Privacy Policy
Privacy policy for ARGO DEFENCE GROUP AB (publ)
1. ARGO DEFENCE safeguards your personal integrity
Argo Defence Group AB (publ), corp. reg. no. 559529-0734, (the ”Company”) respects your privacy and is committed to maintaining a high level of security and integrity regarding your personal data. The Company is also committed to ensuring that processing is carried out in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.
This Privacy Policy describes how the Company processes personal data about you in your capacity as a representative of a company that is a customer or supplier or a potential customer or supplier to the Company, or as a visitor of our website argodefence.se (the “Website”), or when you apply for employment with us. Further, this Privacy Policy describes how the Company processes personal data about you as a shareholder or as a representative of a shareholder or as a holder or a representative of a holder of other financial instruments that can be converted to or that entitle to subscribe for shares in the Company (“Shareholder”).
Do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions regarding the Company’s privacy protection. The Company’s contact information is set out under the section “Contact Information”.
2. Controller
The Company is the controller of your personal data and is therefore responsible for ensuring that your personal data is processed correctly and securely in accordance with applicable legislation.
3. Which personal data does the Company process?
Personal data means any information that directly or indirectly relates to a natural, living person. Accordingly, personal data is information about you and your person, e.g. your name, your contact information, pictures of you and your IP-address.
Processing means any operation which is performed on personal data, such as collection, storage, use, adaption or disclosure.
Company representatives for e.g. customers, suppliers and partners and company representatives for potential customers, suppliers and partners
The Company collects and stores the following information about you that the Company needs to contact you in your capacity as a representative for a company or organisation.
- Personal information and contact information, such as name, address, telephone number, email address, title, position and employer.
- Information that you provide to the Company by email, via the Company’s social media or by other channels of communication.
- Where applicable, information regarding phone calls with the Company’s switchboard or customer service.
- Where applicable, information regarding dietary preferences, potential allergies and/or disabilities (e.g. in connection with corporate events or meetings).
Visitors of the Website
In connection with visits to the Company’s Website, the Company collects the following information about you that the Company needs to be able to improve, streamline, simplify and develop our Website.
- Personal information and contact information, such as name, email address and other information you voluntarily provide in the subject or message fields.
- Technical data, such as IP address, MAC address, URL, unique device ID, network and device performance, browser, language and identification settings, geographic location, operating system, visitor statistics (e.g., which pages you visit and for how long), interaction data (e.g., clicks and scrolling) and other information from cookies or similar mechanisms (device information).
Recruitment (job applicants at the Company)
The Company collects and stores the following information about you that the Company needs to be able to recruit the right persons for positions with the Company.
- Personal information and contact information, such as name, address, telephone number, email address, title, position and employer.
- Information in cover letter and CV.
- Where applicable, your picture.
- Other information that you provide the Company in connection with recruitment.
Shareholders
The Company collects and stores the following information about you in your role as a Shareholder.
- Personal information and contact information, such as personal identification number, name, address, telephone number, email address, and position.
- Holdings of shares or other financial instruments.
- Financial instruments, e.g. information regarding voting rights at general meetings of shareholders, shareholding and rights relating to the ownership.
- Information regarding proxies representing Shareholders, where applicable.
- Information regarding trustees, pledges and pledgees, where applicable, and other notes.
- Other information that has been provided by you or the organization that you represent.
How does the Company collect your personal data?
With respect to company representatives for customers, suppliers and partners and company representatives for potential customers, suppliers and partners, your personal data is usually collected from the company or organisation that you represent, but also, in certain cases, directly from you, e.g. by email, our social media or other channels of communication or in connection with events or meetings. The Company may also receive personal data about you from other companies within the group that the Company is part of or from other partners of the Company. The Company may also use external information services to supplement existing data, e.g. with your position and contact information.
With respect to visitors of the Website and job applicants, your personal data may be provided to the Company directly from you or from the staffing agency, recruitment company or hiring company through which you apply for work.
4. The Company’s processing of your personal data
The purposes for which we intend to process your personal data and the legal basis for the respective processing activities are stated in the tables below.
4.1 Company representatives for e.g. customers, suppliers and partners and company representatives for potential customers, suppliers and partners
| Purpose | Legal basis |
| To be able to keep in touch with a representative of the customer, supplier or partner (e.g. in connection with the delivery of goods or services). | The processing is necessary for the Company’s legitimate interest to keep in touch with you in order to fulfil our obligations under the agreement with our customer, supplier or partner, i.e. the company that you represent (legitimate interest). |
| To fulfil legal requirements, e.g. security requirements and accounting requirements. | The processing is necessary for compliance with the Company’s legal obligations. |
| To enable marketing and communication about the Company’s brand and the Company’s products (e.g. mailing of newsletters and other marketing materials, invitations to the Company’s events, meetings and other gatherings etc.). | The processing is necessary for the Company’s legitimate interest to market our brand, our products and other similar products to the company that you represent (legitimate interest). |
4.2 Visitors of the Website
| Purpose | Legal basis |
| To provide and operate the Website. | The processing is necessary for our legitimate interest to provide and operate the Website (legitimate interest). |
| To respond to your inquiries, questions, and comments submitted via our contact form, and to initiate and maintain business relationships. | The processing is necessary for the Company’s legitimate interest to keep in touch with you (legitimate interest). |
| To create aggregated statistical data that helps us understand how visitors use the Website, enabling us to improve our services and user experience. | The processing is necessary for our legitimate interest to improve and develop the Website (legitimate interest). |
| To create custom audiences for advertising on digital platforms like Meta (Facebook/Instagram), Google (e.g., Google Ads), and LinkedIn (Retargeting). This allows us to display Relevant information and marketing to visitors who have previously shown an interest in our business. This activity constitutes profiling and you have the right to object to such profiling at any time by withdrawing your consent for marketing cookies or contacting us directly. | The processing is necessary for our legitimate interest to market our brand, our products and other similar products (legitimate interest). |
4.3 Recruitment (job applicants at the Company)
| Purpose | Legal basis |
| To, in connection with recruitment, be able to decide who is best suited for a position with the Company and to ensure that the relevant person has the necessary skills. | The processing is necessary for the Company’s legitimate interest to recruit the right employees and ensure that skilled people work for the Company (legitimate interest). |
4.4 Shareholders
| Purpose | Legal basis |
| To fulfil the Company’s obligations to you as a Shareholder according to the Company’s articles of association. | The processing is necessary to fulfil the Company’s contractual obligations to you in accordance with the articles of association (performance of agreement). Regarding representatives of Shareholders, the processing is necessary for the Company’s legitimate interest in fulfilling our contractual obligations towards our Shareholders (legitimate interest). |
| To fulfil the Company’s obligations to you and other Shareholders in accordance with the Swedish Companies Act or other applicable legislation. | The processing is necessary to fulfil the Company’s legal obligations under the Swedish Companies Act or other applicable legislation (legal obligations). Regarding representatives of Shareholders, the processing is necessary for the Company’s legitimate interest in fulfilling our contractual obligations towards our Shareholders (legitimate interest). |
| Distribution of shareholder-related information | The processing is necessary in order for the Company to be able to inform Shareholders and other stakeholders in a timely and correct manner about information relevant to the Company (legitimate interest). |
5. How long does the Company store your personal data?
Your personal data is stored as long as there is a need to preserve them in order to fulfil the purposes for which the data was collected in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Thereafter, your personal data will be deleted.
Some personal data will, for the purpose of complying with applicable accounting legislation, be stored for seven years, counting from the end of the calendar year during which the financial year, to which the information pertained, was terminated.
Contact information regarding company representatives is stored during such time the Company considers that the information is necessary to maintain the relationship with the company/organisation. Deletion shall take place when the Company becomes aware that the information is no longer adequate or relevant for the purpose, or at the request of the contact person.
For more information about how long the Company stores specific personal data, please contact the Company. Contact information is provided under section “Contact” below.
6. With whom does the Company share your personal data?
The Website is hosted on the WordPress.com platform. Your data may be stored through WordPress.com’s data storage, databases, and the general WordPress.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.
We share collected data with the following third-party providers for the purposes described above:
- Meta (Facebook/Instagram Pixel): To measure ad effectiveness and create custom audiences for marketing.
- LinkedIn (Insight Tag): To measure ad effectiveness and create custom audiences for professional marketing.
Apart from the above, the company does not disclose personal data to third parties, except when necessary to fulfil a legal obligation or to fulfil the Company’s obligations to you, customers and/or partners. Your personal data will not be sold to third parties for marketing purposes. Situations when your personal data may be disclosed to third parties are listed in the table below.
| Third party | Reason for third-party disclosure |
| Other companies within the Company’s group | Personal data may need to be transferred to other companies within the Company’s group, since central functions such as marketing and finance are managed jointly within the group in which the Company is a part. |
| Suppliers of cloud solutions | Personal data may be transferred to suppliers of cloud solutions since the Company stores certain information in cloud solutions. |
| Suppliers and partners | The Company may disclose your personal data to suppliers and/or partners, if the suppliers and/or partners need your personal data to fulfil their undertakings toward the Company. |
| Authorities | Personal data may be disclosed to authorities when necessary for compliance with the Company’s legal obligations. |
| Sale | If the Company intends to transfer all or part of our business, personal data may be disclosed to a potential buyer. |
| The public | The Company’s share register is public and held available at the Company for anyone who wishes to take part of it. The information contained in the share register is therefore disclosed upon request. Minutes and voting list from the general meetings of shareholders may be disclosed to the Shareholders present at the meeting as well as to the Swedish Companies Registration Office, auditors and others to whom the Company has a legal obligation to disclose the minutes or otherwise considers it appropriate to disclose the minutes. Information on major Shareholders may be disclosed to authorities, advisors and the public in connection with the preparation of prospectuses, information memoranda and financial reports. |
7. Transfer of personal data to third countries
The Company may transfer your personal data to countries outside the EU/EEA. If your personal data is transferred to a country outside the EU/EEA, the Company will take the necessary measures to ensure that the transfer of the personal data is legal and that your personal data is processed securely and with an adequate level of protection that is comparable to the protection offered within the EU/EEA, for example by entering into the European Commission’s standard contract clauses with the recipient.
8. Social media
Regarding personal data that occurs and is processed on social media, such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn, we refer users to the policy provided by the respective service providers for information on how each service provider processes personal data. In the Company’s view, the purpose of the processing is that representatives of existing and potential customers and partners to the Company shall be able to interact and maintain contact with the Company via social media, in order to contribute to good relationships with customers and partners and to make the Company’s customer service and product widely accessible through several different channels. The processing is necessary for the purposes of the Company’s legitimate interest to market our brand and our products to existing and potential customers and to partners (legitimate interest).
9. Your rights
A summary of your rights according to applicable legislation is set out in the table below.
| Right of access | You have the right to access your personal data and to obtain a copy of the personal data concerning you that is processed by the Company. |
| Right to rectification | If the personal data concerning you that is processed by the Company is inaccurate, incomplete or outdated, you have the right to obtain rectification of such personal data. |
| Right to erasure | You have the right to request the erasure of personal data concerning you. Unless the Company has a legal basis to continue the processing of the personal data concerning you, such personal data shall be erased. |
| Right to object | Under certain circumstances you have the right to object against the Company’s processing of your personal data. |
| Right to restriction of processing | Under certain circumstances you have the right to obtain restriction of the processing of your personal data. Where processing has been restricted, the Company may only under certain circumstances carry out other processing activities concerning the personal data than storage. |
| Right to data portability | Where your personal data is processed based on your consent or on a contract with you, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you in a machine-readable format and request that those data are transmitted to another controller. |
| Right to lodge complaints with a supervisory authority | You have the right to lodge complaints concerning the Company’s processing of the personal data concerning you to the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection, Box 8114, SE-104 20 Stockholm. |
10. Security of your personal data
You should always be able to feel safe when you provide us with your personal data. Therefore, the Company has implemented the security measures that are necessary to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration and destruction. The Company will not disclose your personal data, other than as expressly provided by this Privacy Policy.
11. Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. “Session cookies” are stored on your device only while you are on the Website, while “persistent cookies” are stored until expiry. Cookies can be divided into first- and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are placed by the owner of the website that you are visiting (in this case argodefence.se), while third-party cookies are placed by another website.
The Website uses different types of cookies:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: Required for the Website’s basic functions and security. These are set automatically by the WordPress Platform.
- Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the Website through anonymously collecting and reporting information
- Marketing Cookies: Used to track visitors across websites with the intention of displaying relevant ads (via Meta Pixel, and LinkedIn Insight Tag).
The following table provides specific information about the cookies we use on the Website, including their names, description, provider and storage duration:
| Name | Description | Provider | Duration |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly. | WordPress | Session |
| cookieyes-content | CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors. | CookieYes | 1 year |
| mfn_disclaimer_accepted | This cookie is used to record that the visitor has successfully completed the MFN disclaimer process for sensitive press releases. It ensures that users who have accepted the disclaimer are not prompted again during the cookie’s lifetime. | Argodefence.se | 24 hours |
You can manage your cookie preferences via the cookie banner displayed on your first visit to the Website. The banner allows you to accept all cookies, reject all non-essential cookies, or customize your preferences by category. Your consent is required before any non-essential cookies (analytics and marketing cookies) are installed on your device. Your consent will be valid for 1 year, after which you will be asked to renew your preferences. It is also possible to block certain cookies through your browser settings. Your browser will then automatically refuse to store these cookies or notify you each time a website requests to store a cookie. After your visit, you can review and delete any persistent cookies stored in your browser.
Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Website. Specifically:
- Disabling analytics cookies will prevent us from improving the Website based on usage patterns.
- Disabling marketing cookies will result in less relevant advertising but will not affect core website functionality.
12. If you do not share your personal data with the company
If you do not share your personal data with the Company, the Company will not be able to fulfil our legal or contractual obligations towards you. For Shareholders, this means that you will not be able to exercise your rights as a Shareholder, including attending and voting at general meetings.
13. Changes
The Company reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. In the event of changes to this Privacy Policy, the Company will publish the amended Privacy Policy on the Website with information on when the changes will come into effect and may also notify customers and partners in an appropriate manner.
14. Contact
Do not hesitate to contact the Company if you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the processing of your personal data or if you wish to exercise your rights under this Privacy Policy or applicable legislation.
Argo Defence Group AB (publ)
Corporate registration number: 559529-0734
Postal address: Munkbrogatan 2, 111 27 Stockholm, Sweden.
Email address: info@argodefence.se