Last updated April 2024.
Data protection has a high priority for Hitex (UK) Ltd. We comply with the data protection legislation of the countries in which we do business. Internal data protection regulations ensure that consistent and high data protection standards apply to all companies of the Hitex and Infineon group. Our employees are obligated to comply with statutory and internal data protection regulations and to treating your data as confidential.
Extensive operational, technical and organizational security measures protect your data against accidental and deliberate manipulation, loss, destruction and access by unauthorized persons. We review our security measures regularly and adapt them to technological advances.
In the following, you will learn more about the handling of personal data by Hitex (UK) Ltd. (hereinafter also referred to as "Hitex").
The party responsible (“controller”) for implementing the data protection regulations is:
Hitex (UK) Ltd.
Data Protection Officer
Millburn Hill Road
University of Warwick Science Park
Coventry CV4 7HS
United Kingdom
Represented by the Management: David Nicholls
dataprotection@hitex.co.uk
Our data privacy statement may be amended at irregular intervals to ensure that it complies with current legal requirements or to carry out updates arising from changes/expansions to our services and offerings. The new data privacy statement will then apply automatically the next time you visit our website.
As users of our website, integrated online services and portals we process the personal data that you actively and voluntarily provide us with, for example, by contacting us or registering to use services offered by us.
Such data may include your name, your contact details (usually business details), such as your mailing address, e-mail address and phone number, your access data for using services on our website that are subject to registration, as well as information about your request, your contracts with us, projects, and your interests.
We also collect and process technical connection data sent to us by the device being used by you (such as your IP address, browser type, data and time of your query) and set cookies. Click here for more information about cookies.
Business partners are all parties with whom Hitex maintains an active business relationship or with whom it is initiating such a relationship. In particular, contact persons at customers, prospective customers, suppliers, sales partners and service providers are affected by the processing of personal data.
We process personal data that we receive from you through use of one or more of the following channels:
Such data may include your name, your business contact details, such as your mailing address, e-mail address and phone number, payment information, information about your request, your contracts with us, your projects and your interests.
We process your personal data to:
We process your personal data on the basis of one or more of the following legal grounds:
To process your personal data for the distribution of newsletters and other marketing information, we ask for your consent, which you may revoke at any time without having to state a reason.
If you have given your consent, or we are otherwise legally entitled to do so, we may forward your personal data to other entities of Infineon AG or to third parties, especially to selected service providers, distributors, partners, and sales representatives.
If data is transferred to third countries where there is no adequate level of data protection, we ensure that your data is protected adequately by concluding agreements in compliance with data protection requirements.
Your personal data is transferred to government institutions and authorities only if stipulated by national legislation.
Your personal data is retained only for as long as it is required for the specified purposes, unless there are more extensive statutory or contractual retention obligations (such as retention obligations under commercial and tax law).
You have the right to demand that Hitex provide you with access to and information on the personal data it has stored concerning you. You also have the right to demand rectification and erasure of data or restriction to processing of it, as well as the right to demand that the stored data be transferred to you or a third party named by you in a suitable form.
You may object to the processing of your personal data for purposes of direct advertising. If we process your personal data to protect Hitex’s legitimate interests, you may object to this processing for reasons based on your specific situation. We will then stop processing your data unless it is predominantly used to serve interests worthy of protection on our part.
The declarations of consent you give us are voluntary and you can withdraw them in relation to the respective purposes at any time with future effect. Consent cannot be withdrawn retroactively since, once data has been processed, processing of it cannot be undone.
You may contact our Data Protection Officer (see above) or the competent data protection supervisory authority.
The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
E-mail: casework@ico.org.uk
Website: https://ico.org.uk/
All Hitex websites use cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer. A cookie enables your browser to recognize you and your most recent settings. We also use cookies that remember your preferences for using a website in order to adjust the content displayed to your personal interests and needs. such as language selection.
You can adjust your browser to inform you of cookies being set and permit this on a case-by-case basis only, permit the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or generally exclude it, as well as automatically delete cookies when you close the browser. Deactivating cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.
Our website may use Google Analytics to collect information about your online activity on the website, such as the web pages you visit, the links you click, and the searches you conduct on the website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come from and the pages they visited.
For more information about the information gathered using Google Analytics please visit https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
You may block the installation of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however Hitex points out that if you do, you may not be able to use all the features of this website. By using this site, you agree to the processing of data collected about you by Google in the manner described above and for the aforementioned purpose.
You have the option to object to this data collection by Google Analytics via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Our website offers you the opportunity of contacting us directly using contact forms. We process the information provided by you via the contact form in line with the purpose detailed previously.
We may include external services and content on our website that are not covered by this data privacy statement. When such services are used, technical communication data such as IP address and browser information will be exchanged between you as the user and the respective provider, and further cookies may be set. In addition, the respective provider will process your personal data for other purposes of its own. We have no influence on this. Please consult the respective providers’ data privacy statements for information on the the services and content included by us.
Social media links embedded on our website (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, LinkedIn, etc.) are not integrated via so-called plug-ins. When you visit our website, no direct link to social media servers will be established. When you click a social media button, you will be transferred to the selected social media service. Hitex accepts no responsibility for the content of other providers’ websites.