Privacy Policy (GDPR)

Last updated: May 22, 2018

This privacy policy defines and informs you of the manner in which Expertime Open uses and protects the information that you transmit to us, if applicable, when you use this site accessible from the following URL: www.expertime-open.fr and www.expertime-open.com (hereinafter the “Site”).

Please note that this privacy policy may be modified or supplemented at any time by Expertime Open, in particular in order to comply with any legislative, regulatory, jurisprudential or technological developments. In such a case, the date of its update will be clearly identified at the top of this policy. These modifications are binding on the User as soon as they are posted online. The User should therefore regularly consult this privacy and cookie policy in order to be aware of any possible modifications.

I. PERSONAL DATA

In general, you can visit the Site without providing any personal information about yourself. In any event, you are in no way obliged to provide this information to Expertime Open. However, if you refuse, you may not be able to benefit from certain information or services that you have requested. In this respect, Expertime Open may be required in certain cases to ask you to provide (hereinafter your “Personal Information”):

  • First and last name
  • Email address

By providing this information, you expressly agree that it will be processed by Expertime Open, for the purposes indicated in point 2 below as well as for the purposes stated at the end of each form.

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation adopted by the European Parliament on April 14, 2016, and the Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978, as amended, Expertime Open informs you of the following points:

1. Identity of the data controller

The data controller is Fabrice Lory, at:

Expertime Europarc de la Chantrerie 44372 Cedex 03, 10 Rue Edouard Nignon, 44300 Nantes

Email: expertime.opendigital@gmail.com

2. Purposes of processing

Expertime Open may process your Personal Information:

1.  For the purpose of providing you with the information or services you have requested to receive (ordering a product for sale on our Site or sending our newsletters following registration on your part); and/or

2.  For the purpose of collecting information enabling us to improve our Site, our products and services (in particular through cookies); and/or

3.  For the purpose of being able to contact you about various events relating to Expertime Open, including in particular product updates and customer support.

3. Recipients

Only Expertime Open is the recipient of your Personal Information. This information, whether in individual or aggregated form, is never transmitted to a third party, notwithstanding the subcontractors that Expertime uses (you will find more information about them in point 7 below). Neither Expertime Open nor any of its subcontractors market the personal data of visitors and Users of its Site. However, you are informed that it may be disclosed in application of a law, a regulation or by virtue of a decision of a competent regulatory or judicial authority.

4. Retention period

Your Personal Information is kept by Expertime Open only for the time corresponding to the purpose of the collection as indicated in 2 above, which may not in any event exceed 12 months.

5. Computer Rights and Freedoms

You have the following rights regarding your Personal Information, which you can exercise by writing to us at the email address (expertime.opendigital@gmail.com), at the postal address (see point 1) or by using the contact form on the Site at the following url address: http://expertime.hk/

Right of access and communication of data

You have the right to access the Personal Information that concerns you. However, due to the security and confidentiality obligation in the processing of personal data incumbent on Expertime Open, you are informed that your request will be processed subject to you providing proof of your identity, in particular by producing a scan of your valid identity document (in the event of a request via our dedicated electronic form) or a signed photocopy of your valid identity document (in the event of a request sent in writing).

Expertime Open informs you that it will be entitled, where applicable, to oppose requests that are clearly abusive (due to their number, their repetitive or systematic nature). To help you in your approach, in particular if you wish to exercise your right of access by means of a written request to the postal address mentioned in point 1, you will find by clicking on the following link a model letter developed by the National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties (the “CNIL”).

https://www.cnil.fr/fr/modele/courrier/entreprises-son-droit-dacces

Right to rectification of data

Under this right, the law authorizes you to request the rectification, updating, blocking or deletion of data concerning you that may be inaccurate, erroneous, incomplete or obsolete. You can also define general and specific guidelines regarding the fate of personal data after your death. Where applicable, the heirs of a deceased person may demand that the death of their loved one be taken into consideration and/or that the necessary updates be made. To help you in your process, particularly if you wish to exercise, on your own behalf or on behalf of one of your deceased loved ones, your right of rectification by means of a written request to the postal address mentioned in point 1, you will find by clicking on the following link a letter template developed by the CNIL.

https://www.cnil.fr/fr/modele/courrier/rectifier-des-donnees-inexactes-obsoletes-ou-perimees

Right to object

The exercise of this right is only possible in one of the following two situations: When the exercise of this right is based on legitimate grounds; or When the exercise of this right aims to prevent the data collected from being used for commercial prospecting purposes. To help you in your process, in particular if you wish to exercise your right of opposition by means of a written request addressed to the postal address indicated in point 1, you will find by clicking on the following link a model letter developed by the CNIL.

https://www.cnil.fr/fr/modele/courrier/supprimer-des-information-vous-concernant-dun-site-internet

6. Response times

Expertime Open undertakes to respond to your request for access, rectification or opposition or any other additional request for information within a reasonable period of time which may not exceed 1 month from receipt of your request.

7. Complaint to the competent authority

If you consider that Expertime Open does not respect its obligations with regard to your Personal Information, you can send a complaint or a request to the competent authority. In France, the competent authority is the CNIL to which you can send a request electronically by clicking on the following link:

https://www.cnil.fr/fr/plaintes/internet

II. COOKIE POLICY

When you first connect to the Expertime Open website, you are warned by a banner at the bottom of your screen that information relating to your browsing may be recorded in files called “cookies”. Our cookie usage policy allows you to better understand the provisions that we implement in terms of browsing on our website. It informs you in particular about all the cookies present on our website, their purpose (part 1.) and gives you the procedure to follow to configure them (part 2.)

1. General information on cookies present on the Expertime Open website

Expertime Open, as publisher of this website, may install a cookie on the hard drive of your device (computer, tablet, mobile, etc.) in order to guarantee smooth and optimal navigation on our website. “Cookies” are small text files of limited size that allow us to recognize your computer, tablet or mobile in order to personalize the services we offer you.

The information collected through cookies does not in any way allow you to be identified by name. They are used exclusively for our own needs in order to improve the interactivity and performance of our website and to send you content adapted to your interests. None of this information is communicated to third parties except when Expertime Open has obtained your prior consent or when the disclosure of this information is required by law, by order of a court or any administrative or judicial authority authorized to know it.

To better inform you about the information that cookies identify, you will find below the list of the different types of cookies that may be used on the Expertime Open website, their name, their purpose and their retention period.

2. Configuring your cookie preferences

You can accept or refuse the deposit of cookies at any time. When you first connect to the Expertime Open website, a banner briefly presenting information relating to the deposit of cookies and similar technologies appears at the bottom of your screen. This banner warns you that by continuing to browse the Expertime Open website (by loading a new page or clicking on various elements of the site for example), you accept the deposit of cookies on your device. You are also deemed to have given your consent to the deposit of cookies by clicking on the green “v OK” icon on the banner at the bottom of your screen.

Depending on the type of cookie in question, obtaining your consent to the storage and reading of cookies on your device may be essential.

Cookies exempt from consent

In accordance with the recommendations of the National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties (CNIL), certain cookies are exempt from the prior collection of your consent to the extent that they are strictly necessary for the operation of the website or have the exclusive purpose of enabling or facilitating communication by electronic means.

These include session ID cookies, authentication cookies, load balancing session cookies and cookies for customizing your interface. These cookies are fully subject to this policy to the extent that they are issued and managed by Expertime Open.

Cookies requiring your prior consent

This requirement concerns cookies issued by third parties and which are qualified as “persistent” insofar as they remain on your terminal until they are deleted or their expiration date. Since such cookies are issued by third parties, their use and storage are subject to their own privacy policies, a link to which you will find below. This family of cookies includes advertising cookies (which Expertime Open does not use) as well as social network sharing cookies (in particular from Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and LinkedIn). Social network sharing cookies are issued and managed by the publisher of the social network concerned.

Subject to your consent, these cookies allow you to easily share some of the content published on the Expertime Open website, in particular via a sharing application “button” depending on the social network concerned. Some types of social network sharing cookies that are potentially present on the Expertime Open website:

Facebook and Instagram, whose cookie policy you can consult by clicking on the following link: https://fr-fr.facebook.com/policies/cookies/ & https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388

You have various tools for configuring cookies

Most Internet browsers are configured by default so that the deposit of cookies is authorized. Your browser offers you the opportunity to modify these standard settings so that all cookies are systematically rejected or so that only some cookies are accepted or refused depending on their issuer.

ATTENTION: We draw your attention to the fact that refusing to deposit cookies on your terminal is nevertheless likely to alter your user experience as well as your access to certain services or functionalities of this website. If applicable, Expertime Open declines all responsibility concerning the consequences linked to the deterioration of your browsing conditions that occur due to your choice to refuse, delete or block cookies necessary for the operation of the site. These consequences cannot constitute damage and you will not be able to claim any compensation for this reason. Your browser also allows you to delete existing cookies on your terminal or to notify you when new cookies are likely to be deposited on your terminal. These settings do not affect your browsing but make you lose all the benefit provided by the cookie. Please read below the multiple tools available to you so that you can configure the cookies deposited on your terminal.

Your Internet browser settings

Each Internet browser offers its own cookie management settings. To learn how to change your cookie preferences, you will find below the links to the help needed to access your browser’s menu provided for this purpose:

For more information on cookie control tools, you can consult the CNIL website: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies-les-outils-pour-les-maitriser .

Unless express consent is required by the data protection laws of your country, by using these Materials (as defined above), you consent to our collection and use of your personal data in the manner described in this Policy and to the transfer of your personal data to countries other than your own (including to countries outside the European Union).

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