Privacy Policy
We place great importance on the protection of your personal data when they are collected, processed and used in connection with your visit to our website. Your data is protected in accordance with the statutory regulations. In the following you will find information on what data is collected during your visit to our website and how they are used:
1. Collection and Processing of data
Every access to our website and to a file stored on the website is recorded. They are stored for internal system-related and statistical purposes. The following data is recorded: name of the file accessed, date and time of access, amount of data transmitted, notification of successful access, web browser and requesting domain.
In addition, the IP addresses of the requesting computers are recorded. The IP address is used to estimate the country of origin. This information is used to route the support post to the appropriate HMS regional support team.
Other personal data is only recorded if you provide this information voluntarily, for example for an enquiry or registration.
2. Use and forwarding of personal data
Your stored HMS portal personal data will NOT be used for any commercial purposes other than this portal, either by HMS or any of our partners. Stored personal data will be deleted if you withdraw your consent to storage, if knowledge thereof to fulfill the purpose intended with their storage is no longer necessary or if their storage is not permitted for other legal reasons.
3. Right to information, correction, and deletion
On written request, we will be pleased to inform you of data stored in relation to your person, correct any incorrect information, or remove any personal identifying information. All data is retained for 5 years unless earlier deletion is requested.
Additionally at any time you may download all of your user data via your user profile.
4. Data Storage
All hms.how data is stored on servers located in the United States of America. Our hosting provider is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield.
5. Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
You can disagree to the data collection and storage at any time with future effect on
the google webpage http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
We would like to inform you that this webpage uses Google Analytics with the “_anonymizeIp()” extension. Due to this, the IP addresses are processed in a shortened form to avoid a direct reference to a person.
If you have any other questions regarding your privacy and data collection and storage, or HMS GDPR policy, then please contact us at the following e-mail address: us-services@hms.se
6. Responsible Data Controller
The responsible data controller for hms.how is:
HMS Industrial Networks Inc.77 Sundial AveSuite 302WManchester, NH 03103Tel: +1 312 829 0601