DATA PROTECTION

Protection of data privacy: Your right—our obligation

You can count on us to protect the privacy of your personal data because protecting your privacy when we process your data is a matter of importance to Evonik Industries AG that is taken into consideration in all of our business processes.

We’d therefore like to take this opportunity to explain to you the guidelines that we apply to the processing of personal data. The present declaration and any further information that may be pertinent to the processing and use of your personal data will be provided at any location on this site where we ask you to supply such data.

Scope of processing personal data

As a general rule, we only collect and utilize your personal data to the extent that is necessary for providing a functional website and our content and services. The collection and utilization of personal data generally only occurs with the user’s consent. Exceptions apply in cases where obtaining consent is impossible for factual reasons and where data processing is permitted by law.

Legal basis for processing personal data

To the extent we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing personal data, Art. 6 (1) (a), EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis for processing personal data.

With regard to processing personal data that is required for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, Art. 6 (1) (b), GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing steps that are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures.

To the extent processing personal data is required for compliance with legal obligations to which our company is subject, Art 6 (1) (c), GDPR serves as the legal basis.

In the event that the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person require processing personal data, Art 6 (1) (d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

If processing is required for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party and the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not override such interests, Art. 6 (1) (f), GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing.

Data that we collect

You can use almost the entirety of Evonik Industries AG website without ever having to supply us with personal data. Only a fraction of the information and services located on our website require you to enter personal data in order to use them.
Whenever you use the Evonik Industries AG website, the Evonik Industries AG Internet server (web server) automatically records and evaluates technical access data. However, this data cannot be attributed to a specific person, which means that the individual user remains anonymous.

Compilation of technical access data

This technical access data includes, for example, the name of your internet service provider, the IP address, information about the internet browser and the operating system that are in use, the domain name of the website that acts as a platform for a visit to our own website, the average duration of a visit to our website, and the pages called from our website. This data is sent to our web server when individual internet pages are called by your internet browser. The legal basis for the temporary storage of data is Art. 6(1) (f), GDPR. The temporary storage of data, including the IP address, by the system is necessary to allow for delivery of the website to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the IP address of the user and other data must remain saved for the duration of the session.

Cookies

We also add cookies to some areas of our website. Cookies are small data elements that an internet server can send to your computer, thereby allowing it to be identified during your visit to our website and making it easier for you to use our website. Cookies do not cause any damage on your computer and do not contain viruses. We don’t use cookies to gather personal data. You can set your internet browser to tell you whether cookies are being accepted or refused. For more information on cookies, consult the help files in your internet browser. Deactivating cookies may limit this website’s functionality.We use this technical access data to continually enhance the appeal, usability and contents of our website, and to detect any technical problems with the site.

The legal basis for processing personal data together with the use of technically necessary cookies is Art. 6(1)(f), GDPR.

Personal data

We collect, process and utilize your personal data only if you provide us with it voluntarily.
This can occur in connection with a query, an opinion survey, a desire on your part to contact us, an order placed by you, etc.
We also require your personal data when you wish to make use of particular services (insofar as such services may be offered) on the Evonik Industries AG website such as the newsletter or forums. Should you decide to avail yourself of such a service, you will find for each service extensive information and pointers about the type, scope and utilization of the data that is required in order to use the service in question.

Protecting the privacy of children who use the Internet

Personal data pertaining to children are not knowingly gathered or used in any way. We are not generally aware of the age of the user of our websites. We have, however, taken no specific steps to give special protection to such data.
As protecting children who use the internet is a matter of great importance to Evonik Industries AG. Evonik Industries AG therefore advises all parents and persons acting in loco parentis to show children how to deal responsibly and safely with personal data on the internet.
Children should not send any personal data to Evonik Industries AG without the express permission of parents or a person acting in loco parentis.

How we use your data

Evonik Industries AG collects, processes and utilizes all personal data stemming from your visit to the Evonik Industries AG website strictly in accordance with the applicable legal regulations.
We use this personal data only for the purposes specified in the present declaration (e.g., to process a query or in connection with the utilization of internet services). In addition, we will only gather, process or use personal data if we need to do so in order to protect the legitimate business interests of Evonik Industries AG.
Evonik Industries AG will not provide third parties with any personal data that you may have sent without first obtaining your express written permission.

You can withdraw the consent you gave to use your personal data at any time with future effect by sending an email to the email address provided in the Legal Notice or to the data protection officer.
We retain control over and take responsibility for the use of the personal data that you send to us. It is possible that some or all of this data is stored or processed in other countries (for example in the United States) that have different data protection laws from your country of residence. In this case, we will ensure that the company commissioned to process the data has taken appropriate steps to protect your personal data in accordance with the requirements applicable in your country of residence.

Information about, changes to, and deletion of your data

Pursuant to the applicable legal regulations, you are entitled to query us in writing at any time as to which (if any) of your personal data we are currently archiving. We will then send you a letter containing the information requested. Please address your inquiry to the data protection officer. You may also arrange with him to have changes made in your data or to have such data deleted.

Storing your data 

We will store personal data for as long as it is necessary to perform a service that you requested or to which you gave your consent, providing no legal requirements exist to the contrary such as retention periods under commercial and tax law or deadlines in connection with ongoing legal proceedings.

Protecting your data

The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Furthermore, storage may occur if required by European or national laws in EU directives, laws or other regulations to which the controller is subject. Data will also be blocked or deleted if the storage period specified in one of the above-referenced standards expires unless there is a need for further storage of data for concluding a contract or for contract performance.

Use of social plugins

Our website does not use any plugins for social networks. When integrating the icons of social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, XING, and LinkedIn, we only make reference to these networks with an external link. In some cases, the link takes you to a share function of the network in question. This means that you can share our website, which you called up, with other users directly using the page of the social network to which the sharing button belongs.

Facebook

Facebook, Custom Audiences and Facebook Marketing Services

Some areas of our website have integrated a “Facebook Pixel” from the Facebook social network in order to analyze and optimize the website and implement marketing functions. This Facebook Pixel is operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or, if you are located in the EU, by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”).

Facebook is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement and guarantees that European data protection legislation will be complied with:

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active

Due to the judgment C-311/18 of the ECJ of July 16, 2020 on the invalidity of the Privacy Shield, Facebook is currently examining alternative solutions.

Every time you call up one of our web pages that contains functions from Facebook, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server. In this way, Facebook learns that you have called up our website from your terminal. Thanks to the Facebook Pixel, Facebook can determine the visitors to our website as a target group for the presentation of advertisements ( “Facebook ads”). Correspondingly, we primarily use the pixel to show the Facebook ads that we place to those Facebook users who have shown an interest in our website or who have certain features (e.g. specific interests in specific topics or products, as deduced from the websites they visit) that we transmit to Facebook ( “Custom Audiences”). In addition, the Facebook Pixel also enables us to measure the effectiveness of the Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes, because we see whether users are redirected to our website after a click on a Facebook advertisement ( “conversion”). If you are registered with a Facebook service, Facebook can assign the visit to your account. You can see exactly what data the Pixel collects here: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/553691765029382

You can object to the use of Facebook Website Custom Audiences (interest-based advertising from Facebook) with future effect at any time via https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads.

Facebook processes the data according to the Facebook data processing policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php. You can find special information and details of the Facebook Pixel and its mode of operation here: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616.

LinkedIn

In some areas of our website we make use of the “LinkedIn Insight Tag” from the LinkedIn network in order to analyze and optimize the website and implement marketing functions. The provider is the LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA or, if you are located in the EU, LinkedIn Ireland Limited, 77 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland.

LinkedIn is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement and guarantees that European data protection legislation will be complied with:

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active

Due to the judgment C-311/18 of the ECJ of July 16, 2020 on the invalidity of the Privacy Shield, LinkedIn is currently examining alternative solutions.

Every time one of our web pages that includes the functions from LinkedIn is called up, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. In this way LinkedIn learns that our website has been visited using your IP address. The LinkedIn Insight Tag enables us to analyze the success of our campaigns within LinkedIn or to determine target groups for these campaigns on the basis of the users’ interaction with our website. If you are registered with LinkedIn, LinkedIn can assign your interaction with our website to your user account. If you click on the “Recommend button” from LinkedIn and are logged in at LinkedIn, LinkedIn can assign your visit to our website to you and your user account. Here you can find further information about the LinkedIn Insight Tag and the data that is collected through its use: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/65521

The processing of the data by LinkedIn is carried out in line with the LinkedIn data protection guideline: http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=privacy_policy.

You can object to the use of the LinkedIn advertising cookies (interest-based advertising from LinkedIn) with future effect at any time: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

Twitter

The “Twitter Conversion Tracking” of the Twitter network, provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA,is integrated into some parts of our website for the purposes of analyzing and optimizing the website and for marketing functions.

Twitter is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement and guarantees that European data protection legislation will be complied with:

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active

Due to the judgment C-311/18 of the ECJ of July 16, 2020 on the invalidity of the Privacy Shield, Twitter is currently examining alternative solutions.

Every time one of our web pages that contains functions from Twitter is called up, a connection to the servers of Twitter is established. In this way, Twitter learns that our website has been visited from your IP address. The Twitter Conversion Tracking enables us to analyze the success of our campaigns within Twitter or to determine target groups for these campaigns on the basis of the users’ interaction with our website.Insofar as you are a member of the Twitter platform, Twitter can assign the call of the aforementioned content and functions to your profile there. You can find further information about Twitter Conversion Tracking here: https://business.twitter.com/de/help/campaign-measurement-and-analytics/conversion-tracking-for-websites.html

The processing of the data by Twitter takes place within the scope of Twitter’s privacy policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy,

You can object to the use of Twitter Conversion Tracking (interest-based advertising from Twitter) with future effect at any time: https://twitter.com/personalization.

Your rights 

If Evonik processes personal data, you are a data subject in the definition of the GDPR and have the following data subject rights in accordance with Art 12 ff, GDPR: Right to information, right to correction, right to restriction of processing, right to deletion, right to information, right to data portability, right of objection, and right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority.

The Evonik Industries AG data protection officer

Should you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data, please do not hesitate to contact our data protection officer who, along with his team, will be more than happy to help you if you need any further information or have any complaints or problems in connection with the security of your data.

Evonik Industries AG
Data protection
Rellinghauser Straße 1—11
45128 Essen
Germany
+49 201 177-2151
privacy-policy@evonik.com

Please note that this data protection declaration is subject to change in order to meet current requirements.

© Evonik Industries AG, latest update: September 21, 2020