Taoglas respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Notice will inform you as to how we look after your personal data. We are a “B2B” company, meaning our customers are businesses and not consumers. When we use the word “you”, we are referring both to people who interact with us as individuals or representatives of our customers.
This Privacy Notice is provided in a layered format so you can click through to the specific areas set out below.
Please refer to below Privacy Notice addendum’s for individuals in certain regions
India | Japan | Taiwan | California
Please refer to below Privacy Notices for Candidates in certain regions
Ireland Candidate Privacy Notice | CA Candidate Privacy Notice
Effective Date: 21st May, 2025
- Introduction
- Scope
- What Information We Collect
- Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
- Why We Collect Information
- When We Disclose Information
- Retention of Personal Information
- Your Choices About the Information We Collect
- Children’s Privacy
- International Transfers
- Links
- Security
- Your California Privacy Rights
- Your Privacy Rights under Other US State Laws
- Your Rights Under the General Data Protection Regulation
- Your Rights Under the UK GDPR
- Your Canadian Privacy Rights
- Your Australian Privacy Rights
- Changes to This Privacy Notice
- Contact Us
1. Introduction
Welcome. You have arrived at a website provided by Taoglas (“Taoglas,” “we,” “our” or “us”). Taoglas is a mid-sized global company with Irish roots that specializes in designing and manufacturing advanced RF components and solving complex connectivity problems in an array of IoT industries. Headquartered in Ireland with 8 facilities worldwide, our diverse network of professionals is united by our passion for innovation and a winning mindset.
Taoglas respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Notice (“Notice”) will inform you as to how we look after your personal data. We are a “B2B” company, meaning our customers are businesses and not consumers. When we use the word “you”, we are referring both to people who interact with us as individuals or representatives of our customers.
We provide this Notice to tell you what information we collect about you, how we obtain it, how we share it, and how you may limit the ways in which we use your Personal Information. If you have questions about this Notice after you review it, feel free to contact us at privacy@Taoglas.com.
2. Scope
This Notice governs www.taoglas.com, its subdomains, and all subdomains or portals that link to this Notice (“Site”); or otherwise when you provide Personal Information or interact with us online or in-person. We refer to all the above as our “Services.” For the purpose of this Notice, “Personal Information” means any Personal Information relating to an identified or identifiable individual that is protected by applicable privacy laws. The definition of Personal Information does not include publicly available information from federal, state, or local government records.
By using our Sites or Services, you acknowledge this Notice and agree to our Terms and Conditions (“Terms”).
3. What Information We Collect
As a rule, we limit the Personal Information we collect to that which is adequate, relevant and reasonably necessary for us to provide our Services to you.
Information That You Provide to Us
As you interact with our Site or Services, we collect the following Personal Information via webforms or inputs/uploads on our Site, and through telephone calls, text messages, letters, emails and other communications with you:
- Contact information such as your first and last name, job title, email address, business address, shipping address, telephone numbers, mobile numbers; and
- Financial information such as your business credit card or debit card number, bank account information and your payment, service and purchase history.
Information That Is Automatically Collected
Like many businesses, we and our service providers automatically collect and/or store certain information when you visit or interact with the Site or Services (“Usage Information”), including via cookies and other tracking technologies (see Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies section below). This Usage Information may be stored and/or accessed from your personal computer, laptop, tablet, mobile phone or other device (a “Device”) whenever you visit or interact with our Site. Usage Information includes:
- Your IP address, IDFA, Android/Google Advertising ID, IMEI, or another unique identifier;
- Your Device functionality (including browser, browser language, settings and behavior, operating system, hardware, mobile network information);
- Referring and exit web pages and URLs;
- The areas within the Site that you visit and your activities there, including remembering you and your preferences;
- Your Device location or other location information, including the zip code, state or country from which you accessed the Services;
- Your Device characteristics (such as device type (computer vs. mobile) and ID, operating system, hardware);
- Certain other Device data, including the time of day you visit our Site or other information used to provide analytics or other usage information;
- Information about your engagement with our emails; and
- Statistical information about how both unregistered and registered users, collectively, use the Site and Services.
For location information, some of our Services include features based on users’ actual locations and may report on users’ current locations (“Location-Based Services”). If you use Location-Based Services, we collect and store information about your location at the time you use those Location-Based Services (in addition to some automatically collected geolocation data). This information comes from a variety of sources depending on the device you use to access the Services; for example, a mobile phone may report its GPS location at the time Location-Based Services are used.
If you do not wish for us or our service providers to collect and use location information, you may disable the location features on your device. Consult your device settings for instructions. Please note that if you disable such features, your ability to access certain features, Services, content, promotions, or products may be limited or disabled.
We may also collect sensory data such as CCTV recordings from our facilities or premises to protect the health and safety of our customers and associates, and to prevent, investigate, and prosecute fraud and other criminal activities. We may record your voice when you contact our customer service centers.
Information Collected from Third Parties
The Site includes functionality that allows certain kinds of interactions between the Site and your account on a third-party website or application. The use of this functionality may involve the third-party site providing information to us. For example, we might obtain information about the traffic and usage of the Site from third parties. We might also provide links to make it easier to send a communication from the Site, or we may use third parties to make it easier to send emails or post to social media (like a “Share” or “Forward” button). These third parties also use cookies and other tracking technologies to capture information about your interactions with Taoglas.
Taoglas does not have control over the information that is collected, used, and shared by these third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy statements of these third parties to understand their privacy practices.
4. Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
We use various methods and technologies (“Tracking Technologies”) to store or collect Usage Information, to recognize your browser or device, learn more about your interests to personalize your experience, and deliver our Site and Services to you. These tracking technologies allow us and other third parties to collect information such as your device type, browser type, interactions with our Site, geographic location, your web request, the date and time of your web request, your Internet Protocol address, the domain name of your Internet service provider and other data. If you can be identified from this information, for example by combination with other pieces of information, then we will treat this information as Personal Information. Tracking Technologies may set, change, alter or modify settings or configurations on your Device. By using this Site, you consent to our use of Tracking Technologies.
First Party and Third Party Cookies
First-party cookies originate from the same domain as the website you’re currently visiting (in this case, www.taoglas.com). Third-party cookies originate from a domain that’s different from the website being visited, such as Google Analytics, Meta, DoubleClick or others. We don’t control how these third parties use their cookies, so we suggest you check their website to see how they’re using them and how you can manage them.
Types of Tracking Technologies We Use
A few of the Tracking Technologies used on the Site, include, but are not limited to, the following (there may be future-developed tracking technology or methods that are not listed here):
Cookies. A cookie is a file placed on a Device to uniquely identify your browser or to store information on your Device. Cookies themselves don’t hold Personal Information. They only have a unique alphanumeric identifier that sits on your browser. And in many cases, we won’t be able to link the information we collect by using a cookie back to you. They can, however, enable us to link that information back to you and your personal information, for example, when you log in, or choose to register for a newsletter. Our Site may use HTTP cookies, HTML5 cookies and other types of cookie technology to store information on local storage.
- Pixels: A pixel is a small graphic file that allows us and third parties to monitor the use of the Site and provide us with information based on your interaction with the Site. These tags may collect the IP address from the device which you loaded the page and the browser type. Pixel tags are also used by our third parties to collect information when you visit our site, the links and other actions you take on our Site, and we may use this information in combination with cookies to display targeted advertisements.
- Web Beacons. A Web Beacon is a small tag (which may be invisible to you) that may be placed on our Site’s pages and messages.
- Embedded Scripts. An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with the Site, such as the links you click on.
- ETag, or entity tag. An Etag or entity tag is a feature of the cache in browsers. It is an opaque identifier assigned by a web server to a specific version of a resource found at a URL.
- Browser Fingerprinting. Collection and analysis of information from your Device, such as, without limitation, your operating system, plug-ins, system fonts and other data, for purposes of identification.
- Recognition Technologies. These technologies, including application of statistical probability to data sets, attempt to recognize or make assumptions about users and devices (e.g., that a user of multiple devices is the same user).
- Other data technologies may be used that collect comparable information for security and fraud detection purposes.
We may also engage third parties, such as Google Analytics, to track and analyze non-personally and personally identifiable website data and to serve advertisements. To do so, we may permit third parties to place cookies on devices of users of our Sites, where permitted by law, and subject to your right to opt out through the Sites. We use the data collected to help us administer and improve the quality of the Sites and to analyze the Site’s usage. Such third parties may combine the information that we provide about you with other information that they have collected. These third parties are required to use your information in accordance with this Privacy Notice. We will record all such disclosures and will use reasonable efforts to ensure that such third parties do not use your PII for any purpose that is not expressly provided for herein.
We classify our cookies into the following categories:
- Essential/Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are essential for you to browse the Sites and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. You cannot disable this type of cookie on our Site.
- Functionality cookies. Also known as “preference cookies,” these cookies allow the Sites to remember choices you have made in the past, like what language you prefer, or what your user name and password are so you can automatically log in. Disabling these cookies can cause some parts of the Site to not work properly, so we discourage you from disabling these cookies.
- Performance cookies. Also known as “analytics cookies,” these cookies collect information about how you use a website, like which pages you visited and which links you clicked on. Their purpose is to improve website functions. This includes cookies from third-party analytics services if the cookies are for the exclusive use of the owner of the website visited. In some jurisdictions, you may be able to turn these cookies off.
- Targeting and Advertising cookies. These cookies track your online activity to help advertisers deliver more relevant advertising or to limit how many times you see an ad. These cookies can share that information with other organizations or advertisers. These are persistent cookies and almost always from third-parties. In some jurisdictions, you may be able to turn these cookies off.
You can opt out of Google Adwords Remarketing here.
You can block Google Analytics from accessing your online activity with a browser add-on here.
General Cookie Information
To generally find out more about cookies, visit this site which also has instructions on how to opt out of targeted advertising cookies here. More opt-out resources are also available from the Digital Advertising Alliance or the Network Advertising Initiative. We do not control these opt-out links or whether any organization chooses to participate in these opt-out programs. Please note that even if you exercise the opt-out choices above, you may continue to receive advertisements, for example, ads based on the website you are viewing (e.g., contextually based ads), or ads that are not targeted at you and may be less relevant. Also, if your browser (like some Safari browsers) is configured to reject opt-out cookies when you opt out on the DAA or NAI websites, your opt-out may not be effective. We always do our best to honor your choices, but because some choices are set at the browser or device level, you may have to make these choices multiple times if you use different browsers or different Devices.
You can get more information about Cookies and Tracking Technologies, and instructions on how to opt out of cookies and certain tracking technologies, in our Cookie Policy.
5. Why We Collect Information
We use the information we collect about you in a variety of ways, including the following:
To Provide Our Services
We process certain Personal Information to:
- Operate, maintain and improve the Site and Services;
- Enable you to access and use the Site;
- Send you notices, updates, security alerts and support and other messages;
- Provide and deliver the services and features you request, process and complete transactions, and send you related information, including purchase confirmations and invoices;
- process your purchases of, or requests for, products and services;
- create and verify user accounts;
- facilitate the functionality of our Site, including payment-related functionality; and
- customize experiences and personalization when you are on our Site.
To Communicate with You
We process certain information to communicate with you in relation to your accounts, our services, our marketing, and your requests, including to:
- communicate with you about orders, purchases, returns, services, accounts, programs, contests, and sweepstakes;
- respond to your customer service inquiries and requests for information;
- post your comments or statements on our Site;
- send you personalized promotions, content, and special offers;
- communicate with you about our brands, products, events, or other promotional purposes;
- implement your communications preferences, such as sharing information with our business partners so that they may email you about their promotions, products and initiatives; and
- provide important product safety information.
For Improvement of Our Site or Services
We want to ensure that our Site and Services are continually improving and expanding so that we meet and exceed your needs and expectations. To do so, we may process certain Personal Information, including to:
- test, research, analyze, or develop products;
- maintain, improve, and analyze our Site or Services; and
- detect, prevent, or investigate suspicious activity or fraud.
To Comply with Applicable Laws
We may be required to process certain Personal Information under certain laws and regulations, such as tax laws, as well as to:
- maintain appropriate records for internal administrative purposes; and
- comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations, and respond to lawful governmental requests, as needed.
To Enforce our Terms, Agreements, or Policies
To maintain a safe, secure, and trusted environment for you when you use our Site and Services, we use your Personal Information to ensure our terms, policies, and agreements with you and any third parties are enforced.
With Your Consent
We process certain Personal Information to fulfill any other business or commercial purposes at your direction or with your consent.
6. When We Disclose Information
To the extent permitted by law, certain Personal Information about you may be disclosed in the following situations:
- Service providers. To provide information to our affiliates and nonaffiliated third parties who perform services or functions for us in conjunction with our services to you, but only if we have a contractual agreement with the other party which prohibits them from disclosing or using the information other than for the purposes for which it was disclosed. Examples of such disclosures include using a payment processor, customer service provider, or email marketing provider.
- We also may share your information, including your Personal Information, with our affiliates.
- Legal process. To comply with a validly issued and enforceable subpoena or summons; as a part of any actual or threatened legal proceedings or alternative dispute resolution proceedings either initiated by or against us, provided we disclose only the information necessary to file, pursue, or defend against the lawsuit and take reasonable precautions to ensure that the information disclosed does not become a matter of public record.
- Business transactions. In conjunction with a prospective purchase, sale, bankruptcy or merger of all or part of our practice, if we take appropriate precautions (for example, through a written confidentiality agreement) so the prospective purchaser or merger partner does not disclose information obtained in the course of the review.
Finally, we may aggregate and/or anonymize any information collected through the Site or Services such that such information is no longer linked to your Personal Information. We may use and share this aggregated and anonymized information (non-Personal Information) for any purpose, including without limitation, for research and marketing purposes, and may also share such data with our affiliates and third parties, including advertisers, promotional partners and others.
7. Retention of Personal Information
Taoglas will retain your Personal Information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Notice. We will retain and use your Personal Information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers or those of our third-party data storage providers.
We utilize the following criteria to determine the length of time for which we retain Personal Information:
- How long we have had a relationship with you or provided our Services to you;
- The business purposes for which the information is used, and the length of time for which the information is required to achieve those purposes;
- Whether we are required to retain the information, or the information is otherwise necessary, in order to: comply with legal obligations or contractual commitments; defend against potential legal claims; detect or prevent potential illegal activity or actions in violation of our policies and procedures; secure our systems and online environment; or protect health and safety;
- The privacy impact on individuals of ongoing retention; and
- The manner in which information is maintained and flows through our systems, and how best to manage the lifecycle of information in light of the volume and complexity of the systems in our infrastructure.
8. Your Choices About the Information We Collect
Communications Preferences
We prefer to keep your Personal Information accurate and up to date. If you would like to change your contact information, please contact us using the information in the Contact Us section below. We will make good faith efforts to make requested changes in our then active databases as soon as reasonably practicable (but we may retain prior information as business records).
You can opt out of receiving marketing emails from us at any time. You will still receive transactional messages from us. To manage your email preferences with us, please click on the Unsubscribe link in any email you receive from us or by using this link. Your choice will not affect our ability to share information in the other ways described in this Notice.
Controlling Your Cookies
There are many ways to control cookies. For example, you can alter the configuration of your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but it is possible that doing so may cause limited functionality of the Site. In so doing, we may not be able to recognize your computer or device, and you may need to log in every time you visit. You can also opt out of non-essential cookies by opting-out of cookies in our Site’s cookie preference center or enabling an opt-out preference signal on your browser (a Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) or an Opt-Out Preference Signal (“OOPS”).
On most web browsers, you will find a “help” section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive a notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how to turn cookies off. Please see the links below to learn how to modify your web browser’s settings on the most popular browsers:
To learn more about cookies and similar technologies or to opt-out of targeted advertising cookies, visit resources from the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) or the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”). We do not control these opt-out links or whether any organization chooses to participate in these opt-out programs.
Please note that even if you exercise the opt-out choices above, you may continue to receive advertisements, for example, ads based on the website you are viewing (e.g., contextually based ads), or ads that are not targeted at you and may be less relevant. Also, if your browser (like some Safari browsers) is configured to reject opt-out cookies when you opt out on the DAA or NAI websites, your opt-out may not be effective.
Do Not Track
Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a web browser setting that requests that a web application disable its tracking of an individual user. When you choose to turn on the DNT setting in your browser, your browser sends a special signal to websites, analytics companies, ad networks, plug in providers, and other web services you encounter while browsing to stop tracking your activity. Various third parties are developing or have developed signals or other mechanisms for the expression of consumer choice regarding the collection of information about an individual consumer’s online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services (e.g., browser do not track signals), but there is no universally agreed upon standard for what an organization should do when it detects a DNT signal. Currently, we do not monitor or take any action with respect to these signals or other mechanisms. You can learn more about Do Not Track here.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our Site is not intended for use by children under the age of 16. We do not request, or knowingly collect, any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If you are the parent or guardian of a child under 16 who you believe has provided her or his information to us, please contact us using the information in the Contact Us section below to request the deletion of that information.
10. International Transfers
We store your Personal Information depending on the type of data it is, as follows:
Website and Account Information. Our websites are hosted in the EU. If you are located outside the EU, such as in the US, and interact with Taoglas sites, including when you manage any account, you are effectively “visiting” an EU website, and the data that you provide is stored in the EU.
Marketing Information. If you share your information with a Taoglas sales or marketing representative, your data is generally kept in the region where you are located or where the contact (such as a tradeshow or event) took place (e.g., US, EU, APAC). We use a CRM service to help us manage our marketing and financial activities, and some of your personal data may be kept on systems in the US. In addition, our staff do share limited information, which may include your contact information, to coordinate marketing activities and to make sure that you are interacting with the correct Taoglas entity and business function, such as finance, legal, support or engineering.
Data Relevant to Employment. If you apply for a position with any Taoglas company, generally, your information will stay in the country where you apply, although some data may be shared with other Taoglas companies especially for global positions.
We enter into formal agreements based on “standard contractual clauses” that commit us to following the principles in the first part of this Notice when one Taoglas company transfers personal data to another. Please contact us if you want further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal data out of the European Economic Area.
11. Links
For your convenience, the Site and this Notice may contain links to other websites. Taoglas is not responsible for the privacy practices, advertising, products, services, or the content of such other websites. None of the links on the Site should be deemed to imply that Taoglas endorses or has any affiliation with the links.
12. Security
We incorporate commercially reasonable safeguards to help protect and secure your Personal Information. However, no data transmission over the Internet, mobile networks, wireless transmission, or electronic storage of information can be guaranteed 100% secure. As a result, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to or from the Site, and you provide us with your information at your own risk.
13. Your California Privacy Rights
This section of the Notice applies solely to California residents. We adopt this Section to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). Any terms defined in the CCPA or CPRA have the same meaning when used in this Section.
California residents have the following rights:
- To know the categories of Personal Information being collected about you, the purposes for which the categories of Personal Information are collected or used, and whether that information is sold or shared;
- To know the length of time we intend to retain each category of Personal Information;
- To know whether your Personal Information is sold or disclosed and to whom;
- To access your Personal Information;
- To delete the Personal Information you have provided to us, with certain exceptions;
- To correct your Personal Information;
- To opt out of the sale of Personal Information;
- To know if Sensitive Personal Information (“SPI”) is being collected about you, the categories of SPI being collected, the purposes for which the categories of SPI are collected or used, and whether the SPI is sold or shared;
- To limit the use of your SPI if it is used for cross-contextual behavioral advertising or for the purposes of inferring characteristics about you; and
- Not to be discriminated against, even if you exercise your privacy rights.
Request for Information, Correction, or Deletion
California residents have the right to request, under certain circumstances, that a business that collects Personal Information about them disclose the information listed below for the preceding 12 months:
- The categories of Personal Information collected about you;
- The categories of sources from which the Personal Information is collected;
- The business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling or sharing Personal Information;
- The categories of third parties to whom the business discloses Personal Information; and
- The specific pieces of Personal Information collected about you.
Please note that if we collected information about you for a single one-time transaction and do not keep that information in the ordinary course of business, that information will not be retained for purposes of a request under this section. In addition, if we have de-identified or anonymized data about you, we are not required to re-identify or otherwise link your identity to that data if it is not otherwise maintained that way in our records.
You can also request that we correct or delete your Personal Information. There may be certain exceptions to our obligation to correct or delete your information such as if you have an existing account or transaction with us or if we have a legitimate business reason to keep your information.
Personal Information Collected
We have collected the following categories of Personal Information from consumers within the last twelve (12) months:
| Category of Personal Information Collected by Instant Checkmate | Category of Third Parties Personal Information is Disclosed to for a Business Purpose | Category of Third Parties to Whom Personal Information is Sold And/or Shared |
| A. Identifiers. A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, or other similar identifiers. | Service providers, Our corporate family, Advertising partners (online identifiers only), Data analytics providers | Advertising partners (online identifiers only), Data analytics providers (online identifiers only) |
| B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)). A name, address, telephone number, education, employment, employment history, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information. Personal Information does not include publicly available information that is lawfully made available to the general public from federal, state, or local government records. Note: Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories. | Service providers, Our corporate family, Data analytics providers | N/A |
| C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law. Age (40 years or older), national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), veteran or military status. | N/A | N/A |
| D. Commercial information. Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. | Service providers, Our corporate family, Data analytics providers | Data analytics providers, Advertising partners |
| E. Biometric information. | N/A | N/A |
| F. Internet or other electronic network activity. Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with an internet website, application, or advertisement. | Service providers, Our corporate family, Data analytics providers, Advertising partners | Data analytics providers, Advertising partners |
| G. Geolocation data | N/A | N/A |
| H. Sensory data. Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information. | Service providers, Data analytics providers | N/A |
| I. Professional or employment-related information. Current or past job history. | N/A | N/A |
| J. Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)). Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as class lists or student identification codes. | N/A | N/A |
| K. Inferences drawn from other personal information to create a profile about a consumer. Profile reflecting a consumer’s preferences. | N/A | N/A |
| L. Sensitive Personal Information (other than publicly available SPI) | N/A | N/A |
Information related to how long we retain each category of Personal Information is included in the Retention of Personal Information section above.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
As a California resident, you also have the right, at any time, to tell us not to sell Personal Information – this is called the “right to opt-out” of the sale of Personal Information. We do not sell Personal Information, but we recognize that some privacy laws define “Personal Information” in such a way that making available identifiers linked to you for a benefit may be considered a “sale.” To opt-out of this, please click on the link in the footer (Your Privacy Choices).
Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information
California residents have the right to limit the use of each type of Sensitive Personal Information for each purpose with each type of third-party partner. Currently, we do not provide your Sensitive Personal Information to any third parties.
Right Not to Be Discriminated Against
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights under the CCPA. Unless permitted by California law, we will not:
- Deny you goods or services.
- Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
- Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services.
- Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.
Third Party Marketing (“Shine The Light Act”)
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us a list of what Personal Information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year and the names and addresses of those third parties. We do not currently disclose Personal Information protected under this section to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.
Exercising Your California Privacy Rights
You or your authorized agent may make a request to access, correct, delete, opt-out of the sale of your Personal Information, or limit the use of your Sensitive Personal Information by contacting us using the information in the Contact Us section below.
If you use an authorized agent to submit your request, we may require proof of the written authorization you have given. We also may require you to confirm your identity and your residency to obtain the information, and you are only entitled to make this request twice in a 12-month period. For emails, please include “California Privacy Rights” as the subject line. You must include your full name, email address, and attest to the fact that you are a California resident. We will acknowledge your request within 10 days and respond to your request within 45 days or let you know if we need additional time. If you make this request by telephone, we may also ask you to provide the request in writing so that we may verify your identity. If we are unable to honor your request for any reason, we will notify you of the reason within the request time period.
14. Your Privacy Rights under Other US State Laws
If you live in certain other U.S. states, such as Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you may have rights under applicable privacy laws once those laws have become effective.
Based on the applicable law in the state where you live, you may have the following rights with respect to your Personal Information:
- To confirm whether or not a controller is processing your personal data and to access such personal data;
- To know the categories of Personal Information we collect about you, the purposes for the collection, how long we retain your Personal Information, and whether that information is sold or shared or disclosed and to whom;
- To correct inaccuracies in your personal data;
- To delete your personal data;
- To obtain a copy of your personal data that you previously provided to us in a portable, and if technically feasible, readily usable format, if processing is carried out by automated means;
- To opt out of the processing of your personal data for purposes of (i) targeted advertising, (ii) the sale of personal data, or (iii) profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer.
To exercise any of these rights, you may make a request to confirm, access, correct, delete, obtain a copy, or opt-out of the processing of your personal data for targeting advertising, sale, or profiling by using the link in the footer (Your Privacy Choices) or contacting us using the information in the Contact Us section below. Please include your state of residence.
We may require you to confirm your identity and your residency in order to obtain the information, and you are only entitled to make this request up to twice annually. For emails, please include “Privacy Rights” as the subject line. You must include your full name, email address, and attest to the state in which you are a resident.
We will process your request within 45 days or let you know if we need additional time or cannot process your request. If you make this request by telephone, we may also ask you to provide the request in writing so that we may verify your identity. If we are unable to honor your request for any reason, we will notify you of the reason within the request time period.
Right to Opt Out
You may have the right to opt out of the processing of your personal data for purposes of (i) targeted advertising, (ii) the sale of personal data, or (iii) profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer. To exercise your right, please click on the link (Your Privacy Choices) on the bottom of the webpage where your information is being collected.
Opt-Out Preference Signals
Some browsers and browser extensions support opt-out preference signals such as the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) that can send a signal to the websites you visit indicating your choice to opt-out from certain types of data processing, including data sales. GPC is a web browser-level setting, maintained by either a browser or a browser extension, that a user or privacy-focused technology can set. In certain regions, when we detect such a signal, we will make reasonable efforts to respect your choices as required by applicable law.
Appeals of Our Decisions
In some jurisdictions, you may appeal to us if we refuse to take action on your exercise of certain choices described above. In order to appeal such a refusal, please contact us using the information in the Contact Us section below with the subject line “Appeal of Refusal to Take Action on Privacy Request” and provide the relevant information in the email.
If we decline to take action on any request you make, we will provide you with the information required by the applicable law where you live. This may include an explanation of why we declined your request, information on how to appeal our decision, and/or how to make a complaint to your state Attorney General.
15. Your Rights Under the General Data Protection Regulation
This section of the Notice applies if you are a data subject who resides or is located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”). We adopt this section to comply with European privacy laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Any terms defined in the GDPR have the same meaning when used in this section.
Under applicable law, we are considered the “data controller” of the Personal Information we handle under this Notice. In other words, we are responsible for deciding how to collect, use and disclose this information, subject to applicable law.
We want to ensure that the Personal Information we possess is always accurate and therefore we encourage you to update your information in case any changes have occurred. We have listed below the rights that you may be able to exercise in respect of the processing of your Personal Information, subject to applicable law. We take reasonable steps to ensure that the Personal Information that we process is limited to the Personal Information that are required in connection with the purposes set out in this Notice.
If you are a resident of or located within the EEA, you have certain data protection rights. These rights include:
- The right to access, update or delete the information we have collected from you.
- The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
- The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Information.
- The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your Personal Information.
- The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable, and commonly used format.
- The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your Personal Information.
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Information
We rely on the following legal bases for processing your Personal Information:
- Contract: To conclude or perform a contract with you; for example:
- To manage and fulfill orders, facilitate delivery, and to provide other Services;
- To manage our accounts and records;
- To handle your inquiries and requests;
- Legitimate Interests: When we process your Personal Information for our legitimate interests, we make sure to consider and balance any potential impact on you and your rights under data protection laws. Our legitimate business interests do not automatically override your interests – we will not use your Personal Information for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you unless we have your consent or those activities are otherwise required or permitted to by law. You have the right to object to processing that is based on our legitimate interests, as further described below. Examples of legitimate interests include:
- To respond to your customer service inquiries and requests for information;
- To maintain, improve, and analyze our Site and Services we offer;
- To conduct marketing activities;
- To detect, prevent, or investigate security breaches or fraud; and
- To facilitate the functionality of our Site;
- Legal Compliance: To comply with our legal obligations; for example:
- To maintain appropriate records for internal administrative purposes and as required by applicable law, and
- To provide important product safety information.
- Consent: We will send you information by email on our Services or other promotions only with your consent or if you otherwise opt-in to receiving those communications. If you do not provide us with your consent to the processing of your Personal Information for this purpose, we will not send you this information. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time as described below.
How to Exercise Your Rights Under the GDPR
If applicable, you may exercise any of your rights under the GDPR by submitting a verifiable data subject request to us by using the contact details below. You may make a request related to your Personal Information or on behalf of someone for which you have authorization. You must include your full name, email address, and attest to the fact that you are a citizen or resident of the EEA by including your country of citizenship or residence in your request. We may require you to confirm your identity and/or legal standing for the request as well as your residency in the EEA to obtain the information. We will respond to your request within 30 days or let you know if we need additional time.
Please note that we will ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests, and we may deny your request if we are unable to verify your identity or authority to make the request.
Should you wish to raise a concern about our use of your data (and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with your local supervisory authority; however, we hope that we can assist with any queries or concerns you may have about our use of your Personal Information first by contacting us as follows:
Email: privacy@Taoglas.com
Address:
Taoglas Limited
Unit 5
Kilcannon Business Park,
Old Dublin Road,
Enniscorthy,
Co. Wexford,
Y21 XW56
Ireland
16. Your Rights Under the UK GDPR
If you are based in the United Kingdom, the following provisions also apply:
If we share your personal data within Taoglas or with third parties located outside the United Kingdom, we take steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to guarantee the continued protection of your personal data, such as by entering into the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or the International Data Transfer Addendum to the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, adopted by the UK Government under section 119A of the Data Protection Act 2018.
You have the same data subject rights as those for the EU listed above, except that references to the “GDPR” should be read as references to the “UK GDPR” and complaints should be filed with the UK supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.
17. Your Canadian Privacy Rights
Canadian laws provide specific privacy rights to our Canadian customers. If you are a resident of Canada, this section applies in addition to all other applicable rights and information contained in this Notice.
Where applicable, We follow applicable Canadian federal and provincial privacy laws (“Canadian Privacy Law”), including:
- The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
- Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (Alberta PIPA)
- British Columbia’s Personal Information Protection Act (BC PIPA)
- Québec’s Act respecting the protection of Personal Information in the private sector (Québec Act).
Consent
In most cases, we rely on implied consent to collect, use, or disclose your Personal Information. In some circumstances, including those involving sensitive Personal Information, we obtain express consent. Where you have provided your consent to the collection, use, and transfer of your Personal Information (whether orally, in writing, or electronically), you may have the legal right to withdraw your consent under certain circumstances. In addition to the methods described above with respect to your privacy choices, you may withdraw your consent by submitting a request using the information in the “Contacting Us” section below. Please note that if you withdraw your consent, We may not be able to provide you with a particular product or service. We will explain the impact to you at the time of your request to help you with your decision.
Use of Your Personal Information
We will not collect, use, or disclose Personal Information except for the identified purposes identified above (See Disclosure of Your Information), unless we have received additional consent or the processing is authorized without consent. Where we engage service providers who utilize the Personal Information we provide to them, those relationships are governed by a written agreement regarding the confidentiality of your information.
Canadian Access and Challenge Rights
Canadian Privacy Law provides the right to receive information about the existence, use, and disclosure of your Personal Information and be provided access to that information. You may also challenge the accuracy and completeness of your Personal Information and have it amended as appropriate. Depending on the nature of the challenged information, amendment may involve correction, deletion, or addition of information.
Exercising Your Canadian Privacy Rights
If you have an account with Us, you may view and update your account information (as noted above) directly by logging into your account. To submit a request for access to information not contained within your account, or to challenge the accuracy or completeness of your Personal Information, you may also submit a written request using the information in the “Contacting Us” section below. When submitting a request, We also may require you to confirm your identity and your residency to obtain the information. For emails, please include “Canadian Privacy Rights” as the subject line. You must include your full name, email address, and attest to the fact that you are a Canadian resident, and provide your province of residence. We will begin processing your request once you have completed the verification process and will respond within the timeframe required by law.
If We cannot substantively respond to your request in a timely manner, We will notify you and state the reason for the delay. Under certain circumstances, We may not be able to fulfill your request, such as when doing so would interfere with Our regulatory or legal obligations, where We cannot verify your identity, or if your request involves disproportionate cost or effort. However, We will respond to your request within a reasonable time, as required by law, and provide an explanation.
Additional information about how to exercise your rights under Canadian Privacy Law can be found here:
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Website
Phone: 1-800-282-1376
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta
Website
Phone: 1-888-878-4044
Edmonton office: (780) 422-6860
Calgary office: (403) 297-2728
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia
Website
Vancouver: (604) 660-2421
Elsewhere in BC: (800) 663-7867
Commission d’acces a’ l’ information du Quebec
Website
Phone: 1-888-528-7741
18. Your Australian Privacy Rights
As applicable, this Notice is subject to and does not limit the rights and/or exceptions available to us under the Australian Privacy Principles of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the “Privacy Act”).
We disclose Personal Information, for some of the purposes described above, to organizations located in Australia and in other countries. We or our service providers may also make Personal Information held in Australia or the other countries listed above remotely available for processing by service provider personnel located in other countries. We take reasonable steps to ensure that overseas recipients of your Personal Information do not breach the privacy obligations relating to your Personal Information, and only use it for the purpose for which it was disclosed.
At your request, we will provide a copy of any Personal Information we hold about you, unless an exception under the Privacy Act applies. We may charge reasonable fees for retrieving this information, in which case we will obtain your prior consent.
When your Personal Information is no longer required, we take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify the information.
We will promptly acknowledge and investigate any complaint about the way we manage Personal Information.
We will take reasonable steps to remedy any issues resulting from our failure to comply with privacy obligations. If our response to you does not satisfactorily address your concerns, you may have the right to make a complaint to a competent regulator (e.g., Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at www.oaic.gov.au).
19. Changes to This Privacy Notice
We may change this Privacy Notice at any time. We will post all changes to this Notice on this page and will indicate at the top of the page the modified notice’s effective date. We therefore encourage you to refer to this page on an ongoing basis so that you are aware of our current privacy notice. If required by the applicable law, we will notify you of the changes.
By continuing to use the Site or Services or providing us with information following such a replacement Notice being uploaded, you agree that you will be bound by the Privacy Notice as changed.
20. Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this Notice, please contact us as follows:
Taoglas
Email: privacy@Taoglas.com
Address:
Taoglas Limited
Unit 5
Kilcannon Business Park,
Old Dublin Road,
Enniscorthy,
Co. Wexford,
Y21 XW56
Ireland