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We would like to thank you for visiting our Web site. The use of this
Web site implies full acceptance of this Legal Notice.
This Legal Notice is divided into four sections: Privacy Policy
Intellectual Property Rights
Disclaimer
Applicable law and jurisdiction
Contents
Purpose of this privacy policy
What kind of personal data do we collect?
Purpose of collection and processing of personal data
Links to third party Web sites
Security of your personal data
Your rights
Purpose of this privacy policy
We collect and process certain personal data relating to you. Personal
Data are any information relating to an identified or identifiable
individual.
We are committed to ensure the protection of your personal data and
your privacy. As a result, we safeguard the information you supply
and we collect about you, and only use your personal data in compliance
with
the Belgian Law of 8 December 1992 regarding the protection of privacy
with respect to the processing of personal data, as modified by the
law of 11 December 1998.
We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to comply
with all applicable laws and regulations.
What kind of personal data do we collect?
We collect personal data relating to your details and personal interests,
as provided by you through the registration process or otherwise. These
data will include your name, first name , your postal and e-mail address,
your telephone and fax number, your company and your function.
We also collect and process data gathered through your use of our Web
site (browsing). These data may include your visitor ID ,the date and
hour of your visit (timestamp), the type of browser you use, your IP address,
and the pages visited , as well as data related to the type of files you
download from our Web site.
These data may be collected though the use of cookies. A cookie is
a small text file generated by a software application on a Web site and
stored on the hard disk of your computer. Cookies may contain a number
of information, including your login, password and preferences. The use
of cookies enables us to keep record of your visit and your browsing preferences
in order to provide you with a more enjoyable visit by delivering faster
and more personalised services. Your Internet browser may automatically
be set to accept cookies. You may customise your Internet browser to ensure
that it informs you of all cookies that are sent to your hard disk. You
may also set your Internet browser so that it refuses cookies, although
this may reduce your experience on our Web site or prevent you from accessing
some of its sections.
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Purpose of collection and processing of personal data
By accessing our Web site, you acknowledge and agree that your personal
data will be collected and/or processed for the purposes of providing
you with personalised services as described above. For example, the
collection and processing of your personal data allow us to record
your preferences or your past experience (e.g., prior registration in
our
discussion forum) for future visits to our Web site.
We may also use your personal data for statistical purpose and to
monitor your visit to improve the content and services we propose.
Your personal data may also be used for direct marketing purposes.
If you do NOT wish your personal data to be used for marketing purpose,
please click on the radio button preceding "No direct marketing" in
the Contact Form. If, at any time in the future, you do not wish your
personal data to be used for marketing anymore, you can click on the radio
button preceding "No direct marketing" in the Contact Form.
We will not use your personal data for other purposes than those stated
in this Privacy Policy.
We will not keep your personal data for longer than necessary and will
delete or render anonymous these data at the latest after six months
in our statistics.
We may communicate your personal data to any affiliate of Umicore (as
defined under Article 11, 1° of the Companies Code), located in countries
within the European Union and in any country outside the European Union
even though this country does not provide for an adequate level of
protection for your personal data, when such communication is required
to provide
you with personalised services, for statistical purposes or to monitor
your visit on our Web sites to improve the content and services we
propose. We will not communicate your personal data to any other third
party.
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Links to third party Web sites
Our Web site may contain links to third party Web sites. We do not
assume any responsibility whatsoever for the privacy policies of these
sites and do not, in any way, warrant that the data protection practices
in force in these Web sites comply with all applicable legislation and
regulations on data protection. We encourage you to review the privacy
policy of each of these sites before disclosing any of your personal
data.
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Security of your personal data
We have taken measures to ensure that your personal data are protected
from unauthorised access, deletion or modification. We will make reasonable
efforts to ensure that your privacy interests are protected. Your personal
data will only be disclosed to authorised persons within our group.
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Your rights
Pursuant to the Belgian law of 8 December 1992 (as modified), you are
entitled to access your personal data, as collected and processed
by us, and to obtain the modification or deletion of the data if the
data are incorrect or unnecessary for the purposes for which the data
were
collected. You may obtain access to your personal data by sending
a written, dated and signed request to our webmaster, Mr. Bradley Smith
(e-mail address: Bradley.Smith@umicore.com).
For additional information, you may also consult the public register
of automated processing kept by the Belgian Commission for the Protection
of Privacy, Porte de Hal/Hallepoort, 5-8, 1060 Brussels.
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The content of our Web site, including without limitation the technology
described, the texts, pictures, photographs, sounds, logos, icons, and
software, is protected by intellectual and/or industrial property rights,
including without limitation by copyrights, neighbouring rights, trademarks,
commercial name, domain name, rights in database, patents, know-how,
models, logo's and designs. The use of our Web site does not grant you
any rights on any of its content.
The content of our Web site may only be used to benefit from the services
offered and for your personal use. Any other use, including without limitation,
the copy, modification, adaptation, and communication to third party for
any purpose, are prohibited.
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The content of this Web site is provided to you for information only.
We do not assume any responsibility for any damage, including direct
and indirect damages such as loss of goodwill or business, loss of revenue
or profits or any other claim, demand, proceeding, cost and expense
arising from or related to the use or the interpretation of our Web
site and/or the information it contains, including without limitation
for the use or the interpretation of any technical data, recommendations
or specifications available on our Web site.
The information contained in our Web site may be corrected and updated
from time to time at our discretion. We are not responsible for any consequences
that would arise in the absence of such correction or updating.
The reports, press releases and presentations available on the site
relate primarily to periods or events in the past. We have made every
effort to ensure the accuracy of these documents at the time of publication.
However, more recent events may have rendered obsolete some of the information
contained therein.
Our Web site may contain links to third party Web sites. We do not
assume any responsibility and provide no warranties whatsoever for the
content of these Web sites. We may not be held liable for any damage,
including direct and indirect damages such as any loss of goodwill or
business, loss of revenue or profits or any other claim, demand, proceeding,
cost and expense arising from or related to the use of these third party
Web sites. We do not in any way warrant that the content of these third
party Web sites complies with the intellectual and/or industrial property
rights of third parties.
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Any dispute arising from or related to the use of our Web site and
any dispute relating to or arising from the acceptance, interpretation
or observance of this Legal Notice shall be submitted to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the competent Courts of Brussels which will apply
Belgian law, with the exclusion of private international law rules.
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