Privacy Policy
Recently Updated: May 24, 2026
We respect your privacy and recognizes that your privacy is important. Therefore, we are providing this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") to explain our practices regarding the collection, processing, usage, and transfer of certain data, including Personal Data (as defined below), from Individuals who visit our website available at: https://www.seanovel-bioplastic.com/ (“website”), participating in events we host, subscribe to our newsletter, or otherwise (“Visitors”, “you” or “your”).
This Privacy Policy is an integral part of our website Terms and Conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) or any other agreement referencing this Privacy Policy
1. The Data Sets We Collect
We may collect two types of information from you,
depending on your interaction with us:
The first type of information is non-identifiable and anonymous information (“Non-Personal Data”). We are not aware of the identity of the individual from who we have collected the Non-Personal Data. Non-Personal Data consists of technical information, and may contain, among other things, the type of operating system and type of browser, type of device, session duration, etc.
The second type of information is individually identifiable information, namely information that identifies an individual or may with reasonable effort identify an individual (“Personal Data” or “Personal Information” as defined under the applicable data protection law).
For the avoidance of doubt, any Non-Personal Data connected or linked to Personal Data shall be deemed as Personal Data as long as such connection or linkage exists.
Data collected directly from you:
• Contact Information - If you voluntarily contact us for support, request a servicesor other inquiries, or if you register to receive our newsletter, you will be required to provide us with your contact details such as name, phone number, email address and physical address. In addition, you can choose to provide us with additional information as part of your correspondence with us (“Contact Information”).
Data collected by using third party tools:
• Online Identifiers and Telemetry Data – When you interact with the website, we collect and generate online identifiers such as your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, and additional identifiers allowing us to individually identify you, such as a Cookie ID which is assigned to your device ("Online Identifiers"). Further, additional information is automatically collected regarding your "website online behavior". Such information includes the pages you viewed, click stream data, access time stamp, etc. (collectively "Telemetry Data").
2. Why We Collect and Process Personal Information
We will use the data sets listed above for the following purposes:
• Respond your inquiries - We use your Contact Information to provide you with the support you requested or to respond to your inquiry.
• Website operation and functionality – Online Identifiers and certain Telemetry Data are used in particular to operate the website and enable its proper functionality, for security and fraud prevention purposes, debugging and to resolve technical problems. For example, in order confirm you are a real person.
• Analytics – Certain Online Identifiers and Telemetry Data are indirectly processed by third-parties marketing and analytic tools, for analytic and marketing purposes. We process this data to understand how our Visitors use the website and to measure effectiveness of some marketing campaigns we run in order to track conversions, build targeted audience, and market our Services to people who have taken some action on the website. You may opt-out from the operation of third party tracking tools which are not necessary for the proper and basic operation of the website or fraud prevention, by using the cookie preference settings as available in the footer of the website, or by managing opt-out through your browser or device.
• Legitimate interests – We process your information for our legitimate interests while applying appropriate safeguards that protect your privacy. Our legitimate interests include detecting, preventing, or otherwise addressing fraud, abuse, security, usability, functionality or technical issues with the website, protecting against harm to the rights, property or safety of other Visitors, or the public as required or permitted by law; enforcing legal claims, including investigation of potential violations of this Privacy Policy; comply or fulfil our obligations under applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, industry standards and contractual requirements, legal process, subpoena or governmental requests.
We will not process your information for purposes that are neither reasonably necessary to, nor compatible with, the purposes above for which such information isprocessed, unless we obtain your consent.
2. Why We Collect and Process Personal Information
We use “cookies” or similar tracking technologies on our website, which store certain information on your device (i.e., locally stored) when you access the website. The use of cookies is a standard industry-wide practice. A “cookie” is a small piece of information that a website assigns and stores on your computer while you are viewing a website. Cookies are used by us for various purposes, including allowing you to navigate between pages efficiently, as well as for statistical purposes, analytic purposes and advertising. You can find more information about our use of cookies here: www.allaboutcookies.org.
If you wish to change the way such tracking tools collect your Personal Data through our website, please see our cookie list and policy available through our website footer, as well instructions on how to change your cookies settings and preferences at any time.
Also note that, most browsers will allow you to erase cookies from your device, block acceptance of cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. You may set your browser to block all cookies, including cookies associated with our website, or to indicate when a cookie is being used by us, by adjusting the privacy and security settings of your web browser. Please refer to the support page of your browser to learn more about how you can adjust your privacy and security settings. Please note that once you choose to opt out or disable cookies, some features of the website may not operate properly, and your online experience may be limited.
4. Data Sharing – Categories of Recipients with Whom We Share Personal Data
We may disclose your information to the following parties for the following purposes:
• Service providers - We may share certain information about you with third-party service providers that perform services on our behalf in connection with the website, such as cloud hosting providers, analytics and marketing service providers, our CRM provider, etc. Where your Personal Data is shared with such third parties, we ensure that the third party will deal with your information only on our behalf and on our instructions and solely for our benefit (and not for its own benefit).
• Affiliated companies - We may share certain information with our affiliated companies, which will provide us with certain services as well as for internal compliance. In addition, certain information may also be shared with potential affiliated companies in the event of a potential business re-organization while we undergo certain due diligence processes. In such event, those potential affiliated companies are bound by robust confidentiality obligations.
• Additional purposes, as permitted or required by applicable law. We may disclose certain information to third parties (authorities, legal representatives, regulators, government entities, and law enforcement) to the extent permitted or required by applicable laws. We may disclose your information when we believe it is appropriate to do so to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of our Terms and Conditions or this Privacy Policy, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
5. Cross-Border Data Transfer
Transfers of your Information will be made in accordance with applicable laws. When Personal Data is transferred outside the country where it was originally collected, we will take the steps necessary (and to the extent required by applicable laws) to ensure that sufficient safeguards are provided to such data during its transfer and processing. Some of the measures implemented to safeguard your Personal Data include ensuring that the recipient is bound by specific contractual clauses approved by relevant data protection authorities to provide adequate protection for Personal Data. Where applicable, you can request a copy of the relevant contractual safeguards that we have put in place.
6. Data Retention
Unless you instruct us otherwise, we retain the information we collect for as long as needed to provide the applicable services and to comply with our legal obligations. We believe in data minimization and only keep the information we truly need and only for the period of time required.
7. Privacy Choices
We acknowledge that different people have different privacy concerns and preferences. Our goal is to be clear about what information we collect so that you can make meaningful choices about how it is used. We allow you to exercise certain choices, rights, and controls in connection with your information. Depending on your relationship with us, your jurisdiction and the applicable data protection laws that apply to you, you have the right to control and request certain limitations or rights to be executed.
In the table below you can review your choices depending on your interaction with us, how you can exercise them, and appeal a decision we take in this regard. Any specification per geo-location or territory are available below the table:
Right to be informed
You have the right to be provided with information regarding our Personal Data collection and privacy practices. All is detailed under this Privacy Policy.
Right to access
You have the right to confirm whether we collect Personal Data about you, know which Personal Data we specifically hold about you, and receive a copy of such or access it.
if you wish to receive a copy of the Personal Data, please email us to neria@sea-novel.com.
Right to rectify
You have the right to correct inaccuracies in your Personal Data, taking into account the nature and purposes of each processingactivity. please email us to neria@sea-novel.com.
Right to deletion
You have the right to request the erasure of certain Personal Data if specific conditions are satisfied. This right is not absolute. We may reject your request under certain circumstances, including where we must retain the data in order to comply with legal obligations or defend against legal claims, other legitimate interests such as record keeping with regards to our engagements, completing transactions, providing a service that you requested, taking actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, fulfilling the terms of a written warranty, detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecuting those responsible for such activities; debugging products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality; exercising free speech, ensuring the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercising another right provided for by law; engaging 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.
In order to exercise your right to deletion please email us to neria@sea-novel.com.
Right to data portability
You have the right to obtain the Personal Data in a portable, and to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance. We will select the format in which we provide your copy. If you wish to exercise this right, please email us to neria@sea-novel.com.
Right to opt out
You have the right to opt-out of the “selling” or “sharing” of your Personal Data for “cross-contextual behavioral advertising”, or “targeted advertising”, often referred to as “interest-based advertising” as well. You can exercise these rights as detailed in the “Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies” section above.
You can install privacy-controls in the browser's settings to automatically signal the opt-out preference to all websites you visit (such as the “Global Privacy Control”).
In order to exercise your right to opt-out please email us to neria@sea-novel.com.
Right to appeal or lodge a complaint
If we decline to take action on your request, we shall so inform you without undue delay as required under applicable laws. The notification will include a justification for declining to take action and instructions on how you may appeal, if applicable.
Non-discrimination
Such discrimination may include denying a service, providing a different level or quality of service, or charging different prices.We do not discriminate our users and visitors.
If you have any reason to believe our services caused you to discrimination, please contact us directly at: neria@sea-novel.com
8. Security
We take great care in implementing and maintaining the security of your Personal Data. We employ industry standard procedures and policies to ensure the safety of individuals’ information and prevent unauthorized use of any such.
We have implemented technical, physical and administrative security measures to protect the Personal Data we process. Although we take reasonable steps to safeguard information, we cannot be responsible for the acts of those who gain unauthorized access or abuse our website, and we make no warranty, express, implied or otherwise, that we will always be able to prevent such access.
Please contact us at: neria@sea-novel.com if you feel that your privacy was not dealt with properly, in a way that was in breach of our Privacy Policy, or if you become aware of a third party's attempt to gain unauthorized access to any of your Personal Data. We will make a reasonable effort to notify you and the appropriate authorities (if required by applicable law) in the event that we discover a security incident related to your Personal Data.
9. Minors
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 18. Therefore, we do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected information from a child under 18 years, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any such information, please contact us at neria@sea-novel.com.
10. Policy Amendments
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, at our sole discretion. The most recent version of this Privacy Policy will always be posted on the website and reflected in the “Recently Updated” heading. Any amendments to the Privacy Policy will become effective immediately, unless we notify otherwise. We recommend you review this Privacy Policy periodically to ensure that you understand our most updated privacy practices.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments concerning this Privacy Policy, you are welcome to send us an email at: neria@sea-novel.com and we will make an effort to reply within a reasonable timeframe.
12. Additional Notice For United States Residents
The information below supplements this Privacy Policy and applies to residents of certain U.S. states. These additional disclosures are intended to provide further information about how we process Personal Data relating to such residents and the rights that may be available to them under applicable law.
Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional rights under applicable privacy laws, depending on the relevant state law and provided they are acting solely in an individual or household context, and not in a commercial or employment context, as a job applicant, as a beneficiary of a person acting in an employment context, or as a representative of a business.
• “Personal Data” under applicable U.S. privacy laws generally means information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable individual. It generally does not include publicly available information lawfully made available from government records or otherwise made publicly available by the individual, de-identified or aggregated information, or information otherwise excluded from the scope of the applicable state law.
• “Sensitive Data” includes Personal Data revealing racial, ethnic, or national origin; religious beliefs; information concerning an individual’s medical history or mental or physical health condition, diagnosis, or treatment; neural data; transgender or non-binary status; sex life or sexual orientation; status as a victim of a crime; citizenship or immigration status; genetic or biometric data; Personal Data collected from a known child; and precise geolocation data.
We are required to provide a clear and accessible privacy notice describing the categories of Personal Data we process, the purposes of processing, the categories of Personal Data we share with third parties, the categories of third parties with whom such data is shared, the categories of Personal Data that are sold or used for targeted advertising, if any, the categories of third parties to whom such data is sold, if any, a description of your privacy rights, instructions for exercising and appealing decisions relating to those rights, and our contact information. This information is set out in this Privacy Policy and supplemented below.
Categories of Personal Data:
Under Section 1 of the Privacy Policy we describe our collection and processing of Personal Data, the categories of Personal Data that are collected or processed, and the purposes for which Personal Data is processed, stored, or used. We will not collect additional categories of Personal Data or use the Personal Data we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without obtaining your consent, unless we are otherwise entitled, required, or permitted under applicable laws.
“Sale” of Personal Data:
Under U.S. privacy laws, in principle, the term “sale” refers to disclosing or making available Personal Data to a third party in exchange for monetary or other valuable consideration, including for targeted advertising purposes. We do not “sell” information as this term is commonly understood, meaning we do not, and will not, disclose Personal Data relating to you in direct exchange for money or some other form of payment. However, subject to the definition of the term “sale” under applicable U.S. privacy laws, our practice of using cookies or other third-party advertising services and sharing Personal Data for such purposes with third-party (e.g., providers of analytic tools) is considered a “sale.” Such practice includes the following Personal Data categories shared with these third parties: Unique Identifiers (device ID, IP), Internet and electronic network activity information (engagement with our Services), and Geolocation data derived from IP.
Consumer Rights Related to Their Personal Data:
Section 7 under this Privacy Policy “Your Data Protection Rights” provides additional information regarding your principal rights. Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional rights under applicable privacy laws, subject to certain limitations, which may include:
• Access – the right to confirm whether we are processing their Personal Data and to obtain a copy of their Personal Data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format.
• List of Third Parties – the right to receive a list of the specific third parties to which we have disclosed either Personal Data relating to you or any Personal Data.
• Delete – the right to request us to delete their Personal Data provided to or obtained by us.
• Correct – the right to request us to correct inaccuracies in their Personal Data, taking into account the nature and purposes of the processing of the Personal Data.
• Opt-Out – the right to opt out of certain types of processing, including: (i) to opt out of the “sale” of their Personal Data; (ii) to opt out of targeted advertising by us; and (iii) to opt out of any processing of Personal Data for profiling in furtherance of making decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects. However we do not engage in profiling in furtherance of legal or similarly significant decisions.
• Appeal – the right to appeal if we decline to take action in response to your exercise of a privacy right.
• Non-Discrimination – the right not to be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights.
For more information about rights for U.S. residents, please see: https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa.
Exercising Consumer Privacy Rights: You may submit a request to exercise most of your privacy rights under U.S. state privacy laws by contacting us:neria@sea-novel.com.
Authorized agents may initiate a request on behalf of another individual, provided that they provide proof of their authorization, and we may also require that the individual directly verify his/her identity and the authority of the authorized agent.
We will respond to your request within the timeframe required under applicable law, and we reserve the right to extend the response time subject to applicable law requirements. If we refuse to take action on a request, we will notify you, and our notification will include a justification for declining to take action and instructions on how you may appeal. Within the timeframe set out under applicable law upon our receipt of your appeal, 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. If the appeal is denied, you may submit a complaint to the applicable authority or Attorney General of your jurisdiction.