PRIVACY POLICY
SupraCycling purpose is to challenge plastics impact on our planet
SupraCycling International, is the owner of the website www.supracycling.com (hereinafter, the “Website”), a corporation duly incorporated under European Law, with registered offices in Barcelona.
The users who freely access the Website will be considered as Users for the purposes of this document.
The Website provides Users with information about the company and activity of SupraCycling International in accordance with the terms set forth in the Terms & Conditions that you can see in the PRIVACY POLICY section of this site. Please take into account that the purpose of the Website is strictly professional and therefore its content is not addressed to underage Users.
This legal notice, which also includes the terms of use of the Website, shall be interpreted under European Law. Due to the supranational nature of the electronic communication infrastructures, those accessing the Website from other countries must observe the promulgated law in each territory insofar as such law is imperatively applicable.
TERMS OF USE
The main purpose of these rules is the regulation of Website access. All Users are obligated to observe them. The access and surfing on the Website imply the express and unreserved acceptance of the provisions of this Privacy Policy and, therefore, if any User does not agree with any of such provisions he/she shall not access or surf on the Website.
Anyone who accesses the Website must observe the applicable laws, ethical codes and terms of use of the Website. According to the same, users shall refrain from performing any conduct that may involve:
- Denigrating the services rendered by SupraCycling International.
- Disseminating computer viruses, which may harm computer software or affect contents, equipment or systems of SupraCycling International.
- Disabling any computer software technical protections.
- Including contents of any kind whatsoever.
- Dissemination of xenophobic or pornographic contents.
- Using trademarks, logos or distinctive signs of third parties, without the required authorization.
- Using the Website contents for commercial purposes without express authorization.
- Associating the Websites contents with pornographic information or in connection to any sort of racist or xenophobic exploitation or related to terrorism or weapons trafficking.
- Transforming, communicating to the public, distributing, assigning, reproducing or modifying the Websites contents, except as permitted by law or when expressly authorized by SupraCycling International.
- Failing to comply with the technical requirements or specification established for accessing the Website.
- Making defamatory comments that may affect fundamental rights of third parties.
The Website is operated using the servers of service providers connected by public and private communication infrastructures.
Access to the Website may be suspended due to technical reasons or due to causes of force majeure such as:
- Interruptions in electricity supply or telephone service.
- User errors when accessing the Website.
- Fires, floods, earthquakes or other acts of nature.
- Strikes or labor conflicts.
- Warfare or other force majeure situations.
- The above mentioned causes, which are given merely as an example and not as a non-limitative list, are unforeseeable or, even being foreseen or foreseeable, are equally inevitable.
SupraCycling International uses Google Analytics on this Website. Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google, Inc. (hereinafter, “Google”) that uses “cookies”, which are stored on the Users computer to help the visited website analyze how Users use the same.
The information generated from the cookie about the use of the Website visited by the User (including the IP address) is sent to Google and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of tracking and examining the use of the
Website by the User, filling reports on Website activity for web site operators and providing other services relating to Website activity and Internet usage.
Google may also transfer this information to third parties when required by law or when such third parties process the information on Googleʼs behalf. Google will not associate IP addresses with any other user data held by Google.
User may refuse the use of cookies at any time by selecting the appropriate settings in its browser. These settings, normally, are found in the “options” or “preferences” of the menu of your browser. For example:
Chrome, from http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py? hl=es&answer=95647 Explorer, from http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/windows7/how- to-manage-cookies-in-internet-explorer-9 Firefox, from http://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/habilitar-y- deshabilitar-cookies-que-los-sitios-we Safari, from http://support.apple.com/kb/ph5042 However, please note that if you refuse the use of cookies, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this Website. By using the Website, the User allows the processing of its data by Google for the terms and purposes listed above.
For further information regarding Google Analytics, please see the following link: http://www.google.com/analytics/tos.html.
The information generated from the cookie about the use of the Website visited by the User (including the IP address) is sent to Google and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of tracking and examining the use of the
Website by the User, filling reports on Website activity for web site operators and providing other services relating to Website activity and Internet usage.
Google may also transfer this information to third parties when required by law or when such third parties process the information on Googleʼs behalf. Google will not associate IP addresses with any other user data held by Google.
User may refuse the use of cookies at any time by selecting the appropriate settings in its browser. These settings, normally, are found in the “options” or “preferences” of the menu of your browser. For example:
Chrome, from http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py? hl=es&answer=95647 Explorer, from http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/windows7/how- to-manage-cookies-in-internet-explorer-9 Firefox, from http://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/habilitar-y- deshabilitar-cookies-que-los-sitios-we Safari, from http://support.apple.com/kb/ph5042 However, please note that if you refuse the use of cookies, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this Website. By using the Website, the User allows the processing of its data by Google for the terms and purposes listed above.
For further information regarding Google Analytics, please see the following link: http://www.google.com/analytics/tos.html.
Failure to observe these rules or to comply with the applicable regulation that apply to such rules, may result in an unlawful act, administrative fine, an offence or crime and shall entitle SupraCycling International to claim for the civil, administrative, labor or criminal responsibility that may correspond. Expressions, opinions or comments included illegally in the Website shall be the responsibility of those who have made them.
WEBSITE CONTENTS
Any and all contents in the Website included but not limited to texts, images, designs, graphics and all the intellectual property rights on and to the same, are of SupraCycling International exclusive property or third parties’ property, being all such rights reserved to their respective right holders.
Under no circumstances, it shall be understood that accessing and/or surfing the Website by a User shall imply a waiver, license or a total or partial transmission or assignment of such rights by SupraCycling International.
It is forbidden to modify, copy, re-use, exploit, reproduce, publicly communicate, make second or subsequent publications, load files, send by email, transmit, use, process or otherwise distribute or communicate to the public all or any part of the Website contents unless SupraCycling International expresses prior written consent.
Under no circumstances, it shall be understood that accessing and/or surfing the Website by a User shall imply a waiver, license or a total or partial transmission or assignment of such rights by SupraCycling International.
It is forbidden to modify, copy, re-use, exploit, reproduce, publicly communicate, make second or subsequent publications, load files, send by email, transmit, use, process or otherwise distribute or communicate to the public all or any part of the Website contents unless SupraCycling International expresses prior written consent.
The trademarks included in the Website are the exclusive property of SupraCycling International or by third parties, having SupraCycling International authorization to use them in the Website. Anyone surfing the Website is not authorized to use, copy, reproduce, communicate to the public, modify, or exploit in any manner whatsoever said trademarks, logos and/or distinctive signs without prior written authorization and/or license from their respective right holders.
Any mention in the Website to third parties’ websites, if the case, are for reference only. SupraCycling International does neither develop nor manage such websites nor owns the mentioned Internet addresses, unless otherwise specifically indicated. Therefore, SupraCycling International shall neither be liable for the contents included in such websites nor for the damages originated by accessing them or the services provided. SupraCycling International authorizes anyone to make any type of link or hyperlink from other websites to the Website. Nevertheless, anyone who wishes to link his/her website to SupraCycling International must comply with the following conditions:
- The linked website shall not contain information or contents that may result in illegal or immoral activities, violate public order or any other third parties’ rights.
- Under no circumstance shall it be stated nor understood that SupraCycling International expressly authorizes a link, or has supervised the same, or assumed or in any way recommended the services provided or made available in the website that has linked to the Website. It is, therefore, recommended to anyone who surfs on our Website to exercise extreme caution in valuating and using the linked information, contents and services of the linked websites.
- To establish a link does not imply in any case the existence of any kind of relationship between SupraCycling International and the linked website owner or the acceptance or approval of its contents or services by SupraCycling International.
- Links can only be established with respect to any page of the Website that is publicly accessible and is not restricted to concrete Users. According to this, it will not be possible to link pages included in the “My Account Area” of the Website.
This Legal Notice jointly with the terms of use of the Website are available to anyone who accesses the Website. Those who access the Website may freely consult and print them. The content of this Privacy Policy will be adapted according to any modifications affecting the applicable law, the structure of the organization, the services, the design and technical specifications of the Website and the technological infrastructure. Due to all these reasons, they may be updated periodically and without prior notice. We, therefore, recommend you to frequently consult the present Privacy Policy terms of the Website in order to verify its changes through time.
SupraCycling International grants protection to all personal data provided through its Website in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679) and related Spanish legislation. Such Users who provide their personal data because they wish to receive the newsletter shall take into account the following:
- When providing his/her email address, User expressly consents to periodically receive the sending of newsletters and news alerts with advertising information and news about the contents hosted in the Website and related to products, offers, contests, draws and promotions of SupraCycling International.
- In addition, when providing his/her email address, User gives his/her consent to the inclusion and processing of your email address to a file of which SupraCycling International is the data controller, with the exclusive purpose of providing you with this information service.
- Any User is entitled to exercise their rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by addressing such application to SupraCycling International by e-mail to sg@supracycling.com, clearly indicating his/her contact data, the required action and a copy of his/her ID/Tax Identification
- Number or any document proving his/her identity.
DATA PROTECTION
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)
The relevant personal data we collect refer to the User as a natural person. Data are collected via clicking the links “Become a Member” and “Become Licensee” in the interface of the Website, the link directing to a form to be filled up. In that form, we collect the following data: legal company name, ‘trading as’ name, tax number, country, address, contact email, phone and website. We reserve the right to request additional data which becomes necessary for the purpose. Please note that this data is relevant for data protection purposes, only where they refer to natural persons. The data reaches us via an email that you as a User send to us if you wish to enquire about how to become a licensee.
We collect your data in order to deal with your enquiry to become a licensee, for which purpose we need to contact you and send appropriate materials and documents. If and when you become a licensee, your data will be part of a database of licensees.
Article 6.1 a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679: you as legal subject of the data have given consent to the collecting of your data for the specific purpose stated under 3. This consent is given by ticking off the sentence “I have read and understood the privacy policy” and by sending the form by email to us whereby you ask to be contacted with a view to become a licensee.
Only officers of SupraCycling International and persons under their supervision have access to your data. If you become a licensee and pursuant to the agreement that you will sign; your name, but not any other personal data, will be made accessible to the public in our web, for the purpose of encouraging more people to join Supracycling International. Data from our database is not transferred to any third party.
We keep your data only as long as you deal with us with a view to become a licensee. If negotiations do not succeed, we will delete your data. If you become a licensee, we shall keep your data as long as you keep this condition. When you cease to be a licensee, we will delete your data once any issues regarding the license agreement have been terminated.
We protect your data by authorizing only SupraCycling International officers to deal with it, by ensuring that our service providers are under a duty of confidentiality, either inherent (i.e. legal professionals) or by made them sign specific confidentiality contracts, and by measures to physically safeguard the server and by logical security hardening of the server.
You have the right to access, rectify and port your data at any time. Any request should be sent to sg@supracycling.com.
We use social media to present our work through widely-used and contemporary channels. Our use of social media is highlighted on our website. Each social media channel has their own policy on the way they process your personal data when you access their sites. More information can be found on the platform.