Legal Notices

Conditions of Use

The information on this page details how you may use this website (“Site”) and other online services provided by United Biscuits France SAS trading as pladis. Your access and use of this Site and its contents is subject to the terms and conditions of these Conditions of Use and all applicable laws. By accessing and using this Site you (the “User” or “you”) accept and agree to these without limitation or qualification. This website is owned and operated by United Biscuits France SAS trading as pladis (the “Company” or “we”).

The Company’s registered office is located at 27 Route du Mortier Vannerie, 44120 Vertou (France).

Privacy Policy

Please review our Privacy Policy for how we collect, use, disclose and manage your personal information.

General Restrictions

This Site may only be used by you for your own personal, non-commercial use.

You may not copy, reproduce, reuse, adapt, retransmit, publish, post, upload, modify, broadcast or distribute any Site Content in any way, including for any public or commercial purpose whatsoever, without our prior written consent. Where we provide specific functionality on the Site to allow you to share Site Content, then you may share Site Content using that functionality.

You may not use any third parties’ likeness, names and/or properties without their express permission.

You may not send any material to or via the Site (including via any Site functionality which allows you to share Site Content) that is unlawful, harmful (including any virus, threatening, libellous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, indecent or profane or that could constitute or encourage a violation of any law or is likely to offend.

We may review, edit or delete material you or others send to this Site.

We may cancel any registration or account on this Site at any time, without notice or liability, for any reason, including if technical problems, irregularities or misuse occurs.

Waiver

The Company has made all reasonable efforts to ensure that all information provided through the Company’s Site is accurate at the time of inclusion, however, there may be inadvertent and occasional errors for which the Company apologises.

The Company makes no representations or warranties about the information provided through this Site, including hypertext links or any other items used either directly or indirectly from the Company’s Site, and reserves the right to make changes and corrections at any time, without notice. The Company accepts no liability for any inaccuracies or omissions in the Company’s Site and any decisions based on information contained on this Site are the sole responsibility of the visitor. The Company accepts no liability for any direct, special, indirect or consequential damages, or any other damages of whatsoever kind, resulting from whatever cause through the use of any information obtained either directly or indirectly from the Company’s Site.

The Company makes no representations or warranties about the information provided through this Site, including hypertext links or any other items used either directly or indirectly from the Company’s Site, and reserves the right to make changes and corrections at any time, without notice. The Company accepts no liability for any inaccuracies or omissions in the Company’s Site and any decisions based on information contained on this Site are the sole responsibility of the visitor. The Company accepts no liability for any direct, special, indirect or consequential damages, or any other damages of whatsoever kind, resulting from whatever cause through the use of any information obtained either directly or indirectly from the Company’s Site.

Ownership of material

Subject to the application of the Privacy Policy to personal data, any material you send to this Site, either by email, upload, post or otherwise transmitted, will be deemed non-confidential and non-proprietary.

This includes data, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas or other information, material or property.

Trade marks

All trade marks on this Site are registered Trade Marks of United Biscuits France SAS.

Copyright

All material on this Site is copyright © 2018 United Biscuits France SAS trading as pladis, except where specifically stated otherwise.

Visitors may not copy, distribute, sell, publish, display, transmit, reproduce or decompile any part of the material by any means (electronic or not) or for any purpose including in any derivative works.

Jurisdiction

The Site is controlled and operated from the Company’s Registered Office (regardless of where hosting servers are located). All matters relating to the Site are governed by the laws of France and venue for any legal proceeding relating to the Site shall be in appropriate courts located in France. We do not warrant or imply that the Site or materials on it are appropriate for outside of France.

Contact

If you have a question or comment on BN or this Site, please contact: United Biscuits France, 4 avenue Pablo Picasso 92000 Nanterre (France) – 0033147785801.
If you have any questions about how we process your personal information or this Policy, please write to us by email personaldataqueries@pladisglobal.com

COOKIE POLICY

United Biscuits France SAS trading as pladis

What are Cookies?
A Cookie is a piece of data stored by a website within a browser which remembers things that a browser has done in the past, such as logging in and which pages were visited. They are used to make interaction with the website faster and easier; helping provide the best user experience of the website.

What Cookies does this website use?
The cookies used on our websites have been categorised based on the guidelines found in the ICC UK Cookie guide. Here is a list of the cookies present on this site and what they do:

Functional Cookies
These cookies are used to tailor the website to you by storing your preferences, and to enable certain functionality within the site.

Cookie Description
PHPSESSID...PHP Cookie.
This is used to store user preferences and choices as you browse the site. It disappears when your web browsing session ends.

Google Analytics
Tracks site usage to help us identify ways of improving the site. These are 3rd party cookies that can be identified by __utm prefixes. Please refer to Google Analytics (www.google.co.uk) for relevant cookie information.

Managing cookies in Microsoft IE 6, IE 7 and IE 8:
In the browser, choose Tools Select Internet Options Click the Privacy tab Adjust the 'Settings' slider to 'Medium' or below to enable cookies, or adjust towards the top to disable all cookies.

Managing cookies in Mozilla Firefox:
In the browser, choose Firefox (or 'Tools' at the top of your browser window) and select Options Click the Privacy tab Check the box labeled 'Accept cookies from sites' to enable to cookies, or uncheck it to disable cookies Click OK

Managing cookies in Safari:
From the Safari menu (Mac) or Edit menu (Windows), click Preferences From the Security dialog box > Accept Cookies, to enable cookies click to select 'Always', or click to select 'Never' to disable cookies. Click Close

Managing cookies in Google Chrome
Click the 'wrench' icon Click Options Select the 'Under the Hood' tab Under 'Cookie Settings' select 'Allow all cookies' from the drop-down to enable cookies, or 'Block all cookies' to disable cookies.

PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy describes how United Biscuits France SAS trading as pladis as the owner and operator of this website (the “Company” “we” or "us") collects and processes personal information about you through the use of this website and its contents ("Site"), how we use and protect this information, and your rights in relation to this information.

Personal information is information, or a combination of pieces of information that could reasonably allow you to be identified.

Personal information that we use

We will collect personal information about you from a variety of sources, including information we collect from you directly (e.g. when you contact us), and information we collect about you from other sources, described below:

Note that we may be required by law to collect certain personal information about you, or as a consequence of any contractual relationship we have with you. Failure to provide this information may prevent or delay the fulfilment of these obligations. We will inform you at the time your information is collected whether certain data is compulsory and the consequences of the failure to provide such data.

Personal Information that we collect directly from you

The categories of information that we collect directly from you are:

(a) personal details (e.g. name, gender, age)
(b) other contact details (such as telephone number, email address, postal address or mobile number)
(c) information we collect automatically from you using cookies and other device identifying technologies ('Cookies and Tracking Technologies')

Information that we collect from other sources

We collect information about you from social network sites (eg facebook, Twitter, Instagram)

The categories of information that we collect about you from these sources are:

(a) personal details (e.g. name, date of birth)
(b) contact details (e.g. phone number, email address, postal address or mobile number)
(c) opinions that you express to us or about us on social media

Use of your Personal Information

We use your personal information to:

(a) contact you for your opinions on our products services or websites
(b) improve our Site, products and services and to deliver content that is customised to your interests
(c) deal with your enquiries and requests
(d) communicate with you with regard to any promotions that we may run
(e) authenticate your identity when you log into our website
(f) provide you with product information or promotional and other offers from us or our parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, Site developers and other promotional partners in accordance with your marketing preferences
(g) meet our contractual obligations to you under our terms and conditions of use
(h) comply with the legal obligations to which we are subject and cooperate with regulators and law enforcement bodies
(i) exercise our legal rights where it is necessary to do so, for example to detect, prevent and respond to fraud claims, intellectual property infringement claims or violations of law
(j) in an emergency protect the health or safety of Site users or the general public or in the interests of national security

Legal basis for the processing

We must have a legal basis to process your personal information. In most cases the legal basis will be one of the following:

- to fulfil our contractual obligations to you, for example to administer any promotions you sign up to
- to comply with our legal obligations, for example to respond to a court order
- to meet our legitimate business interests, for example to communicate with you or understand how you use our Site or in relation to the products we produce in order to make improvements. When we process personal information to meet our legitimate interests, we put in place robust safeguards to ensure that your privacy is protected and to ensure that our legitimate interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. For more information about the balancing test that we carry out to process your personal information to meet our legitimate interests, please contact us at the details below.

We may obtain your consent to collect and use certain types of personal information when we are required to do so by law (for example, in relation to our direct marketing activities, Cookies and Tracking Technologies or when we process sensitive personal information). If we ask for your consent to process your personal information, you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the details at the end of this privacy notice.

Information Sharing

We may share your personal information with third parties in the following circumstances:

- pladis group companies. United Biscuits France SAS trading as pladis is ultimately owned by Yildiz Holding AS (“Yildiz”). We work closely with other businesses and companies that fall under the pladis group family and Yildiz. We may share certain information about your interaction and details of any concerns or complaints on our website with other group companies for marketing purposes, customer optimisation and internal reporting. More information on pladis can be found here: https://pladisglobal.com/
- Service providers and business partners. We may share your personal information with our service providers and business partners that perform marketing services and other business operations for us or jointly with us. For example, to help administer promotions or other events, send newsletters and marketing emails, host or manage our website, support email and messaging services and analyse information.
- Law enforcement agency, court, regulator, government authority or other third party. We may share your personal information with these parties where we believe this is necessary to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation, or otherwise to protect our rights or the rights of any third party.
- Asset purchasers. We may share your personal information with any third party that purchases, or to which we transfer, all or substantially all of our assets and business. Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to try to ensure that the entity to which we transfer your personal information uses it in a manner that is consistent with this privacy notice.

Because we operate as part of a global business, the recipients referred to above may be located outside the jurisdiction in which you are located (or in which we provide the services). See the section on "International Data Transfer" below for more information.

International Data Transfers

Your personal information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in a country that is not regarded as ensuring an adequate level of protection for personal information under European Union law.

We have put in place appropriate safeguards (such as contractual commitments) in accordance with applicable legal requirements to ensure that your data is adequately protected. For more information on the appropriate safeguards in place, please contact us at the details below

Children

We take protection of children's privacy seriously. We operate this website in compliance with all applicable law in the country in which we are located. Children under the age of 16 should have a parent/guardian's consent before providing any personal information to the website. We will not require or request children under this age to provide more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in the applicable activity on the Site. If we determine upon collection that a user is under this age, we will not use or maintain his/her personal information without the parent/guardian's consent. Without such consent, though, the child may not be able to participate in certain activities. However, in certain circumstances, we may maintain and use such information (in accordance with the rest of this policy and applicable law) in order to notify and obtain consent from the parent/guardian and for certain safety, security, liability and other purposes permitted under applicable law.

Cookie and Tracking Technology

We use Cookie and Tracking Technology to access our website, including the IP addresses to automatically collect technical information about usage of our Site.

This might include your type of Internet Browser or computer, the domain name of your Internet Service Provider, number of page visits and the character and duration of such visits. We also track the number of visitors to our website in an aggregate form. This information helps us keep our website fresh and interesting to our visitors and tailor content to a visitor's interests. We may disclose certain information collected through cookies and similar technologies to potential partners, advertisers (who may use this information to provide advertisements tailored to your interests) or other third parties.

Certain functionality offered on our Site uses cookies in order to operate and requires your personal details e.g. in order to connect with us on social media. We will obtain your consent before placing these cookies.

Also, we may allow third parties that serve advertisements on our Site (including our promotion partners) or have functionality connected to our Site to place and access cookies on your computer, but they will not be able to access our cookies. Please refer to our Cookie Policy for more details.

You may set your computer browser to disable cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable cookies, we may be unable to optimise your visit to our website and certain features may not be available.

Information security and storage

We implement technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk to the personal information we process. These measures are aimed at ensuring the on-going integrity and confidentiality of personal information. We evaluate these measures on a regular basis to ensure the security of the processing.

We will keep your personal information for as long as we have a relationship with you or as stated in the Terms and Conditions for the relevant promotion. Once our relationship with you has come to an end, we will retain your personal information for a period of time that enables us to:

- maintain business records for analysis and/or audit purposes
- comply with record retention requirements under the law
- defend or bring any existing or potential legal claims
- deal with any complaints regarding the services

We will delete your personal information when it is no longer required for these purposes. If there is any information that we are unable, for technical reasons, to delete entirely from our systems, we will put in place appropriate measures to prevent any further processing or use of the data.

Your rights over your personal information

You have certain rights regarding your personal information, subject to local law. These include the following rights to:

- access your personal information
- rectify the information we hold about you
- erase your personal information
- restrict our use of your personal information
- object to our use of your personal information
- withdraw any consents you have given
- receive your personal information in a usable electronic format and transmit it to a third party (right to data portability)
- lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority

We will only send you marketing messages by email, texts and other electronic means if we have your permission to do so.

If you would like to discuss or exercise such rights, please contact us using the contact details at the end of this privacy policy.

If you think any information we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us as soon as possible. We will correct or update any information as soon as we can. We will contact you if we need additional information from you in order to honour your requests.

Changes

You may request a copy of this policy from us using the contact details set out above. We may modify or update this policy from time to time. Vous pouvez nous demander de vous fournir une copie de cette politique en utilisant les coordonnées mentionnées ci-dessus. Nous pouvons modifier ou mettre à jour cette politique de temps à autre.

If we change this privacy policy, we will notify you of the changes. Where changes to this privacy policy will have a fundamental impact on the nature of the processing or otherwise have a substantial impact on you, we will give you sufficient advance notice so that you have the opportunity to exercise your rights (e.g. to object to the processing).

PRIVACY NOTICE

1. The personal information we use
1.1 Information we collect directly from you
1.2 Information we collect from other sources
1.3 Other information we use about you
1.4 Special categories of personal data
2. How we use your personal information and the basis on which we use it
3. Your rights over your personal information
4. Automated decisions about you
5. Information Sharing
6. Information Security and Storage
7. International Data Transfer
8. Contact Us
9. Changes to the Policy

This privacy notice describes how United Biscuits France SAS trading as pladis ('we', 'us') collects and processes personal information about you, how we use and protect this information, and your rights in relation to this information.

This privacy notice describes the handling of personal information obtained about job applicants through the pladis online recruitment system and careers page which link to this privacy notice (together, the "recruitment system") directly by job applicants, as well as by third party agencies and recruiters on behalf of candidates. Personal information is information, or a combination of pieces of information, that could identify you.

1. Personal information we use

This privacy notice applies to all personal information we collect or process about you. We collect personal information from you directly and also from other sources as explained in this notice.
We may be required by law to collect certain personal about you for recruitment purposes, or as a consequence of our position as a prospective employer. Failure to provide this information may prevent or delay the fulfilment of these obligations.

We will inform you at the time your information is collected whether certain information is compulsory and the consequences of the failure to provide such information.

1.1 Information we collect directly from you

The categories of information that we collect directly from you are:
(a) personal details (e.g. name, date of birth)
(b) contact details (e.g. phone number, email address, postal address or mobile number)
(c) information contained in your cover letter or CV, and other documents related to the application or recruitment process (e.g. transcripts, certifications)
(d) educational details (e.g. educational history, qualifications, certifications, skills)
(e) information for diversity monitoring (such as race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation)
(f) information about family and dependants
(g) citizenship or immigration information
(h) CCTV on our premises
(i) other information you may choose to submit to us in connection with your application

1.2 Information we collect from other sources:

The categories of information that we collect about you from other sources are:
(a) background check information from employment screening agencies or publicly available registers (as allowed by law)
(b) publicly available professional profiles on websites or social media (e.g. LinkedIn)
(c) professional or regulatory bodies
(d) information about your performance or conduct from referees, other pladis employees, clients or service providers you work with who may provide feedback about you
(e) information about your relationship with the pladis group of companies, including prior work experience or association you may have with any current or former pladis employees

1.3 Special categories of personal data

We may also collect sensitive information (also known as special category information) about you as permitted or required by law. This is a category of personal information that has special protection under data protection laws, such as:
(a) information about race, ethnic origin, religion or sexual orientation for diversity monitoring purposes
(b) biometric identifier for identification purposes
(c) health or disability information to provide occupational health support and administer insurance benefits
(d) criminal background check information for vetting purposes for prospective employees

2. How we use your personal information and the basis on which we use it

We use your personal information to:
(a) create and manage the recruitment system and job applications
(b) assess your skills, qualifications and interests against the position applied for or other positions within the pladis group of companies
(c) communicate with you in relation to your application and the recruitment process
(d) verify your information, including through reference checks and, where applicable, background checks
(e) send you information about other positions within the pladis group of companies which may be of interest to you
(f) comply with legal obligations to which we are subject and cooperate with regulators and law enforcement bodies
(g) deal with your enquiries and requests

We must have a legal basis to process your personal information. In most cases the legal basis will be one of the following:
(a) In the event that you are offered a position with us, to fulfil our obligations to you in connection with your prospective employment contract with us
(b) to comply with our legal obligations, for example obtaining proof of your identity to enable us to meet our anti-money laundering obligations or obtaining proof of your right to work status to enable us to meet relevant obligations
(c) to meet our legitimate interests, for example to conduct our recruitment processes efficiently and fairly. When we process personal information to meet our legitimate interests, we put in place robust safeguards to ensure that your privacy is protected and to ensure that our legitimate interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms

We may obtain your explicit consent to collect and use certain types of personal information when we are required to do so by law (for example, when we process some categories of sensitive personal information). If we ask for your consent to process your personal information, you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the details at the end of this privacy notice.

3. Your rights over your personal information

You have certain rights regarding your personal information, subject to local law. These include the following rights to:
- access your personal information
- rectify the information we hold about you
- erase your personal information
- restrict our use of your personal information
- object to our use of your personal information
- receive your personal information in a usable electronic format and transmit it to a third party (right to data portability)
- lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

If you would like to discuss or exercise such rights, please contact us using the contact details below.

We encourage you to contact us to update or correct your information if it changes or if the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate.

We will contact you if we need additional information from you in order to honour your requests.

4. Automated decisions about you

We may process your personal information by automatic means and without human intervention to make decisions or conduct 'profiling' about you. This involves using software that is able to evaluate your personal strengths and predict risks or outcomes. We carry out this automatic processing to ensure that we treat all prospective employees fairly when assessing your eligibility for a role. The significance of our actions in this connection is that depending upon the outcome of the processing you may not be eligible for a particular role. We base our decisions on criteria explained at the time that you apply for a particular role.

We will only make these kinds of automated decisions about you where:
- such decisions are necessary in the event that we enter into a contract of employment with you as part of our automated process for assessing employment candidates.
- such decisions are required or authorised by law.
- you give your consent to us carrying out automated decision-making.

If you require further information about automated decision-making, you want to object to our use of automated decision-making, or request an automated decision to be reviewed by a human being please contact us using the contact details below and we will explain to you what your rights are in relation to the processing in question.

These types of decisions will not have a significant impact upon you, but you can still contact us for further information.

5. Information sharing

We may share your personal information with third parties under the following circumstances:
- Service providers and business partners. We may share your personal information with our service providers and business partners that perform business operations for us. For example, we use a third party partner to manage the recruitment system and analyse information on our behalf.
- We work closely with other businesses and companies that fall within the pladis group of companies and our ultimate owner Yildiz Holding AS (“Yildiz”). We may share certain information about you, such as your details in connection with your job application, with other companies within the pladis and wider Yildiz group. Details of our businesses can be found at www.pladisglobal.com.
- Law enforcement agency, court, regulator, government authority or other third party. We may share your personal information with these parties where we believe this is necessary to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation, or otherwise to protect our rights or the rights of any third party.
- Asset purchasers. We may share your personal information with any third party that purchases, or to which we transfer, all or substantially all of our assets and business. Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to try to ensure that the entity to which we transfer your personal information uses it in a manner that is consistent with this privacy notice.

(The recipients referred to above may be located outside the jurisdiction in which you are located). See the section on "International Data Transfer" below for more information.

6. Information security and storage

We implement technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk to the personal information we process. These measures are aimed at ensuring the on-going integrity and confidentiality of personal information. We evaluate these measures on a regular basis to ensure the security of the processing.

We will keep your personal information for the length of time set out in our records retention

7. International data transfer

Your personal information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in a country that is not regarded as ensuring an adequate level of protection for personal information.

We have put in place appropriate safeguards (such as contractual commitments) in accordance with applicable legal requirements to ensure that your data is adequately protected. For more information on the appropriate safeguards in place, please contact us at the details below.

8. Contact us

United Biscuits France SAS trading as pladis is the controller responsible for the personal information we collect and process about you.

If you have questions or concerns regarding the way in which your personal information has been used, please contact personaldataqueries@pladisglobal.com.

We are committed to working with you to obtain a fair resolution of any complaint or concern about privacy. If, however, you believe that we have not been able to assist with your complaint or concern, you have the right to make a complaint to a supervisory authority in the country where you work, reside or where the subject matter of your complaint arose.

9. Changes to the policy

You may request a copy of this privacy notice from us using the contact details set out above. We may modify or update this privacy notice from time to time.

If we change this privacy notice, we will notify you of the changes. Where changes to this privacy notice will have a fundamental impact on the nature of the processing or otherwise have a substantial impact on you, we will give you sufficient advance notice so that you have the opportunity to exercise your rights (e.g. to object to the processing).

May 2018