DATA PRIVACY POLICY

Preface

We, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited (GFL or the Company),endeavor to ensure and maintain the privacy and security of personal information, if any, collected or retrieved by GFL on account of your visit to our Website www.gfl-europe.com , for viewing or download of any information pertaining to GFL. We pledge to comply with the recognized standards of privacy protectionand meet the requirements prescribed under the following Act and Rule:

  • The Information Technology Act, 2000 – Section 43A
  • The Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Information) Rules, 2011.

Policy

This Policy is called Data Privacy Policy of the Company.

Objective

We believe that it is very important to safeguard the privacy and confidentiality of information shared by the visitor/s to view information at the time of visiting the Company’s Website. The purpose of this Policy is to inform the users about how their data is being collected, used, shared and protected through our website.

Scope

This Policy applies to all the Visitors of our Website www.gfl-europe.com

Information covered by this policy

This policy applies to Information collected and processed by GFL consisting of following:

Personal information which may consist of full Name, personal Contact Numbers, Residential Address, Email Address, Gender or Date of Birth etc.

Please note that any information that is freely available or accessible in public domain or furnished under the Right to Information Act, 2005 or any other law for the time being in force shall not be covered under this Policy.

What types of personal data do we process ?

We may process the following (types of) personal data when you visit our website:

  • Name
  • Company name
  • Telephone number
  • Login details
  • Social media name
  • Email address
  • Job title
  • IP Address
  • Your interests and preferences
  • Information on your surfing and viewing behavior and possible your location and other cookie information
  • For what purposes do we use personal data?

    Most of the Sections of our Website do not require any form of registration and/or creation of account. However, in case any of the Sections of our Website require registration, such registration shall beat your discretion and you may choose to not to register with us. However, in such event you will not be able to access such Section. In the event you choose to register, you may need to fill in certain fields to gain full access to such Section of the Website by choosing a user name and password and/or for us to respond to your query. GFL may collect and use personal data to provide information to you about the Company, to market its Products and Services, to process Orders or Applications submitted by you, to create Products or Services to meet your needs, to seek your feedback or to contact you in relation to those Services offered online through our Website, to provide you educative Information to help resolve your problem and/or to help build your knowledge as also to allow you to subscribe to our newsletters. GFL keeps your data and all information received only for as long as is reasonably necessary for such above mentioned purposes and in compliance with applicable laws in India, in relation to legal or ethical reporting or documentation retention requirements.

    Non-Disclosure of Information

    GFL will not sell, share, or otherwise distribute your personal data to third parties without your prior consent, and if required, to provide the same to a third party, for further processing or connection to its business, it will in accordance with applicable law for the purpose for which the data were originally collected. GFL will, wherever possible, endeavor to ensure that the disclosure and intended use of the data are clearly indicated and that such third parties provide the same level of protection as GFL

    Security and Confidentiality

    To ensure the security and confidentiality of personal data that GFL collects on-line, GFL uses data networks protected , inter alia, by industry standard firewall and password protection. Access to personal data is restricted to only those employees on a need to know basis for the sole purpose of preserving the data and who are otherwise authorized and trained to handle such data properly. Staff compliance with our policies and procedures is regularly reviewed. While we cannot guarantee against any loss, misuse or alteration to data, we strive to prevent any such unfortunate occurrences.

    How long do we keep the data?

    GFL retains personal data no longer than necessary for its purposes and no longer than is permitted by law.

    Data Transfer Abroad

    GFL is a global enterprise and may have databases in different jurisdictions.If required, we may transfer your data to one of our databases outside your country of domicile. In such event, if the level of privacy protection in such country of database does not comply with recognized standards, we will ensure that data transfers to such databases in that country are adequately protected and that the transfer of data to third parties in such countries will not occur unless GFL implements the standards it generally follows to maintain the personal data.

    Are cookies being used?

    GFL uses cookies, web beacons and other techniques to collect information when you make use of our website. Processing this data enables us to improve and personalize the functioning, usability and effectiveness of our products offered to you. A ‘cookie’ is a small piece of text that a website places on your computer, tablet or smartphone by which the website can recognize your device. Cookies are used for various purposes. When we use the term ‘cookies’ in this Online Privacy Statement, we mean cookies, web beacons, pixels and other comparable techniques. "Cookies" by themselves cannot be used to discover the identity of the user. A "cookie" is a small piece of information, which is sent to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies do not damage your computer. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a "cookie", this will enable you to decide if you want to accept it or not.

    Amendment

    Any change in the Policy shall be approved by the Chief Executive Officer or Information Technology Head of the Company and he has right to withdraw and / or amend any part of this Policy or the entire Policy, at any time, as it deems fit, or from time to time, and the decision of the Board in this respect shall be final and binding.