GENERAL PRIVACY NOTICE

Personal data is any information that directly or indirectly enables an individual to be identified (“Personal Data”). Hutchison Port Holdings and its associated companies based in the United Kingdom (each a “Company”), recognise that the protection of Personal Data is fundamental to preserving the trust of those who work for its customers and suppliers, stakeholders and others in the wider community, including visitors to each Company. We refer to these individuals as "you/your” in this Notice. Each Company is committed to the safeguarding of Personal Data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679) and any other applicable laws and regulations that ensure the protection of Personal Data, as the same may be amended from time to time (“Data Protection Laws”).

 

This Notice sets out how and why the Company might collect, process, store or use your Personal Data. It also sets out your rights in relation to Personal Data: each individual has the right to know what Personal Data the Company holds about it; to have a copy of it; and to ask the Company to change or sometimes delete it.

WHAT PERSONAL DATA DOES THE COMPANY HOLD ABOUT YOU?

In the course of the Company's dealings with you it may collect and process the following categories of Personal Data:

WHAT DOES THE COMPANY USE SUCH PERSONAL DATA FOR?

The Company uses Personal Data held about you in the following ways:

WITH WHOM MAY THE COMPANY SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA, AND WHAT HAPPENS IF IT IS TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE UK?

The Company may transfer Personal Data to third parties, including to entities within and outside of the Hutchison Ports group located in any jurisdictions where the Hutchison Ports group entities are located, for the purposes set out above.  

The Company may also need to transfer your Personal Data to other third parties like potential business partners, suppliers, customers, or government bodies however the Company will limit who has access to your Personal Data as much as is practicable. As necessary in connection with the monitoring of security and health and safety maintenance and performance, Personal Data and Special Personal Data may be transferred (as part of CCTV footage) to business partners, suppliers, customers, end-customers and other third parties. If your Personal Data is transferred out of the UK, the Company will take all necessary measures to ensure it is adequately protected.

All information you provide to the Company is stored on the Company’s servers or that of its sub-contractors. Where the Company has given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of the Company’s website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. Please do not share any password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although the Company will do its best to protect your Personal Data, the Company cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to its site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once the Company has received your information, it will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.


YOUR RIGHTS

Your rights in relation to your Personal Data under the Data Protection Laws include the following:

a) Right of access: you have the right to confirm with the Company whether your Personal Data is processed, and if it is, to request access to that Personal Data, to know the purpose of the processing and the recipients or categories of recipients.  The Company does have to take into account the interests of others though, so this is not an absolute right;

b) Right to rectifications: it is important that the information the Company holds about you is correct and up to date.  You can correct or update your information at any time and you can also request a copy of the information the Company holds about you by contacting the Data protection Ambassador at dpa@hpuk.co.uk;

c) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten): you may have the right to ask the Company to erase Personal Data concerning you however this is not an absolute right and will be subject to the Company's legal and regulatory obligations and compliance policies, including the limits of available technology and associated costs; and

d) Right to restriction of processing: you also have the right to ask the Company not to process your Personal Data for marketing purposes.  The Company will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if it intends to use your data for such purposes or if it intends to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes.  You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting the Data Protection Amassador at dpa@hpuk.co.uk.

The Company website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of its partners, sub-contractors and affiliates.  if you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that the Company does not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies.  Please check these policies before you submit any Personal Data to these websites.

HOW LONG WILL THE COMPANY KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR?

The Company will retain your Personal Data as long as is required by applicable Data Protection Laws or for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or to satisfy a legitimate business need.

COOKIES

The Company website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of the website.  This helps the Company to provide you with a good experience when you browse the website and also allows the Company to improve its site.  For detailed information on the cookies the Company uses and the purposes for which it uses them see the cookie section on the Company website.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY NOTICE

Any changes the Company may make to this Notice in the future will be posted on this page.  Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes.

COMPLAINTS

If you have any complaints about how the Company uses your information, please contact the Company at the address below.  You can also lodge a complaint with the UK's Information Commission Officer at https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ or by telephone on 0303 123 1113