TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND COOKIE POLICY OF GRYFILEN.COM WEBSITE 

§ 1 General provisions

  1. The www.gryfilen.com website (hereinafter also referred to as the “Website”) is operated
    and made available to Users by the Service Provider.

  2. The Service Provider, on its own behalf, provides its Services as part of the Website in the www.gryfilen.com domain and its subdomains.

  3. The Website presents only informational, promotional and advertising content relating to products and services of the Service Provider, including, in particular, “Gryfilen” and information about the Company's activities. The Service Providers stipulate that the information contained in the Website constitutes only an expression of the views of the publication authors or a reflection of their knowledge, and in no way constitutes organizational, technical, or other advice.

  4. 4 Service Providers emphasise that the Website has been created for and is mainly directed at:
    (a) clients and business partners,
    (b) entrepreneurs engaged in the sale of goods and services of a certain type.

  5. The Service operates according to the rules set out in these Terms and Conditions. In matters not regulated herein, the provisions of Polish law applicable in this respect shall apply.

  6. These Terms and Conditions set out the general principles that constitute the legal basis for the use of the Website. Each User is obliged, as soon as they start using the Services on the Website, to comply with the provisions of these Terms and Conditions.

  7. The use of the Website is subject to these Terms and Conditions, with the exception of Services specified in special regulations (e.g., separate terms of use, information bulletins, price lists, technical specifications, etc.).

  8. Before using the Website, Users are required to familiarize themselves with the Terms and Conditions, including paragraph 8 on the Cookies Policy. By using the Website, the User declares and confirms that they have read the content of these Terms and Conditions, accepts its provisions, and undertakes to comply with them.

  9. Through the Website, Users can also use websites and electronic services provided by third parties. In such a case, the regulations or other documents set out by the third parties providing the service in question or making the service available shall apply, and the Service Providers are not a party to the contracts for the provision of electronic services concluded between the User and the third party in this respect, nor are they responsible for the services provided to the Users by third parties.

  10. These Terms and Conditions are available at all times in their updated version at the following web address: These Terms and Conditions are available at all times in their updated version at the following web address: https://gryfilen.com/en/regulations-and-cookie-policy/

  11. Polish law is the governing law for all legal relationships arising from these Terms and Conditions. All disputes shall be resolved by the competent Polish common courts.

     

§ 2 Definitions

  1. Cookies – Information technology data, in particular small text files, saved and stored on devices through which the User accesses the Website.

  2. Cookies of the Service Providers – Cookies placed by Service Providers, related to the provision of electronic services by Service Providers through the Website.

  3. External Cookies – Cookies placed by the Partners of the Service Providers, via the Website.

  4. Materials – All kinds of texts, photographs, graphics, charts, databases, video materials, multimedia materials, etc. published on the Website, particularly constituting a work within the meaning of the Act of 4 February 1994 on Copyright and Related Rights.

  5. Partner – Any entity cooperating with one or more Service Providers on the basis of an appropriate agreement.

  6. Device – The electronic device through which the User accesses the Website.

  7. Services – Services available on the Website provided electronically by Service Providers to Users, enabling, in particular:
    (a) getting acquainted with the Materials prepared by the Service Providers or Partners;
    (b) the use of IT mechanisms operating within the Website.

  8. Service Provider: Grupa Azoty Polyolefins S.A. with its registered office in Police 72-010, ul. Kuźnicka 1, KRS No.: 577195.

  9. User – any person using the Website in any way.

§ 3 Technical requirements

  1. The use of the Services on the Website requires the User to hold a device with access to the Internet and a web browser capable of displaying web pages. The use of the following Internet browsers is recommended: Google Chrome 10 and newer versions, Mozilla Firefox 4 and newer versions, Internet Explorer 9 and newer versions.

  2. Specific regulations may indicate additional technical conditions necessary for the use of the Services in question.

§ 4 Terms of Use

  1. Within the Website, the User may in particular:
    (a) view the Materials provided in a manner allowing the User to access them in any selected place and at any time;
    (b) use the calculators available on the Website.

  2. Unless otherwise stated in separate specific regulations, the use of the Services available on the Website by the User is free of charge. The Service Providers inform that they will place advertising and promotional content on the Website, concerning the services and goods of the Service Providers or their Partners. This content is an integral part of the Website and the Materials presented therein.

§ 5 Intellectual Property

  1. All rights to the Website and all its elements or presented Materials (including but not limited to software, functional layout, graphic elements, databases, and works presented within the Website), belong to Service Providers or its Partners and are subject to legal protection.

  2. The reservation referred to in paragraph 1 above shall apply in particular to:
    (a) works within the meaning of the Act of 4 February 1994 on Copyright and Related Rights, protected under this Act;
    (b) databases protected under the Database Protection Act of 27 July 2001;
    (c) trademarks protected under the Industrial Property Law of 30 June 2000;(d) other content and services protected on the basis of relevant provisions, including the Act of 16 April 1993 on Combating Unfair Competition.

  3. Where the rights in question are vested in Partners, Service Providers shall present works, trademarks, and databases on the Website on the basis of the relevant agreements concluded with these entities, in particular licence agreements and agreements on the transfer of author's economic rights, or on the basis of legal provisions in force in this regard.

  4. By using the Materials made available on the Website, the Users do not acquire any rights or obtain licences to these Materials.

  5. Without the prior consent of all Service Providers, the Users may use the Website and the Materials presented therein only within the permitted use provided for in the Copyright and Related Rights Act and the Database Protection Act. In particular, the following are unacceptable:
    (a) in the scope of recording and reproducing the content – production of copies of the work using a specific technique, including printing, reprography, magnetic recording and digital technology;
    (b) in the scope of trading in the copies on which the content has been recorded – marketing, lending or rental of the original or the copies;
    (c) in the scope of distributing the content in a way other than specified above – public performance, exhibition, projection, reproduction, broadcasting and rebroadcasting, as well as making the work available to the public in a manner allowing everybody access to it at a time and in a place of their discretion;
    (d) in the scope of computer programmes – permanent or temporary reproduction of the computer programme, in whole or in part, by any means and in any form; translation, adaptation, change of layout or any other changes in the computer programme; dissemination, including lending or rental, of the computer programme or its copy;
    (e) with regard to databases – downloading the content of databases and its secondary use in whole or in a substantial part.

  6. In the event that the User places any materials on the Website, they hereby declare that the Materials in question are free from any physical and legal defects and claims of third parties. They affirm that they have all the rights and permissions required by applicable laws, particularly the property rights required by copyright and the right to use the image, to make the materials available on the Website. This declaration ensures that it will not result in the infringement of any rights or goods of third parties, and that the content and form of the Materials do not violate applicable laws.

§ 6 User Rights and Obligations

  1. The User undertakes to use the Website in accordance with applicable laws, social and moral norms, the provisions of these Rules and Regulations, and the principles of social coexistence on the Internet (netiquette), and in particular:
    (a) not to post content of obscene nature or containing obscene or foul language;
    (b) not to post content that is generally considered offensive or immoral;
    (c) not to disseminate pornographic content;
    (d) not to discriminate on grounds of race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, political opinions, etc.;
    (e) not to include content that may be considered as incitement to commit a crime or an offence;
    (f) not to post content that promotes the use of drugs, illegal narcotics, or excessive consumption of alcohol;
    (g) not to publish content that infringes upon other individuals’ personal rights, in particular personal data;
    (h) not to post any other content of illegal nature;
    (i)  not to provide links to websites that violate the above prohibitions.

  2. By using the Website, the User further undertakes not to infringe the rights, in particular the property rights of copyrights or third parties.

  3. The User is solely responsible for the Materials they post on the Website. In particular, they shall be liable for any infringement of the rights or property of third parties and any damage resulting therefrom.

  4. The Service Providers reserve the right to discontinue making the Website or individual elements thereof available to the User in the event of:
    (a) violation by the User of applicable provisions of law, provisions of these Terms and Conditions, other special regulations referred to in paragraph 1 section 7, rules of social coexistence or good practices;
    (b)User’s actions to the detriment of the Service Provider, its Partners, other Website Users or other individuals.

§ 7 Liability of Service Providers

  1. The Service Providers do not guarantee uninterrupted availability of the Website or individual parts thereof for all its Users. The Service Providers reserve the right to interrupt or disrupt the availability of the Website. In particular, such interruptions or disruptions may occur in the event of:
    (a) events beyond the Service Providers’ control, in particular such as: force majeure, acts or omissions of third parties;
    (b) the need to carry out maintenance works, repairs, expansion, modifications, etc. of the equipment or software.

  2. The Service Providers declare that they will use their best efforts to ensure that the information or Materials appearing on the Website are true, reliable, complete, and up-to-date. However, the Service Providers cannot guarantee that every item of information meets these conditions and that it can be used for any purpose by the User. The Service Providers shall not be liable for:
    (a) the manner in which the Users use the Website or for any resulting consequences, in particular for the consequences of the use of the information and Materials available on the Website by the Users, as well as for the usefulness of such information and Materials for the Users;
    (b) materials, including comments, posted on the Website by the Users;
    (c) damage resulting from actions by the User or other Users which are contrary to applicable law or the provisions of these Terms and Conditions.

  3. The Service Providers shall not be liable for the independent and faultless operation of the applications made available to the Users on the Website.

  4. The Service Providers are not liable for damage made by causes beyond their control and beyond the fault of the Service Providers, in particular caused by force majeure.

  5. Furthermore, the Service Providers shall not be liable for any damage incurred by the User as a result of hazards on the Internet which are beyond the control of Service Providers, in particular hacking into the User’s system, interception of passwords by third parties, or viruses infecting the User’s system.

  6. In the event that links to websites are placed on the Website, which enable the use of websites or electronic services that are not provided by the Service Providers, the Service Providers will make every effort to eliminate such links to websites containing content that is contrary to applicable law. However, the Service Providers cannot guarantee that the link will be deleted immediately, as this is difficult to achieve due to the ongoing modification of the content on the websites. Accordingly, the Service Providers stipulate that the Users of the Website use the portals/websites and electronic services operated by third parties, solely at their own risk.

  7. The Service Providers shall not be liable for the content of advertisements posted on the Website (with the exception of advertisements for the Service Providers’ own products) or for any content originating from and distributed on the Website by individuals other than the Service Providers (in particular content originating from and distributed by the Website Users themselves).

  8. Notwithstanding any other reservations, due to the free-of-charge nature of the services provided on the Website by the Service Providers, the Service Providers shall not be liable:
    (a) for any loss of profit incurred by Users of the Website in connection with the use of the Website or services;
    (b) for non-performance or improper performance of Service as part of the Website, if the non-performance or improper performance is due to negligence.

  9. In addition, the Service Providers shall not be liable for the non-performance or improper performance of the Services and/or the electronic services made available on the Website if this is caused by third parties (in particular telecommunications operators, providers of telecommunication lines and electricity). However, Service Providers shall be liable for the acts/omissions of the individuals with whose assistance they perform the obligation in question or entrust them with its performance, as if they were their own acts or omissions.

  10. The aforementioned regulations do not exclude the liability of Service Providers insofar as it arises from applicable law.

§ 8 Cookies Policy

  1. The Service Providers declare that, in providing services by electronic means, they store and access information on the User’s Devices using Cookies. This section 8 (“Cookies Policy”) sets out the rules for storing and accessing information on the User’s Devices by means of Cookies for the provision of services by electronic means by the Service Providers.

  2. The installation of cookies is necessary for the correct provision of the Services on the Website.

  3. The Cookies used by Service Providers are safe for the User’s Device. In particular, viruses or other unwanted software or malware cannot enter the User’s Device through this method. These files allow the software used by the User to be identified, and the Website can be adapted individually to each User. Cookies usually contain the name of the domain from which they originate, the length of time they are stored on the Device, and the assigned value.

  4. The Service Providers use two types of Cookies:
    (a) Session cookies: stored on the User’s Device until the session of the respective browser ends. The stored information is then permanently deleted from the Device’s memory;
    (b) Persistent cookies: stored on the User’s Device until they are deleted. They are not removed from the User’s Device when the browser session ends or the Device is switched off.

  5. The mechanism of cookies (both session and persistent cookies) does not allow any personal data or confidential information to be retrieved from the User’s Device. No personal data are processed or stored using Cookies.

  6. Service Providers use First-Party Cookies for the following purposes:
    (a) Website configuration: adapting the content of the Website to the User’s preferences and optimizing the use of the Website;
    (b) analysis and research as well as audience auditing: collecting general and anonymous statistical data, creating anonymous statistics through analytical tools to understand how Users use the Website, enabling improvement of the Website’s structure and content;
    (c) providing advertising services – presenting advertising messages tailored to the User's preferences.

  7. Service Providers use Third-Party Cookies for the following purposes:
    (a) Website configuration: adapting the content of the Website to the User’s preferences and optimizing the use of the Website; (Cookies administrator: Grupa Azoty Polyolefins S.A.);
    (b) analysis and research as well as audience auditing: collecting general and anonymous statistical data through Google Analytics (Cookies administrator: Google Inc. with its registered office in the USA;
    (c) providing advertising services: presenting advertising messages tailored to the User’s preferences using Google AdSense (Cookies administrator: Google Inc. with its registered office in the USA.

  8. The User may independently and at any time change the settings concerning Cookies, specifying the conditions for storing and accessing Cookies on the User’s Device. The User may change the settings referred to in the preceding sentence by means of the settings of the Internet browser or by configuring the Service. These settings may be altered in such a way as to block the automatic management of Cookies in the Internet browser settings or make a notification each time it tries save them on the Website User’s device. Detailed information about the ways to manage cookies is available in the browser settings. Furthermore, the User may, at any time, delete Cookies using the available functions of the Internet browser they are using.

  9. The Service Providers stipulate that the restriction on the use of Cookies referred to in the above paragraph may affect certain functions that, by their nature, require Cookies.

  10. Detailed information on the privacy policy may be contained in the special regulations referred to in paragraph 1(7) above.

§ 9 Personal Data

When using certain Services on the Website, the User may provide their personal data. For more information on the manner and purposes for which the Service Providers process personal data, as well as on the Users’ rights in relation to the processing of personal data, please refer to the Privacy Policy available at: https://gryfilen.com/en/privacy-policy/

§ 10 Complaint Procedure

  1. Each Website User has the right to lodge a complaint on matters relating to the operation of the Website.

  2. Complaints should be submitted by email to the following address: marketing.poly@grupaazoty.com or by post to the following address: Grupa Azoty Polyolefins S.A.       Police, 72-010, ul. Kuźnicka 1

  3. The Service Providers shall consider the complaint within 14 days of its receipt.

  4. In the case of a complaint submitted electronically, the response will be sent to the address from which the complaint was sent, unless the User requests a response to a different electronic address or a response by letter. The response to a complaint by post will be sent to the User at the address provided by the User in the complaint.

  5. Service Providers reserve the right to extend the time limit specified in paragraph 3 above – by no more than a further 7 days - in the event that the investigation of the complaint requires unusual, special measures and arrangements or encounters obstacles beyond the Service Provider's control and fault. Furthermore, the Service Provider stipulates that the consideration of the complaint may require additional explanations from the User. The time taken by the User to provide explanations shall each time suspend the time limit for consideration of the complaint.

  6. The procedure for handling any inquiries regarding personal data protection is specified in the Privacy Policy available at https://gryfilen.com/en/privacy-policy/

§ 11 Final Provisions

  1. These Terms and Conditions shall enter into force on the day of their publication on the website specified in paragraph 1(2) above.

  2. These Terms and Conditions may be amended by Service Providers at any time for valid reasons. The amendments will be published on an ongoing basis in the form of a consolidated text of the Terms and Conditions on the website referred to in paragraph 1 above, together with a notice of their execution. The amendments shall enter into force on the date of their publication in the manner referred to in paragraph 1 above.

  3. The User’s use of the Website following the introduction of the amendments to the Terms and Conditions shall constitute acceptance thereof. If the User does not accept the amendments to the Terms and Conditions, he/she should refrain from using the Website.

  4. The Service Providers shall have the right at any time to discontinue or modify the Services available on the Website and to introduce new Services.

  5. Subject to paragraph 10(2) above, any comments, feedback, or questions relating to the Website should be sent to: marketing.poly@grupaazoty.com