PRIVACY AT SAINT-GOBAIN
The Saint-Gobain Group is committed to ensuring the protection of personal data and complying with applicable laws and regulations regarding the processing of personal data of customers, employees, and other third parties.
POLICY CHANGES
This policy may change over time, so please check the date on this page to ensure you have the latest version.
WHO WE ARE
The Saint-Gobain Group consists of many entities worldwide that share the same Principles of Conduct and Action.
These principles guide us in working together towards our goal of "Making The World A Better Home."
Please see the following page for Saint-Gobain Group's Principles of Conduct and Action and why our privacy commitments are related to them.
Principles of Conduct
- Professional Commitment - We strive to be better every day, including in matters of data protection.
- Respect for Others - We treat everyone fairly and with consideration, including regarding their data.
- Integrity - We develop honest and transparent relationships in accordance with the principles of transparency set out in data protection regulations.
- Loyalty - We respect internal rules and policies, including the 5 Golden Rules of Saint-Gobain Privacy.
- Solidarity - We want a better home for our colleagues, our families, our clients, and our suppliers; this also means creating an environment that respects privacy and personal data.
Principles of Action
- Concern for health and safety - We are responsible actors for safety, and we care about the well-being of others. This also involves the security of data relating to these people.
- Concern for the environment - We pay attention to daily actions that can be taken to reduce our footprint and we want to have a positive impact. Implementing data protection principles, such as the principle of minimizing data collection, helps us in this regard.
- Respect for the law - We are committed to implementing applicable laws and regulations, including applicable data protection regulations.
- Employee Rights - We respect the rights of our employees, including their personal data rights.
As an extension of their commitment to the Group's Principles of Conduct and Action, Saint-Gobain entities adhere to the 5 Saint-Gobain personal data protection principles.
OUR 5 GOLDEN RULES OF PRIVACY
At Saint-Gobain, entities that decide why and how to process your personal data are committed to respecting the following 5 principles:
- The processing of your personal data is carried out for clear purposes
- Your personal data may only be collected for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner incompatible with those purposes. 2. Your personal data is stored for a limited period depending on the purpose
- Your personal data is not stored in an identifiable format for longer than necessary.
- Your personal data rights are respected
- To make the processing of your personal data fair, personal data must always be collected and further processed transparently.
- Where applicable, you have the right to access, rectify, delete, restrict processing, object to processing, and data portability.
- You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, which produces legal effects concerning you or significantly affects you.
- You have the right to lodge a complaint through the ethics and professional alert system open to all Group stakeholders, which is available online.
- The processing of your personal data is carried out loyally and relevantly
- Only personal data strictly necessary for the purposes of processing is collected.
- Your personal data is processed in a secure manner
- Our goal is to always keep your personal data as safe and secure as possible. Once we receive your personal data, we implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent as much as possible accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, or unauthorized access.
CONTACT US
Please direct questions about this Group Privacy Policy to our Group Data Protection Officer using our contact details below.
Our email address for data protection questions related to this Group Privacy Policy is here.