GPC's Privacy Policy and GDPR Compliance

Introduction

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which goes into effect on 25 May 2018, creates consistent data protection rules across Europe. It applies to all companies that process personal data about individuals in the EU, regardless of where the company is based. Processing is defined broadly and refers to anything related to personal data, including how a company handles and manages data, such as collecting, storing, using and destroying data.

While many of the principles of this regulation build on current EU data protection rules, the GDPR has a wider scope, more prescriptive standards and substantial fines. For example, it requires a higher standard of consent for using some types of data, and broadens the rights that individuals have for accessing and transferring their data.

Any organization that works with EU residents' personal data in any manner, irrespective of location, has obligations to protect the data. General Paint Co. is well aware of its role in providing data integrity and security to our users and customers to meet the GDPR mandates.

This GDPR policy will be be applied for the following General Paint Co. websites:

• General Paint Co. Online Color Retrieval: www.generalpaint.info, hymax.biz/color_retrieval
• General Paint Co. main websites: www.generalpaint.biz, www.hymax.biz

General Paint Co.’s Commitment

At General Paint Co., we have always honored our users' right to data privacy and protection. We have never served ads to our users, and never will. We do not serve ads even to customers using the free editions of our products. This means that we have no necessity to collect and process users' personal information beyond what is required for the functioning of our products.

What does this mean for our customers?

We understand that meeting the GDPR requirements takes a lot of time and effort. And as your partner, we want to help you make your process as flawless as possible, so that you don't have to worry about compliance and can focus more on running your business. Some of our product enhancements are about to make it easier for you to:

• Provide access controls
• Encrypt, anonymize or delete user data
• Enhance security for user data

Information we automatically collect:

Our server will automatically collect (via Google Analytics) browser information, which might account for your personal data:

• IP address to detect your country and set the translation for the website accordingly
• the date, time and duration of your visit on the website;
• browser type;
• browser language;
• operating system;
• your page visits (browser’s history);
• referral information from third parties (e.g. when opening the website from Facebook);
• user behaviour (e.g. how you interact with the website, what pages you visit and how you navigate through the pages).

We do not use google analytics to identify you by as an individual. In fact, we use these details for analytical purposes only. For example, we use IP address to provide our users with a specific language based on their country

Information You Provide

In order to use the full functionality of the website or conduct business with us, you may be prompted to enter certain types of the data in one of the following ways:

• by filling forms (for example, a “formulation search” form) on our website;
• by downloading documentation from our website;

The data that we collect on the website will NOT include your name, business partners, address, phone number, or email address.

Social media

Our website is linked to Facebook with ‘Like and Share’ buttons. This addon reads your Facebook ID and allows you to like or share General Paint Co. pages with a single click. This button has been implemented for marketing purposes only. We do not record your behaviour or your Facebook ID or profile information.

Webtracking / Analysis

We use Google Analytics in order to determine the frequency of use and the number of people visiting our website. In this context, we do not collect any personal data which could reveal your identity to us. Only the IP address which you use when visiting our website will be processed. These data will be used, anonymously, for statistical purposes and further development of our websites.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies.

As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. Cookies help us, for example, set some site preferences, such as the language of the website across all pages and provide you with a user-friendly functionality in the Online Color Retrieval.

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings

To view our detailed cookie policy, click here.

We use the personal data we collect to:

• conduct and develop our business with you and with others
• administer and manage performance of purchase or sales agreements with our suppliers and customers;
• provide our customers with support and help
• evaluate, maintain, improve and develop the website;
• evaluate, improve and develop our products and services;
• provide you with documentation which you have requested;
• correspond with users to resolve their queries or complaints;

General Paint Co will not sell, rent or share your personal data to third parties.

Data integration among -GPC- partners:

We are part of -GPC-, and we might need to share your data with our affiliated businesses for the same reasons listed above. We may also appoint third party service providers to assist us in providing information, products or services to our customers. -GPC- may share your personal data with these affiliates and third parties to perform services. Those parties will follow the same terms and regulations

If your personal data is transferred outside the EU, we will ensure that your personal data receives the same level of protection.

Security

General Paint Co. aims to safeguard and protect your personal data from unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorized modification or unlawful destruction or accidental loss. We utilize and maintain certain reasonable processes, systems, and technologies to do so. However, you acknowledge that no transmission over the Internet is completely secure or error-free, and that these processes, systems, and technologies utilized and maintained by General Paint Co. are subject to compromise. Accordingly, we cannot be held responsible for unauthorized or unintended access that is beyond our control.

General Paint reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to modify, suspend, terminate or interrupt operation of or access to the Site, or any portion thereof, in order to protect the Site or -GPC’s- business.

Retention of Your Personal Data

We apply a general rule of keeping personal data only to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. We retain your personal data for the period of time of you dealing with us. However, in some circumstances we may retain personal data for other periods of time, for instance where we are required to do so in accordance with legal, tax and accounting requirements, or if required to do so by a legal process, legal authority, or other governmental entity having authority to make the request, for so long as required.

External Links

The website may contain links to third party sites (we encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third party sites).The external links are used for digital marketing purposes.

More Information

Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren't sure of.

However, if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:

• Email: support.it@hymax.biz