Website Privacy Policy (GDPR)
Formentor GmbH takes your concerns and needs with regards to privacy seriously. This Website Privacy Policy applies to personal information we collect on this Formentor website (the Site), how we use the information, with whom we share it, and the choices available to visitors/users of the Site regarding our use of the information. We also describe the measures we take to protect the security of the information and how you can contact us.
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Information we may collect
The types of personal information users of our Site may submit include:
- Contact information (for example name, postal address, telephone number, and email address)
- For Formentor job applicants, personal information contained in a résumé, C.V., application such as employment history, education history, references, transcripts, etc
- Other personal information found in content that users provide (including through surveys)
Information collected by automated means
When you visit our Site, we may collect certain information by automated means, using technologies such as cookies, web server logs, web beacons, and JavaScript. We do not knowingly allow other parties to collect personal information about our visitors’ online activities.
Cookies are files that websites send to your computer or other Internet-connected device to uniquely identify your browser or to store information or settings on your device. Our Site may use cookies (such as HTTP and HTML5 cookies), Flash cookies, as well as other types of local storage (such as browser-based or plugin-based local storage). Your browser may tell you how to be notified when you receive certain types of cookies and how to restrict or disable certain cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to use all of the features of our Site.
In conjunction with gathering information through cookies, servers may log information such as your device type, operating system type, browser type, domain, and other system settings, as well as the language your system uses, and the country and time zone where your device is located. The web server logs also may record information such as the address of the web page that referred you to our Site and the IP address of the device you use to connect to the Internet. They also may log information about your interaction with the Site, such as which pages you visit.
To control which web servers collect information by automated means, we may place tags on our web pages called “web beacons,” which are small files that link web pages to particular web servers and their cookies. We also may send instructions to your device using JavaScript or other computer languages to gather the sorts of information described above and other details about your interactions with the Site.
We may use third-party web analytics services on our Site, such as those of Google Analytics. These service providers help us analyze how users use the Site. The information collected for this purpose (including your IP address and other information collected by automated means) will be disclosed to or collected directly by these service providers. To learn more about opting out of these activities, click here.
The providers of other third-party plug-ins on our Site, such as social sharing tools, may use automated means to collect information regarding your use of the Site and your interactions with the plug-ins. This information is subject to the privacy policies or notices of the plug-in providers and is not subject to this Website Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for these providers’ information practices.
How we use the information we collect
We may use the information described above to:
- Provide our products and services
- Communicate with you about, and administer your participation in events, programs, offers, surveys, and market research
- Respond to your inquiries
- Perform data analyses (including anonymization and aggregation of personal information)
- Operate, evaluate, and improve our business
- Protect against, identify, and prevent fraud and other unlawful activity, claims and other liabilities and enforce relevant industry standards, and our policies
- Execute any agreement we may have concluded with you; or meet our legal obligations, such as to comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements.
- Send you materials or other communications
- Process employment applications, including by assessing qualifications, verifying information, conducting reference or other employment-related checks, and notifying you of future opportunities that might be of interest to you
- For information collected through automated means: (a) customize our users’ visits to our Site, (b) deliver content tailored to our users’ interests and the manner in which our users browse our Site, and (c) manage our Site and other aspects of our business.
Information we share
We do not sell personal information we collect about you. We may share personal information with service providers in connection with the operation of this Website and our company, including website hosting, the provision of our services, and promotional material distribution.
In addition, we may disclose information about you (a) if we are required to do so by law or legal process, (b) to law enforcement authorities or other government entities, and (c) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity.
We reserve the right to transfer personal information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets (including in the event of an internal reorganization, dissolution or liquidation).
The choices you have
You have choices in connection with the personal information we collect from you. To update your preferences, ask us to remove your information from our mailing lists or submit a request, please contact us with your specific request: data-privacy@formentor.eu.
You may withdraw any consent you previously provided to us or object at any time on legitimate grounds to the processing of your personal information, and we will apply your preferences to the best of our ability going forward.
How we protect personal information we collected
To the limits possibly by reasonable commercial effort, we take technical and physical precautions designed to protect the personal information you provide on the Site against accidental or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use.
Links to other websites
The Site may provide links to other websites or apps for your convenience and information. These websites operate independently from us. Linked sites and apps may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review.
To the extent any linked websites are not owned or controlled by us, we are not responsible for the website’ or apps’ content, any use of the website or apps, or the privacy practices of the websites or apps.
Updates to this policy
This Website Privacy Policy may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal information practices.
We will post a prominent notice on our Site for a limited period of time to notify of any significant changes to our Website Privacy Policy and indicate at the top of the notice when it was most recently updated.
How to contact us
Should you wish to contact us by email in order to update information we have about you, or to update your preferences, please send your message to data-privacy@formentor.eu
You also may write to:
Formentor GmbH
Gertrudenstr. 30-36
50667 Cologne
Germany