Website Privacy Policy

Vita Et Opus Limited understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your information is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits Our Site and will only collect and use information in ways that are useful to you and in a manner consistent with your rights and Our obligations under the law.

 

This Policy applies to Our use of any and all data collected by Us in relation to your use of Our Site. 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.

 

Information About Us

www.vitaetopus.com (the "Site") is owned and operated by Vita Et Opus Limited (the “Company”, “We”, “Us”, “Our”). Vita Et Opus Limited, a limited company registered in England under 13715804, is the data controller and can be contacted at info@vitaetopus.com, +44 (0) 20 7072 1772, registered address: Peace Court, London SE1 5TR, United Kingdom.

 

Purpose
The purpose of this privacy policy (this "Privacy Policy") is to inform users of Our Site of the following:

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The personal data we will collect;

Use of collected data;

Who has access to the data collected;

The rights of Site users; and

The Site's cookie policy.

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This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of Our Site.

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GDPR
For users in the European Union, we adhere to the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR"). For users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR as enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018.

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We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer as we do not fall within the categories of controllers and processors required to appoint a Data Protection Officer under Article 37 of the GDPR.

 

Consent
By using Our Site users agree that they consent to the conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.

When the legal basis for us processing your personal data is that you have provided your consent to that processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time. If you withdraw your consent, it will not make processing which we completed before you withdrew your consent unlawful.

 

You can withdraw your consent by contacting Us via email at info@vitaetopus.com.

 

Legal Basis for Processing
We collect and process personal data about users in the EU only when we have a legal basis for doing so under Article 6 of the GDPR. We will only process your personal data if at least one of the following basis applies:

you have given consent to the processing of your personal data for one or more specific purposes;

processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or in order to take steps at the request of you prior to entering into a contract; processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject;

processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of you or of another natural person;

processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller; and/or

processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data.

 

How We Use Personal Data
Data collected on Our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of Our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy. We use your data to provide the best possible products and services to you. This includes:

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

Personalising and tailoring Our products and services for you

Responding to communications from you

Supplying you with email newsletters, alerts etc. that you have subscribed to (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by clicking the ‘update your preferences’ link in the email or by contacting us at info@vitaetopus.com)

Market research

Analysing your use of Our Site and gathering feedback to enable Us to continually 

improve Our Site and your user experience

Once you have submitted your data to Us, We use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email, telephone, text message with information, news and offers 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, as amended in 2004, 2011 and 2015.

 

Personal Data We Collect
We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first. Depending upon your use of Our Site, We may collect some or all of the following data.

Data Collected in a Non-Automatic Way

We may also collect the following data when you perform certain functions on our Site.

 

Full Name;

Email Address

Telephone Number

Company name

Company Information

Address

Credit / Debit card details

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

Demographics

 

This data may be collected using the following methods:

 

Creating an account; and Signing up for a newsletter.

Commenting in the blog section. 

Who We Share Personal Data With Employees

We may disclose user data to any member of our organisation who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Third Parties

We may 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.

Statistics
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 information. 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.

 

What Happens If Our Business Changes Hands?
We may, from time to time, expand or reduce Our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of Our business. Data provided by users will, where it is relevant to any part of Our business so transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use the data for the purposes for which it was originally collected by Us.

In the event that any of your data is to be transferred in such a manner, you will be contacted in advance and informed of the changes. When contacted you will be given the choice to have your data deleted or withheld from the new owner or controller.

If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

How and Where Do We Store Personal Data?
We only keep your data for as long as We need to, in order to use it as described above, and/or for as long as We have your permission to keep it. In any event, your data will be deleted if you notify us via email or telephone.

Some or all of your data may be stored or transferred outside of the European Economic Area (“the EEA”) (The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein). You are deemed to accept and agree to this by using Our Site and submitting information to Us. If We do store or transfer data outside the EEA, We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the EEA and under the GDPR. Such steps may include, but not be limited to, the use of legally binding contractual terms between Us and any third parties We engage with.

Data security is of great importance to Us, and to protect your data We have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure data collected through Our Site.
 

The Company shall ensure that the following measures are taken with respect to the collection, holding, and processing of personal data:

All employees, agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company shall be made fully aware of both their individual responsibilities and the Company’s responsibilities under the Regulation and under this Policy, and shall be provided with a copy of this Policy;

Only employees, agents, sub-contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company that need access to, and use of, personal data in order to carry out their assigned duties correctly shall have access to personal data held by the Company;

All employees, agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company handling personal data will be appropriately trained to do so;

The performance of those employees, agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company handling personal data shall be regularly evaluated and reviewed;

All employees, agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company handling personal data will be bound to do so in accordance with the principles of the Regulation and this Policy by contract;

All agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company handling personal data must ensure that any and all of their employees who are involved in the processing of personal data are held to the same conditions as those relevant employees of the Company arising out of this Policy and the Regulation.

Notwithstanding the security measures that We take, it is important to remember that the transmission of data via the internet may not be completely secure and that you are advised to take suitable precautions when transmitting to Us data via the internet.

Your Rights as a User
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

 

Right to be informed;

Right of access;

Right to rectification;

Right to erasure;

Right to restrict processing;

Right to data portability; and

Right to object.

Children
We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 16 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 16 years of age has provided us with personal data their parent or guardian may contact our privacy officer.

 

How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected
If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to who we disclosed your personal data, if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, or if you would like to exercise any of your other rights under the GDPR, please contact Us at info@vitaetopus.com. 

 

How to Opt-Out of Data Collection, Use or Disclosure
In addition to the method(s) described in the How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data

Collected section, we provide the following specific opt-out methods for the forms of collection, use, or disclosure of your personal data specified below:

 

1. You can opt-out of the use of your personal data for marketing emails. You can opt-out by clicking "unsubscribe" on the bottom of any marketing email or updating your email preferences under "Your Account"

 

Cookie Policy 
A cookie is a small file, stored on a user's hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user's browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.

 

We use the following types of cookies on Our Site:

First-Party Cookies

We use Our cookies for important reasons, such as:

To provide a great experience for your visitors and customers.

To identify Our registered members.

To monitor and analyse the performance, operation and effectiveness of Our Site.

To ensure Our Site is secure and safe to use.

Third-Party Cookies

Third-party cookies are created by a website other than Ours. We use third party Cookies on Our Site for advertising and analytics services. These Cookies are not integral to the functioning of Our Site.

Modifications
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will update the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.

 

Complaints
If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact Us through the contact methods listed in the Contact Information section so that we can, where possible, resolve the  issue. If you feel we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner you may contact a supervisory authority. You also have the right to directly make a complaint to a supervisory authority. You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority by contacting the Information Commissioner's Office in the UK.

 

Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can contact Us at:

 

Email: info@vitaetopus.com

Tel. number: +44 (0) 20 7072 1772