Welcome to www.alk-cms.echo-factory.com (the “Site”), a website provided by Unifrax Holding Co. (collectively, with its direct and indirect subsidiaries, worldwide, hereinafter “Alkegen”). Alkegen is committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of visitors to its Site. In this Privacy and Cookie Policy, we explain how we use any personal information we collect about you when you visit Alkegen websites and use our wider services.
By using the services provided by Alkegen you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Privacy and Cookie Policy.
We collect information about you when you contact us regarding our products, services or career opportunities. This may be by online submission, phone, mail, trade shows or attending a webinar. For example, when sending an inquiry, signing up for an event, attending a product demonstration or providing feedback.
Our legal basis for handling this information are therefore to enable us to perform a contract with you for the provision of goods and services and in addition, processing the data is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests in ensuring you receive the products and services you have asked to receive from us.
As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically. This information may include Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, the files viewed on our site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data to analyze trends in the aggregate and administer the site.
Website usage information is collected using cookies.
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer and can be removed automatically upon expiration date or when you manually delete them in your browser settings. All cookies have expiration dates. We use cookies to collect usage patterns for statistical reporting on website activity. The standard Google cookies are used to analyze these patterns.
You can set your browser not to accept cookies but this may cause problems with the functionality of the site.
We partner with a third party to display advertising on our website or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our third party partner may use cookies or similar technologies in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to opt out of interest-based advertising click here, or if located in the European Union click here. Please note you will continue to receive generic ads.
Our website contains links to other websites. However, this Privacy and Cookie Policy only applies to Alkegen websites. When you link to other websites you should read their privacy and cookie statement.
We will only use your personal information such as contact (name, email, address, phone) and data pertaining to the use of our products and services, that you voluntarily provide to manage and improve services you have requested. This means our lawful basis for processing your information is pursuant to our contract with you and also for us to pursue legitimate interest.
Our work for you may require us to pass your information to third-party service providers, agents, subcontractors and other associated organizations solely for the purposes of completing tasks and providing our services. In those instances, we will only provide the personal information necessary to deliver our services to you and we will make sure that we are satisfied that those third parties have the required policies and procedures in place to protect and keep confidential any Personal Data in accordance with data protection regulations.
In rare instances, such as the ones listed below, we may disclose your Personal Data to the following:
We will not share your information for marketing purposes with companies outside of Alkegen.
We would like to send you information about services and products which may be of interest to you. If you have consented to receive marketing, you may opt out at a later date. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please use the “unsubscribe” link found in the emails we send to you or email us at info@alkegen.com
You have the right to access Personal Data that we hold about you. For any legitimate requests to delete, correct or amend please email: DPO@alkegen.com
We shall respond promptly to any such request and in any event, within one month from the point of receiving the request and all necessary information from you. In certain circumstances, we may require a small charge for this service. Our formal response will include details of the Personal Data we hold about you, including the following:
You have the right to seek a restriction of the processing of your Personal Data in certain circumstances. Further, you have the right to lodge an objection. When you exercise your right to object, we must stop any processing unless we can show compelling legitimate grounds for the processing, which override your interest, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
The retention period is in line with the length of time needed to fulfil our contract or purposes defined in this policy statement, taking into account our need to meet any legal, statutory and regulatory obligations with which we are bound to comply.
You will have the opportunity to opt out, update or delete data at any point should you need to do so and details are set out in this statement. Our need to use your personal information will be reassessed on a regular basis and we will dispose of Personal Data which we no longer require.
We certify our compliance with the European Union (“EU”) General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) and our commitment to process personal data we receive from EU individuals in accordance with the applicable GDPR standards.
The GDPR standards we employ satisfy the data privacy guidelines and regulations required (1) by our customers and suppliers, and (2) to protect our employees.
With respect to any personal data received or transferred pursuant to the GPDR, we are subject to the regulatory enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. In certain situations, we may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
In compliance with the GDPR, we commit to resolve complaints about our collection or use of your personal information. EU individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding our Privacy and Cookie Policy should contact us at:
DPO@alkegen.com
or
Unifrax Holding Co.
Attn: Data Protection Officer
600 Riverwalk Parkway, Suite 120
Tonawanda, New York 14150
Our products or services are not intended for use by children. Alkegen will not knowingly collect any information from minors on our website.
The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once it is received. If you have any questions about security of your personal information, you can contact us at DPO@alkegen.com
If you feel that your personal data has been processed in a way that does not comply with data protection regulations, you have a specific right to lodge a complaint with your local regulatory authority.
We keep our Privacy and Cookie Policy under regular review. We may update this Privacy and Cookie Policy to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes will notify you by email or by means or a notice on this website prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
Please contact us at the address below or email us at DPO@alkegen.com if you have any questions about our Privacy and Cookie Policy:
Unifrax Holding Co.
Corporate Headquarters
Attn: Data Protection Officer
600 Riverwalk Parkway, Suite 120
Tonawanda, New York 14150
Policy Effective Date 04/05/2022