NOTICE ON THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA FOR VISITORS TO THE WEBSITE
1. WHY A NOTICE ON THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA?
GERAL, like the GERARD PERRIER INDUSTRIE group to which it belongs, attaches great importance to respecting individuals’ privacy. For this reason, GERAL is committed to managing and protecting everyone’s personal data responsibly and in compliance with the applicable legislation in force.
The purpose of this personal data protection notice is to inform you about how the personal data collected by GERAL is processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of April 27, 2016 (GDPR) and the amended French Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978.
This notice aims in particular to explain which personal data is concerned and how it may be used.
2. WHAT IS PERSONAL DATA?
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, either directly or indirectly, by that data alone or in combination with other data. Examples of personal data include a surname, first name, postal or email address, telephone number, or an IP address.
For more information about what constitutes personal data, the processing of personal data, or the main principles of data protection, you can consult the CNIL website (www.cnil.fr
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3. WHO IS THE DATA CONTROLLER?
Your personal data is processed by a legal entity: GERAL CONSTRUCTIONS ELECTRIQUES ET TRAVAUX INDUSTRIELS (GERAL), a simplified joint-stock company (SAS) with a share capital of €1,500,000, registered with the Bourg-en-Bresse Trade and Companies Register under number 546 720 040, located at ZI La Pélissière – 01300 Belley, France.
GERAL is therefore the data controller, meaning the entity that determines the purposes and methods of processing your personal data.
4. WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT AND HOW?
By using our website, you provide us with certain information about yourself, some of which may identify you (“Personal Data”). This is the case when you browse our website or fill in online forms.
The nature and quality of the Personal Data collected about you include:
Identification data that you provide via the contact form: surname, first name, postal address, email address, and telephone number.
Data relating to your professional life that you provide as part of our recruitment forms: CV, cover letter, level of experience, salary expectations, mobility, and possibly other documents.
Information relating to your browsing activity: when you browse our website, you interact with it. As a result, certain information about your browsing is collected (selected language, pages visited, etc.).
We also collect your IP address for statistical purposes.
Data collected from third parties: Personal Data that you have agreed to share with us on publicly accessible social networks (such as comments posted on our website, etc.).
5. WHY DO WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND HOW?
We collect your Personal Data for specific purposes and based on different legal grounds.
As part of the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures, your data is processed for the following purposes:
Managing contact requests
Managing recruitment processes
Based on your consent, your data is processed for the following purpose:
Managing cookies that require your consent
Based on legitimate interest, your data is processed for the following purposes:
Carrying out commercial and marketing prospecting activities
Producing statistics to improve the website
6. WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
The personal data collected is accessible only to a limited number of individuals within the internal departments of GERAL or the GERARD PERRIER INDUSTRIE group to which it belongs. Access is granted solely based on the purpose of the data processing, proven necessity, and only in specific cases.
The data may also be transmitted to subcontractors that guarantee a level of data protection comparable to that provided by GERAL.
7. HOW LONG IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA KEPT?
Personal data is retained for the time necessary to achieve the purposes of the data processing and to fulfill contractual commitments, in accordance with applicable legal retention periods.
Any personal data that is no longer necessary will be securely deleted and destroyed.
As part of the recruitment process, your personal data is kept for the duration of the recruitment campaign and then for 2 years with your consent.
For commercial prospecting purposes, your personal data is retained for 3 years after your last contact with us.
Cookie retention periods:
Cookies requiring consent: 6 months
Cookies exempt from consent: 13 months
Information collected via cookies: retained for 25 months
8. WHAT RIGHTS DO YOU HAVE REGARDING YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
In accordance with the applicable regulations and under the conditions they define, you may exercise the following rights at any time:
Right of access: you may request information from GERAL about the processing of your personal data and obtain a copy of that data.
Right to rectification: you may request the correction of inaccurate personal data if the data held by GERAL is incorrect or incomplete.
Right to erasure: you have the right to obtain from GERAL the deletion of your personal data when one of the grounds provided for by the regulations applies (data no longer necessary, withdrawal of your consent when processing is based on it, etc.).
Right to object: you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your data.
Right to data portability: you have the right to receive your personal data in a usable format.
Right to restriction of processing: you may request that GERAL suspend the processing of your personal data when one of the grounds provided for by the regulations applies (such as disputing the accuracy of the data).
When your personal data is processed based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.
9. HOW CAN YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS?
You can exercise your rights by contacting our Data Protection Officer (DPO), providing proof of your identity, through the following means:
Email: dpo@gerard-perrier.com
Postal mail:
GERARD PERRIER INDUSTRIE
Data Protection Officer
Airparc Lyon St Exupéry Airport
160 rue de Norvège – CS 50009
69125 Colombier Saugnieu – France
You may also request at any time to stop receiving communications from us by clicking the unsubscribe link included in the email or simply by indicating this in reply to the relevant email.
GERAL pays the greatest attention to the protection of personal data. However, if you believe that the processing of your data infringes your rights or that your request has not been satisfied, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL).
10. MODIFICATION OF THE PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION NOTICE
GERAL reserves the right to modify or, more generally, update the provisions of this Notice at any time and without prior notice. You are therefore invited to consult it regularly.
