U.S. Privacy Notice

The Covestro LLC U.S. Privacy Notice (“U.S. Privacy Notice”) is a regional supplement to our Privacy Statement for individuals located in the United States. Our U.S. Privacy Notice and our Global Privacy Statement describe the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit Covestro.com and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

To view our Global Privacy Statement or other regional specific policies, visit Global Privacy Statement.

The U.S. Privacy Notice applies to information we collect on the Covestro Website and in email, text, and other electronic messages between you and the Website. Visit our U.S. Covestro website.

The U.S. Privacy Notice does not apply to information collected by us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Covestro or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries); or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website. The U.S. Privacy Notice does not apply, or to our collection and use of personal information in an employment capacity. Employees, job applicants, contractors, interns, or other workers seeking more information our employment-related personal information policies and practices should contact the respective Covestro representative.

User Information Collected

We collect certain information as described in this U.S. Privacy Notice and our Global Privacy Statement. The type of information from and about users of our website varies, however, you can use Covestro's website without providing any personal data to us. Some offers and services available on our websites, however, do require personal information to access. We may obtain information directly from you if you choose to provide it, through passive online interactions with our website, through business relationships, or from publicly available sources. You can use Covestro's website without providing any personal information to us.

We may collect information from you in different ways and for different purposes. The types of information we collect will depend on your interaction with us, including the types of products or services you use and what you do on our website. Further, your personal information will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose for the storage no longer applies and the storage is no longer necessary to comply with regulatory requirements, usually for the duration of the respective contractual relationship, including any applicable statutory retention period. Details on the deletion periods can be found in the Covestro LLC Information Retention and Disposal Schedule which can be provided upon request.

Information You Provide. You can use Covestro's website without providing any personal information to us. Some offers and services available on our other websites, however, do require personal information to access. Other personal information is only collected if you provide it to us, for instance by filling out a form, sending e-mails, while placing an order for services or products, or while making an inquiry or requesting materials. This also includes customer surveys that Covestro sends out several times a year, subject to their consent.

Registration on our websites (if applicable): If you take advantage of the opportunity to register on our website and provide us with personal information, data entered into the input fields will be transmitted to the entity responsible for processing it. When a user registers on our website, their IP address and the date and time of registration are saved. The purpose of this is to prevent misuse of services. Data must be registered to provide content or services. Registered persons may delete or amend their saved data at any time. Affected persons may obtain information on their saved personal information at any time.
Contact Forms: Our website includes a contact form that can be used to contact us electronically. If you choose this option to contact us, personal information you provide will be saved automatically. Data is saved only for the purpose of processing or contacting the person in question. Alternatively, you can also contact us at the provided telephone number or in writing via the provided address.
Newsletter: If you subscribe to our company newsletter, the data you enter in the input fields will be submitted to the entity responsible for data processing. When a user registers for our newsletter, their IP address and the date and time of registration are saved. This is done to prevent a misuse of services or misuse of the individual’s e-mail address. Data is never transmitted to third parties, except if we are required to transmit such data by law. This data is only used to send the newsletter. The affected person can cancel their newsletter registration at any time. They can also revoke their consent to have their personal information saved at any time. A link is provided in each newsletter for this purpose.

Information Collected Automatically. When you visit our website, Covestro uses an automated system to collect data and information. However, this information is not associated with any individual for the purpose of assessing their behavior. Data is processed to deliver the content of our website, to ensure the functionality of our IT systems, and to optimize our website, as well as to protect our justifiable interests and clarify any issues in case of unauthorized access or attempts to access our website.

We use cookies, web beacons, pixels, and other technologies to recognize your browser or device, learn more about your interests, and provide you with essential features and services. These technologies collect certain information about your equipment and internet connection (IP address, operating system, and browser type) and your browsing actions and patterns (traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data). We may maintain or associate this information with personal or user information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. The automated technologies used on our website are explained in our Global Privacy Statement.

Cookies. A cookie is a small text file that the website may place on your device to store information. We may use persistent cookies (which remain on your computer even after you close your browser) to store information that may speed up your use of our website for any of your future visits to the website. We may also use session cookies (which no longer remain after you end your browsing session) to help manage the display and presentation of information on the website. You may refuse to use cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of the website. Saved cookies can be deleted at any time.

Cookies regularly deleted at the end of a session are not listed here. A list of the cookies/pixels/tools used can be found via our Privacy Button. We and our 59 third-party vendors use technologies (e.g. cookies) to store and/or access information on user's devices in order to process personal data such as IP addresses or browsing data. You may consent to the processing of your personal data for the listed purposes included in our Cookie Consent Tool accessible through the Privacy Button. Alternatively, you can set your preferences before consenting or refuse to consent.

Please note, the privacy choices you make only apply on the device you make them. If you visit our website from a desktop computer and choose to reject all cookies, that choice will only apply in that browser and on that device. If you subsequently visit our website from a mobile device, you may need to re-select your privacy choices. Additionally, these privacy choices will be reset whenever you clear your browser’s cookies. Please review your individual browser’s third-party cookie settings to see how frequently your browser automatically deletes third-party cookies.

Please note that some vendors may process your personal data based on their legitimate business interest and do not ask for your consent. To exercise your right to object to processing based on legitimate interest please view our vendor list. You can refuse the processing of your personal data for certain purposes. You can change your privacy settings or withdraw your consent at any time by clicking on our Privacy Button.
Web Beacons. Pages of our Website may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit Covestro, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

The Adex. On our website, we use the digital marketing platform “The Adex” from Virtual Minds GmbH (Ellen-Gottlieb-Straße 16, 79106 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany). In addition to the information provided in our cookie consent tool, you will find the following further explanations of the service. The digital marketing platform “The Adex” is generally used to record information on your user behavior and to provide this pseudonymized data to third-party providers, in order to display usage-based advertisement. We differentiate between the following purposes of processing for The Adex:

Saving and/or accessing information on a device
Selecting simplified ads
Creating a personalized ad profile
Selecting personalized ads
Creating a personalized content profile
Selecting personalized content
Measuring ad performance
Measuring content performance
Using market research to gain insight regarding target audiences
Developing and enhancing products

The data processing necessary to fulfill these purposes is carried out only with your consent. You can individually accept or reject each purpose of processing, as well as the provider “Adex (Virtual Minds GmbH.” If you reject an individual purpose or the provider itself, then “The Adex” will no longer process your data.

In addition to the aforementioned purposes of processing, “The Adex” also performs the following “special purposes of processing” and “functions:”

Ensuring security, preventing fraud, and correcting errors
Technical provision of ads or content
Combining with offline data sources
Linking different devices
Receiving and using automatically transmitted device properties for identification

The legal basis for this data processing is safeguarding legitimate interests. The legitimate interests are derived directly from the indicated special purposes of processing and functions. The data processing necessary to fulfill these special purposes of processing and functions are carried out only if you have consented to all purposes of processing (that require consent) as well as the provider “Adex (Virtual Minds GmbH)”).

When you use this service, or to fulfill the purposes of processing, special purposes and functions, the following data is processed and saved until it is no longer needed for the corresponding purpose:

Settings and system configurations
Unique identifier of the mobile device
IP address
Geographic location
Referrer URL
Cookie ID
Device operating system
Date and time of visit
Device information
Browser information
Websites visited
Ads viewed
Ads clicked

Data collected by “The Adex” is shared with the provider itself (Virtual Minds GmbH, Ellen-Gottlieb-Straße 16, 79106 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany). The Data Privacy Policies of the provider are available at https://theadex.com/privacy-platform/ and https://theadex.com/privacy-opt-out/. The email address for the Virtual Minds GmbH Data Privacy Officer is legal@theadex.com.

Information from Third Parties. We may collect user information about you from third party sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, social media platforms or other third parties. If you post information about us or engage with us on third party platforms, we may collect user information about you from that third party platform or account. The third-party platforms and services control the information they collect and share about you. For information about how they may use and disclose your information, including any information you make public, please consult their respective privacy policies.

Purposes of Collection and Processing

The information provided directly from you is used to fulfill the purposes for which you provide it, for instance by filling out a form, sending e-mails, while placing an order for services or products, or while making an inquiry or requesting materials. We retain your user data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was ‎collected or as otherwise necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, maintain ‎appropriate business records, and enforce our agreements. We may use information collected described above for the following purposes.

Services and support. To provide and operate our website, communicate with you about your use of the services, provide troubleshooting and technical support, respond to your inquiries, communicate with you, and for similar service and support purposes.
Analytics and improvement. To better understand how users access and use our website and for other research and analytical purposes, such as to evaluate and improve our services and business operations, to develop services and features, and for internal quality control, research, technological development, and training purposes. Data may be used to conduct research and diagnostics to improve our content, products, and services.
Technical website improvements and operation: To debug, identify, and repair errors on the website and to maintain the security and integrity of the site. To deliver the content of our website, to ensure the functionality of our IT systems, and to optimize our website, as well as to protect our justifiable interests and clarify any issues in case of unauthorized access or attempts to access our website.
Customization and personalization. To tailor content we may send or display on the website and to otherwise personalize your experiences.
Marketing and advertising. For marketing and advertising purposes. For example, to send you information about our Services, such as offers, promotions, newsletters and other marketing content, as well as any other information that you sign up to receive.
Research and surveys. To administer surveys and questionnaires, such as for market research.
Security and protection of rights. To protect the Services and our business operations; to prevent and detect fraud, unauthorized activities and access, and other misuse; where we believe necessary to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety or legal rights of any person or third party, or violations of our Terms or this Policy.
Legal proceedings and obligations. To comply with the law and our legal obligations, to respond to legal process and related to legal proceedings.
General business and operational support. To consider and implement mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, bankruptcies, and other business transactions, and related to the administration of our general business, accounting, auditing, compliance, record keeping, and legal functions.
Location information. To redirect customers to the appropriate Covestro website or service.

Disclosure of Information

Information about our customers is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling user information to others. We share user information only as described below and with our subsidiaries Covestro controls that either are subject to this Covestro U.S. Privacy Notice or follow practices at least as protective as those described in this Privacy Notice. Other than which is set out below, you will receive notice when personal or user information might be shared with third parties and you will be provided the opportunity to opt-out of the information being shared. We may disclose certain aggregate information about our users without restriction; however, this information is pseudonymized and does not identify any individual.

With Your Consent. We may share user information to fulfill any purpose for which you provide it and with your consent.
Third-Party Service Providers. We may share information collected about you with our subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, services providers, and other third-parties we use to support our business. These companies are bound by contractual obligations to keep the information confidential and to use it only for the purposes for which it was disclosed within the business purpose context only.
Security and Protection. We may also disclose your information to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, or if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Covestro, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction. We may disclose information to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
Business Transfers. In the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Covestro’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which information held by Covestro about our Website users is among the assets transferred, may be disclosed to a buyer or other successor.

Your Choices About Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

Tracking Technologies. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly. When visiting our website, you are provided the opportunity to agree or refuse the use of certain automated technologies. You can change these preferences any time or review a list of the cookies/pixels/tools via our Consent tool.
Newsletter. If you subscribe to our company newsletter and wish to no longer receive the newsletter, you may send us a return email asking to unsubscribe from future email distributions. This opt out does not apply to information provided to Covestro as a result of a product purchase, warranty registration, product service experience or other transactions. You can revoke your consent to have personal information saved at any time and a link is provided in each newsletter for this purpose.
Accessing and Correcting Your Information. You may send us an email at DataPrivacyUS@covestro.com to request access to, correct, or delete any information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

Residents of certain states may have additional information rights and choices. Please see your State Privacy Rights and our Notice for California Residents for more information.

How We Protect Your Information

Data you provide to us is protected using suitable technical and organizational means, with the objective of securing it against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction, unauthorized access, or unauthorized disclosure to third parties. Our security measures are continuously reviewed and improved in accordance with technological developments and organizational possibilities. Any transmission of personal information you provide is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Third Party Links

Our websites can contain links to third-party websites. By following these links, you are leaving our website. This is also the case, for instance, when you click on the links to share on social networks. Covestro selects the linked websites with care, but Covestro cannot accept any responsibility or liability for how your personal data is used, processed, stored and transmitted by the operating companies of these websites. If you are active on social networks where Covestro is present or if you visit other websites, you should familiarize yourself with the terms of use and data protection policies of the respective operating companies. This will give you the opportunity to understand and control whether and which personal data you provide to the respective social or websites.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' information, we will notify you through a notice on the Website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Children’s Privacy

Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For that reason, Covestro does not knowingly collect or solicit user information from minors under the age of 18 or knowingly allow such persons to register or use our services. If you are under 16, please do not send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address. No minors under the age of 18 are allowed to provide any user or personal information to or on our website. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal or user information from minors under the age of 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a minor under the age of 18 , please contact us. Residents of certain states under 13, 16, or 18 years of age may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of certain user information. Please see Your State Privacy Rights for more information.

Contact Us

To exercise the rights described below, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by email at DataPrivacyUS@covestro.com or by calling our toll-free number 1-877-229-3778. See “State Privacy Rights” and “Notice to California Residents” for information about exercising state specific rights.

If you have any questions or comments about this notice, the ways in which we collect and use your user information, your choices and rights regarding such use, or require this notice in an alternative format please contact Julia DiPasquale by telephone at 412-413-2901, email at julia.dipasquale@covestro.com, or by mail at 1 Covestro Circle, Pittsburgh PA 15205.

State Privacy Rights

State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information. California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia provide (now or in the future) state residents with certain rights. Such rights may include the following:

Right to Know. You have the right to confirm whether we are processing your personal data and access such data, including:
- The categories of personal information we have collected about you;
- The purpose for processing your personal information;
- How you can exercise your rights and appeal a decision regarding your request;
- The categories of personal information that we have shared with third parties; and
- The categories of third parties with whom we have shared your personal information.
Right to Correct. You have a right to correct inaccuracies in the personal data we have collected about you, considering the nature of the personal data and the purposes of the processing of your personal data (excluding Iowa).
Right to Delete. You have the right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you unless we need to retain that information for a specified purpose as exempted under state law.
Right to Obtain a Copy. You have a right to obtain a copy of the personal data we have collected on you.
Right to Opt Out. You have the right to opt out of the processing of your personal data for purposes of (i) targeted advertising (excluding Iowa), (ii) the sale of personal data, or (iii) profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you (excluding Iowa and Utah).
Right to Appeal. If we decline to act regarding your request, you have the right to appeal this decision. We will decide the outcome of your appeal within 60 days of receipt of such appeal, and we will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions.
Other Rights. You also have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of the rights listed above.

The exact scope of these rights may vary by state. In addition to the above, Nevada law provides Nevada residents with the right to request that we do not sell your personal information. However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering that statute's opt-out requirements. Further, Delaware law provides residents with a right to obtain a list of the categories of third parties that we have disclosed the respective individual’s personal data.

For more information regarding consumer rights for California residents, please see the information in our “Notice for California Residents” section.

Exercising Your Rights. To exercise the rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by email at DataPrivacyUS@covestro.com or by calling our toll-free number 1-877-229-3778. Consumers may call the phone number provided and an operator will take your information. Covestro will contact you directly to provide more instruction and procure verification information. Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your Personal Information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of a minor child to whom you are parent or guardian. You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access or data portability twice within a 12-month period.

Verification Process. A verifiable consumer request include sufficient information in response to the website/email/phone verification question asked in the creation of your request that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected Personal Information or an authorized representative of such a person. In the event we need additional information, we will reach out to you personally to ask additional questions. A verifiable consumer request must also describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it. We will only use Personal Information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request. Covestro or a third party on behalf of Covestro may follow up with you to determine whether a request is a verifiable consumer request under applicable law.

If we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the Personal Information relates to you, Covestro will deny the consumer request. Covestro will respond to any such consumer request with a denial and will also explain why it has no reasonable method by which it can verify the identity of the requestor.

Response Timing and Format. We will confirm receipt of a verifiable consumer request within ten (10) days of its receipt. We will respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to an additional 45 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. We will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option. If you do not indicate a preference for delivery, Covestro will use its discretion in choosing the method for delivery of the information. We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request.

Contact Information. If you have any questions or comments about this notice, the ways in which we collect and use your user information, your choices and rights regarding such use, or require this notice in an alternative format please contact Julia DiPasquale by telephone at 412-413-2901, email at julia.dipasquale@covestro.com, or by mail at 1 Covestro Circle, Pittsburgh PA 15205.<.p>

Notice for California Residents

In this section, we provide additional information to California residents about how we handle their personal information, as required under California privacy laws including the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), and other California privacy laws (collectively referred to as “CCPA” in this notice). Any terms defined in the CCPA and CPRA have the same meaning when used in this notice. This section does not address or apply to our handling of publicly available information lawfully made available by state or federal government records or other personal information that is exempt under the CCPA. To the extent of any conflict between this CCPA Notice and any other provision of the Privacy Statement, this CCPA Notice shall control only with respect to California residents and their personal information.

While our collection, use and disclosure of personal information varies based upon our relationship and interactions with you, in this section we describe, generally, how we have collected and disclosed personal information about consumers in the prior 12 months. We retain the personal information we collect only as reasonably necessary for the purposes described above or otherwise disclosed to you at the time of collection.

The CCPA and CPRA define “Personal information” as information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a consumer or household. Under the CPRA, “Personal Information” further includes “Sensitive Personal Information” such as social security number, driver license number, state identification card, passport number, financial data, genetic data, biometric data, precise geolocation, and racial and ethnic origin, content of consumer communications (email, mail, or text), unless the business is the intended recipient, genetic data, and information collected concerning a consumer’s health, sex life, or sexual orientation.

Categories of Personal Information Collected. We collect certain information as described in this U.S. Privacy Notice under the section “User Information Collected” and in our Global Privacy Statement. The list below identifies the categories of personal information (as defined by the CCPA) we have collected about consumers in the twelve months prior to the effective date of this Notice. For more information about the business and commercial purposes for which we collect, use and disclose personal information, please see the sections “Purposes of Collection and Processing” and “Disclosures of Information” above. Sensitive personal information is a subtype of personal information consisting of specific information categories. We do not collect sensitive personal information.

Identifiers: such as your name, alias, address, phone numbers, email address, or IP address.
Personal Information: for example name, signature, address, telephone number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, financial information
Commercial Information: for example, products or services purchased or other consuming histories or tendencies.
Biometric information: such as keystroke or other physical patterns
Internet or other electronic network activity information: for example, content interaction information or search history.
Geolocation Data: such as the location of your device if you agreed to provide this information.
Sensory Data: such as images and videos you may provide in connection with the Service.
Professional or employment data: for example data you may provide about your education, business, or occupation.
Inference Data: such as information about your product preferences.

Sensitive personal information is a subtype of personal information consisting of specific information categories. We do not collect sensitive personal information.

How We Collect Personal Information We may collect information from you in different ways and for different business purposes, as described in this U.S. Privacy Notice under the section “User Information Collected” and in our Global Privacy Statement. We may obtain information directly from you if you choose to provide it, through automated technologies that occur during passive online interactions with our website, through business relationships, or from publicly available sources. We will not collect additional categories of Personal Information or use the Personal Information we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice. The ways we collect information is described in this U.S. Privacy Notice under the section “User Information Collected” and in our Global Privacy Statement.

Use of Personal Information. We may use or disclose the Personal Information we collect for certain business purposes as described in this U.S. Privacy Notice under the sections “Purposes of Collection and Processing” and “Disclosure of Information” and as identified in our Global Privacy Statement. We will not collect additional categories of Personal Information or use the Personal Information we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice.

Categories of Personal Information Disclosed for a Business Purpose. The information that Covestro disclosed to the third parties identified in the “Disclosure of Information” section of our of this U.S. Privacy Notice about users for a business purpose in the twelve months prior to the effective date of this Disclosure fall into the following categories established by the California Consumer Privacy Act, depending on which part of the Service is used:

Identifiers: such as your name, alias, address, phone numbers, email address, or IP address.
Personal Information: for example name, signature, address, telephone number, education, employment, bank account number or financial information.
Commercial Information: for example, products or services purchased or other consuming histories or tendencies.
Biometric information: such as keystroke, or other physical patterns.
Internet or other electronic network activity information: for example, content interaction information or search history.
Geolocation Data: such as the location of your device if you agreed to provide this information.
Sensory Data: such as images and videos you may provide in connection with the Service.
Professional or employment data: for example data you may provide about your education, business, or occupation.
Inference Data: such as information about your product preferences.

Sale or Sharing of Personal Information Under California Law. For purposes of the CPRA, a “sale” is the disclosure of Personal Information to a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration, and a “share” is the disclosure of Personal Information to a Third Party for cross-context behavioral advertising, whether or not for monetary or other valuable consideration. We do not sell the categories of personal information or sensitive personal information we collect or share it with third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not have actual knowledge that we sell or share Personal Information of California consumers under 16 years of age. However, we may share your personal information with our affiliates and/or service providers in arrangements that may meet the broad definition of “sale” or “share” under the CCPA. In these arrangements, use of the information we share is limited by policies, contracts, or similar restrictions.

California Residents’ Rights. In general, California residents have the following rights with respect to their personal information, subject to some exceptions:

Right to Request Access to or Deletion of Personal Information: You may have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act to request information about the collection of your personal information by Covestro, or access to or deletion of your personal information. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request to delete, we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. We may deny your request to delete if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service providers to complete the transaction for which the information was collected, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform our contract with you. Other circumstances in which we may deny your request to delete include:
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
- Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 seq.).
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if you previously provided informed consent.
- Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us.
- Comply with a legal obligation.
- Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which you provided it.
Right to Request to Know. You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request to know, we will disclose to you:
- The categories of Personal Information we collected about you.
- The categories of sources for the Personal Information we collected about you.
- Our business or commercial purpose for collecting that Personal Information.
- The categories of third parties with whom we share that Personal Information.
- The specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you.
- If we disclosed your Personal Information for a business purpose, the Personal Information categories that each category of recipient obtained.
Right to Correct. In certain circumstances, you have the right to request correction of any inaccurate personal information.
Right to Opt-Out/Do Not Sell Personal Information. We do not sell your Personal Information for monetary or other valuable consideration. We do not share your Personal Information for the purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising. Cross-context behavioral advertising under the CPRA is “the targeting of advertising to a consumer based on the consumer’s personal information obtained from the consumer’s activity across businesses, distinctly-branded websites, applications, or services, other than the business, distinctly-branded website, application, or service with which the consumer intentionally interacts.
Right to Limit the Use/Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information. We do not collect sensitive personal information.
Right to Non-Discrimination We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA/CPRA rights. Unless permitted by the CCPA/CPRA, we will not deny you goods or services, provide you with a different level or quality of good or services, suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level of quality of goods or services, or charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.

Requesting Notice in an Alternative Format/Language. You may be able to request this Notice in another language where we provide such notices in the ordinary course of business or in an alternative format if you have a disability. Please contact the Julia DiPasquale below to request an alternative format.

Other California Privacy Rights. California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do not share your information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

Financial Incentives. Under California law, we do not offer financial incentives to consumers.

Affiliates Providing this Notice. This Privacy Notice for Consumer Residents is provided by Covestro LLC U.S. and its subsidiaries that act as a business within the meaning of the CCPA and CPRA.

Effective: January 1, 2020
Updated: January 12, 2026

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