Privacy Notice

Vigilance is committed to protect the privacy of individuals who visit the website and who make use of the online facilities. 

This privacy notice provides you with information in terms of Article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation and can be easily accessible via a link at the bottom of each web page.

1. Data Controller

The data controller of this website is Vigilance.

2. Information Collected and Purpose

2.1  Cookies

Cookies are small pieces of data that the site transfers to the user’s computer hard drive when the user visits the website. This website doers not make use of cookies.

2.2  Personal data provided by the data subject

When using this website’s online facilities, data subjects may be required to provide their contact details for contact purposes.

All information provided in the Contact section will be solely used by Vigilance and it’s staff as may be necessary to provide you with the required advice, remedy or service and for other administrative reasons for the purposes of enabling the Vigilance to exercise its tasks.

The legal basis we rely on to process your personal data is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR that allows us to process personal data when this is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests.

No third parties have access to your personal information unless specifically provided by law.

2.3 Recipients of the personal data

We will not share your information with any third parties for the purposes of direct marketing or for any other purposes.

2.4  Your rights as data subjects

As an individual you may exercise your rights to the personal data processed by Vigilance, including: 

Your right of access
You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal data that is being processed.

Your right to rectification
You have the right to ask us to modify your personal data in case you belief that your personal data is not correct, up to date or accurate.

Your right to erasure
You have the right to ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances. 

Your right to restriction of processing
You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances. 

Your right to object to processing
You have the right to object to processing unless such processing is in our legitimate interests. 

Your right to data portability
You have the right to ask us to provide you with an electronic copy of the personal data that you have provided.  You may also request us to forward such data to another controller. This right only applies if we are processing information based on your consent and processed by automated means.

Your right to withdraw your consent
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time if such processing is based on point (a) of Article 6(1) or point (a) of Article 9(2), without affecting the lawfulness of such processing taking place before its withdrawal.

No fees are applicable when exercising your rights. You will be provided with a response within one month.

Please contact info@vigilance.mt if you wish to make a request and exercise your rights.

3. Links to Other Websites

​To give you a better service our site can connect you with a number of links to other local and international organisations and agencies. When connecting to such other websites you will no longer be subject to this policy but to the privacy policy of the new site. 

4. Website Security Measures

This site uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to ensure secure transmission of your personal data.  You should be able to see the padlock symbol in the status bar on the top left-hand corner of the browser window.  The url address also starts with https:// depicting a secure webpage.  SSL applies encryption between two points such as your PC and the connecting server.  Any data transmitted during the session will be encrypted or scrambled and then decrypted or unscrambled at the receiving end.  This will ascertain that data cannot be read during transmission.

5. Changes to this Privacy Policy

If there are any changes to this privacy policy, we will replace this page with an updated version. It is therefore in your own interest to check this policy any time you access our web site so as to be aware of any changes which may occur from time to time.

6. Feedback

Any comments or suggestions that you may have and which may contribute to a better quality of service in relation to this website will be welcome and greatly appreciated.