Privacy Policy

PRIVACY

Oman Aluminium Processing Industries SPC (OAPIL) attaches great importance to the protection of your personal data. In this Privacy Policy, we provide information about how we handle personal data. OAPIL always complies with the applicable privacy legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

This means in any case, we:

• Process your personal data in accordance with the purpose for which it was provided, these purposes and personal data types are described in this Privacy Policy;
• Processing of your personal data is limited to the data that is necessary for the purposes for which it is processed;
• Ask for your explicit permission if we need it for the processing of your personal data;
• Have taken appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure the security of your personal data;
• Do not transfer personal data to other parties unless this is necessary for the fulfilment of the purposes for which it was provided and, insofar as such transfers to third countries or international organisations are concerned, only in accordance with Chapter V of the GDPR;
• Inform you in accordance with Sections 13 and 14 of the GDPR, respectively, and inform you of the rights you have with regard to the processing of your personal data.

What personal information do we process?

We process the personal data that you have provided to us, for example in the context of providing products and/or services to you or that we have obtained from you by using our website, filling in a contact form or subscribing to our newsletter.

The personal data we process about you may be as follows:
• Your name;
• Your address;
• Contact details, such as your phone number and e-mail address;
• Other data, such as data from your account on LinkedIn or other social media services;
• The IP address of the computer with which you visit our website (see also our cookie statement).

Legal grounds and purposes of use

We process your personal data for a number of different purposes on certain legal grounds:

1a. The execution of an agreement or in the run-up to the conclusion of an agreement:

Explanation: If you enter into an agreement with us, we will ask for your name and other contact details. We process this data insofar as this is necessary for the execution of the order and in order to fulfil our obligations under the agreement. We also process your personal data in relation to the contract in order to keep in touch with you in this respect. This personal data can also be used for invoicing purposes.

1b. Being able to comply with a legal obligation.

1c. The legitimate interests of OAPIL, insofar as they do not infringe on fundamental rights and freedoms of you as a data subject, e.g. processing in the context of:

• Maintaining contact with you:
Explanation: Your contact details are stored in our customer system in order to keep in touch with you about our services and to maintain our customer relationship.

• Improving our product and service information and carrying out targeted marketing campaigns:
Explanation: Personal data is processed for sending newsletters, updates, invitations to events and seminars on similar products offered by OAPIL and for the purpose of sending information you have requested from us.

• Analysing the use of our website:
Explanation: The website's user statistics enable us to get a picture of, among other things, the number of visitors, the duration of the visit and which pages of the website are viewed. This concerns the collection of generic data, without information on individuals. We use the obtained information to improve our website.

• Improving and securing our website.

1d. Permission:

Explanation: If we have asked you for permission to process your personal data and you have given such permission, you have the right to revoke this permission at any time.

Third parties (processors) engaged by us

For the processing of your personal data, we may engage service providers (so-called processors) who – exclusively on our behalf and on the basis of our instructions – process (part of) your personal data.

Transmission of personal data to third parties

In the context of our services, it may be necessary to share personal data. Your personal data will not be shared with third parties for commercial purposes. For sending e-mail newsletters, we use service providers (processors) established outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

Your rights

Every person can exercise certain rights with regard to his or her personal data on the basis of the law. This gives you the right to access, rectify and delete personal data. You can also object to the use of your data or ask for this use to be restricted. In certain cases, you can request your data and have it transferred to another party. Lastly, you have the right to file a complaint with the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology.

If you have any questions about this or if you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us via our email address: itcommunication@oapil.com or by telephone: +968 26827315.

Apply via the OAPIL website

By applying, the applicant grants OAPIL permission for his or her application data to be stored during the application procedure. OAPIL will delete this data no later than one (1) year after the end of the application procedure.

Retention periods

We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary for the purpose for which we obtained the data, unless a statutory retention period applies.

Complaints?

If you have any complaints about how we handle your personal data, you can contact us by sending an e-mail to itcommunication@oapil.com or call us on the phone number above. We will be happy to help you find a solution. If this does not work out, you can turn to the Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology.