Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how The Green Charter collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you use our website and services. The Green Charter website and service are provided and managed by Opticare Innovations Ltd.
1. Data Controller
Opticare Innovations Ltd is the data controller for the personal information we collect through our website and services.
2. Information We Collect
Information You Provide: We collect information you voluntarily provide to us, such as:
- Contact information (name, email address, phone number, company name)
- Membership details (industry body membership number)
- Sustainability-related information (uploaded documents, details of sustainability procedures and processes)
Information Automatically Collected: We may automatically collect certain information about your device and your use of our website, such as:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Pages visited
- Time and date of visits
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your information for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our services: This includes processing your membership applications, validating your sustainability documents, and issuing certificates.
- To communicate with you: We may use your contact information to send you important notices, updates, and marketing communications (you can opt-out of marketing communications at any time).
- To improve our services: We may use your information to analyse website traffic, identify trends, and improve the user experience.
- To comply with legal and regulatory obligations: We may use your information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, such as GDPR.
4. Data Security
We take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, and disclosure. These measures include:
- Implementing appropriate technical and organizational measures, such as encryption and access controls.
- Regularly reviewing and updating our security measures.
- Complying with ISO 27001, an internationally recognized standard for information security management.
5. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law.
6. Data Sharing
We may share your personal information with the following third parties:
- Industry Body: We may share your membership information with the relevant industry body.
- Third-party service providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us in providing our services, such as data storage providers and email marketing platforms.
- Law enforcement and regulatory authorities: We may disclose your information to law enforcement and regulatory authorities as required by law.
7. Your Rights
Under GDPR, you have the following rights:
- Right to access: You have the right to request access to your personal information.
- Right to rectification: You have the right to request the rectification of inaccurate personal information.
- Right to erasure: You have the right to request the erasure of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Right to restriction of processing: You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Right to data portability: You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller.
- Right to object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
- Opticare Innovations Ltd
- First Floor, Orion House, Orion Way, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6PE
- webservices@opticareinnovations.co.uk
9. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated Privacy Policy on our website.