Data Protection

• ANGUS Chemical Company
  1500 E Lake Cook Road
• Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089
  +1 (847) 215-8600
  info@angus.com

We process personal data we receive in the context of using our website, among other by customers / applicants or interested parties (hereinafter: You).

We process personal data in accordance with the regulations of the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) and the BDSG (Federal Data Protection Act).

a) For the fulfilment of contractual obligations (Art. 6 (1) b GDPR)

The processing of data can occur in the context of executing contracts with you as our customer or to perform pre-contractual steps.

b) In the context of balance of interests (Art. 6 (1) a GDPR)

In as far as possible, we can process your data beyond the actual fulfilment of the contract in order to protect our justified interests or those of third parties. Examples:

• examination and optimization of procedures for requirement analyses for the purpose of direct customer contact,
• advertising or market and opinion polling unless you have refuted the use of your data,
• assertion of legal claims and defence in legal disputes,
• ensuring IT security and the IT operation of our company,
• measure for business control and further development of services and products.

c) Based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) a GDPR)

If you have granted your consent for the processing of personal data for certain purposes (e.g. marketing, newsletter dispatch), the legitimacy of this processing is provided based on your consent.

d) Based on statutory regulations (Art. 6 (1) c GDPR) or in the interest of the public (Art. 6 (1) e GDPR)

We are furthermore subject to various legal obligations, i.e. statutory requirements (e.g. tax laws). Purposes for the processing include, among other, the fulfilment of tax-law control and notification duties and much more.

e) In the context of establishing an employment relationship Art. 88 GDPR in connection with Article 26 (1) BDSG)

If you apply for a position with us, we are also entitled to process your personal data.

4.1 Provision of the website and establishment of log files

Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically records data and information from computer systems of the accessing computer. In the process, the following data is recorded:

1. information regarding the browser type and version used
2. the user’s operating system
3. the user’s internet service provider
4. the user’s IP address
5. date and time of access
6. websites from which the user’s system reaches our website
7. websites which were accessed by the user’s system via our website

The data is also stored in the log files of our system. This data is not stored in connection with other personal data of the user.

Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR is the legal basis for the temporary storage of the data and log files.
The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to allow the export of the website to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the user’s IP address has to remain stored for the duration of the session. The log files are stored to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, the data assist us in the optimisation of the website and the security of our information technology systems. The data is not analysed for marketing purposes in this context. These purposes also represent our justified interest in the data processing according to Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

The data is deleted as soon as the purpose of its recording ceases to exist. If the data is recorded for the provision of our website, deletion occurs once the respective session is terminated.

In the event of data being stored in log file, this moment is reached after seven days at the latest. Storage beyond this point is not possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are deleted or distorted so any allocation of the calling client is no longer possible.

Recording the data to provide the website and store the data in log files is urgently required for the operation of the website. Consequently, the user is not able to object.

4.2 Usage of cookies

When you visit our internet sides, we sometimes apply cookies. Among other, they serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure.

In the process, the cookies store and transmit the following data:
– Log-In information

In the context of using technically necessary cookies, we shall process your data according to Art. 6 (1) f GDPR.
The purpose of technically necessary cookies is to make it easier for you to use our website. Some functions of our website cannot be provided without the utilisation of cookies. Therefore, it is necessary that the browser is recognised also after a change of sites. For example, we require your cookies for the following applications:
– remembering search terms

The user data raised through the technically necessary cookies is not used to establish user profiles.

Cookies are stored on your computer and transferred from there to our website. You, as the user, therefore have full control over the usage of cookies. By changing the settings in the Internet browser, you can deactivate or limit the transmission of cookies. Previously stored cookies can be deleted at any time. This can also occur automatically. If cookies for our website are deactivated, it may no longer be possible to use all functions of our website.

4.3 Contact form and email contact

Our website contains a contact form which can be used to contact us via email. Please use this option, the data entered in the form are transmitted to us and stored. This data comprises:

(a) Surname, first name, job title, company, function, address, phone, email, free text for messages

At the time of registration, the following data is also stored:
(a) the user’s IP address
(b) Date and time of registration

Alternatively, it is possible to establish contact via the provided email address. In this case, your personal data transmitted by the email is stored. In this context, the data is not transmitted to third parties. The data is used exclusively to process the conversation.

Article 6 (1) lit f. GDPR is the legal basis for the processing of the data transmitted in the course of forwarding an email. Article 6 (1) lit. b GDPR is the additional legal basis for processing if the email contact aims at the conclusion of an agreement.

We solely process personal data from the entry form to establish contact. The contact via email also constitutes the necessary legitimate interest in the processing of the data. The personal data otherwise processed during the sending process serve to prevent the misuse of the contact form and to ensure the safety of our information technology systems.

The data is deleted as soon as the purpose of its recording ceases to exist. In case of personal data from the entry of the contact form and the data transmitted by email, this occurs once the respective conversation with you is terminated. The conversation is terminated once the circumstances reveal that the respective situation is conclusively settled.

4.4 Google analytics

This website uses Google analytics incl. the Google analytics advertising function. This is a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google analytics uses so-called “Cookies”, text files which are stored on your computer and permit the analysis of your usage of the website.

Google analytics is exclusively applied with active IP anonymisation (so-called IP masking). This means that the IP-address of the users of Google is abbreviated within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the treaty throughout the European economic area. Your full IP-address is only transmitted to a Google server in the USA in exceptional cases and abbreviated there in case of technical malfunctions in Europe.
The complete IP address is not written on a hard drive at any time with the IP anonymisation method used by Google, as the entire anonymisation occurs almost immediately upon receipt of the request by the working memory.

Google will utilise this information on behalf of the operator of this website in order to evaluate your usage, to compile reports regarding the website activity and to provide further services to the operator of the website related to the usage of the website and the Internet, particularly also functions for display advertising as well as Google analytics reports regarding performance based on demographic features and interests.

If necessary, Google will also transmit this information to third parties if legally prescribed or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. These are not personal data under any circumstances.

The Google analytics reports regarding performance based on demographic features and interests utilise data and visitor data of third-party-suppliers (such as age groups or interest groups) pertaining to interest-related Google advertising.

You can prevent the storing of cookies with a respective setting of your browser software; however, we would like to inform you that in this case you may not be able to utilise all functions of this website.

You can furthermore prevent the compilation of data (incl. your IP-address) created by the cookie and related to your usage of the website to Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser-Plugin available under the following link:
Download and install Google Browser Plugin

In addition, you can prevent the collection by Google analytics by clicking the following link. An opt-out-cookie is placed, which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this website:
Deactivate Google Analytics

Please see www.google.de/analytics/terms/de.html or www.google.de/intl/de/policies/ for further information regarding general terms and conditions and data protection.

Each affected person is entitled to access information according to Article 15 GDPR, the right to rectification according to Article 16 GDPR, the right to erasure according to Article 17 GDPR, the right to restriction of processing according to Article 18 GDPR, the right to object according to Article 21 GDPR as well as the right to data portability according to Article 20 GDPR. For the right of disclosure and erasure, the limitations according to §§ 34 and 35 BDSG apply. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint at a responsible Supervisory Data Protection Authority (Article 77 GDPR in connection with § 19 BDSG (Federal Data Protection Act)).

You can revoke the granted consent for our processing of your personal data at any time. This also applies for revocation of declarations of consent granted us prior to the application of GDPR, thus prior to 25 May 2018. Please note that the revocation only takes effect for the future. Processing which occurred prior to the revocation is not affected.
In this context, please contact our data protection officer.

In the context of our business relationship, you have to provide personal data required for the establishment and execution of a business relationship and the fulfilment of associated contractual obligations or those we are required to raise by law. Without this data, we may have to decline the conclusion of the agreement or the execution of the order, or we are no longer able to execute an existing agreement and may have to terminate it.

No. We are currently not using any fully automated decision-making according to Article 22 GDPR for the establishment and execution of the business relationship. There will be no “profiling”.

Right of objection in individual cases
You have the right to lodge an objection to the processing of your personal data according to Article 6 (1) e GDPR (data processing in the interest of the public) and Article 6 (1) f GDPR (data processing based on a balance of interests) for reasons resulting from your special situation.

If you lodge an objection, we shall consequently cease the processing of your personal data, unless we are able to prove mandatory legitimate reasons for the processing worthy of protection, which override your interests, rights and freedoms or if the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Right of objection to the processing of data for direct advertising purposes
In isolated cases, we process your personal data for the purpose of direct advertising. You are entitled to object to the processing of the personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising at any time; this also applies for profiling in connection with such direct advertising. If you object to the processing for purposes of direct advertising, we shall no longer process your personal data for these purposes.

Recipient of the objection
The objection can be submitted informally with the subject “Objection” and your name and address, directed to:

• ANGUS Chemical Company
  1500 E Lake Cook Road
• Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089
  +1 (847) 215-8600
  info@angus.com

If you wish to receive information not provided in this Data Protection Policy or if you require further information at a certain point in time, please contact our data protection officer. They are happy to help you.