Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 21.02.2024 and applies to all visitors of this website.
1. Introduction
Eurasia Gateway (“Provider”, “we”, us”, “our”) is a business consulting platform providing visitors with expert information and description of professional services (“Solutions”) which allow our customers to boost their export capacities.
The present Privacy Policy along with our Cookie Policy are designed to explain when and why we collect personal information, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure. It applies to those who may view and communicate with us through www.ru-trade.com (“Website”) as well as people, whom we do business with.
This Privacy Policy applies to our Website, our Solutions and our platform, available through our Website. By using the Website and our Solutions, you agree to the collection, use and other processing of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
2. Collection
Personal data refers to any information relating to you and your company, that could be used – on its own or in combination with other information – to personally identify you or your business enterprise, for example your name or email address.
We may collect or receive the following types of personal data when you visit our Website or use our Solutions:
Personal data automatically collected: | |
Device Data | Information about your computer phone, tablet, or other device you use to access our Website, Internet service provider, mobile carrier |
Technical & usage | IP address, login and logout data, browser time and settings |
Location Data | Device location, time zone, depending on our device settings |
Personal data you may have to disclose to us: | |
Identity | Name, country of origin, date of birth, photo, national ID or passport |
Contact | Device location, time zone, telephone number, email, depending on our device settings |
Online profile | Username, photo, password, and other background information you have uploaded on the platform when using our Solutions |
Contractual | Details about the Solutions we provide you with |
Company | Job title, name of your company, location of the company and other background information about the company, including its performance history and production processes |
Financial | Bank account details, transaction information |
Special categories | “Sensitive Data”: information revealing racial or ethnic origin, religion, political or philosophical beliefs as well as any information about business processesetc. We only collect such Sensitive Data where required by law, for example to enter into an employment relationship or to proceed with visa application. |
It is important that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal information changes during your working relationship with us. All personal data and business information you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate; you shall notify us of any change to such information during our relationship, otherwise it may prevent us for providing the Solutions and we may have to remove your access to our Solutions.
3. Purpose
We use personal data that we collect about you for the following reasons:
Fulfill our contractual obligations:
- Carry out our obligations arising from any contracts between you or the company you work for and us
- Provide you with the information and services that you request from us
- Guide us in answering your questions or to explore professional or business opportunities with you
Operate and improve our Website and Solutions:
- Operate the Website, manage our relationship with you and provide the Solutions
- Enable your use of and access to our Website and Solutions
- Improve, personalize our Website and Solutions
- Develop and test new products and features
Business operation:
- Manage and process payment transactions
- Manage and enforce contracts with you and other third parties
- Develop analysis and business intelligence that enable us to operate, grow, protect, make informed decisions and report on the performance of our business
- Pursue other legitimate interests of our own such as maintaining a database of contacts working with or in our industry for networking or business development purposes.
Marketing purposes:
- Communicate about our products and services
- Send you surveys and obtain your feedback
Risk mitigation:
- Identify and report fraud, money laundering and other crime
- Investigate and respond to complaints and feedbacks
When required by applicable laws:
- For tax calculation, or accounting and legal requirements
- For onboarding and global mobility cases
4. Sharing
We may process your personal data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose. We may also share your personal data with the third parties listed below, without further notice to you, unless otherwise required by law.
Vendors and services providers:
That assist us to perform our business and deliver our Solutions, and with whom we have executed an agreement ensuring confidentiality of data and limiting how they may use your data. Such vendors and services providers include web hosting companies and customer management services, banks and financial institutions
Business partners and other affiliates:
With whom we offer joint services. Such partners include insurance carriers, brokers, and other third-party partners as wel as current and future entities that controls or is controlled by us.
Government agencies and tax authorities:
As required to provide the Solutions, they include government authorities, regulatory agencies and other official or governmental bodies.
Audit of other necessary action:
In the event we are involved in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, transfer to another provider, we may disclose, sell, or share part of our assets including your personal data in the due diligence process.
Public authorities:
When required by law to respond to legal process, if we believe that such action is necessary to (i) comply with law, or (ii) to protect the security and integrity of our Solutions.
5. Security
We aim to protect your personal data, especially from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, alteration, destruction, or disclosure to unauthorized third parties. Thus, we have implemented the following organizational, physical, and technical measures:
Access:
We strictly control online and internal access to your personal data to ensure that they remain protected against any alteration: passwords, access control list, measures authorizing or restricting the granting and use of access to personal data, authentication procedures are in place, efficiently implemented and regularly tested. Users’ access is granted on the principle of ‘strict need to know’, for all arriving staff according to their seniority and duties; such access and cancelled for all departing staff. In addition, all our staff are subject to a duty or confidentiality and non-disclosure.
Encryption:
When accessing to our Website to use our Solutions, access to your account is secured by several protection mechanisms: encryption of your personal data whatever their state (at rest, in transit, in process), use of TLS/SSL protocol for data transmission, encryption of all transmission via our server using the HTTPS protocol.
Policy Toward Children:
We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal data from children under 13, without verifiable consent from their parent or legal guardian. If you become aware of any personal data, we may have collected from children under age 13, please contact us (see the ‘Contact’ section at the end of this Privacy Notice).
External Links:
Our Website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. Note that each of the third parties privacy policy and security practices may differ from our standards. We assume no responsibility nor do control, endorse or guarantee any aspect of your use of the linked site.
However, despite our efforts and safeguards to secure your personal data, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, you should only access our Website within a secure environment, and decide with special care what data you share to us with our Website or by e-mail.
6. Storage Duration
We retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the contractual or statutory obligations for which it was collected, and especially for the following reasons:
- When a longer retention period is required or permitted by law:
- To comply with our legal obligations:
- To respond to a request or a complaint:
- To enforce our agreements.
When we have no ongoing legal reason or business need to retain your information, we will either delete or anonymize such information. In some cases, you may also request us to delete your data.
7. Access and deletion rights
To exercise the access, data portability, verification and deletion rights described in this Privacy Policy, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us.
You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access, verification or data portability twice within a 12-month period. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child.
The verifiable consumer request must:
Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative.
Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.
We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you.
We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.
If you have an account with us, we will deliver our written response to that account. If you do not have an account with us, we will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option.
Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable consumer request’s receipt. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide your personal information that is readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.
We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
8. Changes
This Privacy Policy is effective as of the last updated version specified on the top of this Policy. We reserve the right to revise or update this Privacy Policy from time to time without notifying you, unless otherwise required by laws. We encourage you to check this Privacy Policy, it’s updates and changes periodically. Your continued use of our Website and our Solutions following the changes of the present Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of such changes.
9. GDPR Framework
Regardless of whether you are a citizen or resident of a country of the European Union (“EU”) or the European Economic Area (“EEA”), we process your personal data, when applicable, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
10. Rights
When it comes to your personal data, you have the following individual rights:
Right to be informed about how we process your personal data
Right to access to your personal data and obtain copy of them
Right to request erasure of your personal data, as far as possible
Right to restrict the processing of your personal data
Right to object to the processing of your personal data if you think it would impact on your individual rights and fundamental freedom
Right to request rectification of your personal data if they are incorrect or obsolete
Right to withdraw your consent to process your personal data, at any time, for the cases where we rely on your consent for processing; we will not continue to process such personal data based on this consent. Note that withdrawing your consent may impact our ability to fulfill our obligations and your access to our Website and Solutions.
