Privacy Policy

With this Privacy Policy, APLI PAPER, S.A.U. (hereinafter “APLI”) wishes to inform you in a transparent manner, about how we process your data, the purposes for which we do it and the rights you have as a user regarding your personal data, as well as how long we will keep your data. This Privacy Policy regulates the use of the Website owned by APLI PAPER, S.A.U.

In compliance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (hereinafter, “GDPR”), you are informed that all the personal data supplied by the User through the Website www.apli.com (hereinafter, the “Website”) will be incorporated into and processed in files and data processing systems owned by the company APLI PAPER, S.A.U. for the sole purpose of attending to your requests sent through our Website, providing our services and keeping you informed, even through electronic means, of our products and services.

All the data requested with an asterisk (*) on the Website is necessary to provide the services placed at the User’s disposal. Not supplying this data required by APLI means that there is no guarantee that the information and services can be provided, are supplied correctly or that they are adapted to the User’s needs.

The term User/s is used here to refer to all people over the age of 18 who access the Website. We inform you that accessing our website makes you a User. As a User, you declare to have the necessary legal capacity to understand and wholly accept the Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy should be read together with our Cookies Policy and Terms and Conditions if you purchase anything on our website.

Thank you for visiting our website We hope you enjoy the services offered by APLI.

 

1. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE IN APLI FOR PROCESSING YOUR DATA?

This Privacy Policy regulates the use of the website www.apli.com (hereinafter "the Website") owned by APLI PAPER, S.A.U. (hereinafter "APLI"). The data handler is APLI PAPER, S.A.U., inscribed in the Mercantile Register of Barcelona, Volume 28.386, Folio 1, sheet B-134.425, with NIF A60914108 and corporate address in Avda. Arraona 120-124, Centro Industrial Santiga, 08210 Barberà del Vallès, Barcelona, tel. +34 937 479 100, apli@apli.com. Users accept the Terms and Conditions in this document, as applicable.

If you have any query, doubt or need clarification regarding this Privacy Policy or APLI’s data processing, you may contact us via the email address gdpr@apli.com.

 

2. WHAT IS PERSONAL DATA AND PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA?

It is data that identifies or enables a person to be identified. For example, data that enables a person to be directly identified such as name and surnames, while the D.N.I. (ID card No.) can identify a person indirectly Personal data includes information such as mobile phone number, email address, date of birth and sex, among others We can also include numerical identifiers such as the IP address of your computer and information obtained from cookies.

Processing personal data is all operations or collection of operations made regarding your personal data, such as for example, collecting, recording, storing, using and communicating your data.

 

3. WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

To respond to the forms on our website, such as contact forms, registration forms, work with us, organising press passes, requesting information to become a distributor, subscribing to a newsletter or ordering from our website When you register, we request the following information from you:

  • Name

  • Surnames

  • Town

  • Postcode

  • Country

  • E-mail

This is necessary to offer you a proper service.

Likewise, we can collect data included in the registration form that is not specifically required for registration, such as:

  • Mobile phone

  • Address

  • Any other additional information you wish to submit

  • Landline number

As a user, you guarantee that the personal data supplied to APLI is truthful, exact, complete and up to date. Being responsible for any damages, either direct or indirect, that could be caused as a result of a breach of this obligation. A User supplying APLI with data from third parties must have the consent of these third parties and inform them of the provisions of this clause, exonerating APLI from any responsibility in this regard. Nevertheless, APLI may carry out verifications to ascertain this, adopting the corresponding measures, in compliance with data protection regulations.

In addition, we store a “session ID” corresponding to an internal code that identifies you as a user.

Regarding consultations made through the form available on the “CONTACT” page, it is allowed to explain the reason for the consultation briefly. Bear in mind that personal consultations cannot be answered here, except those strictly established by legislation. Under no circumstance will data from special categories be communicated (such as health data). If this is done, the User exonerates APLI from any liability. If inadequate consultations or contents are submitted, APLI will proceed to eliminate them.

 

4. HOW DO WE CAPTURE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

Registration on our website is not indispensable to enjoy and obtain information about all the services offered by APLI. We only capture and process information that you have submitted by the following means:

  1. Via emails sent to our email contact address: apli@apli.com.

  1. Through requests for press passes.

  1. Through the information channel for distributors.

  1. Through the channel for ordering.

 

5. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND WHAT FOR?

We wish to be transparent with you and inform you about the operations we carry out with your data and what is done with it.

Below are all the processing methods or operations carried out on your personal data:

 

1. Managing requests made through the contact form or sent by electronic mail.

This information will be processed to respond to requests made by users and/or customers to Apli.

 

2. Managing the contractual relationship with customers.

The processing is carried out to perfect the contractual relationship with the customer, and information related to the processing of the order and executing the delivery of the purchased products may be sent.

 

3. Processing and sending commercial communications.

If the User has authorised us to do so, the personal data submitted through this form will be processed by  APLI

The only data required for sending commercial information is your email address. The other data in the form is submitted voluntarily and will be used to be able to address you personally.

Our newsletters, sent by email, may contain links to third-party sites. Your data will be stored for the time you are subscribed to the commercial communications

We inform you that at any moment you can oppose to receive commercial communications by following the instructions at the bottom of the promotional email sent by APLI or by sending an email to gdpr@apli.com

 

 

4. Registration and management of user accounts to request a press pass.

The purposes of this are:

  • To process the press passes.
  • To offer a citizen's attention service with the aim of resolving any doubt, query or information.

 

5. Carrying out statistcal studies of registered users

This processing is done for the following purposes:

To collect anonumous information on user browsing on the website to collect statistical data about the number of visits to the website.

 

6. Managing Website browsing.

This is done by the use of Cookies which will adequately manage the user's browsing activities on the Webstite. For more information, visit our Cookies Policy.

 

 

6. WHAT LEGITIMACY DO WE HAVE FOR PROCESSING YOUR DATA?

Data protection regulations require us to legitimise the processing of personal data Therefore, the processing of your personal data has three legal foundations, depending on the activity or treatment carried out on your data. The legal basis for processing your personal data can be:

  • Legitimate interest and your consent: To respond to the requests you make directly to APLI through the different data capturing channels.

  • Your consent: We may send you commercial communications, via SMS or email, about events, promotions or discounts that could be of your interest. These commercial communications will only be sent if you have given prior consent to process your data for this purpose. In any case, we inform you that you may withdraw this consent and refuse to be sent commercial communications at any time and in a simple manner.

  • Legitimate interest and your consent: We have a legitimate interest in collecting your personal data for statistical purposes, as it provides us with information that is necessary to effectively improve your browsing experience on our website. This requires us to carry out an analysis that aims for a balance between our interest in processing your personal data and your rights and freedoms. The result of this analysis will determine whether we can use your personal data for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy (except regarding processing for sending commercial communications, for which we need your express consent).

 

7. HOW LONG WILL WE KEEP YOUR DATA?

We will keep your data as long as there is no request to delete your account on our Website, in any case, during the period established by APLI regulations regarding the prescription of responsibilities.

According to current regulations, if you have a contractual relationship with APLI, your data will be stored for six years after the end of the contractual relationship. 

 

8. DO WE COLLECT DATA FROM CHILDREN?

Minors cannot use the services available on the Website without the prior authorisation of their parents, tutors or legal representatives, who will be entirely responsible for all the acts carried out by the minors under their responsibility on the Website, including filling in forms with personal data of the children and ticking, if applicable, the boxes on the forms.

 

9. WHAT RIGHTS DO YOU HAVE WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR DATA?

Below you can find the rights you have as a user of the website:

Rights

What does this mean?

Right to access

Your right to know if APLI is processing your personal data or not, and if so, the right to know what data is being processed.

Right to correct

Consists in the possibility of modifying inexact or incomplete data. When requesting correction, please indicate which data should be modified.

Right to oppose

You may oppose the processing of your data at any time. You have the right to oppose, at any time and for personal reasons, the processing of different elements of your personal data. APLI will stop processing the personal data, except if we can accredit legitimate imperative reasons for processing that prevail over your interests, rights and freedoms, or to formulate, exercise or defend from claims.

Right to supress

This right allows you to supress your personal data. The data will be preserved but blocked so it cannot be processed, notwithstanding its possible communication to public administrations, courts and judges, to attend to possible responsibilities arising from the processing during the prescription period.

Right to data portability

You have the right to copy and transfer data from our database to another. It is only possible to exercise this right when the processing is based on the execution of a contract or on your consent, and the processing is carried out by automatic means.

Right to limit processing

This right allows you to request suspension of processing of your data when:

  • You contest the exactitude of the data, while APLI checks if it is exact.

  • You have exercised your right to oppose the processing of your data, while it is verified if APLIs legitimate reasons prevail over yours and the interested party.

Likewise, this right enables you to request APLI to preserve your personal data when:

  • The data processing is licit and as an interested party opposes the suppression of the data and requests a usage limitation instead.

APLI no longer needs your personal data for processing, but does need it for formulating, exercising or defending from claims.

How can you exercise these rights?

You can exercise your rights by writing to the following email address:gdpr@apli.com or by conventional mail, in a signed letter accompanied by a photocopy of your ID card or passport, sent to: Avda. Arraona 120-124, Centro Industrial Santiga, 08210 Barberà del Vallès, Barcelona– Ref. Protección de datos.

 

In addition, we inform you that if you consider APLI has not satisfied your requests regarding the exercise of your rights, you can complain to the Spanish Data Protection Agency (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos - AEPD). For more information on this right and how to exercise it, you can contact the AEPD:

 

http://www.agpd.es

Tel. 901 100 099 y 91.266.35.17

C/Jorge Juan,6 28001-Madrid

 

10. WHO WILL YOUR PERSONAL DATA BE SENT TO?

APLI does not reveal the personal you submit thorough the channels described in section four, except if this is necessary for offering the service requested, such as communication to payment platforms, banks and companies that process the transactions.

Moreover, it is possible that we communicate your personal data, after receiving a legal request from law courts or public administrations.

Additionally, if we have a contractual relationship with you, we may communicate your data to other entities in the APLI Group for offering services.

These are the companies in te APLI Group:

 

11. SECURITY MEASURES

APLI adopts the levels of security required by the GDPR, which are adequate for the nature of the data being handled at any given moment. Nevertheless, technical security on the Internet is not absolute, and there could be wilful misconduct by third parties. However, APLI will place all the means at its disposal to avoid these actions.

 

12. DO WE CARRY OUT INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF DATA?

Personal data of the User that we hold will be processed exclusively in the European Union or the European Economic Area, respectively. Nevertheless, if processing were to be carried out by a supplier located in a country that does not have the corresponding data protection laws, this processing will be protected by international contracts compliant with European requirements.

The data protection officer can provide information on the adequate or appropriate guarantees, as well as the option of obtaining a copy of them if requested.

 

13. SCOPE OF APPLICATION

To comply with data protection legislation, the file structure, equipment and IT systems will be applied to all files, either temporary or permanent, owned by APLI and containing personal data, as well as any equipment or information system processing this data.

 

14. CAN I REVOKE MY CONSENT?

If you have granted consent for processing your data, this consent may be revoked at any time in the future by sending your revocation to gdpr@apli.com.

Please bear in mind that, despite any opposition or revocation carried out, we may be legally obliged to store the data. Although, of course, you may oppose and revoke your consent for the processing of your personal data for publicity use. Contact data can be found in Point 1.

 

15. SOCIAL MEDIA

We have configured social media icons on our website. With a simple mouse click, you can access the following social media platforms: Facebook and YouTube. No personal data is transmitted to these providers when visiting our website. You will be able to recognise the provider of the platform by the logo. We offer you the opportunity to go directly to APLI’s publications on each of the social media platforms by clicking on the icon. We have no influence on the data collected or the data processing procedures carried out on these social media, neither are we aware of the total scope of the data collection, the purposes of the processing and how long the data is stored or how to delete it.

If the followers of our profiles contact APLI through these social networks or publish images or information on our profile containing personal data, it will be the sole responsibility of the User and/or follower, exonerating APLI of all responsibility regarding the content that the User and/or follower wee to upload to our public profiles. Because APLI’s profile on the social media is public, APLI is not responsible for any direct or indirect action carried out by third parties derived from the Users’ publication of their personal data on our profiles. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not share personal or sensitive information and that you read the Privacy Policies and Terms and Conditions of these platforms, and configure your profile with the desired degree of privacy. Anyone who no longer wishes to follow APLI on the social media platforms where it is present, may stop following our profile as established in the Terms and Conditions of the corresponding social media platform.

Below are the addresses of the social media platforms, where you can find information about data protection.

 

16. CONFIDENTIALITY AND PROFESSIONAL SECRECY

The data collected in all private communications between APLI and Users will be handled with absolute confidentiality, APLI is committed to the obligation for secrecy of personal data, its duty to preserve this and adopt all the measures necessary to avoid unauthorised modification, destruction or access, in compliance with data protection regulations.

Moreover, information of any type that the parties exchange with one another will also be considered confidential, as well as any information that the parties agree should be confidential, or which is simply about the content of said information. Viewing data on the Internet will not imply direct access to it, except in cases of express consent of the owner for each occasion.

 

17 LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our website also uses characteristics of other service providers. To use them, you will be redirected to the real website of the provider of the service, for its use, and you will be informed before the redirection. You can see the respective declarations of privacy on their websites. As the offers of these service providers are made in their own name, and for their own purposes, APLI has no influence on these offers and will not assume any liability for them.

Therefore, this website also contains links to other websites not managed by APLI, regarding which, APLI has no control, nor responsibility for the information accessed on them. We suggest that you contact these websites directly for information about their Privacy Policy, where information will be provided about data protection, security, obtaining data and provisions regarding transmission. APLI will not be liable for any action adopted or the contents of these websites.

Except with prior authorisation in writing by APLI, it is not allowed to insert a link, hyperlink, framing or similar device on the Website.

 

18. CHANGES IN THE PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy could undergo modifications due to possible changes in the criteria of the authorities regarding data protection. Therefore, APLI reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy to adapt to these changes as well as any other change in jurisprudence and legislation.

 

19. COOKIES

APLI will only use data storage and retrieval apps (“Cookies”) if the User has given prior consent to do so, according to the indications of the popup on the user’s browser when accessing the Website for the first time and under the terms and conditions indicated in the Cookies Policies, which all users should know.

 

20. CONTACT

If you have any doubts or concerns about how we process your personal data, please write to gdpr@apli.com.

Last version: June 2020