Privacy statement of PERI Formwork Systems, Inc.

This Privacy Policy (Policy) describes how PERI SE and PERI Formwork Systems, Inc. including its United States-based subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively referred to as we or our or us in the Policy) collects, stores, shares, and uses information, and your choices about privacy, when you use our websites, mobile applications, social media accounts and other mechanisms in the United States through which you can access the Services and Content or otherwise communicate with us (collectively, the Sites).

Introduction

This Policy applies to your use of the Sites and any services accessible through the Site (Services) or Content accessible through the Sites:

This Policy sets out the basis on which any personal information we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. The Sites are not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children. If we determine that we have received personal information from a person under the age of 18, we will delete it. The foregoing does not apply to personal information collected from children in connection with employee benefit programs (information on these programs is available to employees separately).

Please read the following carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal information and how we will treat it. Please note that if the laws of your jurisdiction provide for privacy protections that conflict with the provisions of these Terms, the provisions of your state’s laws shall apply.

Important information and who we are

PERI Formwork Systems, Inc. is the business that acts as the controller of your personal information.

If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us using the details set out below.

Contact details

• Full name of legal entity: PERI Formwork Systems, Inc.
• Email address: privacy@peri-usa.com
• Telephone: 1-800-760-7659
• Postal address:

Attn: Privacy and Compliance

PERI Formwork Systems, Inc.

7135 Dorsey Run Road Elkridge, MD 21075

You also have the right to make requests for assistance with your state or other governmental agencies having jurisdiction over privacy laws.

Changes to the Policy and your duty to inform us of changes

We keep our Policy under regular review.

It may change and if it does, these changes will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you when you next access the Sites. In the future, the new Policy may be displayed on-screen and you may be required to read and accept the changes to continue your access to the Sites and/or use of the Services or Content. Employees may also access and review the most recent Policy through our employee intra-websites and applications.

It is important that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal information changes during our relationship with you.

Third party links

The Sites may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of third parties, including those of our parent company and its subsidiaries located outside of the United States, and the websites of our suppliers, contractors and other service providers. Please note that these websites and any services that may be accessible through them have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies or for any personal information that may be collected through these websites or services, including Contact and Location Data. Please check these policies before you submit any personal information to these websites or use the services available through these websites.

Social media links

PERI provides access to several PERI-operated social media sites

Facebook

The PERI website uses social plugins ("plugins") of the social network Facebook.com, which is operated by Facebook Inc., Palo Alto, USA ("Facebook"). The plugins are marked with a Facebook logo.
If you access a page on our website that contains such plug-ins, they are initially deactivated. The plugins are not activated until you click the button provided by Facebook. With this activation you establish the connection to Facebook and declare your consent to the transmission of data to Facebook. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign your visit to your account there. If you click on the respective Facebook button, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from your browser to Facebook and stored there. For information on the purpose and scope of data collection, further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as your relevant rights and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy [https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation]. If you do not want Facebook to collect data about you via our website, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. 

Instagram

The PERI website uses social plugins ("plugins") of the social network Instagram, which belongs to the Facebook group Facebook Inc., Palo Alto, USA. The plugins are marked with an Instagram logo. If you access a page of our website that contains such plugins, then they are initially deactivated. The plugins are not activated until you click the button provided by Instagram. With this activation you establish the connection to Instagram and give your consent to the transfer of data to Instagram. If you are logged in to Instagram, Instagram can assign your visit to your account there. When you press the respective Instagram button, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from your browser to Instagram and stored there. For information on the purpose and scope of data collection, further processing and use of data by Instagram, as well as your relevant rights and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to Instagram's privacy policy [https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388].

Twitter

The PERI website uses social plugins ("plugins") of the social network Twitter, which is operated by Twitter Inc. 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA ("Twitter"). The plugins are marked with a Twitter logo or the suffix "Tweet". If you access a page of our website that contains such plugins, then they are initially deactivated. The plugins are not activated until you click the button provided by Twitter. With this activation you establish the connection to Twitter and declare your consent to the transmission of data to Twitter. If you are logged in to Twitter, Twitter can assign your visit to your account there. If you press the respective Twitter button, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from your browser to Twitter and stored there. For information on the purpose and scope of data collection, further processing and use of data by Twitter, as well as your relevant rights and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to the Twitter privacy policy [https://twitter.com/en/privacy].

Google Analytics

We use cookies and/or other tracking technologies to distinguish you from other users of the Sites and Services and to remember your preferences. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you use the Sites or Services and also allows us to improve the Sites and the Services. This includes the use of Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). Use includes the "Universal Analytics" operating mode. This makes it possible to assign data, sessions and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user ID and thus analyze a user's activities across devices. Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are stored on your computer to help the website analyze how you use the site. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and provide other services relating to website and Internet use to the website operator. These purposes also include our legitimate interest in the use of Google Analytics. The data transmitted by us and linked with cookies, user identification (e.g., user ID) or advertising IDs will be automatically deleted after 14 months. Data for which the storage period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month. For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html, https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or https://policies.google.com/?hl=en. You can prevent the storage of cookies, other than cookies required for the performance of the Site and your use thereof, by selecting the appropriate settings on the Cookies page; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and prevent Google from processing this data by downloading and installing the https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en browser add-on. Opt-out cookies prevent future collection of your data when you visit this website. To prevent Universal Analytics from collecting data across different devices, you must opt-out on all systems used. Please note that IP anonymization is enabled for this site, which means that Google Analytics has replaced the code with "anonymizeIp" to ensure that IP addresses are collected anonymously (so-called IP masking).

YouTube

The PERI website uses the video platform YouTube, which is operated by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave. San Bruno, CA 94066 in the USA. YouTube is a platform that enables the playback of audio and video files.

When you visit a page of our website, the YouTube player integrated into it connects to YouTube to ensure the technical transmission of a video or audio file. When you connect to YouTube, your connection information is transferred to YouTube for the purpose of playing a video or audio file.

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection, further processing and use of the data by YouTube, as well as your relevant rights and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to the YouTube privacy policy [https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en].

What categories of personal information do we collect?

We have collected (directly or through a third party application) the following categories of personal information since January 1, 2020:

  

Category         Examples

A. IdentifiersContact details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile contact number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address and account, company indicator, business account name name

B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statuteName, contact information, education, employment, employment history and financial information

C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal lawGender and date of birth

D. Commercial informationTransaction information, purchase history, financial details and payment information

E. Biometric informationN/A

F. Internet or other similar network activityBrowsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, and interactions with our and other websites, applications, systems and advertisements

G. Geolocation dataDevice location

H. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar informationImages and audio, video or call recordings created in connection with our business activities

I. Professional or employment-related informationBusiness contact details in order to provide you our services at a business level, job title as well as work history and professional qualifications if you apply for a job with us

J. Education InformationStudent records and directory information

K. Inferences drawn from other personal informationAs applicable, inferences drawn from any of the collected personal information listed above to create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual’s preferences and characteristics
 

We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories in instances where you interact with us in-person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:

• Receiving help through our customer support channels;
• Providing our newsletter if you elect to subscribe to it;
• Participation in customer surveys or contests; and
• Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries
• Applying for a employment or independent contractor position with us and/or provided information for employment on-boarding and benefits enrollment

We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data, meaning data such as statistical or demographic data, for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal information but is not considered personal information in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your usage data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific Site feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal information so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal information which will be used in accordance with this Policy.

We do not currently collect any Sensitive Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data), nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offenses, except as necessary in connection with your employment with us or as voluntarily reported by you.

We currently do not collect any financial data in connection with your use of the Sites. Any purchases that you make in connection with our products or Services are processed through a third party payment processor.

How do we use and share your personal information?

You may contact us referring to the contact details listed in the Contact details section above. Please note that you may be required to contact our benefits provided in connection with your employment relationship with us.

If you are using an authorized agent, to the extent allowed by law to act on behalf of a resident, to exercise your right to opt-out, we may deny a request if the authorized agent does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf.

Will your information be shared with anyone else?

We may disclose your personal information with our parent company and any subsidiaries or affiliates of our parent company.

We may disclose your personal information with our contractors and service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each contractor or service provider. Each service provider is a for-profit entity that processes the information on our behalf.

We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered to be "selling" of your personal information.

While we have not sold any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months, we do use your personal information and share personal information, as described in this Policy.

You agree that we may share your personal information with third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business or our assets, including where such transfer is in connection with a bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding or other operation of law, or where required by law or governmental order, or otherwise to protect our legitimate interests. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal information in the same way as set out in this Policy.

You may opt-out of the selling or sharing of your personal information for value (other than in connection with a transfer of your information pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph), by going to our “Do not sell or share my Personal Information” page. You may limit our use of your sensitive information to the purposes for which it was collected by going to our “Do not expand our use of my Sensitive Information” page.

Your rights with respect to your personal information

Right to request deletion and/or correction of the data - Request to delete or correct

You can ask for the deletion and/or correction of your personal information. If you ask us to delete or correct your personal information, we will respect your request and delete and/or correct your personal information, as requested, subject to certain exceptions provided by law, such as (but not limited to) the exercise by another consumer of his or her right to free speech, our compliance requirements resulting from a legal obligation or any processing that may be required to protect against illegal activities.

Right to be informed - Request to know

Depending on the circumstances, you have a right to know:

• whether we collect and use your personal information;
• the categories of personal information that we collect;
• the purposes for which the collected personal information is used;
• whether we sell your personal information to third parties;
• the categories of personal information that we sold or disclosed for a business purpose;
• the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold or disclosed for a business purpose; and
• the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information.

In accordance with applicable law, we are not obligated to provide or delete consumer information that is de-identified in response to a consumer request or to re-identify individual data to verify a consumer request.

You can exercise any of these rights at any time by referring to the contact details listed in the Contact details section above.

Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of a Consumer's Privacy Rights

We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.

Verification process

Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. These verification efforts require us to ask you to provide information so that we can match it with the information you have previously provided us. For instance, depending on the type of request you submit, we may ask you to provide certain information so that we can match the information you provide with the information we already have on file, or we may contact you through a communication method (e.g. phone or email) that you have previously provided to us. We may also use other verification methods as the circumstances dictate.

We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. To the extent possible, we will avoid requesting additional information from you for the purposes of verification. If, however, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity, and for security or fraud-prevention purposes. We will delete such additionally provided information as soon as we finish verifying you.

Other privacy rights

• you may object to the processing of your personal information
• you may request correction of your personal information if it is incorrect or no longer relevant, or ask to restrict the processing of the data
• you can designate an authorized agent to make a request under on your behalf, where the laws of your state permit this. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with applicable law.
• you may request to opt-out from future selling of your personal information to third parties. Upon receiving a request to opt-out, we will act upon the request as soon as feasibly possible, but no later than 15 days from the date of the request submission.

To exercise these rights, you can contact us by referring to the Contact details section of this Policy at the bottom of this document. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you.

International transfers

PERI Formwork Systems, Inc. and our operations are based in the United States and our external third parties, vendors and partners are worldwide. Our servers are located within the United States and the processing of your personal information may involve a transfer of data to countries outside of your country of residence. If you are a resident of the UK, or a member of the European Economic Area (the EEA), or of a country that places restrictions on the transfer of personal information into the United States, please understand that, while we will process your Personal Information consistent with the protections described in this policy, our practices may not align with the laws of your home country. If you are currently residing outside the United States and applying for a position with PERI Formwork Systems, Inc., Peri will process your Personal Information as required for the legitimate business purposes associated with your application. If you have any concerns regarding our privacy practices, please do not provide personal information when using the Sites.  

Data Security

All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent your personal information from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way. Of course, no data transmissions or storage can be guaranteed as completely secured in all circumstances and we do not warrant against data breach.

We will collect and store personal information on your device using application data caches and browser web storage (including HTML5) and other technology.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password that enables you to access certain parts of the Sites Services, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Certain Services include social networking, chat room or forum features. Ensure when using these features that you do not submit any personal information that you do not want to be seen, collected or used by other users.

We use a third party payment processor to coordinate payment transactions and this information will be encrypted using Secured Sockets Layer technology.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal information breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a personal information breach when we are legally required to do so.

Data Retention

Generally, PERI will retain your personal information only for as long as we require in order to maintain our business relationship.

By law we have to keep basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, Financial and Transaction Data) after they cease being customers for tax and other legal purposes.

In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see Your rights with respect to your personal information above for further information.

In some circumstances we will anonymise your personal information (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.