Privacy Policy

Data Privacy Protection

PolyTechnos commits itself to protect the security and privacy of your personal data. Therefore, PolyTechnos conducts its business in compliance with applicable laws on data privacy protection and data security. The following policy will help you understand which data PolyTechnos may collect, how PolyTechnos uses and safeguards that data and with whom the Company may share it.

Personal Data

Through the PolyTechnos Websites, no personal data of any kind will be collected (e.g., name, address, phone number or E-Mail address), unless you voluntarily choose to provide the Company with it (e.g., by registration, survey), respectively, provide your consent, or unless otherwise permitted by applicable laws and regulations for the protection of your personal data.

Purpose of Use

In case you do provide your personal data to PolyTechnos, the Company usually uses it to respond to your inquiry, processes your request or order or provides you access to specific information or offers. Also, to support its relationship with its business partners:

PolyTechnos may store and process personal data and share it with its worldwide affiliates to better understand your business needs and how PolyTechnos can improve its services; or

PolyTechnos, or a third party on its behalf, may use personal data to contact you about a PolyTechnos offer in support of your business needs or to conduct online surveys to understand better its business partners' needs

If you choose not to have your personal data used to support PolyTechnos' relationship with business partners (especially direct marketing or market research), PolyTechnos will respect your choice. The Company does not sell or otherwise market your personal data to third parties, except to PolyTechnos' affiliates.

Purpose Limitation

PolyTechnos will collect, use or disclose personal data supplied by you online only for the purposes disclosed to you, unless the disclosure

is a use of the personal data for any additional purpose that is directly related to the original purpose for which the personal data was collected;

is necessary to prepare, negotiate and perform a contract with you;

is required by law or the competent governmental or judicial authorities;

is necessary to establish or preserve a legal claim or defence;

is necessary to prevent fraud or other illegal activities, such as wilful attacks on PolyTechnos' information technology systems.

Communications or Utilisation Data

Through your use of telecommunications services to access the PolyTechnos Website, your communications data (e.g., Internet protocol address) or utilization data (e.g., information at the beginning, end, and extent of each access, and information on the telecommunications services you accessed) are technically generated and could conceivably relate to personal data. To the extent that there is a compelling necessity, the collection, processing and use of your communications or utilization data will occur and will be performed in accordance with the applicable data privacy protection legal framework.

Non-Personal Data collected automatically

When you access the PolyTechnos Websites, the Company may automatically (i.e., not by registration) collect non-personal data such as type of Internet browser and operating system used, domain name of the Website from which you came, number of visits, average time spent on the site, pages viewed. PolyTechnos may use this data and share it with its worldwide affiliates to monitor the attractiveness of its Websites and to improve its performance or content.

"Cookies" - Information stored automatically on your Computer

When you view one of the PolyTechnos Websites, the Company may store some data on your computer in the form of a "cookie" to automatically recognise your PC next time you visit. Cookies can help PolyTechnos in several ways, e.g., by allowing the Company to tailor a Website to better match your interests. If you do not wish to receive cookies, please configure your Internet browser to erase all cookies from your computer's hard drive, to block all cookies or to receive a warning before a cookie is stored.

Security

To protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or alteration, and against unauthorized disclosure or access, PolyTechnos uses technical and organizational security measures.

Links to other Websites

PolyTechnos' Websites contain links to other Websites. PolyTechnos is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these Websites.

Questions and Comments

PolyTechnos will respond to reasonable requests to review your personal data and to correct, amend or delete any inaccuracies. If you have any questions or comments, please click on "Contact Us" in the service navigation line and address your request to Andrea Baechle, Public Relations. As the Internet matures, so will the PolyTechnos Data Privacy Protection Policy. PolyTechnos will post changes to its Data Privacy Protection Policy on this page. Please check this page regularly to keep up to date.