Privacy statement

This is the register and privacy statement of Hawo Suomi Oy in accordance with the Data Protection Act (sections 10 and 24) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Prepared on 21 October 2019. Last amended on 26 January 2022.

Data controller

Name: Hawo Suomi Oy (Business ID: 2803251-4)

Contact information: Hawo Suomi Oy, Kedonperäntie 49, 91900 Liminka, Finland

Contact person responsible for the register

Timo Hintsala

timo.hintsala@hawo.fi

Name of the register

Hawo Suomi Oy’s customer and marketing register.

Purpose of personal data use

Data is collected, processed and used for the following purposes: managing Hawo Suomi Oy’s customer relationships, communication and marketing, as well as monitoring and analysing customer data for the purpose of targeting communications and for general marketing purposes and other purposes related to improving services.

Data content of the register

Hawo Suomi Oy collects and processes data from customers related to the register. The following data are registered:

– Contact information (name, email address, telephone number, location)

– Information related to requests for quotes (interests, time of construction, purpose of use)

– Other information related to customer relationship management.

Regular sources of information

Data is collected primarily from the data subjects through the following channels: electronic contact forms and forms to request a quote, the online quotation tool at varaa.hetivalmis.fi, email, SMS, instant messaging, our social media channels, meetings or telephone conversations. Data is also obtained from sector-specific marketing registers.

Data recipients

Personal data may be disclosed to Hawo Suomi Oy’s suppliers, forwarders and subcontractors concerning the sale, manufacture and delivery of products. With consent from the customer, personal data may be disclosed to companies in Finland that belong to the same group of companies as Hawo Suomi Oy.

Transfer of data outside the EU or EEA

Personal data is not transferred to operators outside the EU or EEA.

Principles for register protection

The register is maintained with due care in an appropriately protected electronic database. The register is used confidentially only by people in sales and administration whose duties include its use.

Data storage period

We store users’ personal data only for as long as it is necessary for the purpose for which the data was collected, or for the maximum period allowed by the law. This means that the duration of the storage period for personal data varies depending on the data. Accounting data is stored for a maximum of six (6) years in accordance with the Accounting Act.

General rights of the data subject

In accordance with the Personal Data Act, users have the right to check what information about them has been stored in the register. The review request must be submitted in writing to the person responsible for matters related to the register.

Other rights of the data subject

In accordance with the Personal Data Act, users have the right to prohibit the use of their data for sales and marketing purposes. The prohibition must be submitted in writing to the person responsible for matters related to the register. In accordance with the personal data laws, data subjects also have the right to rectify any incorrect, changed or incomplete information.

If you have submitted comments, you can request a summary file of all the personal data you have provided to us. You can also request that your personal data be erased. This right of erasure does not apply to personal data that we must store for reasons related to maintenance, legal requirements or information security.

Cookie information

Updated on 9 February 2020.

A cookie is a small text file stored on your device by the Internet browser when you visit the site. Cookies enable our site to recognise the device of a returning visitor, improve the user experience and customise advertisements for other services.

A cookie does not contain personal data about the user.

Cookies can be used to collect the following information:

• The user’s IP address
• Time
• Pages visited
• Browser type
• The web address from which the user arrived on the site
• The server from which the user arrived on the site
• The domain from which the user arrived on the site (Source: kyberturvallisuuskeskus.fi)

Cookies on this website

On the website at hawo.fi, we use various cookies to further develop our website, to remember your personal preferences and to collect anonymous statistics on the effectiveness of advertising and use of the website.

Some cookies are technical and necessary to ensure that the website works in your browser. Such temporary cookies are deleted when you close your browser, and they do not collect any information about the user. There are also permanent cookies, which remain in your browser’s memory for a certain period of time. These cookies enable the website to recognise your device when you return to the site, remember your preferences (e.g. language) and improve your user experience. On the website at hawo.fi, we use various cookies to further develop our website, to remember your personal preferences and to collect anonymous statistics on the effectiveness of advertising and use of the website.

Some cookies are technical and necessary to ensure that the website works in your browser. Such temporary cookies are deleted when you close your browser, and they do not collect any information about the user. There are also permanent cookies, which remain in your browser’s memory for a certain period of time. These cookies enable the website to recognise your device when you return to the site, remember your preferences (e.g. language) and improve your user experience.

Third-party cookies

We use third-party cookies for the following purposes: website use analysis, visitor monitoring, user experience development, reporting and targeted advertising. On our website, third-party cookies are used in connection with services provided by Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google Search Console, LinkedIn (Insight Tag) and Facebook (Pixel).

We use Google Analytics to monitor visitor numbers, the popularity of pages and referral traffic, for example. Cookies placed by Google Ads are used to target Google’s search engine and network advertising at an audience most likely to be interested in our company and products. Read more about Google’s cookie policy.

We use the LinkedIn Insight Tag to obtain information about the audience who use the website and the effectiveness of advertising, as well as to target our communications about our content at users who have visited our website and are more likely to be interested in our content. Read more about LinkedIn’s cookie policy.

Our website also contains Facebook cookies. These cookies collect information about users’ interests and enable us to target our communications at an audience interested in our content. Read more about Facebook’s cookie policy.

The website may contain embedded content (such as videos and images). Opening embedded content is comparable to visiting a third-party website.

Such third-party websites may collect information about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking cookies and monitor your interaction with embedded content, including tracking your interactions if and when you are logged in to the website as a user.

Cookie management

Cookie data is stored and collected based on consent from the user of the service. When you enter our website, you can choose whether to allow non-essential cookies. This takes place through a pop-up window at the bottom of the page. If you give your consent, Google Analytics and Facebook pixels, for example, will be installed through Google Tag Manager. You can also block cookies from your browser or delete cookie data after your visit. Blocking cookies may affect the functionality of the website or its components.