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PRIVACY POLICY OF THE CORPORATE WEBSITE

ELIX POLYMERS declares that it is fully compliant with the prevailing Spanish and European law regarding the Protection of Personal Data, in particular with the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, and with the Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights.

Your privacy and trust are important to us, which is why in this Privacy Policy we provide you with important information on how we process your personal data. We invite you to carefully read what is hereafter stated, and if any question should arise, please contact us through the means that we place at your disposal.

Data controller.

The Controller of your personal data and owner of this website is ELIX POLYMERS, S.L.U. (“ELIX POLYMERS”), a mercantile company registered at the Tarragona Mercantile Registry in Volume 2379, Folio 225, Section 8, Page T-35381, 24th Inscription, holder of tax identification code Nº B-63508352 and domiciled at Carretera de Vilaseca – La Canonja S/N 43110 La Canonja - Tarragona (Spain).

In addition to the address mentioned above, if you would like to contact us please use any of the following means:

• Contact form
• Teléfono: (34) 977 835 400
• Correo electrónico: [email protected]

Typology, purpose and legitimate aim of the processing of personal data

We collect personal data from:

Employees. These data are used to manage the labor relationship, for payroll management, workday control and all other obligations that the work relationship entails. The data collected comprise identifying information, data of special categories (health/disability), personal characteristics information, academic and professional background, employment details and financial details. The legitimate bases for the processing of these data are the relationship between the parties, the legal obligation to gather these types of data and the consent of those concerned. The conservation period of these data shall be of 5 years from the date of termination of the work relationship, except for payroll information and the Spanish Social Security forms TC1 and TC2, which must be retained for 10 years.

Job applicants. These data are gathered with the aim of conducting selection processes, and affect such categories as identification details, personal characteristics information, academic and professional background and employment details. The lawful bases for processing these data are the pre-contractual relationship between the parties involved and the consent expressed by the affected individuals. All data shall be destroyed within 6 months of the date of termination of the selection process.

Potential clients. The purpose for which these data are processed is the business management of potential clients. The data gathered comprise identifying data and commercial information. The performance of a pre-contract and the legitimate interest of the Data Controller constitute the legitimate bases for the processing. The conservation period of the data is 5 years from the date of termination of the contract with the potential client.

Customers. These data are processed for the performance of a commercial contract or pre-contract and for the provision of the ordered goods. To those ends identifying information and financial details are requested. The lawful bases for processing are the legitimate interest of the Data Controller and the performance of a contract. The data shall be deleted within 5 years of the termination of the business relationship.

Suppliers. These data are used to manage the commercial contracts, and for this purpose are collected identifying data, financial or fiscal information and other data from sources such as the Spanish Social Security form TC2 or civil liability insurance policies. It is the contract or pre-contract itself that gives us the legitimacy to processes your data, which shall be deleted within 5 years of the termination of the business relationship.

Management Board members. The processing of data in this instance is aimed at managing the company at an internal level. The legitimate basis for the processing is the business relationship between the parties.

Video surveillance. These data are used to ensure safety at our facilities. The legitimate basis for processing is the performance of a mission undertaken in the public interest. These data (the images) shall be deleted within a period of not more than 30 days.

Sending of commercial communications. The data are processed in order to send commercial communications or newsletters, for which end identification details are requested. The consent of the interested party is the basis of legitimacy for the processing. Data shall be deleted once the processing is finalized, namely when the interested party has opted out of these communications.

Replies to queries. We collect the contact details with which you identify yourself to communicate with us, namely your e-mail, phone number or postal address, as well as any other data that you may freely submit to us, a content which at present cannot be defined as it depends on what you eventually wish to provide. We process these personal data with the purpose of answering your queries, as well as to address your rights regarding personal data protection. The legitimate bases for responding to your communications are your consent and the legitimate interest of ELIX POLYMERS in responding to your queries. These data shall be deleted within 2 years.

Exercise of rights. These data are used to satisfy the exercise of data protection rights. Compliance with the rules in force regarding data protection constitutes the legitimate grounds for the processing. These data shall at all times be minimized and stored in conformity with data protection regulations.

Whistleblower channel. These data are processed to handle complaints received as a result of a lack of compliance with the document of Duties and Obligations of the staff, the Code of Conduct and other internal standards. The lawful basis for processing is the legitimate interest of the Data Controller. These data shall be minimized and retained for 7 days unless they are subject to investigation, in which case they shall be kept for the duration of said investigation, the corresponding judicial proceeding or the limitation period of such actions as may be exercised.

Use of Cookies. ELIX POLYMERS may process personal data collected by the cookies indicated in its Cookies Policy. In this case your personal data shall be processed with technical, statistic and analytic purposes with which certain functions that are considered essential are carried out. Your consent constitutes the legitimate basis for the processing of these data.

Conservation period

The personal data provided will be kept for as long as a contractual relationship between us exists, for the lawful period of data storage, or until the User requests to exercise his or her rights of deletion or objection. On a general basis, there shall be a conservation period of 5 years from the date of termination of the relationship between the parties. Once finalized, the data shall be confidentially canceled or destroyed.

How do we share user information?

We share personal data with third parties with the aim of providing services under the terms of this Privacy Policy, or when we consider it permitted or required by law. When we share personal information we do it in accordance with all data privacy and security requirements.

ELIX POLYMERS informs the stakeholder that some of our providers may process his or her personal data in their capacity as Data Processors, for example in the case of:

• hird party service providers, when necessary for the provision of services, activity coordination, internal management, supplier certification, software, systems and platforms support, cloud hosting services and electronic communications. In such cases, the data transfer to a third party will only be carried out when ELIX POLYMERS is in a contractual relationship with the Data Processor that ensures its confidentiality, the non-use of the personal information that we make available to the Processor for any purposes other than the stated above, and the fulfillment of our internal rules on the privacy and security of the information.
• When the data transfer is covered by a legal obligation, or it is requested by the competent authorities in order to respond to legal demands, to a criminal investigation of a possible illegal activity, or to any claims stating that certain content violates the rights of third parties; or when necessary to protect the rights, property or security of third parties, or in the case of merger, purchase or sale, restructuring, joint venture, assignment, transfer or any other disposal, either partial or total, of our business, assets or stocks. (For example, transfers to the Spanish Tax Agency, to the Spanish Social Security Treasury, etc.).

International data transfers

When pertinent, ELIX POLYMERS uses third party tools and services to manage some services. Certain such services may be owned by third parties outside of the European Economic Area.

ELIX POLYMERS seeks to use secure tools whose servers are preferably located in Spain, or in their absence in a member state of the European Union, or outside of the European Union provided that the European regulations are met, in accordance with the guidelines and recommendations of the Spanish Data Protection Agency, the European Commission and the relevant Community agreements in matters of international data transfer.

In case that an international data transfer is needed, acceptance of this Privacy Policy implies that, as User, you explicitly consent to the aforementioned transfer.

Exercise of rights and appeal to the Spanish Data Protection Agency

The personal data provided will be kept for as long as a contractual relationship between us exists, for the lawful period of data storage, or until the User requests to exercise his or her rights of deletion or objection. On a general basis, there shall be a conservation period of 5 years from the date of termination of the relationship between the parties. Once finalized, the data shall be confidentially canceled or destroyed.

Users may at any time withdraw their consent and/or exercise their rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and portability provided for in the European personal data protection law, by sending an e-mail to [email protected] or by post to ELIX POLYMERS SLU, at Carretera de Vilaseca – La Canonja S/N 43110 La Canonja - Tarragona (Spain).

The User must clearly indicate the right that he or she wishes to exercise and send a copy of his or her National ID Card or any other valid identity document which legitimizes him or her, including that which enables electronic identification.

If you have not been duly attended to in the exercise of your rights, you may lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency.

Your commitment: the veracity of the transmitted data

The personal data provided will be kept for as long as a contractual relationship between us exists, for the lawful period of data storage, or until the User requests to exercise his or her rights of deletion or objection. On a general basis, there shall be a conservation period of 5 years from the date of termination of the relationship between the parties. Once finalized, the data shall be confidentially canceled or destroyed. 

The User declares that the personal data that he or she provides to ELIX POLYMERS are true.

As User, you should be aware that you are solely responsible for any direct or indirect damages or losses caused to ELIX POLYMERS as the entity responsible for this website or to any third party, if you send us false data or third-party data without the previous consent of said parties, causing as a result deception, loss or damage.

In order to keep the personal data that we possess accurate and updated, we ask the User to please inform us of any variations that might take place within the provided personal data.

Consent of minors

ELIX POLYMERS prohibits users under 14 the transfer of personal data through this website or by any means provided therein. In case ELIX POLYMERS identifies users that could be under the required age, it will not process their data nor will it answer their requests.

In case ELIX POLYMERS has a reasonable suspicion that the User might be a minor, it reserves the right to request a copy of the User's National ID Card or equivalent document that demonstrates the User's legal capacity.

Applicable security measures

In order to protect the personal data of the Users, ELIX POLYMERS verifies its own compliance and monitors its Data Processors on the implementation of appropriate technical and organizational measures that are consistent with the level of technology available, taking into account the extent, content and purpose of the processing as well as the probability and possible seriousness of the risks that the rights and freedoms of the stakeholders may confront, seeking to ensure the confidentiality, availability and resilience of the processing systems and services.

Our information security policies and procedures are regularly reviewed and updated, to meet our business needs, the technological changes and the policy requirements.

Applicable law and jurisdiction

ELIX POLYMERS is based in Spain. Therefore, the content of this Privacy Policy has been drafted to be consistent with the Spanish legislation and the applicable law of the European Union.

By agreeing to this Policy, the User accepts that any and all claims or complaints against ELIX POLYMERS derived from or related to the use of this website, and more specifically to the processing of the User’s personal data, will be addressed by the competent courts of Tarragona. Should ELIX POLYMERS wish to file a claim, it will do so before the competent court of the User's domicile, or of the domicile of ELIX POLYMERS (Carretera de Vilaseca S/N La Canonja, 43110 La Canonja (Tarragona – Spain)) in the case of taking action against legal persons or professionals that are non-consumers.

If the User accesses this Site from a location outside Spain, he or she is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws, local and international, that may apply.

Last update

Privacy Policy last updated: December 12^th, 2020.

COOKIES POLICY

The owner of this website is Elix Polymers SLU, (hereinafter, “ELIX POLYMERS”), a mercantile company registered at the Tarragona Mercantile Registry, in Volume 2379, Folio 225, Section 8, Page T-35381, 24th Inscription, holder of tax identification code no. B-63508352 and domiciled at Carretera de Vilaseca – La Canonja S/N 43110 La Canonja - Tarragona (Spain). If you require further information, you can find more about us in our Legal Notice and Conditions of Use

In this website you will find information about our privacy policy and Cookie processing that pertains to www.elix-polymers.com and to https://eos.elix-polymers.com/login (hereinafter, the web).

If, once you have read all the supplied information, you choose to continue to navigate this website without having configured your browsers to prevent cookies from being installed (either totally or partially), you will be providing ELIX POLYMERS with your explicit consent to use cookies such as they are configured in this website, in line with the terms and conditions of this Policy.

Once the cookies are authorized in the first layer of information or in the configuration panel, ELIX POLYMERS will have your consent to use the authorized cookies. In any case, the only means that completely guarantees the rejection of cookies is by configuring it in the browser you are using.

On ELIX POLYMERS websites we use cookies for technical, statistical and analytical purposes, with which certain functions that are considered essential are carried out.

If you would like to know more about how we use cookies in this website, we invite you to read the information below.

What are cookies and what are they used for?

Cookies are files that are downloaded to the User's computer / smartphone / Tablet when he or she accesses certain web pages.

Cookies allow the storing of certain information about the User's device or his or her browsing. These data can be updated and retrieved by the entity responsible for their installation for different purposes, such as to collect information about the Users' browsing habits and computer, to see which pages have been visited, the time spent, the city to which the IP address of the accessing device is assigned, the number of new users, the frequency and recurrence of the visits, the session duration, the browser or operator or the type of terminal from which the visit is taking place, to analyze how a certain web page operates, to detect technical issues, etc. Likewise, depending on what information they hold and how the terminal is used, they can be used to identify the User.

In addition to "tradicional" cookies, there are other mechanisms and technologies to store this type of information. This website, from your own domain, or from authorized third parties domains, con use tracking pixels or beacons, fingerprintig techniques or take advantge of local storage and browser session to store information that is generally relative to the user's navigation and it is always hashed. We recommend you check your browser settings to limit or prevent such techniques if that is your desire.

What are the different types of cookies?

Cookies can be classified in three categories: depending on who is the entity that operates the device or domain from which cookies are sent and data are managed; depending on the period of time that cookies remain active on the terminal; and depending on the purpose for which the data are obtained.

Depending on the origin, they can be classified as first-party or third-party cookies, depending on their lifetime, they are classified as session cookies and permanent cookies, and depending on their purpose they can be classified as technical cookies, personalization cookies, analytics or usage statistics cookies, and advertising cookies, among others.

Why is your consent important?

In compliance with Law No. 34/2002 of 11 July, on Information Society Services and E-Commerce, ELIX POLYMERS is entitled to install cookies in the users' terminal, provided the users have consented to it after being given clear and comprehensive information on the use of cookies. The objective of this Policy is to present said information in a helpful way to the User.

Nevertheless, it should be noted that from a legal standpoint not all cookies are equally considered. Non-intrusive cookies are exempted from the obligation of their being notified. These are cookies that allow communication between the User's device and the network. Additionally, there are those that provide a service explicitly requested by the User, such as:

• User-input cookies
• User authentication or identification cookies (session cookies only)
• User security cookies
• Session cookies of the media player
• Load-balancing session cookies
• User interface customization cookies
• Plug-in cookies for social content exchange

This notwithstanding, in ELIX POLYMERS we believe it is important that the relationship with the User is always accompanied by a high level of transparency and trust. That is why in this Cookies Policy you will find all the cookies that we use.

What type of cookies does this website use?

In ELIX POLYMERS we believe that the principle of transparency must be a key element in the relationship with our User. That is why we have put all first-party and third-party cookies used on www.elix-polymers.com and on https://eos.elix-polymers.com/login at your disposal.

COOKIE www.elix-polymers.com

COOKIES eos.elix-polymers.com/login

If you identify any cookie that may have not been notified, you can contact us through the e-mail address [email protected] and we will proceed to identify and declare the cookie

This policy may be amended whenever there are changes to the configuration and/or use of cookies. In order to maintain the greatest transparency with the User, ELIX POLYMERS will always keep the updated version of this website posted, stating the date of the last update at the end of this web page.

What other tracking technologies may be used in this website?

LocalStorage: Some of the pages of this website use the LocalStorage operation to store certain information (namely, cookies, supercookies or evercookies) on the local storage of the User's browser.

How can I manage cookies?

You can manage your cookies by modifying your browser's settings. However, you should consider that settings may vary depending on the browser's developer and version. 

Most browsers offer instructions on how to set your browser to reject cookies, or to be notified whenever a new cookie is received, or to completely disable them. To control the use that is made of your information, you can set the browser of your terminal in the form which you deem most appropriate. 

In any case, please note that if the technical and/or operational cookies are deactivated, this may affect the website's operational quality or make your identification more difficult. 

You will find more information on the cookies settings of different browsers at the following links: 

• Chrome
   
• Chorme para Android
   
• Explorer
   
• Firefox
   
• Safari
   
• Safari para IOS
   
• Windows 10: Microsoft Edge
   

ELIX POLYMERS will regularly update the links mentioned above. However, it is possible that at certain points these may not match with the latest version of the browsers that the developers have released.

Additionally, there is a number of useful resources that offer detailed information about the different types of cookies, about how they are used and how you can manage your cookie preferences, on About Cookies or on All About Cookies. 

If you would like to have increased control over cookie installation, you may install programs or add-ons on your browser, namely the “Do Not Track” tools, that will allow you to select the cookies that you wish to accept.

Liability

Since web browsers are the tools that have been set up to store cookies, it is from web browsers that the right to delete or deactivate cookies must be exercised. ELIX POLYMERS cannot ensure that cookies are properly handled by web browsers.

In some cases the installation of cookies is necessary so that the web browser remembers your decision to refuse them.

If you have any doubts or questions about this Cookies Policy please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected]

Links to third-party services.

Some of the services provided by the ELIX POLYMERS website may contain links to applications, services and tools, as well as to third-party websites, that you can use in conjunction with applications, services, tools and third-party websites to share information that you consider of interest. Such media outlets—LinkedIn, Twitter or YouTube by way of example—are not in any way linked to ELIX POLYMERS.

ELIX POLYMERS is not responsible for the security nor the transparency of the information that third parties provide to the users with regard to their privacy.

We recommend that you revise the privacy and use of cookies policies on of the applications, social networks and web of services that you use regularly.

Last update.

Cookies Policy last updated: May 25th, 2018.

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