Privacy policy
We are committed to protecting your privacy, and to ensuring that the collection and processing of your data from the https://www.photonics-bretagne.com/ website complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the French Data Protection Act.
PHOTONICS BRETAGNE has taken all reasonable precautions to preserve the confidentiality and security of personal data processed and to prevent it from being distorted, damaged, destroyed or accessed by unauthorized third parties.
The purpose of this personal data protection policy is to inform you of the conditions under which we collect personal data, the reasons for which this data is collected, the use that is made of it and your rights. It may change from time to time.
Collection and Processing of your Personal Data
When you join PHOTONICS BRETAGNE, when you meet with a member of our operational team, during an event organized or promoted by PHOTONICS BRETAGNE or when you browse our website, PHOTONICS BRETAGNE may collect personal data about you:
- Personal data: last name, first name, company/structure, position, postal address, email address, telephone number.
- Electronic identification data available on or from your computer (such as ‘cookies’ or ‘IP addresses’). Your electronic identification data makes it possible to identify your connection terminal or the pages consulted on the website during your browsing.
This data is not sensitive data as defined by the CNIL (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés, the independent French regulatory whose mission is to ensure that data privacy law is applied to the collection, storage and use of personal data).
What is the purpose of collecting your data?
PHOTONICS BRETAGNE processes the data concerning you that is necessary for the following purposes:
- Responding to your request via our online contact form on our website (processing with explicit consent).
- Participation in the life of the association (legitimate processing).
- Registering for our events (processing with explicit consent).
- Managing your newsletter subscriptions, registrations and unsubscriptions (processing with explicit consent).
- Carrying out satisfaction surveys and opinion polls (processing with explicit consent).
- Producing anonymous statistics on website traffic (legitimate processing).
The information we may send you concerns, for example, news about PHOTONICS BRETAGNE and the industry, our projects, our services to members, events that may be of interest to you and, why not, commercial offers on our products or services that may
meet your needs or expectations.
We do not use your data to obtain information other than that concerning your professional activity. We will not send you any information of a private nature.
Who will receive your data?
The data collected is intended for PHOTONICS BRETAGNE’s internal services and is neither sold nor transferred to third parties, except at your request in the case of a referral for example.
For the purposes of technical storage of your personal data, your data may nevertheless be centralised with the following service providers:
- ID Interactive: Website hosting
- Quadra: Photonics Bretagne CRM
- Dolist/Campaign: Creation and sending of emailings and our newsletters
Finally, the data processed may be transmitted to the competent authorities, at their request, as part of legal proceedings, as part of legal investigations and requests for information from the authorities or in order to comply with other legal obligations.
Data Retention
Data is kept for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or until you expressly request that it be deleted.
For the management of your newsletter subscription: PHOTONICS BRETAGNE keeps the data until the deletion request. If you unsubscribe, PHOTONICS BRETAGNE will deactivate the sending of newsletters. The same applies to emailings.
Your Rights
What are your rights?
In accordance with the European Regulation on Personal Data (GDPR) of 27 April 2016, you have the right to access, rectify and delete data concerning you. You may request the portability of this data. You also have the right to object to the processing carried out or to request that it be restricted. In addition, you may issue instructions concerning the retention, deletion or communication of your personal data after your death.
How can you exercise your rights?
You can easily unsubscribe at the bottom of each newsletter or emailing you receive.
You can also send your request to access or delete your data at any time by contacting the Data Protection Officer at the addresses below.
- By email contact@photonics-bretagne.com
- or by post, signed and accompanied by a copy of an identity document, to the following address
PHOTONICS BRETAGNE
For the attention of the Data Protection Officer (DPO)
4 rue Louis de Broglie
22300 Lannion
If you do not receive an adequate response, you may lodge a complaint with the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), the supervisory authority responsible for ensuring compliance with personal data protection obligations in France.
Cookies
A cookie is a small computer file, or tracker, placed on your hard drive by the server of the website you are visiting. It contains several pieces of information, in particular the name of the server that placed it, an identifier in the form of a unique number, and possibly an expiry date.
The use of these cookies is subject to your consent if they are not strictly necessary for the operation of the site concerned. Only the sender of a cookie is likely to read or modify the information contained therein.
What are Cookies Used For on the Site?
Cookies may be placed on your computer, mobile phone or tablet in order to improve the quality of your browsing experience and to measure visitor numbers.
There are two main categories of cookies on the site: essential cookies and functional cookies.
Essential cookies are used to:
- Adapt the presentation of the site to your terminal’s display preferences.
- Remember information relating to a form you have filled in on the site.
- Enable you to access the site’s Google Maps.
- Allow you to play videos hosted on platforms such as YouTube.
- Allow you to consult the members’ directory.
Without essential cookies, basic browsing and certain essential functions may be blocked.
Functional cookies are used to:
- Establish statistics and volumes of site traffic (number of pages viewed, number of visits to the site, visitor activity on the site, etc.).
The purpose of these cookies is to better understand your expectations and improve the site and the services we offer.
If you refuse cookies in whole or in part, some of the site’s functionalities will no longer function and/or will not function optimally. We accept no responsibility for any deterioration in the operation of the site due to your refusal of certain cookies.
How do I Configure Cookies on the Site?
If you wish to manage your https cookies globally, without distinguishing by category as explained above, you can do so by configuring your browser. Any settings you make may affect your browsing experience and your conditions of access to certain services requiring the use of cookies.
- Pour Chrome : https://support.google.com/chrome/
- Pour Firefox : https://support.mozilla.org/fr/kb/stockage
- Pour Microsoft Edge : https://support.microsoft.com/fr-fr/windows/gerer-les-cookies-dans-microsoft-edge-afficher-autoriser-bloquer-supprimer-et-utiliser
For all other browsers, please consult the cookie management help available on the Internet.