Easynic Privacy Policy & GDPR Information

Here at Easynic we are proud to provide services that are easy to understand, and we strive for the same level of clarity in the policies that govern our service.

As you may know, the European Union will begin enforcing new data protection legislation next month called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It is a huge step forward in holding service providers (that's us!) accountable for how they store and use your personal data in the European Union, and we've taken this opportunity to review our practices for everyone. Most of our policies are already aligned with the GDPR’s requirements, but we did need to make a few changes to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

GDPR information & Downloads

On the 25th May 2018, these regulations will come into force. Our parent company iomart has pulled together the information below to answer all your key questions, and our resource List contains helpful guides and a toolkit to get you GDPR-ready.

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Toolkit - GDPR Readiness for Customers

A handy toolkit for you to follow to ensure you are meeting your obligations under GDPR.

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Awareness - GDPR Information and Guidance

A high level overview of GDPR and how it applies to our customers organisations.

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Infographic - A Quick Guide to GDPR Compliance

A quick infographic guide to what you need to know about the General Data Protection Regulation which will come into force in May 2018.

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GDPR.org

An all encompassing look at GDPR. Get straight to the source of information and find out the key differences that the new GDPR directive brings...

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GDPR Whitepaper

For a more detailed look at GDPR, check out our white paper.

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Privacy Policy

Easynic respects your right to privacy. This privacy policy has been developed to inform you about the privacy practices followed by Easynic in connection with its websites, products and services. This privacy policy will inform you about what data is collected, how we use such data, where data is processed, how you may opt out of your data being used, and the security provisions around storing your data and how to correct or update your data.

1. Data.

In order to communicate with you and to provide our products and services and related support, it is necessary for Easynic to transfer your personal data outside of the European Union. In such case, the data controller for this data for EU residents is Easynic, Ltd., having its registered offices at Easynic Ltd, 11-21 Paul St, London EC2A 4JU. All questions or requests regarding the processing of data may be addressed to: dpo@iomart.com

2. Collection of Personal Information

We collect information from you when you place an order for a Easynic product use our online chat service register for a webinar, respond to a survey, fill out a form for pre/post sales assistance, open a support ticket, or your use of social media.

Easynic is a domain registrar and webhosting service provider, we provide platforms for you to use such as email, web hosting and secure ecommerce.

To fulfil requests for domain names, digital certificates or other products or services, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, physical address, phone number, credit card information and/or organisational details or other personal information.

2.1 Domain name specific data

As part of its duties as an ICANN accredited domain name registrar, Easynic is required to provide certain information about customers who register domain names with Easynic to the relevant naming authority. This information will include personal data such as the customer’s name, address and telephone number.

The relevant naming authority will make such information available to the public through publicly accessible directories of owners of domain names.

It is a condition of the purchase of a domain name from Easynic that the customer agrees to the transfer of his/her personal data to the relevant naming authority and agrees to the naming authority making that personal data available on a public database. Easynic can provide its customers with details of the relevant naming authority on request.

2.2 2.2 Tiered Access Directory - Whois Directory

The Tiered Access Directory is Easyspace’s “gated” version of the Whois directory. It allows accredited third parties, such as members of law enforcement, to view the contact data of domain registrants who use our platform.

Up until 25th May 2018, the registration data for all domain names was, by default, published in the public Whois directory, where it was visible to any party who performed a “Whois lookup” on a domain.

With the advent of the GDPR and other similar privacy laws, however, the public display of this personal data has become problematic. This led Easyspace to the decision to redact real contact data from the public Whois. Alongside this change, we implemented our gated Tiered Access Directory as a means for parties with a legitimate legal interest to access this personal data, while ensuring it is not unnecessarily exposed through display in the public directory.

For more information on this please visit:: https://www.yoursupportservices.co.uk/domain/gatedwhois

3. Use of Personal Information

Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred outside of our group company, or given to any other company for any reason without your consent, other  than for the purposes specified in below:

  • 3.1 To process applications for Easynic products and services
  • Your information is used to provide our products and services and order processing as well as to conduct business transactions such as billing.
  • 3.2 To improve customer service
  • Your information helps us to more effectively respond to your pre/post sales requests and provide technical support.
  • 3.3 To send renewal notices
    The email address you provide for order processing may be used to send you renewal notices for your services.
  • 3.4 To send periodic emails
  • In addition, we may send you periodic company newsletters, new service updates, security updates, related product or service information, and status updates on maintenance windows or service availability.
  • 3.5 To tell you about our products and services
  • We may send you information about our products and services that may be of interest to you based on your use of other Easynic products and services.

4. Processing of Data and Consent

We will process your data for the purpose of performance of our contract with you or the legitimate interest of our business. In other cases, we will request your consent for the processing of the personal data you may submit.

Your refusal to provide personal data to us for certain products and services may hinder us from fulfilling your order for those products or services. Also, if you deny or withdraw your consent to use personal data or opt out of receiving information about Easynic products and services this may result in you not being made aware of sales promotions, renewal notices, periodic company newsletters, new service updates, security updates, related product or service information, and status updates on maintenance windows or service availability.

5. Use of Cookies

How Easynic use Cookies

Easynic uses Cookies on our Website to help our users - nothing else! We do not give your details away, tell other companies what you attempted to buy (or looked at) and we do not follow you around the internet with adverts!

There are 3 types of Cookies.

Essential website critical & performance Cookies (used on Easynic)

Allows you to use a website to its full specification. For example: can allow you to buy things via a shopping basket.

Anonymous Statistical Cookie (used on Easynic)

Tells the website owner how visitors the site gets - contains no information about the individual.

Targeting and Advertising Cookies (not used on Easynic)

Can send information to other websites - this allows them to advertise more effectively. There are some websites out that analyse your behaviour and then attempt to advertise to you as you browse other website on the Internet. Some websites even pass on this information to 3rd parties.

You may have seen adverts that follow you around the internet e.g. if you once looked at a bracelet, on the next site you visit an advert for the same bracelet - Easynic does not use this technology

We only allow Essential Cookies that will allow you to use our website to its full specification, and Anonymous Statistical Cookies that can help tell us what's popular on our website. We do this to allow us to see trends on our website & products, but more importantly, so we can spot problems.

If you want to opt-out of using Cookies please click here

We are always trying to improve this communication, and will be updating this page when our audits are complete.

Below is a summary of the types of Cookies used on Easynic.

‘Essential Cookies’ let you buy products, search for domain names and also get discounts on our products. They do not track your behaviour and are not passed onto anyone.

Accepting these Essential Cookies is a pre requisite of using this website.  We cannot guarantee your security or user experience should you choose to block these Cookies.


Cookies that we deem to be Essential to site operations:

Cookie Name

Basic Description

USD

This ensures you have the correct currency selected

EUR

This ensures you have the correct currency selected

GBP

This ensures you have the correct currency selected

ESUSER

This ensures you are an Easynic user when logged in

CURRENCYTYPE

This ensures you have the correct currency selected

COUNTRYCODE

This tells us which part of the world you are from – to allow changes of currency

CONTINENT

This tells us which part of the world you are from – to allow changes of currency

BASKET TOTAL

This tell us what you want to purchase

BASKET COUNT

This tell us what’s in your shopping basket

CFID

Allows you to move around the site with a shopping basket

CFTOKEN

Allows you to move around the site with a shopping basket

IOUSSERID

Allows you to login to your control panel

JESSIONID

Allows you to move around the site with a shopping basket

PHPSESSID

Allows you to move around the site with a shopping basket

ASP.NET_Sessionid

Allows you to move around the site with a shopping basket

Bottom –offer-closed

Remembers whether an anonymous user want to have an advert open or closed

Affid

Tell us whether to allow discounts or not if you visit from our partners.

Anonymous Statistical Cookies

Statistical cookies do not contain any personal information– they simply tell us how our website is performing – essential for us to improve customer experience.
These statistics the Cookies provide tell us if there are problems, and will also give us some indication (anonymously) as to what our customers are interested in.

Cookie Name

Google Analytics anonymous tracking

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Used on this website

_utmc

Used on this website

_utmb

Used on this website

_utma

Used on this website

_utmx

Used on this website

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Used on this website

 

Opting out of using cookies

If you dont want to use Cookies - there are several ways of changing your settings. But please remember if you disable the use of Cookies completely you may not be able to use some websites.

Below are some links that relate to the type of Internet Browser you may use.

If you use Internet explorer browse the Internet
If you use Firefox to browse the Internet
If you use Google Chrome to browse the Internet


6. Use of application logs for diagnostics or to gather statistical information

Our servers automatically record information ("Application Log Data") created by your use of our services. Application Log Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, the referring web page, pages visited, location, your mobile carrier, device and application IDs, search terms, and cookie information. We use this information to diagnose and improve our services. Except as stated in section 8 (Data Retention), we will either delete the
Application Log Data or remove any account identifiers, such as your username, full IP address, or email address, after 12 months.

7. Sharing of Information and Transfers of Data

We do not sell or trade your personal information to outside parties.

Easynic is a global organisation with business processes and technical systems in various countries. As such, we may share information about you within our group company and transfer it to countries in the world where we do business in connection with the uses identified in section 3 above and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. In these cases, personal data will be transferred to countries that do not provide an adequate level of protection under European law so we ensure your data is protected by entering into agreements containing standard contract clauses with each of our group companies a copy of which may be obtained by contacting us as outlined in section 15 below.

We may also transfer your personal data to trusted third parties in order to serve purposes that are specified in section 3 above. In circumstances where data is shared with such third parties, they are required to agree to confidentiality terms. This prohibits such third parties from selling, trading, using, marketing or otherwise distributing Easynic customer data.

We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law or protect our rights, property, or safety. It is our policy to notify customers of requests for their data from law enforcement unless we are prohibited from doing so by statute or court order.

Law enforcement officials who believe that notification would jeopardise an investigation should obtain an appropriate court order or other process that specifically precludes member notification.

We may also disclose your personal information to third parties who may take over the operation of our website or business or who may purchase any or all of our assets, including your personal information. We will contact you using the details you provide if there is any change in the person controlling your information.

8. Data retention

The personal information we collect is retained for no longer than necessary to fulfil the stated purposes in section 2 above or for a period specifically required by law or regulation that Easynic is obligated to follow.

Personal data used to fulfil verification of certain types of products such as SSL certificates and Domain names, and this data will be retained for a minimum of 10 years depending on the class of product or service and may be retained in either a physical or electronic format.

Even if you request deletion or erasure of your data, we may retain your personal data to the extent necessary and for so long as necessary for our legitimate business interests or performance of contractual obligations.

After the retention period is over, Easynic securely disposes or anonymises your personal information in order to prevent loss, theft, misuse, or unauthorised access.

9. Opting out; withdrawing consent

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future periodic emails, we include unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.

If Easynic is processing your personal data based on your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at one of the addresses shown below.

10. Access to your personal data

You are responsible for providing Easynic with true, accurate, current and complete personal information. You are also responsible to maintain and promptly update the information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. You have the right to access and modify your personal data stored on Easynic systems.
You can request to access or modify your personal information by logging into your customer control panel. We may require you to provide identification in order to verify the authenticity as the data subject.

If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or if we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future services.

11. How we protect your information

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted in an encrypted format via Secure Socket Layer (SSL).

After a transaction, your transaction‐related information will be kept on file to meet audit requirements and facilitate renewals.

Easynic uses a reputable third party to process credit card payments and needs to provide credit card numbers and identifying financial data directly to the third party credit card processor. Such information is shared securely.

12. Follow relevant laws

Easynic commits itself to protect the personal information submitted by applicants and subscribers for its public certification services. Easynic declares to fully respect all rights established and laid out in European laws and operates within the limits of the: European Directive 95/46 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing
of personal data and on the free movement of such data.

13. Your rights

In compliance with the European Union rules on privacy, you have the following rights established by law:

  • We use the data you submit only for purposes identified in section 3 of this privacy policy.
  • You have the right to review your personal data that Easynic holds and check it for accuracy.
  • You have the right to correct data in the case that errors may be found in our records.
  • You have the right to request that any of your personal data be erased. i.e. right to be forgotten.
  • You have the right to obtain and reuse use your personal data for your own purposes.
  • You have the right to request that Easynic restrict the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.
  • You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.

14. Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we make material changes to our privacy policy, we will inform customers by publishing a notice the availability of a new version on our online portals.

15. Contact Us

If you have any inquires, or questions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at:

Data Protection Officer
Paul K Jeffrey
dpo@iomart.com
6 Atlantic Quay
55 Robertson Street
Glasgow
G2 8JD
Scotland
United Kingdom
+44 (0)141 931 6400

16. Our Office Locations

Correspondence Address.
Easynic, 6 Atlantic Quay, 55 Robertson Street, Glasgow, G2 8JD

Registered Address.
Easynic, 11-21 Paul St, London EC2A 4JU