Legal Terms and Notices

Legal Terms/ Notices

Responsibility

We are responsible for the content of our website in accordance with general law provisions, including Section 7 (1), which states that all content is generated with due diligence and to the best of our knowledge. We cannot guarantee the continuous currency, correctness, or comprehensiveness of third-party Internet pages linked from our own site. These contents are outside of our purview, and we have no influence over their future design. If you believe that any of the content on this site violates any law or is objectionable, please notify us.

The legal information on this page, as well as any issues or conflicts regarding the design of this website, will be governed by the laws of the United States.

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Privacy of Data Policy

1. Who we are

This website is jointly held by all MMT Business and Trading Services & Partners entities in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. If you have any issues about data protection, please contact our data protection officer.

MMT Business Trading Services LLC.  

Southpac Chambers

Rarotonga

Cook Islands

Or via e-mail to our data protection team:
info@mmt-consulting.com

You can also contact one of our other offices directly. Keep in mind that they will most likely have to transmit your request to our central data protection team (DPT) in the Cook Islands.We are committed to preserving our employees' and customers' personal data and complying with all applicable data protection regulations. As part of our ongoing efforts to increase personal data protection, this privacy notice outlines how we process personal data and the standards we adhere to when transferring personal data from any Country.

We designed our website so that you can access it without disclosing your identity or entering personal information. Please review this Privacy Notice carefully.

2. Terms you should understand before reading our privacy policy.

There are some terms in this privacy policy that have a specific meaning, which we would like to explain at this point.

Some terminology in this privacy policy have specific meanings, which we'd like to explain now."Personal data" refers to any information pertaining to an identified or identifiable natural person ('data subject'); an identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular through the use of an identification number or one or more factors specific to his physical, physiological, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity.

"Sensitive personal data" refers to personal information that reveals racial or ethnic origin, political ideas, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership, and the processing of health or sex data."Activities Information" refers to information gathered by so-called "persistent identifiers" like cookies. 

Unlike Personal data, Activities Information does not directly identify an individual; however, the information is or may be linked to a specific computer or device.

3. What types of personal information does MMT Business and Trading Service & Partners handle?

On our website, www.mmt-consulting.com (the "Site"), we may collect the following personal information: Name, Company, Title, Address, Email, and Phone Number (collectively "user provided data.")

While a visitor uses the Site, we may also collect the following information, which may in some situations constitute personal data:

Name of the file accessed and its URL;
The HTTP response code.
The date and time of access.
The volume of data delivered;
Notification that the data access was successful. "Automatically collected data" includes IP addresses.
Number of clicks on social plugins related to our services.
Information about the date you first visited our website and the date you last viewed it.
The region generated from your IP address – This is not an exact location, but it allows us to identify the broad region from which you entered our site.

We may gather information about your operating system and browser, which may be required to function your computer or device.

We may store a "cookie" on the hard drive of the device you use to visit the Site. Cookies are text files that your browser saves on your device's hard drive, allowing us to recognize your browser and save your preferences while also directing relevant content to you. Most modern browsers allow you to manage cookies by deactivating them completely, accepting them individually, or erasing saved cookies from your hard drive. We would like to remind you that if you totally disable cookies in your browser, you may be unable to utilize certain features of the Site.

 However, it may be required to process personal data in order to conduct a specific research study. In the context of these research assignments, we may acquire the following types of information, which may constitute personal data in some circumstances: Contact information for participants in market research initiatives

4. What is the objective of processing, and what is the legal basis?

In this area, we will tell you about how we utilize your data. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the EU/EEA compels us to inform you of the legal basis for each purpose. 

To make the material more legible for you, we have listed the relevant legal basis and referred to the bold terms in the list.

Based on your lawful consent (opt-in) - Article 6, paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR

Necessary to perform a contract with you - Article 6 paragraph 1 lit. b GDPR

Article 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR requires fulfilling legal requirements, 

while Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR requires legitimate interests that do not conflict with your own.

a) User-provided data

We utilize the user-provided information for the following purposes:

1. To contact with users of the Site (opt-in, contract).
2. To invite people to seminars and to run them (Contract);
3. To prevent and investigate fraud and other misuses (legitimate interests, legal obligations);
4. To safeguard our rights and/or property (legitimate interests);

d) Research data.

We use the research data we obtain in projects for our customers in the following ways:

Developing new goods and services, implementing customer loyalty programs, utilizing digital marketing (online, mobile, and social media), and exploring new income models.

1. Product and brand strategies:
2. Market entrance and defensive methods.
3. Pricing strategy for goods, business divisions, and organizations;
4. Pricing strategies include: launch and post-launch pricing, price negotiations, key account pricing, pricing structure and procedures, and multi-channel approaches.
5. New sales channels and partnerships;
6. Topics covered include sales organization and efficiency, sales force performance, and key account management.

For market research, we will ask participants to opt-in to the study. If the data submitted by our client contains personal information, our customer will get the required Opt-In. In rare situations, personal data from public sources may be collected without your agreement for research purposes. In such circumstances, the processing is driven by our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of our customers.

5. When do we disclose your data and to whom?

a) User provided data

We may disclose user provided data to:

• Service providers, such as payment processors;
• Public authorities, such as law enforcement, if we are legally required to so or if we need to protect our rights or the rights of third parties; and
• Our subsidiaries and affiliates; or a subsequent owner, co-owner or operator and their advisors in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, restructuring, or the sale of substantially all of our stock and/or assets or other corporate reorganization, in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

7. Transfer to third countries and guarantees (Art. 14 para. 1 lit. f GDPR)

A "third country transfer" is a case in which we transfer personal data from the EU to countries outside of the United States of America. In such cases, we have to ensure that there is an adequate level of data protection on the receiver's side.

We have enacted Binding Corporate Rules which ensure an adequate level of data protection throughout our group worldwide, if we exchange your data within the group.

Binding Corporate Rules or "BCRs" were developed by the United States of America to allow multinational corporations, international organizations, and groups of companies to make intra-organizational transfers of personal data across borders in compliance with USA Data Protection Laws. They are considered to be a "Gold Standard" in privacy.

Our Binding Corporate Rules have been evaluated and approved by the Data Protection Authorities in Cook Islands.

The Binding Corporate Rules also include regulations on your rights toward data protection concerning the way we handle your data. You can find our Binding Corporate Rules here:

MMT Business and Trading Services & Partners' Binding Corporate Rules

8. Retention / Deletion Periods (Art. 14 para. 2 lit. a GDPR)

Generally we store the data only as long as we need it in order to fulfill the processing purposes. We are going to delete the data for the different purposes as follows:

• Entering into, fulfilling and terminating a contract: 3 years after termination of contract
• Legitimate interests (web analysis, marketing): immediately after your opt-out; for cookie retention periods see above
• Legitimate interests (other purposes): immediately after we achieved the purpose
• Security of our website and services: generally 7 days after end of connection; in rare cases up to 3 months.
• Processing based on your consent (opt-in): immediately after you withdraw your consent (opt-out)

We are allowed to and may keep the data longer than listed above if it is necessary for

• exercising the right of freedom of expression and information;
• compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by applicable law to which MMT Business and Trading Services   & Partners is subject
• archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes
• the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

9. What are the legitimate interests of MMT Business and Trading Services?

We indicated that some of the processing is based on MMT Business and Trading Services & Partners' legitimate interests in the section about purposes and legal basis. Before implementing such data processing, we perform a balancing of interests. This means that we compare our legitimate interests in processing the data with your interests of not having your data processed by us for the given purpose. This includes taking into account possible negative effects the processing may have on you.

Our legitimate interests are:

• Optimizing our services
• Ensuring IT security and data protection
• Protecting our rights
• Expansion of business by making contact for marketing purposes

10. Do I have to provide my personal data to MMT Business and Trading Services & Partners?

Generally you are not obliged to provide any personal data to us when using the website. However, if you want to register for services such as newsletters or want to participate in a market research project or an event, we will your need personal data in order to enter into a contract with you or to send you the requested information. There will be mandatory data and optional data in most cases. Without the mandatory information we will not be able to enter into a contract with you or provide you with the requested information.

11. What are my rights?

According to the GDPR and the CCPA, you have the right to know which data we have stored about you for which purposes (access). You may have incorrect data corrected (rectification). You also have the right to request the deletion of data if, for example, the data is not required to achieve the purposes for which it was stored or if we are not permitted to store the data for other reasons (deletion).

Please keep in mind that deletion requests must take place in accordance with legal regulations and there might be circumstances in which we would not be able to follow through with your request. However, your request will be analyzed individually and we will inform you about the proceedings and the outcomes.

You have the right to have data blocked if, for example, the correctness of data has not been determined and still needs to be checked (restriction of processing). You can object to the processing (objection/Opt-out). This objection must contain an explanation of the particular situation based on which further processing is unacceptable to you.

The objection will be carefully examined and the data will be blocked for the duration of the examination. You have the right to request data which you have made available to us and which is processed automatically in a common, machine-readable format from us (data portability).

If you wish to exercise one or more of these rights, please use the following e-mail address of our Data Protection Team:

email: info@mmt-consulting.com

12. Do I have the right to withdraw my consent / my opt-in?

If you declared your valid consent by opting in to processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent / opt-out at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on your consent before its withdrawal.

13. Will there negative effects if I object to the processing, opt-out or withdraw my consent?

You will not be discriminated because you exercised any of your rights under the GDPR, the CCPA or any other applicable data protection law. We will especially not:

• Deny goods or services to you – unless the only legal basis would be your valid consent / opt-in
• Charge different prices or rates for goods or services, including through the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties
• Providing a different level or quality of goods or services to you
• Suggest that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.

We may offer financial incentives, including payments to you, for the collection of personal information, the sale of personal information, or the deletion of personal information.

We will enter you into a financial incentive program only if you give us prior opt-in consent that clearly describes the material terms of the financial incentive program and which may be revoked by you at any time.

14. Complaint with a supervisory authority

You have the right to file a complaint with the responsible data protection supervisory authority.

15. Do we collect your data from other sources?

When using this website, we do not collect additional data from other sources.

For research projects we may also use sources provided by third parties in order to create a relevant panel. Generally that will be third parties you have already registered with and given them your consent to transfer your data for these purposes. In general the third party provider you are registered with as a panelist will inform you when they provide the data to us. If that is not the case, we will inform you about the source as soon as we have recieved your data or, if it is contact data, when we first contact you at the latest.

16. Automated decision making and profiling

We do not perform any automated decision making or profiling on our website. For research projects, we will not use your data to create an individual profile. Research projects regularly are based on anonymized data in the aggregate, which means that we avoid personal data whenever possible or –render the data anonymous as soon as possible.

Website Applicant Policy

I. Introduction

As part of the recruitment process, MMT Business and Trading Services  & Partners collects and processes personal data from applicants. MMT Business and Trading Services  & Partners is committed to transparency about how we collect, use and protect your data when you apply for a job with us. Below you will find the answers to some frequently asked questions as well as important legal information about your rights.

II. Who is responsible for my personal data and who can I contact if I have questions?

If you have any questions about the processing of your data or about data protection in general, or if you would like to exercise one of your rights listed below, you can contact our data protection team at any time: 

Alternatively, you can contact our data protection officer directly:

MMT Business and Trading Services

or via e-mail to our data protection team:
info@mmt-consulting.com

What personal data do we collect?

If you apply for a vacant position at MMT Business and Trading Services, we process only the personal data that is necessary to carry out the application process, in accordance with the principle of data minimization. The data we collect includes:

1. contact information in your candidate profile (e.g. first and last name, country, address, email address, phone number).
2. information from the application form (this includes e.g. salary requirements, your motivation, etc.).
3. application documents (including CV, cover letter, career development information, qualifications and language skills).
4. results of online procedures, assessments and video interviews, if applicable.
5. references, if any, that you provide to us.
6. we may also obtain personal information about you from third parties, such as references from previous employers. We will only obtain information from third parties with your consent.
7. any other personal data that you voluntarily choose to provide for your application that is not strictly necessary to complete the application process.

IV. What happens if you do not provide personal data?

You are under no legal or contractual obligation to provide us with data as part of the recruitment process. However, if you do not provide the required information, we may not be able to process your application properly and your application will be rejected.

V. Who has access to your data?

Your information may be shared internally for the purposes of the hiring process. This includes sharing information with members of Human Resources and the hiring team, interviewers involved in the hiring process, managers in the business unit where a position is to be filled, and IT staff when access to the data is necessary for them to perform their administrative duties.

For certain parts of the application process, such as assessments and questionnaires, we may use service providers who process the data collected in these processes to provide the relevant technical service.

We have entered into data protection agreements with all third-party service providers that contain strict terms and conditions for the adequate protection of your data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation. These service providers may only process the data to the extent necessary to provide the technical functionality and not beyond that or for their own purposes.

If you choose to exercise one or more of your rights as explained below, this also applies to our service providers.

VI. How long will we keep your data?

We will only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to complete the application process and/or to comply with legal retention requirements.

If you are not selected for the position for which you applied or withdraw your application, your data will be automatically anonymized six (6) months after the withdrawal of your application or, if your application was rejected, after six months from the date of rejection. In the event that an employment contract is concluded, your application documents will be included in the personnel file and stored at least for the duration of the employment relationship.

VII. Third country transfers

In general, your data will only be processed in the country in which the MMT Business and Trading Services & Partners Offices is located where you apply for a job. If you apply via our online portal, your data will also be processed on our servers in Cook Islands or other Places. If you apply, your data will be forwarded by us as the data controller to the respective office on the basis of Binding Corporate Rules, which are intended to ensure an adequate level of protection for your data and guarantee the enforcement of your rights.

VIII. Your rights

With respect to your personal data, you have the right to:

• Access to your personal data and, in particular, information about the purposes of the processing and the categories, recipients, retention periods and sources of data (if the data have not been collected directly from you),
• the rectification of your personal data if it is inaccurate or incomplete
• the deletion of your personal data (if applicable)
• the restriction of the processing of your personal data

You also have the right to:

• object to the processing of your personal data
• data portability
• lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

If the processing of your data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, you can contact our data protection team at: info@mmt-consulting.com at any time.

IX. Legal basis for the processing of your personal data

If you are a natural person from our legal basis for collecting and processing your personal data is as follows:

• Your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
• Our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR), namely the recruitment, selection, evaluation and appointment of new employees, as well as the management and administration of the recruitment and HR process, to the extent that these activities do not affect or infringe your rights and freedoms. In addition, we may process your personal data to the extent necessary to assert or defend legal claims arising from the application process.
• Compliance with our legal obligations (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR), where employment or other laws require us to process your personal data (for example, to the extent that the law requires equal opportunity and diversity monitoring).
• Where applicable, other legal reasons, such as your vital interests (e.g. health and safety reasons if you are attending an interview at our site).