INTRODUCTION
CEMEX Switzerland respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy notice will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and when you interact with our company as a supplier or customer. We also tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
This privacy notice is provided in a layered format so you can click through to the specific areas set out below. Please also use the Glossary to understand the meaning of some of the terms used in this privacy notice.
- Important Information & Who We Are
- The Data We Collect About You
- How Is Your Personal Data Collected
- How We Use Your Personal Data
- Disclosures Of Your Personal Data
- International Transfers
- Data Security
- Data Retention
- Your Legal Rights
- Glossary
- CEMEX Global Data Protection and Privacy Policy
- IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHO WE ARE
PURPOSE OF THIS PRIVACY NOTICE
This privacy notice aims to give you information on how CEMEX SWITZERLAND collects and processes your personal data through your use of this website and when you interact with our company.
It is important that you read this privacy notice together with any other privacy notice or fair processing notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy notice supplements the other notices and is not intended to override them.
CONTROLLER
CEMEX SWITZERLAND is made up of different legal entities. The key trading entities are:
- CEMEX Research Group AG (registration number CH-036.3.040.528-8)
- CEMEX Trademarks Holding Ltd. (registration number CHE-109.294.363)
This privacy notice is issued on behalf of the CEMEX SWITZERLAND Group so when we mention “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy notice, we are referring to the relevant company in the CEMEX SWITZERLAND Group responsible for processing your data. CEMEX Research Group AG is the controller and responsible for this website although the other trading entities may be joint controllers.
If you have any questions about this privacy notice, please contact the us using the details set out below.
CONTACT DETAILS
Email address: chgroup.dataprivacy@cemex.com
Postal address: CEMEX Research Group AG, Römerstrasse 13, CH-2555 Brügg, Switzerland.
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Swiss authorities. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the Swiss authorities so please contact us in the first instance.
CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY NOTICE AND YOUR DUTY TO INFORM US OF CHANGES
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.
THIRD-PARTY LINKS
This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
- THE DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together follows:
- Identity Data includes first name, maiden name, last name, username or similar identifier, title.
- Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.
- Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.
We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy notice.
IF YOU FAIL TO PROVIDE PERSONAL DATA
Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.
- HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED?
We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:
- Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity, Contact, Financial Data and other data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
- enquire or purchase our products or services
- subscribe to and use CEMEX GO;
- apply for a job with us
- subscribe to our service or publications;
- request marketing to be sent to you;
- enter a competition, promotion or survey; or
- give us some feedback.
- Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other CEMEX websites employing our cookies. Please see our cookie policy for further details.
- Third parties or publicly available sources. We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below:
Technical Data from the following parties:
(a) analytics providers such as Google based outside the EU;
(b) advertising networks such as Google based outside the EU; and
- HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
- Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
- Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
- Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
Generally we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than in relation to sending third party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by Contacting us.
PURPOSES FOR WHICH WE WILL USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.
Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please Contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.
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Purpose / Activity |
Type of Data |
Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest |
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To register you as a new customer or a new supplier |
(a) Identity |
Performance of a contract with you |
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To manage our relationship with you which will include: |
(a) Identity |
(a) Performance of a contract with you |
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To enable you to partake in a prize draw, competition or complete a survey |
(a) Identity |
(a) Performance of a contract with you (b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them and grow our business) |
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To administer and protect our business and this website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data) |
(a) Identity |
(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise) |
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To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you |
(a) Identity |
Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy) |
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To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences |
(a) Technical |
Necessary for our legitimate interests (to define types of customers for our products and services, to keep our website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy) |
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To make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you |
(a) Identity |
Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our products/services and grow our business) |
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To respond to a job application which has been made through the website |
(a) Identity |
Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop and grow our business) |
PROMOTIONAL OFFERS FROM US
We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you (we call this marketing).
You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or if you provided us with your details when you entered a competition or registered for a promotion and, in each case, you have opted in to receive that marketing.
THIRD-PARTY MARKETING
We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any company outside the CEMEX SWITZERLAND group of companies for marketing purposes.
OPTING OUT
You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by Contacting us at any time.
Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us as a result of a product/service purchase, warranty registration, product/service experience or other transactions.
COOKIES
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly. For more information about the cookies we use, please see the cookie policy (Appendix 1).
CHANGE OF PURPOSE
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please Contact us.
If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
- DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in the table in paragraph 4 above.
- Internal Third Parties as set out in the [Glossary].
- Specific third parties listed in paragraph 4.
- Third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets. 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 data in the same way as set out in this privacy notice.
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
- INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS
We share your personal data within the CEMEX SWITZERLAND Group. This will involve transferring your data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). We ensure your personal data is protected by requiring all our group companies to follow the same rules when processing your personal data.
Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring this follows specific contracts approved by the European Commission for the transfer of personal data to countries outside of the EEA are in place. For further details, see European Commission: Model contracts for the transfer of personal data to third countries.
Furthermore, where we use providers based in the US, we may transfer data to them if they are part of the Privacy Shield which requires them to provide similar protection to personal data shared between the Europe and the US. For further details, see European Commission: EU-US Privacy Shield.
Please Contact us if you want further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal data out of the EEA.
- DATA SECURITY
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions, and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
- DATA RETENTION
HOW LONG WILL YOU USE MY PERSONAL DATA FOR?
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements. Details of retention periods can be obtained by Contacting Us
- YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. Please click on the links below to find out more about these rights:
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please Contact us.
NO FEE USUALLY REQUIRED
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
WHAT WE MAY NEED FROM YOU
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
TIME LIMIT TO RESPOND
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
- GLOSSARY
LAWFUL BASIS
Legitimate Interest means the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the best and most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law). You can obtain further information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you in respect of specific activities by Contacting us
Performance of Contract means processing your data where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.
Comply with a legal or regulatory obligation means processing your personal data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation that we are subject to.
THIRD PARTIES
INTERNAL THIRD PARTIES
Other companies in the CEMEX SWITZERLAND Group acting as joint controllers or processors and provide IT and system administration services and undertake leadership reporting.
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
You have the right to:
Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.
Request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.
Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the data’s accuracy; (b) where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
CEMEX Research Group AG. Registered in Switzerland with company number CH-036.3.040.528-8 and registered office at CEMEX Research Group AG, Römerstrasse 13, CH-2555 Brügg, Switzerland.
APPENDIX 1
COOKIE POLICY
In addition to the information that you provide to CEMEX, the Website may gather and store certain information about you or your visit, through the use of cookies or similar technologies, as described below.
- a) What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is stored by a web server on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. When you return to websites, or visit website that use the same cookies, the cookie will be sent back to the web server so that the website can remember you and/or your preferences.
- b) How we use cookies
In order to provide you with a better experience on this Website we provide the option to set certain preferences for how this Website runs when you use it, for example if you have agreed or not to the use of cookies by the Website. Additionally, we may automatically collect Personal Information by using cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a more personalized experience on this Website, for example to set the language in which the Website is displayed. In order to remember or set such preferences, we need to use cookies and similar technologies so that this information can be collected or recalled. We also use cookies to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Additionally, the Website may use third party cookies to provide advertisements that are relevant to your interests. Such online adverts are based on third party cookies that are placed on your browser in order to remember other websites you have visited.
- c) Personal Information collected by cookies
Our Website uses cookies and other technologies that distinguish you from other users and processes certain information that, alone or combined with other data, may be deemed Personal Information in some countries or regions, such as IP addresses, cookie identifiers or other identifiers. Below please find additional information on such cookies:
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Source |
Cookie Name |
Expiration |
Collected Information |
Purpose |
Opt-out link |
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_ga |
2 years |
Random ID number and time stamp |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the Website. |
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_gid |
24 hours |
Random ID number |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the Website. |
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Content Square |
_cs_id |
13 months |
Random ID number |
Anonymously identifies a returning visitor and analyses browsing patterns within the Website. |
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Content Square |
_cs_s |
Session |
Random ID number |
A session cookie which is placed at the beginning of each visit to track page views |
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fbp |
3 months |
Third party |
Used by Facebook to display a range of advertising products, such as real-time bids from third party advertisers. |
You can opt-out directly through Facebook |
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Incapsula |
visid_ incap_# |
1 year |
Random ID number |
From the content delivery network, this cookie helps us with reliability, security and performance in our Website. |
N/A |
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Incapsula |
incap_ ses_# |
Session |
Random ID number |
This cookie is set to allow a visitor to receive Website content from one out of multiple servers as the visitor browses the site. This allows the visitor’s session to be maintained. |
N/A |
In addition to the foregoing, we may use other analytical, functional or advertising cookies which do not process any Personal Information to understand user behavior, customize your experience within the Website or measure the effectiveness of advertisements.
- d) Third party cookies
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
- e) Blocking cookies
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. Additionally, you can also block specific cookies for all websites by clicking on the opt-out links provided in the table above and following the instructions therein. For cookies that do not collect Personal Information, we will issue such cookies unless you have adjusted your browser setting to refuse cookies. Since there are currently no cookies strictly needed for the operation of the Website, opting-out of any or all cookies should not restrict your access to and use of any parts of the Website. Nevertheless, please note that this may result in the Website being unable to remember any preferences you have set in relation to its performance.