Privacy policy | TISC Authentication Service

Semantrica Limited ("We", "Us", "Our") are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By visiting https://auth.tisc.io, https://tiscreport.org, https://projectvana.org (“Semantrica website”, “Our site”) you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is Semantrica Limited, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 09001464 and whose registered office is at 28 Broad Street, Bristol, BS1 2HG.

Information we may collect from you

1.1 We may collect and process the following data about you:

Information you give us. You may give us information about you by filling in forms on our site or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. This includes information you provide when you register to use our site, subscribe to our service, search for information on our site, use our service, participate in discussion boards or other social media functions on our site and when you report a problem with our site. The information you give us will include your name, the name of your employer, your job title, your department, your address, your email address, your phone number and your financial and credit card information.

Information we collect about you. With regard to each of your visits to our site we may automatically collect the following information:

Technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform;
Information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time); products you viewed or searched for; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call our customer service number.

Cookies

1.2 Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them see our cookie policy

Uses made of the information

1.3 We use information held about you in the following ways:

Information you give to us. We will use this information:

To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the services and information that you request from us;
To notify you about changes to our service;
To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
To invite you to join sector specific groups and to participate in the other interactive features on our site and to send you promotional materials related to the work we undertake that we feel may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your data in this way, please tick the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data;
To serve our own and third party advertising on you via our site.

Information we collect about you. We will use this information:

To administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
To improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
To allow you to participate in sector specific groups and the other interactive features of our site, when you choose to do so;
As part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure;
To measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you.

Disclosure of your information

1.4 We may share your personal information with any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.

We may share your information with selected third parties including:

Business partners, suppliers and subcontractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with them or you;
Advertisers and advertising networks that require the data to select and serve relevant adverts to you and others;
Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site;
Analytics providers that assist us to understand and maximise the use of the data we collect.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties:

In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
If Semantrica Limited or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of business or terms of use ; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Semantrica Limited, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Where we store your personal data

1.5 The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. Semantrica Limited will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Security

1.6 All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

1.7 Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Your rights

1.8 You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us by post at 28 Broad Street, Bristol, BS1 2HG or by email to info@tiscreport.org.

Third party websites

1.9 Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from third party websites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Access to information

1.10 The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.

Changes to our privacy policy

1.11 Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Receiving emails from Semantrica websites

1.12 By signing up to our site you are agreeing to receive information from us on matters of legitimate interest relating to social impact, human rights and environmental impact.

Contact

1.13 Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to us by post at 28 Broad Street, Bristol, BS1 2HG or by email to info@tiscreport.org.