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Privacy Notice
Data Protection & Security
Sky-Skan, Inc takes Data Protection & Security very seriously and complies with all applicable legislation.
Recently the General Data Protection Regulations came into force in Europe, and Sky-Skan recognizes its customers from all over the world, including Europe.
Sky-Skan, Inc is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This document explains the personal data we capture and store, for the purposes for which we use it, the lawful bases for processing data, where we transfer data to, how long we keep your data, and your rights regarding these data.
This privacy notice is written in the context of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) implemented in Europe on 25 May, 2018.
If there are changes made to this notice we will notify you at the time the changes are made.
Who are we?
Sky-Skan is a world leading manufacturer of digital planetarium systems and products. The Company is incorporated in the State of New York. The registered address is 51 Lake St, Nashua, NH, 03060, USA.
The Vice-President of Sky-Skan, Virginia Savage, is the lead for data protection within the company.
The purpose of processing
We capture basic information to manage your purchases from us, and to share information between other customers via our DigitalSky Academy Forums.
The personal data we capture may include your name, address, your institution, telephone number, email address, IP address, date of birth, and other non-identifying information. We do not capture any additional sensitive personal data.
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
- To administer purchases you make
- To provide efficient customer support for you
- To provide secure services on our DSA Forum websites
- To enable you to share information with other Sky-Skan customers
If you have opted-in to our electronic communications we will send electronic communications from time to time, which may include marketing information.
The lawful bases for the processing
There are three lawful bases for the processing of your information
- Contract: You have a contract (your institutional purchases) with Sky-Skan, Inc for us to provide services, publications or merchandise
- Legal Obligation: As an incorporated company we are obligated to maintain a register of our customers.
- Consent: you can optionally consent to join our electronic forum with regular emailing. Note that even if such consent is not given, we may still send you emails necessary to provide you with the services and publications that relate to your contract.
Transfers of personal data
We do not sell or provide personal data to third parties for purposes which are outside the purposes above.
Retention Period
Your personal data will be held by Sky-Skan, Inc while you are a customer. If you leave the institution or become a non-Sky-Skan customer, we will remove your personal data from the DSA Forum, but we will retain basic data in our past customer list, and retain your posts to the DSA Forums.
Your rights
You have the right to access your personal data record for checking and have the right to have the record corrected if in error. Data will be provided electronically unless otherwise requested. You can withdraw consent to receive messages from our electronic communications lists at any time.
To exercise these rights please contact the Sky-Skan head office – details above. You have the right to lodge a complaint with the person responsible for data protection within the company, noted above.
GDPR
To comply with the EU GDPR (2018) you need to be made aware of the following.
In addition to the above DSA Dark Matter will also store all of the IP address that you use to post with. Depending on your preferences DSA Dark Matter may send you emails to the email address that you used when you registered or you have subsequently changed but you are able to change these preferences from your User Control Panel (UCP) at any time should you wish to stop receiving them.
The personal details that you gave us when you signed up will be used solely for the purposes of DSA Dark Matter board functionality. They will not be used for anything else and neither will they be passed on to any third party without your explicit consent.
The only other information about you is that which you decide to post in the fora, whereupon it is considered to be “publicly available” as it will have been indexed by search engines as well as on-line archive sites.
By clicking on the “I agree to these terms” button below your acceptance of these terms will be recorded.
