Privacy Policy

Welcome to the Titan International Limited Privacy Policy.

“This Privacy Policy complies with the EU General Data Protection Legislation (the “GDPR”), (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and the Data Protection Act (Cap 586) of the Laws of Malta together with other applicable laws as they may be amended from time to time. It serves as a notice for our clients including prospective clients, job applicants and those visiting and using the website https://titan.com.mt. It notifies them about the personal data that the Company holds on them, for what purpose it is processed and for how long it is expected to be used.”

INTRODUCTION  

Welcome to the Titan International Limited Privacy Policy.

We respect your privacy and we are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy will inform you as to how we protect your personal data and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHO WE ARE  

PURPOSE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY  

This Privacy Policy aims to give you information on how Titan International Limited collects and processes your personal data, including any data you may provide through this website when you sign up to our newsletter, create an account on our website, purchase our products, send us an email and any data we may collect from you with respect to our relationship with you as a client or prospective client.

It is important that you read this Privacy Policy together with any other privacy or fair processing notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This Privacy Policy supplements the other notices and is not intended to override them.

CONTROLLER  

This Privacy Policy is issued on behalf of Titan International Limited, which is the controller and responsible for your personal data, is referred to as the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our” in this Privacy Policy. Titan International Limited is a company registered under the laws of Malta and forms part of the Mizzi Group of companies.

The Company appointed a data protection officer (DPO) who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions relating to this Privacy Policy, including any requests to exercise your rights, please contact the DPO using the details given below.

CONTACT DETAILS  

Our full details are:

Full name of legal entity: Titan International Limited                                                                                  

Company registration number: C 1115

Email address: dpo@mizzi.com.mt

Postal address: Titan International Ltd, The Lyric, Antonio Bosio Street, Msida

1 - THE DATA WE MAY COLLECT ABOUT YOU 

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified, directly or indirectly. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect personal data from you because of a legal reason or because you have consented us to do so for a specific purpose. Depending on your relationship with us, we may collect, use, store and transfer different categories of personal data about you, which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity Data includes name, surname and/or ID card number.
  • Contact Data includes postal address, email address and telephone number(s).
  • Financial Data includes payment card details.
  • Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us.
  • Technical Data includes IP address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website
  • Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products and services.
  • Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.
  • CCTV Data which includes recordings which are used for public safety interests and the prevention and detection of crime. Recordings also provide enforcement agencies with evidence of criminal activity, for formal actions including prosecutions in court and identification of offenders in investigations. These recordings contain images of the public going about their daily business as well as offenders, persons wanted and missing.
  • CV Data includes identification data, contact data, your qualification and experience and any data you provide voluntarily in your CV when applying for a job with us.

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you. Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.

2 - HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED? 

We collect your personal data through different methods, including:

  • Direct interactions. you may give us your Identity, Contact and Financial Data by filling in forms, agreements or by corresponding with us by phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
  • enter into a contract with us whilst purchasing our products and/or services;
  • fill credit application form and/or jobscard form;
  • fill ‘contact us’ form available on the website; and
  • send us your CV should you be interested in joining our team;
  • Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies and other similar technologies.
  • Publicly available sources. We may receive personal data about you from various public sources such as social media.

IF YOU FAIL TO PROVIDE PERSONAL DATA  

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with information related to your query).

3 - HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Where we need to perform the contract, we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than in relation to sending direct marketing communications to you via email, text message or by post. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by either unsubscribing from our mailing list or by contacting our DPO.

PURPOSE FOR PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.

Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground, we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.

Purpose/Activity   Type of data   Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest  
To provide you with our products and/or services (a) Identity (b) Contact   Performance of a contract with you  
To process purchases: Manage payments, fees and chargesCollect and recover money owed to usProcess delivery (a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Financial (d) Transaction (e) Marketing and Communications (a) Performance of a contract with you (b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts due to us)
Job applicant Personal data included in a CV such as Identity data, Contact data, qualification, skills, experience and employment history; Information about your entitlement to work in Malta (where applicable). Any other information, voluntarily disclosed by you, for which the Company needs to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process.    All of the information you provide during the process will only be used for the purpose of assessing your suitability for the role you have applied for; progressing your application with a view to offering you an employment contract with us; and to fulfil our legal or regulatory requirements where necessary. Processing is necessary in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contractual agreement.
To manage our relationship with you which will include notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy (a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Communications   (a) Performance of a contract with you (b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
To administer and protect our business and this portal (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data)   (a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Technical   (a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise) (b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation  
To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you   (a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Usage (d) Marketing and Communications (e) Technical   Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy)  
To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences   (a) Technical (b) Usage   Necessary for our legitimate interests (to define types of customers for our products and services, to keep our website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy)  
To make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you   (a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Technical (d) Usage   Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our products/services and grow our business)  

MARKETING

We may use your Identity Data, Contact Data, Transaction and Marketing and Communication Data details to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you (we call this marketing).

You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or purchased goods or services from us and, in each case, you never informed us that you wish to stop receiving such information. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing or ask us to stop sending you marketing at any time by either unsubscribing from our mailing list or by contacting our DPO.

COOKIES  

Our site uses cookies, for further information on what cookies are, which cookies we use, how and why we use cookies, and how you can control which cookies are dropped, please read our Cookie Policy.

CHANGE OF PURPOSE  

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact our DPO.

If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the   legal basis which allows us to do so.

Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

1 - SHARING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below:

  • Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers based in Malta who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.
  • Any service providers that may have access to your personal data in rendering us with their support services, for example, IT service providers, payment service providers, marketing service providers etc.
  • Mizzi Group companies. We may disclose personal data processed to other companies within the Mizzi Group in accordance with Intra Group Data Transfer Agreement.
  • Third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy policy.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

2 - INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS  

Generally, we do not transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). If we need to transfer your personal data outside the EEA, in such case, the data will be transferred in accordance with the requirements of the data protection legislation, which may include having appropriate contractual undertakings in legal agreements with the service provider who processes the personal data on our behalf.

3 - DATA SECURITY  

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

4 - DATA RETENTION  

HOW LONG WILL YOU USE MY PERSONAL DATA FOR?  

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

Details of retention periods for different aspects of your personal data are available in our Retention

Policy which you can request from us by contacting our DPO.

In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

5 - YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS  

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. You have right to:

Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.

Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.

Request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.

Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.

Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the data’s accuracy; (b) where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.

Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.

Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.

WHAT WE MAY NEED FROM YOU  

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

TIME LIMIT TO RESPOND  

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

RIGHT TO COMPLAINT

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information and Data Protection Commissioner Office (IDPC), the Maltese supervisory authority for data protection issues. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the IDPC so please contact us in the first instance. The IDPC’s contact details are as follows,

Address:          Level 2, Airways House, High Street, Sliema

Email:              idpc.info@idpc.org.mt

Website:          https://idpc.org.mt/en/Pages/contact/complaints.aspx

Landline:         2328 7100

6 - CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY AND YOUR DUTY TO INFORM US OF CHANGES  

This version was last updated on [28/03/2022] and historic versions can be obtained by contacting us.

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

Privacy Notice – Job Applicant

This Privacy Notice sets out the way in which Titan International Ltd (the “Organisation”, “we” or “us”), collects and processes Personal Data relating to Job Applicants, as well as the steps we take to protect such information. We take data privacy seriously and are committed to managing your personal data professionally and in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), Data Protection Act (Cap 586), and any other Applicable Data Protection and Privacy Laws which may be amended from time to time. Introduction As part of any recruitment process, the Organisation collects and processes personal data relating to Job Applicants. The Organisation is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses the data and to meeting its data protection obligations. This privacy notice is based on the following data protection principles: • The processing of personal data shall take place in a lawful, fair and transparent way; • The collection of personal data shall only be performed for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and will not be further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes; • The collection of personal data shall be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purpose for which they are processed; • The personal data shall be accurate and where necessary, kept up to date; • Every reasonable step shall be taken to ensure that personal data that is inaccurate having regard to the purposes for which they are processed, are erased or rectified without delay; • Personal data shall be kept in a form which permits identification of the data subject for no longer than it is necessary for the purpose for which the personal data are processed; • All personal data shall be kept confidential and stored in a manner that ensures appropriate security. By submitting your personal data, you shall:

• Declare that you have read, understood and accepted this Privacy Notice; • Declare that the information given is complete and true to the best of your knowledge, and understand that incorrect statements could lead to your application being rejected; • Declare that consent was obtained from any third party whose details are included in the information provided; • Authorise us to verify statements contained in your application and to make any necessary checks. What information do we collect? The Organisation may collect the following personal information in the process of submission of forms through the website, addressed to Mizzi Group and subsequently Titan International Ltd: • Your name, surname, and contact details, including email address and phone number. • Your Curriculum Vitae including details of your qualifications, skills, experience and employment history. • Whether or not you have a disability for which the Organisation needs to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. The legal basis we rely on when processing special category data, is Article 9(2)(b) of the GDPR, which also relates to our obligations in employment and the safeguarding of your fundamental rights, and Article 9(2)(h) for assessing your work capacity as an employee and making reasonable adjustments if necessary. • Declaration of clean record which formally declares the existence of a clean criminal record Information about your entitlement to work in Malta. When using this website’s online facilities, data subjects may be required to provide their contact details for contact purposes to: • Communicate with you about the recruitment process. • Keep records related to our recruitment processes. • Comply with legal or regulatory requirements. The information will be stored in locations managed by us directly, including human resources management systems and other business applications. We may collect this information in a variety of ways. From you, from third parties or public sources as needed to support the recruitment process. We shall carry out checks, subject to your consent where required by law. Why does the Organisation process personal data? We need to process your personal data to assess your suitability for the role applied for and eventually to possibly enter into a contract with you. The legal basis for processing your personal data is based on Article 6(1)(c) of the Regulation whereby we ensure to comply with our legal obligations in relation to Employment, Anti-discrimination, and Data Protection laws. The Organisation has a legitimate interest in processing personal data during the recruitment process and for keeping records of the process as per Article 6(1)(f) of the Regulation. Processing data from job applicants allows us to manage the recruitment process, assess and confirm a candidate’s suitability for employment and decide whom to offer a job. We may also need to process data from job applicants in the exercise and defence of legal claims. We also may rely on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR for processing your personal data which relates to the necessary processing to perform a contract or to take steps at your request, before entering into a contract. This same basis will also be relied upon for any contractual agreement we may have in place with recruitment agencies through which you would have submitted your application. We also may process your personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR which relates to consent. In certain instances, due to the nature of the processing operations, we shall only process such personal data upon obtaining consent for one or more specific purposes. Who has access to your data? Your information may be shared internally and externally for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes members of the human resources department, interviewers, managers in the respective areas and external recruitment agencies (if they supplied us the information in the first place). We will not share any of the information you provide with any third parties for marketing purposes. We may disclose your Personal Data to third party entities under the following scenarios: • To comply with our legal obligations or contracts, or to respond to a court order, administrative or judicial process, such as a subpoena or search warrant; • In response to lawful requests by public authorities (such as national security or law enforcement); • As necessary to establish, exercise or defend against potential, threatened or actual litigation; • Where necessary to protect the Organisation’s, your, or those interests of any other person; or • In relation with the assignment, re-organisation or any other transfer of all or part of our services to the interested party. We shall not share your data with any other third parties (unrelated to the recruitment process), unless we request and obtain your explicit consent. When not on our website or when you are redirected to a third-party website, you are no longer subject to this privacy policy and as a result we invite you to read their privacy information clauses. How does the Organisation Protect data? We take the security of your data seriously. We have various controls and internal policies in place to protect your data against loss, misuse and unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Moreover, all efforts are being taken to ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability, and resilience of systems and services processing personal information. If we learn of a security breach, we will inform you of the occurrence of the breach in accordance with applicable law. For how long does the Organisation keep data? If your application for employment is unsuccessful, we will retain your personal information for a period of one (1) year after the end of the closing date of the relevant recruitment process. If your application for employment is successful, the Personal Data gathered during the recruitment process will be transferred to your personal file stored by the Human Resources department and retained throughout the duration of your employment. Once your onboarding is completed, you will be able to access our Data Retention Policy which defines the retention periods for your and other data. Your rights We respect your privacy rights and provide you with reasonable access to the Personal Data that you may have provided to us during the recruitment process. As a data subject, you have the following rights: • The right for information; • The right to access; • The right to rectification; • The right to erasure; • The right to restrict processing; • The right to object; • The right to data portability; • The right to complain to a supervisory authority; and • The right to withdraw consent.   If you would like to exercise any of these rights such as accessing, amending or requesting deletion of any information about you, please contact the Organisation at dpo@mizzi.com.mt. We will respond to these requests within a month, with the possibility to extend this period for particularly complex requests in accordance with Applicable Law. If you believe that the Organisation has not complied with your data protection rights, you can complain to the Lead Supervisory Authority at idpc.info@idpc.org.mt. What if you do not provide personal data? You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide data to the Organisation during the recruitment process. However, if you do not provide the information, we may not be able to process your application properly in part or in full. Contact us Any matters relating to the recruitment process can be forwarded to the following address: info@titan.mizzi.com.mt or Titan International, The Lyric, Antonio Bosio Street, Msida, Malta. Changes to this Privacy Notice Please note that this Privacy Notice may change from time to time. If we change this notice in ways that affect how we use your personal information, we will advise you of the choices you may have as a result of those changes.