Privacy Policy
At TELECOMCAULIFFE, we take your privacy seriously and this privacy statement explains what personal data or information we collect from you and from people who visit our website and how we use it.
What Personal Data or Information Do We Collect?
The personal information we collect may include your name, address, email address, IP address and information regarding what pages you access on this website and when.
How Do We Collect Data or Information From You?
- Make an inquiry via our website or via the telephone
- Use our website
- Work for or with the business
- Exchange business cards with a member of the business
How Is Your Information Used?
We collect your personal data or information to operate our business effectively and provide you with the best information on our products and services.
We may use your information to:
- To provide new and used surplus telecom and data equipment to you.
- To answer inquiries that you make prior to any agreement or contract.
- To keep you informed about our products.
- To maintain security of our office and IT infrastructure
- To invoice you, and to track payments you make or payments made to you
We believe that all these purposes are justified on the basis of our legitimate interests in running and promoting the business, our contractual requirements to deliver the agreed services to you, and our legal obligations, both as a business and responsible employer. If you would like to know more, please read below:
- Customers
- Prospective Customers
- Business Partners
- Suppliers/Vendors
Details of Our Processing
Suppliers / Vendors
- Contact details
- Bank details
- Description of the services bought
We retain financial records for 6 years, following the end of the current financial year.Data is stored on secure US-based PICS Telecom servers.
Who Has Access to Your Information?
We do not sell or rent your personal data or information to any third party or share your information with third parties for their marketing purposes.
We will disclose your data or information if required by law, for example by a court order or for the prevention of fraud or other crime.
We may pass your information on to our third-party service providers, agents or subcontractors for the purposes of completing a task or providing services to you on our behalf (for example to manage your subscriptions). However, we disclose only the personal information necessary to deliver that service and have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own marketing purposes.
Your Rights
You have certain rights over the processing of your personal information by TELCOMCAULIFFE. These are:
- The right to be informed, which is what this privacy policy is for
- The right to access the data we hold about you
- The right to object to direct marketing
- The right to object to processing carried out on the basis of legitimate interests
- The right to erasure (in some circumstances)
- The right to data portability
- The right to have your data rectified if it is inaccurate
- The right to have your data restricted or blocked from processing
| Type of Data Held | Length of Time Held | How Data is Held | |
| Customers |
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We will retain information about you for the duration of our contractual relationship with you, then for an additional 6 years.
We retain financial records for 6 years, following the end of the current financial year. |
Data is stored on secure US-based PICS Telecom servers. |
| Prospective Customers |
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We will retain information about you for the duration of the enquiry, then a further 2 years. | Data is stored on secure US-based PICS Telecom servers. |
| Suppliers / Vendors |
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We retain financial records for 6 years, following the end of the current financial year. | Data is stored on secure US-based PICS Telecom servers. |
How You Can Update Your Information
The accuracy of your information is important to us. If you change your contact details or if you want to update any of the information we hold on you, please contact us by email bmcauliffe@picstelecom.com, by post at PICS Telecom, attn: Bill McAuliffe,1920 Lyell Ave, Rochester, NY 14606. Alternatively, you can telephone us on 585-785-5472.
How You Can Access Your Personal Information
You have the right to ask for a copy of the personal information PICS Telecom International Ltd, hold relating to you. Please contact us by email bmcauliffe@picstelecom.com, by post at PICS Telecom, Attn: Bill McAuliffe, 1920 Lyell Ave, Rochester, NY 14606. Alternatively, you can telephone us on 585-785-5472.
Keeping Your Data Secure
When you give us personal information we take steps to ensure that it’s treated securely and strive to protect it on our internal systems.
Emailing Us
We use Transport Layer Security (TLS) to encrypt and protect email traffic in line with government standards. If your email service does not support TLS, you should be aware that any emails we send or receive may not be protected in transit.
We will also monitor any emails sent to us, including file attachments, for viruses or malicious software. Please be aware that you have a responsibility to ensure that any email you send is within the bounds of the law.
User of Cookies by This Website
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Unless you have set your browser to block cookies, this site will place the following cookies on your computer.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
| Google Analytics | _ga _gid_gat |
Google Analytics gathers information allowing us to understand interactions with our websites and ultimately refine that experience to better serve you. |
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help us analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for our website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
To opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Changes to This Privacy Notice
We keep our privacy notice under regular review. This privacy notice was last updated on 4 May 2018.
View the PICS Telecom Privacy Policy here.