Privacy Statement – May 2023

 

Solynta (Chamber of Commerce: 34280684) and its affiliated companies in Europe are committed to protecting the privacy of your personal data. Below you will find our Privacy Statement as it pertains to the Solynta website (“Website”). By accessing the Website, you accept this Privacy Statement.

We will only use personal data for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement and will do everything to protect all collected personal details. This Privacy Statement features information about the purpose Solynta is trying to serve when processing details relating to this Website and about how you can exercise any rights concerning your personal data.

Information We Collect and Purpose

Solynta collects, processes and stores personal information about you during your visit to this Website or otherwise. Solynta also collects any information you may choose to provide in your communications with us. Solynta collects, processes and stores personal information in connection with the following:

• We may ask for and collect from you personally identifiable and other information at certain points throughout the Website. Depending on the information and/or services you request, you may be asked to provide your name, email address and other information.
• In addition to the information you knowingly provide, Solynta collects the domain names and IP addresses of its Website’s visitors, along with usage statistics (e.g., types of web browsers and operating systems used) and browsing history. This data is used to more efficiently operate Solynta’s business, promote our services and administer the Website. Solynta may combine this information with the personally identifiable and other information it collects.

Solynta does not request any special categories of personal data via the Website. Special categories of personal data include information about race or ethnic group, political preference, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, physical or mental health, sexual preferences, or criminal record. We dissuade you from furnishing this type of particular personal data.

We do not collect personally identifiable information about your online activities over time and across third party websites or online services. Our third party partners do not collect personally identifiable information about your online activities over time and across third party websites or online services through your use of the Website.

How We Collect Information

In addition to the methods described above, we and our service providers collect information using cookies, web beacons, pixel tags or similar digital marker technologies. These methods permit us to collect various types of information, including which pages of the Website you visit and other information. We and our service providers use this information to monitor and improve our Website and to show you advertisements about Solynta when you visit other sites.

How Solynta Uses Your Information

We may use your information (i) to provide you with personalized content; (ii) to process and respond to inquiries; (iii) for the purposes for which you provided the information; (iv) to improve the content and navigability of the Website; and (v) to alert you to new features, special events, and service offerings.

Because Solynta may also use its Website as a recruitment tool, you may send a curriculum vitae to us during a visit to the website. The information that you provide in this respect will be used by us exclusively for recruitment and selection purposes within Solynta.

How Solynta Protects Information

Solynta attempts to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your personal information. Solynta has implemented reasonable administrative, technical and physical measures to protect your personal information.

We will not retain your personal data any longer than is necessary for the realization of the purposes set out above with regard to the processing of your personal data unless this data is required for compliance with a statutory retention obligation or (if longer) until expiry of the retention period required by applicable conduct and professional practice.

Information Sharing with Third Parties

Your personal information will be treated confidentially by us and will not be used for other purposes or given to third parties unless you explicitly request it, or we are legally required to do so.

We may disclose your personally identifiable information to another entity (i) for purposes of outsourcing one or more of the functions described in the previous sections; (ii) to confirm or update information provided by you; (iii) to inform you of events, information about our services, and other important information, or (iv) for other purposes disclosed at or before the time the information is collected. If you tell us you wish to attend an event, your name and organization may appear on a list which we provide to other delegates at the event.

The Solynta Website is explicitly not used to gather or to compile personal information in order to disseminate it externally or to use it for sales activities and/or to deliver mailings on behalf of third parties.

Rights You Can Exercise

To ensure that you have as much control over your personally identifiable and other information as possible, you may exercise a number of rights with respect to your personal data. Please contact us as provided in the “Contacts” section below if you wish to exercise a right, as listed below:

• Right of access – You can request whether or nor we process your personal information and if we do you can request access to the personal information we collect and how we process it.
• Right to rectification – You can request to update or amend your personal information if they are incomplete or incorrect.
• Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) – In certain instances you have the right to request that all your personal information be erased.
• Right to restriction of processing – In certain instances you have the right to request that processing of your personal information is restricted.
• Right to object – In certain instances you can object to processing of your personal information.
• Right to data portability – In certain instances you have the right to request that your personal information is transferred to a third party.
• Right to withdraw consent – In instances where you have given consent to Solynta to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
• Right related to automated decision-making – You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing. Solynta does not make use of automated decision-making.

Note that your right may not be absolute, that we will use reasonable efforts to process any request you make, and that requests to delete information are subject to Solynta’s internal reporting and retention policies and all applicable legal obligations.

International Transfers

We are an international company and your data might be passed on to our international offices, some of which are in countries outside the European Economic Area, including the United States. The Website is hosted on servers in the Netherlands.

Changes to This Privacy Statement

From time to time, we may change this Privacy Statement. Changes are effective as of the effective date listed below, and indicates the last time this Privacy Statement was revised or materially changed. Your continued use of the Website indicates your consent to the changes to this Privacy Statement.

Links

The Website may contain links to third-party websites. Solynta is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

Questions or Complaints

If you wish to exercise your rights or have any questions, concerns or suggestions regarding this Privacy Statement, please contact us by email via info@solynta.com or via regular mail at the following address: Solynta, Dreijenlaan 2, Building 304, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands.

We invite you to contact us in order to try and solve any complaints you may have. If together we cannot come to a solution you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority. In the Netherlands the supervisory authority is the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl.

Wageningen, June 16, 2023