Definitions and Interpretation;

This policy regarding the collection and processing of personal data (the “Privacy Policy”) describes how To-Increase (“we”, “us” “our”) process personal data. By the Privacy Policy we fulfil our duty to inform your as a data subject regarding our processing of your personal data.

In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings

“Account” means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of Our Site (For Members only)

“Cookie” means a small text file placed on your computer or device by our Site when you visit certain parts of our Site and/or when you use certain features of our Site. Details of the Cookies used by our Site are set out in section 10, below;

“Our Site” means this website, https://www.petrocheme.com/

“Our Activities” means our emailing like newsletter, press release,

Our events (workshops, meetings, etc.,) where pictures and videos are taken for communications purposes

“We/Us/Our” means, Petrochem Middle East FZE, a DMCC registered entity, with registered office at; Petrochem Corporate Office Level 28, Jumeirah Bay X2 Tower, Jumeirah Lakes Towers P.O.Box 23910, Dubai, UAE.

Information about Us:

Our Site, https://petrocheme.com, is owned and operated by Petrochem Middle East FZE.

1. Scope – What Does This Policy Cover?

This privacy policy applies to your use of our web site and when participating in our activities (workshops, meetings, any other activity which may be introduced in the future). It does not extend to any websites that are linked to from our site (whether we provide those links or whether they are shared by other users). We have no control over how your data is collected, stored or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

2. What Data Do We Collect?

Some data will be collected automatically by our site, other data will only be collected if you voluntarily submit it and consent to us using it for the purposes of Know Your Customer (KYC) we may collect some or all of the following data:

• Names;
• Business/company name
• Job title;
• Title;
• Contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
• Specific topics of interest
• IP address (automatically collected);
• Web browser type and version (automatically collected);
• Operating system (automatically collected);

3. How Do We Use Your Data?

All personal data is stored securely in accordance with The Personal Data Protection Law, Federal Decree Law No. 45 of 2021, or any other amended or newly introduced laws in UAE (United Arab Emirates),

• We use your data to provide the best possible services to you. This includes:
• Supplying our services to you;
• Personalising and tailoring services for you;
• Responding to communications from you;
• Supplying you with emails e.g. newsletters, alerts, invitation etc. that you have subscribed to (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time);
• Communications actions on our activities;
• Ability to organise event logistics in a professional way;
• Market research;
• Analysing your use of our site and gathering feedback to enable us to continually improve our site and your user experience;

In some cases, the collection of data may be a statutory or contractual requirement, and we will be limited in the products and services we can provide you without your consent for us to be able to use such data.

We will not send you any unsolicited marketing or spam Emails/Messages and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that we fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the prevailing laws of UAE (United Arab Emirates),

You have given consent to the processing of your personal data for one or more specific purposes;

Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or in order to take steps at the request of you prior to entering into a contract;

Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject;

4. How and Where Do We Store Your Data?

We only keep your data for as long as we need to, in order to use it as described hereinabove or for as long as we have your permission to keep it and need them for the standard activities of the association and/or fulfil legal requirements. Your data will be deleted if we no longer need it.

Data security is of great importance to us, and to protect your data we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure data collected through our site.

We secure and protect your data with due diligence:

• All IT systems are protected against unauthorised access.
• All IT systems are used only in compliance with relevant company policies.
• Notwithstanding the security measures that we take, it is important to remember that the transmission of data via the internet may not be completely secure and that you are advised to take suitable precautions when transmitting to us data via the internet.

5. Do We Share Your Data?

We do not share your data with other company’s members of our association.

Under certain circumstances we may be legally required to share certain data held by us, which may include your personal information, for example, where we are involved in legal proceedings, where we are complying with the requirements of legislation, a court order, or a governmental authority. We do not require any further consent from you in order to share your data in such circumstances and will comply as required with any legally binding request that is made of us.

6. How Can You Access Your Data?

You have the legal right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by us.

7. What Cookies Do we Use and What For?

Our site may place and access certain first party cookies on your computer or device. First party cookies are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of our site and to provide and improve services. For more details, we have carefully chosen these cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy is protected and respected at all times.

By using our website you may also receive certain third party cookies on your computer or device. Third party cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than us. At the moment, we do not use third party cookies on our site for Google Analytics services.

All cookies used by us and on our site are used in accordance with the prevailing laws of UAE (United Arab Emirates).

Certain features of our site depend on cookies to function. These cookies are shown below, in the tables. Your consent will not be sought to place these cookies. You may still block these cookies by changing your internet browser’s settings, but please be aware that our site may not work as intended if you do so. We have taken adequate care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.

The following first-party cookies may be placed on your computer or device:

• Name of Cookie
• Purpose
• Strictly Necessary
• Number of users
• Session statistics
• Approximate geolocation
• Browser and device information

Our website only uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics to track and report website traffic.

Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse usage statistics, enabling us to better understand how people use our site. This, in turn, enables us to improve our site and the products and services offered through it. You do not have to allow us to use these cookies, as detailed below, however whilst our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of our site, it does enable us to continually improve our site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.

8. Cookies and Other Technologies

We use a third-party tracking service that uses log files to track non-personally identifiable information about visitors to our site in the aggregate.

9. Cookies:

 A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site. Cookies are typically categorised as “session” cookies or “persistent” cookies. Session cookies help you navigate through the website efficiently, keeping track of your progression from page to page so that you are not asked for information you have already provided during the current visit. Session cookies are stored in temporary memory and erased when the web browser is closed. Persistent cookies, on the other hand, store user preferences for current and successive visits. They are written on your device’s hard disk, and are still valid when you restart your browser. We use session ID cookies. We do not use persistent cookies. If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some areas of our site, such as contests or surveys, will be limited. Some of our business partners may use cookies on their sites. We have no access to or control over these cookies. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by To-Increase only; it does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

10. Log Files:

 We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyse trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We do not link this automatically collected data to personally identifiable information. We use a third-party tracking service that uses log files to track non-personally identifiable information about visitors to our site in the aggregate.

We gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit webpages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyse trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We do not link this automatically collected data to personally identifiable information.

11. Want to get rid of cookies?

You can avoid cookies by changing your browser settings. You can also delete existing cookies, most browsers automatically accept cookies. You can prevent cookies from being stored on your computer or device by setting your browser to not accept cookies.

If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some areas of our site, such as contests or surveys, will be limited.

12. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may change this privacy policy as we may deem necessary from time to time, or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on our site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy policy on your first use of our site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.

13. Our use of personal data and our purpose

The following personal data may be collected, held, and processed by the Association:

• Contact data:
• First Name & Last Name
• Professional Email
• Company name
• Fixed phone
• Mobile phone
• Website
• Social Media accounts (Twitter and LinkedIn)
• Information for legal requirements (HR, Finances…)

This type of data is held and processed to allow to communicate on its activities through emailing (Newsletter, Flash news, Press releases, …), direct contact (phone, direct messaging on social media platform), through (digital) invitations to our meetings and events.

14. Complaints

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Competent Supervisory Authority in our jurisdiction. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the Competent Supervisory Authority in our jurisdiction, so please contact us in the first instance.

Contact Details;

Petrochem Middle East FZE,
Petrochem Corporate Office Level 28,
Jumeirah Bay X2 Tower,
Jumeirah Lakes Towers
P.O.Box 23910
Dubai, UAE,