The Privacy Policy was updated on 25 June 2018.
Vertex Trade FoodStuffs and its affiliated companies (“Vertex Trade FoodStuffs”) is committed to respecting the privacy of customers
Vertex Trade FoodStuffs understands that your privacy is important to you, and is committed to respecting and protecting your personal data, which is any information that is capable of identifying you as an individual person. This Privacy Policy covers personal information that may be provided to or obtained by Vertex Trade FoodStuffs during such interactions and describes how it will handle and protect your personal data in connection with your interactions with Vertex Trade FoodStuffs, in its capacity as data controller. Specific to Vertex Trade FoodStuffs’s personal data privacy policies and security procedures, as noted in various specific portions of this Privacy Policy, Vertex Trade FoodStuffs is compliant with the privacy requirements and regulations of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulations ("GDPR"); the California Consumer Protection Act of 2018 ("CCPA"); and Canada’s Anti-Spam Law ("CASL"), as affects residents of the respective areas covered by those regulations.
Additionally, in relation to Vertex Trade FoodStuffs’s role as a data controller, Vertex Trade FoodStuffs Individual Professional Members and Vertex Trade FoodStuffs Dive Retail and Resort Members may act as co-data controllers, as well as data processors on behalf of Vertex Trade FoodStuffs, especially within the Vertex Trade FoodStuffs Diver training and certification process. Vertex Trade FoodStuffs itself also serves as a data processor, such as when one of the Vertex Trade FoodStuffs Companies processes personal information on behalf of another Vertex Trade FoodStuffs Company.
Please see also the Terms of Service associated with the various Vertex Trade FoodStuffs sites, apps and programs for more information about Vertex Trade FoodStuffsI’s general terms and policies.
Vertex Trade FoodStuffs may also automatically collect information about the devices you use to interact with Vertex Trade FoodStuffs’s websites. The information automatically collected may include IP address, device identifier, web browser and browsing information collected through cookies, web beacons, pixels, clear gifs and other similar technologies (collectively “Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies” and “Cookies”) on Vertex Trade FoodStuffs’s sites. Vertex Trade FoodStuffs may also automatically collect information about how you use the sites, such as what you have searched for and viewed. The information automatically collected will be associated with any personal data you have provided.
What personal information we collect
- The personal data Vertex Trade FoodStuffs collects is used for Vertex Trade FoodStuffs's commercial, legal, and business purposes. Depending on applicable law in your area, that use may be limited to what your specific consent allows, or when Vertex Trade FoodStuffs has a legitimate interest or other legal bases for processing and using such information.
- In some situations, the collection of personal data may be required for the operation of the sites or to provide certain services or products.
- Vertex Trade FoodStuffs uses your personal data to fulfill your requests for information, process your requests to participate in training programs and other activities, evaluate and improve Vertex Trade FoodStuffs’s services, distribute safety alerts, newsletters, and diver training-related correspondence and materials to you, analyze the sites’ performance and functionality, prevent fraud, enforce Vertex Trade FoodStuffs’s various terms of service, comply with all applicable laws and corporate reporting obligations, enforce Vertex Trade FoodStuffs’s agreements and accomplish other purposes you may initiate or request.
- Vertex Trade FoodStuffs may keep any of your personal data on file and use it to contact you.
- Vertex Trade FoodStuffs may use first and third-party Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies to manage its sites and services and collect analytics about how you use them. The information provided throughout this Privacy Policy about Cookies also applies to these other tracking technologies. Please refer to the Cookie information herein for more details regarding Vertex Trade FoodStuffs’s use of Cookies.
