Powered by low-cost hydro energy, FREYR is set to design and produce high-density, cost-effective lithium-ion batteries with the lowest CO2 footprint for the fast-growing global markets for electric mobility, stationary energy storage, and marine applications. Guided by its vision, purpose, and principles, FREYR plans to build a strong and market-leading company by anchoring sustainability firmly into its corporate strategy. With a goal of becoming one of Europe’s largest battery manufacturers by 2025, FREYR is dependent on a flexible way of managing its fast-growing network. This means, among other things, that FREYR does not wish to produce or receive printed business cards, and has instead decided on Stinto as a sustainable and digital alternative. “For us, sustainability is a mindset and we can not credibly sell a green product without thinking “green” and sustainable solutions into everything we do”. says Hege Norheim, EVP CCO, and adds “ we want to honor our commitment to fight climate change and to SDG 12 by using digital business cards – and we really hope that our customers and suppliers will think the same way”. Freyr is growing rapidly and for such needs a flexible solution that enables all employees easy access to customers, partners, and co-workers’ contact details. “When you double the number of employees every year, it is hard for all to keep track of who-knows-who, or whom to call regarding a case in country X. Stinto provided us with an inhouse phonebook that updates automatically when new clients or colleagues are added to the company. This makes it easy to stay productive and we know that new employees have access to the same network as the rest of the company” says Hege Norheim. Stinto is an eco-friendly way of exchanging contact data, which also keeps you updated in real-time, GDPR compliant, and in full control of your own data. Download the Stinto app for free, create your own customized card and start connecting. For more info, visit www.stinto.com
Sharing your Stinto card
Once you create a Stinto digital business card, you are ready to begin sharing it with the people you meet. WIth Stinto you can share your card with anyone, even people that don’t have the app! With our latest app release (may 2021) we have simplified the way you send your Stinto digital business card. There are multiple ways to successfully share your card. The most popular ways are by using the QR code, emailing the link, or just send a text message. But you can also copy the link and send it through your preferred means of communication. Follow the instructions below to learn how to share your card: How to share your Stinto digital business card Open your Send screen Tap My Cards, and tap the Send button to pull up the Send screen. Share your business card using QR code To share your card using its QR code, you ask the other person to open their phone’s camera app and then aim the camera at your code. Within seconds your business card will appear on their phone. Share your business card via text message Tap the Text tab in the button of the screen and enter the person’s phone number and perhaps a personal message (optional). When you click “share” a text will be sent from your phone containing a link to your business card. Send the link to your business card Tap “Other” to share the link through your Messages app, Twitter, Slack, or any other app you prefer using. Bulk share your business card Tap the “Bulk” tab and enter in a message (optional) and select multiple contacts from your phone book to send your business card to at one time. Did you find this article helpful? Leave a comment and feel free to reach out for more tutorials coming up.
GDPR: 3 common mistakes
Everyone is doing their best in order to be GDPR compliant. However, there are some quite ordinary day-to-day routines that are considered to be unsafe and illegal due to GDPR. Yet they take place daily in many teams. Have a look at the three routines you should pay attention to – and consider acting on: 1. You share information given to you with others without consents Why is this a problem? When you share a contact from your phonebook or an old business card you were given a couple of years ago, with a colleague or person outside your organization, you actually handle personal data without consent. One of the basic principles of the Data Protection Act is the requirement for adequate security when processing personal data. If companies and organizations do not comply with the requirement, it will in all probability lead to financial sanctions. What can you do differently? Your company must ensure that you have a secure procedure for handling data obtained through e.g. business cards. You can use a tool like Stinto that alerts the data owner, each time you share this person’s data with someone else, or you share the data with your CRM. By using Stinto as a data handler, you automate the otherwise manual procedures that secure you remain GDPR compliant. 2. You collect consent through manual procedures Why is this a problem? One of the hardest things to implement in companies is new manual procedures. Though necessary and even mandatory all things manually handled comes with the risk of failure. Often due to forgetfulness or because it seems inconvenient or even unnecessary for a few in the organization. That said, it only takes a few people to go against the flow in order to end up in a non-compliant situation. You can set up procedure checks for adding new leads to CRM, your email lists, etc, but as long as they are manually executed there is no way to know you are compliant, you can only assume you are. And the more people adding contacts manually the greater risk of ending up non-compliant. What can you do differently? Limit the number of procedures that require manual handling and replace it with digital flows whenever possible. By streamlining and automating the processes you use to collect and process personal data, makes it more manageable and reduces the risk of mishandling personal data when transferring it between different systems. 3. You use information collected for one purpose for a completely different purpose Why is this a problem? You may collect feedback through your website where customers provided personal information along with their feedback. If this data is stored and later used for a new purpose – for example for marketing, it is necessary to obtain specific consent for both purposes. The same goes when your sales team obtains a business card at a conference and then enters the details in your CRM or adds them to your email marketing lists, without letting the data owner know. What can you do differently? If the personal data is processed on the basis of consent, the consent only applies to the specific purpose (s) stated when obtaining the consent. In other words, you need to ask for consent for the purposes for which you are going to use the information. There are a number of strict requirements for the validity of consent. Among other things, it must be clear to the user which information is processed and for what purpose consent is given. At the same time, the user always has the right to withdraw his consent. An example could be that Kim gave his business card to Michael when Michael was working for company X. However, now Michael works for company Y and brought the business card with him to their CRM. This raises the question if Kim actively gave consent for Michael to use the data for company Y and if not, did company Y just unknowingly become non GDPR compliant? If you use Stinto to handle data the user is always notified when changes in the network occur. In the example above the app would automatically have notified Kim that Michael changed jobs, and now added Kim’s contact into a new CRM. In addition, Kim would through the app have access to a full list of who has his card making it easy to withdraw consent, just as the law requires. If you want to know more about how you can use Stinto to avoid making these mistakes, contact Stinto here.
