Website privacy & cookie policy
Introduction
Elementis plc (“Elementis”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy (together with our terms of use (http://www.elementis.com/terms-of-use/) and any other documents referred to in it) set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
This Privacy Policy applies to this website and associated Elementis website(s) where expressly indicated. To the extent that this website permits you to link to or otherwise access the websites of third-parties, separate privacy policies may apply to those linked websites. Those separate privacy policies may contain terms different than those contained in this Privacy Policy, and your access to and use of such linked websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy. Elementis expressly disclaims any and all responsibility for your access to and use of such linked websites, as well as for any use of the personal data that you may provide, or any personal information that may be collected about you (including via cookies) at such linked websites.
Who we are
“Elementis” (and “we”, “us”, or “our”) refers to Elementis Plc, a public limited company registered in England (company number 03299608) with its registered office at The Bindery, 5th Floor, 51-53 Hatton Garden, London, EC1N 8HN and such other Elementis entities and subsidiaries that: (a) is a contracting party for the purposes of providing or receiving goods or services, (b) posted a position for which you are applying, or (c) you have a role or relationship with. Each entity or subsidiary within the Elementis group of companies is a separate legal entity and a separate controller for personal data.
Information we may collect about you
We may collect and process the following data about you:
Information you provide to us:
We collect and store any information you knowingly provide to us, such as Personal Information, including but not limited to your name, title, company, postal and email addresses, phone numbers, location and device/browser information when you provide feedback to us, engage with interactive features, participate in events, shows or promotions. We also collect and process information you provide when you apply or accept a position with Us. Please see our Recruitment and Employee Privacy Notices for more information. Unless another policy applies we also collect and use information you submit through any support, contact us or customer portal related to our Products or Services.
If you provide us with contact details, we may use such information to communicate with you. For example, we may send you marketing and promotional materials on behalf of Elementis, or communicate with you about our Products. We may receive a confirmation when you open a message from us, which helps us improve our services and customer engagement. If you previously provided us with such information but no longer wish to receive communications from us, please let us know at dataprivacy[at]elementis.com or by updating your email preferences via Alerts.
information that you provide (such as your name, title, address, email, telephone and/or other contact details) by filling in forms on our website http://www.elementis.com, addingfuture.com or any of our partner websites (our “site”). This includes information provided at the time of subscribing to our email alerts, completing online forms and/or as you purchase products or services from us;
information that you provide such as name, company details, email address and any other information you chose to provide when you contact us via one of our sites or submit a query, or a sample request;
date and time of access to our site, pages visited, browser information and IP address (including location data) and details of resources that you access on any of our sites;
if you contact us by correspondence or phone, we may keep a record of that correspondence and the data you provide to us for the purposes of quality assurance, training, fraud prevention and compliance.
Sensitive Personal Information
We may ask you to provide sensitive personal information, such as any accessibility requirements in the event that we may be required to make reasonable adjustment(s) for the purposes of visits to any of our premises. If we request such information, we will explain why we are requesting it, how we intend to use it and only obtain it with your explicit consent.
We ask that you do not provide sensitive/special categories of personal data (such as race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, physical or mental health information, genetic data, biometric data, sexual life or sexual orientation, and criminal records) to us when using our website.
Lawful grounds for processing
Our lawful processing grounds are consent, contractual and legal necessity, and our legitimate interests or those of a third party. In litigation or for other legal purposes involving us or a third party, we may also need to transfer your personal information to countries with a lower standard of data protection laws than is applicable in your country of residence.
We use your personal data in the following circumstances:
“performance of a contract”: where we need to perform a contract which we are about to enter into or have entered into with you as a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.
“legal or regulatory obligation”: where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation that we are subject to;
“legitimate interests”: where necessary for our interests (or those of a third party), provided that your fundamental rights do not override such interests. This can mean, for instance, that it is in our interest, to monitor how you are using our website or any other electronic portals and platforms or access to systems to ensure that the security of our Website or other electronic portals and platforms or systems is maintained. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interest; and
“consent”: where you have provided your consent to processing of your personal data.
IP address and cookies
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, to monitor use of the site, analyse trends, track users’ movement and gather a broad demographic information for aggregate use. This may include statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns.
For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us to:
estimate our audience size and usage pattern;
store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our site according to your individual interests;
speed up your searches;
store information and ‘remember’ which properties you have in your “wish list”;
recognise you when you return to our site;
evaluate the system and network stability/security;
for administrative purposes; and
provide security, where applicable, (dual factor authentication).
How we use cookies
How you can change your cookie settings
You may refuse to accept non-necessary cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to disable cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.
Cookies expire two hours after you have finished using our site, unless stated otherwise. The lifespan of the stored information is long enough to assist your movement around the site in one sitting but will not enable longer term storage of information.
To find out more about cookies, including how to manage cookies for your browser visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org, or your browser developer’s website for more information.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Where we store your personal data and International Transfers
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the UK/European Economic Area (“EEA”), including to the US and other countries which may have a lower standard of data protection compared to the laws in your country of residence. Your personal data may also be processed by personnel operating outside the EEA who work for us or any of our affiliates, and/or for any of our suppliers/service providers. By submitting your personal data to us, you agree to this transfer, storage and processing.
Whenever we transfer your personal data outside of the EEA and/or the UK, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:
we will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the European Commission (in the case of transfers out of the EEA) or the UK Government (in the case of transfers out of the UK); and/or
where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contracts approved by the European Commission (in the case of transfers out of the EEA) and/or the UK Government (in the case of transfers out of the UK), in both cases which give personal data the same protection it has within the EEA and/or UK as applicable.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk.
Uses made of the information
When you provide personal data to us, we use it for any purposes described in this privacy statement, any other associated statement, or as stated at the point of collection (or as obvious from the context of collection), including in the following ways:
to administer and manage our website, including confirm or authenticate your identity and prevent unauthorised access to restricted areas of any of our sites;
identify you and manage any accounts you hold with us;
where you submit your contact details, unless we are asked not to, we may contact you with information about our business, product and events, and other information which may be of interest to you. Should you choose to unsubscribe from our mailing lists, registrations and/or event invitations, we will provide instructions on the appropriate webpage, in the email footer, or you can unsubscribe by contacting us by email on dataprivacy[at]elementis.com;
process orders, including any samples you may request;
to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
to provide you with information, products or services that you request from us including your subscriptions to our newsletters and updates or which we feel may interest you;
to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so;
to notify you about changes to our service; and
to improve our services.
We can confirm that we do not use your Personal Information for profiling or automated decision-making purposes.
Marketing
We may use your data or, where applicable, permit selected third parties to use your data, to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you and we or they may contact you about these by post, email or telephone. If you no longer want us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing purposes, please tick unsubscribe or opt out by ticking the relevant box or clicking the link in the email communication or contact us to update your settings.
You can withdraw your consent from direct marketing at any time by visiting the “Email Alerts” function of our website here and unsubscribe or amend your communication preferences by logging into your account. Alternatively, please contact our Data Protection Officer under “Contact Us” below.
Disclosure of your information
We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties:
who provide goods, services or information to us;
in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets; and/or
if Elementis plc or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use http://www.elementis.com/terms-of-use/ and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Elementis, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection.
Your rights
If changes need to be made to your personal data, you should notify us as soon as possible, see “Contact Us” below. You have rights, under applicable data protection laws, in relation to your personal data, which may include:
Right to access personal data – you have the right to obtain confirmation of whether we are processing your personal data and access your personal data (subject to applicable laws).
Right to have inaccurate personal data corrected – you have the right to have any inaccurate or incomplete personal data rectified. If we have disclosed the relevant personal data to any third parties, we will take reasonable steps to inform those third parties of the rectification where possible.
Right to have personal data erased in certain circumstances.
Right to transfer your personal data to a third party.
Right to object to processing of personal data in certain circumstances, including where personal data is used for marketing or profiling purposes.
Right not to be subject to automated decision making where the decision produces a legal effect or a similarly significant effect.
You have the right to withdraw from direct marketing at any time, please see the “Marketing” section above.
You have the right to raise concerns to Elementis or to a supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data. If you wish to exercise any of the rights listed above or to raise a concern, please contact our Data Protection Officer at dataprivacy[at]elementis.com or by writing to us at the address below, see “Contact Us”.
The applicable supervisory authority of Elementis is the Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK (www.ico.org.uk).
Rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)
California residents are entitled to request disclosure of their personal information (‘right of access’), right of data portability and the right of erasure, subject to certain exceptions. Consumers are entitled to submit an information request up to twice per year and covering a 12month lookback period. In order to submit a request, please see Contact Us below.
Sale of Personal Data under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”):
We do not sell personally identifiable information to third parties for any monetary or otherwise valuable consideration as defined under the CCPA. For more information or to exercise any of the rights available to California residents, please contact DataPrivacy[at]elementis.com.
Data retention
We store and retain your personal information for as long as you use the website or as long as necessary for the purposes listed above. We will store and retain your personal information for the purpose for which it was collected, as explained in this privacy notice, and in accordance with the statute of limitations period for contractual claims.
We may retain various types of information for longer periods pursuant to legal requirements under the applicable Data Protection Laws. We will make efforts to ensure that personal data is kept for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which the personal data is processed and/or as outlined in our Records Retention Schedule, see “Contact Us” below if you wish to obtain a copy.
Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.
CCTV
CCTV is in operation at our premises. The images captured are securely stored and only accessed on a need-to-know basis (e.g. in the event of an incident). We use the CCTV images for the purposes of promoting security and safety, preventing and detecting crime and for the purposes of establishing, exercising and defending legal claims. We may disclose CCTV images to law enforcement and other regulatory bodies as permitted under applicable laws.
Visitor Records
Visitors to our premises are required to sign in at reception or entry gates to our premises. We keep a record of visitors to our premises. These records are securely stored and only accessible on a need-to-know basis (e.g. to investigate an incident).
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 in the UK (RIDDOR) requires Us to report certain serious workplace accidents, occupational diseases and certain other dangerous occurrences (near-misses). We may be required to collect additional information about you or the accidents, including any injuries sustained, contact details and any other information required for the purposes of RIDDOR reporting, or as otherwise required under applicable laws.
Guest WIFI
We monitor traffic on our guest WIFI networks using industry standards intrusion detection systems. This allows us to access limited information about your network activity and device, including but not limited to the source and destination addresses you access while connected to our Guest Wi-Fi.
Children
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children or anyone under the age of 16, or knowingly allow such persons to use, access or register on our website. Neither our website, Products, nor this Notice are directed at such persons.
Contact Us
Questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your Personal Information are welcomed and should be addressed to the Data Protection Officer, who can be contacted via the following means:
Email: dataprivacy[at]elementis.com
Postal Address:
Data Protection Officer
The Bindery, 5th Floor
51-53 Hatton Garden
London
EC1N 8HN
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 207 067 2999
Last Revision Date: June 2026