How does ISN obtain personal information?

ISN collects personal information when you interact with us through email, telephone, post, or this website. We only collect information that is necessary to operate our business and provide our services. We may also receive personal information from third parties, including companies we evaluate in connection with potential business relationships, partnerships, or transactions.

Why does ISN use personal information?

We use personal information to provide services or products you have requested, maintain records of our relationship with you, verify your identity, conduct due diligence in connection with business transactions, prevent fraud and misuse, manage legal matters, audits, or investigations, administer and protect our business and this website, and suggest services or solutions that may be of interest to you.

What rights do EU users have regarding their personal data?

EU users have rights in relation to their personal information under applicable data protection laws, including rights to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and objection to processing. Users can exercise these rights by contacting ISN.

GDPR Disclosures

Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to ISN and its affiliates (together, “ISN,” “we,” “our,” “us,” or the “Company”). This EU Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect personal information from visitors to this website who are located in the European Union. It replaces any other privacy policy on this website with respect to EU users, where applicable. Please read it carefully.

For the purposes of applicable EU data protection laws, ISN and its affiliated entities may each act as a data controller of any personal data collected through this website. If you have any questions about how we use your personal data or about this EU Privacy Policy, please contact us at news.independent.news.

We rely on a number of legal bases under applicable data protection laws to process your personal information. These include our legitimate interests, the need to perform a contract with you, and compliance with legal obligations. Personal information we may process includes details such as your name, job title, address, email address, IP address, financial information, login credentials, and other information you choose to provide.

We do not collect special categories of personal data, such as information about race or ethnicity, religious beliefs, health data, biometric data, political opinions, or trade union membership. We also do not collect information about criminal convictions or offenses.

If we need your personal information to meet a legal obligation or to perform a contract with you, we will tell you at the time we collect it. If you choose not to provide this information, we may be unable to provide certain services or products.

You do not need to take any action as a result of this policy, but you do have rights in relation to your personal information, which are explained below.

How We Obtain Your Personal Information

Information You Provide to Us‍

We may collect personal information when you interact with us through email, telephone, post, or this website. We only collect information that is necessary to operate our business and provide our services.

Information From Third Parties or Public Sources‍

We may also receive personal information from third parties, including companies we evaluate in connection with potential business relationships, partnerships, or transactions.

Why We Use Your Personal Information‍

We may use the personal information you provide for the following purposes:

To provide services or products you have requested (Contractual necessity)
To maintain records of our relationship with you (Legitimate interest)
To verify your identity (Legal requirement)
To conduct due diligence in connection with business transactions (Legitimate interest)
To prevent fraud and misuse (Legitimate interest)
To manage legal matters, audits, or investigations (Legitimate interest)
To administer and protect our business and this website (Legitimate interest)
To suggest services or solutions that may be of interest to you (Legitimate interest)

Marketing

We may send you marketing communications about services that may be relevant to you. We will do this either with your consent or based on our legitimate interests where we have an existing relationship with you. You can opt out of marketing at any time by contacting us at news.independent.news or by clicking the unsubscribe link in any marketing email.

Disclosure and Transfer of Personal Information

While we take steps to protect your personal information, transmission of data over the internet cannot be guaranteed to be fully secure. Your personal information may be shared with affiliates of ISN, professional advisors and service providers, technology and data hosting providers, consultants, recruitment firms, and other partners supporting our services. We ensure that any third party processing personal data on our behalf has appropriate security measures in place. If your personal data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, it will be done in accordance with applicable data protection laws and safeguards. We may also disclose personal information where required by law, regulation, court order, or to protect our legal rights.

Security and Retention

We use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access or misuse. Access to personal data is limited to individuals who need it for legitimate business purposes and who are bound by confidentiality obligations. We retain personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.

Capacity

This website is intended only for individuals aged 18 or older. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. If we become aware that such data has been collected, we will delete it.

Cookies

We may automatically collect information such as browser type, access times, IP address, and device information through cookies or similar technologies. This helps us improve website performance and user experience. Where cookies are not essential to provide requested services or website functionality, we will ask for your consent before using them. You can control cookie preferences through your browser settings. More information about cookies is available at www.aboutcookies.org.

Your Rights

You have several rights regarding your personal data, including the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you, request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information, request deletion of your personal data where legally permitted, request restriction of processing in certain situations, object to processing based on legitimate interests or for marketing purposes, request transfer of your data to another organization where applicable, and withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at news.independent.news. We may need to verify your identity before responding to your request.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this EU Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make significant changes, we will notify users where required. The latest version will always be available on this website.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this EU Privacy Policy or how we handle personal data, please contact us at news.independent.news.

Complaints

If you believe your personal data has been handled improperly, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. For example, in the UK, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO): https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us.