Website Privacy Policy
Version dated 9 May 2018
Effective Date: 25 May 2018
1. INFORMATION ABOUT US
2. CONTACT DETAILS
3. WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY?
4. SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION
5. TRANSFERS OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA (EEA)
6. YOUR RIGHTS
1. INFORMATION ABOUT US AND INTRODUCTION
Element Solutions Inc (sometimes referred to as “Element Solutions,” “we,” the “Company,” or “us”) values and protects the Personal Data of our existing and prospective customers, business partners, suppliers, and website visitors. Element Solutions is a global, diversified producer of high technology specialty chemical products and provider of technical services with headquarters in the United States and trading in several countries some of which within the European Union.
This Privacy Notice covering personal data of individuals in the EU contains important information about the way in which we collect, use, disclose, retain and otherwise process personal data.
For the purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 and any implementing legislation (the “GDPR“), Element Solutions Inc is the data controller responsible for any personal data that we process.
Executive Headquarters:
Element Solutions Inc
500 East Broward Boulevard, Suite 1860
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33394
Element Solutions has appointed MacDermid Graphics Solutions Europe as our representative office in the European Union.
2. CONTACT DETAILS
Questions, comments, and other communications regarding this Privacy Notice, or our privacy practices in general, are welcomed and should be addressed to our Data Protection Privacy Advocate. Any queries and requests regarding this privacy notice may be sent by email or post to:
Data Protection Privacy Advocate
MacDermid Performance Solutions Espanola
Avda. de la Riera 36, Sant Just Desvern (Barcelona)
Email: DPPA@MacDermid.com
3. WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY?
This section 3 covers the different sources and categories of personal data that we collect and process, why we do so, and the lawful bases for processing by Element Solutions.
Depending on your relationship with Element Solutions, please see the relevant section below where we describe how we obtain your personal data and how we will treat it.
This privacy notice covers the processing of information for the following categories of individuals:
Section 3.1 Representatives of our Existing or Prospective Customers, Business Partners and Vendors
Section 3.2 Visitors to Premises
Section 3.3 Website Visitors
Section 3.4 Job applicants
3.1 Representatives of our Existing or Prospective Customers, Business Partners and Vendors
We may collect personal data related to employees, directors, authorized signatories, in other words, representatives of Element Solutions’ existing or prospective customers, business partners or vendors.
A – Sources of personal data
B – Personal data that we collect and process
C – Why do we collect your personal data and what are our lawful bases for it?
D – How long do we keep your personal data?
A – Sources of personal data
We may obtain your personal data from the following sources:
- from you directly,
- from a company that employs you, if you are an employee of our existing or prospective customer, business partner or vendor,
- from Element Solutions’ affiliates see the list in Annex 1;
- during networking events that we have either hosted, or sponsored, or attended; and/or
- from publicly available sources (for example, your company website or social media sites)
B – Personal data that we collect and process
We may collect the following categories of personal data relating to our existing or prospective customers’ or vendors’ employees, officers, authorized signatories, and other associated individuals:
- name;
- business address;
- business email address;
- business telephone number;
- job title;
- date of birth;
- business bank details;
- credit information; and/or
- billing information.
C – Why do we collect your personal data and what are our lawful bases for it?
| REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR EXISTING OR PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMERS AND VENDORS | ||
|---|---|---|
| WE MAY USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO: | OUR LAWFUL BASIS FOR DOING SO IS: | OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS IN DOING SO ARE: |
| Provide you with our products or services or receive products or services from you | Legitimate Interest | Efficiently fulfil our contractual and legal obligationsManagement Reporting (including at an intra-group level) |
| Establish and manage our relationship | Efficiently fulfil our contractual and legal obligationsAccount ManagementUnderstand the market in which we operateManagement Reporting (including at an intra-group level)Exercise or defend legal claims | |
| Learn about how our products and services are or may be used | Understand the market in which we operateManagement Reporting (including at an intra-group level) | |
| Security | Managing security, risk and fraud preventionManagement Reporting (including at an intra-group level) | |
| Let you know about our products, services and events that may be of interest to you by letter, telephone, email or other forms of electronic communication | Promote our goods and servicesManagement Reporting (including at an intra-group level) |
If you object to us using your personal data for these purposes, including direct marketing, please let us know using the email address provided in section 2.
Where we use your email to communicate marketing information to you we will seek your prior consent where required to do so by law.
D – How long do we keep your personal data?
We will keep and Process your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. We will keep your personal data for the duration of our business relationship with regard to the provision of goods or services to you. We will retain information about you after the closure of a customer account or the end of a business relationship as long as required for legal, regulatory and legitimate business purposes. Upon expiry of such data retention period, we will delete it securely.
3.2 Visitors to Our Premises
A – Sources of personal data
B – Personal data that we collect and process
C – Why do we collect your personal data and what are our lawful bases for it?
D – How long do we keep your personal data?
A – Sources of personal data
We may obtain your personal data from you directly and from our business systems’ records.
B – Personal data that we collect and process
- name;
- business contact details;
- organization;
- role;
- time and date of your visit; and/or
- image (for example, from CCTV cameras at our premises).
C – Why do we collect your personal data and what are our lawful bases for it?
| VISITORS TO OUR PREMISES | ||
|---|---|---|
| WE MAY USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO: | OUR LAWFUL BASIS FOR DOING SO IS: | OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS IN DOING SO ARE: |
| Security | Legitimate Interest | Managing security, risk and crime prevention |
| Maintain records of visitors to our premises | Management Reporting | |
| WE MAY USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO: | OUR LAWFUL BASIS FOR DOING SO IS: | |
| Where you provide us with information regarding your disability, we will process it as part of our legal obligation to make reasonable adjustments for recruitment process | Legal Obligation |
If you object to us using your contact details for these purposes, please let us know using the email address provided in section 2.
D – How long do we keep your personal data?
We keep your personal data for as long as necessary to ensure security of our office visitors, once this period ends and when there is no longer a legal or a business need to keep it, we will delete it securely.
3.3 Website Visitors
A – Sources of personal data
B – Personal data that we collect and process
C – Why do we collect your personal data and what are our lawful bases for it?
A – Sources of personal data
We may obtain your personal data from the following sources:
- from you directly (for example, at the time of subscribing to any services offered on our website, including but not limited to ‘Contact Us’ submissions on our website (elementsolutionsinc.com/contact), mail mailing lists, interactive services, posting material or requesting further goods or services);
- from your device or browser; and/or
- if you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
B – Personal data that we collect and process
- name;
- username;
- email address
- operating system;
- browser type;
- cookie data (please refer to the below list to configure cookies);
- preferences regarding online marketing; and/or
- IP address.
Configuring Browser Cookies
Mozilla FireFox
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Google Chrome
Apple Safari
Opera
C – Why do we collect your personal data and what are our lawful bases for it?
| WEBSITE VISITORS | ||
|---|---|---|
| WE MAY USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO: | OUR LAWFUL BASIS FOR DOING SO IS: | OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS IN DOING SO ARE: |
| Provide our website services to you | Legitimate Interest | Website ManagementPromote our goods and servicesAccount Management |
| Establish and manage our relationship | Understand the market in which we operateManagement Reporting (including at an intra-group level)Account Management | |
| Learn about our websites(s) users’ browsing patterns and the performance of our website(s) | Website Management | |
| Security | Managing security, risk and crime preventionManagement Reporting (including at an intra-group level) | |
| Let you know about our products, services and events that may be of interest to you by letter, telephone, email or other forms of electronic communication | Promote our goods and servicesManagement Reporting (including at an intra-group level) | |
| Learn about how our products or services may be used | Understand the market in which we operateManagement Reporting (including at an intra-group level) |
If you object to us using your contact details for these purposes, including direct marketing, please send us an email using the email address in section 2.
Where we use cookies or similar technologies we will seek your prior consent where required to do so by law.
Where we use your email to communicate marketing information to you we will seek your prior consent where required to do so by law.
3.4 Job Applicants
We may collect personal data related to job applicants for positions advertised on our website.
A – Sources of personal data
B – Personal data that we collect and process
C – Why do we collect your personal data and what are our lawful bases for it?
D – How long do we keep your personal data?
A – Sources of personal data
We may obtain your personal data from the following sources:
- from you directly,
- from a third party, for example, individual referrals or a recruitment agency,
- from Element Solutions’ affiliates [see the list in Annex 1];
- via hard copy and web-based application forms;
- during networking events that we have either hosted, or sponsored, or attended; and/or
- from publicly available sources (for example, professional networks, such as LinkedIn)
B – Personal data that we collect and process
We may collect the following categories of personal data, which may differ, depending on the content of your CV or baseline documents you submit to us:
- name;
- residence address;
- personal email address;
- telephone number;
- date of birth;
- career and education history;
- skills, experience, and qualifications;
- personal interests, languages spoken, questionnaire results;
- gender;
- names and contact details for references. Please note that it is your responsibility to obtain consent from your references prior to providing us personal information about them;
- current and historic salary details together with salary expectations;
- details of your current benefit entitlements;
- information about your entitlement to work in the country in which the Element Solutions EU affiliate is located;
C – Why do we collect your personal data and what are our lawful bases for it?
| JOB APPLICANTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| WE MAY USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO: | OUR LAWFUL BASIS FOR DOING SO IS: | |
| Contact refereesConduct background checksVerify information submittedConsider you for other employment positions with Element Solutions’ | Consent | |
| Check your eligibility to work in the country in which the Element Solutions’ affiliate is located | Legal obligation | |
| Where you provide us with information regarding your disability, we will process it as part of our legal obligation to make reasonable adjustments for recruitment process | ||
| WE MAY USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO: | OUR LAWFUL BASIS FOR DOING SO IS: | OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS IN DOING SO ARE: |
| Facilitate the selection processAssess and confirm your suitability for employmentCommunicate with you | Legitimate interests | Talent Management (including at an intra-group level) |
| Execute business process and internal management | Management Reporting (including at an intra-group level) | |
| Safeguard the security of our infrastructure, premises, assets and office equipment, including prevention of criminal activity, defending legal claims | Managing security, risk and crime preventionExercise or defend legal claims |
If you object to us using your personal data for these purposes, including direct marketing, please let us know using the email address provided in section 2.
D – How long do we keep your personal data?
We will keep and Process your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. If you are successful and we hire you, we will keep your CV as part of your employee record for the duration of your employment with us. We will keep CVs and documents submitted by unsuccessful candidates for no longer than six months after decision, unless we obtained their consent to keep it for longer.
4. SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION
Data that we collect may be shared with our affiliated companies, suppliers or service providers, and government authorities. See details in relevant sections below.
Affiliates
Government or regulatory bodies
Service providers
Mergers and acquisitions
Affiliates
We may share your personal data with affiliates (see the list in Annex 1 below) for the following purposes:
- to provide us with IT support and systems and tools for managing operations,
- overall group-wide risk management,
- litigation management,
- compliance with regulatory requirements applicable to affiliates, and
- marketing.
In so doing, our affiliates may be data controllers and / or data processors of your personal data together Element Solutions. As data controllers and / or data processors, these affiliates will process your data in line with the intra-group data transfer agreements in line with the requirements of the GDPR.
Government or regulatory authorities
We may also disclose information about you if we have a legal duty to do so or if we are required or requested by any governmental or regulatory authority or similar body pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. Otherwise, we will keep information about you confidential.
Service providers
We may give information about you to organizations that provide a service to us or are acting as our agents, subject to contractual measures that we put in place obligating such organizations, on the understanding that they will keep the information confidential and will comply with applicable data protection laws.
For example, we may share your information with the following types of service providers that we engage with:
- Technical support providers who assist with our website and IT infrastructure;
- Third party software providers, who may include ‘software as a service’ solution providers, where the provider hosts the relevant personal data on our behalf;
- Professional advisers such as solicitors, accountants, tax advisors, auditors and insurance brokers;
- Money laundering and compliance search providers;
- Providers that help us store, collate and organize information effectively and securely, both electronically and in hard copy format, and for marketing purposes; and/or
- Providers that help us generate and collate reviews in relation to our services.
Mergers and acquisitions
In the context of mergers and acquisitions, we may transfer your personal data to potential purchasers and their advisors, subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations, in the event we decide to dispose of all or parts of its business.
5. TRANSFERS OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA (EEA)
In general, when transferring your personal data outside the EEA (which consists of EU member states and Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway), we will only do so using one of the following safeguards:
- the transfer is to a non-EEA country which has an adequacy decision by the EU Commission (e.g. Israel);
- the transfer is covered by a contractual agreement, which covers the GDPR requirements relating to transfers to countries outside the EEA.
- the transfer is to an organization which has Binding Corporate Rules approved by an EU data protection authority; or
- the transfer is to an organization in the US that is EU-US Privacy Shield certified.
You may request a copy of the relevant document by contacting us as indicated in section 2 above.
6. YOUR RIGHTS
You have the following rights in relation to your personal data under the GDPR:
- to obtain information on how we handle your personal data and access documents which contain your personal data;
- to request us to correct or update your personal data if it is inaccurate or out of date;
- to object to the processing of your personal data for the purposes of our legitimate interests, as discussed above;
- to erase personal data about you that is held by us:
- which is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which is was collected,
- to the processing of which you object, or
- which may have been unlawfully processed by us;
- to restrict processing by us, i.e. to restrict processing to storage only:
- where you oppose to deletion of your personal data and prefer restriction of processing instead, or
- where you object to the processing by us on the basis of its legitimate interests;
- to transmit personal data that you submitted to us back to you or to another organization in certain circumstances; and
- If we rely on your consent (for example, when setting cookies on your device or for direct marketing or for keeping your CV), you may withdraw your consent at any time.
If you at any time decide to exercise any of these rights, please contact us as indicated in section 2 above.
If you are unhappy with how we have dealt with your request or concern, you have the right to file a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority in the EU.
Annex 1 – List of Affiliates
Subsidiaries
The following are subsidiaries of Element Solutions Inc as of December 31, 2022 and the state or jurisdiction in which each of these subsidiaries is incorporated or organized:
| SUBSIDIARIES | STATE OR JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION/ORGANIZATION |
|---|---|
| AI Divestitures, Inc. | Delaware |
| Alent Enthone Chemistry (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | China |
| Alent Finance Limited | United Kingdom |
| Alent Germany GmbH | Germany |
| Alent Holdings Brazil Limited | United Kingdom |
| Alent Holdings BV | Netherlands |
| Alent, Inc. | Rhode Island |
| Alent Investments, Inc. | Delaware |
| Alent Investments Limited | United Kingdom |
| Alent Limited | United Kingdom |
| Alent New Finance (UK) Limited | United Kingdom |
| Alent New Mexico Holdings Limited | United Kingdom |
| Alent USA Holding, Inc. | Delaware |
| Alpha Assembly Solutions | Singapore |
| Alpha Assembly Solutions (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. | China |
| Alpha Assembly Solutions (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | China |
| Alpha Assembly Solutions (Taiwan) Limited | Taiwan |
| Alpha Assembly Solutions Belgium NV | Belgium |
| Alpha Assembly Solutions Brasil Soldas Ltda. | Brazil |
| Alpha Assembly Solutions Germany GmbH | Germany |
| Alpha Assembly Solutions Inc. | Delaware |
| Alpha Assembly Solutions Korea Limited | South Korea |
| Alpha Assembly Solutions Netherlands B.V. | Netherlands |
| Alpha Metals China Holdings Co. Ltd | Hong Kong |
| Alpha Metals Limited | Hong Kong |
| Alpha Metals Mexico, S.A. de C.V. | Mexico |
| Anion Química Industrial S.A. | Brazil |
| Aprochim S.r.l. | Italy |
| AR Mexican Holdings, Inc. | Delaware |
| Bayport Chemical Service, Inc. | Texas |
| Canning Gumm, LLC | Delaware |
| Compugraphics International Limited | United Kingdom |
| Compugraphics Jena GmbH | Germany |
| Compugraphics U.S.A. Inc. | Delaware |
| Cookson Holding Company | Delaware |
| Cookson India Private Limited | India |
| Coventya AB | Sweden |
| Coventya Americas GmbH | Germany |
| Coventya Beteiligungs GmbH | Germany |
| Coventya Environmental Plating Technology (JiangSu) Co., Ltd | China |
| Coventya GmbH | Germany |
| Coventya Holding Italy S.r.l. | Italy |
| Coventya Holding SAS | France |
| Coventya Inc. | New York |
| Coventya India Private Ltd | India |
| Coventya International Gmbh | Germany |
| Coventya Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi | Turkey |
| Coventya Korea Co., Limited | Korea |
| Coventya Malaysia Sdn. Bhd | Malaysia |
| Coventya Quimíca Ltda | Brazil |
| Coventya SAS | France |
| Coventya South East Asia Pte. Ltd | Singapore |
| Coventya S.r.l. | Italy |
| Coventya Technologies S.L. | Spain |
| Dipl.-Ing. W. Schmidt GmbH | Germany |
| EI Liquidation, Inc. | New York |
| Enthone-OMI (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. | Hong Kong |
| Fernox Limited | United Kingdom |
| HKW (Suzhou) New Material Co., Ltd | China |
| H K Wentworth America, Inc. | California |
| H.K. Wentworth (India) Private Limited | India |
| H.K. Wentworth EBT Trustee Limited | United Kingdom |
| H.K. Wentworth Limited | United Kingdom |
| H.K. Wentworth (NZ) Limited | New Zealand |
| H.K. Wentworth Pty Limited | Australia |
| HSO Chemicals Shanghai Ltd | China |
| HSO Herbert Schmidt GmbH & Co. KG | Germany |
| HSO Hong Kong Holding Limited | Hong Kong |
| Internacional de Manufacturas Asociadas SA | Spain |
| Kester LLC | Illinois |
| Macdermid (Panyu) Speciality Co. Ltd. | China |
| MacDermid (Suisse) Sàrl | Switzerland |
| MacDermid (Thailand) Limited | Thailand |
| MacDermid Actium, Ltd | United Kingdom |
| MacDermid Acumen, Inc. | Delaware |
| MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions | Singapore |
| MacDermid Alpha France SAS | France |
| MacDermid Alpha Hungary Kft | Hungary |
| MacDermid Alpha Italy S.r.l | Italy |
| MacDermid Anion, Inc. | Delaware |
| MacDermid Autotype Incorporated | Delaware |
| MacDermid Autotype Limited | United Kingdom |
| MacDermid Autotype Pte Ltd | Singapore |
| MacDermid Brazil, Inc. | Delaware |
| MacDermid Canning Limited | United Kingdom |
| MacDermid Chemical Industries Argentina, Inc. | Delaware |
| Macdermid Continental Investments Limited | United Kingdom |
| MacDermid de México, S.A. de C.V. | Mexico |
| MacDermid do Brazil Ltda | Brazil |
| MacDermid Dutch Investments CV | Netherlands |
| MacDermid Enthone B.V. | Netherlands |
| MacDermid Enthone Bermuda B.V. | Netherlands |
| MacDermid Enthone Electronics Solutions (M) Sdn Bhd | Malaysia |
| MacDermid Enthone GmbH | Germany |
| MacDermid Enthone Inc. | Delaware |
| MacDermid Enthone s.r.o. | Czech Republic |
| MacDermid Enthone Sdn Bhd | Malaysia |
| MacDermid Enthone Singapore Pte Ltd | Singapore |
| MacDermid Enthone Slovakia s.r.o. | Slovakia |
| MacDermid Enthone Sp. z.o.o. | Poland |
| MacDermid Enthone Spain, S.L. | Spain |
| MacDermid Enthone Taiwan Co., Ltd. | Taiwan |
| MacDermid Enthone Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. | China |
| MacDermid Enthone Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | China |
| MacDermid Europe Limited | United Kingdom |
| MacDermid Europe SAS | France |
| MacDermid European Holdings BV | Netherlands |
| MacDermid Graphics Solution Europe SAS | France |
| MacDermid Graphics Solutions Ltda | Brazil |
| MacDermid Graphics Solutions Production UK Limited | United Kingdom |
| MacDermid Graphics Solutions UK Limited | United Kingdom |
| MacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLC | Delaware |
| MacDermid Holdings BV | Netherlands |
| MacDermid Hong Kong Limited | Hong Kong |
| MacDermid Houston, Inc. | Delaware |
| MacDermid, Incorporated | Connecticut |
| MacDermid India Private Ltd. | India |
| MacDermid International Investments, LLC | Delaware |
| MacDermid International Partners | Delaware |
| MacDermid Netherlands Cooperatief W.A. | Netherlands |
| MacDermid Offshore Fludios do Brazil Industrial Ltda. | Brazil |
| MacDermid Offshore Solutions, LLC | Delaware |
| MacDermid Overseas Asia Limited | Delaware |
| MacDermid Performance Acquisition Germany GmbH I | Germany |
| MacDermid Performance Acquisition GmbH II | Germany |
| MacDermid Performance Acquisitions Ltd | United Kingdom |
| MacDermid Performance Solutions | Singapore |
| MacDermid Performance Solutions Canada, Inc | Canada |
| MacDermid Performance Solutions Company Limited | Vietnam |
| MacDermid Performance Solutions Espanola SA | Spain |
| MacDermid Performance Solutions France SAS | France |
| MacDermid Performance Solutions Hong Kong Limited | Hong Kong |
| MacDermid Performance Solutions Inc. | Philippines |
| MacDermid Performance Solutions Italiana S.r.l. | Italy |
| MacDermid Performance Solutions Japan K.K. | Japan |
| MacDermid Performance Solutions Kimyasal Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş | Turkey |
| MacDermid Performance Solutions Korea Inc. | South Korea |
| MacDermid Performance Solutions Scandinavia AB | Sweden |
| MacDermid Performance Solutions Services Limited | United Kingdom |
| MacDermid Performance Solutions Singapore Pte Ltd | Singapore |
| MacDermid Performance Solutions Taiwan Ltd | Taiwan |
| MacDermid Performance Solutions UK Limited | United Kingdom |
| MacDermid Printing Solutions Acumen, Inc. | Delaware |
| MacDermid Singapore Pte Ltd | Singapore |
| MacDermid Technology (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. | China |
| MacDermid Texas, Inc. | Delaware |
| MD Graphics Solutions, LLC | Delaware |
| Microgleit Spezialschmierstoffe, GmbH | Germany |
| MRD Acquisition Corp. | Delaware |
| Napp Printing Plate Distribution, Inc. | South Dakota |
| Napp Systems Inc. | Iowa |
| Oak Barrel Investments Ltd. | United Kingdom |
| Offshore Development Co. Limited | United Kingdom |
| OMI International Corporation | Delaware |
| Politeknik Metal Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi | Turkey |
| Revestsul Produtos Quimicos Ltda | Brazil |
| Rockville Venture, LLC | Delaware |
| Semitronic SA | Spain |
| Shenzhen Hua Mei Electroplating Technology Company Limited | China |
| SPC Divestiture, Inc. | Delaware |
| Specialty Polymers, Inc. | Massachusetts |
| Surface Treatments Ltd. | United Kingdom |
| Vernon-Rockville Venture, LLC | Delaware |
| W. Canning Inc. | Delaware |
| W. Canning Ltd. | Texas |
| W. Canning USA, LLC | Delaware |
| Zhejiang Electrolube New Materials Co., Ltd | China |
| Zhejiang HKW Technology Co., Ltd | China |