PRINCIPLES OF CUSTOMER PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING

This document (hereinafter - Policy) has been drawn up to inform the natural persons specified in this Policy about the activities which are carried out with their personal data by the public limited company Latvenergo, registration number: 40003032949, legal address: 12 Pulkveža Brieža Street, Riga, LV-1010 (hereinafter - Latvenergo).

Latvenergo provides the following services (hereinafter - Services):

  • trade in electricity, natural gas and thermal energy;
  • electricity net payment system service;
  • electric vehicle charging service;
  • sales and installation services for technology products (natural gas boilers, heat pumps, solar panels, electric vehicle charging equipment, etc);
  • services for safety and comfort (flue cleaning, insurance, gas boiler maintenance etc);
  • consultative and educational activities about energy efficiency and the use of energy services and educational activities for the promotion of sciences;
  • Latvenergo Group's Energy Museum exhibition and repository tours, guided tours, educational classes and the use of museum collection items and their digital images, and souvenir sales services, the Virtual Museum of Energy website and exhibition of the history of Pļaviņas Hydropower Plant services;
  • other related services (such as customer support services and social responsibility measures).

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (data subject).

This Policy lays down the processing of personal data which is applicable to all Latvenergo’s:

  • existing customers who are natural persons and who use Latvenergo’s Services;
  • potential customers who are natural persons, who have not established a relationship with Latvenergo and who are interested in the terms and/or cost of Latvenergo’s Service Provision;
  • former customers, including those whose contractual obligations have not been fulfilled or who have agreed to receive commercial notifications after the termination of the contract;
  • protected users;
  • customer and/or protected users’ representatives, including contact persons and legal representatives; persons who, in the interests of customers and/or protected users, make payments for Latvenergo Services;
  • customer guarantors;
  • persons present at the objects (facilities) or in their adjacent areas;
  • employees of cooperation partners, contractors and service providers;
  • users of Elektrum website and mobile applications and followers of social media accounts;
  • participants and visitors to educational activities and other events;
  • real estate owners, owners' representatives;
  • bidders at auctions;
  • real estate tenants and lessors;
  • natural persons involved in marketing activities (such as contests, promotions, lotteries);
  • any other natural person who contacts Latvenergo.

(hereinafter referred to as the Customers or You).

This Policy works in conjunction with Latvenergo’s other terms and conditions related to the use of Latvenergo’s Services, websites, mobile applications and Electrum portal.

To inform You about the processing of Your personal data, Latvenergo is providing the following information in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (hereinafter referred to as the Regulation) and the Personal Data Processing Law.

The controller of the personal data specified in this Policy is Latvenergo. The contact information of Latvenergo regarding matters of personal data processing is:
address: Pulkveža Brieža iela 12, Riga, LV-1230, Latvia
Phone number: +371 67 728 222
email: info@latvenergo.lv

A data protection officer has been designated in Latvenergo. The contact information regarding the processing of Your personal data and exercise of the rights:
address: Pulkveža Brieža iela 12, Riga, LV-1230, Latvia
email: fpda@latvenergo.lv

Latvenergo processes Your personal data (Personal Data) including for, but not limited to, the following purposes:

a. Provision of Latvenergo’s Services:

  • conclusion and implementation of electricity and/or natural gas and other products/goods trade contracts and other contracts, as well as the provision of Services, including, for example:
    • Customer identification;
    • providing support to protected users;
    • settlement execution monitoring, creditworthiness assessment and debt management;
  • for handling applications, requests, claims and proposals;
  • Customer consultation;
  • Customer registration and authentication on the Elektrum portal, mobile applications and websites;
  • Provision of operation of websites, Elektrum portal, and mobile applications.

b. For the development and quality assurance of Latvenergo’s Services:

  • for the improvement of services and business development;
  • quality control and assurance of service provision.

c. For the purposes of protection of security and other legal interests:

  • provision of safety of Latvenergo’s information systems and prevention and investigation of information technology security incidents (for example, in the case of unauthorised external access to Latvenergo’s information systems, websites or apps), as well as any kind of malicious activity against Latvenergo’s information systems, websites or apps (such as DDoS attacks);
  • provision of physical security in Latvenergo’s premises, on the territory of sites or at the sites, including the performance of video surveillance and implementation of access control (for example, issuing of passes) and prevention and investigation of physical security incidents;
  • to investigate and prevent possible or actual personal data breaches;
  • identifying risks of fraud and corruption and ensuring transparency, including reporting of violations.

d. Marketing activities and loyalty promotion:

  • Latvenergo’s Services promotion and marketing activities, including, for example:
    • direct Customer-orientated advertising;
    • compilation of marketing statistics;
    • analytics of the Customer habits of using the Services;
  • ensuring of the functioning of the loyalty programme (such as “Friendly offers”);
  • organisation and implementation of lotteries, competitions and prize draws;
  • organisation of Customer visits and events at Latvenergo’s facilities as well as other public events and publicity measures for the events;
  • organisation of Customer surveys and opinion polls regarding Latvenergo’s Services and products/goods.

e. Implementation of social responsibility and improvement of representative relationships:

  • organisation of tours, visits and events at Latvenergo’s Energy museums, Pļaviņas HPP and Latvenergo’s facilities, such as those aimed at preserving biodiversity or providing Elektrum Energy-efficiency Centre educational, counselling and other activities;
  • engagement of young people in the science subjects and supporting science teachers with teaching materials to create engaging and up-to-date lessons, by ensuring the creation, accessibility and use of portal content, as well as the organisation and delivery of FIZMIX Eksperiments competitions and other related activities;
  • reception of visitors during events (such as Shadow Day);
  • general development of the Controller’s operations and building of sustainable and trust-promoting relationships with Customers and other stakeholders.

f. Provision of commercial activity:

  • record keeping, accounting and financial accounting, protection of financial interests (for example, transaction accounting, payment of bondholders' coupons and convening of meetings);
  • provision of the generation process of electricity and thermal energy by Latvenergo, including the stages of design, construction, operation, etc., including ensuring the security and continuity of energy supply operations and the construction and approval process for energy supply facilities;
  • movable and real estate management;
  • organization of procurements and maintenance of the qualification system.

g. Fulfilment of the requirements of laws and regulations or exercise of Latvenergo’s rights in accordance with the laws and regulations:

  • provision of information to state and local government control and pre-trial investigation authorities as well as other state and local government authorities within the limits of their competence, such as the Police, the State Audit Office or archives;
  • the provision of information to other third parties, including state and municipal authorities, if it is provided for in regulatory enactments and/or necessary for the execution of the concluded contract (for example, to the Land Register in the case of the purchase or sale of the real estate, for protected user data information system for the provision of trade service to the protected user);
  • request for information from public authorities or other authorised persons about the Customer in cases where it is permitted by regulatory enactments, for example, from the Land Register, the Cadastral Information System or local governments about the owner of the land/structures;
  • processing of the received information of the distribution system operators;
  • compliance with the requirement of prevention of money laundering and terrorism and proliferation financing and national and international sanctions.

If You want to know exactly which categories of Your Personal Data are being processed for the specific data processing purpose mentioned above, please refer to Annex 1 to the Policy.

Latvenergo may transfer Your Personal Data to the following recipients of Personal Data if this is not in conflict with the applicable laws and regulations:

  • Latvenergo’s employees and authorised persons processing the Personal Data specified in this Policy on behalf of Latvenergo within the scope of their competence and job assignments;
  • to persons related to the provision of Latvenergo’s Services, if the Service provides for certain types of Personal Data processing or it arises from the provision of the Controller's business activities, including, but not limited to:
    • information system solution developers and maintenance service providers;
    • contractors (for example, within the framework of installing technology products, if it is necessary to install solar panels or heating solutions);
    • Customer opinion research service providers and research service providers;
    • service providers who provide delivery of information or goods to Customers;
    • creative and media agencies, advertising and marketing service providers, event organisers;
    • legal service providers;
    • real estate management and administration service providers;
    • commercial activity service providers;
    • printing service providers;
    • extrajudicial debt collection service providers;
    • security and safety service providers;
  • insurance service providers;
  • postal and logistics service providers;
  • providers of public information services (such as media);
  • Credit Information Bureaus;
  • audit and audit service providers;
  • banks and other providers of payment and financial services as well as providers ensuring information exchange between Latvenergo and financial service providers;
  • cookie managers;
  • online communication channel operators and service providers;
  • verifiers of the secure electronic signature (European Commission and/or Latvijas Valsts radio un televīzijas centrs VAS);
  • Customer authorised representatives with whom Latvenergo communicates to ensure the provision of the Services or protection of its interests as well as for other purposes specified in this Policy;
  • Customer guarantors;
  • Visitors of web-sites and followers of social media accounts;
  • Latvenergo Group companies if the specific situation concerns Latvenergo Group company;
  • state and municipal authorities (such as, Land Register, State Land Service, Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, State Revenue Service, State Construction Control Bureau);
  • law enforcement agencies, courts.

Latvenergo may receive information about You from third parties, such as:

  • state and municipal authorities (such as, Land Register, State Land Service, Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, building authority or other bodies performing the functions of building authority);
  • credit information offices and other persons who have the right to maintain information about the creditworthiness of persons in order to check the Customer’s ability to pay for Latvenergo’s Services;
  • cooperation partners that help Latvenergo accept payments from You (for example, in cases when there is a need to pay for Latvenergo’s Services in a supermarket or post office);
  • service providers who ensure the exchange of information between Latvenergo and financial service providers, banks and other payment and financial services providers;
  • service providers that provide the service of a charging station management system.

In addition, Latvenergo exchanges Your Personal Data joint stock company Sadales tīkls, registration number: 40003857687, legal address: Riga, 1 Šmerļa Street, LV-1006 (Sadales tīkls) and/or joint stock company Gaso, registration number: 40203108921, legal address: Riga, 20 Vagonu Street, LV-1009 (Gaso). The exchange of Personal Data is necessary for the following purposes and is carried out on the basis of laws and regulations and/or performance of contractual obligations on a number of occasions:

  • maintenance of the electricity and natural gas distribution infrastructure and systems and supply of electricity and natural gas, connection and/or coordination of technology products, provision of the electricity net payment system service;
  • provision of Customer service;
  • accounting of settlements, payments and finances;
  • handling Customers’ claims;
  • ensuring the provision of services;
  • protection of the interests of Latvenergo, Sadales tīkls and Gaso.

Your Personal Data are processed to the extent that is reasonably necessary depending on the specific purpose of the data processing under the provisions of the applicable laws and regulations.

Latvenergo will store Your Personal Data:

  • for as long as it is necessary in order to achieve the purposes for the processing of Personal Data specified in Section 4 of the Policy, including in order to fulfil the obligations determined by regulatory enactments, such as:
    • information reflected in the contract and reflecting the fulfilment of the obligations under the contract shall be kept for 10 years after the termination of the contract and the fulfilment of the obligations. The Controller, if it considers that the information reflecting the fulfilment of the obligations under the contract is not relevant, reserves the right to erase information earlier;
    • if the product/good has a commercial guarantee, we will keep the information for the duration of the commercial guarantee, e.g. 10 years;
    • when fulfilling the obligation specified in the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist and Proliferation Financing, we will store the information obtained during the inspection for 5 years after the termination of the transaction;
    • we will store information on issued invoices and information related to payments for at least 5 years, in compliance with the provisions of the Accounting Law;
    • we will store audio records for no longer than 3 years;
    • we will store video surveillance recordings for no longer than 30 days, if the video surveillance is carried out at the Controller's facilities and adjacent areas, or 40 days if the video surveillance is carried out at the Controller's electric vehicle charging service site;
    • we will keep your submissions, as well as the answers provided to you, within the limitation periods for temporarily kept documents set out in the Archives Law and in accordance with the current Latvenergo file nomenclature, which has been agreed with the Latvian National Archives in accordance with the procedure set out in the Archives Law, i.e. for 10 years from the date of registration,
  • as long as Your consent to the processing of Personal Data, such as marketing activities or the processing of cookies, is valid;
  • If a complaint is received or the Controller’s legal interest is breached, for example, there is a dispute about the amount of services received, the relevant information may be retained until the dispute is resolved, or, if the dispute is settled in court, until the date of entry into force of the court's final decision.

In order to improve the functionality of Latvenergo's website and adapt it to your usage habits, as well as to obtain statistics on the activities performed and, to provide a personalized user experience, tailoring content, advertising and offers to the activity on the website, Latvenergo processes cookies on its websites. The required cookies are processed in order to provide technical operations to comply with Latvenergo's legitimate interests and they do not require the user’s consent, while statistical and marketing cookies are processed if you have given your consent to the processing of these cookies. Detailed information regarding the Personal Data processing through cookies is available in the cookie management solution and cookie policies placed on Elektrum portal, mobile applications and websites.

Mobile applications, websites, and the Elektrum portal may contain links to other websites. However, if You use these links, it should be noted that Latvenergo has no control over other websites. For this reason, Latvenergo cannot be held responsible for the protection and confidentiality of any information that You provide when You visit such sites, nor are these sites covered by this statement. You must exercise caution and review the privacy or confidentiality statement of the website concerned.

In some cases, Latvenergo may transfer Personal Data outside the countries of the European Union, European Economic Area or countries and organisations for which the European Commission has not taken a decision on an adequate level of protection. Transfers may take place, for example, when using online communication solutions (such us WhatsApp) or engaging third parties that help Latvenergo in performing the business operation tasks specified in this Policy and/or provision of services, and are located in third countries and organisations for which the European Commission has not taken a decision on an adequate level of protection. For statistical and marketing purposes, Latvenergo may also use the cookies of third parties, such as Google, Meta, where the information generated by the cookies may be sent and stored in countries and organisations for which the European Commission has not taken a decision on an adequate level of protection.

Depending on the circumstances, Latvenergo may choose the special guarantees for the protection of Personal Data specified in the Regulation, such as concluding standard contractual clauses with the recipient of Personal Data or using exceptions, such as the need to perform an agreement between you and Latvenergo or your consent to data processing, for example by giving consent for the processing of cookies or after receiving relevant information about the communication channel used, you provide information containing Personal Data, thus consenting to the exchange of personalized information on the WhatsApp channel.

You have the right to get to know or receive the information about processing and/or mentioned safeguards using the contact information of Latvenergo specified in Section 2 or Section 3 of the Policy.

You have the following rights regarding the Personal Data referred to in this Policy:

  • Right of access. You have the right of access to your personal data and to receive information from Latvenergo about the processing of your personal data. If the information is not available to You on the Elektrum portal or in a specific Service website or mobile application and the information provided in this Policy does not seem comprehensive enough to You, please contact Latvenergo by using the Latvenergo contact information provided in Section 2 or 3 of the Policy!

    Latvenergo may request a reasonable fee resulting from administrative costs for all additional Personal Data copies that You request from Latvenergo. In addition, if You submit a request in electronic form and do not request otherwise, Latvenergo provides information in a commonly used electronic format.
  • Right to rectification. In the case of inaccuracies, You have the right to request that Latvenergo rectifies the inaccurate Personal Data.
  • Right to erasure.You have the right to request that Latvenergo erases Your Personal Data if:
    • You withdraw Your consent to process Personal Data, taking into account the fact that the withdrawal of consent does not affect the data processing carried out during the validity of the given consent;
    • the Personal Data are no longer necessary in connection with the purposes referred to in Section 4 of this Policy for which they were processed;
    • You have objected to the processing and Latvenergo's legitimate reasons are not more important than Your legitimate reasons or if the Personal Data is processed for direct marketing purposes;
    • the Personal Data are unlawfully processed;
    • the Personal Data have to be erased in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations.

Please note that the right to erasure does not apply in cases where, in accordance with the laws and regulations, Latvenergo is obliged to process personal data or the processing is necessary for archiving, public interest or statistical purposes, as well as due to bringing, implementing or defending a lawful requirement.

  • Right to restrict the processing of data.You have the right to request that Latvenergo restricts Personal Data processing if:
    • You contest the accuracy of Personal Data or the lawfulness of its processing (restriction will be in force while the contestation process is in progress);
    • the Personal Data processing is unlawful, but You oppose the erasure of the Personal Data;
    • Latvenergo no longer needs the Personal Data for the purposes of processing, but they are required by You for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
    • You have objected to processing and as long as it is not verified whether the legitimate reasons of Latvenergo are more important than Your legitimate reasons.
  • Right to object to processing. You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to Your particular situation, to the processing of Your Personal Data which is based on the legitimate interests and public interests referred to in Section 5 as well as profiling or automated decision-making described in Section 12. Latvenergo has the right to continue to process Your Personal Data despite the objections received if Latvenergo demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override Your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
    In cases where Latvenergo uses Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, You have the right to object at any time to the processing of Your Personal Data for such purposes when it includes profiling (as specified in Section 12 of this Policy).
  • The right to withdraw consent. In cases where You have given Your consent to the processing of certain personal data, You have the right to withdraw it at any time. If your consent is given via the Elektrum portal, mobile application or websites, you may revoke your consent via the Elektrum portal, the application, websites or, in the case of cookies, by using the cookie management solution in the lower left corner of the website, or in the browser, as well as by clicking the unsubscribe link in a particular e-mail message accordingly, thus unsubscribing from receipt of further commercial communications. In other cases, You can use the contact information of Latvenergo specified in Section 2 or Section 3 of the Policy to withdraw consent.
    If You withdraw Your consent, including consent to the use of cookies, Latvenergo has the right to limit the functionality and scope of its Services, including the scope of the Elektrum portal, mobile application and website as well as the provision of related services, depending on the existence of the relevant Personal Data. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the data processing carried out during the validity of the given consent.
  • Right to portability. You have the right to receive Your Personal Data, which You have provided to Latvenergo, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to request to transmit those data to another controller (service provider) if the processing of such Personal Data is carried out by automated means or on the basis of consent (as specified in Section 5 of this Policy).
  • Right to lodge a complaint. You have the right to lodge a complaint with Latvenergo, the Data State Inspectorate (Elijas iela 17, Rīga, pasts@dvi.gov.lv), if You consider that Your Personal Data protection rights have been infringed. However, before contacting the Data State Inspectorate, please contact Latvenergo or the Data Protection Officer in order to find a solution if Your right to the protection of Personal Data has been violated. Latvenergo takes care of Your Personal Data protection and will provide You with the support You need.

To exercise the mentioned rights, You can use the contact information of Latvenergo specified in Section 2 or Section 3 of the Policy, unless otherwise provided for in this section.

For the realisation of all the above-mentioned rights, you may use the contact information of Latvenergo specified in this Policy, indicating the following personal data in the request: name, surname, personal identification number, postal address (if you wish to receive a reply by registered mail) or e-mail address (if you wish to receive the answer to the email address).

We invite you to submit your request in one of the following ways:

  • send a free-form application electronically to the e-mail info@latvenergo.lv or fpda@latvenergo.lv, signing the application with a secure electronic signature;
  • send your signed free-form application by post to: Latvenergo AS; 12 Pulkveža Brieža Street, Riga, LV-1230.

Automated decision-making regarding Your Personal Data, including profiling, may occur in the following cases:

  • The analysis, accounting and forecasting of activities for the development and offering of Services that meet the wishes and interests of Customers, for sending personalized messages and for granting personalised additional benefits are based on information that has been provided to Latvenergo and created during the use of the Services, as well as your interests and usage habits of the Services, for example, on the basis of the type of Service selected by the Customer and the usage habits of the Service, consumption data, type of payment, type of electricity meter, habits of payment of bills, address of the object and type of communication channel;
  • Within the framework of settlement performance monitoring, creditworthiness assessment and debt management, in order to ensure that you are provided in a timely manner with information on delays in the fulfilment of obligations arising from already concluded agreements and to fully assess the possibility of conclusion of other agreements, automated Customer data profiling is performed with regard to the payment and settlement habits of the Customer. Customer payment and settlement habits (including negative payment history) may affect the content of the notifications and the range of Services available to You. The payment history for Latvenergo’s Services may affect Your right to make payments in instalments. If You have a positive settlement history, You will have access to the option to pay for the Services in instalments;
  • In order to forecast, improve and ensure an electric vehicle charging process that meets your needs and the technical requirements of electric transport and to provide you with a quality service that optimizes the charging process and provides efficient electricity management, automated profiling can be used to develop and regularly apply an algorithm that will allow to model and predict the duration of charging and consumed electricity during charging according to a pre-defined data set by using your electric vehicle charging data created within the framework of receipt of the service, thus ensuring balanced distribution of electricity between electric vehicle charging equipment;
  • Within the framework of electricity consumption analysis project Energo Pulss, automated profiling can be performed, with the purpose to develop and regularly apply an algorithm that will enable You to model and classify, using the data specified in the questionnaire of the project and created within the electricity trade service, the Customer's object (clusters) with similar indicators or characteristics according to a pre-defined data set.

In accordance with the procedure set forth in Section 11, you have the right to object to an automated decision, including profiling, and the right to ask Latvenergo to review the decision and ask to involve Latvenergo employees in assessment of the decision.

Participation of a minor (a child) in projects organised by Latvenergo, in which persons under the age of 18 may participate, is possible if the child’s legal representative has given Latvenergo his or her consent to the child’s participation in the particular project or if any other legal grounds determined in the Regulation exist. Registration on websites (for example, www.fizmix) may be independently perform by persons 13 years of age or older.

Principles of processing of Personal Data of children:

  1. Latvenergo collects and stores the Personal Data of a child for as long as necessary for the organisation of the relevant project or event. If Latvenergo has the consent of the child or the child’s legal representatives (such as parents) to use the child’s Personal Data (such as pictures), Latvenergo stores the child’s data for as long as the consent of the legal representatives of the child is valid;
  2. Latvenergo only processes the Personal Data of a child in relation to the projects and events for the organisation of which and for participation in which the child’s Personal Data have been collected;
  3. Latvenergo processes the Personal Data of a child on the basis of the consent of the child or the child’s representatives (such as parents) as well as if any other legal grounds exist for the processing of such Personal Data, for example, it is provided by regulatory enactments or Latvenergo requires the child’s Personal Data to protect Latvenergo’s interests (for example, if a dispute arises relating to the Personal Data of the child);
  4. Latvenergo may transfer the Personal Data of a child to those recipients of Personal Data who assist in organising events or competitions determined by Latvenergo, as well as in maintaining or using online portals (for example, if Latvenergo offers the opportunity to be authorised on Latvenergo’s websites through other portals, including social networks);
  5. a child as well as the child’s representatives have the right to request to erase the child’s Personal Data, to stop carrying out actions (for example, collecting) with the child’s Personal Data, to provide information about the child’s Personal Data or a copy thereof and to contact the Data State Inspectorate in order to protect the right of the child to Personal Data protection;
  6. in some cases, Latvenergo will not be able to ensure the participation of a child in certain events or other services if Latvenergo does not receive the information required for this purpose from the child (for example, information that the child has attained the age of at least 13 years old). In such cases, Latvenergo will inform the child or the child’s legal representatives thereof.

Purpose of the processing of personal data

Categories of personal data

Legal Grounds for the Processing of Personal Data

Provision of Latvenergo’s Services

Identification information
Contact Information
Delivery address
Service provision address
Contract information
Payment information including the price and reduction of payments
Unfulfilled obligations and other related information
Purchase history
Creditworthiness information and information about the ability to fulfil the obligations
Credit rating
Consumption information
Object information (real estate)
Information about Your opinion
Information contained in communication materials (for example, Energo pulss questionnaire, correspondence, including social networks, e-mails, Elektrum portal, online chat or other communication channels chosen by the Customer)
Information about the Service and/or product/good
Information on the amount of the used Service, including data created within the Service
Information on the use of the information system, website, mobile applications, and Elektrum portal
Information about the status of a protected user
Information about orders and their statuses
Information about consent to receive news and offers/surveys
Information specified in the insurance certificate/information sheet/policy
Information in the documentation relating to the provision of services and the sale, supply and installation of goods
Information obtained as a result of the site visit
Data created during the Energo pulse project
Information obtained within customer due diligence for the purpose of compliance with regulatory enactments
Required cookies
Audio recordings (such as telephone recordings)
Video recordings
Information obtained during video counseling
Photos
Authentication information
Visit information
Access information
Vehicle information
Represented company (if applicable)
Position (if applicable)
Signature

As part of the purpose, we will process Personal Data in order to conclude a contract with you and ensure the fulfilment of contractual obligations.

If you give consent to Latvenergo, we will receive information from the distribution system operator on the history of your electricity/natural gas consumption and load profile and/or the amount of load allowed at the user's facilities to prepare a trade offer and/or trade agreement, as well as on the basis of your consent we will use WhatsApp as a mutual communication channel to exchange personalized information. If you give consent, we will display notifications and other related information on mobile apps (Elektrum Latvija, Elektrum Drive, etc.).

In the cases specified by regulatory enactments, we will process Personal Data in order to fulfil the legal obligations specified by Latvenergo, as well as process the data in order to realize, for example, the following legitimate interests of Latvenergo:

  • to defend its interests, for example by proving that a reduction of the payment has been applied accordingly to the protected user;
  • to ensure the processing of the application for the receipt of the protected user's trade service, which has been submitted by its authorised person in the interests of the protected user;
  • to protect its rights through the services of authorised and competent authorities;
  • to protect person's and Latvenergo interests, be aware of the quality of the services provided and provide proof of communication;
  • within the framework of the Energo pulse project, to develop and administer an energy consumption analysis and evaluation system for households, the use of which would help the Customer to develop more economically advantageous, environmentally friendly and convenient energy use habits;
  • within the Energo pulse project to offer an objective fully and qualitatively analysed result on the energy consumption of the Customer's home based on the Customer's real data;
  • to communicate on the process of filling in the questionnaire of the Energo pulse project, to invite to update the information provided in the project questionnaire and/or to answer clarifying questions about the progress of the project, advice and the facility;
  • to provide the Customers of the Energo pulse project with an explanation of the criteria for the division of the specific target group of households;
  • to ensure compliance with Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency in the field of consumer information;
  • to inform about a significant increase in monthly electricity consumption, which could indicate the use of defective electrical appliances in the dwelling and facilitate an increase of the Customer's costs;
  • to ensure the provision of Services and/or communications with the actual recipient of the Service and/or communications;
  • to prevent legal and safety risks, i.e. detect, investigate and collect evidence (for example, to keep personal data for a certain period of time in the event of a potential dispute);
  • to prevent potential financial and organizational risks (for example, to manage debts);
  • to respond to requests for information from Customers and ensure communication;
  • to provide an opportunity to the Customer to plan the total possible monthly consumption, which is calculated on the basis of the average daily consumption of the current month;
  • to perform its credit risk management and prevent payment execution risks by assessing the creditworthiness of the Customer or a potential Customer and ability to fulfil the obligations;
  • to ensure the operation of the information systems, websites, mobile applications and Elektrum portal, to develop and implement their improvements, as well as to ensure their use for the Customers.

Latvenergo’s Service development and quality assurance

Identification information
Contact Information
Delivery address
Service provision address
Contract information
Payment information including the price and reduction of payments
Purchase history
Credit rating
Consumption information
Object information (real estate)
Information about Your opinion
Information contained in communication materials (for example, Energo pulss questionnaire, correspondence, including social networks, e-mails, Elektrum portal, online chat or other communication channels chosen by the Customer)
Information about the Service and/or product/good
Information on the amount of the used Service, including data created within the Service
Information provided in the documentation related to the provision of services, sale, delivery and installation of goods
Information on the consent to receive news and offers/surveys
Information on the use of the information system, website, mobile applications, and Elektrum portal
Data created during the Energo pulse project
Audio recordings (such as telephone recordings)
Video recordings
Information received during video counselling
Authentication information
Access information
Vehicle information
Represented company (if applicable)

Within the framework of the purpose, we will process Personal Data on the basis of the concluded contract, as well as in order to realize, for example, the following legitimate interests of Latvenergo:

  • to provide, develop and evolve the Services, ensure their improvement and development, analysis and planning of commercial activity, including implementing efficiency measures, measuring the use and efficiency of the digital channel and offering Services suitable for the Customer's needs and granting customized additional benefits;
  • protect the interests of the Customer and Latvenergo, have good knowledge of the quality of the provided Services and provide evidence for communication;
  • to ensure and improve the quality of the electric vehicle charging service and/or to control the exceeding of the time planned by the Customer for charging the electric transport vehicle and the provision of the Service.

Protection of security and other legal interests

Identification information
Contact Information
Delivery address
Service provision address
Contract information
Payment information including the price and reduction of payments
Unfulfilled obligations and related information
Purchase history
Creditworthiness information and information about the ability to fulfil obligations
Credit rating
Consumption information
Information about the object (real estate)
Information about Your opinion
Information contained in communication materials (for example, Energo pulss questionnaire, correspondence, including social networks, e-mails, Elektrum portal, online chat or other communication channels chosen by the Customer)
Information about the Service and/or product/good
Information provided in the documentation related to the provision of services, sale, delivery and installation of goods
Information on the amount of the used Service, including data created within the Service
Information about the meeting or conversation (time, date, place, topic, the most important aspects of the content of conversation)
Information on the use of the information system, website, mobile applications, and Elektrum portal
Information about the status of a protected user
Information obtained within customer due diligence for the purpose of compliance with regulatory enactments
Audio recordings (such as telephone recordings)
Video recordings
Information received during video counselling
Photos
Authentication information
Access information
Vehicle information
Represented company (if applicable)
Litigation information
Information on the time the person has spent on the construction site and other related information
Information related to participation in procurements
Content of the report

We will process Personal Data on the basis of your consent if you wish to disclose your identity as a whistleblower to others or if your report submitted on the alleged violation is not considered a whistleblower's report but you want your personal data to be processed with the purpose to contact you about the content of the report.

In the cases specified by regulatory enactments, we will process Personal Data in order to fulfil the legal obligations specified by Latvenergo, as well as process the data in order to realize, for example, the following legitimate interests of Latvenergo:

  • to protect its rights through the services of authorised and competent authorities;
  • to prevent legal and safety risks, i.e. detect, investigate and collect evidence (for example, to keep personal data for a certain period of time in the event of a potential dispute);
  • to introduce an organizational system to ensure that any person can submit a report on possible misconduct or dishonesty of an employee, and Latvenergo would help monitor compliance with regulatory enactments and a set of ethical standards when performing employee's daily duties and representing the employer;
  • to ensure openness and fairness in cooperation with third parties, as well as to identify and reduce possible cases of fraud and corruption;
  • to prevent potential financial and organisational risks;
  • when investigating and preventing personal data breaches, to ascertain all the specific circumstances in order to assess the impact of the personal data protection incident on the rights and freedoms of the data subject;
  • to prevent and detect security risks (for example, by performing video surveillance at the sites and adjacent territories, providing a pass system and controlling the access of visitors, by creating audit records).

 Marketing activities and promotion of loyalty

Identification information
Contact Information
Contract information
Payment information including the price
Purchase history
Credit rating
Consumption information
Object information (real estate)
Information on the communication channels used
Information about Your opinion
Information contained in communication materials (for example, Energo pulss questionnaire, correspondence, including social networks, e-mails, Elektrum portal, online chat or other communication channels chosen by the Customer)
Information about the Service and/or product/good
Information on the amount of the used Service, including data created within the Service
Information on the consent to receive news and offers/surveys
Audio recordings (such as telephone conversations)
Information received in video counselling
Video recordings
Delivery address
Information on the use of the information system, website, mobile applications, and Elektrum portal
Cookies
Data created during the Energo pulse project
Photos
Social media information
Project-specific information (such as Fizmix.lv).

We will process personal data on the basis of your consent if you have agreed with the collection of cookies and/or expressed a wish to participate in various Latvenergo marketing activities, for example to receive information about Latvenergo news, participate in competitions and lotteries, surveys and opinion polls, and attend the events organized by Latvenergo or participate in other publicity events. If you give consent, we will display notifications and other related information on mobile apps (Elektrum Latvija, Elektrum Drive, etc.).

Within the framework of the purpose, we will process Personal Data, in order to realize, for example, the following legitimate interests of Latvenergo:

  • to ensure the provision of Services and/or communications with the actual recipient of the Service and/or communications;
  • to ensure the maintenance of positive relations with Customers, as well as the increase of Customer satisfaction;
  • retain and attract Customers;
  • to provide, develop and evolve the Services, ensure their improvement and development, analysis and planning of commercial activity, including implementing efficiency measures, measuring the use and efficiency of the digital channel and offering Services suitable for the Customer's needs and granting customized additional benefits, including carrying out NPS measurements;
  • to carry out marketing activities, including advertising of Services and events.

Implementation of social responsibility and improvement of representative relationships

Identification information
Contact Information
Contract information
Payment information
Information about Your opinion
Audio recordings (such as telephone conversations)
Visit information
Information contained in communication materials (for example, Energo pulss questionnaire, correspondence, including social networks, e-mails, Elektrum portal, online chat or other communication channels chosen by the Customer)
Information about the Service and/or product/good
Information provided in the registration application
Study materials and the information included there
Video recordings
Information received in video counselling
Photos
Project-specific information (such as Fizmix.lv status “teacher” or “student”).

If you have showed a wish to participate in the social responsibility activities implemented by Latvenergo or, for example, to provide a public opinion about the activities of Latvenergo, we will process your Personal Data on the basis of your consent.

If you would like to use, for example, the Services provided by the Latvenergo Energy Museum, we will process your Personal Data in order to fulfil the contractual obligations.Within the framework of the purpose, we will process Personal Data, in order to realize, for example, the following legitimate interests of Latvenergo:

  • to ensure the provision of Services and/or communication with the actual recipient of the Service and/or the communication;
  • to ensure the maintenance of positive relations with Customers, as well as the increase of Customer satisfaction;
  • to help young people develop and improve their knowledge, identify their interests and career perspectives;
  • to provide support to science teachers with an environment for preparing and sharing teaching materials for engaging and up-to-date lessons;
  • to promote social responsibility and enhance representative relationships by participating in, and organising, activities of a relevant nature, including by maintaining and developing the activities of the Museum of Energy and the activities of the Energy Efficiency Centre.

Provision of commercial activity

Identification information
Contact Information
Delivery address
Contract information
Payment information
Object information (real estate)
Information contained in communication materials (for example, correspondence, including social networks, e-mails, Elektrum portal, online chat or other communication channels chosen by the Customer)
Information about the Service and/or product/good
Information on compliance with security requirements in the energy safety sector
Audio recordings (such as telephone recordings)
Photos
Video recordings
Authentication information
Access information
Number of bonds and tax amounts related to them
Vehicle information
Information on the time the person has spent on the construction site and other related information
Information related to participation in procurements
Represented company (if applicable)
Position (if applicable)
Contents of the report


If you have expressed a wish to submit your Personal Data in order to report unsafe working conditions or environmental hazards and/or to obtain information on the resolution of the situation, we will process your Personal Data on the basis of your consent.

In the cases specified by regulatory enactments, we will process Personal Data in order to fulfil the legal obligations specified by Latvenergo, as well as process the data in order to realize, for example, the following legitimate interests of Latvenergo:

  • to prevent potential financial and organisational risks;
  • to prevent legal and safety risks, examine and provide evidence (for example, storing personal data for the resolution of specific disputes);
  • to ensure the continuity of operations and registration of operational activities regarding the activities performed during a specific period of time;
  • to prevent and detect security risks at the energy supply facilities;
  • to establish and maintain a supplier’s qualification system;
  • to organise auctions (for movable property and real estate, including vehicles);
  • to maintain and develop electricity generation infrastructure.

Fulfilment of the requirements of laws and regulations or exercise of Latvenergo’s rights in accordance with the laws and regulations

Any of the Personal Data listed above

In the cases specified in regulatory enactments, we will process Personal Data in order to fulfil the legal obligations specified by Latvenergo and perform the duty performed by Latvenergo in the public interest.

Within the framework of the purpose, we will process Personal Data, in order to realize, for example, the following legitimate interests of Latvenergo:

  • to protect its rights through the services of authorised and competent authorities;
  • to protect its rights by using information available from third parties and analysing the publicly available information on the persons sanctioned in other countries in accordance with regulatory enactments;
  • to protect its rights by using information available from third parties in accordance with regulatory enactments and by fulfilling the obligations specified in the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist and Proliferation Financing.




Latvenergo has the right to make additions to this Policy, making its current version available to You on the Elektrum portal, Latvenergo’s website and other Latvenergo’s websites and mobile applications.

Document updated on 02.05.2024.