Privacy

This Privacy Notice has been updated on 4th of August 2022.

1. Introduction and contact details

All M&J Denmark A/S companies are committed to protecting your privacy. We will process your personal data only in accordance with relevant data protection and privacy legislation and good data processing practices.

M&J Denmark (hereafter referred to as “M&J Recycling” or “we”) is the controller for the personal data concerning M&J Recycling customers, website visitors, distributors, suppliers, contractors, job applicants, shareholders, insiders and inventors.

In this Privacy Notice, we tell you about M&J Recycling's personal data processing in general and provide you with instructions on how to exercise your rights regarding to processing of your personal data. Data subject specific supplements provide more specific information on what kind of personal data we process and what are the purposes for processing personal data about you in specific situations.

Controller Contact Information:

M&J Denmark A/S
Vejlevej 5
8700 Horsens
Denmark
HR@mjrecycling.com

2. Why we are processing your personal data, what types of data we process and om which basis?

Below, you will find information on which types of personal data we collect and process about you. Each section will also explain what our purposes are for processing your personal data and what are the legal bases for processing.

2.1.1. Customers and distributors

2.1.1.1. Categories and sources of personal data

We primarily collect personal data directly from you if you are a representative of our customer, potential customer or distributor. You may provide us personal data for example by contacting us, providing feedback, registering as a user of our digital tools and services, purchasing our products or services, subscribing to our newsletters or other material, commenting on content on our website, or downloading material from us. 

If you are a representative of our customer, potential customer or distributor, we process following categories of personal data about you:

Your identification and contact details, such as your name, company, job title, job role, email address and telephone number;

Information on the customer relationship, such as information about your previous purchases of our products and services, billing information and e-mail communication. 

2.1.1.2. Processing purposes

At M&J Recycling, we process the personal data of representatives of our customers, potential customers and distributors for the following purposes:

  • To market and sell our products and services;
  • To deliver our products or services;
  • To manage invoicing and payments;
  • To provide customer support for sold products and services;
  • To develop our products and services based on customer feedback and surveys;
  • To provide customer communication, such as notifications about new features, updates, warranty or other relevant information about the sold product or service;
  • To manage customer relations;
  • To organize and manage events such as distributor trainings;
  • To measure the effectiveness of our marketing and to provide you with more relevant content;
  • To fulfil our other legal obligations.

2.1.1.3. Legal basis

We process your personal data only if we have a valid legal basis for doing so. Please find information about the legal basis for our processing purposes below:

Legitimate interest
Processing of your personal data is based on our legitimate interest when it is done for the purposes of marketing, selling and developing of our products and services, or for the purposes of managing customer relations, providing customer communication and organizing events. It is also in our legitimate interest to measure the effectiveness of our marketing, to deliver our goods and services, to provide you with our digital services, to provide customer support for sold goods and services, and to manage invoices and payments.

Consent
We provide you with our newsletter and other material when you have given your consent for receiving them. You may at any time withdraw your consent for receiving newsletters or other material using the 'Unsubscribe | Update Preferences' link included in the email.

Contract
When we have entered into a contractual agreement directly with an individual, such as a sole trader, the legal basis for processing personal data is performance of a contract for the purposes of delivering our goods and services, providing you with our digital services, providing customer support for sold goods and services, and managing invoices and payments.

2.1.1.4. Period of processing of personal data

We process personal data as long as it is needed for a given purpose. Customer data will generally be stored until 5 years after last activity. Documentation on given consents are stored for two years after the consent has been withdrawn.

 

2.1.2. Website visitors

2.1.2.1. Categories and sources of personal data

We collect personal data directly from you as you visit, browse or otherwise interact on our website. We also collect your information when you subscribe to our newsletters or other material via our website.

If you are a website visitor at mjrecycling.com or at any of the websites of M&J Recycling, we process following categories of personal data about you:

Your identification and contact details (when you use the contact formular), adding your name, company, country. email address and phone number, comments;

Information on how you use our website. (if you consent to placing cookies).We use cookies to collect data on how you use our websites and view our marketing emails. This may include for example information on which M&J Recycling websites you have visited, how long you stayed on them, which items you clicked on and your IP-address. To know more about the use of cookies, please see our Cookie Statement;

Survey and feedback information, such as any free text communication you provide in connection to our survey or feedback forms.

2.1.2.2. Processing purposes

We will process the personal data of website visitors for the following purposes:

  • To secure and optimize your website experience;
  • To develop our products and services based on website visitor behavior and customer feedback and surveys;
  • To market our products and services;
  • To provide you with our newsletter and other material, if you have subscribed to receiving it;
  • To measure the effectiveness of our marketing and to provide you with more relevant content.

 

2.1.2.3. Legal basis

We process your personal data only if we have a valid legal basis for doing so. Please find information about the legal basis for our processing purposes below:

Legitimate interest, It is our legitimate interest to secure and optimize our website, to develop our products and services and to market our products and services for you.

Consent, We provide you with our newsletter or other marketing emails and material when you have given your consent for receiving them. You may at any time withdraw your consent for receiving newsletters using the 'Unsubscribe | Update Preferences' link included in the email.
We use functional cookies, statistical cookies and marketing cookies when you have given your consent. You may at any time withdraw your consent

2.1.2.4. Period of processing of personal data

We process personal data as long as it is needed for a given purpose. Customer data will generally be stored until 5 years after last activity. Documentation on given consents are stored for two years after the consent has been withdrawn. See our cookie policy for information about retention periods on cookie data. Answers related to customer surveys will be deleted as soon as the report has been finalized and evaluated.

2.1.3. Suppliers and contractors

2.1.3.1. Categories and sources of personal data

We collect personal data primarily directly from our suppliers and contractors in the context of different supplier and contractor agreements. In some cases, we obtain your personal data from your employer.

If you are a representative of our supplier or contractor, we process following categories of personal data about you:

Your identification and contact details, such as your name, company, title, position, email address and phone number;

Information on the partnership relation, such as billing information, contractual information.

2.1.3.2. Processing purposes

We will process the personal data of representatives of our suppliers and contractors for the following purposes:

  • To procure products and services from you;
  • To manage invoicing and payments;
  • To manage the supplier or contractor relationship;
  • To otherwise enable us to fulfil our legal obligations.

2.1.3.3. Legal basis

We process your personal data only if we have a valid legal basis for doing so. Please find information about the legal basis for our processing purposes below:

Legitimate interest, It is our legitimate interest to process your personal data in order to manage the supplier relationship, to procure products and services from you, and to manage invoices and billing.

Contract, When we have entered into a contractual agreement directly with an individual, such as an individual consultant, the legal basis for processing personal data is performance of a contract for the purpose of procuring products or services.

2.1.3.4. Period of processing data

We process personal data as long as it is needed for a given purpose. Supplier and contractor data will generally be stored until 5 years after last activity.

2.1.4. Job applicants

2.1.4.1. Categories and sources of personal data

We primarily collect personal data directly from you as you contact us when applying for a job. We process the following categories of personal data about job applicants:

Your identification and contact details, such as name, birthdate, address, email address and phone number;

Job application information, such as your work history, education history, application, certifications and your photo;

Information related to background checks, if required by a specific position;

Recruitment process communication, such as emails and job interview notes;

Results of personality test, name, answers, and analysis

2.1.4.2. Processing purposes

We process the personal data of job applicants for the following purposes:

  • To carry out our recruitment process, including tasks such as:
    • evaluating and assessing your interests and qualifications against our career opportunities;
    • contacting you and setting up interviews;
    • keeping records relating to our hiring process.

2.1.4.3. Legal basis

We process your personal data only if we have a valid legal basis for doing so. Please find information about the legal basis for our processing purposes below:

Legitimate interest
It is in our legitimate interest to process your personal data in order to carry out our recruitment process.

Contract
Based on your request to be employed by us, we may process your personal data in order to take the necessary steps to enter into employment contract with you.

2.1.4.4 Period of processing personal data

We process personal data as long as it is needed for a given purpose. If you are not chosen for a job, we will delete our information as soon as the recruitment process is finalized. If you are offered a position and has accepted we will keep your information as long as you are still employed.

 

3. Who can process your personal data?

At M&J Recycling, your personal data is processed only by personnel who are authorized to do so based on their role. Your personal data is processed by third parties only in the following situations which apply to transfers and disclosures of personal data:

Service Providers
We use service providers in order to manage and operate our business. Service providers are needed for a variety of purposes, such as payment and invoice management, carrying out marketing activities and providing our online services. These service providers can only process your personal data based on our instructions and use it only for purposes defined by M&J Recycling. Such processing is always regulated by data processing agreements in order to ensure that all our service providers keep your personal data safe and process it only in accordance with applicable legislation.

In cases where your personal data is transferred to service providers outside of the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure the protection of your personal data by using European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Where applicable, transfers of personal data to service providers outside of the EU and EEA can also be secured by relying on an adequacy decision adopted by the European Commission.

We use the following services provides in the US:

Microsoft Inc: Supplier of Office 365. Contract can be found here.

Google Inc: Supplier of Google Analytics. Contract can be found here.

The Rocket Science Group, LLC: Supplier of Mailchimp. Contract can be found here.

Disclosures of Personal Data to other controllers
In certain situations, we have to disclose your personal data to another controller, who will use that personal data for its own purposes. Such disclosure of personal data can happen for example to authorities, banks, auditors, debt collectors etc. 

If re-arrangements in our business operations would happen, your personal data might have to be disclosed to relevant stakeholders of that re-arrangement. 

Sharing data within M&J Recycling corporation
Additionally, M&J Recycling may disclose and transfer your personal data within the M&J Recycling group of companies. Where such intra-group transfers or disclosures take place, M&J Recycling is ensuring the security and confidentiality of your personal data by using Intra-Group Data Transfer Agreements.

4. Protective measures

M&J Recycling uses robust technical and organizational measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your personal data.

Our information security controls ensure the protection of it from unauthorized viewing, modification, dissemination, or destruction and provide the necessary recovery mechanisms from accidental as well as malicious destruction, alteration or loss. We use role-based access control to ensure that your personal data is processed only by appropriate personnel. Your personal data processed by M&J Recycling is protected with state-of-the-art information security technologies. Protective measures also include data protection related guidelines and procedures trained to employees in order to ensure secure and lawful processing of your personal data.

 

5. What are your rights as a data subject?

As a data subject you have certain rights which help you to control your own personal data and to affect the way it is being processed. In this section, we provide you information about your rights as a data subject. If you wish to use your rights, please contact us by email at HR@mjrecycling.com.

Please note that as a registered user, you may access and amend your contact details and other profile information at any time through M&J Recycling Preference Center or other M&J Recycling service where you have a user account registered.

Right of access
You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not your personal data is being processed by us and to know what personal data about you we process. If you wish, you may request for a copy of such data.

Right to rectification
If your personal data is incorrect or incomplete, you have the right to request for rectification or completion of your personal data. 

Right to be forgotten
You have the right to request your personal data to be erased. In such a case we will delete your personal data unless we have a legal obligation or other overriding reason to retain your data. Please note that after deletion of your personal data, M&J Recycling may not be able to provide you or your employer company the products, services or information you have inquired or ordered.

Restriction of processing, right to object, data portability and withdrawal of consent
In certain situations, you have the right to request us to restrict the processing of your personal data, for example if personal data concerning you is inaccurate. Based on your particular situation, you may also have the right to object the processing of your personal data, in which case we will evaluate whether there are any compelling legitimate grounds for continuance of processing. You may always object processing for the purpose of direct marketing. In some cases, you may also have the right to data portability.
In cases where the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent for processing at any time.

We will do our best to resolve any issue you might have related to our processing of your data through negotiations. However, if you consider that our processing infringes your rights as a data subject, you have the right to file a complaint to your local supervisory authority. In Denmark the local supervisory authority is Datatilsynet, (https://www.datatilsynet.dk/).

6. Can this privacy notice be changed?

There will be updates to this Privacy Notice whenever changes or developments in our business operations require so. The up-to-date version of the Privacy Notice can always be found on this Website. We recommend that you revisit this Privacy Notice from time to time in order to review any possible changes. If any substantial changes in the way M&J Recycling collects or processes your personal data occur, we will post a notice of such change on our website.