Whitewater Group respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and protect information when you visit our website, contact us, apply for a role or otherwise interact with us.
Whitewater Group is an international engineering company specialising in water treatment, water infrastructure and associated engineering services.
For the purposes of applicable data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Whitewater Group is responsible for the personal data collected through this website.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we use your personal information, you can contact us through the details provided on our Contact page.
Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect information including:
Your name, email address, telephone number and company details.
Information submitted through website enquiry or contact forms.
Information provided when applying for employment opportunities.
Communications you send to Whitewater Group.
Technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device type and information about how you use our website.
Cookie and analytics information, where applicable and subject to your consent.
We only collect personal information that is relevant to the purpose for which it is required.
We may use your personal data to:
Respond to enquiries and requests for information.
Communicate with customers, prospective customers, suppliers and business partners.
Assess and manage employment applications.
Provide information about our services and capabilities.
Manage and improve the performance, security and usability of our website.
Understand how visitors interact with our website.
Meet our legal, regulatory and contractual obligations.
Protect our business, systems and users from fraud, misuse or security threats.
Where required under GDPR, we process personal information on the basis of your consent, the performance of a contract, compliance with a legal obligation or our legitimate business interests.
If you apply for a position with Whitewater Group, we may collect information contained in your CV, application, correspondence and other information you choose to provide.
This information will be used for recruitment and selection purposes and may be shared with relevant employees or recruitment partners involved in the hiring process.
Recruitment information will only be retained for as long as reasonably necessary and in accordance with our applicable data retention procedures.
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to support essential website functionality, understand website usage and improve the visitor experience.
Where legally required, non-essential cookies will only be used after you have provided your consent.
Further information about the cookies used on this website, including how you can manage your preferences, is available in our Cookie Policy.
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share personal information with trusted third parties where necessary, including:
IT, website hosting and technology providers.
Professional advisers and service providers.
Recruitment providers.
Analytics and website performance providers.
Other Whitewater Group companies or offices where required for legitimate business purposes.
Government, regulatory or law-enforcement authorities where legally required.
Where third parties process personal information on our behalf, we take appropriate steps to ensure that the information is handled securely and in accordance with applicable data protection law.
As Whitewater Group operates internationally, personal information may in some circumstances be transferred to or accessed from countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
Where this occurs, we will take appropriate measures to ensure that personal information receives an adequate level of protection in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to meet legal, accounting, contractual or regulatory requirements.
Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information and our relationship with you.
Whitewater Group takes appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.
While we take reasonable measures to protect information submitted through our website, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Under GDPR and applicable data protection legislation, you may have the right to:
Request access to the personal information we hold about you.
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
Request deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Request restriction of the processing of your information.
Object to certain types of processing.
Request the transfer of your information where applicable.
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact Whitewater Group.
You also have the right to make a complaint to the relevant data protection supervisory authority. In Ireland, this is the Data Protection Commission (DPC).
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. Whitewater Group is not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of external websites.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, business activities, legal requirements or data protection practices.
The most recent version will always be published on this page, together with the date it was last updated.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your data protection rights or have concerns about how your personal information is handled, please contact Whitewater Group using the contact details provided on this website.
