- Provision of websites, apps, products, and services: providing our websites, apps, products, or services; providing promotional items upon request; and communicating with you in relation to those websites, apps, products, or services.
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- The Processing is necessary in connection with any contract that you have entered into with us, or to take steps prior to entering into a contract with us; or
- We have a legitimate interest in carrying out the Processing for the purpose of providing our websites, apps, products, or services (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms); or
- We have obtained your prior consent to the Processing (this legal basis is only used in relation to Processing that is entirely voluntary – it is not used for Processing that is necessary or obligatory in any way).
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- Operating our business: operating and managing our websites, our apps, our products, and our services; providing content to you; displaying advertising and other information to you; communicating and interacting with you via our websites, our apps, our products, or our services; and notifying you of changes to any of our websites, our apps, our products, or our services.
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- The Processing is necessary in connection with any contract that you have entered into with us, or to take steps prior to entering into a contract with us; or
- We have a legitimate interest in carrying out the Processing for the purpose of providing our websites, our apps, our products, or our services to you (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms); or
- We have obtained your prior consent to the Processing (this legal basis is only used in relation to Processing that is entirely voluntary – it is not used for Processing that is necessary or obligatory in any way).
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- Communications and marketing: communicating with you via any means (including via email, telephone, text message, social media, post or in person) to provide news items and other information in which you may be interested, subject always to obtaining your prior opt-in consent to the extent required under applicable law; personalising our websites, products and services for you; maintaining and updating your contact information where appropriate; obtaining your prior, opt-in consent where required; and enabling and recording your choice to opt-out or unsubscribe, where applicable.
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- The Processing is necessary in connection with any contract that you have entered into with us, or to take steps prior to entering into a contract with us; or
- We have a legitimate interest in carrying out the Processing for the purpose of contacting you, subject always to compliance with applicable law (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms); or
- We have obtained your prior consent to the Processing (this legal basis is only used in relation to Processing that is entirely voluntary – it is not used for Processing that is necessary or obligatory in any way).
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- Management of IT systems: management and operation of our communications, IT and security systems; and audits (including security audits) and monitoring of such systems.
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- The Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation; or
- We have a legitimate interest in carrying out the Processing for the purpose of managing and maintaining our communications and IT systems (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms).
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- Health and safety: health and safety assessments and record keeping (including collecting biological sampling data); providing a safe and secure environment at our premises (including monitoring body temperatures on Vale premises in the UK to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in the workplace); and compliance with related legal obligations.
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- The Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation (especially in respect of applicable employment, social security or social protection law); or
- We have a legitimate interest in carrying out the Processing for the purpose of ensuring a safe environment at our premises (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms); or
- The Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of any individual; or
- The Processing is necessary for reasons of public interest in the area of public health; or
- We have obtained your prior consent to the Processing (this legal basis is only used in relation to Processing that is entirely voluntary – it is not used for Processing that is necessary or obligatory in any way).
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- Financial management: sales; finance; corporate audit; and vendor management.
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- We have a legitimate interest in carrying out the Processing for the purpose of managing and operating the financial affairs of our business (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms); or
- We have obtained your prior consent to the Processing (this legal basis is only used in relation to Processing that is entirely voluntary – it is not used for Processing that is necessary or obligatory in any way).
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- Vendor management: collating supplier data for background and compliance checks.
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- The Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation; or
- We have a legitimate interest in carrying out the Processing for the purpose of performing background and compliance checks (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms).
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- Surveys: engaging with you for the purposes of obtaining your views on our websites, our apps, our products, or our services.
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- We have a legitimate interest in carrying out the Processing for the purpose of conducting surveys, satisfaction reports and market research (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms); or
- We have obtained your prior consent to the Processing (this legal basis is only used in relation to Processing that is entirely voluntary – it is not used for Processing that is necessary or obligatory in any way).
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- Security: physical security of our premises (including records of visits to our premises); CCTV recordings; and electronic security (including login records and access details).
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- The Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation; or
- We have a legitimate interest in carrying out the Processing for the purpose of ensuring the physical and electronic security of our business and our premises (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms).
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- Investigations: detecting, investigating and preventing breaches of policy, and criminal offences, in accordance with applicable law.
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- The Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation; or
- We have a legitimate interest in carrying out the Processing for the purpose of detecting, and protecting against, breaches of our policies and applicable laws (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms).
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- Legal compliance: compliance with our legal and regulatory obligations under applicable law.
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- The Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation.
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- Improving our websites, apps, products, and services: identifying issues with our websites, our apps, our products, or our services; planning improvements to our websites, our apps, our products, or our services; and creating new websites, apps, products, or services.
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- We have a legitimate interest in carrying out the Processing for the purpose of improving our websites, our apps, our products, or our services (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms); or
- We have obtained your prior consent to the Processing (this legal basis is only used in relation to Processing that is entirely voluntary – it is not used for Processing that is necessary or obligatory in any way).
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- Establishment, exercise and defence of legal claims: management of legal claims; establishment of facts and claims, including collection, review and production of documents, facts, evidence and witness statements; and exercise and defence of legal rights and claims, including formal legal proceedings.
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- The Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation; or
- We have a legitimate interest in carrying out the Processing for the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending our legal rights (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms); or
- The Processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
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- Recruitment and job applications: recruitment activities; advertising of positions; interview activities; verifying information provided to us; analysis of suitability for the relevant position; records of hiring decisions; offer details; performing background checks; accommodations as part of the recruitment process; and acceptance details.
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- The Processing is necessary in connection with any contract that you have entered into with us, or to take steps prior to entering into a contract with us; or
- The Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation (especially in respect of applicable employment law); or
- We have a legitimate interest in carrying out the Processing for the purpose of recruitment activities and handling job applications (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms); or
- We have obtained your prior consent to the Processing (this legal basis is only used in relation to Processing that is entirely voluntary – it is not used for Processing that is necessary or obligatory in any way).
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- Future opportunities: maintaining databases of unsuccessful candidates; advertising new roles; and invitations to future events.
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- We have a legitimate interest in carrying out the Processing for the purpose of recruitment activities (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms); or
- We have obtained your prior consent to the Processing (this legal basis is only used in relation to Processing that is entirely voluntary – it is not used for Processing that is necessary or obligatory in any way).
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