This Personal Information Notice is to inform you of the collection, processing, and sale of certain personal information or personal data about you ("Personal Information"). Veridion uses information found on company websites and social media platforms to create professional profiles of businesses ("Business Profiles"). As part of that effort, we collect business contact and similar information related to individuals when they are working in their professional or employment capacity. We provide this information to our customers, who are businesses trying to reach business professionals for their own business-to-business sales, marketing, and procurement activities.
Please note that email addresses will not be used or sold for marketing purposes.
What are the benefits of being included in the Veridion Business Directory?
- Veridion helps businesses get discovered by procurement teams from leading organizations searching for new potential suppliers; this brings the most accurate information about your business in front of a vast network of potential buyers and enables your business to engage in lucrative partnerships.
- Veridion works with financial institutions, so your business can benefit from a streamlined experience when dealing with a plethora of banking and financial services. Fast commercial loan processes, accurate and near-instant insurance quotes, and greater visibility for investment opportunities are just a few of the perks that Veridion enables for your business in the realm of banking and financial services.
- Veridion rewards your sustainable business decisions. By providing data about your ESG profile and actions, we help your business get a stronger position in front of potential customers and partners who consider ESG factors when doing business.
- Ensure that providers of services for your businesses who work with us can contact you even if you move location, change jobs, or lose staff.
- Protect yourself against fraud. Helping financial institutions prove that they know their customers and prevent fraud. Businesses using Veridion data to verify their data are less likely to be victims of fraud and less likely to unwittingly allow third parties to become victims of fraud as they can better spot "old" or partial data being used for nefarious intentions.
You can opt out of our database by accessing the GDPR opt-out form available here.
You can access an in-depth description of the operations and legal implications regarding your personal information or personal data through our Privacy Policy.
Personal Information Processed
In connection with our creation of Professional Profiles, we may collect and process any or all of the following types of Personal Information about you:
- Name
- Telephone number (general or direct business numbers, faxes, and/or mobile numbers)
- Email address, including business and/or other email addresses (including "freemails" such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.)
- Note; emails will not be used or sold for marketing purposes.
- Job title and department
- Office address
- Company name
- Links to social media profiles
Purpose of Processing
Veridion processes this information for purposes including organizing and making available Professional Profiles and Business Profiles to our customers for their direct marketing, sales, and/or procurement activities via our products and services, or to customers who sublicense such data to their customers for any of the same purposes; testing, developing, improving, and enhancing our products and services; and for our own direct marketing, sales and procurement purposes. Profile information is provided to our customers or partners subject to restrictive license agreements that limit the use to those specified purposes and prohibits the unauthorized use or transfer of the information.
Lawful Basis
Veridion's processing of your Personal Information is normally based on the legitimate interest of itself and its customers and partners to engage in direct marketing, sales, and procurement activities, and Veridion's legitimate interests in organizing and making available Professional and Business Profiles, given the limited impact that this use of this business contact and similar information presents to an individual's private life. We may also rely on other legal bases in certain situations, including for performance of a contract with you, as necessary for compliance with a legal obligation, or consent, as applicable.
Categories of Recipients
This Personal Information may be provided, subject to restrictive license agreements, to Veridion's customers, its partners, or the customers of its partners. These recipients are business organizations who are permitted to use the information only for lawful sales, marketing, and recruiting purposes. The substantive terms of Veridion's license agreements may be reviewed from time to time.
Retention Period
Veridion endeavors to provide the most accurate information possible to its Customers. We seek to verify the accuracy of our information as frequently as possible and to remove information that we learn to be inaccurate. Thus, we intend to process the information we have about you for so long as it is accurate or until you instruct us to refrain from processing it.
Your Rights
You have the right to request that Veridion (1) provide you with access to your Personal Information, (2) rectify or correct your Personal Information, (3) erase your Personal Information, or (4) restrict processing of your Personal Information, including refraining from selling it or otherwise providing it to any third parties. You also have the right to object to processing, to data portability, and to lodge a complaint with the appropriate supervisory authority in your country, if any. The foregoing rights may be subject to certain limitations pursuant to applicable law.
International Transfers
Veridion may transfer Personal Information internationally. We ensure that transfers of Personal Information to a third country are subject to appropriate safeguards, such as the UK or EU Standard Contractual Clauses, as applicable.
Sources of Personal Information
Veridion gathers Personal Information from several sources, which include publicly available sources such as websites and government records. Because information from several sources may be combined into one record, it may be difficult to identify the exact source of one particular piece of information.
Who We Are
Veridion is Dataworks Research SRL, and we are located at Str. Nicolae G. Caramfil 49, București 077190, Romania. Our Data Privacy Officer, Mihai Vinaga, can be reached at privacy@veridion.com. Veridion is a limited liability company registered in Romania and the United States.
