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© 2018 Centre of Organic Chemistry Ltd, Rybitvi, Czech Republic. All rights reserved.

 

Company address

Rybitvi 296

533 54 Rybitvi

Czech Republic

 

Internet: www.cocltd.en
Executive Head: Dr. Lubomir Kubac 

Commercial Registry 

 

COC Company is registered in the Register of Companies of the Regional Court in Hradec Kralove, section C, entry 26785. 

 

 

 

Please note that your use of our website constitutes your unconditional agreement to follow and be bound by these Terms of Use. Everything you see or read on this website is copyrighted unless otherwise noted and may not be used without the written permission of COC except as provided in these Terms of Use or in the text on the site.

COC reserves the right to update or modify these Terms of Use at any time without prior notice. Your use of the COC website following any such change constitutes your unconditional agreement to follow and be bound by these Terms of Use as amended. For this reason, we encourage you to review these Terms of Use whenever you use this website. Copyrights, trademarks and trade names contained herein are registered or applied in many countries.

Limitation of use

Except for personal, non-commercial internal use, you are prohibited from using any of the materials and documents shown without obtaining prior written permission from COC. This prohibition includes, without limitation, copying, distributing, modifying, reproducing in whole or in part, uploading, transmitting, licensing, selling and publishing.

 

All of the trademarks, logos and other intellectual property on this website, whether registered or unregistered, are the property of COC or its affiliate companies or are used with the authorization of the owners and are subject to copyright protection. You should assume that everything you see or read on this site is copyrighted unless otherwise noted. Trademark and brands information is available on the COC website.

COC generally does not object placing a link on your website for easy connection to a COC webpage, provided that the guidelines of the cocltd.en logo program are followed. The information contained herein is provided to you for your own use. COC makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and assumes no liability in connection with any use of this information.

 

Information on this website is provided to you "as is" for your personal use and at your own risk. COC makes no warranties or indemnities, expressed or implied, and assumes no liability in connection with the use of any information from this website. Hyperlinks to websites that are not operated by COC are provided in good faith for your reference and convenience only and do not imply any endorsement of the material on such third-party websites or any association with their operators. Your access and use of these websites is solely at your own risk. COC reserves the right to alter the content and functionality of this website or to shut it down at any time for any reason without prior notice.

Presentation disclaimer

The presentations for download on this website and on all linked websites contains certain statements that are neither reported financial results nor other historical information. These statements are forward-looking statements because these forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual future results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the statements. 

Many of these risks and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond COC´s ability to control or estimate precisely, such as future market conditions, currency fluctuations, the behavior of other market participants, the actions of governmental regulators and other risk factors such as: the timing and strength of new product offerings; pricing strategies of competitors; the Company's ability to continue to receive adequate products from its vendors on acceptable terms, or at all, and to continue to obtain sufficient financing to meet its liquidity needs; and changes in the political, social and regulatory framework in which the Company operates or in economic or technological trends or conditions, including currency fluctuations, inflation and consumer confidence, on a global, regional or national basis.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this document. COC does not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of these materials.

Viruses

Although COC makes every attempt to keep the COC website free from viruses, COC cannot guarantee that it is virus-free. For your own protection, you should take the necessary steps to implement appropriate security measures and utilize a virus scanner before downloading any information, software or documentation.

Damages

COC will not be liable to any party for direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive or other consequential damages resulting from any use of this Web site or of the information made available on it, or on any other Web site accessible through a link or hyperlink, including, but not limited to, any loss of business, loss of profits, loss of data, or loss of use.

 

If you violate any rule or regulation stated in this document, you may be subject to disciplinary action. Information and services offered on the COC website are under no circumstances to be used for illegal activities. Observed and verifiable instances may be reported to the appropriate authorities. We wish to inform you that we will attempt to recover from you all damages caused by any violation of these conditions.

Applicable law

Any legal claims or lawsuits in conjunction with the COC website or its use are subject to the interpretation of the laws of Czech Republic, except for the provisions of international private law and the Hague Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods of July 1, 1964 and in the UN Sales Convention of April 11, 1980.

 

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) comes into force across the European Union on 25^th May 2018 and brings with it the most significant changes to data protection law in two decades. Based on privacy by design and taking a risk-based approach, the GDPR has been designed to meet the requirements of the digital age.

The 21^st Century brings with it broader use of technology, new definitions of what constitutes personal data, and a vast increase in cross-border processing. The new Regulation aims to standardise data protection laws and processing across the EU; affording individuals stronger, more consistent rights to access and control their personal information.

 

 

COC is committed to ensuring the security and protection of the personal information that we process, and to provide a compliant and consistent approach to data protection. We have always had a robust and effective data protection program in place which complies with existing law and abides by the data protection principles. However, we recognise our obligations in updating and expanding this program to meet the demands of the GDPR.

 

COC is dedicated to safeguarding the personal information under our remit and in developing a data protection regime that is effective, fit for purpose and demonstrates an understanding of, and appreciation for the new Regulation. Our preparation and objectives for GDPR compliance have been summarised in this statement and include the development and implementation of new data protection roles, policies, procedures, controls and measures to ensure maximum and ongoing compliance.

 

 

COC already has a consistent level of data protection and security across our organisation, including:

• Information Audit - carrying out a company-wide information audit to identify and assess what personal information we hold, where it comes from, how and why it is processed and if and to whom it is disclosed.
• Policies & Procedures - data protection policies and procedures to meet the requirements and standards of the GDPR and any relevant data protection laws, including: -
  • Data Protection – our main policy and procedure document for data protection has been overhauled to meet the standards and requirements of the GDPR. Accountability and governance measures are in place to ensure that we understand and adequately disseminate and evidence our obligations and responsibilities; with a dedicated focus on privacy by design and the rights of individuals.
  • Data Retention & Erasure – we have updated our retention policy and schedule to ensure that we meet the ‘data minimisation’ and ‘storage limitation’ principles and that personal information is stored, archived and destroyed compliantly and ethically. We have dedicated erasure procedures in place to meet the new ‘Right to Erasure’ obligation and are aware of when this and other data subject’s rights apply; along with any exemptions, response timeframes and notification responsibilities.
  • Data Breaches – our breach procedures ensure that we have safeguards and measures in place to identify, assess, investigate and report any personal data breach at the earliest possible time. Our procedures are robust and have been disseminated to all employees, making them aware of the reporting lines and steps to follow.
  • International Data Transfers & Third-Party Disclosures – where COC stores or transfers personal information outside the EU, we have robust procedures and safeguarding measures in place to secure, encrypt and maintain the integrity of the data. Our procedures include a continual review of the countries with sufficient adequacy decisions, as well as provisions for binding corporate rules; standard data protection clauses or approved codes of conduct for those countries without. We carry out strict due diligence checks with all recipients of personal data to assess and verify that they have appropriate safeguards in place to protect the information, ensure enforceable data subject rights and have effective legal remedies for data subjects where applicable.
  • Subject Access Request (SAR) – we have revised our SAR procedures to accommodate the revised 30-day timeframe for providing the requested information and for making this provision free of charge. Our new procedures detail how to verify the data subject, what steps to take for processing an access request, what exemptions apply and a suite of response templates to ensure that communications with data subjects are compliant, consistent and adequate.
• Legal Basis for Processing - we are reviewing all processing activities to identify the legal basis for processing and ensuring that each basis is appropriate for the activity it relates to. Where applicable, we also maintain records of our processing activities, ensuring that our obligations under Article 30 of the GDPR and Schedule 1 of the Data Protection Bill are met.
• Privacy Notice/Policy – we have revised our Privacy Notice(s) to comply with the GDPR, ensuring that all individuals whose personal information we process have been informed of why we need it, how it is used, what their rights are, who the information is disclosed to and what safeguarding measures are in place to protect their information.
• Obtaining Consent - we have revised our consent mechanisms for obtaining personal data, ensuring that individuals understand what they are providing, why and how we use it and giving clear, defined ways to consent to us processing their information. We have developed stringent processes for recording consent, making sure that we can evidence an affirmative opt-in, along with time and date records; and an easy to see and access way to withdraw consent at any time.
• Direct Marketing - we have revised the wording and processes for direct marketing, including clear opt-in mechanisms for marketing subscriptions; a clear notice and method for opting out and providing unsubscribe features on all subsequent marketing materials.
• Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) – where we process personal information that is considered high risk, involves large scale processing or includes special category/criminal conviction data; we have developed stringent procedures and assessment templates for carrying out impact assessments that comply fully with the GDPR’s Article 35 requirements. We have implemented documentation processes that record each assessment, allow us to rate the risk posed by the processing activity and implement mitigating measures to reduce the risk posed to the data subject(s).
• Processor Agreements – where we use any third-party to process personal information on our behalf (e. Payroll, Recruitment, Hosting etc), we have drafted compliant Processor Agreements and due diligence procedures for ensuring that they (as well as we), meet and understand their/our GDPR obligations. These measures include initial and ongoing reviews of the service provided, the necessity of the processing activity, the technical and organisational measures in place and compliance with the GDPR.
• Special Categories Data - where we obtain and process any special category information, we do so in complete compliance with the Article 9 requirements and have high-level encryptions and protections on all such data. Special category data is only processed where necessary and is only processed where we have first identified the appropriate Article 9(2) basis or the Data Protection Bill Schedule 1 condition. Where we rely on consent for processing, this is explicit and is verified by a signature, with the right to modify or remove consent being clearly signposted.

 

 

In addition to the policies and procedures mentioned above that ensure individuals can enforce their data protection rights, we provide easy to access information via the office of an individual’s right to access any personal information that COC processes about them and to request information about: -

• What personal data we hold about them
• The purposes of the processing
• The categories of personal data concerned
• The recipients to whom the personal data has/will be disclosed
• How long we intend to store your personal data for
• If we did not collect the data directly from them, information about the source
• The right to have incomplete or inaccurate data about them corrected or completed and the process for requesting this
• The right to request erasure of personal data (where applicable) or to restrict processing in accordance with data protection laws, as well as to object to any direct marketing from us and to be informed about any automated decision-making that we use
• The right to lodge a complaint or seek judicial remedy and who to contact in such instances

 

 

COC takes the privacy and security of individuals and their personal information very seriously and take every reasonable measure and precaution to protect and secure the personal data that we process. We have robust information security policies and procedures in place to protect personal information from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction and have several layers of security measures, such as SSL, access controls, encryptions, restriction, IT, authentication.

 

COC has designated Dr. Lubomir Kubac, Executive Head as our appointed person and has appointed a data privacy team to develop and implement our roadmap for complying with the new data protection Regulation. The team are responsible for promoting awareness of the GDPR across the organisation, assessing our GDPR readiness, identifying any gap areas and implementing the new policies, procedures and measures.

COC understands that continuous employee awareness and understanding is vital to the continued compliance of the GDPR and have involved our employees in our preparation plans. We have implemented an employee training program specific to the which will be provided to all employees prior to May 25^th, 2018, and forms part of our induction and annual training program.

 

 

If you have any questions about our preparation for the GDPR, please contact Dr. Lubomir Kubac.