Personal data confidentiality policy

The following undertakings describe our policy regarding the gathering of personal data via our website and in the course of the use of such data. Please spend some time reading this document, which explains our policy regarding the protection of your data.

As a reminder, personal data are data that enable individual identification (surname, contact details and other personal data).

The use of our website implies acceptance of our policy regarding the protection of the confidentiality of your personal data.

 

 

I. Gathering your data

1.1 When you visit the www.fondation-somfy website, we may request from you certain information about you in order to be able to identify you, to supply you with information or services depending on your requirements and requests, in order to be receptive to your needs, to understand your preferences and habits or for the purposes of improving our Internet site.
The individual responsible for this gathering process is Mr Vincent Defrasne.

1.2 Automatic gathering of data using Cookies:
The Somfy Foundation informs you that it may use temporary "cookies" that are valid for the duration of an Internet consultation session on the www.fondation-somfy Internet site.

What is a cookie?
A cookie is an alphanumeric identifier that installs itself on your hard disk when you visit an Internet site. It stores information relating to your visit to our site (the pages you viewed, the date and time of consultation, etc.). We will be able to read this information when you visit again.

Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies in particular:

- to indicate the fact that you are visiting our site,
- to identify you when you connect again, in order to avoid you having to re-register each time you contact our Internet site.
- to store information relating to your visit for statistical processing. This statistical processing enables us to improve our site so that we can meet your needs better. This processing is not under any circumstances made available to any third party.
- to ensure that we are providing you with new information.

Refusal or disabling of cookies
Your browser manages the cookies. You can configure your browser so that all cookies are deleted on your hard disk, so that no new cookies are saved, or so that you receive a warning message before a cookie is saved, giving you the opportunity to refuse it.
You can therefore refuse the automatic saving of “cookies” by configuring your browser as follows:

For Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0:
1. Select the “Tools” menu, then "Internet Options"
2. Click on the "Confidentiality" tab
3. Select the desired level using the cursor

For Microsoft Internet Explorer 5:
1. Select the "Tools" menu, then "Internet Options"
2. Click on the "Security" tab
3. Select "Internet" then "Custom Level"
4. Enter the rubric "cookies" and select the option you require

For Netscape 6.X and 7.X:
1. Select the menu "Edit" > “Preferences”
2. Confidentiality and Security
3. Cookies

For Firefox:
1. Select the "Tools” > “Options” menu
2. Click on the option “Privacy”
3. Rubric: “Cookies”

For Opera 6.0 and higher:
1. Select the "File” > “Preferences” menu
2. “Privacy”
The length of time this information is stored on your computer is permanent, if you do not delete your cookies (via the Tools/Internet Options rubric in your browser).

We should inform you that one of the consequences of refusing or disabling cookies is that you may not be able to use some of our website's functions.

II. GENERAL RULES REGARDING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

In accordance with the provisions of the French law of 6 January 1978 known as "Data protection and civil liberties", relating to information technology, computer files and liberties, automated processing of nominative data performed via the www.fondation-somfy.com Internet site has been declared to the French Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) [National Commission for Information Technology and Liberties].

1. Storage period for personal data and their use
We will keep your data for a maximum period of 3 years.

We may disclose all or part of the data that we gather in order to:

- share this information within the Somfy Group,
- share this information with our partners,
- comply with the law or the requirements of the competent judicial or governmental authorities,
- instigate legal action or exercise our rights to defense,
- prevent fraud or any other illegal activity.

This information may also be transferred, in particular in the case of the transfer of part of our business activity.

2. Respect for your choices
If you wish to refuse to have your personal data saved, and to have them disclosed to any third party, please send an email to the following address: fondation@somfy.com

We may in future send you information concerning our projects and developments by email. You can, for this purpose, check the corresponding box when the information is gathered (information regarding the Foundation, newsletter, etc.).

We may share this data with partners so that they can inform you of their projects or missions. In this case, we will explicitly ask you to give your consent by checking the appropriate box, when the information is gathered.

3. Rights to access, modify, correct or delete
In accordance with the provisions of the French law of 6 January 1978 known as "Data protection and civil liberties", relating to information technology, computer files and liberties, automated processing of nominative data performed via the www.fondation-somfy.com Internet site has been declared to the French Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) [National Commission for Information Technology and Liberties].
Internet users have, at any time, the right of access, modification, correction and deletion of data concerning them, which may be exercised directly by sending an email to the following address: fondation@somfy.com, or be writing to Somfy Foundation, 50 avenue du nouveau monde, 74300 Cluses.

4. Security of the personal data gathered
The security of your personal data is of the greatest importance to us.
We implement technical resources to prevent destruction, loss or damage, unauthorized disclosure, modification or access to your personal data, either accidentally or illegally.
Our employees who have access to your personal data undertake to respect their confidentiality.

5. Links to other Internet sites
The fact that we may enable you to access other internet sites using hypertext links does not make us responsible for these sites' policy relating to personal data.

 

 

III- CONTACT

For any question regarding our confidentiality policy, please do not hesitate to contact us via our Internet site or by writing to us at the following address: fondation@somfy.com