This Privacy Policy was published on 13th November 2018 and updated on 23rd January 2019.
The team at Ricochet Technologies Ltd (Ricochet) are committed to compliance with EU- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/679, dated April 27th 2016.
The following explains why we collect personal information, when we collect it and how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.
This Privacy Policy applies to the use of our products and services, and other everyday business activities, such as sales, marketing, contracts and recruitment.
The team at Ricochet builds and delivers automated services for sales prospecting, lead generation and stakeholder engagement.
Our company’s headquarters and registered office is located in Newcastle-upon-Tyne at Studio 4H, Sunco House, 5 Carliol Square, NE1 6UF.
Ricochet Technologies Ltd is registered with the ICO (reference number ZA446186). The data controller and our Data Protection Officer is Kev Price, who can be contacted at privacy@ricochet.ai.
We may collect personal data if it is considered to be of legitimate interest, and if this interest is not overridden by your privacy interests.
We collect and use personal data mainly to create user accounts for our products and services, create customer profiles, take payments and stay in touch. We may also collect personal data from our customers, public sources or social networks you have given consent to.
We may use your information for the following purposes:
The collection of personal data based on consent is done by using forms that store documentation related to the consent given by the individual. We typically use these forms during our onboarding process and for creating your account and subscription to email marketing, such as newsletters. Individual consents will always be stored and documented in our systems.
We use personal information for fulfilling our obligations related to contracts and agreements with customers, partners and suppliers.
We may use personal data if it is considered to be of legitimate interest, and if the privacy interests of the individuals do not override this interest. Legitimate interest is appropriate when personal data is used in ways that people would reasonably expect and that has a minimal privacy impact.
Typically, the personal data processed by us on this legal basis is either:
Consent is not required by Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (as outlined in the ICO’s Direct Marketing Guidance under Business-to-Business Texts and Emails) since the personal data is not subsequently used by us for the purposes of direct marketing.
We consider this use of personal data is proportionate and has a minimal privacy impact. A copy of our most recent Legitimate Interests Assessment (LIA) is available where required.
We may collect names and email addresses, in addition to your company’s name and contact information. We may also collect feedback, comments and questions received from you in service-related communication and activities, such as meetings, phone calls, documents, and emails. From our websites we may collect IP-address and actions taken on the site.
If you apply for a job at Ricochet, we collect the data you provide during the application process. We don’t collect or process any special categories of personal data.
We store personal data for as long as we find it necessary to fulfill the purpose for which the personal data was collected, while also considering our need to answer your queries or resolve possible problems, to comply with legal requirements under applicable laws, to attend to any legal claims/complaints, and for safeguarding purposes.
This means that we may retain your personal data for a reasonable period of time after your last interaction with us. When the personal data that we have collected is no longer required, we will delete it in a secure manner. We may process data for statistical purposes, but in such cases, data will be anonymised.
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
We use cookies to collect information as you navigate the company’s websites. This usually includes standard information from your web browser, such as browser type and browser language; your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address; and the actions you take on the company’s websites, such as the web pages viewed and the links clicked.
This information is used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide business and marketing information to the owners of the site, and to gather such personal data as browser type and operating system, referring page, etc for the purposes of understanding how visitors use a website.
Cookies and similar technologies help us tailor our website to your personal needs, as well as to detect and prevent security threats and abuse. If used alone, cookies do not personally identify you.
We do not share, sell or trade your information with any third parties without your consent, except in the following instances:
We will disclose your personal information if required by law or if we, as a company, reasonably believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our company’s rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order or legal process. However, we will attempt to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected.
We use data processors to process personal data in order to provide our products and services. We are responsible for making sure they commit themselves to adhere to this Privacy Policy and applicable data protection legislation.
If a data processor processes personal data outside the EU/EEA area, it must be in accordance with the EU Privacy Shield Framework, EU Standard Contractual Clauses for transfer to third countries, or another specifically stated lawful basis for the transfer of personal data to a third country.
As per the requirements of the GDPR, Ricochet only works with processors who can provide sufficient guarantees to meet the requirements of the GDPR. We currently have a Data Processing Addendum (DPA) with the following data processors, which may process your personal data in order for us to provide our products and services:
Ricochet Technologies Ltd reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time. The applicable version will always be found on our websites.
If we make changes that significantly alter our privacy practices, we will notify you by email prior to the change taking effect.