As a global corporation, the Tama Group is committed to safeguarding the privacy and secure personal information of individuals. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy” or the “Policy“) describes the kind of information we, as the data controller, may collect from you as part of all kinds of Business and/or Marketing Activities we might have with you and/or as part of any Customer Service and Support we may provide you with (“Personal Data“). The Policy also explains how we use and disclose that information and the steps we take in order to protect it. This Policy also describes the choices and rights you have regarding the collection and use of your Personal Data (please see section 8 below).
In addition to this Policy, please note that privacy statements, terms or notices might be provided to you, and shall be deemed as part of this Policy.
For clarification purposes, the Tama Group consists of Tama Plastic Industry and its subsidiaries located around the world (separately and collectively called “Tama” or “we” or “us” or “our” or the “Tama Group” in this Policy).
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This Policy was last updated on 11 June 2018.
Depending on the Service (as defined below) we provide, we may collect the following information about you:
When using Tama’s mobile applications, we may collect location information which provides your real-time location in order to deliver content or other Services that are dependent on knowing where you are. Delivery of location services will involve the coordinates (latitude/longitude) of your device location.
We collect this Personal Data through our servers and the use of cookies and other technologies. For further information about cookies and analytical tools Tama uses, please take a look here.
We may collect your Personal Data (either obtained directly from you or from somewhere else as described hereafter), if and while:
Each of the above shall be defined together and separately under this Policy as “Service”.
Personal Data which is not collected directly from you, may be collected from:
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Tama owns or administers the Service and is the primary controller of the Personal Data provided by you or on behalf of you, or collected by Tama or anyone on its behalf for the Service, as the term “controller” is defined within the meaning of data protection laws.
The Personal Data is processed for the following purposes and legal grounds basis for processing. Where applicable, we will point out, at the time of the data collection, if the provision of the Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement and whether you are obliged to provide the Personal Data and the possible consequences of failure to provide such data:
Purpose/Activity | Lawful basis for processing |
Customer Service and Support, which also includes providing requested products and Service such as product delivery, maintenance, customer and product support (including warranty service), and use of our Communication Technologies. | (1) Performance of a contract with you, or to take steps prior to entering into a contract with us; (2) Comply with a legal or statutory obligation applicable to us (e.g., product safety; recalls); (3) processing is necessary for the purposes of the Tama Group legitimate interests in providing you with customer service, providing product and customer support, identifying and detecting issues with existing products and services, understanding how our products and services are used, analyzing advertising effectiveness, conducting research, improving products and services, developing new products and services, providing training and other educational events, and communicating relevant information about product updates and improvements (to the extent that such legitimate interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms); or (4) processing is with your consent. |
Marketing Activities and specifically communications and offers of products and/or services by Tama, including offers based on your interests, personal and business characteristics, and location. We may provide these communications via email, postal mail, online (including providing advertising and content personalized to you), Social Media platforms, text message, push notifications, and other means. | (1) Tama Group legitimate interests in conducting marketing, prospecting, and obtaining new customers, getting to know preferences to better personalize offers, and to offer products and services that meet a (prospective) customer’s needs (to the extent that such legitimate interests is not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms); or (2) processing is with your consent. |
Marketing Activities and specifically administering contests and/or campaigns, and other promotional events for which you sign up or enter, such as scheduling and arranging tours to Tama’s facilities, or participating in product introductions and trade shows. | (1) Performance of a contract with you, or taking steps prior to entering into a contract with us; (2) processing is necessary for the purposes of the Tama Group’s legitimate interests in providing marketing, prospecting, and servicing and obtaining (prospective) customers (to the extent that such legitimate interests is not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms); or (3) processing is with your consent. |
Marketing Activities and specifically providing you with other information that may be of interest, such as announcements, reminders, product improvement and technical service bulletins; news about Tama; Crop Professional’s Association (“CPA”) magazines or newsletters; and product catalogs; | (1) Performance of a contract with you, or to take steps prior to entering into a contract with us; (2) processing is necessary for the purposes of Tama Group legitimate interests in marketing, prospecting, obtaining new customers, and servicing and communicating news to (prospective) customers such as product updates and improvements and other information about products and services (to the extent that such legitimate interests is not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms); or (3) processing is with your consent. |
Business Operations by means of managing the day-to-day operations of the Tama Group, for data analysis to report on business performance, and for corporate governance (including audit(s), compliance controls and other risk management activities, including procurement of insurance). | (1) legal obligations applicable to us; or (2) it is necessary for purposes of Tama Group’s legitimate interests to manage and operate the day-to-day operation of the Tama Group, manage financial affairs of Tama, manage risks to which Tama is exposed, and as part of a corporate transaction, such as a transfer of assets to or an acquisition by or merger with another company. |
Legal compliance and/or proceedings in order to comply with applicable laws and regulations; and establishing, exercising, and defending legal rights. | 1) comply with legal obligations applicable to us; or (2) it is necessary for purposes of the Tama Group’s legitimate interests to manage and operate the day-to-day operation of the business, manage financial affairs of our business, to manage risks to which our business is exposed, corporate and information governance, and compliance with non-EU laws and laws of other countries in which the Tama Group operates (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms). |
You can find out about how we use cookies and other tracking technologies by reading our Cookie Policy here.
Tama has a company page on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Instagram that you can use or visit. Tama acts as a joint data controller with the social media platform for the collection of your personal data when you visit our company page on those social media platforms.
You can read more regarding our joint controllership (or other arrangements) with the platforms at the following links:
Facebook and Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum
LinkedIn: https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum
YouTube: https://business.safety.google/controllerterms
Our webpage may also use plug-ins from social media platforms.
When you enter our website that contains a plug-in, your browser will create a direct link to the servers of the social media platforms. They may receive information about you, the fact that you have visited our website, your IP-address and whether you have interacted with their plug-in at our website. This data will be stored with the social media companies in the USA. The social media companies will receive the information whether you are a user on their social media platform or not.
Tama is joint data controller with the social media platform for the collection of your personal data that is collected by the platforms when you visit our website.
You can prevent the social media plug-ins from loading by using a script-blocker add-on, which you can download to your browser.
We do not have any influence on the collection or processing of personal data that is carried out by the social media platforms.
You can read more regarding how they process your data at the following links.
Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388
Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=homepage-basic_footer-privacy-policy
YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB
We may share your Personal Data with:
We will only retain your Personal Data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for Personal Data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the Personal Data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your Personal Data, the purposes for which we process your Personal Data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
Details of retention periods for different aspects of your Personal Data can be requested from us using our contact details below.
In some circumstances we may anonymize your Personal Data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without notifying you.
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your Personal Data from being accidentally lost, used, altered, disclosed or accessed in an unauthorized way. For example, all information you provide to us is stored on secure servers.
In addition, we limit access to your Personal Data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to access your data. They will only process your Personal Data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected Personal Data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our Apps, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.
Please note that the transmission of information via the internet is never completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Websites or Apps any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.
We do not knowingly collect information from and of children.
Referring to your Personal Data, you are entitled, under certain circumstances, to the following rights:
You can exercise the rights listed above, all of them and each one of them, at any time by contacting us.
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your Personal Data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that Personal Data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
If your request or concern is not satisfactorily resolved by us, please also note you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In particular, the supervisory authority of the member state of your residence, place of employment, or the location where the issue that is the subject of the complaint occurred.
Objection: You have the right to object to the processing of Personal Data about you for compelling and legitimate reasons relating to your particular situation, except in cases where legal provisions expressly provide for that processing. In addition, you have the right to object if data about you is processed for direct marketing purposes.
The Personal Data that we process in relation to you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside of your country’s borders and for European residents outside the European Economic Area (“EEA“) that may not be subject to equivalent data protection laws. It may also be processed by staff situated outside the EEA who works for us or for a third party providing services to us.
Please contact us with any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or to access or update your Personal Data.
Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent. We will post any Privacy Policy changes on our Websites, and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice.
YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE WEBSITES, APPS OR OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED BY TAMA CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY.