Privacy Notice
Table of Contents
1. Panoramic Power LTD (a Centrica Group Company), and your personal information
The protection of personal information is important to us. We respect your privacy and want you to understand what we do with the personal information we hold about you.
This privacy notice explains how we collect, share and use personal information.
2. Personal information we collect
We may collect the following types of personal information for the purposes of providing our services and products (including the Data Services and Products, as further described in our terms and conditions:
- Contact details: information that allows us to contact you directly such as your name, job title, email address, telephone number and address associated with the relevant account.
- Account details: when you access and use our services through our online interface or mobile app, you will be asked to register with us and create an account (alternatively, your details may have already been provided to us, so we (or other Centrica Group Companies) can provide Data Services and Products to our corporate customers (for example, a reseller of our Data Services and Products, or a company who we provide our Data Services and Products to). Your account details include your email, password and your contact details.
- How you use our services and products: we will collect information about the performance of our Data Services and Products including the Usage Data (as defined in our terms and conditions) and other information used to provide services to you, and to enable us (or other Centrica Group Companies) to provide Data Services and Products to our corporate customers.
- Electrical details: we collect details of the relevant electrical systems including device names, model numbers, set points, electricity tariff, electrical hierarchy and usage information.
- Payment information: where applicable, bank account and other details such as credit/debit card information and any other details you provide to make payment for the services and/or products purchased from us or through our online interface or mobile app.
- Delivery information: information relating to the delivery of our products to you.
- Responses to surveys and market research: we keep records of any surveys and any other customer market research you respond to.
- Records of your discussions with our customer support teams: when you share comments and opinions with us, ask us questions or make a complaint we will keep a record of this. This includes when you send us emails or phone our support team.
- How you use websites and mobile applications: when you access our services via our website or applications we collect information about the pages you look at and how you use them, Analytic Data as further explained in our terms and conditions. The type of browser you use and the URL of pages you visit whilst using our website. Our services also use cookies – to find out more about this please refer to our cookies policy.
- Location information: your smartphone or computer's IP address may tell us an approximate location when you connect to our services but this will be no more precise than the city, state or country you are using your device in.
You are not required to provide any of the personal information described above to us, however, if you do not do so, you may not be able to use our services or the functionality of our services and products may be reduced.
3. What we use your personal information for
We process some of your personal information to provide you with services, including:
Purpose | Personal information used |
Provide our services and products to you and maintain your account | All the personal information we collect |
Provide corrections and updates to our services and products | All the personal information we collect |
Take payment for our products and services | - Contact details - PP account details - Payment information - How you use our products and services |
Deliver products and services to you | - Delivery information - Contact details - Account details |
Perform credit checks | - Contact details - Payment information |
We process some of your personal information to enable other Centrica Group Companies to supply services to you, or to enable our partners to provide their services, including:
Purpose | Personal information used |
Provide our Data Services and Products to Centrica Group Companies and our (or their) corporate customers to enable them to provide services to you | All the personal information we collect |
Provide corrections and updates to our services and products | All the personal information we collect |
Take or process payment for our products and services or those products and services provided to you through our online interface or mobile app | - Contact details - Account details - Payment information - How you use our products and services |
We process some of your personal information because we have a legal obligation to, including:
Purpose | Personal information used |
Investigating misuse of your account, fraud and debt collection | All the personal information we collect |
We process some of your personal information because we have a legitimate interest to improve the services we provide to you or to identify new services you might be interested in, including:
Purpose | Personal information used |
Maintain and update our products and services | All the personal information we collect |
Data analytics and statistical research to help us provide our services | - How you use our services and products - Electrical details - How you use websites and mobile applications - Records of your discussions with our customer support teams - Responses to surveys and market research |
Develop new products and services | All the personal information we collect |
Determine products and services that may be of interest to you | All personal information we collect (but not your payment information) |
Direct Marketing (where you do not trade on your own behalf) | All the personal information we collect |
We process some of your personal information because you have provided your consent to the processing, you may revoke your consent at any point:
Purpose | Personal information used |
Direct marketing | - Contact details - Products and services that we have determined may be of interest to you |
We may anonymise, de-personalise and aggregate any of the personal information we hold (so that it does not directly identify you). We may use anonymised, de-personalised and aggregated information for purposes that include testing our IT systems, research, data analysis, improving our site, apps and developing new products and services.
4. Sources we collect your personal information from
We will collect personal information from a number of sources. These include the following:
- Directly from you: when you create, manage or amend your account with us, use our Data Services and the Products, purchase other products or services from us, complete forms we provide to you, make a complaint, contact us by phone, email or communicate with us directly in some other way. This includes where you have provided such information to other Centrica Group Companies or our corporate customers to enable them to provide services to you.
- Our Products, websites and apps: provide us with information about how you use them in connection with our Data Services and/or mobile app.
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Other companies we work with:
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FullStory Session Recordings (Full Story, Inc)
Our service uses the FullStory web analytics service. FullStory may record mouse clicks, mouse movements, scrolling activity as well as text you type in this website. FullStory does not track your browsing habits across web sites and we use the data collected in order to improve our services. FullStory may use limited information regarding your use of our service for their own purposes. FullStory data is generally only retained for a period of three months.
To opt out of being tracked by FullStory across all websites visit https://www.fullstory.com/optout/. -
Zendesk Customer service software and support ticketing system (Zendesk, Inc.)
Our service uses the ‘Zendesk customer service and support software’ to improve our customer support experience. Data sent to Zendesk includes your email and account details (account name, site name, etc.). This customer service and support software helps us to resolve support related issues and provide support related services to our customers. -
Intercom: Customer Messaging Platform (Intercom, Inc)
Our service uses the Intercom customer messaging platform.
Intercom’s platform empowers our customer messaging and support process. Data sent to Intercom include your email, account details (account name, site name, etc.) conversation history, and product usage history. Intercom's widget uses these attributes to trigger personalized, automated marketing emails and in-app messages. Based on Intercom data we create and send targeted in-app messages to customers while they’re logged into our app.
To opt out from Intercom communications, please contact Intercom help service https://www.intercom.com/help/. Please note that this will impact your ability to receive product news and updates from us. -
Coralogix log analytics (Coralogix, Ltd.)
Our service uses the Coralogix log analytics platform to improve our backend server monitoring. Part of the system logs may contain your user identifier (email). This log analysis tool helps us provide better monitoring and up time for our back-end systems.
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FullStory Session Recordings (Full Story, Inc)
More details on cookie usage for the above services can be found in the PowerRadar Cookie Policy.
5. Who we share your personal information with
We share personal information with the following parties:
- Companies in the Centrica group: for the purpose of providing a service to you. These include: British Gas, Bord Gáis Energy, Centrica Business Services, and Centrica Storage.
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3rd Party Companies:
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FullStory Session Recordings (Full Story Ltd.)
FullStory is a session recording and heat mapping service provided by FullStory Ltd. -
Intercom: Customer Messaging Platform (Intercom Ltd.)
Intercom is a customer messaging platform service provided by Intercom Ltd -
Coralogix - machine learning powered log analytics (Coralogix, Ltd.)
Coralogix is a machine learning powered log analytics platform service provided by Coralogix Ltd. -
Zendesk: Customer service software and support ticketing system (Zendesk, Inc.)
Zendesk is a customer service and support software provided by Zendesk Inc.
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FullStory Session Recordings (Full Story Ltd.)
More details can be found in the PowerRadar Cookie Policy
- Any party approved by you, or to whom we provide services that are used by you (for example, your employer and/or the provider of Products that you use).
- Delivery companies: to deliver products that you have ordered from us.
- Other service providers and advisors: such as companies that support our IT, help us analyse the data we hold, process payments, send communications to our customers, provide us with legal or financial advice and generally help us deliver our services to you.
- Purchasers of our business: buyers or perspective buyers who we sell or negotiate to sell our business or assets to.
- The Government or our regulators: where we are required to do so by law or to assist with their investigations.
- Police and law enforcement: to assist with the investigation and prevention of crime or where we believe there to be a potential threat to the physical safety of a person or property.
We do not disclose personal information to anyone else except as set out above. We may provide third parties (including other users of our services) with aggregate statistical information and analytics about users of our products and services but we will make sure no one can be identified from this information before we disclose it.
6. Direct Marketing
Email, post and SMS marketing: from time to time, we may contact you by email, post or SMS with information about products and services we believe you may be interested in. We will always communicate to you in advance of inclusion in marketing activity and give an opportunity to object to such processing. You can also unsubscribe anytime from our marketing by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the marketing messages we send you.
7. Transferring your personal information internationally
The personal information we collect may be transferred to and stored in countries outside of the European Union including the United States of America. Some of these jurisdictions require different levels of protection in respect of personal information and, in certain instances, the laws in those countries may be less protective than the jurisdiction you are typically resident in. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is only used in accordance with this privacy policy and applicable European data protection laws and is respected and kept secure. Panoramic Power LTD is incorporated in Israel, a country which the European Commission has found to have appropriate and adequate levels of data protection. You can find more information about this here: Adequacy of the protection of personal data in non-EU countries.
8. How long do we keep personal information for
We will keep your personal information for as long as you have an account with us, or for as long as an account is kept with us on your behalf (for example, in respect of Products that you use). After you close your account with us, or after an account opened on your behalf is closed, we will keep your personal information for a reasonable period to maintain our records and legal obligations to you. You can find further information about how long we keep your details in the PowerRadar Terms and Conditions.
9. Your rights in relation to your personal information
You have the following rights in relation to your personal information:
- the right to be informed about how your personal information is being used;
- the right to access the personal information we hold about you;
- the right to opt-out of receiving direct marketing messages;
- the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal information we hold about you;
- the right to request the blocking or deletion of your personal information where the processing does not comply with applicable data protection laws and;
- the right to request that we port elements of your data either to you or another service provider.
To exercise any of the above rights, or if you have any questions relating to your rights, please contact us by using the details set out in the "Contacting us" section below. If you are unhappy with the way we are using your personal information you can also complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (details of which can be found here: www.ico.org.uk) or your local data protection regulator. We are here to help and encourage to contact us to resolve your complaint first.
10. Changes to this notice
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. When we change this notice in a material way, we will update the version date at the bottom of this page. For significant changes to this notice we will try to give you reasonable notice unless we are prevented from doing so. Where required by law we will seek your consent to changes in the way we use your personal information.
11. Contacting us
In the event of any query or complaint in connection with the information we hold about you, please email privacy@centrica.com. or write to us at: Privacy Unit – Legal, Centrica plc, Millstream, Maidenhead Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 5GD.
Version dated July 2021.