1. What personally identifiable information Packaging & Converting Essentials collects from you, and how Packaging & Converting Essentials uses the information.

Packaging & Converting Essentials (P&CE) collects and processes any information submitted by visitors, such as comments, replies to questionnaires, enquiries, e-mail submissions and / or site and newsletter registrations and subscriptions. Packaging & Converting Essentials uses this information to enhance the contents of its web pages and to inform subscribers and visitors of any update of the website or service.  Packaging & Converting Essentials does not communicate information that can identify visitors or users to third parties.

Packaging & Converting Essentials collects and stores personal information in several ways at different parts of our Site, and via our newsletter subscriptions. This information may include your legal name, email address, age, gender, address, telephone number(s), areas of interest, financial information, User ID, User Password and other self-identifying information. We collect this information in order to provide you with our services more easily, and in a more personalized manner.

We may make message boards and discussion forums available to you, or enable you to reply to posts on our website. If you choose to voluntarily disclose certain information on any such public area of the Site, this Privacy Policy will not cover such disclosure of information. We urge exercising caution when disclosing information on public message boards or discussion forums.

Packaging & Converting Essentials also may request certain information using online order forms for products and services. On the order forms, we may collect contact information, financial information, demographic information, method of payment and, if applicable, a credit or debit card number. We may also collect information about you in surveys or for sweepstakes and contests on the Site and information about the searches you perform and the pages you visit on the Site.

Packaging & Converting Essentials may also monitor, on an anonymous aggregate basis, patterns of use in connection with emails that it sends out, including which links are clicked on in our email communications, so that we may use such information to better personalize the content of the Site and our mailings for our users. All such information will be protected in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We may also automatically collect your Internet Protocol address to help diagnose problems and for system administration. Packaging & Converting Essentials reserves the right to request any additional information necessary to establish and maintain your account for use of the Site.

Packaging & Converting Essentials uses the information collected from you in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Information we collect is used to customize your experience at our Site. We also show you content that we think will be interesting to you, and display content according to the preferences you indicate while on our Site.

“This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”).  Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.  Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.  You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.  By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.”

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2. With whom your information may be shared.

Packaging & Converting Essentials will not sell, rent or barter your personal information. However, we may from time to time aggregate statistical information regarding our customers, traffic patterns and Site usage, or sell our research, which may contain aggregate information. In addition, we may report aggregate information to our advertisers. Such aggregate information will not individually identify any user.

We reserve the right to disclose any information if such action is necessary (a) to conform to the requirements of the law or to comply with legal process on Packaging & Converting Essentials, (b) to protect and defend the legal rights or property of Packaging & Converting Essentials, the Site, or its users, or (c) in an emergency, to protect the health and safety of its users or the general public. We further reserve the right to release any information concerning any user if that user participates (or is reasonably suspected of participating) in any illegal activity, even without a subpoena, warrant, or other court order. We cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who may be using our servers or services for illegal activities. We also reserve the right to report any suspected illegal activity to law enforcement for investigation or prosecution.

It is possible that Packaging & Converting Essentials, its subsidiaries, its joint ventures, or any combination of such, could merge with or be acquired by another business entity. Should such a combination occur, you should expect that Packaging & Converting Essentials would share some or all of your information in order to continue to provide the service. Notice of any such event (to the extent it occurs) will be posted on the Packaging & Converting Essentials website, and we will require that the new combined entity follow the practices disclosed in this Privacy Policy.

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3. What choices you have regarding the collection, use and distribution of your information.

When you have subscribed to our newsletter, you may occasionally receive information about the products or services, which may include Packaging & Converting Essentials products and services, and the products and services of our partners. You receive this information because you opted in to receive such information at the time when you subscribed to our newsletter.

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4. What cookies are, and how Packaging & Converting Essentials uses them.

As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, Packaging & Converting Essentials may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. All portions of the Site that prompt you to log in or that are customizable require that you accept cookies.

We may use cookies technology to reduce the time required for you to submit your requests and for Packaging & Converting Essentials to respond to such requests. Cookies will not be used by us to retrieve any information about you, or from your computer, that you have not voluntarily given to us. Cookies may also be placed on your computer when you link from the Site to our partners’ web sites or when you click banner ads provided on our Site. Cookies placed on your computer by third parties by or through the Site, if any, are not the responsibility of Packaging & Converting Essentials and are not subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use. Please contact the third party placing these cookies to find out what information is collected and how it is used. You can usually edit your browser not to accept cookies, but the features of our Site may not function properly if you do not accept cookies.

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5. How Packaging & Converting Essentials protects your personal information.

For all our transactions, we employ reasonable and current Internet security methods and technologies. Where appropriate, we password protect, use encryption techniques and install firewalls. We strive to protect you. We encourage our participating service providers to adopt and honor their own consumer privacy policies. For all our efforts to safeguard your privacy, no system can be guaranteed. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that you transmit to us, or that we transmit to you, or guarantee that it will be free from unauthorized access by third parties. Once we receive your information, we use reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our systems.

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6. How you can access, update or delete your information.

You can subscribe, unsubscribe or manage your subscription profile otherwise either via Constant Contact or via the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of each newsletter.

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7. What else you should know about your online privacy.

The Site may also contain links to other web sites and advertising. The privacy policies of those web sites and advertisers may significantly differ from that of our Site. It is your responsibility to contact such web site operator or advertiser directly to determine their privacy policy.

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Packaging & Converting Essentials bvba
Graaf van Egmontstraat 35 bus 3
B – 2000 Antwerpen

Tel. :  +32/475 – 434932
Fax. : +32/3-2371624

BTW BE 0474.034.743
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Last updated : April 2, 2010