Privacy policy

Definitions :

The Publisher: The person, natural or legal, who publishes the online public communication services.
The Site: All the sites, Internet pages, and online services offered by the Publisher.
The User: The person using the Site and the services.

Type of data collected

In the course of using the Sites, the Publisher may collect the following categories of data concerning its Users:

Civil status, identity and identification data…

Personal data (lifestyle, family situation, excluding sensitive or dangerous data)

Connection data (IP addresses, event logs, etc.)

Disclosure of personal data to third parties

Communication with authorities based on legal obligations
Based on legal obligations, your personal data may be disclosed in the application of a law, a regulation, or by virtue of a decision of a competent regulatory or judicial authority. In general, we undertake to comply with all legal rules that may prevent, limit or regulate the dissemination of information or data, and in particular to comply with Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties.

Disclosure to third parties according to account settings Your personal data is strictly confidential and may not be disclosed to third parties, except with your express consent obtained via your account settings.

Communication to third parties for commercial solicitation for equivalent products and services
If you have made a purchase on our Site, we may, with our commercial partners and occasionally, keep you informed of our new products, news, and special offers, by email, by post, and by telephone regarding products or services similar to the products or services that were the subject of your order.

Communication with third-party partners
We may make certain personal data available to strategic partners working with us, for the provision of products and services or helping us market our products to customers.

Communication to third parties with restrictions related to recipients
The personal data that you communicate to us when placing your order are transmitted to our suppliers and subsidiaries for processing of the order. Our suppliers and subsidiaries consider this information to be strictly confidential.

Third-Party Disclosures for Direct Marketing
We may share information with advertising partners to send you promotional communications, or to show you more tailored content, including relevant advertising for products and services that may be of interest to you, and to understand how users interact with advertisements.

Virality of the conditions for re-using personal data

Commitment to the virality of the conditions
In the event of communication of your personal data to a third party, the latter is required to apply confidentiality conditions identical to those of the Site.

Prior notification of the transfer of personal data to third parties in the event of a merger/absorption

Prior information and the possibility of opt-out before and after the merger/acquisitionIn the event that we take part in a merger, acquisition, or any other form of transfer of assets, we undertake to guarantee the confidentiality of your personal data and to inform you before it is transferred or subject to new confidentiality rules.

Purpose of re-use of personal data collected

Carry out customer management operations concerning

  • contracts; orders; deliveries; invoices; accounting, particularly accounts receivable management
  • a loyalty program within one or more legal entities;
  • monitoring customer relations, such as satisfaction surveys, claims management and after-sales service
  • the selection of customers for studies, surveys and product tests (unless the consent of the persons concerned is obtained under the conditions set out in article 6, these operations must not lead to the establishment of profiles likely to reveal sensitive data – racial or ethnic origins, philosophical, political, trade-union or religious opinions, sex life or health)

Carry out prospecting operations

  • management of technical prospecting operations (including technical operations such as normalization, enrichment and de-duplication)
  • selecting people for loyalty-building, prospecting, surveys, product testing and promotional activities. Unless the consent of the persons concerned has been obtained in accordance with the conditions laid down in article 6, these operations must not lead to the establishment of profiles likely to reveal sensitive data (racial or ethnic origins, philosophical, political, trade union or religious opinions, sex life or health of the persons concerned).
  • solicitation operations

Sales statistics

The transfer, rental or exchange of customer and prospect files

The organization of contests, lotteries or any promotional operation, with the exception of online gambling subject to approval by the Autorité de Régulation des Jeux en Ligne.

Management of requests for access, rectification and opposition rights

Management of unpaid invoices and disputes, provided that they do not relate to offences and/or do not result in the exclusion of a person from a right, service or contract.

Managing people’s opinions on products, services or content

Data aggregation

Aggregation with Non-Personal Information
We may publish, disclose and use aggregated information (information about all of our Users or specific groups or categories of Users that we combine in such a way that an individual User can no longer be identified or referenced) and non-personal information for industry and market analysis, demographic profiling, promotional and advertising purposes and other business purposes.

Aggregation with personal data available on the User’s social accounts
If you connect your account to an account of another service in order to make cross-sendings, said service may communicate to us your profile information, connection, as well as any other information whose disclosure you have authorized. We may aggregate information about all our other Users, groups, accounts, with the personal data available about the User.

Identity data collection

Registration and prior identification for the provision of the service
Use of the Site requires registration and prior identification. Your personal data (surname, first name, postal address, e-mail, telephone number, etc.) are used to fulfill our legal obligations resulting from the delivery of products and/or services, under the End User License Agreement, the Warranty Limitation, if applicable, or any other applicable conditions. You will not provide false personal information or create an account for another person without that person’s permission. Your contact details must always be accurate and up to date.

Collection of identification data

Use of user ID for connection proposal and commercial offers
We use your electronic identifiers to search for existing relationships by connection, by email address or by services. We may use your contact information to enable others to find your account, including through third-party services and client applications. You can upload your address book so that we can help you find acquaintances on our network or so that other Users on our network can find you. We can make suggestions to you and other network users based on contacts imported from your address book. We are likely to work in partnership with companies offering incentive packages. To support this type of promotion and incentive offer, we may share your electronic ID.

Geolocation

Geolocation for service provision purposes
We collect and process your geolocation data in order to provide you with our services. We may use personal data to determine your geographical position in real time. In accordance with your right of opposition under French law no. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties, you may at any time deactivate the geolocation functions.

Geolocation for cross-referencing purposes
We collect and process your geolocation data to enable our services to identify crossing points in time and space with other Users of the service in order to present you with the profile of the crossed Users. In accordance with your right of opposition under French law no. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties, you may at any time deactivate the geolocation functions. You acknowledge that the service will no longer be able to present you with profiles of other Users.

Geolocation with provision to partners for referencing and aggregation (with opt-in)
We can collect and process your geolocation data with our partners. We undertake to anonymize the data used. In accordance with your right of opposition under French law no. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties, you may at any time deactivate the geolocation functions.

Terminal data collection

Collection of profiling data and technical data for the purpose of providing the service
Some of the technical data of your device is collected automatically by the Site. This information includes in particular your IP address, Internet access provider, hardware configuration, software configuration, browser type and language… The collection of this data is necessary for the provision of services.

Collection of technical data for advertising, commercial and statistical purposes
The technical data of your device is automatically collected and recorded by the Site, for advertising, commercial and statistical purposes. This information helps us to personalize and continually improve your experience on our Site. We do not collect or store any personal data (surname, first name, address, etc.) that may be linked to technical data. The data collected may be sold to third parties.

Cookies

Duration of storage of cookies
In accordance with the recommendations of the CNIL, the maximum duration of storage of cookies is 13 months maximum after their first deposit in the User’s terminal, as is the duration of the validity of the User’s consent to the use of these cookies. The lifetime of cookies is not extended with each visit. The User’s consent must therefore be renewed at the end of this period.

Purpose of cookies
Cookies may be used for statistical purposes, in particular to optimize the services provided to the User, based on the processing of information concerning the frequency of access, the personalization of pages as well as the operations carried out and the information consulted.
You are informed that the Publisher may place cookies on your terminal. The cookie records information relating to navigation on the service (the pages you have consulted, the date and time of consultation, etc.) which we can read during your subsequent visits.

User’s right to refuse cookies
You acknowledge having been informed that the Publisher may use cookies. If you don’t want cookies to be used on your terminal, most browsers allow you to disable cookies via the settings options.

Technical data retention

Duration of retention of technical data
Technical data is retained for the period strictly necessary to achieve the purposes referred to above.

Personal data retention and anonymization periods

Data retention for the duration of the contractual relationship
In accordance with Article 6-5° of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, personal data subject to processing are not retained beyond the time necessary for the execution of the obligations defined when the contract is concluded or the predefined duration of the contractual relationship.

Retention of anonymized data beyond the contractual relationship / after deletion of the account
We retain personal data for the period strictly necessary to achieve the purposes described in these TCs. After this period, they will be anonymized and kept exclusively for statistical purposes and will not be used for any other purpose whatsoever.

Deletion of data after deletion of the account
Means of purging data are put in place in order to provide for their effective deletion as soon as the retention or archiving period necessary for the accomplishment of the determined or imposed purposes is reached. In accordance with French law no. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties, you also have the right to delete your data, which you may exercise at any time by contacting the Publisher.

Deletion 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.

Account deletion

Deletion of the account on request
The User has the possibility to delete his Account at any time, by simple request to the Publisher OR by the Account deletion menu present in the Account settings if applicable.

Account Termination for Violation of the TCs
In the event of a violation of one or more provisions of the TCs or any other document incorporated herein by reference, the Publisher reserves the right to terminate or restrict, without any prior warning and at its sole discretion, your use of and access to the services, your account and all Sites.

Indications in the event of a security breach detected by the Editor

User Information in the Event of a Security Breach
We undertake to implement all appropriate technical and organizational measures to guarantee an appropriate level of security with regard to the risks of accidental, unauthorized or illegal access, disclosure, alteration, loss or destruction of your personal data. In the event that we become aware of unlawful access to your personal data stored on our servers or those of our service providers, or of unauthorized access resulting in the risks identified above, we undertake to :

  • Notify you of the incident as soon as possible;
  • Examine the causes of the incident and inform you;
  • Take all reasonable steps to mitigate any adverse effects and damages that may result from the said incident

Limitation of liability
Under no circumstances may the commitments defined in the point above relating to notification in the event of a security breach be equated with any recognition of fault or liability for the occurrence of the incident in question.

Transfer of personal data abroad

Transfer of data to countries with an equivalent level of protection
The Publisher undertakes to comply with the applicable regulations relating to the transfer of data to foreign countries and in particular according to the following terms:

  • The Publisher transfers the personal data of its Users to countries recognized as offering an equivalent level of protection.
  • The Publisher transfers the personal data of its Users outside countries recognized by the CNIL as having an adequate level of protection: The Publisher has obtained authorization from the CNIL to proceed with this transfer.

For a list of these countries: CNIL – Data protection around the world

Modification of the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

In the event of a modification of these TCs, we undertake not to substantially lower the level of confidentiality without first informing the persons concerned
We undertake to inform you in the event of a substantial modification of these TCs, and not to substantially lower the level of confidentiality of your data without informing you and obtaining your consent.

Applicable law and remedies

Arbitration clause
You expressly agree that any dispute that may arise from these TCs, in particular from their interpretation or execution, will be subject to an arbitration procedure subject to the rules of the arbitration platform chosen by mutual agreement, to which you will adhere without reservation.

Data portability

Data portability
The author undertakes to offer you the possibility of having all data concerning you returned to you upon simple request. The User is thus guaranteed greater control over his or her data, and retains the possibility of reusing it. This data must be provided in an open, easily reusable format.