Privacy Policy
By using our services, you have read and accepted our Privacy Statement and how we use personal data and our terms of use.
If you have questions, contact us at post@aakp.no
Use of personal data
The responsible party for handling your personal information is:
ÅKP AS
Organization number: 981 575 679
Address:
Borgundvegen 340
6009 Ålesund
Email: post@aakp.no
Your personal information and customer information you provide during registration are treated with strict confidentiality. They will never be sold, exchanged, or given away unless we are forced to by law.
Only authorized personnel with us have access to your information and data. This is solely to provide customer service and to monitor suspicions of abuse of our services.
We send out emails to registered users to provide useful information about our services and events.
If you are subscribed to our newsletters (ÅKP, GCE Blue Maritime, Blue Legasea), you will receive this. This type of marketing can be unsubscribed from by following the unsubscribe link at the bottom of such an email or by clicking "Unsubscribe from newsletter" on our homepage under "Newsletter".
Affiliated companies/subsidiaries/program:
ÅKP Blue Innovation Arena AS
GCE Blue Maritime Cluster
NCE Blue Legasea
Digicat Norwegian Catapult Center
MAFOSS
Information about personal data we collect
When you use our services such as signing up for courses, seminars, events, etc., we may collect information about you. This is information about you that is necessary to provide the requested service.
Below you can see an overview of what information we collect/may need to collect:
Registration for courses, seminars, and other events:
Email address
Phone number
Billing address
First name
Last name
Employer
Job title
Newsletter:
Email address
First name
Last name
We are constantly working to improve our services, and in this regard, we may also collect additional information from you. This is voluntary, and only if you wish to provide feedback on our services. You can do this by contacting us at the email address at the bottom of this page.
Our use of your information
Our protection of your personal information is important, and we will only collect data about you in the manner described in this privacy policy. In short, we use your information to provide you with good services that we are constantly working to improve.
Here is what we use your information for:
Developing, improving, maintaining, delivering, and protecting our services
Using information we have collected from cookies to improve the services
Communicating with you via email. For example, to respond to your inquiries to us or to share information about our events or services that we believe you may be interested in
Monitoring how our customers use our services
Marketing our or affiliated companies' services and events
Customizing marketing and information exchange
If you do not wish for ÅKP to use your personal information for marketing, you can unsubscribe from these services at any time by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of the newsletter.
How do we share your information?
ÅKP will not share your information with a third party without your permission, except in limited situations, as follows:
Personal data we collect from you may be shared with our service providers:
Sparebank1 Regnskapshuset SMN – invoicing related to any participation fees
Atom CMS (Avento AS) – email dispatch, if you are subscribed to our newsletters or give consent to send you information about an event you have registered for
We may disclose your personal data to comply with a legal or judicial requirement, if we believe it is necessary to comply with the law, or to protect or defend ÅKP, our affiliates, our service providers' rights and interests, or the rights and interests of our users
The security of the data we collect
The security of your personal information is important to us. Therefore, we use industry-standard technology and processes, such as firewalls, security software, etc., to protect against unauthorized access. However, no system can be 100% secure, and despite our efforts to protect your information, there will always be a risk associated with unauthorized access to your personal information. By using our services and accepting the terms, you acknowledge this risk.
Child
We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under 13 years of age, and our services are not directed at children under 13 years of age. If you are under 13 years old, we ask that you do not provide any personal information to us. We encourage parents and guardians to monitor their children's internet use and to help us strengthen our privacy by instructing their children never to disclose personal information to our services without their permission. If you find that children under 13 years old have submitted personal information to us, please contact us so that we can delete this information from our database.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
Occasionally, it is necessary to make changes to the privacy policy. Therefore, we reserve the right to update and/or change the privacy policy at any time. When this is done, we will notify you of this. We ask you to read through the privacy policy periodically, and especially before you register or use our services. The date when this privacy policy was last updated is stated at the top of this page.
Your rights
You can update, change, or request the deletion of the personal information we have about you at any time. You can also change your preferences regarding marketing and whether you want information about events, courses, and seminars that you have registered for.
To unsubscribe from our newsletter, use the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the newsletter or you can do it via www.aakp.no
Use my personal information and participant history, such as previous participation in courses, events, and/or seminars, to customize marketing and to improve services and provide information about relevant events we offer
Use my personal information to provide information that is necessary to deliver the service that has been requested or, for example, changes in times for an event
If you have questions or need assistance, you can contact us at post@aakp.no
Cookies
Please note that we use cookies on our websites. If your browser is set to accept cookies, you consent to the website using cookies.
A cookie is a text file created by the websites you visit and may contain information about you as a user. These text files are stored on your computer and allow you to automatically fill in passwords, for example. Information from cookies may be used to improve our services and the websites of ÅKP and affiliated companies and to target marketing or offers of our services.
If you do not wish to accept cookies, you can prevent such files from being stored on your computer by changing the settings in your browser. You can also delete cookies that have been used previously. If you need help with this, you can contact the customer service for your browser. Even if you do not wish to use cookies, you can still use our websites, but functionality may be more limited.
Here is an overview of the cookies we use on our websites:
Name: Google Analytics
Purpose: Gathers information on how visitors use the website. We use this information to create reports and further improve the website. The cookies only collect information that is anonymous, such as the number of visitors to the website, where visitors come from, and which pages they visit. Read more about these on Google.
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
Name: Facebook
Purpose: Gathers information about visitors to customize marketing on Facebook.
Social Media
ÅKP and our affiliated companies/subsidiaries/programs have Facebook pages, Instagram profiles, Twitter profiles, and LinkedIn profiles associated with our business and marketing. On the Facebook pages, there is a like button that can register your IP address and which page you open on our websites. Facebook may store cookies for functionality. The social media we use are operated by a third party. Your use of features from these is subject to the privacy policies of the relevant company.
Consent Terms
It is voluntary to register for our newsletter. We process personal data in accordance with the Personal Data Act. If you wish for us to tailor marketing and information related to our services to you, you can give us consent to use your personal data for these purposes.
By giving consent, I accept that ÅKP can:
Store participant history, including first name, last name, employer, and email address, in our systems, in order to provide service after an event/course/seminar
Store participant history, including first name, last name, employer, and email address, in our systems, in order to document participant lists in accordance with the reporting requirements ÅKP is subject to regarding public funding of the program ÅKP participates in
Contact
Please note that if you unsubscribe from our newsletter, you will still receive replies from us when you email the company, but you will not receive emails regarding promotions and marketing.
Feel free to contact us if you have feedback about our services or events. If you have questions about this privacy policy, contact us at post@aakp.no
We have office hours from 08:00 to 16:00 Monday to Friday.