Privacy Policy

General Principles:

The First Sol (Company) understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, http://www.thefirstsol.com (“Our Site”) and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.

Please read this Privacy Policy and Our Cookie Policy which constitutes part of this agreement carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using our Site immediately.

What Does This Policy Cover?

This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of our site. Our site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

What Data is Being Collected?

Our Websites (thefirstsol.com):

Data we collect from you through our websites include your name, job title, business / company name, email and phone number. These are details you provide when engaging with us on our contact us / demo request forms. Our site may also place and access certain first-party cookies on your computer or device. These cookies are detailed in our Cookie Policy. This policy is incorporated into this Privacy Policy by this reference.

Job Applicants:

As part of any recruitment process, The First Sol collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. We will collect your work history, contact details, and any other information you have on your CV. We will always be clear about what we are asking for and why, and we will always ask for your consent to provide the information we need to adhere to local employment law.

How Do We Use Your Data?

All personal data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will comply with our obligations and safeguard your rights under the GDPR at all times.

Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal data (e.g. by subscribing to emails), or because it is in our legitimate interests. Specifically, we may use your data for the following purposes:

With your permission and/or where permitted by law, we may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email and/or telephone with information, news, and offers on our products and services. We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that we fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

You have the right to withdraw your consent to us using your personal data at any time, and to request that we delete it. You can do this by using the contact details provided in this Privacy Policy.

How Long Do We Keep Your Data?

How and Where Do We Store Your Data?

We only keep your personal data for as long as we need to in order to use it as described above and/or for as long as we have your permission to keep it.

You are deemed to accept and agree to this by using our site and submitting information to us. If we do store data outside the EEA, We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the EEA and under the GDPR including using GDPR Compliant suppliers to process and store Personal Data.

Do We Share Your Data?

Here at The First Sol, we take your privacy seriously and the information we hold about you is confidential. We may share your information with other companies in our group to provide you with our products and services, maintain your account, and monitor the use of our products and services. This includes our parent companies and their subsidiaries

We may sometimes contract with third parties to supply products and services to you on our behalf. These may include payment processing, delivery of goods, search engine facilities, advertising, and marketing. In some cases, third parties may require access to some or all of your data. Where any of your data is required for such a purpose, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.

We may compile statistics about the use of our site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales, and other information. All such data will be anonymized and will not include any personally identifying data, or any anonymized data that can be combined with other data and used to identify you. We may from time to time share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates, partners, and advertisers. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.

In certain circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain data held by us, which may include your personal data, for example, where we are involved in legal proceedings, where we are complying with legal requirements, a court order, or a governmental authority.

Links to Other Websites

Please note that this data Privacy Policy only applies to The First Sol. If you follow a link to another site from this one, we are not responsible for the safety of the information you give there. You are responsible for reviewing and abiding by the privacy policies of these third-party sites to ensure they comply with the data protection.

What Happens If Our Business Changes Hands?

We may, from time to time, expand or reduce our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of our business. Any personal data that you have provided will, where it is relevant to any part of our business that is being transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use that data only for the same purposes for which it was originally collected by Us.

In the event that any of your data is to be transferred in such a manner, you will not be contacted in advance.

Your Rights and How to Contact Us:

You have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and our use of personal data have been designed to uphold:

You can exercise any of these rights by contacting our company at info@thefirstsol.com.

We’ll respond to your request without delay and at the latest within one month of your request.

You can use the same contact details if you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data. We will do our best to solve the problem for you. For further information about your rights, please contact the relevant authorities.

How Can You Control Your Data?

When you submit personal data via our site, you may be given options to restrict our use of your data. In particular, we aim to give you strong controls on our use of your data for direct marketing purposes (including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in our emails and at the point of providing your details).

How Can You Access Your Data?

You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by us (where such data is held). Under the GDPR, no fee is payable and we will provide any and all information in response to your request free of charge. Please contact us using the contact details provided in this privacy policy.

Your Right to Withhold Information

You may access our site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on our site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of our site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.

When you visit or log in to our website, cookies, and similar technologies may be used by our online data partners or vendors to associate these activities with other personal information they or others have about you, including by association with your email or home address. We (or service providers on our behalf) may then send communications and marketing to these email or home addresses. You may opt out of receiving this advertising by contacting The First Sol.

Cookies Policy

General Principles:

Cookies are small pieces of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s web browser while the user is browsing. Cookies don’t identify you as an individual, they simply collect statistical data about your browsing activities. By using Cookies, We are able to provide you with a better experience and to improve our site by better understanding how you use it. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Cookie Policy is deemed to occur if you continue using our site. If you do not agree to Our Cookie Policy, please stop using Our Site immediately.

How Does Our Site Use Cookies?

Our site may place and access certain first-party Cookies on your computer or device. First-party Cookies are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of our site and to provide and improve our products and services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data are protected and respected at all times. By using our site, you may also receive certain third-party Cookies on your computer or device. Third-party cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than us. Third-party Cookies are used on our Site for analyzing usage of our website.

All cookies used by and on our site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law. We may use some or all of the following types of cookies:

Cookies on our site are not permanent and will expire as indicated in the table below.
For more specific details of the cookies that we use, please refer to the table below.

Consent and Control

When visiting our site you will be shown a pop-up informing you of our use of cookies. By continuing to use our site you are giving your consent to the placing of cookies on your device enabling us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of cookies unless those cookies are strictly necessary; however certain features of our site may not function fully or as intended. You can return to your cookie preferences to review and/or change them at any time by resetting your cookie preferences in your browser.
In addition to the controls that we provide, you can choose to enable or disable cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all cookies or only third-party cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.

All cookies used by and on our site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law. We may use some or all of the following types of cookies:

Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may alter this cookie policy at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you on your first use of our site after the changes have been made. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.

In the event of any conflict between the current version of this cookie policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.