Meridian Chemical Solutions LLC
Privacy Notice
1. Introduction
Meridian Chemical Solutions LLC (“Meridian,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a company incorporated in the State of Delaware, United States.
We respect your privacy and are committed to handling personal information responsibly. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal information when you visit https://mchemsol.com (the “Website”), submit an inquiry, request information about our products or services, or otherwise interact with us in connection with our business.
Meridian operates in the specialty chemicals sector. The Website is intended primarily for business customers, prospective customers, distributors, suppliers, technical contacts, and other business partners.
This Privacy Notice applies to personal information collected through the Website and in connection with related business communications. Separate privacy notices may apply to employment-related activities or other processing where appropriate.
2. Who We Are
The entity responsible for the processing of personal information described in this Privacy Notice is:
Where applicable, Meridian acts as a data controller under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) or as a business under applicable U.S. state privacy laws with respect to personal information processed for its own purposes.
3. Personal Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you interact with us.
3.1 Business Contact Information
We may collect your name, business email address, telephone number, job title, company or organization name, business address, country or region, and other professional contact details.
3.2 Information You Provide
When you contact us, request a quotation, ask for product or technical information, or otherwise communicate with us, we may collect the contents of your inquiry and any additional information you choose to provide.
This may include inquiries concerning chemical products, product specifications, technical applications, commercial availability, samples, distribution, supply arrangements, and potential business relationships.
Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the Website unless we specifically request it and have an appropriate legal basis for collecting it.
3.3 Website and Technical Information
When you visit the Website, we or our service providers may collect certain technical and usage information, including:
- Internet Protocol (IP) address;
- Browser type and version;
- Operating system and device information;
- Date and time of access;
- Pages visited and links accessed;
- Referring website or webpage;
- Website usage, performance, and diagnostic information; and
- Information relating to security events or suspicious activity.
3.4 Cookies and Similar Technologies
We may use cookies and similar technologies to operate and secure the Website, remember preferences, analyze Website usage, and support other permitted purposes.
The technologies actually used will depend on the Website's configuration. Please see our Cookie Notice and cookie preference settings, where available, for further information.
3.5 Information from Other Sources
Where permitted by applicable law, we may receive business contact information from your employer or organization, business partners, publicly available professional sources, or service providers.
Where required by law, we will provide additional information concerning the source and use of personal information obtained indirectly.
4. How We Use Personal Information
We may use personal information for the following purposes:
- Responding to inquiries: To respond to messages and provide requested product, technical, or business information.
- Business relationship management: To establish, maintain, and manage relationships with customers, prospective customers, suppliers, distributors, and other business partners.
- Product and technical communications: To provide information concerning our chemical products, specifications, applications, availability, and related services.
- Business development and marketing: To communicate relevant business information, identify commercial opportunities, and promote our products and services, subject to applicable marketing laws.
- Website operation and improvement: To maintain and improve the Website, analyze performance, and troubleshoot technical issues.
- Security and fraud prevention: To protect our Website, systems, business, and users against unauthorized access, malicious activity, and other security risks.
- Legal and regulatory compliance: To comply with applicable laws, respond to lawful requests, maintain required records, and establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
- Corporate transactions: To evaluate or complete a proposed or actual merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, or sale of all or part of our business or assets, subject to appropriate safeguards where required.
5. Legal Bases for Processing Under the GDPR
Where the GDPR applies to our processing of your personal data, we will rely on an appropriate legal basis for each relevant processing purpose.
Depending on the circumstances, these legal bases may include:
- Legitimate interests: Processing necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as responding to business inquiries, developing commercial relationships, and securing our Website, where those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.
- Performance of a contract or pre-contractual steps: Processing necessary to perform a contract or take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
- Consent: Processing for which consent is required and has been obtained, including certain cookies or marketing activities.
- Legal obligations: Processing necessary to comply with applicable legal obligations.
Where we rely on legitimate interests, we will consider the circumstances and your rights and freedoms. Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
Providing personal information is generally voluntary. However, if you do not provide information necessary to respond to your inquiry, we may be unable to respond fully or provide the requested information.
6. How We Disclose Personal Information
We may disclose personal information to the following categories of recipients, where reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice.
6.1 Service Providers
We may use third-party service providers for Website hosting, cloud storage, information technology, email and communications, customer relationship management, analytics, cybersecurity, technical support, and other business functions.
Such providers may process personal information on our behalf, subject to applicable law and appropriate contractual arrangements.
6.2 Affiliates and Business Partners
We may disclose relevant information to our affiliates, distributors, suppliers, agents, or other business partners where necessary to respond to an inquiry, support a business relationship, or conduct a relevant commercial activity.
6.3 Legal, Regulatory, and Security Disclosures
We may disclose personal information where reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to lawful legal process, cooperate with competent authorities, protect our legal rights, investigate suspected unlawful activity, or protect individuals and systems.
6.4 Corporate Transactions
We may disclose personal information to prospective or actual transaction participants and their professional advisers in connection with a corporate transaction, subject to appropriate confidentiality and other safeguards where required.
6.5 Sharing, and Targeted Advertising
Whether any disclosure or use of information through analytics, advertising, or tracking technologies constitutes a “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising under applicable law depends on the actual technologies and arrangements used by Meridian.
We will provide any additional disclosures and opt-out mechanisms required by applicable law.
7. International Data Transfers
Meridian is based in the United States. Depending on our hosting arrangements, service providers, and business operations, personal information may be processed in the United States or other countries.
Where personal data originating in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction is transferred internationally, we will implement an appropriate lawful transfer mechanism where required by applicable law.
For transfers subject to the GDPR, such mechanisms may include:
- An applicable adequacy decision;
- The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, where Meridian is appropriately certified and the transfer is covered by that certification;
- Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, together with any required transfer assessment and supplementary measures; or
- Another lawful transfer mechanism permitted by applicable law.
The applicable mechanism will depend on the transfer, recipient, and legal requirements. Meridian will not claim certification under a data-transfer framework unless the certification has been obtained and applies to the relevant processing.
8. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice, including responding to inquiries, maintaining business relationships, complying with legal obligations, resolving disputes, and protecting our legal interests.
Retention periods may depend on the nature of the information, the purpose for which it was collected, the duration of a business relationship, applicable legal requirements, and the need to establish or defend legal claims.
When personal information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to delete it, anonymize it, or securely dispose of it, subject to applicable law.
Where the GDPR or another applicable law requires more specific retention disclosures, we will provide the relevant periods or criteria.
9. Cookies and Similar Technologies
The Website may use cookies and similar technologies for essential Website functions, preferences, analytics, or marketing, depending on the technologies implemented.
Where applicable law requires prior consent for non-essential cookies or similar technologies, we will obtain consent before using those technologies, except where an applicable legal exception permits otherwise.
You may manage your preferences through the Website's cookie settings, where available. You may also manage cookies through your browser settings, although disabling certain cookies may affect Website functionality.
Please refer to our Cookie Notice and cookie preference settings, where available, for further information.
10. Data Security
We will maintain reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, misuse, or destruction.
The safeguards implemented will depend on the nature of the information, the risks associated with the processing, and the systems and service providers used.
No method of transmission or electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
11. Your Privacy Rights
Your rights depend on your location, the applicable law, and the nature of the processing.
11.1 Rights Under the GDPR
Where the GDPR applies, you may have the right to:
- Request access to your personal data;
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data;
- Request erasure of personal data in certain circumstances;
- Request restriction of processing in certain circumstances;
- Receive certain personal data in a portable format;
- Object to processing based on legitimate interests;
- Object at any time to processing for direct marketing;
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent; and
- Lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.
These rights are subject to applicable conditions and exceptions. We may retain certain information where necessary to comply with law or establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
11.2 Rights Under U.S. State Privacy Laws
Depending on the applicable state law and whether Meridian is subject to that law, eligible residents may have rights to:
- Know or access personal information;
- Obtain a copy of personal information in a portable format;
- Correct inaccurate personal information;
- Request deletion of personal information;
- Opt out of certain sales of personal information, targeted advertising, or profiling;
- Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information, where applicable;
- Appeal a denial of a privacy request, where provided by law; and
- Exercise applicable privacy rights without unlawful discrimination.
These rights are subject to statutory thresholds, definitions, exemptions, and other conditions. Not every right applies to every individual or category of information.
11.3 How to Submit a Request
To exercise an applicable privacy right, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
Please identify the right you wish to exercise and provide sufficient information for us to understand and process your request.
We may need to verify your identity or authority before responding. We will process requests within the time limits prescribed by applicable law and may decline or limit a request where a legal exception applies.
Where applicable law provides a right to appeal, you may request a review of our decision by contacting us again and identifying the original request and our response.
12. Additional Information for California Residents
If Meridian is subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively, the “CCPA”), and the law applies to the relevant personal information, California residents may have additional rights described in Section 11.
Depending on your interaction with us, the categories of personal information potentially collected through the Website may include identifiers, professional or employment-related information, commercial information, and internet or other electronic network activity information.
We use these categories for the purposes described in Section 4 and may disclose them to the categories of recipients described in Section 6.
The Company's actual practices must be assessed against the CCPA's definitions of sale, sharing, and targeted advertising. If applicable, Meridian will provide the required opt-out method and recognize legally required opt-out preference signals.
Where required, Meridian will provide a notice at or before the point of collection, including applicable information about categories of personal information, purposes, retention, and sale or sharing practices.
13. Children's Privacy
The Website is intended primarily for business and professional users and is not directed to children under 13 years of age.
We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected such information in circumstances requiring action under applicable law, we will take appropriate steps to address it.
14. Third-Party Websites
The Website may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties. Those third parties maintain their own privacy practices, which are not controlled by Meridian.
We encourage you to review the privacy notices of third-party websites before providing them with personal information.
15. Changes to This Privacy Notice
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time to reflect changes in our business, Website, service providers, technologies, or applicable legal requirements.
The revised version will be posted on the Website with an updated “Last Updated” date. Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent for material changes.
16. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Notice or our privacy practices, or wish to exercise an applicable privacy right, please contact:
Where applicable law requires Meridian to appoint an EU/EEA or UK representative, the representative's name and contact details will be provided here or in another appropriate notice.