Privacy Policy and cookies

Privacy Policy

The site Sœurs Oblates de Saint François de Sales, mindful of individual rights, especially with regards to automated processing, and in a desire for transparency with its users, has implemented a policy that outlines all such processing, the purposes pursued, and the means available to individuals so that they can exercise their rights in the best possible way. For more information on the protection of personal data, we invite you to consult the website: https://www.cnil.fr/. Continuing to browse this site constitutes unconditional acceptance of the provisions and terms of use that follow. The currently online version of these terms of use is the only enforceable one during the entire period of use of the site, until it is replaced by a new version.

Data Collection and Protection

Your data is collected by the Sœurs Oblates de Saint François de Sales. Personal data refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (data subjects); a person is deemed identifiable when they can be identified, directly or indirectly, particularly by reference to a name, an identification number, or to one or more specific elements unique to their physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity. The personal information collected on the site is mainly used by the publisher for the management of relations with you. The personal data collected is as follows: name and email address in the contact form.

Rights of Access, Rectification, and Referencing of Your Data

In accordance with the regulations applicable to personal data, users have the following rights:

Right of access: Users can exercise their right of access, to know the personal data concerning them, by writing to the email address below. In this case, before implementing this right, the platform may request proof of the user’s identity to verify its accuracy.
Right of rectification: If the personal data held by the platform is inaccurate, users can request the update of the information.
Right to erasure of data: Users can request the deletion of their personal data, in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Right to limit processing: Users can request the platform to limit the processing of personal data in accordance with the conditions provided by the GDPR.
Right to object to data processing: Users can object to the processing of their data, in accordance with the conditions provided by the GDPR.
Right to data portability: Users can request that the platform provide them with the personal data they have supplied to transfer it to a new platform.

You can exercise this right by contacting us at the following address: 4, rue des Terrasses 10 000 TROYES or via the contact form. Any request must be accompanied by a photocopy of a valid signed identity document and indicate the address where the publisher can contact the requester. The response will be sent within one month of receiving the request. This period of one month may be extended by two months if the complexity of the request and/or the number of requests so requires. Moreover, since Law No. 2016-1321 of October 7, 2016, people who wish to do so have the possibility of organizing the fate of their data after their death. For more information on this matter, you can consult the CNIL website: https://www.cnil.fr/. Users may also submit a complaint to the CNIL on the CNIL website: https://www.cnil.fr. We recommend that you contact us first before filing a complaint with the CNIL, as we are at your disposal to resolve your problem.

Use of Data

The personal data collected from users is intended for the provision of the platform’s services, their improvement, and maintaining a secure environment. The legal basis for processing is the execution of the contract between the user and the platform. Specifically, the uses are as follows:

Verification, identification, and authentication of data transmitted by the user.
Prevention and detection of fraud, malware (malicious software), and management of security incidents.
Management of any disputes with users.

Data Retention Policy

The platform retains your data for the duration necessary to provide its services or support. To the extent reasonably necessary or required to meet legal or regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, prevent fraud and abuse, or enforce our terms and conditions, we may also retain certain of your information as needed, even after you have closed your account or we no longer need to provide you with our services.

Sharing of Personal Data with Third Parties

Personal data may be shared with third-party companies exclusively within the European Union, in the following cases:

When the user publishes, in free comment areas of the platform, information accessible to the public.
When the user authorizes a third-party website to access their data.
If required by law, the platform may transmit data to follow up on complaints made against the platform and comply with administrative and judicial procedures.

Cookies

What is a cookie?
A “cookie” or tracker is an electronic file placed on a terminal (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.), for example, when browsing a website, reading an email, installing or using software or a mobile application, regardless of the type of terminal used (source: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies). By browsing this site, cookies from the responsible site or third-party companies may be placed on your terminal. Upon first navigation on this site, a banner explaining the use of cookies will appear. By continuing to browse, the client or prospect is considered informed and has accepted the use of these cookies. The consent given will be valid for a period of thirteen (13) months. The user has the option to disable cookies from their browser settings. All information collected will be used only to monitor the volume, type, and configuration of traffic using this site, to develop its design and layout, and for other administrative and planning purposes, and more generally to improve the service we offer you. For more information on the use, management, and deletion of cookies, for any browser, we invite you to consult the following link: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies-les-outils-pour-les-maitriser.

Applicable Law

These terms of use of the site are governed by French law and are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the publisher’s headquarters, subject to a specific jurisdiction resulting from a particular law or regulation.