Personal data collected
We collect personal data relating to you (referred to hereinafter as “Personal Data”) in two ways:
Use of Personal Data
Your Personal Data will exclusively be used to the extent necessary to allow Us:
We may not use your Personal Data for new purposes which are as yet unforeseen in this Privacy Notice except on the basis of an applicable statutory permission. In any event, prior to using Personal Data for other purposes, We will inform you about such change to this Privacy Notice. In case of consent-based activities, We will not process your Personal Data for such new purposes without first obtaining your consent.
Special category of personal data
We will not collect or process any special category of personal data relating to you. The special categories of Personal Data include data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs or other beliefs of a similar nature, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, health, sex life or sexual orientation. Direct marketing We will not use your Personal Data for electronic direct marketing purposes without your explicit prior consent, except where authorised under applicable law. If at any time you decide not to receive any commercial or promotional information from Us, You may, free of charge and without having to provide any justification, opt-out of any direct marketing campaigns and oppose to the future processing of your Personal Data for such purposes by sending Us an email at behindthewall@etexgroup.com and mention “opt-out” in the subject of your email. Alternatively, you may use the opt-out procedure provided in any promotional message you receive from Us. Please note that opting out from receiving promotional messages from Us will not prevent you from receiving information that relates to any contract you may have entered into with Us.
Surveys From time to time we will conduct surveys to establish information to assist us in gaining your direct thoughts and opinions on our products, systems (Facebook, Linked In, Websites etc) and services. Each Survey will invite you to participate; this will be classed asking for your consent to participate; your information gathered at the time of the survey will be only used for that purpose of the survey and will not assume consent for any other purpose. Where fulfilment companies are used for the specific survey these will be specified in the Survey’s purpose statement. Details of the purpose and scope of the Survey will be made clear for each Survey we may ask you to participate in, this will provide you with the details for you to clearly decide if you want to consent to participate in the Survey. Personal data collected during the survey will be deleted upon the completion of the survey analysis and will not be stored or used for any other purpose. Each Survey will request your consent each time you participate. Participation in our surveys will not impact or influence any future buying or mailing preferences in the future and unless otherwise stated your participation will be anonymous.
Automated decision-making We will not make use of automated decision-making processes, including profiling, except where authorised under applicable law. In such case we would inform you about the logic involved in the decision, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for you. Sharing Personal Data and transferring Personal Data to third parties We will not make your Personal Data available to any third party and shall not publicly disclose the Personal Data unless such transfers are based on your specific consent, necessary for the performance of a contract entered into between you and Us, or when such transfer of Personal Data is otherwise authorised or compulsory by law or by order of an administration or judicial authority. We transfer your Personal Data to the following recipients:
Please note that whenever your Personal Data are transferred to processors or third parties located outside the European Economic Area in countries which are not considered by the European Commission to guarantee an adequate level of personal data protection, We will ensure that appropriate measures are implemented according to the applicable national and European legislation relating to data protection. You may obtain a copy of the appropriate safeguards taken or information as to where they have been made available by sending Us an email at marketing@etex-bp.co.uk.
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Additional information about specific cookies
Google Analytics: This Website uses Google Analytics, which is a web data analysis tool of Google Inc. (Google). Google Analytics uses cookies to help Us analyze how users use the Website.
Since we have activated the anonymization of IP-addresses transferred, Google will prior to such transfer truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address within Member States of the EEA. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website, compiling reports on Website activity for Us and providing other services relating to Website activity and internet usage to Us. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Further information concerning the terms and conditions of use and data privacy can be found at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html. Please note that on this Website, Google Analytics code is supplemented by “anonymizeIp” to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so called IP-masking).
How to prevent cookies to be set
You may prevent cookies to be set by adjusting your browser accordingly. Indeed, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about how to prevent cookies to be set, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
However, in such case, certain features of the Website may not work properly and some functionalities of the Website might no longer be available to you.
How to delete/deactivate cookies
In order to delete/deactivate all cookies set on your computer, the majority of web browsers allow you to disable completely the use of cookies, or to delete cookies created by specific domains/websites. To find out how to do it, please refer to your browser’s help page:
You can specifically prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) for any website you visit by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.
You may [also] specifically refuse the use of Google Analytics on this Website by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set on the computer, which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this Website:
<a href=“javascript:gaOptout()“>Disable Google Analytics</a>
Share on social networks
We make use of a social plug-in to enable you to share Website’s information on Facebook or LinkedIn through “Share” buttons.
For data privacy reasons, we deliberately opted against utilizing direct social network plug-ins on our Website. Instead, we employ an alternative technical solution that allows you to decide whether to transmit data to the social network operators and when. Thus when you visit the Website, data are never automatically transmitted to a social network. Only when you actively click on the respective button yourself will your web browser connect to the servers of the social network, i.e. clicking on elements then clicking on the social network’s icon indicates your consent to your browser connecting to the servers of the social network and sending usage data to that social network operator, whether or not you are a subscriber of such social network.
We have no influence over the nature or scope of data that social networks may then gather. For information regarding the purpose and scope of data collection, further processing and use of data by social networks and regarding your data privacy rights and relevant configuration settings, see the social networks’ respective data privacy advisories.
On certain areas of this Website, We may provide links to third parties websites, which are not subject to this Privacy Notice. These links are provided as a convenience to you; however please be aware that We do not control such third parties or their websites and that those third parties will have a different privacy notice applying to information collected from you when you are on those third parties’ websites. We encourage you read the privacy notices of all websites carefully before providing personally identifiable information.
Storage duration
We will retain your Personal Data only as long as necessary for the fulfilment of the purposes described above or as required by law, or to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights
Security and confidentiality
We have implemented technical and organisational measures in accordance with standard industry practices to ensure an appropriate level of security of the Personal Data processed. Nevertheless, security requires efforts from all actors involved. We thus encourage you to contribute to these efforts by taking appropriate security measures yourself, including using strong passwords and keeping all user names and passwords (if any) confidential.
Children on the Website
This Website is not intended for or directed to children under 16. We do not knowingly collect any information from such individuals. If you believe your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us at behindthewall@etexgroup.com
Your rights
At any time, you may exercise your right to request access to or rectification of and, as the case may be, erasure of any Personal Data relating to you. You may also object to processing, or request a restriction of processing and benefit of a right to data portability (as the case may be), in compliance with applicable data protection law, by sending a signed request form with a copy of your ID card, passport or other proof of identity to behindthewall@etexgroup.com or in writing to Etex Building Performance Ltd, Gordano House, Marsh Lane, Easton in Gordano, Bristol, BS20 0NE
When applicable, you have the right to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent made prior to such withdrawal.
As a data subject, you have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (in particular in the Member State of the European Union of your usual place of residence, your place of work or the place where the violation occurred) if you consider that the processing of Personal Data relating to you infringes the applicable legislation relating to data protection.
Data Protection Compliance Officer
Compliance Officer
Etex’s group Compliance Officer can be contacted at complianceofficer@etexgroup.com with regard to all issues related to processing of your Personal Data and to the exercise of your rights under the applicable national and European legislation relating to data protection.
Effective date and changes
This Privacy Notice is in effect since 25th May 2018. We reserve the right, at Our complete discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Notice at any time. You should check back periodically at this page to read the most recent version of this Privacy Notice as your continued use of this Website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you acknowledge these changes.
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