & Horses Passage, The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 5NP . Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about the data we hold about you (as under section 12, above).

14. Changes to our privacy policy

We may change this privacy policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on our site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy policy on your first use of our site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.

How to contact us

Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information we hold about you:

By email at:
info@troika-int.com

Or write to us at:
Troika International Limited.,Eridge House,Coach & Horses Passage,The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 5NP United Kingdom

Troika International Limited. Company Registration Number 03990424 (England and Wales).

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