Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 27, 2023

Introduction

This is the website of BCAS Malta Limited [Co. Reg. No C 83384] and BCAS International Limited [Co. Reg. No C 99879] (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”). The registered address of the Company is at Floor 1, Mompalao Buildings, Tower Street, Msida, MSD 1825, Malta (‘Company’, ‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’). We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website users in the Site or Services (‘user’ or ‘you’ ‘your’). This privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as the “Policy”), will explain how the Company uses the personal data collected from you when you use the Company’s website.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, safeguard and treat your personal information when you visit our website and Company services, including any software, mobile applications, products, devices or other services offered by the Company from time to time and other services offered through third parties integrating Company functionality.

By accessing or using any part of this Website, you acknowledge and agree with the terms of this Policy. In addition, by accessing or using any part of this website you further acknowledge and agree that you shall comply with the Company’s Terms of Use when using or accessing the Website. By providing us with your personal information, you acknowledge and explicitly grant your consent to the Company to process your personal data/personal information in accordance with this Policy and the applicable EU laws and regulations namely, the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (Eu) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council).

Before you disclose to us the personal information of another person, you must obtain that person’s consent to both the disclosure and the processing of that personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following sub-section (Definitions). The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural, masculine or feminine.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Policy means this Privacy Policy accessible through the following URL https://www.bcas.io/privacy-policy
  • Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
  • Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to BCAS Malta Limited [Co. Reg. No C 83384] and BCAS International Limited [Co. Reg. No C 99879] with the following registered address: Floor 1, Mompalao Buildings, Tower Street, Msida, MSD 1825, Malta .
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Country refers to the jurisdiction of Malta.
  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as, inter alia, a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.1
  • Service refers to the services offered through the Website by virtue of the Company which are accessible at  https://www.bcas.io/services
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analysing how the Service is used.
  • Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a user can log in or create an account to use the Service.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • Website refers to the Company’s website, accessible from https://www.bcas.io/.
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Website, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Website, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email addresses;
  • First name and last name;
  • Phone number; and
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City.

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
  • Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

Administered by: The Company

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent any fraudulent use. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: The Company

Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

  • Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: The Company

Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices you make use of the Website. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the Website.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the any contract for the services you would have requested (or of any other contract with the Company).
  • To contact you: To contact you by email or other equivalent forms of electronic communication.
  • To provide you with news and general information about services which we offer that are similar to those that you have already paid for or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
  • For business transfers: We may use your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
  • For other purposes: We may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, marketing and your experience.

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Service.
  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
  • With Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honour this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
  • With business partners: We may share Your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.
  • With Your consent: We may only disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or when we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to request that delete the Personal Data that we have collected about you. However, we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to retain.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a judicial body or a government authority).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of your Personal Data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If You click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

From time to time, we may change this Privacy Policy. If we change this Privacy Policy, we will post the updated privacy policy on the Website, or by posting a notice on our homepage stating that a change has occurred. By continuing to use the Website, you consent to the revised Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:

  • By email: info@bcas.io
  • By mail: Floor 1, Mompalao Buildings, Tower Street, Msida, MSD 1825, Malta

Where can you register your complaint if you have an issue related to Data Privacy?

We value our customers’ comments and we are committed to ensure that all our clients’ data is safeguarded and in line with regulation and our internal policies. Should you feel the need to complain about, or raise your objections, to how we are handling your personal data, then you may contact the Office of the Data Commissioner using the following contact details:

  • You may file a complaint with the Maltese Data Protection Commissioner through the following link: https://idpc.org.mt/
  • Mailing address: Floor 2, Airways House, Triq Il-Kbira, Tas-Sliema SLM 1549
  • Telephone: +356 2328 7100
  • Electronic mail: idpc.info@idpc.org.mt 

1 Article 4(1), Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council