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The categories of personal data we process about you

The purpose of the processing

The legal basis of the processing activity

When you accept the use of cookies on our operated websites

Information such as your IP address and use of our websites.

We collect this information directly from you.

We use cookies to personalize content and ads, customize our website and its content to your preferences based on a record of your selected preferences or on your use of our website.

We also use cookies for retaining and evaluating information on your recent visits to our website and how you move around different sections of our website for analytics purposes to understand how people use our website so that we can make it more intuitive or to check our website is working as intended.

The legal basis for the processing of your IP address is Hempel’s legitimate interest in generating useful statistics that give a fair view of the use of our website, improving the operation of the website and marketing our services. We believe that our legitimate interest as described above does not override your legitimate interests and freedoms, cf. GDPR art. 6(1)(f).

When you contact us by the contact forms, mail or by phone.

Your contact information such as name, email and phone as well as what your request is about.

We collect this information directly from you.

We collect and use your information to be able to communicate with you and provide the information that you have requested.

The legal basis is our legitimate interests to be able to communicate with you and provide any requested information, cf. GDPR art. 6(1)(f). It is our assessment that our legitimate interests do not override your rights and interests.

When you have accepted marketing materials from us.

Your contact information such as name, e-mail and phone number.

We collect this information directly from you or third parties to whom you have provided your consent.

We collect and use your information to be able to communicate with you and provide information on our business and products via commercial campaigns, such as sales, marketing campaigns, and newsletters

If you are not already an existing customer with us, our legal basis for the processing is your consent, cf. GDPR, Article 6(1)(a) or our legitimate interests, cf. GDPR article 6(1)(f) depending on the type of marketing. It is our assessment that our legitimate interests do not override your rights and interests.

If you are already a customer with us, the legal basis is our legitimate interest, cf. GDPR, Article 6(f) to promote our business activities and products that you might find interesting. It is our assessment that our legitimate interests do not override your rights and interests.

When you are a potential  customer, supplier, or business partner.

We process information such as your name, work place, job title, email and phone number as well as information concerning the potential agreement.

The purpose of the processing is for us to be able to enter into an agreement with you.

The legal basis of the processing activity is the following;

GDPR article 6(1)(b) as the processing is necessary for the performance if a contract us and the company you represent,

GDPR article 6(1)(c) as the processing may be necessary due to our legal obligations to conduct audits or checks of the company that you represent before contracting

GDPR article 6(1)(f) as the processing is necessary due to our legitimate interests in communicating with you on the potential business relation.

When you are a customer,  supplier or business partner.

We process information such as your name, work place, job title, email and phone number as well as information about your requests, orders, deliveries etc. related to our agreement.

We also process billing information such as VAT number and purchase/delivery history.

We collect this information directly from you.

We process the personal information about you to fulfil the contract that we have entered with you, to manage our business relation, to communicate with you and to comply with our legal obligations.

The legal basis is GDPR article 6(1)(b) as the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which we are party or in order to take steps at the request of you prior to entering into a contract, as well as GDPR article 6(1)(c) as the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

When you are a customer or potential customer and create an account on ‘MyHempel’

Contact information, such as your name, business phone number, mobile phone number, e-mail address, address.

We collect this information directly from you.

We register and use the information to create and manage your ‘MyHempel’ account with us.

The legal basis is Hempel’s legitimate interests in offering our customer’s a self-service platform as the ‘MyHempel’ account, incl. managing such account, so we can deliver the best services to our customers, as well as your legitimate interest in the using the account. We believe that our legitimate interest as described above does not override your legitimate interests and freedoms, cf. GDPR art. 6(1)(f).

When you visit our facilities

Name, host of your visit, organization that you represent and/or potential photos from our surveillance cameras.

We register and use the personal data to create a guest-access card for you, register our visitors and safeguard our facilities.

The legal basis is our interest in keeping our facilities and data up to our security standards and having basic information on any guests who visit us. We believe that our legitimate interest does not override your legitimate interests and freedoms, cf. GDPR art. 6(1)(f).