Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

May 25, 2018

PTC Organics Inc. established the web site www.phasetransfercatalysis.com to:

 

[1] provide information related to phase-transfer catalysis technology and provide the opportunity to industrial chemists, industrial chemical engineers and their managers

[2] to sign up for our newsletter on the topic of phase-transfer catalysis

[3] provide the opportunity to communicate with PTC Organics Inc. about phase-transfer catalysis technology and PTC Organics’ services for phase-transfer catalysis consulting, training, contract research and other PTC-related services.

 

e-Commerce

 

No products are sold on this website. No payment information is collected on this website.

 

Personal Information

 

Personal Information is collected on this website when a visitor submits information through a form on this website and that information is limited to first name, last name company, occupation (from a drop down menu with specific choices such as Process R&D Chemist, Process R&D Manager, Synthetic Organic Chemist industry or academic, Phase-Transfer Catalyst Salesperson, etc.), sign up for e-newsletter, interest in PTC services and E-mail address. Phone number, physical address, payment information, demographic information or other information are not requested. Visitors using the forms on this website may choose to disclose other information as they see fit in the “Your Message” or “Comments” sections of the forms.

 

This personal information is provided to PTC Organics Inc for internal use by PTC Organics Inc. and is not sold or otherwise shared outside the company.

 

PTC Organics Inc. uses this Personal Information to add your E-mail address to the mailing list for the Phase-Transfer Catalysis E-newsletter that is managed by Constant Contact. PTC Organics Inc. also uses this Personal Information to respond to inquiries for services and/or technology.

 

Visitors to the website can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities, like signing up for our PTC e-newsletter or making inquiries about PTC services and technology.

 

Use of personal information

 

We use the information you provide to register to receive our e-newsletter, attend our events, or use certain other services.

 

We will not sell or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.

 

We would like to send you email marketing communication which may be of interest to you from time to time. If you have consented to marketing, you may opt out later.

 

You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email.

 

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

 

PTC Organics Inc. discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on PTC Organocs Inc.’s behalf or to provide services available by PTC Organics Inc.  and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country. By using this website, you consent to the transfer of such information to them.

 

PTC Organics Inc. will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to project administrators, employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, PTC Organics Inc. discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, if you give permission to have your information shared, or when PTC Organics Inc. believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of PTC Organics Inc. third parties, or the public at large.

 

If you registered for services on this website, at a PTC Organics’ seminar, course or exhibit at a tradeshow and have supplied your email address, PTC Organics Inc. may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Phase-Transfer Catalysis technology, our products and events. We primarily use our e-newsletter and blog to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum.

 

Legal grounds for processing personal information

 

We rely on one or more of the following processing conditions:

 

• our legitimate interests in the effective delivery of information and services to you;
• explicit consent that you have given;
• legal obligations.

 

Access to data

 

You have the right to request a copy of the information we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all your personal information, please click here to contact PTC Organics Inc and explicitly ask for the information you request.

 

Retention of personal information

 

We will retain your personal information on our systems only for as long as we need to complete the services or information you request and that required by law. We keep contact information (such as mailing list information) until a user unsubscribes or requests that we delete that information from our live systems. If you choose to unsubscribe from a mailing list, we may keep certain limited information about you so that we may honor your request.

 

PTC Organics Inc. will not delete personal data from logs or records necessary to the operation, development, or archives of work performed under secrecy agreement, consulting agreement, training agreement or other formally executed business agreement with you or your company.

 

Rights in relation to your information

 

You may have certain rights under data protection law in relation to the personal information we hold about you. In particular, you may have a right to:

 

• request a copy of personal information we hold about you;
• ask that we update the personal information we hold about you, or independently correct such personal information that you think is incorrect or incomplete;
• ask that we delete personal information that we hold about you from live systems, or restrict the way in which we use such personal information
• object to our processing of your personal information; and/or
• withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information (to the extent such processing is based on consent and consent is the only permissible basis for processing).

 

If you would like to exercise these rights or understand if these rights apply to you, please click here to contact PTC Organics Inc and explicitly ask for the actions you request.

 

Third Party Links

 

Our website may contain links to other websites provided by third parties not under our control. When following a link and providing information to a 3rd-party website, please be aware that we are not responsible for the data provided to that third party. This privacy policy only applies to the websites listed at the beginning of this document, so when you visit other websites, even when you click on a link posted on this website, you should read their own privacy policies.

 

Cookies

 

PTC Organics Inc. does not track the browsing history of its visitors.  However, this website is on a Word Press platform.  Word Press may collect non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request.  Word Press may collect potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses but does not use IP addresses to identify its visitors and does not disclose such information.

 

 

Information about how you use our website may be collected automatically by Word Press using “cookies”. Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.

 

Privacy Policy Changes

 

Although most changes are likely to be minor, PTC Organics Inc. may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at PTC Organics’ sole discretion. PTC Organics Inc. encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.