Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of 4 July 2008.

GENERAL
This Privacy Policy applies to personal data collected in connection with products and services offered by Polymer Vision or from other interactions with us where a link or other reference of incorporation to this Privacy Policy is made, for example, in connection with our products, websites and other types of services that may be offered by Polymer Vision. In this Privacy Policy the term "personal data" means information relating to an identified or identifiable individual (i.e. a natural person).

We are committed to comply with applicable data protection and privacy laws and to protect your privacy. This Privacy Policy aims at helping you understand what kind of information we collect in connection with our products and services and how we process such information. "Polymer Vision" refers to Polymer Vision Limited, with registered office at 5th Floor, Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway, London WC2B 6UN, United Kingdom, including its affiliates (also referred to as "we", "us", or "our").

On our website we may refer to websites of other parties providing products or services. Such third parties’ websites and other third party services may have privacy policies of their own. We recommend that you read the privacy policies of such services. Polymer Vision is not responsible for the privacy practices or contents of any such services.
By using this website and/or by submitting personal data to Polymer Vision, you express your agreement to the processing of your personal data in the manner provided in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use this website or provide Polymer Vision with your personal data.

Which Data
We collect your personal data typically when you make a purchase, use or register into our services or otherwise interact with us. We endeavour to collect personal data only with your knowledge or consent. Below are examples of the categories of data collected.
•  Information provided by you : when you register for our services, make a purchase or otherwise interact with us, we may ask you to provide us with information such as your name, email address, street address, as well as user names, passwords and other such credentials that are used to identify users and to validate their actions or that may be needed to provide you with the products and services you have requested or to communicate with you.
•  In view of transactions with us We collect or ask for information relating to your purchase and/or use of our products and/or services and your other interactions with us. Such information may include, for example, details of the queries or requests you have made, the products and services provided (including delivery details), financial details (including payments made, credit card details, billing address, credit checks and other such financial information), details of agreements between you and Polymer Vision, records of contacts and communications, information and details relating to the content you have provided us with and other such transactional information. We may, in accordance with applicable law, record your communication with our Customer Service or with other such contact points. Certain services may involve the use of your location data. However if applicable, use of your location data for such services is subject to your consent. •  Technical Information For the most part, you may visit our websites or use our products or services without having to tell us who you are. However, certain technical information is normally collected as a standard part of your use of our services. Such information includes, for example, your IP-address, access times, the website you linked from, pages you visit, the links you use, the adbanners and other content you viewed, information about your devices and other such technical information your browser provides us with or as may be otherwise collected in connection with certain products and services. When you use our services or otherwise interact with us over telecommunications networks, certain additional information, such as your mobile subscription number, may be transmitted to us by the telecommunications operator as a standard part of that communication. Please also see the section "Use of Cookies and Web Beacons" below.
•  We may collect demographic information, for example, your age, gender, postal code and language preferences. We may also collect other information you provide, such as your consents, preferences and feedback, information relating to your devices and other such information you provide us with. Please note that certain non-identifiable information collected from you may become personally identifiable when you provide us with your personal data. We may also obtain, in accordance with applicable law, some personal data from list-rental companies and other such publicly available sources. Some of our services may allow you to submit information about other people, for example, if you make an order for a product that you wish us to send directly to another recipient.
Minors

We do not aim at entering into any contract with persons under the age of 18, nor collect their personal data. However, as it is not always possible to determine the age of the user, our databases may contain such personal data. When we ask you to provide your age, this is to block the service from any person who is under 18.
We request that minors (the legal age of majority and therefore the age of minors is determined by local law where you reside) not to make purchases or otherwise enter into transactions with us, without the consent of a parent or other legal representative, unless otherwise permitted by applicable law.

Accuracy of Data
Polymer Vision takes its reasonable efforts to keep up to data the personal data we receive from you and to delete incorrect or unnecessary personal data. As some of our products and services may allow you to manage your own profile, we encourage you to access your personal data from time to time to ensure that it is correct and up-to-date. Please be aware that it is your responsibility to provide us with correct details as well as to update the personal data you have provided us with in case of any changes.

How do we use your personal data
Your personal data are processed for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Please note that one or more purposes may apply simultaneously.
•  Selling and delivering products and services We may use your personal data to fulfil your requests, process your order or as otherwise may be necessary to perform or enforce the contract between you and Polymer Vision, to ensure the functionality and security of our products and services, to identify you and to prevent and investigate fraud and other misuses.
•  Development of products and services We use aggregate and statistical information in the development of our products and services. We may also use your personal data to personalize our offering and to provide you with service more relevant to you, for example, to make recommendations and to display customized content and advertising in our websites. We may combine personal data collected in connection with your use of a particular Polymer Vision product and/or service with other personal data we may hold about you, except where such personal data was collected for a different purpose. We may create aggregate and statistical information based on your personal data.
•  Communicating with you and marketing We may use your personal data to communicate with you, for example, to provide information relating to our products and/or services you are using or to contact you for customer satisfaction queries. We may use your personal data for marketing or research purposes, for example, to conduct market research and we may, in accordance with applicable law, contact you to inform you of new products, services or promotions we may offer. Also, some of your personal data may be used to promote products and services of other companies. However, Polymer Vision does not disclose your personal data to such companies or any other company for marketing purposes without your prior consent.

Sharing Personal Data
Generally, we do not sell, lease, rent or otherwise disclose your personal data to third parties unless otherwise stated below.
•  Consent We may share your personal data if we have your consent to do so. Some services may include sharing your personal data with other users of the service, for example services where users publish their own content on Polymer Vision user communities.
•  Polymer Vision and its authorized third parties We may share your personal data with other authorized third parties who process personal data for Polymer Vision for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Such parties are not permitted to use your personal data for any other purposes, and we require them to act consistently with this Privacy Policy and to use appropriate security measures to protect your personal data.
•  International transfers Our products and services may be provided using resources and servers located in various countries around the world. Therefore your personal data may be transferred across international borders outside the country where you use our services, including to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA ) that do not have laws providing specific protection for personal data or that have different legal rules on data protection, for example, the United States of America. In such cases we take steps to ensure that there is a legal basis for such a transfer and that adequate protection for your personal data is provided as required by applicable law, for example, by using standard agreements approved by relevant authorities (where necessary) and by requiring the use of other appropriate technical and organizational information security measures.
•  Mandatory disclosures We may be obligated by mandatory law to disclose your personal data to certain authorities or other third parties, for example, to law enforcement agencies in the countries where we or third parties acting on our behalf operate. We may also disclose and otherwise process your personal data in accordance with applicable law to defend Polymer Vision's legitimate interests, for example, in civil or criminal legal proceedings.
•  Mergers and Acquisitions If we decide to sell, buy, merge or otherwise reorganise our businesses in certain countries, this may involve us disclosing personal data to prospective or actual purchasers and their advisers, or receiving personal data from sellers and their advisers.

Security
While there are always risks associated with providing personal data, whether in person, by phone, via the internet or otherwise, and no technology is completely safe or "tamper" or "hacker" proof, Polymer Vision takes appropriate technical and organizational information security measures to prevent and minimize such risks.

Such measures include, where appropriate, the use of firewalls, secure server facilities, encryption, implementing proper access rights management systems and processes, careful selection of processors and other technically and commercially reasonable measures to provide appropriate protection for your personal data against unauthorized use or disclosure. Where appropriate, we may also take back-up copies and use other such means to prevent accidental damage or destruction to your personal data. Where the Polymer Vision website provides for on-line transactions, we will use an industry standard security measure to protect the confidentiality and security of online transactions.

Use of Cookies and Web Beacons
From time to time when you visit a Polymer Vision website, information may be placed on your computer to allow us to recognize your computer. This information is commonly in the form of a text file known as a "cookie". Our use of cookies is intended to provide benefits to you, such as eliminating the need for you to enter your password frequently during a session or the need to re-enter items you place in a shopping cart if you do not finish a transaction in a single visit. Cookies are also used for website traffic analysis and anonymous demographic profiling so that we may improve our services.

Polymer Vision may use so called web beacons (or "pixel tags") in connection with some websites. However, we do not use them to identify individual users personally. Web beacons are typically graphic images that are placed on a website and they are used to count visitors to a website and/or to access certain cookies. This information is used to improve our services. Web beacons do not typically collect any other information than what your browser provides us with as a standard part of any Internet communication. If you turn off cookies, the web beacon will no longer be able to track your specific activity. The web beacon may, however, continue to collect information of visits from your IP-address, but such information will no longer be unique.

If you do not wish to receive cookies, or want to be notified before they are placed, you may set your web browser to do so, if your browser so permits. Please understand that if cookies are turned off, you may not be able to view certain parts of this site that may enhance your visit. Some of our business partners whose content is linked to or from this site may also use cookies or web beacons. However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
Your Rights

In case you wish to know what personal data we hold about you or you wish to replenish, rectify, anonymize or delete any incomplete, incorrect or outdated personal data, or you wish us to cease processing your personal data for the purpose of sending promotional materials or direct marketing or for the performance of market research or on other compelling legal grounds, you may, as appropriate and in accordance with applicable law, exercise such rights by contacting us through the contact points referred to below. In some cases, especially if you wish us to delete or cease the processing of your personal data, this may also mean that we may not be able to continue to provide the services to you. We encourage you to use available profile management tools for the above purposes as such tools often provide you with direct access to your personal data and allow you to effectively manage it.

Please note that Polymer Vision may need to identify you and to ask for additional information in order to be able to fulfil your above request. Please also note that applicable law may contain restrictions and other provisions that relate to your above rights.

Personal Data Control and Contact Details
Polymer Vision Ltd, with principal place of business at High Tech Campus 48 (5656 AE) Eindhoven, The Netherlands shall be the controller of your personal data.

Changes
This privacy policy had been posted on our website and is effective as from 4 July 2008. Polymer Vision may from time to time change this Privacy Policy or change, modify or withdraw access to this site at any time with or without notice. However, if this Privacy Policy is changed in a material, adverse way, Polymer Vision will post a notice advising of such change at the beginning of this Privacy Policy and on this site's home page for 30 days. We recommend that you re-visit this Privacy Policy from time to time to learn of any such changes to this Privacy Policy.

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