Privacy Statement (UK)

This privacy statement was last updated on 2. 5. 2024 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland.

In this privacy statement, we explain what we do with the data we obtain about you via https://www.vaapno.cz. We recommend you carefully read this statement. In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:

• we clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this by means of this privacy statement;
• we aim to limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data required for legitimate purposes;
• we first request your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases requiring your consent;
• we take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and also require this from parties that process personal data on our behalf;
• we respect your right to access your personal data or have it corrected or deleted, at your request.

If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.

Your personal data is processed by the company Výzkumný ústav stavebních hmot, a.s., registered in the commercial register maintained by the Regional Court in Brno, section B, file no. 3470, with registered office in Brno, Hněvkovského 30/65, ZIP code 617 00, ID number: 26232511 (hereinafter also only named „Research Institute of Building Materials, a.s.").

1. Purpose, data and retention period

We may collect or receive personal information for a number of purposes connected with our business operations which may include the following: (click to expand)

1.1 Contact – Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms

For this purpose we use the following data:

• A first and last name
• An email address
• A telephone number
• Contact and/or delivery address and/or billing address

The basis on which we may process these data is:

Upon the provision of consent.

We may process your personal data even without your consent, but only for the purpose of:

• provision of a service or product (fulfilment of a contract concluded between you and us, whereby the contract is also the actual use of a certain service without the need to sign anything);
• fulfillment of legal obligations arising for us from generally binding legal regulations or
• processing that is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests (e.g. for direct marketing, ensuring the security of our website).

The possibility and legality of such processing follows directly from applicable legal regulations and your consent to this processing is not required.

Retention period

Upon termination of the service we retain this data for the following period: 12 months.

Here, however, we would like to point out that the personal data that are necessary for the proper performance of the contract, or in order to fulfill all our obligations, whether these obligations arise from the contract between us or from generally binding legal regulations, we must process, regardless of your consent, for the period determined by the relevant legal regulations or in accordance with them, even after any withdrawal of your consent.

2. Cookies

Our website uses cookies. For more information about cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy. 

3. Disclosure practices

We disclose personal information if we are required by law or by a court order, in response to a law enforcement agency, to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information, or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety.

If our website or organisation is taken over, sold, or involved in a merger or acquisition, your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and will be passed on to the new owners.

The inclusion of full IP addresses is blocked by us.

4. Security

We are committed to the security of personal data. We take appropriate security measures to limit abuse of and unauthorized access to personal data. This ensures that only the necessary persons have access to your data, that access to the data is protected, and that our security measures are regularly reviewed.

5. Third-party websites

This privacy statement does not apply to third-party websites connected by links on our website. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend you read the privacy statements of these websites prior to making use of these websites.

6. Amendments to this privacy statement

We reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy statement. It is recommended that you consult this privacy statement regularly in order to be aware of any changes. In addition, we will actively inform you wherever possible.

7. Accessing and modifying your data

If you have any questions or want to know which personal data we have about you, please contact us. You can contact us by using the information below. You have the following rights:

• You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
• Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
• Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
• If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
• Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
• Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.

Please make sure to always clearly state who you are, so that we can be certain that we do not modify or delete any data of the wrong person. In this context, we would like to inform you that we may ask you to prove your identity to us in an appropriate way so that we can verify your identity. This is a preventive security measure to prevent unauthorized persons from accessing your personal data.

8. Submitting a complaint

If you are not satisfied with the way in which we handle (a complaint about) the processing of your personal data, you have the right to submit a complaint to the Data Protection Authority.

9. Contact details

Výzkumný ústav stavebních hmot, a.s.
Hněvkovského 30/65, 617 00 Brno
Czech Republic
Website: https://www.vaapno.cz
Email: info@vush.cz 
Phone number: +420 604 229 537