Privacy Policy

Last Updated: June 1, 2025

Your privacy is important to us. At Nextgen Bioplastics (“NextGen", “we”, “us” or “our”), we recognize that visitors to our website may be concerned about the information they provide to us and how we handle that information. NextGen Bioplastics is the controller, as defined by Applicable Law, and is responsible for this website. This Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy") governs the privacy practices of our website, www.nextgenbioplastics.com, or the mobile optimized version of the website (each a “Site”), or when you otherwise interact with us online or in person. This Privacy Policy also explains how we may use and disclose such information, as well as your choices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information.

By using the Site, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not, please do not use the Site.

Definitions

"Personal Data" refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified directly or indirectly by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person. Personal Data is in many ways the same as Personally Identifiable Information. However, Personal Data is broader in scope and covers more data.

"Applicable Law" refers to the laws and regulations that are relevant to our processing of your personal information. Depending on where you live, "applicable law" may include federal, state, provincial, and local laws in the United States. (GDPR) means the General Data Protection Regulation. (CaCPA) means the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, CPRA).

Your Rights And Choices

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and the Applicable Law relevant to you, you may have one or more of the following rights regarding your Personal Data:

Right to Access/Know: The right to confirm whether we are processing your personal information and to access such personal information, including specific pieces of data, categories of sources, business purposes for collection, and categories of third parties with whom data is shared.
Right to Correct/Rectify: The right to request correction of inaccuracies in your personal information.
Right to Delete/Erasure: The right to request deletion of personal information provided by or obtained about you, subject to certain exceptions.
Right to Opt-Out of Certain Processing: The right to opt-out of the processing of your personal information for purposes of (i) targeted advertising, (ii) the sale of Personal Data, or (iii) profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects on you.
Right to Portability: The right to obtain a copy of your personal information in a portable and common file format.
Right to Non-Discrimination: The right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your privacy rights.
Right to Appeal: The right to appeal a decision regarding your consumer privacy requests.

California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, the rights listed above apply to you, along with additional specific details and mechanisms under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):

Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing: While NextGen does not "sell" your personal information for monetary compensation, we may "share" certain information with third-party advertising partners to deliver personalized advertising (also known as cross-context behavioral advertising). You have the right to direct us not to "share" your Personal Data for these purposes. We also recognize the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal as a valid opt-out request.
Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information: You have the right to direct us to limit the use and disclosure of your sensitive personal information (such as precise geolocation, racial/ethnic origin, or health data) to only what is necessary to perform the services or provide the goods reasonably expected. NextGen only collects Sensitive Personal Information based on your explicit consent or where it has been manifestly made public by you.

GDPR Privacy Rights

If you reside in the European Union or EEA and the GDPR applies to our processing of your data, you have additional rights, including:

The Right to Be Informed: About the Personal Data we collect and how we process it.
The Right to Restrict Processing: To limit processing of your Personal Data under certain circumstances.
The Right to Object: To certain types of processing of your Personal Data, particularly processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing.
Rights related to Automated Individual Decision-Making and Profiling.
Right to File a Complaint: With a supervisory authority if you believe your data protection rights have been violated.

How To Exercise Your Rights

You can exercise any of your legal rights contained within this Privacy Policy by contacting us using the information provided at the bottom of this Privacy Policy. We may require you to provide information to verify your identity before we can respond to any request.

Information We Collect

We may collect certain personal information from you when you choose to disclose it, automatically when you visit the Site, or otherwise interact with us online or in person. The personal information we collect from you can vary depending on the nature of your interaction with us and may have included the following in the preceding 12 months:

Identifiers, such as real name, postal address, IP address, email address, account name, social media account name;
Commercial information, such as records of products or services purchased, obtained, or considered; and purchase histories;
Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as page views, Site browsing history, information about your interaction with our Site;
Professional or employment-related information, such as profession, job title, industry of employment, or honorific;
Education information, such as level of degree obtained; and
Inferences that may be drawn from the information identified above.

Sensitive Personal Information: NextGen only collects Sensitive Personal Information based on your explicit consent or where it has been manifestly made public by you.

Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience, analyze Site usage, and support our marketing. We use cookies for essential Site functions, to improve our Site, and for personalized content and advertising. This includes temporary session cookies and persistent cookies that remember your preferences. You can manage cookies through your browser settings, choosing to accept, reject, or delete cookies. Please note that disabling cookies may affect how our website functions.

Purposes For Collection And Use

We collect and use your personal information for business or commercial purposes that may include providing you with products and services, Site improvement, data analysis and security, marketing and communication, and as otherwise described to you at the point of data collection.

How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect from and about you for any of the following purposes:

To provide products or services you have requested;
To respond to your comments or questions, or contact you if needed while processing a product or service you requested through our Site;
To improve our Site, products, and services; develop new products or services; and conduct analysis to enhance current products and services;
To review the usage and operations of our Site and improve our content, products; and services, including contacting you for your opinions on NextGen products, services, or websites;
To send you promotional offers, newsletter, materials, and other communications and information about NextGen, its portfolio of brands, affiliates, and its partners;
To provide you with content that is customized to your interests, targeted offers, and advertising on the Site, on third party sites and media platforms, including in social media, or via email;
To contact you as necessary when you enter a contest, sweepstakes, or game in order to conduct the promotion (for example, to contact you if you’re a winner);
To contact you when necessary;
To use your data in an aggregated non-specific format for analytical and demographic purposes;
To address problems with the Site or our business;
To manage our telecommunications networks;
To protect the security or integrity of the Site and our business; and
As otherwise described to you at the point of data collection.

How We Disclose Your Information

We do not sell or otherwise disclose personal information about our website visitors, except as described in this Notice. We do not share your personal information with third parties for their own marketing purposes without your consent.

Use Of Your Credit Card And Payment Security

When you purchase products or services from our website, you may be required to provide credit card or other payment information. We prioritize your payment data security. We use reputable third-party payment processors to handle all credit card transactions. These processors are PCI DSS compliant, meaning they adhere to industry-standard security measures for handling credit card data. We do not directly store your full credit card details on our servers. We use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that your credit card number is kept strictly confidential by using only third-party billing services that employ industry-standard encryption technology and robust security protocols to protect your credit card number from unauthorized use. While we take significant measures to protect your payment information, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. You understand and agree that while we strive for the highest level of security, we are not responsible for any misuse of your credit card number that occurs outside of our direct control, such as through a breach at a third-party processor not caused by our negligence.

How We Protect and Retain Your Information

The security of your information is important to us. We have taken certain administrative, technical, and physical steps to safeguard the information we collect from and about our customers and Site visitors against unauthorized use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. While we make every effort to help ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, we cannot guarantee our security measures.

Personal information is maintained on our servers or those of our service providers and is accessible to authorized employees, representatives and agents who require access for the purposes described in this notice. We retain personal information in accordance with our record retention policies. Retention periods are set taking into account the purpose for which the personal information was collected, applicable legal requirements, and our legitimate need to retain business records for reasonable periods.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By email: admin@nextgenbioplastics.com
By mail: 1150 Walnut Street, Sunbury, PA 17801, USA