Privacy Policy
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Nordic Friend Oy Privacy Policy
This privacy policy will explain how we, Nordic Friend Oy, use the personal data we collect from you when you use our website. In any privacy-related topic you are always welcome to contact us by
Sending us an email: info@nordicfriend.net
Or writing to us:
Nordic Friend Oy Sofiankatu 4 C 00170 Helsinki, Finland
What data do we collect?
Nordic Friend Oy collects the following data:
Personal identification information you provide to us by subscribing our newsletter (email)
Personal identification information you provide to us by signing up for our events i.e. webinars (name, email, organization, title, and sometimes phone numbers.)
Non-personal data about your usage of our website (time you spend, pages you visited, interactions completed on our website, country/city)
How do we collect your data?
You directly provide Nordic Friend Oy with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:
Subscribe to our newsletter
Register to our events i.e. webinars
Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.
How will we use your data?
Nordic Friend Oy collects your data so that we can:
Ensure you the best possible experience on our website
Send you our newsletter by email
Send you information about events you’ve signed up for (i.e. webinars)
How do we store and process your data?
Nordic Friend Oy may store and process your data on Mailchimp and their privacy policy can be read here. We may also store and process your data on Squarespace and their privacy policy can be accessed here. We may also store and process your data on Google’s cloud servers and more information can be found here.
If you join our webinars or other online events we may process and store your data on Zoom and their privacy policy can be accessed here.
Nordic Friend Oy will store your data as long as we have an active relationship with you in terms of marketing or sales. After that, your data will be deleted in 5 years of time.
Newsletter
Nordic Friend Oy would like to send you information about products and services of ours that we think you might be interested in.
If you have agreed to receive our newsletter, you may always opt-out at a later date.
You have the right at any time to stop Nordic Friend Oy from contacting you for marketing purposes.
What are your data protection rights?
Nordic Friend Oy would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request Nordic Friend Oy for copies of your personal data.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request Nordic Friend Oy to correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Nordic Friend Oy to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request Nordic Friend Oy to erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Nordic Friend Oy restricts the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Nordic Friend Oy’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Nordic Friend Oytransfers the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us by
Sending us an email: info@nordicfriend.net
Or writing to us:
Nordic Friend Oy Sofiankatu 4 C 00170 Helsinki, Finland
Cookies
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our website, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.
How do we use cookies?
Nordic Friend Oy uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website.
What types of cookies do we use?
There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:
Functionality – Nordic Friend Oy uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in.
Traffic monitoring – Nordic Friend uses these cookies to see how many browsers visit a specific page or what functionalities they use.
Advertising – Nordic Friend Oy uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website. We might share some of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.
How to manage cookies
You can set your browser not to accept cookies or remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
Privacy policies of other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
Changes to our privacy policy
Nordic Friend Oy keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 15.5.2020.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about Our Company’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us by
Sending us an email: info@nordicfriend.net
Or writing to us:
Nordic Friend Oy Sofiankatu 4 C 00170 Helsinki,Finland
How to contact the appropriate authority
Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that Nordic Friend Oy has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact your local information commissioner’s office which in Finland is Tietosuojavaltuutettu (tietosuoja.fi).