Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Focus Scientific Solutions Ltd (FSS) undertakes and is committed to protecting and respecting all personal data which the company holds. This privacy statement describes why and how we collect and use personal data and provides information about individuals’ rights.

This policy covers all personal data provided to the company, whether by the individuals themselves or by others. We will only use personal data provided to us for the purposes described in this privacy statement or for purposes which are made clear before actually collecting personal data.

FSS takes the security of all the data it holds seriously. All staff will be trained on data protection, confidentiality and security.

The company policies and practices ensure that data is held by us, is secure adequate, relevant and not excessive.

2. Data which FSS holds

Obtaining Data
Relevant data which is required to sustain our business relationship will be obtained directly from you. Data will also be generated through the normal course of doing business over time.

The www.focusscientific.ie domain is owned and operated by Focus Scientific Solutions Ltd, whose registered company”), with a registered office at Unit 12, Block 3, City North Business Campus, Stamullen, Co Meath. (registered in Ireland with company number 433045). Email: service@focusscientific.ie. Telephone: +353 1 8834964

Processing of Data
Data protection law makes it mandatory that there is a legitimate and legal basis for the processing of your personal data.

In order to manage and administer our business and services, we will use data to maintain internal business records, manage customer relationships and maintain internal operating processes.

We will also use your Data to comply with statutory and regulatory reporting to relevant authorities.

What data does FSS hold and process?

The personal data that we process includes:

Name, telephone number, address, job title, relevant email correspondence and any other information required for legitimate business purposes.

What duration does FSS hold data for?

The company retains personal data controlled by us for as long as is considered necessary for the purpose or purposes for which it was collected except for cases where it is a legal requirement to be retained for longer periods.

3. Third Party Processes

Personal data controlled by FSS will only be shared with third party processors when legal and necessary. We endeavour to ensure that we have adequate security measures in place to minimise risk to your personal data.

We will obtain privacy statements from any third-party processors to certify that they are in line with our company policies in this regard.

No data will be sold, shared or distributed to any third party unless we are required by law or issued with a court order to do so.

4. Security of Data

FSS has internal processes in place for the security and protection of Data. Secure measures continue to be monitored and updated to keep data accurate and safe from unauthorised access.

FSS will continue to revise policies and implement additional security features as new technologies become available.

FSS will provide training for staff who may have access to your contact data on our email system, so that they are aware of your rights and their responsibilities.

5. Rights of the Individual

As an individual you have the right to ensure your personal data is accurate, secure and is only used or stored for explicit and lawful purposes.

You reserve the right to request your personal data held by FSS by writing to the Data Officer at service@focusscientific.ie. If you feel the data held is incorrect can you submit a request in writing regarding the relevant personal information which you would like corrected, suppressed or changed.

6. Complaints

In the event that you have any complaints about the use of your personal data, please submit in writing to the Data Officer via email to service@focusscientific.ie

7. Website and Cookie Policy

By visiting focusscientific.ie, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

  • For marketing purposes – Where you have opted in via our site to receive marketing communications from us, we will process your personal data to provide you with marketing communications in line with the preferences you have provided. The legal basis on which we process your personal data is your consent. You are not under any obligation to provide us with your personal data for marketing purposes, and you can withdraw your consent to your personal data being processed in this way at any time by contacting us at service@focusscientific.ie or, where relevant, by following the unsubscribe link in any marketing communication you receive from us.We may analyse what you are interested in, with a view to helping other customers like you find products that will interest them. Your details will never be shared as part of this, but we may take a look at what people like you like to buy, so we can contact people who are similar to you with relevant messages.

What happens if our business is sold?

We may transfer your personal data to a third party:

  • in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we will disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets (at all times in accordance with data protection legislation); or
  • if Focus Scientific Solutions Limited or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by the Company about its customers may be one of the assets transferred to the purchaser.

In each case, the legal basis on which we process your data in these circumstances is our legitimate interest to ensure our business can be continued by a purchaser. If you object to our use of your personal data in this way, the relevant seller or buyer of our business may not be able to provide services to you.

In certain circumstances we may also need to share your personal data if we are under a duty to disclose or share personal data in order to comply with a legal obligation.

How do we protect your information?

Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.

How long do we store your data for?

Where you order products or enquire about such purchases from us, we will retain your data for a period of 7 years, to ensure that we are able to assist you should you have any questions, feedback or issues in connection with a product you have ordered or enquired about from us.

Where we have processed your personal data to provide you with marketing communications, we will contact you at annually to ensure you are happy to continue receiving such communications. If you tell us that you no longer wish to receive such communications, your personal data will be removed from our lists.

Links on our site

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from third party websites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that you have left our site and these websites have their own privacy policies. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies or websites. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Uses made of the information

We will combine the information you provide to us with information we collect about you. We will use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).

Your right to object under data protection laws

You have the right to object to us processing your personal data where we are processing your personal data:

  • if you ask us to stop processing your personal data, we will stop processing your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling grounds as to why the processing should continue in accordance with data protection laws; and I f you ask us to stop processing your personal data on this basis, we will stop.

Right of access

You have the right to receive confirmation as to whether your personal data is being processed by us, as well as various other information relating to our use of your personal data. You also have the right to access your personal data which we are processing.

Right to rectification

You have the right to require us to rectify any inaccurate personal data we hold about you. You also have the right to have incomplete personal data we hold about you completed, by providing a supplementary statement to us.

Right to restriction

You have the right to restrict our processing of your personal data where:

  • the accuracy of the personal data is being contested by you;
  • the processing by us of your personal data is unlawful, but you do not want the relevant personal data erased;
  • We no longer need to process your personal data for the agreed purposes, but you want to preserve your personal data for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
  • we are processing your data on the basis of our legitimate interest (as set out above) and you:
  • object to our processing on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to your right to object above; and
  • want processing of the relevant personal data to be restricted until it can be determined whether our legitimate interest overrides your legitimate interest.

Where any exercise by you of your right to restriction determines that our processing of particular personal data is to be restricted, we will then only process the relevant personal data in accordance with your consent and, in addition, for storage purposes and for the purpose of legal claims.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive your personal data in structured, standard machine-readable format and the right to transmit such personal data to another controller.

Right to erasure

You have the right to require we erase your personal data which we are processing where one of the following grounds applies:

  • the processing is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which your personal data were collected or otherwise processed;
  • our processing of your personal data is based on your consent, you have subsequently withdrawn your consent and there is no other legal ground we can use to process your personal data;
  • you object to the processing pursuant to your right to object above and we have no overriding legitimate interest for our processing,
  • the personal data have been unlawfully processed; and
  • the erasure is required for compliance with a law to which we are subject.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the applicable supervisory authority for data protection issues.

Cookies

This section outlines specifically how we use cookies.

What are ‘cookies’?

Cookies are small files that a website or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognise your browser and capture and remember certain information. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

We may use the following cookies:

Session cookies

We may use Session cookies that only last for the duration of your use of the website and are deleted from your computer when you close your browser.

These cookies would enable us to:

  • recognise when computers visit the website;
  • help administer this website;
  • improve the website’s usability;
  • analyse data about webpage traffic to use for marketing purposes;
  • identify which pages are being used;
  • authentication; and traffic/performance tracking.

These cookies help us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website, platform and mobile application in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Persistent cookies

FSS may use Persistent cookies that outlast your sessions and remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach their expiry date but only where the user chooses the “Remember Me” option when logging in.

These cookies would enable us to:

  • recognise when computers visit the website;
  • help administer this website;
  • improve the website’s usability;
  • analyse data about webpage traffic to use for marketing purposes;
  • identify which pages are being used;
  • authentication; and traffic/performance tracking.

These cookies help us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website, platform and mobile application in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Third Party cookies

We may use third-party cookies to provide statistical analysis of our website’s usage. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on your computers. The information generated relating to our website may be used to create reports about usage of our website.

We may use this information to optimise the system and provide a better interface for the end user.

Google may store and use this information. Google’s privacy policy is available
at www.google.com/privacypolicy.html. If you would like to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites please visit: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

FSS may use cookies to:

  • Help remember and process the items in a shopping cart.
  • Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.
  • Keep track of the effectiveness of our advertisements.
  • Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.
  • Tailor the offers and adverts you see based on your known preferences.

Are cookies safe?

Cookies do not in any way identify you or give access to your computer.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since each browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

You should note that if you choose to turn cookies off, some of the features that make your site experience more efficient may not function properly.

Do not track signals are in place when you have indicated via your internet browser, that you do not wish for us to use cookies to tailor your browsing experience or target you with advertising as you move around the web. We honour Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy or cookie policy or if you wish to exercise
any of your rights concerning your data you can contact us as per the below :-

Contact Information :-

Data Officer,
Focus Scientific Solutions Ltd.,
Unit 12, Block 3, City North Business Campus,
Stamullen, Co. Meath. Email service@focusscientific.ie