Privacy Policy

We, HMC Polymers Co., Ltd. (hereafter “HMC Polymers”), collect certain information through our website, located at www.hmcpolymers.com (hereafter “Website”). This page, Privacy Policy, lays out our policies and procedures surrounding the collection and handling of any such information that identifies an individual user or that could be used to contact or locate him or her.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our Website. It does not apply to any third party site or service linked to or from our Website or recommended or referred by our Website or by our employees.

The use of our Website and information contained is subject to the following provisions:

1. Data Protection

Thank you for visiting our Website, and for your interest in our company and our products. We are concerned with the protection of private data. The protection of your privacy is important to us and we have provisions in place for data protection. All HMC Polymers employees are required to treat all information confidentially (Code of Conduct link) and receive periodic training in the areas of data protection and data security. In the paragraphs below, how we protect your data is explained further and what it means for you when you make use of our Website.

2. User Information

We are committed to protecting your privacy on this Website. We collect personal information from our visitors only on a voluntary basis. Personal information may include name, title, company, address, and phone number, email address and other relevant data. We do not require this personal information for you to obtain access to most areas of the site. We do, however, require it to gain access to certain product information or when applying for employment. The personal information we collect is used by us only to process a request for information by you or for marketing our products and services. We do not sell, rent or transmit personal information to other organizations.

Our web server also collects the domain names and internet protocol addresses, but not the e-mail addresses, of visitors to our Website. This information is aggregated to measure number of visits, average time spent on the site, pages viewed, and other relevant statistics. We collect this information to measure the use of our Website and to improve the content of our Website.

Our Website contains links to other websites, namely the LyondellBasell website for the purpose of viewing RAPIDS. We make every effort to check these direct links. HMC Polymers is not responsible for the content of any websites to which we may link. HMC Polymers is also not responsible for the content of Websites that may link to our website.

We take reasonable precautions to keep all information obtained from our online visitors secure against unauthorized access and use and we periodically review our security measures; however, we cannot absolutely guarantee privacy of any information obtained from our online visitors as against hacking activity, intentional disclosure by other parties in violation of our company’s website privacy practices, theft, acts of God, or other unforeseeable circumstances.

3. Power of Revocation

If you request in writing that HMC Polymers should cease from using or should delete your personal data, we shall do so immediately.

4. Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are used by many websites throughout the world. Cookies are created during your visit to our Website and are placed on your hard disk by our server. Our cookies do not contain information about specific individuals. Also, cookies placed by our servers can only be read again by us and not by any external website or entity. Most browsers are automatically set up to accept cookies which assist and speed up your website operations over multiple visits. If you do not wish to take the benefits that cookies offer, they can be deactivated in your browser. You can of course view our Website without cookies. This may however restrict the operation of some features.

5. Restrictions

HMC Polymers reserves the right to change these guidelines for data protection at any time in compliance with prevailing data-protection law.

6. Amendment of This Privacy Policy

HMC Polymers may change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a new version on this pager or on a successor page. The new version will become effective on the date it is posted.

7. Applicable Law

The posting of this Website on the World Wide Web by us is a passive activity. Access to this Website by anyone, in any jurisdiction, does not imply that we (or any of our affiliates) intend to purposefully avail ourselves of the privilege of conducting activities within that jurisdiction. Neither does it imply that we invoke the benefits and protections of the laws of such jurisdiction.

This Website was developed in Thailand in accordance with Thai laws. Your use of this Website and any dispute arising out of such use of the web site is subject to the laws of Thailand, and you agree that venue for any such dispute shall be in Bangkok, Thailand.

By browsing and using this Website, you shall be deemed to accept being governed by them as well. This Website may be viewed internationally and may contain references to products or services that are not available in all countries. Reference to a particular product or service does not imply that we intend to make such products or services available in those countries.

Privacy Notice

Introduction

HMC Polymers Company Limited respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. Thus, we provide this privacy notice to inform our customers, business partners, etc. of our policy in relation to the collection, use and disclosure of personal data of individual (“you”) in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (“PDPA”), relevant laws and regulations.

Purpose of This Privacy Notice

This privacy notice informs you of how we collect, use or disclose your personal data, what and why we collect, use or disclose your personal data, how long we hold it, your rights, what steps we will take to make sure your personal data stays private and secure, and how you can contact us.

What Personal Data We Collect, Use or Disclose

The type of personal data, namely personal data and sensitive personal data, which we collect, use or disclose, varies on the scope of products and/or services that you may have used or had an interest in. The type of personal data shall include but not limited to:

Category Example of Personal Data
Personal details
  • Given name, middle name, surname
  • Gender
  • Date of birth
  • Age
  • Educational background
  • Marital status
  • Nationality
Contact details
  • Mailing address
  • E-mail address
  • Phone number
  • Facsimile Number
  • Name of representatives or authorised persons/directors acting on behalf of our customers
  • Social media accounts
Identification details and authentication details
  • Identification card photo
  • Identification number, laser number (back of identification card)
  • Passport information
  • Certificate/Alien ID information
  • Driving license
  • Signatures
Sensitive Personal data
  • Religion as shown in the identification card
  • Blood type as shown in the identification card
  • Biometric data (e.g. face recognition, fingerprint, voice recognition and retina recognition)
  • Health data (e.g. data relating to weight, height, Medical condition)
  • Criminal records

Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful basis depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data.

Lawful Basis That Use to Procress Your Personal Data

Consent is only one of the legal bases for processing personal data, and other legal bases for data processing under the PDPA include:

  • Vital Interest: the prevention or suppression of dangers to a person’s life, body or health.
  • Perform Contract: where the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or for a precontractual request of the data subject.
  • Public Task: where the processing is necessary for the data controller’s mission carried out for the public interest or for the exercise of public powers granted to the data controller.
  • Legitimate Interest: where the processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller or another person, which do not override the data subject’s fundamental rights in the personal data.
  • Legal Obligation: the compliance with the data controller’s legal obligations.
  • Research: the preparation of historical, archival, research- or statistics-related documents.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

We sometimes need to share your personal information with third parties (this can involve third parties disclosing personal information to us and us disclosing personal information to them).

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 policy.

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

Some of our external third parties are based outside the Kingdom of Thailand so their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside the Kingdom of Thailand permitted by consent or other lawful bases such as performance of a contract or legal obligation etc.

Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the Kingdom of Thailand, we will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data.

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 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.

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, disclosed or being unavailable. 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

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.

In some circumstances, we may anonymize your personal data (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 notification.

Use of Cookies

We may collect and use cookies and similar technologies when you use our products and/or services. This includes when you use our website.

The collection of such cookies and similar technologies helps us recognise you, remember your preferences and customise how we provide our products and/or services to you. We may use cookies for a number of purposes (e.g. enabling and operating basic functions, helping us understand how you interact with our websites or emails, or enabling us to improve your online experiences or our communications with you, particularly, to ensure that online adverts displayed to you will be more relevant to you and of your interests).

Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. We set out below a brief description of such rights:

  1. 1. 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.
  2. 2. Request correction of your personal data: 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.
  3. 3. 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 to continue 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.
  4. 4. 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
  5. 5. Request restriction of processing your personal data: This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios:
    1. a. if you want us to establish the data’s accuracy; or
    2. b. you have objected to our use of your data, but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it
  6. 6. 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.
  7. 7. 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

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact: hmcdpo@hmcpolymers.com

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or would like more details about our privacy notice, please contact us through the following channels:

HMC Polymers Co., Ltd.
20/F, Sathorn City Tower
175 South Sathorn Road
Thungmahamek, Sathorn
Bangkok 10120, Thailand
Email: hmcdpo@hmcpolymers.com
Tel: +662-614-3700
Fax: +662-679-6380

Effective Date and Change to This Privacy Notice

This privacy notice is effective on 1 June 2022. We may amend and update this privacy notice from time to time and we will keep you posted through our website: www.hmcpolymers.com

More Detail Privacy Notice

Data Subject Access Request Form (DSAR)