Privacy Policy for Expertise Conseils France
Expertise Conseils France is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our online platform and users of our services. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you interact with our site or use our consulting services.
**Who We Are**
We are Expertise Conseils France, a business consulting firm providing services including Strategic Planning, Organizational Development, Management Consulting, Technology Consulting, Financial Advisory, Human Resources Consulting, Change Management, and Process Improvement.
For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Expertise Conseils France is the data controller responsible for your personal data collected through our online platform or in the course of providing our services.
Our physical address is:
Expertise Conseils France
45 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 3rd Floor
Paris, Île-de-France, 75008
France
**Information We Collect**
We collect personal data in several ways:
1. **Information You Provide to Us:** This includes information you voluntarily provide when you contact us through our site, register for an event, subscribe to our newsletters, request information about our services, or engage with us directly for consulting services. This may include:
* Contact details (e.g., name, job title, company name, address)
* Information contained in communications you send to us
* Information you provide when applying for a position with us (e.g., resume, cover letter)
2. **Information We Collect Automatically:** When you visit our site, we may automatically collect certain information from your device. This information may include your IP address, device type, unique device identification numbers, browser type, broad geographic location (e.g., country or city-level location), and other technical information. We may also collect information about how your device has interacted with our site, including the pages accessed and links clicked. This information helps us understand how visitors use our online platform and allows us to improve its content and usability. We collect this information using cookies and similar tracking technology.
3. **Information from Third Parties:** In some cases, we may receive information about you from third parties, such as business partners, social media platforms, or public databases, provided that such third parties have obtained your consent or are otherwise legally permitted or required to disclose your personal information to us.
**Legal Basis for Processing**
We process personal data based on the following legal grounds under GDPR:
* **Performance of a contract:** When the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract. This applies when you engage us for consulting services.
* **Legitimate interests:** When the processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, and these interests are not overridden by your data protection rights. This may include improving our services, marketing activities (where permitted), or for administrative purposes.
* **Consent:** When you have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose, such as subscribing to our newsletter. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
* **Legal obligation:** When the processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which Expertise Conseils France is subject.
**How We Use Your Information**
We use the information we collect for various purposes:
* To provide, operate, and maintain our online platform and services.
* To understand and analyse how you use our site and services to improve them.
* To communicate with you, including responding to inquiries, providing information you request, and sending service updates or administrative messages.
* To send you marketing and promotional communications about our services that may be of interest to you, based on your consent or our legitimate interests where permitted by law.
* To process job applications.
* To comply with legal obligations and protect our legal rights.
* For business planning and analysis.
**Sharing and Disclosure**
We may share your personal data with the following categories of recipients:
* **Service providers:** Third-party companies and individuals that provide services on our behalf, such as website hosting, data analysis, customer service, and marketing assistance. These service providers are authorized to use your personal data only as necessary to provide these services to us.
* **Business partners:** With whom we may collaborate on specific projects or initiatives, provided there is a legal basis for sharing.
* **Legal and regulatory authorities:** When required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
* **Potential acquirers or partners:** In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.
We do not sell your personal data to third parties.
**Data Retention**
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. The specific retention period will depend on the type of data and the purpose for which it was processed. When your personal data is no longer required, we will securely delete or anonymise it.
**Your Data Protection Rights**
Under applicable data protection laws, you have certain rights regarding your personal data:
* **Right of Access:** You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
* **Right to Rectification:** You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
* **Right to Erasure:** You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
* **Right to Restrict Processing:** You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
* **Right to Object to Processing:** You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions, particularly where processing is based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing.
* **Right to Data Portability:** You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
* **Right to Withdraw Consent:** Where processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us in writing at the physical address provided above. We may need to verify your identity before responding to your request.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly if you are in the European Union. In France, the relevant authority is the CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés).
**Data Security**
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is entirely secure.
**Cookies and Similar Technologies**
Our online platform may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and use personal data about you, including to serve interest-based advertising. You can manage your cookie preferences, typically through your browser settings.
**International Data Transfers**
Your personal data may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than your own. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country. When we transfer your data internationally, we will take steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your personal data in accordance with this policy and applicable data protection laws.
**Links to Other Sites**
Our site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
**Changes to This Policy**
We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The updated policy will be posted on our site, and we encourage you to review it periodically.
**Contact Us**
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us in writing at:
Expertise Conseils France
45 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 3rd Floor
Paris, Île-de-France, 75008
France