Privacy Notice

Qualco Information Systems Single Member Societe Anonyme ” and distinctive title “QUALCO”, with registered offices in Athens, Greece 66, Kifissias Ave 15125 Marousi, with VAT number: 094503426 and General Electronic Commercial Registry number 2916401000 (hereinafter “QUALCO”), operates the www.qualco.eu website, which provides the Service.

Qualco is committed to protecting the privacy of the persons visiting this site ("the Users"), its customers and contacts, as well as its job applicants -prospective Qualco employees and has as its primary concern to protect the confidentiality of those information, which communicated to Qualco through this site. This commitment includes the protection of personal data and information ("Personal Data") that may be collected through this site or through customer communication with Qualco (e.g. when the user completes a contact form), including the personal data we collect, use or disclose and that job applicants - prospective employees provide to us through a printed and / or electronic registration form and / or their CV which may be disclosed to us, as well as other relevant documents and data provided to us by third party job seekers or job search websites, as appropriate. Qualco always complies with the applicable privacy and data protection laws and, in particular, with the provisions of General Regulation on Data Protection of the EU 2016/679 as amended. 

If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this Notice. The Personal Information that we collect are used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Notice.

 

Personal Data Collection and Use

For a better experience while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information. The information that we collect will be used to contact or identify you. We only collect any Personal Data voluntarily communicated to us by the Users of this site so that we are able to provide information about our services. Especially for job applicants - prospective Qualco employees, they may be informed in more detail for the processing of their personal data during the Recruitment Process.

 

Category of Personal Data

Categories of Sources

Legal Basis of Processing

Identifiers, such as your name, email address, country/region, phone number.

  • Directly from you
  • Our business partners and affiliates, as described in Cookies Policy
  • Third parties you direct to share information with us

Provision of Services requested by you (Art.6 1b GDPR)

Commercial Information, such as profession and/or industry.

  • Directly from you
Provision of Services requested by you (Art.6 1b GDPR)

Internet/Network Information, such as your IP address, or browser or device information.

  • Your browser or device
Provision of better experience of website, Consent (Art. 6 1a GDPR)

CV Related Information, such as your employing entity, business unit, manager and management reporting structure, job title, function and the nature of your duties and responsibilities.

  • Directly from you
  • Public third-party sources, such as LinkedIn
Art.6 1b GDPR for the collection of personal data in the context of the Recruitment process.
Legitimate Interest of Qualco for storage of personal information in case of non-contractual relationship to be contacted for future job openings

Other Personal Information, such as information you permit us to see when interacting with us through social media, or comments and opinions you provide to us such as when you post on message boards, blogs or complete an online form.

  • Directly from you
  • Our business partners and affiliates
  • Third parties you direct to share information with us
  • Information generated from your online browsing and usage activity
Provision of Services requested by you (Art.6 1b GDPR)

Inferences, such as including information generated from your use of the websites reflecting predictions about your interests and preferences.

  • Your browser or device
  • Information generated from your online browsing and usage activity
Provision of better experience of website, Consent (Art. 6 1a GDPR)

 

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

  • To facilitate our Service
  • To provide the Service on our behalf
  • To perform Service-related services
  • To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used
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.

 

Personal Data Retention Period

We retain your personal data for as long as they are necessary for the provision of our services to you. However, in some circumstances, we may retain personal data for longer periods of time, for instance where we are required to do so in accordance with legal, tax and accounting requirements. After this period, your data will be permanently erased or otherwise rendered anonymous in an irreversible way. 

We protect Users' personal data by using technical and administrative security measures to reduce the risk of loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, and alteration. Some of the safeguards we use are firewalls and data encryption, physical access controls to our data centers, and information access controls.

We take steps to ensure that the personal data that we collect are accurate and up to date, and we provide users with the opportunity to update their information by contacting us at dpo@qualco.eu.

 

Security

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Qualco is committed to protecting the Personal Data provided by Users in accordance with the provisions of General Regulation on Data Protection of the EU 2016/679, as amended and in force, and to take the necessary security measures to enhance the protection of such data against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, unauthorized disclosure or transmission, alteration, alteration or destruction.

 

Data subjects’ rights

Without prejudice to applicable law, you have (a) the right of access, that is, upon your request to ascertain, whether or not, your data are being processed and to receive further information on this. You may and should (b) modify your personal information that we hold, in the event, that your qualifications and/ or circumstances change. Also, if the requirements of the law are met, you have (c) the right to delete, (d) the right to restrict processing, (e) the right to data portability, and (f) the right to object to the data processing.

Users may exercise their rights in accordance with General Regulation on Data Protection of the EU 2016/679 by sending an application regarding a specific request and/ or action to Qualco by email to the Data Protection Officer, 66 Kifisias Ave. 15125 Maroussi, Athens, Greece, email: dpo@qualco.eu

This application should state the contact details of the applicant and be accompanied by all the supporting documents specified in the Data Protection Authority's Decisions. Qualco will respond in writing to the requests submitted within the statutory time limit.

You have the right to file a complaint with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) (Postal address: 1-3 Kifissias str., 115 115, Athens, tel. +30 210 6475600, e-mail address: complaints@dpa.gr) if you believe that the processing of your Personal Data violates the applicable national and regulatory framework on the protection of personal data.

You further have the right to revoke your consent provided, at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

 

Social media

We use social media in different ways to create a user–friendly environment and to communicate. You can approach us through your account on social media (e.g., through LinkedIn ). However, you will have to remember that we do not use this conversation as our official channel for handling questions or complaints. The Privacy Policy of the relevant social networking media provider (e.g. LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram) is applied when using their services.

In some pages, we may have incorporated social media add-ons (e.g., of Facebook and of Instagram). This means that if you click on one of the add-on buttons, some information is communicated to relevant social media provider. Third parties may be able to place cookies through these add-ons. For more information as to how to activate and disactivate these cookies, you will have to refer to the Cookies Policy.

 

Links to Other Sites

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.

 

Transfer of personal data outside the EU

We transfer the personal data we collect about you to third parties or within Qualco. Such data transfers may include the transfer of personal data to countries other than the country in which the personal data were originally collected. Those countries may not have the same level of data protection as the country in which the personal data initially originated. When we transfer your personal data to such other countries, we have taken appropriate measures to ensure the protection of your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Notice and all applicable data protection laws.

In particular, we ensure that third parties receiving personal data from Qualco are contractually bound to comply with applicable data protection laws and Qualco’s policies, including the requirements of this Privacy Notice. We also ensure that authorized personnel handling personal data are appropriately trained and committed contractually to a duty of confidentiality.

Where cross-border data transfers occur, we ensure that an adequate level of data protection exists in the recipient country, by executing with third parties appropriate contractual arrangements for cross-border data transfers to third-party countries for controllers or processors as applicable.

 

Children’s Privacy

QUALCO fully understands the importance of the protection of children’s privacy. This Website is not addressing and is not intentionally designed to address children and has no intention of knowingly collecting and maintaining personal data of children.  Therefore, we neither collect, nor do we desire to process data that concerns children. If you have in mind any provision of data that concerns minors, we ask that you notify us immediately.   

 

Governing Law

This Privacy Notice, as amended from time to time, shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Greece, EU law and relevant international treaties.

 

Changes to This Privacy Notice

We may update our Privacy Notice from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Notice on this page. These changes are effective immediately after they are posted on this page.

 

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or if you wish to modify previously collected information, you can contact us at the following e-mail address dpo@qualco.eu

 

Last Update: May 2023