Privacy policy - Michael Sender

1. HANDLING OF PERSONAL DATA

We respect your integrity and ensure that your personal data is processed with the confidentiality and respect that is required. This policy concerns any person engaged in a relationship with by our business or representing an organisation (existing, previous or potential client, supplier, or partner) who has attended an event, has visited our website or in other ways has been in contact with us, e.g. as an employee at an authority. Further information on how we process personal data is found below.

2. PERSONAL DATA CONTROLLER

Tendelin AB, holding the Swedish organisation number 559243-6926 with the legal address Frihamnsgatan 30, 115 56, Stockholm, is the controller for the personal data that is processed in accordance with this policy and will be referred to as “Data Controller” further in this text.

3. TO WHOM DO YOU DIRECT YOUR QUESTIONS?

If you have any questions regarding how we process your personal data, please contact us through the following contact form.

4. DATA PROTECTION OFFICER

The data protection officer’s role is to monitor that we are compliant with current data protection legislation by, for example, collecting information about how Data Controller processes personal data, performing controls, providing information and advice, and issuing recommendations. You can contact our data protection officer by submitting a contact request here with the title “Data Protection Officer” or by mail: Data protection officer, Tendelin AB, Frihamnsgatan 30, 115 56, Stockholm.

5. PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED

We collect and process all personal data that you share with us, for example when you send us an e-mail or sign up for an event. The sources from which we collect personal data are stated in section 6.

Personal data that we process:

Basic information, such as your name and the organisation you represent;
Contact information, such as address, email address and phone number;
Payment information, if payments are made;
Technical information, such as information about your visit on our website or behavioural data relating to digital activity;
Information that you share relating to meetings or events, such as availability and meeting participant information;
Identity documentation or background information that we have received from you or collected as a part of our client intake;
Personal data that has been provided to us from our clients, on behalf of our clients, or that has been prepared as a part of an assignment process or through other communication;
Pictures and videos taken at our events or submitted through our website or through other electronic communication.

6. PERSONAL DATA SOURCES

We process personal data regarding and in connection to assignments that we perform on behalf of our clients. We process identity documentation and background information as a part of our client intake process, administration and marketing. Such processing includes taking measures to prevent money laundering, avoid conflicts of interest, vendor vetting, proposal vetting and process credit data. We also process personal data that is shared with us by our clients and partners throughout their bilateral business relationship. Furthermore, personal data is shared with third parties to the extent such sharing is necessary for the performance of our assignments. We collect personal data about you and others:

When we initiate a business relationship or when we handle matters on behalf of our clients or partners;
Through cookies and other tracking services on our website;
Via e-mail and other electronic messages sent to and from the michaelsender.com domain;
When you share information with us by contact with us at meetings, conversations, social media, events or by filling in online forms.

We might also collect or receive information about you from other sources, such as (but not limited to):

Public registers;
Business catalogues;
State authorities;
International authorities;
Publicly available databases.

We use different tools to review and keep statistics of visits and uses of the website. This is carried out through cookies. You may at any time deny the use of cookies by changing your browser settings. However, this may affect your user experience. You can read more about our cookie usage in our Cookie policy. When you use some parts of the website, you may be asked to submit personal data, for example when signing up for an event. The purpose of the processing of personal data will in these situations be clear from the context and we use personal data that you submit only for that purpose.

7. PURPOSES OF PERSONAL DATA COLLECTION

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

Website usage analysis. Processing is necessary for the purpose of Data Controller’s legitimate interests in understanding how our website is used, which information is in demand, how usability is perceived by users and how it can be improved to provide our users with the best experience.
To be able to provide personal data at your request. Processing is necessary for the purpose of your and Data Controller’s legitimate interests in being able to accommodate your request of information regarding your activity and usage of our service.
Marketing of our services e.g. by newsletters, social media, publications and events. Processing is necessary for the purpose of Data Controller’s legitimate interests in the marketing of our services.
To manage our relationship with you and our clients, and maintaining our contact lists. Processing is necessary for the purpose of Data Controller’s legitimate interests in managing our relationship with you or the organisation that you represent.
To comply with legal obligations. Processing is necessary for compliance with legal obligations, including our legal agreements with your organisation, as well as our responsibilities in accordance with national and international law.
To determine, claim or defend legal demands. Processing is necessary for the purpose of Data Controller’s legitimate interests in the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

8. PERSONAL DATA STORAGE

Data processed as part of our performance of a client assignment is stored for ten years or for such longer period required by Swedish law with regards to the nature of the matter. We store your personal data to contact you for marketing purposes during a year from the date we collected your data or the date when we last used your data to contact you.

When we process personal data in other situations than the ones mentioned above, we store your personal data for as long as is necessary with regards to the context. For example, it can be situations when we are in contact with you via e-mail, when you participate in an event, when we provide information at your demand, when we process information from cookies, or due to a legal obligation.

9. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA

We might share your personal data with trusted recipients with whom we have an agreement ensuring that your personal data is processed in accordance with this policy. Personal data is shared with the following parties:

Data Controller’s offices at their respective locations for exchange of information and knowledge, resource allocation and the purposes that are stated in this policy;
Suppliers of services, such as support, word processing, translation or documentation;
IT solution suppliers;
Third parties, as part of our ongoing assignments, such as; clients, vendors, partners, authorities or suppliers of data rooms;
Third parties involved in the organisation of events, such as hotels, organisers or lecturers;
Third parties, when necessary due to a legal obligation. If we are obliged to disclose your personal data because of an injunction or such, we will inform you to the extent that we are not legally prevented from doing;
Social media, such as Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Youtube. We kindly refer you to the policy of each provider for information on how they process personal data;

We do not transfer your personal data by selling your personal data or else make your personal data available for commercial purposes without your consent.

10. PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION

We take several technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, change or erasure in accordance with the applicable data protection legislation. Such measures include, but are not limited to, shell protection, encryption, eligibility restrictions, policies, etc.

11. COUNTRIES TO WHICH PERSONAL DATA IS TRANSFERRED

With the exception of what is explicitly stated below, we only process your personal data within the EU/EEA. Some of Data Controller’s IT service suppliers have their place of business in the United States of America. When personal data is shared with these suppliers, Data Controller has ensured that the level of protection is equivalent to that applicable within the EU/EEA by the suppliers’ adherence to the framework EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, in accordance with article 45 in the GDPR.

As part of our handling of assignments between buyers and vendors, we may in individual cases need to transfer personal data to third countries. If we engage in such transfer, we ensure that the level of protection is equivalent to that applicable within the EU/EEA, either by ensuring that the country has an adequate level of protection, that we have taken adequate protective measures, that you have given your consent or that the transfer was necessary with regards to the purposes set out in article 49 in the GDPR.

12. YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

12.1 You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Upon such withdrawal, we will cease such processing of your personal data. Please contact us at

12.2 You have the right to receive a confirmation as to if your personal data are being processed, and, where that is the case, the right to access such personal data. You will then receive inter alia the following information: the purposes for our processing, the categories of personal data, the categories of receivers, the storage times and the sources of the information.

12.3 You have the right to request that inaccurate personal data are corrected without undue delay. You also have the right to, when appropriate, complete incomplete personal data.

12.4 Under certain circumstances you have the right to obtain the erasure of your personal data (if: the processing is no longer necessary, you withdraw your consent and there is no other legal ground for the processing, there is a lack of legitimate grounds after your objection, the processing is executed illegally or erasure is demanded by a legal obligation).

12.5 If your personal data is processed based on general or legitimate interests, you have the right to object to the processing. For example, you have the right to object to processing for marketing purposes. If you object to the processing, we will cease the processing if we cannot either demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

12.6 You have the right to obtain the restriction of the processing of your personal data (if: you object to the accuracy of the personal data, the processing is illegal and you request a restriction instead of erasure, you need the data for legal claims or you have objected to the processing and await verification).

You have the right to receive personal data that you have submitted to us in a machine-readable format. The right regards such data that is processed automatically and based on an agreement (with you) or your consent. You also have the right to demand that this data is transmitted directly to another personal data controller, where technically feasible.

12.7 If you are not satisfied with our processing of your personal data, you have the right to file a complaint with the Swedish Data Protection Authority, which is the Swedish supervisory authority. You also have the right to turn to the supervisory authority in the country where you reside or work.

12.8 Data Controller’s privacy policy only applies to such processing that is executed in accordance with this policy. We are not responsible for personal data that is processed when you visit a website via any of our links. Please visit the websites in question to find information on how they process your personal data.

By using the websites and services of Data Controller (collectively, the “Sites”) you acknowledge that the Sites use cookies, in combination with pixels, local storage objects, and similar devices (collectively, “cookies” unless otherwise noted) to distinguish you from other users of the Sites. This helps us provide you with a good experience, improve our service, and personalize ads and content that may be delivered to you while you use the Sites.

This cookie policy (“Cookie Policy”) describes the types of the cookies we use on the Sites and our purposes for using them. If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us through our contact form. For a more complete description and a list of third party cookies that we currently use on the Sites, please see below. We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, so please check back periodically.

Please read this Cookie Policy carefully for details about why we use cookies and the information they collect from and about you.

If you do not wish to accept cookies in connection with your use of the Sites, you will need to delete, and block or disable cookies via your browser settings; see below for more information on how to do this. Please note that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of the Sites, and may prevent you from being able to access certain features on the Sites.

About cookies

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit the Sites.

First and third-party cookies: whether a cookie is ‘first’ or ‘third’ party refers to the domain placing the cookie.

First-party cookies are those set by a website that is being visited by the user at the time (e.g., cookies placed by michaelsender.com).
Third-party cookies are cookies that are set by a domain other than that of the website being visited by the user. If a user visits a website and another entity sets a cookie through that website, this would be a third-party cookie.

Persistent cookies: these cookies remain on a user’s device for the period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time that the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.

Session cookies: these cookies allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.

How to Delete and Block our Cookies

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of the Sites. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit the Sites.

The browser settings for changing your cookies settings are usually found in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your internet browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. Otherwise you should use the ‘Help’ option in your internet browser for more details.

What Cookies Do We Use and Why?

Generally the Sites use cookies to distinguish you from other users of the Sites. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the Sites and also allows us to improve them.

The cookies we may use on the Sites may be categorized as follows:

Strictly necessary
Performance
Functionality
Targeting

Some cookies may fulfill more than one of these purposes.

‘Strictly Necessary’ cookies let you move around the Sites and use essential features like secure areas. Without these cookies, we cannot provide the requested services.

We use these Strictly Necessary cookies to:

Identify you as being logged in to the Sites and to authenticate you.
Make sure you connect to the right service on our Sites when we make any changes to the way it works.
For security purposes.

Accepting these cookies is a condition of using certain functionality of the Sites, so if you prevent these cookies we can’t guarantee how the Sites or the security on the Sites will perform during your visit.

‘Performance’ cookies collect information about how you use the Sites, e.g. which pages you visit, and if you experience any errors. These cookies do not collect any information that could identify you and are only used to help us improve how the Sites work, understand what interests our users and measure the effectiveness of our advertising.

We use performance cookies to:

Carry out web analytics: Provide statistics on how the Sites are used.
Perform partner and affiliate program tracking: Provide feedback to partners and affiliate program third parties that one of our visitors also visited their site.
Obtain data on the number of users of the Sites that have viewed a part of the Sites.
Help us improve the Sites by measuring any errors that occur.
Test different designs for the Sites.

Some of our performance cookies are managed for us by third parties.

‘Functionality’ cookies are used to provide services or to remember settings to improve your visit.

We use ‘Functionality’ cookies for such purposes as:

Remember settings you’ve applied such as layout, text size, preferences and colors.
Remember if we’ve already asked you if you want to fill in a survey.
Remember if you have engaged with a particular component or list on the Sites so that it won’t repeat.
Show you when you’re logged in to the Sites.
To provide and show embedded video content.

Some of our functionality cookies are managed for us by third parties.

‘Targeting’ cookies are used to track your visit to the Sites, as well other websites, apps and online services, including the pages you have visited and the links you have followed, which allows us to display targeted ads to you on the Sites.

We may use targeting cookies to:

Display targeted ads within the Sites, including those displaying our training, certification and event opportunities.
To improve how we deliver personalized ads and content, and to measure the success of ad campaigns on the Sites.

Additional Information About Third Party Analytics in use on the Sites

Facebook Connect. For more information about what Facebook collects when you use Facebook buttons on the Sites or visit pages on the Sites that include these buttons, please see: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

Twitter. For more information about what Twitter collects when you use Twitter buttons on the Sites or visit pages on the Sites that include these buttons, please see: https://twitter.com/en/privacy.

LinkedIn. For more information about what LinkedIn collects when you use LinkedIn buttons on the Sites or visit pages on the Sites that include these buttons, please see: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

YouTube. For more information about what YouTube collects when you use YouTube buttons on the Sites or visit pages on the Sites that include these buttons, please see: https://www.youtube.com/static?template=privacy_guidelines.

Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please see Google’s help pages and privacy policy:

Google’s Privacy Policy

Google Analytics Help pages

Google has developed the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on; if you want to opt out of Google Analytics, you can download and install the add-on for your web browser here.

Google uses cookies to help us analyze how users use the Sites. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Sites (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case of activation of the IP anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. On behalf of the Sites, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Sites, compiling reports on your activity for us and third parties who help operate and provide services related to the Sites. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of these cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser as discussed in this notice. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of the Sites. Furthermore you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Further information concerning the terms and conditions of use and data privacy can be found at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/ or at https://policies.google.com/.

More Information About Cookies

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/ or https://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

A guide to behavioral advertising and online privacy that has been produced by the internet advertising industry can be found at https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.

Information on the ICC (UK) UK cookie guide can be found on the ICC website section at https://www.international-chamber.co.uk/our-expertise/digitaleconomy.

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