1. POLICY

This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

By using our website you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy. Your use of our website means that you accept, and agree to abide by, all the policies herein.

2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU

We will collect and process the following data about you:

Information you give us. This is information about you that you give us through the website or by corresponding with us by e-mail or otherwise. The information you give us may include your name, address, company name, e-mail address, phone number, CV, personal description, photograph, or any other information.

Information we collect about you. With regards to each of your visits to our website we will automatically collect the following information:

• Technical information about the devices you use our website on and related software, hardware, and peripherals, including the Internet protocol address used to connect your device to the Internet, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, and platform; and
• Information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), clickstream to, through and from our website (including date and time), products you viewed or searched for, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), methods used to browse away from the page, and location data.

Information we receive from other sources. This is information we receive about you if you use any of the other websites we operate or the other services we provide. 

Cookies. We use cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you visit our website. By accessing our website you consent to the collection, use and storage of your personal information as set out herein.

3. USES MADE OF THE INFORMATION

We use information held about you:

• To notify you about changes to our service.
• To ensure that content from our website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device.
• To administer our website for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes.
• To measure or understand the effectiveness of content we provide to you and others, and to deliver such content to you.
• To make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of our website about services that may interest you or them.

4. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

You agree that we have the right to share your information (both technical and personal) with:

• Any one of our related group companies.
• Selected third parties including analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our website.

We may disclose your information (both technical and personal) to third parties:

• 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.
• If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of EEC, our customers, or others or in relation to information security breach investigation and/or notification. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection.

5. WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

The data that we collect from you may usually be stored in the UAE but we may transfer, store or process in other jurisdictions. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing either within or outside of the UAE. We will take all steps reasonably practicable to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. If you do not consent to your data being transferred out of the UAE you can exercise your right to prevent such transfer by notifying us.

The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

6. YOUR RIGHTS

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by notifying us.

Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites or partners and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites or apps.

7. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes.

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be submitted via the CONTACT US section on our website.