Privacy Policy

Personal data

Definitions

Publisher : The person, whether a natural or legal person, who publishes the public communication services online.

The Site : All of the sites, web pages and online services proposed by the Publisher.

The User : The person using the Site and the services.

1- Nature of the data collected

In connection with the use of the Sites, the Publisher is liable to collect the following categories of data concerning its Users:

Civil status, identity, identification data, etc.

2- Disclosure of data to third parties

No disclosure of data to third parties

Your data will not be disclosed to any third parties. However, you are informed that they may be disclosed in application of a law or regulation or by virtue of a decision of a competent regulatory or judicial authority.

3- Prior information for the disclosure of personal data to third parties in the event of a merger/acquisition

Prior information and possibility of opting out before and after the merger/acquisition

In the event of our being involved in a merger or acquisition or in any other form of assignment of assets, we undertake to guarantee the confidentiality of your personal data and to inform you before they are transferred or become subject to new privacy rules.

4- Data aggregation

Aggregation with non-personal data

We may publish, disclose and use aggregated information (information relating to all our Users or to specific groups or categories of Users, which we combine so that no individual User can be identified or mentioned) and non-personal information for the purposes of sector and market analysis, demographic profiling, for promotional and advertising purposes and other commercial purposes.

Aggregation with the personal data available on the User’s social media accounts

If you link your account to an account for a different service for cross-posting purposes, that service may send us your profile and connection data, as well as any other information whose disclosure you have authorised. We may aggregate information relating to all our other Users, groups, accounts with the personal data available on the User.

5- Collection of identity data

Free consultation

The Site may be consulted without any need to register or identify yourself first.  It can be consulted without you sending any nominative data about yourself (surname, first name, address, etc.). We do not save any nominative data during a simple visit to the Site.

6- Collection of identifying data

Use of the user’s identifier only to access services

We use your electronic identifiers only for and during the performance of the contract.

7- Collection of data relating to the terminal

No collection of technical data

We do not collect or retain any technical data relating to your hardware (IP address, internet access provider, etc.).

8- Cookies

Cookie retention period

In accordance with the recommendations of the French data protection agency (CNIL), the maximum cookie retention period is 13 months after they are first deposited on the user’s device, which is the same as the period of validity of the User’s consent to the use of these cookies.  The lifespan of the cookies is not extended with each visit. The User’s consent will therefore have to be renewed at the end of this period. 

Purpose of cookies

Cookies may be used for statistical purposes, in particular to optimise the services provided to the User, based on the processing of information concerning frequency of access, the personalisation of the pages as well as the operations carried out and the information consulted.

You are informed that the Publisher is liable to deposit cookies on your device. The cookie saves information about your browsing on the service (the pages you have consulted, the date and time of consultation, etc.) which we can read next time you visit the website.

User’s right to refuse cookies

You acknowledge that you have been informed that the Publisher may use cookies. If you do not wish cookies to be used on your device, most browsers allow you to disable cookies by altering the options in your settings.

9- Retention of technical data

Technical data retention period

Technical data are retained for the period strictly necessary to the aforementioned purposes.

10- Personal data retention time and anonymisation

Retention of data for the duration of the contractual relationship

In accordance with French data protection (specifically Article 6-5° of Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978), the personal data processed are not retained beyond the time necessary to the performance of the obligations defined at the time of concluding the contract or the pre-defined period of the contractual relationship.

Retention of anonymised data after the end of the contractual relationship/deletion of the account

We retain personal data for the period of time strictly necessary to the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. After that, they are anonymised and retained exclusively for statistical purposes and will not then be exploited in any way whatsoever.

Erasure of data after deletion of the account

Date purging processes are in place in order to effectively erase data once the storage or archiving period necessary to the purposes defined or imposed is over. Under French data protection law (Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978), you have a right of erasure of your data, which you may exercise at any time by contacting the Publisher.

Erasure of data after 3 years of inactivity

For security reasons, if you have not authenticated yourself on the Site for a period of three years, you will receive an email inviting you to log in as soon as possible, otherwise your data will be deleted from our databases.

11- Deletion of the account

Deletion of the account at the User’s request

The User can delete their Account at any time, simply by asking the Publisher to do so OR by using the Delete account menu in the Account setting, as the case may be.

Deletion of the account by the Publisher

In the event of the breach of one or more of the provisions of the Privacy Policy or any other document incorporated into it by reference, the Publisher reserves the right, without prior warning and at its sole discretion, to terminate or restrict your access to and use of the services, your account and all the Sites.

12- Information in the event of a security breach detected by the Publisher

Informing the User in the event of a security breach

We undertake to take all appropriate technical and organisational measures to guarantee a suitable level of security with regard to the risks of accidental, Unauthorised or illegal access, disclosure, alteration, loss or destruction of your personal data If we become aware of any illegal access to your personal data stored on our servers or those of our service providers, or any unauthorised access leading to the realisation of the aforementioned risks, we undertake to :

  • Notify you of the incident as soon as possible;
  • Examine the causes of the incident and inform you;
  • Take the necessary measures within the limits of what is reasonable in order to reduce the negative effects and damage that may result from said incident.

Disclaimer

On no account may the commitments defined above relating to notification in the event of a security breach be assimilated with any form of recognition of wrongdoing or liability regarding the occurrence of the incident in question.

13- Transfer of personal data abroad

No transfer outside the European Union

The Publisher undertakes not to transfer its Users’ data outside the European Union.

Data protection worldwide | CNIL

14- Changes to the privacy policy

If any changes are made to this Privacy Policy, we undertake not to substantially reduce the degree of confidentiality without first informing the data subjects concerned. 

We undertake to inform you in the event of any substantial changes to this Privacy Policy and not to substantially reduce the degree of confidentiality of your data without informing you and obtaining your consent.

15- Applicable law and jurisdiction

Arbitration clause

You expressly agree that any dispute liable to arise concerning this Privacy Policy, in particular its interpretation or implementation, will be dealt with by an arbitration procedure subject to the rules of an arbitration platform chosen by mutual agreement, to which you unreservedly agree to adhere.

16- Data portability

Data portability

The Publisher undertakes to offer you the possibility of having all your data returned to you on request. The User is thus guaranteed better control over their data and retains the possibility of reusing them. These data must be provided in an open, easily reusable format.