The protection and security of your personal data are important to Koppers. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to outline how we deal with any personal information you provide to us which is either collected by us through this website (www.kopperspc.co.nz) (“Website”) and/or via the services we provide to you.
Our Website has been developed and is operated by Koppers Performance Chemicals Inc. located at 1016 Everee Inn Road, Griffin, GA 30224 (“KPC”). In addition to KPC, KPC New Zealand, which is located at 14 Mayo Road, Wiri Auckland, New Zealand (“KPC New Zealand” and together with KPC, “Koppers”, “we”, “our” or “us”) also collects, handles or otherwise has access to personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. KPC and KPC New Zealand are subsidiaries of Koppers Inc. of the United States of America.
By visiting our Website, you are accepting the terms of this Privacy Policy. This Website may contain links to third party sites, which are not under our control. These sites are not governed by our Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy. Koppers disclaims all responsibility for the operation of such sites, including the information collection practices of such sites. Koppers does not monitor, review or endorse the content of third party sites linked to this site. You acknowledge that Koppers is not responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, or any other aspect of the content of such sites. Linking to such sites is at your own risk.
We may collect and process your personal information when you submit it to us in the following ways:
We do not knowingly collect or store personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 unless or except as permitted by law. ANY PERSON WHO VISITS ANY OF THE WEBSITE REPRESENTS TO US THAT HE OR SHE IS 13 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
We collect and use your personal information to enable us to perform the contract entered into between you and us, to ensure compliance with local legal and regulatory requirements, or for the purposes of our legitimate business interests, which may include the following:
We may contact you to provide you with information about products and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale or negotiations of a sale to you. You may be contacted by us, Koppers group affiliates, or by one of our selected third parties, in each case where you have consented to receive these communications.
You may opt out of receiving our marketing communications at any time by contacting us at privacy@koppers.com or by using the unsubscribe link in any of our communications.
Even if you have opted-out from our marketing communications, and in accordance with applicable law, we will continue to contact you for non-marketing related purposes where we need to send certain information to you under a legal, regulatory, or ethical requirement.
We may share your personal information with the following third parties:
We may also disclose your personal information (a) in accordance with a request made by you; (b) where required to respond to authorized requests from government authorities or where required by law; (c) where we are required by law, we may also disclose your personal information where it is necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of Koppers, our products and services and our customers, distributors or business partners including the enforcement of our agreements, this Privacy Policy or other agreements or to prevent or take action regarding illegal activities or fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person or as evidence in litigation.
Koppers takes all steps as is reasonable in the circumstances to safeguard your personal information against misuse, loss, and unauthorized access, use, modification, or disclosure. The security measures implemented by Koppers are reasonable and appropriate to the risks presented by the processing of your personal information, as described in this Privacy Policy. Despite this, the nature of the internet is such that we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us via the internet and any transmission is at your own risk.
If a password is used to help protect any account you hold with us, it is your responsibility to keep your password confidential. You should update your password periodically to help reduce the risk of unauthorized access to your account with us. When you do, you should strengthen your password with the combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, punctuation and other symbols. Do not share this information with anyone. If you are sharing a computer with anyone you should always log out before leaving a site or service to protect access to your information from subsequent users.
We have also implemented appropriate safeguards, to protect your personal information when we transfer it to third parties, including the execution of data transfer agreements with recipients of the information. For further information please contact us using the contact details provided at the end of this Privacy Policy. We will process any request in line with any local laws and our policies and procedures.
We will store your information for as long as we have to by law, and where there is no legal requirement, we will only store your personal information for as long as is required for the purpose for which it may be lawfully used.
We may use cookies and other similar technologies (such as, tags) to distinguish you from other users of the Website. This helps us to provide you with a user-friendly experience when you visit the Website, and also allows us to improve the Website. A cookie is a small text file that can be placed on your computer or other device when using the Website.
Where we require information or services, we allow other companies to host cookies on our Website (third party cookies). These partner companies have been carefully selected by us.
Cookies can be persistent by remaining on your computer until you delete them or be based on your browsing session where they delete once you close your browser.
We may change our use of cookies over time. Please visit this page regularly so that you are aware of any changes.
Google Analytics
This Website uses Google Analytics to collect information about how users use the Website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this Website for the purpose of analyzing your use of the Website, compiling reports on Website activity for Website operators and providing them other services relating to Website activity and internet usage. The IP address that your browser conveys within the scope of Google Analytics will not be associated with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; please note, however, that if you do this you may not be able to use the full Website. You can also opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics in the future by downloading and installing ‘Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on’ for your current web browser: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Alternatively, you can opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics in the future by clicking on the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to sign in or use other interactive features of Website that depend on cookies. If you choose to accept cookies, you also have the ability to later delete cookies that you have accepted. If you choose to delete cookies, any settings and preferences controlled by those cookies will be deleted and may need to be recreated. If your browser settings are set up as ‘Do Not Track’, we will not use cookies and tracking technologies.
For more information on cookies and how they can be managed and deleted please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ or http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.
You may inform us of any changes in your personal information, and in accordance with our obligations under applicable data protection laws we will update or delete your personal information accordingly. To access the personal information we hold on you or to have your personal information updated or amended, please send your request to privacy@koppers.com. We will respond to requests within the time allowed by applicable law and will endeavor to respond as accurately and completely as possible.
We may ask you for additional information to confirm your identity and for security purposes, before disclosing information requested to you.
To exercise any of your rights in connection with your personal information, please contact us at privacy@koppers.com. We will process any request in line with any local laws and our policies and procedures.
Please check this page periodically for changes to this Privacy Policy. If Koppers decides to modify this Privacy Policy, Koppers will notify you of such modifications by posting a prominent notice on its home page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to this Privacy Policy.
For additional information or questions about our Privacy Policy, or about the processing of personal data, please contact privacy@koppers.com.
This Privacy Policy was last updated November 13, 2018.
