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Privacy

This privacy policy applies only to the websites and services controlled by LG Chem Life Sciences USA, Inc. ("LG CHEM LIFE SCIENCES USA") where this privacy policy is posted or referenced (collectively, the "Sites"). This privacy policy does not pertain to other information that is collected offline or to information that is posted or provided by third parties.

BY USING THE SITES, YOU CONSENT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND TO OUR PROCESSING OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES STATED BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SITES.

A. Information Collected

This privacy policy applies only to information collected on the Sites and does not apply to information collected by LG CHEM LIFE SCIENCES USA through any other means.

We collect two types of information from visitors to the Sites: (1) Personally Identifiable Information only if specifically and knowingly provided by you; and (2) Non-Personally Identifiable Information, such as your IP address or cookies.

(1) Personally Identifiable Information

"Personally Identifiable Information" is information that identifies you personally, such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, or company name. LG CHEM LIFE SCIENCES USA collects or stores the personally identifiable information that you have provided to us. Here are some examples of manners in which we may collect your personally identifiable information on the Sites:

1. We may collect your first and last name and if you contact us with a question related to our company or services.
2. We may collect your first and last name, telephone number and mailing address if you use a service on the Sites.
3. We may collect your first and last name, mailing information and email address if you download information from a Site.
4. We may collect your name, email address or phone number if you contact us with a question.
5. If you are a candidate for employment with us, we may collect your first, middle and last name, date of birth, e-mail address, telephone and/or fax number, age, gender, citizenship, religion (US only), marital status (US only), prior military service (US only), national identifier (i.e., social security number or equivalent in your country, driver’s license, or national ID/passport number), curriculum vitae and/or any other resume summary, employment history, professional licenses, certifications, memberships and experiences, education history and language capabilities, current or prior compensation information (to the extent required and/or permitted by local laws in the US), publicly available photographs, information provided through correspondence from you and/or any interview with you, any updates to information, background check, information about health, including but not limited to any disability (US only), any closed-circuit television recordings of you from any located on our property; information provided through a survey or questionnaire that you complete for us; and any other information that may be required for the purpose of recruiting you for a specific employment position, including but not limited to your relocation preferences and requirements and information on your spouse and your dependents.
6. We may collect your name and mobile phone number if you consent to receive autodialed and/or pre-recorded telemarketing messages from or on behalf of us at your mobile number.
7. We may collect your name and mobile phone number if you consent to receive SMS/MMS messages from or on behalf of us at your mobile number.
8. We may collect your IP address, a number that lets computers attached to the Internet know where to send you data, such as the webpages you view.

The above list provides an example of the personally identifiable information that may be collected on the Sites. If you do not want LG CHEM to collect your personally identifiable information, please do not provide it to us.

(2) Non-Personally Identifiable Information

"Non-Personally Identifiable Information" can be technical information or it can be demographic information, such as your age, location, gender or interests. Non-personally identifiable information does NOT identify you personally. Here are some examples of the non-personally identifiable information that is collected via the Sites:

Internet Protocol (IP) address -- Your IP address is a number that lets computers attached to the Internet know where to send you data -- such as the webpages you view.

Cookie -- A "cookie" is a small text file that may be used to collect information about your activity on the Sites. For example, when someone visits a page within the Sites, a cookie is placed on the user's machine (if the user accepts cookies) or is read if the user has visited the Sites previously. Cookies may also be used to track users across the Web. We use the information we collect from cookies for identifying potential partners, candidates for employment and planning purposes. Collected data may also be shared, in aggregate form, with third-parties (e.g., dealers, marketers, and distributors). We do not currently honor any “do-not-track” signal sent by browsers. However, you may opt-out of targeted advertising from National Advertising Initiative members by visiting http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.

You may also set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your browser, but if you do, you may not be able to take advantage of the personalized features enjoyed by other users to our Sites. Additionally, some of the cookies we use may be flash cookies or Adobe cookies. While they are harmless, they may contain non-personally identifiable information and depending on your browser, these cookies may not normally be deleted when your cookies are deleted. Please check your browser to determine where these types of cookies are stored and how they may be deleted.

Web Beacons (also known as "clear gifs," "web bugs" or "pixel tags") -- "Web Beacons" are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to allow us to count users who have visited certain pages of the Sites and to help determine the effectiveness of targeted audiences. When used in HTML-formatted e-mail messages, web beacons can tell the sender whether and when the e-mail has been opened. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on a user's computer hard drive, web beacons are embedded invisibly on web pages.

We collect the above non-personally identifiable information from all visitors to our Sites. If you do not want LG CHEM LIFE SCIENCES USA to have access to this information, please do not visit our Sites.

We will retain your personal data for as long as needed or permitted in light of the purpose(s) for which it was obtained and as outlined in this privacy policy. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include: (i) the length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide the Website to you; (ii) whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject; or (iii) whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position (such as in regard to the enforcement of this privacy policy, applicable statutes of limitations, litigation or regulatory investigations).

If you would like to request to review, correct, or update personal data that you have provided to us, you may contact us as indicated in the Contacting LG CHEM LIFE SCIENCES USA section. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law. Please note that we may need to retain certain personal data for recordkeeping purposes and/or to complete any transactions that you began prior to requesting a change or deletion. If you have unresolved concerns you also have the right to complain to data protection authorities.

B. Use of Information Collected Via the Sites

(1) Personally Identifiable Information

We use your personally identifiable information that is collected on these Sites primarily for the following purposes:

- To ensure the Sites are relevant to your needs;
- To help us evaluate you as a candidate for employment or notify you of any vacancies, if applicable;
- To help us create and publish content most relevant to you;
- To notify you about a material change to this privacy policy or the Legal Notice, if necessary;
- To allow you access to limited-entry areas of the Sites;
- To comply with LG CHEM LIFE SICENCES USA’s legal obligations;
- To contact you in response to sign up forms such as Contact Us or other inquiry;
- To authorize your access to appropriate services, pages, screens and data in our system;
- To communicate with you regarding our sites and services, new services and changes to our sites and services that we may make from time to time;
- To provide customer and technical service to you;
- To comply with law, or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to the requirements of law, or comply with legal process served on us, and to protect and defend our rights or property, including our rights and property and our websites, or act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of you and our other visitors; and
- To protect against fraud or potential fraud.

(2) Non-Personally Identifiable Information

We use non-personally identifiable information that we gather and track to analyze trends, to administer the Sites, to track users’ movements around the Sites and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We do not link this automatically collected data to personally identifiable information.

C. Sharing and Disclosure of Information

(1) Personally Identifiable Information

We may share or disclose your personally identifiable information in the following instances:

- To fulfill a service to you or complete a transaction with you. For example, if you e-mail us a question, we may use your e-mail address to process your request and respond to your question.
- To our parent company, subsidiaries and affiliates in order to better serve you. LG CHEM LIFE SCIENCES USA may have to share your data with these parties in order to provide you with information or material or other opportunities to establish a business relationship with you. For example, in some instances LG CHEM LIFE SCIENCES USA may be required to transfer your data to our parent company in Korea in order to provide you with information or opportunities not provided by us but requested by you.
- To strategic partners, agents, third party or other unaffiliated parties who may have information or material that we believe may be of interest to you. These parties may use your personally identifiable information to contact you with an offer or advertisement related to a product or service. If you do not want us to share your personally identifiable information in this manner, please do not provide us with this information.
- To unaffiliated third-party service providers, agents or independent contractors who help us maintain our Sites and provide other administrative services to us (including, but not limited to, maintaining and analyzing data, sending customer communications on LG CHEM LIFE SCIENCES USA's behalf).
- To comply with the law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the requirements of law or comply with legal process served on us, protect and defend our rights or property, including the rights and property of LG CHEM LIFE SCIENCES USA or act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of our end users.
- To third parties as part of any corporate reorganization process including, but not limited to, mergers, acquisitions, and sales of all or substantially all of our assets.
- To track and analyze non-identifying and aggregate usage and volume statistical information from our visitors and customers and provide such information to third parties.
- To protect against potential fraud, we may verify with third parties the information collected from these Sites. Except as described in this Privacy Policy or at the time we request the information, we do not otherwise use, share or otherwise disclose your personally identifiable information to any third parties.

(2) Non-Personally Identifiable Information

We use non-personally identifiable information collected on the Sites in the manner disclosed above, in the Section A (2). We may share this non-personally identifiable information with third parties.

D. Collection and Use of Information from Children Under the Age of 13

LG CHEM LIFE SCIENCES USA does not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to use the Sites. This does not affect medical information about minors that a healthcare professional using one of the Sites may provide in connection with our healthcare professional-directed products or services. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register on the Sites or send us any personally identifiable information.

E. International Transfer of Information

If you choose to provide us with personally identifiable information, LG CHEM LIFE SCIENCES USA may transfer that information to its affiliates and subsidiaries or to other third parties, across borders, and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. If you are visiting from Asia or the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that you are transferring your personally identifiable information to the United States which does not have the same data protection laws as those countries and by providing your personally identifiable information you consent to: the use of your personally identifiable information for the uses identified above in accordance with this privacy policy; and the transfer of your personally identifiable information to the United States as indicated above.

F. Opt-Out

From time to time, we communicate with users who subscribe to our services via e-mail. For example, we may use your e-mail address to confirm your request, to send you information about changes to our products and services, and to send notices and other disclosures as required by law. Generally, users cannot opt-out of these communications, but they will be primarily informational in nature rather than promotional and you have consented to receiving such e-mails by providing your email address.

However, we provide you the opportunity to exercise an opt-out choice if you do not want to receive other types of communication from us, such as e-mails or updates from us regarding information or material on the Sites or if you do not want us to share your personally identifiable information with third parties. For e-mails, the opt-out choice may be exercised by ticking or un-ticking the appropriate box if such checkbox is available at the points where personally identifiable information is collected or by contacting us. We will process your unsubscribe as soon as possible, but please be aware that in some circumstances you may receive a few more messages until the unsubscribe is processed. You also may opt-out of receiving such e-mails by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link within the text of the email.

G. Forums, Chat Rooms and Other Public Posting Areas

Please note that any information you include in a message you post to any product review board, chat room, forum or other public posting area is available to anyone with Internet access. If you don't want people to know your e-mail address, for example, don't include it in any message you post publicly.

H. Third Party Web Sites

This statement applies solely to information collected on the Sites. The Sites may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other websites.

I. Assignment

In the event that all or part of our assets are sold or acquired by another party, or in the event of a merger, you grant us the right to assign the personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable information collected via the Sites.

J. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy from time to time in our sole discretion. When we do, we will also revise the "last update" date at the bottom of this privacy policy. You should review this Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Sites constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy.

K. Security

No data transmissions over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you understand that any information that you transfer to LG CHEM LIFE SCIENCES USA is done at your own risk.

Once we receive your transmission, we make reasonable efforts to ensure security on our systems. We use firewalls to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software.

If we learn of a security system breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. By using these Sites or providing personally identifiable information to us you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of these Sites. We may post a notice on our Sites if a security breach occurs. We may also send an e-mail to you at the e-mail address you have provided to us in these circumstances. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.

Since no such measure is ever completely effective, LG CHEM LIFE SCIENCES USA does not guarantee that your personal data will be secure from theft, loss, or unauthorized access or use, and LG CHEM LIFE SCIENCES USA makes no representation as to the reasonableness, efficacy, or appropriateness of the measures LG CHEM LIFE SCIENCES USA may use to safeguard such data. All users are responsible for protecting and maintaining the secrecy of their own passwords. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with LG CHEM LIFE SCIENCES USA is no longer secure, please immediately notify us by contacting us at contact.cbl@lgchem.com.

L. Governing Law / Venue / Forum

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and by the federal laws of the United States, excluding their conflicts of law provisions. All disputes, controversies and disagreements between the parties arising out of or related to this privacy policy shall be exclusively submitted for, resolved and finally settled by, binding arbitration. The arbitration shall be conducted by three (3) arbitrators exclusively in Middlesex County, MA, in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The Parties waive any objection that might be made on the ground that such venue may be in an inconvenient forum.

M. Contacting LG CHEM LIFE SCIENCES USA

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at contact.cbl@lgchem.com . All information you provide in any written communication will also be covered by this policy.