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User Rights Overview

[Last modified: December 27, 2018]

MacSearch (“Company” or “we” or “us”) values the privacy rights of our user (“you” or “yours”).
Thus, we have designed this User Right Overview (“Overview”) as a summary of individuals’ rights under
the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), which shall apply to you in the event you are a
resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”). If you wish to submit a request to exercise any of your
rights, please fill in the form available at: here, and send it to: info@macextensions.info

 

Your Right to be Informed
You have the right to be informed why and how we process personal data. This right includes, among
others, the reasons and lawful basis for processing personal data, and additional information necessary
to ensure the fair and transparent processing of personal data. Please see our Privacy Policy for such
information.

 

Access
You have a right to request us to confirm whether we process certain personal data related you, as well
as a right to obtain a copy of such personal data, with additional information regarding how and why we
use this personal data. After we receive such request, we will analyze and determine the veracity and
appropriateness of the access request and provide you with the applicable confirmation of processing,
the copy of the personal data or a description of the personal data and categories of data processed, the
purpose for which such data is being held and processed, and details about the source of the personal
data if not provided by you. Our response detailed above will be provided within the period required by
law.

Rectification
If personal data held by us is not accurate, you may require us to update such data so it is accurate.
Further, in the event we have passed on incorrect information about you to a third party, you also have
a right to oblige us to inform those third parties that the applicable information should be updated.
 

Erasure ("right to be forgotten")
You have the right to require us to erase certain personal data, subject to fulfillment of specific
conditions. We are required to comply with a request to exercise the right to be forgotten, and delete
the requested personal data if: (i) the applicable personal data is no longer needed for the original
purpose for which it was collected and in addition, there is no new lawful basis for continued processing;
(ii) the lawful basis for processing is consent of you request to withdrew the consent provided by you;
(iii) you have exercised you right to object to the processing of your personal data by us, and we have no
overriding grounds for the processing of such personal data; (iv) the personal data is processed by us
unlawfully; or otherwise, the erasure of your personal data is necessary to comply with applicable laws.


In addition, in the event we have passed on your personal data to a third party, you have the right to us
to request those third parties to erase such information. Please note that, this right to erasure is not
absolute
. Even if you fall under the aforesaid conditions, we are entitled to reject your request to erase
the data in the event that we find it (subject to applicable laws): (i) necessary to comply with legal
obligations; (ii) necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (iii) necessary for scientific
purposes, etc.


Object

With regards to personal data processed by us under the lawful basis of our legitimate interests, you
may object to our processing on such grounds. However, even if we receive your objection, we will be
permitted to continue processing the personal data in the event that (subject to applicable laws and
regulations): (i) our legitimate interests for processing override your rights, interests and freedoms; or
(ii) the processing of such personal data is necessary to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim or
right, etc.


Restriction
You may request to limit the purposes for which we process your personal data in the event that: (i) the
accuracy of the data is contested; (ii) restriction is requested instead of erasure where the processing is
considered to be unlawful; (iii) we no longer need the personal data for its original purpose, but the data
is still required to establish, exercise or defend legal rights; or (iv) consideration of overriding grounds in
the context of an erasure request.


Data Portability
You may request us to send or "port" your personal data held by us to a third-party entity, however
solely when: (i) you have provided us the personal data; (ii) it is processed automatically; (iii) it is
processed on the legal bases of either consent or fulfilment of a contract.

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