Privacy Notice

Date: January 2022

APEX Group would like to provide you with a transparent information concerning the processing, collection and use of your personal data resulting from the use of APEX Group internet website. You can use APEX Group’s website to obtain, request or inquire information about our company, products and services. Data privacy is of high importance to APEX Group and we apply all the required care and actions in order to protect your personal data. We handle your personal data in accordance with the applicable data privacy legislation and the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Regulation framework.

1. Responsible Body

The responsible body according to Art. 4, Para 7 of the EU GDPR Regulation is Apex International Holding B.V., Westeinde 10, 2275AD, Voorburg, The Netherlands (please see our Imprint).

If you have any questions about the handling and protection of your personal data or wish to invoke any of these rights, please contact us through email on gdpr@apexgroup.eu, by calling 070 300 4242 or by sending us a registered letter to our responsible body’s office addresses at Westeinde 10, 2275AD Voorburg, The Netherlands.

2. To Whom does this Privacy Notice Apply ?

This Privacy Notice applies to everyone for whom APEX Group processes personal data, and particularly to:

• Visitors to our website;
• APEX Group's customers (and their employees);
• Suppliers (and their employees);
• Third parties that communicate with APEX Group.

3. Personal Data Processed

APEX Group processes personal data that you have provided to us and personal data generated during your visit to our website. It is a technical requirement for us to collect this data so that we are able to display our website to you as well as to guarantee you stable browsing experience and security (Art. 6, Para. 1 S. 1, f of the EU GDPR Regulation).

3.1. Data Provided to APEX Group by you:

• Contact information details (personal or company) you provide in order to download marketing materials from APEX Group website, such as name, email, company name, company’s country of registration, phone and address;
• Contact details and other personal data that are necessary for handling Project Proposals, Offers and Orders;
• Identification documents and other personal details you provide to APEX Group related to visits, visa applications documents, travel arrangements, inspection of fabrication facilities, job applications and others.

3.2. Personal Data Received via Our Website:

• Data concerning your visit to our website;
• Data concerning the device you used to visit our website, for example your IP address;
• Your surfing behavior and interests.

In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are saved on your computer when using our website. Please refer to the section entitled "Cookies" below.

3.3. Personal Data Received from Other Sources:

• Personal data received from public online sources such as company websites and social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, etc;
• Personal data obtained from the Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce or the Land Registry.

4. Handling of Personal Data

APEX Group has taken appropriate technical and internal organizational measures to protect your personal data. People who have access to your data or files on APEX Group's behalf, such as but not limited to APEX Group IT department, internet providers and server suppliers have a duty of confidentiality, according to contractual obligations and internal code of conduct. All necessary measures have been duly taken in order to protect personal data from being lost, misused, unlawfully processed, altered or destroyed.

5. Engaging Third Parties, Sharing Data with Third Parties

In certain cases, it may be necessary for APEX Group to give third parties access to personal data. Such parties can be, but not limited to:

• Third parties, such as regulators and other organizations, in order to comply with our statutory obligations;
• External suppliers in connection with the processing of your personal data for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice, such as IT suppliers, suppliers of communication services, internet providers and server suppliers.

Third parties to whom we provide your personal data may themselves be responsible for complying with privacy legislation. APEX Group is neither responsible nor liable for the processing of your personal data by these third parties.

Personal Data is only collected and used by internal and third parties insofar as is necessary for the performance of their functions and optimal provision of website services and experiences.

6. Rights of the Data Subject

Regarding your personal data, the following rights are granted to you under the GDPR data protection legal framework:

• The right to be informed                           Article 13 GDPR
• The right to access                                    Article 15 GDPR
• The right to rectification                            Article 16 GDPR
• The right to erasure                                   Article 17 GDPR
• The right to restrict processing                Article 18 GDPR
• The right to data portability                      Article 20 GDPR
• The right to object                                     Article 21 GDPR

Please contact us at the same contact details shared above for any other questions or requests regarding data processing or invoking your rights listed above.

7. Cookies

7.1. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are used for basic site functionality. These may include, but are not limited to, login and passwords, and are a key part of our PARTNERS LOGIN section. They enable cross-page navigation without losing previous actions from the same session. As such, these cookies are essential to the proper operation of the website and offering a comfortable user experience.

7.2. Performance Cookies

Performance cookies are used specifically for gathering data on how visitors use a website, what pages of the website are visited most often or error messages on web pages. Data collected can pertain to internet browser, operating system, browsing across other websites, duration of your browsing session and errors occurring. They are all anonymous.

7.3. Functionality Cookies

Session cookies used for login, such as but not limited to usernames and passwords are used to improve user experience by enabling the use of personalized features such as remembering usernames, region and language among others. They are anonymous, do not track browsing across other websites and end as soon as the tab is closed or user logs out.

7.4. Targeting Cookies

Targeting cookies gather information about the user and their device to display advertisements appropriately. Only done so with the user’s permission. Information collected by such cookies may be shared with other advertisers for further advertisement purposes. Such cookies are also utilized to build user profiles of visitors and gather statistics for advertisement purposes. www.apexgroup.eu only employs google analytics based targeting cookies, expiration ranging from as soon as leaving the site, with more expiring after an hour.

Agreeing to the use of this website means that you agree APEX Group to use the above cookies and temporarily store them on your device so as to ensure an optimal browsing experience of our website during your visit and in the future.

8. Changes to the Data Privacy Terms and Regulations

You are requested to regularly visit our website and obtain information regarding the latest data privacy rules applied at our companies.

All Terms and Conditions stated on our website are subject to the legal framework concerning data protection rights and as such may regularly be subject to changes which we reserve the right to update without serving you any prior notice for doing so.