Privacy Policy

Last Updated: January 15, 2025

Welcome to the RIPE CORP Privacy Policy. RIPE CORP ("we", "us", or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (ripeglobal.trade) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

1. Important Information and Who We Are

RIPE CORP is the data controller responsible for your personal data. This policy applies to all users of our website and services worldwide, including the European Economic Area (EEA).

Contact Details:
Full Name of Legal Entity: RIPE CORP LIMITED
Company Registration Number: 516700663
Legal Address: 42040, Netanya, Dweight Eisenhauer, 5
Email: info@ripeglobal.trade

2. The Data We Collect About You

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity Data: includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, and company name.
  • Contact Data: includes billing address, delivery address, email address, and telephone numbers.
  • Financial Data: includes bank account and payment card details (only processed via secure channels for actual transactions).
  • Transaction Data: includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products (Pipes, Rebar, Raw Materials) you have purchased from us.
  • Technical Data: includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, and operating system.

3. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Performance of Contract: Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you (e.g., shipping steel products to your designated port).
  • Legitimate Interests: Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
  • Legal Compliance: Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation (e.g., customs declarations, tax reporting).

4. Disclosures of Your Personal Data

We may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in paragraph 3 above:

  • Logistics Partners: Freight forwarders, shipping lines, and port authorities required to deliver your cargo.
  • Financial Institutions: Banks and credit agencies for trade financing and payment processing.
  • Professional Advisers: Lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers.

5. International Transfers

As an international trading company, we may transfer your data outside the European Economic Area (EEA) to fulfill our contractual obligations (e.g., if a shipment originates from or is destined for a non-EEA country). Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it.

6. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

7. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

8. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data.
  • Request correction of your personal data.
  • Request erasure of your personal data.
  • Object to processing of your personal data.
  • Request restriction of processing your personal data.
  • Request transfer of your personal data.
  • Right to withdraw consent.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at info@ripeglobal.trade.