Privacy and Cookie Policy

Grieg Connect AS

This Privacy Policy and our use of cookies apply only to the griegconnect.com website. They do not govern the use of the Grieg Connect software, other platforms, or any other services provided by Grieg Connect AS. For information about the Terms of Service governing our products and services, please refer to our Terms of Service
page.

For information about how personal data is handled in the ISPS e-course, please see the separate Privacy Policy for the ISPS e-course provided below.

Valid from 01.10.2020
Last updated 27.10.2025

This statement on the use of cookies at griegconnect.com is intended to assist you as a visitor at griegconnect.com to understand which Personal Data we collect, why we collect Personal Data, how Personal Data is being used by us and what rights you have as a user.

Grieg Connect AS use cookies at griegconnect.com. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer when loading a webpage. The cookies allow us to understand the behavior of users visiting our website, so that we can improve our user experience. The cookies also allow us to monitor and address actions taken and thus provide better pages, spot-on marketing and in the end better products.  Most web browsers automatically accept these files, but they could also be turned off, should the user want to.  If these are disabled website, website use can be somewhat limited.

Grieg Connect AS is the Controller for the processing of Personal Data as described in this Statement on Use of Cookies.

1. PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT

1.1 By visiting griegconnect.com, we may collect the following indirectly identifying personal data about you with your consent or permission, such as:

  • Name and surname
  • E-mail address
  • Mobile number
  • Company, and address of the company or other firm
  • Position within the organization
  • Data provided by the user regarding the user’s firm
  • Information on the use of Grieg Connect products and services
  • Customer satisfactions queries, questionnaires etc.
  • Technical information about browsing the website, such as language, country, IP address, device type, operating system, and other information collected through cookies. This information is collected only with your consent.

2. LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA

Upon visiting griegconnect.com, you agree that Grieg Connect AS may place cookies and process Personal Data as described in this Statement, in accordance to The Electronic Communications Act (ekomloven) § 2-7 b.

You can edit or withdraw your consent at any time. To do so, you can delete saved cookies through your browser settings. All major browsers allow you to restrict or disable the use of cookies. Please note that withdrawing your consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out based on your consent before it was withdrawn.

You can read about how to configure your browser to accept/reject cookies, and get tips for safer use of the Internet at www.nettvett.no. Please note that if you reject cookies, it may affect the functionality and user experience on our website as well as other websites.

3. HOW WE COLLECT DATA

Information about registrants is collected regularly from the following sources:

Directly from the individual via website forms (e.g., Mailchimp form, contact form)

Through cookies and similar technologies, provided that the registrant has given their consent.

4. HOW WE USE THE PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT

The Personal Data collected by Grieg Connect AS are used for the following purposes:

4.1 Statistics and analysis

Grieg Connect AS collects information about visitors at griegconnect.com to compile statistics on how visitors use the website. The purpose is to improve and further develop the information services on our website. Examples of what the statistics provide answers to, are the number of users visiting different pages, how long the visit lasts, what websites users come from and what kind of browsers visitors are using. This information does not contain user-specific details and is collected only when you give your consent.

4.2 Marketing

Grieg Connect will use information from the cookies to create and deliver informative value-added newsletters for the client base, and for marketing of products to users based on their consents, compliant with EU law.

4.3 User experience

Grieg Connect will use information from the cookies to:

  • excel in customer service, customer relationship management as well as sales and support.
  • personalize the user’s experience.
  • excel in the delivery and development of products and services
  • treat personal date keeping in mind statutory obligations
  • allow swift and immediate responses to enquires for new products and assistance with products related support

5. OVERVIEW OF COOKIES

Below is an overview of the cookies used at griegconnect.com, The table contains the name of the cookies, category, a description of the purpose, the name of the supplier and how long they are stored in the browser.

6. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA TO THIRD PARTIES

Personal data collected through cookies at griegconnect.com is not disclosed to third parties. The services used at griegconnect.com are provided by trusted suppliers who are bound by data processing agreements and process personal data solely on behalf of and under the instructions of Grieg Connect AS.

Personal data may also be shared with companies within the same corporate group or with reliable partners who assist in maintaining, developing, or marketing our services, always in accordance with applicable privacy laws and under appropriate data protection agreements.

7. YOUR RIGHTS

If Grieg Connect processes personal data about you, you have the right to request access to the personal data for which Grieg Connect is the controller for. You may also request correcting, erasure, and restriction in the processing of personal data in accordance with applicable data privacy legislation.

Requests as mentioned above may be submitted to info@griegconnect.com.

If you are of the opinion that Grieg Connect has failed to comply with your privacy rights, you are within your right to submit a complaint to the applicable data protection authority (Datatilsynet).

8. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICT STATEMENT AND USE OF COOKIES

Grieg Connect reserves the right to adjust and modify this statement on use of cookies, for example in case of changed regulatory requirements. If this statement is revised significantly, we will inform you the next time you are visiting griegconnect.com and ask you for a new consent.

Terms of use for e-course site GDRP

These terms relates to the use of Grieg Connect ISPS e-courses delivered on an external Moodle platform.

The user terms are about how Grieg Connect AS collects, processes and uses personal data from registration and participation in our e-learning course.

Data controller

Grieg Connect AS is the data controller for the processing of this personal information. EFAKTOR AS is your data processor. Grieg Connect AS and EFAKTOR AS have entered into a data processing agreement.

Personopplysninger som behandles

We process the personal information you provide: name, e-mail address, telephone number, place of work, date of birth, as well as an overview of course certificates and course and grade history and IP address. The purpose of the processing is to offer users training and document completed training, as well as to ask for evaluation afterwards. The personal information is collected when you register on the portal itself, update your profile and complete a course.

Registering personal information is a prerequisite for the creation of a user for course participants. We further process the personal information in order to be able to keep anonymous user statistics. The statistics help us to see how many, and what types of user groups, use the courses.We do not want to share, sell, transfer or otherwise disclose personal information to others. Course managers only have access to the personal information associated with the course they themselves are responsible for. Only EFAKTOR AS operates the solution, and portal managers at Grieg Connect AS have access to all personal information.Your personal data will only be processed in Norway.

Legal basis

Information such as name, e-mail address, telephone number, place of work, date of birth, course and grade history, course certificate and IP address are used to fulfill an agreement on training and to be able to issue the correct course certificate based on name and date of birth, and the legal basis for this treatment is the personal protection regulation article 6, no. 1 letter b.

Storing and deleting personal information

Grieg Connect AS deletes user info upon request

Your rights include the right to:

  • information about how your personal data is processed
  • to demand access to own personal data
  • to demand correction or deletion of own personal data
  • to demand that the processing of own personal data be limited
  • data portability
  • to object to automatic decisions, including profiling
  • to complain to the Data Protection Authority.

You can contact the data protection officer via your profile page or at support@griegconnect.com to exercise your rights.

Security measures

Satisfactory technical, physical and organisational security measures have been implemented to protect personal data covered by this agreement against unauthorised or illegal access, alteration, deletion, damage, loss or unavailability.

Use of cookies

Moodle, which EFAKTOR AS operates in Norway, uses the following cookies:

MoodleSession is used to hold the session created when you log into Moodle. This cookie expires in one hour, unless you have logged out or the portal administrator has set a shorter time for inactivity in the portal’s settings.

_cfuid is used to remember which username you last logged in with. This cookie is stored for one year, unless you clear temporary internet files on your machine before then. The cookie does not contain any sensitive information.