Updated: 6 March 2024
InfoSum is a technology company building products and services to help companies better manage and protect personal data. We understand that customers are not going to trust our products and services if we have no respect for personal data in the operation of our business. For this reason, we have taken the utmost care to develop a Privacy Policy which is clear and comprehensible and we 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.
This Privacy Policy (referred to from now on as the "Privacy Policy") applies as between you, the user of this website, www.infosum.com, and InfoSum Limited the owner and provider of this website. This policy applies to our use of any and all Data collected by us in relation to your use of the website. Please read the Privacy Policy carefully before you start to use our website. By using our Site, you indicate that you accept the Privacy Policy and that you agree to abide by it. If you do not agree to our Privacy Policy, please refrain from using our website.
This Privacy Policy also contains certain notices regarding our data collection and processing outside of this website, for example, if you
have contacted us via email, given us your business card at a conference or made your contact details available on a business networking website such as LinkedIn.
If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy, you can contact us by email: hello@infosum.com.
1.1. We are InfoSum Limited and we own and operate our website www.infosum.com. We are registered in England and Wales under
company number 09825513 and have our registered office at 1100 Renaissance Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, RG21 4EQ. We are a limited company. We are registered for VAT in the UK with registration number GB 236083319.
1.2 Our Data Protection Officer is Nicola Newitt, and can be contacted by email at dpo@infosum.com or by post at 1100 Renaissance Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, RG21 4EQ.
1.3 If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, please contact us using the above details and we will do our best to solve the problem for you. If we are unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority for data protection matters, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). We are registered with the ICO under registration number ZA220184.
In this policy the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Data” - means collectively all information that you submit to InfoSum Limited via this website. This definition shall, where applicable, incorporate the definitions provided in the Data Protection Act 2018;
“Cookie”- means a small text file placed on your computer by this website when you visit certain parts of the website and/or when you use certain features of the website. Details of the cookies used by this website are set out in our Cookie Policy;
"personal data" - means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data. In this case, it means personal data that you give to Us via Our Site or we have obtained from another source. This definition shall, where applicable, incorporate the definitions provided in the EU Regulation 2016/679 – the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”);
This Privacy Policy explains how we use your personal data: how it is collected, how it is held, and how it is processed. It also explains
your rights under the law relating to your personal data. This Policy does not extend to any other websites that can be accessed from this Website (apart from any websites operated by InfoSum Limited) or any links we may provide to social media websites.
Our Recruitment Privacy Notice sets out the specific details of how we collect and manage Data for our recruitment processes.
Our Email Privacy Notice sets out specific details of how we handle your email address when collected via our website.
As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and our use of personal data have been
designed to uphold:
As explained in more detail below, we use the services of other companies for operating some aspects of our business. These companies may have access to certain personal Data provided by you. Any Data used by such companies is used only to the extent required by them to perform the services that we request. Any use for other purposes is strictly prohibited. Furthermore, any Data that is processed by third party companies shall be processed within the terms of this Privacy Policy and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018.
We have set out the types of company and service we use because the precise identity of each supplier may change from time to time and we have decided it is not practical or meaningful to provide a list of companies. However, if you would like to receive further details of the third party processors used by us, please get in touch using the contact details above.
Through our website:
Our website uses third party analytics tools to provide us with an overview of the activity on the website, and as such automatically collects Cookie and usage data, as well as information about your computer or device (such as IP address and browser settings). Heat mapping services are used to display the areas of a page where users most frequently move the mouse or click. This shows where the points of interest are. These services make it possible to monitor and analyse web traffic and keep track of user behaviour. Some of these services may record sessions and make them available for later visual playback.
We use various third party services for our technical infrastructure (i.e. hosting and monitoring our website, and traffic management), some of which may process your personal Data.
You may give us your email address through our website to register for an event, to access certain content, ask us a question or apply for a job. We may also collect your email address through our website if you contact us, e.g. to ask a question about our products. We use third party services for managing such communications, such as our email, CRM, ATS and helpdesk providers. Additionally we use a third party service to provide a telephone answering service for the telephone numbers displayed on our website and live chat through our website.
If you sign up for an account to use one of our services, we may ask you for additional personal data, including payment information and collect further usage Data. We use third parties to handle online payments for us.
Other ways we collect data:
We may obtain data about you from other sources, such as via email (not through our website), publicly available sources of information (e.g. your own website or LinkedIn), from meeting or speaking to you in person, or from other companies, including our sub-contractors.
How we use your data:
We use your Data gathered through our website to understand how our users are using our website and to deliver relevant content to you.
If you are a user of our services, then we may use your data to provide certain functionality, for example to send or receive permissions to data sets.
We use your contact details to handle our correspondence with you and we may also send you product and marketing messages related to our products. If you do not wish to receive marketing emails from us, you may opt out either by clicking the link in the footer of the email, or by contacting us. You may also manage your preferences and specify what types of email communication you do wish to receive from us
We may also use your contact details (including email address) to contact you in the normal course of business. We use third party services to carry out other business functions which may process your Data, namely for accounting, file storage, contract execution and management, audio and video conferencing, project management and scheduling,
We shall not share your Data with any other company for marketing purposes without first seeking your explicit (opt-in) consent.
Legal basis for processing personal data:
Our lawful basis for processing your personal data as described in this section is that it is necessary for our legitimate interest of operating our business, informing our marketing strategy and developing our products and services.
Where we process your data to operate your account with us, our lawful basis is that it is necessary for us to do so in performance of our contract with you. Equally, we process Data related to our suppliers on the same basis.
Where your contact details (name and email) have been entered into our system to invite you to take part in a project, we rely our legitimate
interest for such processing, until you create your account, after which point we are processing your data on the legal basis that it is necessary to perform our contract with you.
6.1. All personal Data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will comply with our obligations and safeguard your rights under the GDPR at all times. For more details on security see section 11, below.
6.2. Unless we are obliged or permitted by law to do so, and subject to clause 5, your Data will not be disclosed to third parties. This does not include other companies within our group.
6.3. All personal Data is stored securely in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act 2018.
This website may, from time to time, provide links to other websites including websites operated by us. This Privacy Policy does not extend to your use of such websites. Users are advised to read the privacy policy or statement of other websites prior to using them.
8.1. InfoSum Limited 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 InfoSum Limited. 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 supplied to us.
8.2. In the event that any Data submitted by users is to be transferred in such a manner, you will not be contacted as soon as is reasonably practicable and informed of the changes.
9.1. You may access the Website without providing any Data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on the Website you may be required to submit certain Data.
9.2. You may restrict your internet browser’s use of Cookies. For more information see our Cookie Policy.
You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal Data held by InfoSum Limited.
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 by us. Please see our Security Policy for more details of the security measures in place.
Please refer to our Cookie Policy.
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the website and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of the website following the alterations.
Updated: 6 March 2024