PRIVACY POLICY

Privacy Policy

GEA Group recognises that your privacy is very important to you. We value your privacy and want you to know how we treat the personal information you give to us or we collect from you.

This Privacy Policy explains how we use the personal information you provide to us via our website (or we collect from you) and how we protect the privacy of your personal information.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before you provide any personal information to us through our website, or otherwise. Your use of our website and your disclosure of personal information via our website signify your consent to us collecting and using personal information about you in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Collection of Information
GEA Group receives and stores transaction information you enter on our website or have provided to us in an application, registration, or administration processes. No personal information is collected when you browse anonymously. Anonymous browsing is when personally identifiable information is not required by an individual to gain access to our website. In addition, personally identifiable information such as name and contact details (email addresses) are only collected when you make an enquiry, subscribe to email updates or make a purchase.

Cookies & IP Addresses
In addition to collecting personal information directly from you, like most website providers, we also collect information about you automatically when you visit our website. This information is not normally personally identifiable.

The type of information we collect can include general information about your computer settings, your IP address, your geographical location, your operating system, the links used to reach our website and the pages you visit. We analyse such information in the aggregate to identify browsing patterns to enable us to enhance our service offering and improve your website experience.

We may collect this information through the use of “cookies”. Cookies are small bits of information which are sent to your computer’s hard drive when you first visit our website, allowing us to identify your computer the next time you visit our website. Cookies can enhance your shopping experience because they allow us to track information about shopping trends, usage patterns and our customers’ preferences and to improve our website functionality.

Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can choose to reset your browser to refuse cookies or warn you before accepting cookies. By disabling cookies, you may experience a loss of website functionality and may not be able to enjoy a full browsing experience with us.

Storage & Security of Personal Information
We take all reasonable steps to ensure the security of our system and will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorised access of your personal information.

Sharing Your Personal Information
We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site – you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by: FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads GOOGLE – https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous BING – https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/

Do Not Track
Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

Remarketing Services
We use remarketing to advertise online. Third party vendors, including Google, show our ads on sites across the internet. Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your past visits to this website. Visitors can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting the Ads Preference Manager or visitors can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

Links To Other Website
You may be able to access other sites from our website by clicking on links we have provided. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these other websites may have their own privacy policies and are not subject to our Privacy Policy, procedures or standards. We are not responsible for any linked website and therefore we encourage you to review their privacy policies and procedures before submitting any personal information.

How To Access Or Revise Your Personal Information
You can contact us to correct any incorrect personal information that we hold about you, to ask us to stop sending marketing materials to you and to request a copy of your personal information. We will help you with these requests if we can reasonably do so. There may be a charge involved. If you would like to access, correct or delete any personal information we hold about you, please contact us via the contact details below.

Changes To Our Privacy Policy
We may make changes to our Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted here. We encourage you to regularly review our Privacy Policy when you visit our website to keep informed about how we are safeguarding your privacy.

Contact Us
If you have any questions and feedback regarding our Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us via our website contact form.