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Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Status International (UK) Limited ('We' or 'us' or 'our') gather and process your personal information in relation to your individual use of the Status Smart Mobile Application ("the App") in accordance with this privacy notice and in compliance with the relevant data protection regulation and laws. This notice provides you with the necessary information regarding your rights and our obligations, and explains how, why and when we process your personal data in relation to the use of the App.

Status International (UK) Limited's registered office is at Unit 1 Whitehall 26 Business Park, Heathfield Lane, Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire, BD11 2HW and we are a company registered in England and Wales under company number 02561562.

Information That We Collect

Status International (UK) Limited process your personal information to meet our legal, statutory and contractual obligations and to provide you with our products and services in relation to the App. We will never collect any unnecessary personal data from you and do not process your information in any way, other than as specified in this notice.

Examples of personal data that we may collect from you is:

We collect information in the below ways:

Completion of new account set up form, verbally, information contained in emails sent to us, setting up a user account in the Status Smart Mobile Application.

How We Use Your Personal Data

Your Rights

You have the right to access any personal information that Status International (UK) Limited processes about you and to request information about:

If you believe that we hold any incomplete or inaccurate data about you, you have the right to ask us to correct and/or complete the information and we will strive to correct it as quickly as possible; unless there is a valid reason for not doing so, at which point you will be notified.

You also have the right to request erasure of your personal data or to restrict processing (where applicable) in accordance with the data protection laws; as well as to object to any direct marketing from us; to exercise your data portability rights, and to be informed about any automated decision-making we may use.

If we receive a request from you to exercise any of the above rights, we may ask you to verify your identity before acting on the request; this is to ensure that your data is protected and kept secure.

Sharing and Disclosing Your Personal Information

We will share your personal data with TUYA Inc. ("TUYA") of 75 E Santa Clara St, 6th Floor, San Jose, California 95113 USA and 5,6,7,8 and 11th Floor, No 3 building, More Centre, 87 Gudun Road, Xihu District, HangZhou, China. TUYA provide software for the App and IT services and TUYA will retain your personal data.

Please see their privacy policy at Status Smart privacy policy

 

for information about how they will hold your personal data.

We may also share your personal data with:

Safeguarding Measures

Status International (UK) Limited takes your privacy seriously and takes every reasonable measure and precaution to protect and secure your person data. We work hard to protect you and your information from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction and have several layers of security measures in place, including:

SSL, TLS, encryptions, restricted access, IT authentication, firewalls, anti-virus/malware.

Transfers Outside the EU

Personal data in the European Union is protected by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) but some other countries may not necessarily have the same high standard of protection. Status International (UK) Limited may choose to store data in a cloud and data will be kept by TUYA as detailed under the heading 'Sharing and Disclosing your Personal Information'. As a result data may be transferred outside the EU. By using our products and services you acknowledge and agree to personal information being transferred in this way.

Consequences of Not Providing Your Data

You are not obligated to provide your personal information to Status International (UK) Limited, however, as this information is required for us to deliver your products, we will not be able to offer some/all our services without it.

How Long We Keep Your Data

Status International (UK) Limited only ever retains personal information for as long as is necessary and we have strict review and retention policies in place to meet these obligations. We are required under UK tax law to keep your basic personal data (name, address, contact details) for a minimum of 6 years after which time it will be destroyed.

Where you have consented to us using your details for direct marketing, we will keep such data until you notify us otherwise and/or withdraw your consent.

Lodging a Complaint

Status International (UK) Limited only processes your personal information in compliance with this privacy notice and in accordance with the relevant data protection laws. If, however you wish to raise a complaint regarding the processing of your personal data or are unsatisfied with how we have handled your information, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.

Andrew Cooke

Status International (UK) Limited

Unit 1 Whitehall 26 Business Park

Heathfield Lane

Birkenshaw

West Yorkshire

BD11 2HW

+44 1274 852200

dpo@statusinternationaluk.co.uk

 

Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Contact ICO

Cookie Notice

A ‘cookie’ is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer by the user’s web browser while the user is browsing. When you visit a site that uses cookies for the first time, a cookie is downloaded onto your computer/mobile device so that the next time you visit that site, your device will remember useful information such as items added in the shopping cart, visited pages or logging in options.

Cookies are widely used to make websites work, or to work more efficiently, and our site relies on cookies to optimise user experience and for features and services to function properly.

Most web browsers allow some control to restrict or block cookies through the browser settings, however if you disable cookies you may find this affects your ability to use certain parts of our website or services. For more information about cookies visit https://www.aboutcookies.org

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this policy from time to time and we encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Governing Law

This privacy policy is governed by and formulated in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

 

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