Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy Background
Mobile-Technologies understand that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, www.mobile-technologies.com (“Our site”), and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way 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 this Privacy Policy is requested, for example when filling out our contact form, when you apply for a job, or when you access Our Site, through the collection of cookies.
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 our Cookie Policy. |
| “Cookie Law” | means the relevant parts of the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003; |
2. Information About Us
We are a limited company registered in Hong Kong under company number 1388973. Our address is 55 King Yip St, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong. Our site is hosted by WordPress.
Data Protection Officer: Prapaporn Deangrueng Email address: data.protection@mobile-technologies.com
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. What Is Personal Data?
Personal data is defined by the General Data Protection Regulation as ‘any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’.
Personal data is, in simpler terms, any information about you that enables you to be identified. Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.
5. What Are My Rights?
Under the Data Protection Legislation, you have the following rights, which we will always work to uphold
- The right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal data. This Privacy Policy should tell you everything you need to know, but you can always contact us to find out more or to ask any questions using the details in Part 15.
- The right to access the personal data we hold about you. Part 13 will tell you how to do this.
- The right to have your personal data rectified if any of your personal data held by Us is inaccurate or incomplete. Please contact us using the details in Part 15 to find out more.
- The right to be forgotten, i.e. the right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal data that we hold. Please contact us using the details in Part 15 to find out more.
- The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data.
- The right to object to us using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.
- The right to withdraw consent. This means that, if we are relying on your consent as the legal basis for using your personal data, you are free to withdraw that consent at any time.
- The right to data portability. This means that, if you have provided personal data to us directly, we are using it with your consent or for the performance of a contract, and that data is processed using automated means, you can ask us for a copy of that personal data to re-use with another service or business in many cases.
- Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling. Please see section 12 for further information.
For more information about our use of your personal data or exercising your rights as outlined above, please contact us using the details provided in Part 15.
It is important that your personal data is kept accurate and up-to-date. If any of the personal data we hold about you changes, please keep us informed as long as we have that data.
If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the information commissioner’s office in the country you reside in. We would welcome the opportunity to resolve your concerns ourselves, however, so please contact us first, using the details in Part 15.
6. What Data Do You Collect and How?
Depending upon your use of Our site, we may collect and hold some or all of the personal data set out in the table below, using the methods also set out in the table. Please also see our cookie policy for more information about our use of Cookies and similar technologies. We do not collect any ‘special category’ or ‘sensitive’ personal data or personal data relating to children or data relating to criminal convictions and/or offenses.
7. Overseas transfers of personal data
Mobile-Technologies may share your personal data with other affiliates or subsidiaries of the Mobile-Technologies Group for example, when you are applying for a job through Our site.
| Data Collected through our site | How we collect the data | Purpose | How long do we Keep the Data | Lawful basis |
| Job Applications First and last name date of birthResumeE-mail addressWork experienceAddressTelephone number job title and profession References from previous employer any other personal information you freely include in your resume. | When you apply for a job, the information you provide us with will be sent to our third-party HR recruitment database: Manatal Recruitment. Your information will be stored for 2 years before being automatically deleted. References from previous employer If you consent to Mobile-Technologies receiving a reference from your previous employer, we will send you a link to RefNow, which is a third-party reference platform. You will send the link to your previous employer, asking them to make the reference. The previous employer must consent to their personal data (full name, job title, and e-mail) being processed, before making the reference. | To determine if you are a qualified candidate, and for us to be able to contact you in the recruitment process. | Successful candidates If you are successful in the recruitment process, we will keep your data in our HR database, while you are working at Mobile-Technologies. Unsuccessful candidates If you are unsuccessful in the recruitment process, we will keep your data for 2 years for the purpose of viewing your application for a later recruitment. | Data collected when applying for a job Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract, as you have provided us your personal data for the purpose of being hired. Data stored for successful candidates Your Consent. Data stored for unsuccessful candidates Legitimate interest, in order to consider you for another job opening in the future. References from previous employer Your consent. |
| Contact through sales e-mail
E-mail address Your name (if you provide it in the e-mail) | Your inquiry will be sent to the sales team. | To ensure we are able to contact you. | Inquiries sent to the sales team will be deleted once there is no purpose for storing the contact form. | Your consent. |
| Google Analytics 4.0 and Consent Mode v2.
(web analytics tool that tracks and reports website traffic) User interactions on the website (pages visited, actions taken) Device and browser information Demographic information | When you access our site, Google Analytics collects cookies, which you are able to accept or decline. | When you apply for a job, the information you provide us with will be sent to our third-party HR recruitment database: Manatal Recruitment. Your information will be stored for 2 years before being automatically deleted. References from the previous employer If you consent to Mobile-Technologies receiving a reference from your previous employer, we will send you a link to RefNow, which is a third-party reference platform. You will send the link to your previous employer, asking them to make the reference. The previous employer must consent to their personal data (full name, job title, and e-mail) being processed, before making the reference. | Understanding user behavior to improve website performance and user experience. | Your consent. |
| CookieYes (Consent management tool): Date and time of consent End-users Consent status URL of our site, where you have consented/rejected the use of cookies IP-address | When you accept or decline the use of cookies, your preference is sent to our consent log. | To document the cookie consents obtained through our site. | Consent logs will be kept for five years. | Ensuring compliance with legal obligations.Your consent. |
| Contacting us through our Data privacy email: Your name (if you choose to provide us with it in your email) Your e-mail address. | When you make an inquiry to our DPO, your mail will be sent to the DPO’s data privacy inbox. | To ensure we are able to contact you and answer your inquiry. | Inquiries sent to our DPO will be deleted once there is no purpose for storing the inquiry. This will be determined based on various factors, such as the nature of the inquiry. |
8. Third Parties
Third Parties (including links to LinkedIn or whose content appears on Our site may use third-party Cookies. Please note that we do not control the activities of such third parties, nor the data that they collect and use themselves, and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such third parties.
We will only use your personal data for the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected unless we reasonably believe that another purpose is compatible with that or those original purpose(s) and need to use your personal data for that purpose. If we do use your personal data in this way and you wish us to explain how the new purpose is compatible with the original, please contact us using the details in Part 15.
If we need to use your personal data for a purpose that is unrelated to, or incompatible with, the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, we will inform you and explain the legal basis that allows us to do so.
In some circumstances, where permitted or required by law, we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent. This will only be done within the bounds of the Data Protection Legislation and your legal rights.
9. How Long Will You Keep My Personal Data?
We will not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected.
10. How and Where Do You Store or Transfer My Personal Data?
We may store some or all of your personal data in countries outside of the EU. These are known as “third countries”. We will take additional steps in order to ensure that your personal data is treated safely and securely.
We will use specific approved contracts that ensure the same levels of personal data protection that apply under the Data Protection Legislation.
Please contact us using the details below in Part 15 for further information about the particular data protection safeguards used by us when transferring your personal data to a third country.
The security of your personal data is essential to us, and to protect your data, we take a number of important measures, including the following:
- limiting access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties with a legitimate need to know and ensuring that they are subject to duties of confidentiality;
- procedures for dealing with data breaches (the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, your personal data) including notifying you and/or the information commissioner’s office where we are legally required to do so;
- The site uses HTTPS encryption to protect the transmission of the personal information that we receive from you.
11. Do You Share My Personal Data?
We will not share any of your personal data with any third parties for any purposes, subject to the following exception;
If we sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or assets, your personal data may be transferred to a third party. Any new owner of our business may continue to use your personal data in the same way(s) that we have used it, as specified in this Privacy Policy.
In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.
We may share your personal data with other companies in our Group for the purpose of information sharing, for example, if you have contacted us with a question, and we need to consult other parts of our business. This includes subsidiaries, our holding company, and its subsidiaries.
If any of your personal data is shared with a third party, as described above, we will take steps to ensure that your personal data is handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations, and the third party’s obligations under the law, as described above in Part 9.
12. How Can I Control My Personal Data?
In addition to your rights under the Data Protection Legislation, set out in Part 5, when you submit personal data via Our site, you may be given options to restrict our use of your personal 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.
13. Do you use automated Decision making?
We do not use automated tools to make decisions but to ensure a fair and efficient hiring process, we use automated filtering tools to review job applications. This helps us identify candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the position, such as language, skill set, years of experience, and in some cases location. When applying for a job, you consent to the use of automated filtering tools.
Bias Mitigation
We have implemented measures to mitigate potential biases in our automated filtering tools. These measures include:
- Human oversight: HR staff reviews and validates the output of the automated filtering tools.
- Bias Detection: HR staff is trained to identify potential biases in the filtering results.
- Overriding Decisions: Provide HR staff with the authority to override the automated filtering tools’ recommendations if necessary.
14. Can I Withhold Information?
You may access certain areas of our site without providing any personal 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 Part 14 and our Cookie Policy.
15. How Can I Access My Personal Data?
If you want to know what personal data we have about you, you can ask us for details of that personal data and for a copy of it (where any such personal data is held). This is known as a “subject access request”.
All subject access requests should be made in writing and sent to the email address shown in Part 15. There is not normally any charge for a subject access request. If your request is ‘manifestly unfounded or excessive’ (for example, if you make repetitive requests) a fee may be charged to cover our administrative costs in responding.
We will respond to your subject access request within 21 days and, in any case, not more than one month of receiving it. Normally, we aim to provide a complete response, including a copy of your personal data within that time. In some cases, however, particularly if your request is more complex, more time may be required up to a maximum of three months from the date we receive your request. You will be kept fully informed of our progress.
16. Withdraw consent
If you wish to withdraw consent for any of the personal information you have provided us with, you can do so at any time, by contacting us at the email address shown below in Part 17. For changes to your cookie preference, please see our Cookie Policy for information on how to withdraw your consent.
17. How Do You Use 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/or services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data are protected and respected at all times.
By using our site, you may also get third-party cookies on your computer or device. Third-party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than us. For more details, please refer to our Cookie Policy, which lists the types of cookies we use and their purpose.
18. Complaints
If you have concerns about how we process your personal data, you can make a complaint to our Data Protection Officer at: data.protection@mobile-technologies.com. If you would like to invoke your data subject rights and make a Data Subject Access Request (“DSAR”) please see the “Data Subject Access Request Notice” on our Site for more information.
19. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection.
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. This Privacy Policy was last updated on August 27th 2024.
20. Attribution
This Privacy Policy has been created using a document template from www.simply-docs.co.uk.
