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General Data Protection Regulation

Definitions

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

Nature of the data collected

In the context of the use of the Sites, the Publisher may collect the categories of data below concerning its Users:

  • Civil status, identity, identification data….
  • Data relating to professional life (CV, education, vocational training, distinctions, etc.)
  • Connection data (IP addresses, event logs, etc.)
  • Location data (movements, GPS data, GSM…)

Disclosure of personal data to third parties

No disclosure to third parties

Your data will not be shared with third parties. However, you are informed that theymay be disclosed pursuant to a law, regulation or decision of an authority regulatory or judicial authorities.

Preliminary information for the communication of personal data to third parties in case of merger / absorption.

Preliminary information and possibility of opt-out before and after the merger / acquisition.

In the event that we are involved in a merger, acquisition or other form of transfer of assets, we are committed to guaranteeing the confidentiality of your personal data and to informing you before they are transferred or subject to new confidentiality rules.

Purpose of the reuse of collected personal data

Carry out operations related to customer management concerning third parties:

  • Contracts; orders; deliveries; invoices; accounting and in particular management accounts receivable.
  • A loyalty program within one or more legal entities.
  • Customer relationship management such as satisfaction surveys, complaints management and after-sales service.
  • The selection of customers to carry out studies, surveys and product tests (except with the consent of the data subjects collected under the conditions provided for in Article 6, these operations must not lead to the establishment of profiles likely to reveal sensitive data – origins racial or ethnic, philosophical, political, trade union, religious, sex life or health opinions of people).

Carry out operations related to prospecting:

  • The management of technical prospecting operations (which includes in particular technical operations such as standardization, enrichment and deduplication).
  • The selection of people to carry out loyalty actions, prospecting, surveys, tests product and promotion. Except with the consent of the persons concerned collected under the conditions provided for in Article 6, these operations must not lead to the establishment of profiles likely to reveal sensitive data (racial or ethnic origins, philosophical opinions, (e.g., politics, unions, religion, sex life or human health) the execution of solicitation operations.

The development of trade statistics.

The updating of its prospecting files by the organization in charge of managing the list opposition to telephone solicitation, in accordance with the provisions of the Consumer Code.

Management of requests for access, rectification and opposition rights.

Managing people’s opinions on products, services or content.

Data aggregation

Aggregation with non-personal data:

We may publish, disclose and use aggregate information (information relating to all our Users or to specific groups or categories of Users that we combine in such a way that an individual User can no longer be identified or mentioned) and non-personal information to for sector and market analysis, demographic profiling, promotional purposes and advertising and other commercial 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 send cross-deliveries, the said service may provide us with your profile information, login information, as well as any other information including you authorized the disclosure. We may aggregate information about all of our otherUsers, groups, accounts, to the personal data available on the User.

Collection of identity data

Free consultation:

Consultation of the Site does not require registration or prior identification. It can be carried out without you did not communicate any personal data concerning you (surname, first name, address, etc.). We do not record any personal data for the simple consultation of the Site.

Collection of identification data

Use of the user ID for contact proposal and commercial offers:

We use your electronic identifiers to search for relationships by connection, by email address or by services. We may use your contact information to allow others to people 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 to allow other Users of our network to find you. We can help you suggest suggestions, to you and other Network Users, from contacts imported from your address book. We are likely to work in partnership with companies that offer incentive offers. To support this type of promotion and incentive offer, we are able to share your electronic ID.

Geolocation

Geolocation for service provision purposes:

We collect and process your geolocation data to provide you with our services. We can use personal data to determine your geographical location by real time. In accordance with your right of opposition provided for by law n°78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedom, you have the possibility, at any time, to disable the functionsrelated to geolocation.

Geolocation for crossing purposes:

We collect and process your geolocation data to enable our services to identify the points of intersection in time and space with other Users of the service in order to introduce you the profile of the crossed Users. In accordance with your right of opposition provided for by law n°78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms, you have the possibility, at any time, to deactivate geolocation functions. You acknowledge that the service will no longer be able to introduce you to the profiles of other Users.
Geolocation with partners available for referencing and aggregation (with opt-in).
We can collect and process your geolocation data with our partners. We are committed to to anonymize the data used. In accordance with your right of opposition provided for by law n°78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms, you have the possibility, at any time, to disable geolocation functions.

Collection of terminal data:

Collection of profiling and technical data for the purpose of providing the service
Some of the technical data of your device is automatically collected by the Site. These information includes your IP address, Internet service provider, hardware configuration, etc, 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, at for advertising, commercial and statistical purposes. This information helps us to personalize and improve continuously improve your experience on our Site. We do not collect or store any data name (surname, first name, address…) possibly attached to a technical data. The data collected are likely to be resold to third parties.

Cookies

How long cookies are stored?

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

Cookies purpose:

Cookies may be used for statistical purposes, in particular to optimise the services provided to the User, from the processing of information concerning the frequency of access, the personalization of the pages as well as the operations carried out and the information consulted.
You are informed that the Publisher may place cookies on your device. The cookie stores information relating to navigation on the service (the pages you have consulted, the date and time of the consultation…) that we will be able to read during your subsequent visits.

User’s right to refuse cookies:

You acknowledge that you have been informed that the Publisher may use cookies. If you do not wish to that cookies are used on your device, most browsers allow you to disable cookies via the setting options.

Conservation of technical data

 Storage period for technical data:

The technical data are kept for the period strictly necessary for the fulfilment of the purposes referred to above.

Time limit for storing personal data and anonymisation

Data retention for the duration of the contractual relationship:

In accordance with article 6-5° of law n°78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, personal data processed shall not be stored beyond time necessary to fulfil the obligations defined at the time of conclusion of the contract or the duration predefined of the contractual relationship.

Storage of anonymized data beyond the contractual relationship / after deletion of the account:

We keep personal data for as long as strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which it is collected (described in these T&Cs). Beyond this period, they will be anonymized and stored for purposes of exclusively statistical and will not give rise to any exploitation of any kind whatsoever.

Deleting data after deleting the account:

Means of data purging are put in place in order to provide for their effective deletion as soon as the storage or archiving period necessary for the fulfilment of the purposes determined or imposed is reached. In accordance with the law n°78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, you also have a right to delete your data that you can exercise at any time by contacting the Publisher.

Data deletion after 3 years of inactivity:

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

Deleting the account

Deleting the account on demand:

The User has the possibility to delete his Account at any time, by simple request to the Publisher OR by the Account deletion menu in the Account settings if applicable. Person to contact : Laurent Dubourg (laurent.dubourg@stirweld.com).

Deletion of the account in the event of a breach of the TOS:

In the event of a violation of one or more provisions of the T&Cs or any other document incorporated into the present by reference, the Publisher reserves the right to terminate or restrict without notice in advance and at its sole discretion, your use of and access to the Services, your account and all the Sites.

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

Information to the User in the event of a security breach:

We undertake to implement all appropriate technical and organisational measures in order to guarantee a level of security appropriate to the risks of accidental, unauthorised or illegal access, disclosure, alteration, loss or destruction of your personal data.
In the event that we become aware of illegal access to personal data, you concerning stored on our servers or those of our service providers, or unauthorized access having for.

As a result of the realization of 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 the necessary measures within reasonable limits to mitigate the negative effects and damages that may result from the said incident.

Limitation of liability:

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

Transfer of personal data abroad

No transfer outside the European Union:

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

Modification of the T&Cs and Privacy Policy

In the event of a change to these T&Cs, an undertaking not to reduce the level of confidentiality by substantially without prior information to the persons concerned.

We undertake to inform you in the event of any substantial modification of these T&Cs, and not to substantially reduce the level of confidentiality of your data without informing you and obtaining your consent.

Applicable law and appeal procedures

Arbitration clause:

You expressly agree that any dispute that may arise out of these T&Cs, including its 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

The Publisher undertakes to offer you the possibility of having all your personal data returned to you on request. The User is thus guaranteed a better control of his data, and keeps the possibility of reusing them. This data should be provided in an open and easily reusable format.