Privacy Policy
Who we are
We are The Good Plastic Company, a group of affiliated companies. Our web site address is https://thegoodplasticcompany.com.
The Good Plastic Company International Limited (CRN 12455148) and The Good Plastic Company UK Limited (CRN 12456402) are registered in England & Wales at 85 Great Portland Street, First Floor, London W1W 7LT. The Good Plastic Company B.V. (KVK 73403636) is registered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
For the purposes of administering this web site, the data controller is The Good Plastic Company International Limited.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to aid spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the web site, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the web site can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
We have implemented reCAPTCHA v3 on this site to help reduce bot/spam contact form submissions. When you submit information through a contact form, your information will be shared with Google to verify whether the submission is genuine. Your use of the form is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and organisation in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Read more about cookies in our Cookie Policy.
Embedded content from other web sites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other web sites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other web site.
These web sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that web site.
Analytics & CRM
Who we share your data with
We use Google Analytics (with anonymisation function) on this web site. Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analysis is the gathering, collection and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors to web sites. Among other things, a web analysis service collects data on which web site a data subject has come to a web site from (so-called referrers), which subpages of the web site were accessed or how often and for which period of time a subpage was viewed. Web analysis is mainly used to optimise a web site and for the cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.
The operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this web site is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google might transfer the personal information collected via this technical procedure to third parties.
As IP address anonymisation is activated on our web site, your IP address will be shortened by Google within Member States of the European Union or other states in agreement with the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address sent to and shortened by a Google server in the USA. On behalf of the operator of the web site, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the web site, compile reports on website activity and to provide further services related to web site and internet use to us. The IP address transferred through your browser to Google Analytics will not be combined with other data held by Google.
In addition, this web site uses the Analytics feature UserID to track interaction data. This User ID will be additionally anonymised and encrypted and will not be linked with other data.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to the fullest extent possible.
In addition, you may prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the web site (including your IP address) by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information about website visits may be transmitted to Google Analytics.
In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.
Further information and Google‘s applicable privacy regulations can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/ The following link provides a further explanation of Google Analytics https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/.
We use SharpSpring as our CRM and marketing automation platform. SharpSpring is provided by Sharpspring, Inc. of 5001 Celebration Pointe Avenue, Suite 410, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA. Sharpspring is fully GDPR compliant, has self-certified to both the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield regimes, and lawfully transfers EU/EEA personal data to the U.S. pursuant to its Privacy Shield Certification and the EU’s Standard Contractual Clauses for the export of personal data from the EU/UK. Any information you voluntarily provide on this website will be transferred to SharpSpring for processing in accordance with its Privacy Policy.
SharpSpring collects a variety of information as listed below as needed to operate our business, and for the legitimate interest of our business, including for marketing purposes, to the extent permitted by applicable law. This data can include:
Log Data
When a user uses, or interacts with our website, or clicks on a link that directs the user to our website, the user’s browser automatically provides, and we automatically collect and store, certain information about the user’s device (computer, tablet, smartphone) and the user’s activities such as:
- IP address
- Rough geographic information: geographic location derived from the IP address.
- Technical information: type of device, operating system name and version, device manufacturer, browser information (type, version), screen resolution.
We collect this data for the proper operation of SharpSpring. Until the user becomes a “lead” this data cannot be linked to a specific individual.
Traffic Data
Data generated by the use of SharpSpring also includes:
Information about use of the website: date stamp, URL of the visited page, URL of the last webpage visited before visiting our website.
History of interaction with our web pages: pages viewed, time spent on a page, click through, clickstream data; queries made, search history, search results selected; comments made, type of service requested, purchases made.
We collect this data to understand how our website is used and to create statistics on the use of the website. Until the user becomes a “lead” this data cannot be linked to a specific individual.
Lead Data
If a visitor interacts with us, for example, to inquire about a product or service, the visitor becomes a lead. In these cases, we will collect information provided to us through the form or questionnaire used to make the request, or the contact or other information provided e.g. over the phone or in person. The information is provided directly and voluntarily by the individual. Depending on the circumstances, this information may include:
- First and Last Name
- Name of the business
- Email address
- Street address, city, state, province and/or country
- Telephone number
- Website URL
- Social Media Handles
- Mobile Number
We collect this data for sales and marketing purposes to allow us to respond to a request from a lead so that we may provide information about our Service. Users have the right to access this information, or have it removed upon request. See “What Are Your Rights” below.
Information Obtained from Third Parties
We receive information from third party data providers including directories. In some cases, such as LinkedIn, the information has manifestly been made public by the individuals who posted their profile on LinkedIn, and we assume that the individuals no longer have a privacy interest in such information, and it can be used for the legitimate interest of SharpSpring in learning about potential Customers.
In other cases, where it is not clear that the information was made manifestly public by the individuals, we obtain this data with assurances from these providers that the user has consented to the collection and sharing of this data, or that this information is available in public records and that is permissible to collect.
We receive information from social media services that you have elected to use to access our site or apps, in accordance with the social media services’ privacy policy.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our web site (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Web site administrators can also see and edit that information.
We are required under UK tax law to keep your basic personal data (name, address, contact details) for a minimum of 6 years before destruction. We will retain your data whilst we keep in touch with you via email, telephone or mail. This information is not shared with third parties except the data processors detailed this Privacy Policy and for as long as they remain data processors and you can unsubscribe at any time via email to legal@thegoodplasticcompany.com.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Data are also sent to Google and SharpSpring as detailed above.
Questions
Should you have any questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy or your rights, please contact the company’s Data Protection Officer by writing to legal@thegoodplasticcompany.com.