Privacy Notice
PRIVACY NOTICE
EESTI ARBITRAAŽIÜHING MTÜ
Last updated: 23 February 2024
This Privacy Notice describes how Eesti Arbitraažiühing MTÜ (also referred to as “Arbitration Association”, „we“ or „us“) process and safeguard personal data of data subjects who visit our website at www.estonianarbitration.ee, participate in our events, and with whom we otherwise interact.
controller of your personal data
The controller of your personal data is Eesti Arbitraažiühing MTÜ, who is responsible for ensuring that your personal data is processed in accordance with this Privacy Notice and applicable data protection laws, in particular with the General Data Processing Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”).
The contact details of the data controller are as follows:
MTÜ Eesti Arbitraažiühing
Registry code: 80620124
Legal address: Tööstuse tn 47b-45, 10416 Tallinn, Estonia
Email address: info@estonianarbitration.ee
Personal data we process and use
We usually collect personal data directly from data subjects when they visit our events or otherwise interact with us, or from our business partners when the respective representatives also interact with us. The data we collect depends on the context of your relationship and interactions with us and the choices you make, and applicable data protection laws.
Depending on the nature of the legal relationship between us, we may process the following personal data of the data subjects and our business partners’ representatives and employees:
- General personal data and contact details: such as your first and last name, e-mail address and phone number;
- Data on the company associated with the data subject: such as name and details of the company, work position, title or work profile of the data subject;
- Data on transactions: such asinformation about your payments and transactions, as well as other information associated with the transaction such as used payment method, amounts paid, etc.
- Your image, voice and transcripts/extracts in text form or any other similar captured content: for instance, when you are photographed or filmed at our events, or if you have separately agreed to participate in our marketing products; and
- Data provided by you or our partners by interacting with us: such as data required for establishing and maintaining a contractual or business relationship, information about our correspondence (including information communicated to us through our website contact form), feedback data and other content collected via inquiries, or any other information that you or our partners voluntarily provide to us.
Purposes and legal bases for the processiong of personal data
We may process the personal data of the relevant data subjects for the following purposes and on the legal bases:
- Establishing contractual relationships. Depending on the identity of the person, the legal basis for processing the personal data is the implementation of pre-contractual measures prior to the conclusion of the contract with you (Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR) or our legitimate interest in enabling you to take the necessary steps to enter into a contract (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR).
- Performance of contractual relationships. Depending on the identity of the person with whom we have a contractual relationship, the legal basis for processing the personal data is either the performance of the contract we have with you (Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR) or our legitimate interest in performing our contractual obligations (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR).
- Management of contractual and business relationships. For these purposes, the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is our legitimate interest in maintaining contractual and business relationships, including by managing databases of our customers as event participants, and other business partners (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR).
- Carrying out general marketing activities, in particular by publishing footages of our events. For these purposes, the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is our legitimate interest marketing our organisation and organised events (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR).
- Managing and responding to inquiries and request. Depending on the nature of the communication and the identity of the person who communicates with us, the legal basis for processing the personal data is either the performance of the contract we have with you (Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR) or our legitimate interest in managing and responding to communications concerning our events and other activities (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR).
- Establishing, exercising and defending any potential legal claims. Where necessary for taking action on such legal claims, and for compliance, regulatory and investigative purposes, which all may derive from legal relationships data subjects or with our partners as legal entities, the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR).
- Complying with our legal obligations deriving from applicablelaw. For these purposes, the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is the respective legal provision obliging us to process the relevant data (in accordance with Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR). Such legal obligations may derive, for example, from accounting and tax laws.
Disclosure and transfer of personal data
We put our best efforts to keep your personal data safe and always require a high level of security and confidentiality from our employees and partners. Access to your personal data is restricted to our employees and partners only to the extent necessary for the performance of their specified tasks.
In certain cases, we may photograph, record or capture other content of our events and post the captures on our website or social media accounts. If you do not wish your image to be published for this purpose, please let us know.
We may share certain categories of your personal data:
- with our trusted services providers when they provide services to us or to you, on behalf of us and under our instructions, such as cloud-based service providers, accounting service providers, etc. We will control and shall remain responsible for the use of your personal data in such cases;
- to public authorities if we are required to disclose personal data by applicable law or to comply with a lawful request of authorities;
- other third parties where it may be necessary to protect our property or rights, or defend against legal claims.
We may transfer your personal data outside of the European Economic Area in limited cases. In such a case, we use adequate safeguards to protect your personal data, such as the standard contractual clauses for transfers established by the European Commission. You can contact us to get more information about the transfers of your personal data by using the contact details in Section 1 of this Privacy Notice.
Retention of your personal data
We process your personal data only for as long as necessary for the fulfilment of the original purposes of personal data processing, which are described above, or as long as required to fulfil our legal obligations. We determine the appropriate retention period for personal data on the basis of the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data being processed, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of the personal data, whether we can achieve the purposes of the processing through other means, and on the basis of applicable legal requirements (such as applicable statutes of limitation).
When the retention of your personal data is no longer necessary to achieve the purposes of processing, your data will be permanently removed, unless you instruct us otherwise and we agree on the terms on longer storage of your data.
your rights as a data subject
You may exercise your rights as the data subject to the extent permitted under applicable law, including the following rights:
You may request access to your personal data;
To the extent permitted under applicable law, you may request us to correct, update, change or erase your personal data. In some cases you may also have a right to object to processing of your personal data;
- If you request the erasure of your personal data, please note that certain personal data is strictly necessary in order to fulfil the purposes defined in this Privacy Notice and the processing of which may also be required by applicable law. If personal data is erased under your request, we will only retain such copies of the information as are necessary for us to protect our or third parties’ legitimate interests, comply with governmental orders, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, or enforce any agreement you have entered into with us. Therefore, such personal data may not be erased in full;
- You may withdraw your consent regarding the processing of your personal data, where the legal basis for processing is your consent. Please note that withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing of personal data carried out on the basis of consent before withdrawal;
- You may use your right to data portability. In some cases we may limit or deny your request if we are required or permitted by applicable law to do so, e.g., if it is necessary for the purpose of our legitimate interest to protect our trade secrets or any other confidential information; and
- To the extent permitted under applicable law, you may request more information about our legitimate interest and why we think our legitimate interest overrides your rights and interests as a data subject. This applies where the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is our legitimate interest.
To exercise your rights or if you have any privacy-related questions, please contact us by using the contact details in Section 1 of this Privacy Notice. We will respond to your requests and to provide you with additional privacy-related information within the timeframes specified in applicable personal data protection law. Please note that we may ask you for additional information to adequately verify your identity before taking action on your request to exercise your rights as a data subject.
If you are not satisfied with our response or have a concern that your privacy rights have been infringed, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority. List and contact details of European supervisory authorities can be found here.
Security measures
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures (including physical, electronic and administrative) to protect your personal data from loss, destruction, misuse and unauthorised access or disclosure. Please note that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is fully secure. While we use all reasonable efforts to protect your personal data from loss, destruction, unauthorised access, misuse, or disclosure, we cannot fully guarantee the security of your personal data.
Updates
From time to time, we may update this Privacy Notice in order to adapt it to any updates that might arise. In case of making any substantial update, we will notify you via the e-mail that you have, or the company on behalf of whom you interact with us, communicated us. This Privacy Notice was last updated as of the “Last updated” date indicated above.