Privacy Policy for Allicio Limited ("Allicio")

Objective of the Privacy Policy

Allicio Limited, hereinafter referred to as "Allicio," highly values your privacy in relation to your use of our websites, official social media pages controlled by us, and any other form of electronic communication used for interacting with you (collectively, the "Sites").

This policy also applies to our social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, and LinkedIn, currently used by us.

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, Allicio Limited is the controller, as defined by applicable data protection laws.

This Privacy Policy outlines how we safeguard the information you disclose to us or that we may collect through the Sites. Any Personal Data voluntarily provided to Allicio will be treated in accordance with this policy and the terms of all applicable laws in your country of residence, as may be adopted from time to time.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your Personal Data and how we treat it. If you do not read or if you disagree with any aspect of this policy, you should not use the Sites. Please also review our Terms of Use, which govern your use of the Sites.

Definition of Personal Data

In accordance with data protection laws applicable in your jurisdiction, the term "Personal Data" encompasses any information pertaining to an identified or identifiable natural person. This essentially refers to individuals who can be directly or indirectly recognised through specific identifiers, including but not limited to a name, identification number, geographical data, online identifiers (e.g., IP addresses that could potentially be used for your identification), or factors unique to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social characteristics of that individual.

To simplify, this includes data that, either independently or in conjunction with other information in our possession or accessible to us, has the potential to identify you.

Collection and Utilisation of Your Personal Data

While utilising the Sites, you may have the option to furnish us with Personal Data that can establish your identity. This may encompass details such as your name, email address, residential address, phone number, social media account identifier, and more. Such instances may include, for example, when you engage in social media activities on a Site, participate in a contest, promotion, or survey, or when you complete a form or report an issue related to a Site.

We kindly request that you avoid disclosing sensitive Personal Data to us via a Site. Sensitive data pertains to information associated with your racial or ethnic background, political views, religious beliefs, physical or mental health, criminal history, and similar categories.

Personal Data collected from you will exclusively be employed for the specific purposes for which you provided it.

The categories of Personal Data collected from you, the purpose, and lawful basis for processing are as follows:

  • Application data (e.g., name, CV, contact details):

    • Purpose: Processing of this personal data is required to enable us to administer the recruiting process, including the set-up of an electronic job applicant HR file, managing your application, and organising interviews.

    • Lawful basis: Processing is necessary for us to enter into a contract with you.

  • Contact information in general (e.g., full name, postal address, email address, employer/business and professional information, job titles, telephone and fax numbers):

    • Purpose: Managing and responding to your queries.

    • Lawful basis: Performance of contract and legitimate interests - it's important that we can respond to your inquiries.

  • Browsing information (IP address, browser information) and information processed via cookies and analytic tools (see details below in section Cookies):

    • Purposes:

      1. Monitoring and producing statistical information regarding the use of our platforms, and analysing and improving their functionality.

      2. Re-targeting and marketing tailored information to our users.

    • Lawful basis: Legitimate interests - we perform this monitoring to ensure our Sites work properly, diagnose any problems with our server, and administer our Sites. The purpose described under (2) also constitutes our legitimate interests.

  • Contact Information for Marketing (full name, postal address, email address, employer/business and professional information, job titles, telephone and fax numbers):

    • Purpose: Sending you marketing information, including information and updates related to our business, products, and services and allowing you to participate in promotional and marketing activities and refine our marketing strategies if you have subscribed to and consented to the receipt of such information or participation in promotional and marketing activities.

    • Lawful basis: Your explicit consent.

  • All information:

    • Purposes:

      1. Establishing and enforcing our legal rights and obligations and monitoring to identify and record fraudulent activity.

      2. Complying with instructions from law enforcement agencies, any court, or as required by law.

      3. For our general record-keeping and customer relationship management.

      4. Managing the proposed sale, restructuring, or merging of any or all part(s) of our business, including responding to queries from prospective buyers or merging organisations.

      5. Resolving any complaints from or disputes with you.

    • Lawful basis: Legitimate interests.

We do not hold more data than is necessary for the purpose for which we collect it. We do not collect or retain your Personal Data for any longer than necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or as required by law.

Keeping you informed and direct marketing

With your consent and where relevant, we will keep your name, address, and/or contact details (including telephone numbers and/or email addresses) in our databases and may use that information from time to time to make you aware of our own related products and services, as well as updates on developments in our industry sector generally, which may be of interest to you. We may contact you in writing, by telephone, fax, or email for this purpose. If, at any time, you decide that you do not want your contact details used for these purposes, please inform us (see "Contact us" below).

Right of Access, Rectification, and Erasure

In accordance with data privacy regulations applicable in your jurisdiction, you possess several rights which may include:

  1. Right to Request Access: You have the right to request access to the Personal Data we maintain about you.

  2. Right to Rectify Inaccurate Data: You hold the right to rectify any inaccuracies in your Personal Data.

  3. Right to Request Processing Restriction or Object to Processing: You may request the restriction of processing or object to the processing of your Personal Data.

  4. Right to Request Erasure: You are entitled to request the erasure of your Personal Data when it is no longer necessary for us to retain it.

  5. Right to Data Portability: In specific circumstances, you have the right to data portability, enabling you to obtain your Personal Data in a commonly used machine-readable format.

  6. Right to Object to Automated Decision-Making: You possess the right to object to automated decision-making, including any profiling that may have legal or substantial consequences for you as an individual.

  7. Right to Withdraw Consent: If you have previously granted consent, you hold the right to withdraw it for any processing.

Furthermore, you have the option to file a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Should you decide, at any point after providing us with Personal Data, that you wish to obtain a copy of the Personal Data, no longer want us to hold or use the information, or if you find that the data has become outdated or inaccurate, please refer to the "Contact Us" section if you wish to exercise any of these rights, as applicable.

Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties

Allicio Nutrition is committed to safeguarding your Personal Data and will not share it with any third party, except as specified in this statement or with your explicit consent. Our disclosures may encompass, but are not restricted to, the following circumstances:

  1. Within Our Corporate Group: Your Personal Data may be shared among Allicio Nutrition and its associated companies to fulfill the purposes delineated in this Privacy Statement.

  2. Third-party Service Providers: We might engage third-party service providers to aid in the operation of our business. These service providers may require access to your Personal Data to assist with our information technology needs or manage mailings on our behalf.

  3. Legal and Professional Advisers: On occasion, we may disclose your Personal Data to our legal and other professional advisers for legal or consultancy purposes.

  4. Compliance and Protection: Your Personal Data may be disclosed when necessary to adhere to legal requirements, protect vital interests, preserve the security and integrity of our databases or the Site, or to mitigate legal liabilities.

  5. Regulatory Authorities and Government Agencies: In accordance with legal orders, regulatory prerequisites, or government requests, we may share your Personal Data with regulatory authorities, courts, and government agencies.

  6. Third-party Site Management: We may enlist third parties to manage the Site and provide additional services like data collection and analysis, crucial for the Site's operation. All third parties involved will be bound by the terms of this Privacy Statement to safeguard your Personal Data.

Given the international scope of our operations, your Personal Data might be stored and transmitted to entities located in different countries, including those outside the European Economic Area. These countries may have distinct data protection laws or potentially lack any such regulations. They may not receive approval from the European Commission for providing adequate protection for Personal Data.

Keeping your Information Secure

We are dedicated to ensuring the security of your Personal Data and take extensive measures to protect it during transmission, storage, or any other form of processing. These protective measures encompass a range of technical and physical safeguards, including secure computer systems, protected files, and facilities. Our service providers are chosen with great care and are mandated to employ appropriate security measures. Additionally, we utilise industry-standard SSL-encryption in specific areas to secure data transmissions. Most modern web browsers provide the requisite security levels to access these areas.

Our commitment to security is underscored by our efforts to implement suitable technical and organisational measures in proportion to the risk. These may entail practices such as pseudonymization, encryption, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and resilience of systems and services, as well as conducting regular testing, assessment, and evaluation of the effectiveness of our security measures.

However, it is crucial to understand that while we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee the security of data you transmit to the Site. You share information with us at your own discretion and risk. If you suspect that your interaction with us is no longer secure, we urge you to promptly inform us of any potential issues.

Collection of Non-Personal Data, Cookies Policy

Periodically, we employ cookies on our Sites. Cookies are tiny text files left by your web browser on your hard drive to identify you as a returning user of our Site, monitor your Site usage, and tailor advertising content. This practice allows for the customization of specific elements during your visit to our Site. Data collected through cookies is used solely in an aggregated form. Unless a visitor explicitly provides their identity to us, for example, by registering on our Sites, providing information through an online form, or corresponding with us through the Sites, we remain unaware of the identities of individual visitors. Cookies may be utilised to store preferences, record session information, compile insights into the preferences and interests of Site visitors, keep a record of prior activities on the website to offer better service upon your return, or customize web page content based on information you voluntarily provide.

You have the option to deactivate cookies by configuring your Internet browser settings. For instructions on disabling cookies, please consult your browser's help section. Please be aware that disabling cookies may affect the proper functioning of certain features on our Sites.

Social Plugins

On some of our websites, we use social plugins (also known as "buttons") of social networks such as Facebook, Google+, and X/Twitter. When you visit the Sites, these buttons are not activated and will remain inactive unless you click on one of them. After you click on a button, it will remain active until you deactivate them or delete your cookies. If you are logged into a social network, the network can assign your visit to the website to your user account. If you are a member of a social network, you must log out from the social network before activating the buttons on our website if you do not want the social network to associate data obtained during your visit to our website with your social membership data.

For example, we use the Facebook Connect plugin from facebook.com, operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. The plug-in can be recognized by the Facebook logo or the supplement "Facebook Social Plug-in." If you click on the "Like" button For example, if you click on the "Like" button or leave a comment, the relevant information is transmitted directly from your browser to Facebook and stored there. Furthermore, Facebook makes your likes public for your Facebook friends. If you are logged into Facebook, it can assign the invocation of our page directly to your Facebook account. Even if you are not logged in or don't have a Facebook account, your browser sends information (e.g. which web pages you have called up, your IP address) which is then stored by Facebook. For details about handling of your personal data by Facebook and your related rights, please refer to the data privacy policy of Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php. If you do not want Facebook to map data collected about you via our Web sites to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before you visit our web pages.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO, which a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”) on our Site. Google Analytics uses cookies, i.e. text files stored on your computer to enable analysis of website usage by you. Information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. In case of activated IP anonymization on this website, however, your IP address is previously truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states which are party to the agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is a full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there. On behalf this website's owner, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports about website activities, and provide the website's operator with further services related to website and Internet usage. The IP address sent from your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data by Google. You can prevent storage of cookies by appropriately setting your browser software; in this case, however, please note that you might not be able to fully use all functions offered by this website. In addition, you can prevent data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) from being collected and processed by Google, by downloading and installing a browser plug-in from the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Google Maps

Some Sites use Google Maps to display interactive maps. Google Maps is a map service provided by Google. Every time you access a page on this website that uses Google Maps, a direct link is established between your browser and a Google server located in the USA. The information that you have visited on this website from your IP address is transmitted by your browser directly to the Google server and stored there. Using Google Maps causes information about your use of this website, including your IP address, to be transmitted to Google in the USA. If you do not wish Google to collect, process or use your personal data via this website as a result of you using Google Maps, you can deactivate JavaScript in your browser settings. However if you do deactivate, you can no longer use the map display function. You can find Google’s Privacy Policies, featuring more detailed information about the collection, disclosure and use of data by Google and about your rights in this regard as well as your profile settings options at http://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Microsoft Application Insights

The Sites use Microsoft Application Insights, a web analytics service provided by Microsoft, Inc. ("Microsoft"). Application Insights uses "cookies", to help the website analyse how users use the Site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Site (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Microsoft on servers in the USA. Microsoft will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Site, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Microsoft may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Microsoft's behalf. Further details can be found at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-insights/app-insights-usage-overview

Retention period or criteria used to determine the retention period

We keep your Personal Data for as long as it is necessary to do so to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected as described above.

The criteria we use to determine data retention periods for Personal Data includes the following: (i) Retention in case of queries.  We will retain it for a reasonable period after the relationship between us has ceased (up to 12 months) in case of queries from you; (ii) Retention in case of claims.  We will retain it for the period in which you might legally bring claims against us (in some countries this means we will retain it for 10 years) if and to the extent we have entered into any contract with you; (iii) Retention in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements.  We will consider whether we need to retain it after the period described in (ii) because of a legal or regulatory requirement.

If your application for employment is successful and you commence employment with us, your Personal Data will be transferred to your personnel file and will be processed for employment purposes. If your application for employment is not successful, we will keep your Personal Data for a period of 12 months upon notification that your application was not successful.

If you would like further information about our data retention practices please contact us (see “Contact Us” below).

Links to Other Websites

Our Site may include hyperlinks that direct you to websites not operated by us. These hyperlinks are offered solely for your reference and convenience and do not suggest an endorsement of the activities of these third-party websites or any affiliation with their operators. We do not exercise control over these external websites and bear no responsibility for their data or privacy practices. We strongly advise you to scrutinise the privacy policy displayed on any site you visit before using the site or divulging any Personal Data.

Amendments to this Statement

Allicio Limited retains the exclusive right to modify this statement at its discretion and without prior notice. We encourage you to regularly review this statement to stay informed about any amendments we may implement. In cases where a change is substantial or may have a significant impact on you, we will furnish you with an updated Privacy Statement in advance of the change coming into effect. We urge you to make it a practice to review the contents of this Privacy Statement on a periodic basis.

Contact us

If you wish to contact us to discuss any matter in relation to this Privacy Statement or our processing of your information, please feel free to contact us at Allicio Limited, Sunnyhills Rd, Leek, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, ST13 or e-mail info@allicio.com.