Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement

Privacy statement for business partners

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force on 25 May 2018.

Therefore, with this privacy statement, we wish to seize the opportunity to inform you about our practices with regard to the processing of your personal data.

Data controller

The data controller is the natural or legal person determining the purposes and means of the processing of your personal data.

In the context of this policy, the data controller is Sumitomo Bakelite Europe (Ghent) NV, with registered offices at 9000 Gent, Wiedauwkaai, 6 (“SBEG” or We).

Data subjects

This privacy statement applies to all business partners of SBEG, be it natural persons or collaborators of legal persons, and specifically to:

Purposes of processing and data processed

We only process your personal data in the context of our business relationship and we do not use it for other purposes.

Purpose

Legal basis

Administration of orders placed with suppliers and of services requested to subcontractors

Necessity for the performance of contracts with suppliers and subcontractors

Administration of orders from clients and the delivery of products

Necessity for the performance of contracts concluded with clients

Administration of services provided to clients

Necessity for the performance of contracts concluded with clients

Financial management of our business relationships

Necessity for the performance of the contract concluded with clients, suppliers and subcontractors

Statutory obligations

SBEG’s legitimate interest to effectively manage its finances

Intra-group reporting

SBEG’s legitimate interest to ensure qualitative reporting on commercial activities and business relationships within the Group of Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.

Risk management and compliance

Compliance with statutory obligations

SBEG’s legitimate interest to manage risk and compliance

Arrangements for business meetings or other events

Necessity for (potential) pre-contractual measures

Necessity for the performance of the contract concluded with clients, suppliers and subcontractors

Legitimate interest to enter into or perform a contract with the client’s, supplier’s or subcontractor’s employer or contract party (when the latter is not an individual)

Arrangements for business meetings or other events including meals


The client’s, supplier’s or subcontractor’s explicit consent, where required by law

In exceptional circumstances, management of potential disputes which may arise from our business relationships

Statutory obligations

Necessity for the performance of the contract concluded with clients, suppliers and subcontractors

Typically, the personal data we hold about you will include the following:

We do not conduct profiling activities nor take automatic decisions on that basis. Data we process about you will usually be obtained from yourself or from other companies of the Group of Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd..


Retention of your personal data

Generally speaking, your personal data will be retained as long as necessary for the fulfilment of the above purposes. In most cases, this will result in us keeping most of your personal data for a period of 10 years, which may however be extended in the event of litigation.

Transfer of your personal data

To achieve better quality or efficiency in the processing of your personal data, we may enter into contracts with third parties to carry out said processing on our behalf and only according to our instructions. Client data can for example be transferred to transport companies charged with ensuring delivery of the products. Service providers to whom your personal data are transferred, are bound by specific agreements and are required to keep your data securely.

In addition, as part of our compliance with statutory obligations, we may share your personal data with custom authorities.

Additionally, disputes and other incidents may lead us, in exceptional circumstances, to share personal data about you with police and other law enforcement bodies.

In the context of internal reporting within the Group of Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. (i.e. the group to which SBEG belongs), your personal data may also be shared with other group companies.

If and to the extent your employer would be subject to a potential sale, your personal data may also be shared with potential acquirers as part of routine pre-acquisition due diligence processes.

Cross-border transfers of personal data

The technical processing and transmission of your personal data (whether within the Group of Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.or through third parties) may involve transmissions over various networks, including the transfer of your personal data to other countries.

That may also constitute a transfer to third countries outside the European Economic Area that do not provide an adequate level of personal data protection. In that case, SBEG shall take appropriate safety measures in order to ensure that your personal data are sufficiently protected (for example by concluding standard contractual clauses concerning the transfer of personal data).

Currently, such transfers take place in the framework of SBEG’s reseller business within the Group of Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd..with offices currently located in Japan, United States of America and Canada.

Your rights

You have the right to request access to your personal data, and its correction in the event of inaccuracies. You also have the right to request erasure of your personal data when such data is no longer relevant. Although you may request that your personal data be deleted at any time, we may have to retain certain personal data for contract performance purposes or in order to comply with statutory retention obligations.

In addition, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in relation to justified personal circumstances and to request the restriction of the processing in specific circumstances.

Finally, note that you have the right to receive the personal data you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format (data portability).

When the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Contact information

If you have any questions or concerns about this statement, any concerns about your personal data being processed as outlined above, or would like to exercise the rights outlined above, please contact us through sending an email at HR.Gent@sumibe.eu, which is the single point of contact.

Data Protection Authority

Finally, please note you have the right to lodge a complaint with respect to the processing of your personal data with the Belgian Data Protection authority, the contact details of which are:

Data Protection Authority

Drukpersstraat 35

1000 Brussels

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