Marketing Database
This Personal Information Notice – Marketing Database is intended to inform you about the collection and processing of certain personal information or personal data about you (“Personal Information”) by Velcro Europe S.A. and its affiliates (collectively, “Velcro Companies” or “we”). Velcro Companies collect business contact and similar information relating to individuals when they act in their professional or employment capacity for business‑to‑business sales, marketing, and recruitment activities.
You may opt out of our database by emailing us at privacy@velcro.com or by clicking the “Unsubscribe” hyperlink in our marketing emails.
Personal Information Processed
We may collect and process any or all of the following types of personal information about you:
- Name
- Job title
- Telephone number
- Email address
- Business address
- Company name
Collection of Personal Data
We collect personal information that is submitted to Velcro Companies, for example through website form submissions and subscriptions, or through your personal contacts at Velcro Companies, such as account managers or marketing personnel. We may also obtain and process personal information from third parties, including social media platforms, or where the information is publicly available. In addition, we may purchase personal information from third parties who collect business contact information and similar information relating to individuals when they act in their professional or employment capacity, and use that information to create professional profiles of individuals for sale to companies.
Purpose of Processing
We process this information for direct marketing, sales, and recruitment purposes.
Legal Basis
We will only process your personal information where you have given your consent or where we have a legitimate interest in processing personal information for direct marketing, sales, and recruitment purposes. Our legitimate interest includes the efficient performance and management of the relationship we have with you, your employer, or the party with whom you have an employment contract, who is our customer or prospective customer, in order to help us sell our products and services.
In other cases, we may process your personal information to comply with our legal obligations or the legitimate interests of others. We may also rely on other legal bases in certain situations, including for the performance of a contract with you or where necessary to comply with a legal obligation, as applicable.
Categories of Recipients
This personal information may be provided to certain third‑party providers who assist us with the processing of personal information, in particular marketing service providers. We select reliable providers and vendors to process your personal information and require them to commit to appropriate data privacy and security policies and standards. When selecting a vendor or provider, we ensure that they are able to meet our standards or industry best practices relating to data privacy and security policies and standards.
Retention Period
We will not retain personal information for longer than is necessary for the purposes set out above. The criteria used to determine this period include the duration of your relationship with our customer or prospective customer, the duration of Velcro Companies’ legal and contractual obligations, and the potential commercial relationship with our customers and prospective customers. Personal information will be destroyed, erased, or pseudonymized/anonymized in or from our systems when it is no longer required.
Your Rights
You have the right to request that we:
- Provide you with access to your Personal Information
- Rectify or correct your Personal Information
- Delete your Personal Information
- Restrict the processing of your Personal Information, including refraining from providing it to third parties
You also have the right to object to processing, to data portability, and to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority in your country, where applicable. If we are processing your biometric information in connection with the use of our products or services, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The above rights may be subject to certain limitations in accordance with applicable law.ut moment. Les droits ci dessus peuvent être soumis à certaines limitations conformément au droit applicable.
International Transfers
We may transfer personal information internationally. We ensure that transfers of personal information to a third country are subject to appropriate safeguards, such as the UK or EU standard contractual clauses, as applicable.
Privacy Policy
You can access our privacy policy at: https://www.velcro.co.uk/about-us/privacy-policy/ .
Who We Are
Company name and address:
Velcro Europe S.A.
Ctra. Mataro a Granollers Km. 5, 8
08310 Argentona (Barcelona), Spain
Tel:
(+34) 93 758 32 98
Date issued: 20 February 2026