In accordance with the provisions of Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free circulation of these data, and Spanish Organic Law 3/2018, dated 5 December 2018 on the protection of personal data and the guarantee of digital rights, as well as Law 34/2002, of 11 July, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSICE or LSSI), GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU informs you about the personal data collected and processed as set out in this Privacy Policy.

Controller of your personal data

• GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU
• Trade name: GRIT
• NIF/CIF: B-61599502
• Factory address: Polígono Industrial EL PUNSIC, parcela 8.3, 08279 Avinyó
• Factory telephone no.: +34 93.838.75.56
• Office address in Barcelona: c/ Consell de Cent, 419, pral.
• Barcelona office telephone no.: +34 93.272.14.00
• E-mail: lopd@grit.es

• Activity: Manufacture and distribution of technical industrial gases
• Register information: Mercantile Registry of Barcelona: volume 31609, sheet 104, page B-195779, entry no. 4.

Data confidentiality and security

GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU undertakes to store and process the personal data of users in observance of full confidentiality, and to use it in accordance with the appointed purpose, as well as to fulfil its obligation to store it and to implement all measures to prevent its alteration, loss, or unauthorised access or treatment, in accordance with the provisions of current data protection legislation.

This website includes an SSL certificate. It is a security protocol that allows your data to travel fully and securely as the transmission of data between a server and a web user, and in feedback, is fully encrypted.

GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU cannot guarantee the absolute impregnability of the Internet network and therefore cannot rule out data breaches as a result of fraudulent access to it by third parties, and cannot be held liable for such acts.

With regard to the confidentiality of processing, GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU will ensure that any person authorized by GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU to process clients’ personal data will be subject to the appropriate confidentiality requirements.

In the event of a security incident, GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU shall notify the Client and user without undue delay and shall provide timely information related to the security incident to the best of its knowledge, upon discovery and/or when the Client reasonably requests it.

Data accuracy and veracity

The user is solely responsible for the veracity and accuracy of the data provided, exonerating GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU from any responsibility in this regard, even when the data relates to a third party.

In any event, the user guarantees and is responsible for the accuracy, validity and authenticity of the personal data provided, and undertakes to keep it duly updated. The user agrees to provide only complete and correct information in the contact or subscription form.

Acceptance and consent

The user declares that they have been informed of the conditions regarding the protection of personal data, accepting and consenting to the processing thereof by GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU in the manner and for the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy.

Purpose of personal data collection and processing

We inform you that your personal data will be processed by GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU to answer your queries. This information may include personal data such as your IP address, first and last names, physical address, email address, telephone number and other information.

You may be sent marketing information by email about new services and products related to your interests as a client or a potential client, as well as information and suggestions of legitimate interest, if at the time of the collection of your personal data you authorised it by express consent or if you are or have been a client of GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU, on the basis of legitimate interest.

Contact forms:

The purpose of this treatment will be to answer your queries, service your requests or solve any issues. In this case your personal data will be stored for the time necessary to answer your query and in any event until you request its deletion or for as long as necessary to fulfil all legal obligations.

CV submission forms:

The purpose of this treatment will be to participate in recruitment processes currently open or for future positions that may be offered by GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU. We will store your data for a maximum of two years unless you tell us otherwise, and in any event for as long as necessary to fulfil all legal obligations.

Commercial shipments

By ticking the appropriate box, you allow us to use your personal data to keep you informed of our news, activities and other information that may be of interest to you and related to the activity of the company. Your data will be stored and processed for as long as you do not oppose to the processing of such for these purposes and in any event for a maximum of 5 years from the last confirmation of interest.

We may store and process your personal data for other purposes:

• To ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of use and with the applicable laws and regulations. This may include the development of tools and algorithms that help this website to ensure the confidentiality of the personal data collected.

• To support and improve the services offered by this website.

• Other non-identifying data is also collected by means of some cookies that are downloaded to the user’s computer when browsing this website, as set out in the cookie policy.

Types of personal data to be processed

Personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable living individual. The data to be processed by GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU, as part of the relationship with the interested party and conditional to the purposes consented, are included in the following categories:

• Identifying and contact data: name, surname, NIF or VAT number, telephone number, postal address or email address.

• Those data strictly necessary for the provision of the service contracted with GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU: name and surname, NIF or VAT number, telephone number, email address, invoicing, services, bank data.

Specially protected data will not be collected or processed.

Communication and destination of the data

GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU does not sell or transfer personal data that may identify the user to third parties, nor will it do so in the future, without the prior consent of the interested party. However, in some cases collaborations may be made with other professionals, in which case, prior consent will be required from users informing them of the identity of the collaborator and the purpose of the collaboration. It will always be carried out with the strictest standards of security and confidentiality.

Legal grounds for processing personal data

The legal grounds for processing personal data is consent or legitimate interest for information about products and / or similar services of GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU in the case of former clients.

In other cases the lawful basis will be contractual necessity.

Retention period of your personal data

The personal data provided will be stored as long as necessary for the provision of contracted services, to service requests or answer queries, and in any event as long as its deletion is not requested by the interested party and in compliance with the current regulations. Therefore, in accordance with the current tax regulations your data will be stored for 5 years.

Rights of data subjects

Data subjects have the right to:

• Request access to their personal data

• Request the rectification or deletion of their personal data

• Request the limitation of their data processing

• Oppose data processing

• Request data portability

• Withdraw consent

Data subjects may exercise their rights by sending an email to grit@grit.es, with an ID attached (scanned ID or passport), stating the right they wish to exercise. Complaints regarding the processing of personal data can be submitted to the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD).

Intellectual and industrial property

GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU is the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in the material published on this website, as well as the elements contained therein (by way of example, images, sound, audio, video, software or texts; trademarks or logos, combinations of colours, structure and design, selection of materials used, computer programmes necessary for their operation, access and use, etc.).), owned by GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU or its licensors.

By virtue of the provisions of articles 8 and 32.1, second paragraph, of the Spanish Law on Intellectual Property, the reproduction, distribution and public communication, including the way it is made available, of all or part of the contents of this website, for commercial purposes, in any medium and by any procedure, without the authorisation of GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU, are expressly prohibited. The User undertakes to respect the Intellectual and Industrial Property rights owned by GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU. You may view the elements of the website and even print, copy and store them on the hard disk of your computer or on any other physical support provided it is solely and exclusively for your personal and private use. The User shall refrain from deleting, altering, circumventing or manipulating any protection device or security system installed on the pages of GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU.

Exclusion of warranties and liability

GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU is not liable, in any event, for damages of any nature, including, but not limited to, errors or omissions in the website contents, lack of continuity of the website or the transmission of viruses or malicious or harmful programs in the contents, despite having adopted all the necessary technological measures to avoid such occurrences.

Changes to the privacy policy

GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU reserves the right to modify this policy in order to adapt it to new regulations or jurisprudence, as well as to industry practices. In such cases, GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU will announce on this page the changes introduced reasonably in advance of their implementation.

Commercial mail

According to the LSSICE, GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU does not carry out SPAM practices, so it does not send commercial emails that have not been previously requested or authorised by the user. Consequently, in each of the forms present in the website the user has the possibility of giving their express consent to receive commercial communications of services and products offered by GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU, regardless of the commercial information punctually requested and previously authorized.

In accordance with the provisions of Law 34/2002, of 11 July, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce, GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU undertakes not to send commercial communications without duly identifying them.

This version: November 2019