PREAMBLE

The SPL Développement Touristique du Cotentin processes your personal data (hereinafter known as “Personal Data”), for the purpose of using this website (hereinafter known as the “Website”).

As data controller, we respect the private life of our clients and we protect the personal data of our Website’s users.

The purpose of the present policy is to inform you of how Your Personal Data is collected, processed and used, and of your rights in terms of the protection of personal data, in accordance with the applicable relevant provisions, namely the latest version of law 78-17 of the 6th January 1978 relating to information technology, databases and civil liberties, known as the “Data Protection Act”, and with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in force since the 25th May 2018.

SCOPE OF APPLICATION FOR THE PRESENT PRIVACY POLICY

The present Policy sets out the general principles and guidelines for the protection of Your Personal Data, including the Personal Data collected on – or via – the Website.

SPL Développement Touristique du Cotentin collects Personal Data online, including by email; the present policy applies, whatever the method of collection or processing.

The notion of Personal Data includes all information about an identified or identifiable individual. A person is described as “identifiable” when they can be identified, directly or indirectly, particularly in referring to an identification number or one or more elements that refer to them only.

“Non-Personal Data” refers to information that does not allow a person to be identified.

DATA CONTROLLER

The data controller for Your Personal Data is: Guillaume HENRY 39 rue des Portes 50100 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin; some technical services such as hosting, and statistical analysis are entrusted to our technical service providers. In accordance with article 28 of the GDPR, this service provider is bound by a strict confidentiality clause whereby they are prohibited from using data that is not provided for in the service contract, and they must implement technical and organisational measures which ensure the personal data protection and security requirements are met.

SECURITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF PERSONAL DATA

We consider Your Personal Data to be confidential.

We strive to take all the reasonable technical measures in order to prevent any loss or unintended use when collecting or storing the data you provide us with, and to prevent any communication to unauthorised third parties.

However, in spite of these measures, the Internet is an open system and we cannot guarantee that unauthorised third parties will not breach the measures in question, or use Your Personal Data unlawfully. Consequently, the SPL Développement Touristique du Cotentin cannot be held liable in the event that your data is fraudulently obtained, with whatever use in mind.

The Website may propose links to third-party websites that may interest you.
The SPL Développement Touristique du Cotentin does not control the content of third-party websites or the practices of these third parties in terms of the protection of the Personal Data they could collect. Consequently, the SPL Développement Touristique du Cotentin cannot be held liable for the processing of Your Personal Data by these third parties. It is your responsibility to find out about the privacy policies of these third parties.

PURPOSES OF DATA COLLECTION

We collect your data, in whole or in part, with the following purposes in mind:

  • to allow you to browse our Websites and Applications and to adapt our content to your device, to improve your browsing experience;
  • to memorise the information you have provided in online forms (your user account for example);
  • so you can share our content on social networks;
  • so you can buy products or services;
  • to provide you with interactive and personalised use of the Websites and Applications;
  • to understand your needs and interests and to provide you with the products and services that are best adapted to you;
  • so you can create and manage a customer account and then access all the features and options provided by the Websites and Applications;
  • to send you external information and/or communication;
  • to organise contests (to contact the winners, hand out prizes, etc.);
  • to send newsletters, if you have subscribed by ticking the appropriate box;
  • to send commercial offers from partners, if you have subscribed by ticking the appropriate box;
  • to analyse visitors to the Website and the frequency of visits;
  • to post advertising that is adapted to your interests;
  • to analyse how successful this advertising is;
  • to process applications and manage sources of recruitment;

Your Personal Data is sent to our own management teams and our technical service providers.

DATA COLLECTED

Personal Data

Personal Data can include the following:

Surname,

First name,

Email address,

Postal address,

Telephone number,

Geo-positioning,

IP address,

And any other Personal Data that is deemed relevant for the specified purposes.

Cookies and other trackers

Cookies or other similar trackers are small files used by a server to dialogue with the browser. Cookies allow status information to be sent when a user views a website. Status information can include session login details, a language, an expiry date, a response field, etc. Cookies allow status information to be stored for a period of validity, when a browser accesses the various pages of a Website or when this browser returns to said website at a later date. Only the issuer of a cookie can read or modify the information it contains. There are different types of cookies:

  • session cookies which disappear once you leave the browser or the website;
  • permanent cookies which are stored on your device until they expire (maximum of 12 months) or until you delete them, using the settings on your browser.

You can access the cookies management settings and change the options for storing and reading cookies.

HOW CAN I DEACTIVATE COOKIES?

Browser settings

Some cookies are only stored with your consent. When you first visit the Website, an information banner appears to inform you that in continuing to browse the website, you authorise these cookies to be installed on your device.

Cookies or trackers allow you to take full advantage of the Website’s features. If you change your browser settings to refuse all cookies or trackers, this could prevent you from using some of our services, and the SPL Développement Touristique du Cotentin shall not be held liable for this.

FORMS

Subscription to newsletters

Pro Newsletters

In authorising this type of newsletter, you authorise the partners of the SPL Développement Touristique du Cotentin to send you personalised emails, including commercial offers. You can however unsubscribe at any time, and the maximum storage period for your data is 3 years.

Events Newsletters

In authorising this type of newsletter, you authorise the SPL Développement Touristique du Cotentin to send you personalised emails. You can however unsubscribe at any time using the link in one of the emails received, and the maximum storage period for your data is 3 years.

Subscription to a user account

You can create an account which will grant you access to the extranet and intranet. You can however unsubscribe at any time from your personal account, and the maximum storage period for your data is 3 years.

Contact form

The data is provided by the user of the website who wishes to send a comment or notification. The information collected from this form is sent to the department in charge of managing the comments on the SPL Développement Touristique du Cotentin website. The maximum storage period for your data is 3 years.

YOUR RIGHTS

In accordance with the provisions of the applicable Regulations regarding personal data protection, you have the right to access, modify and remove your own personal data, and the right to obtain a copy of the personal data in our possession, in a structured electronic format (portability).

You also have the right to oppose the processing of your personal data, for a legitimate reason, and the right to oppose the use of your data for prospection, namely for commercial reasons.

You can exercise your rights by sending your requests to us by post, to the following address: 39 rue des Portes 50100 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin or by emailing them to contact@ot-cotentin.fr

We shall reply to these requests within two months from when we receive your requests. This period could be extended by two months, depending on the complexity and the number of requests received.

In the event of a dispute with regards exercising your rights, you can send your claim to the French National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties (CNIL).

DATA STORAGE

We only store Your Personal Data for the necessary period, in line with the purpose for which it was collected, and for a maximum period of 3 years from the last exchange you had with us, upon your own initiative (login to your account for example).

Beyond the above-mentioned periods, your data will be rendered anonymous, for statistical reasons.

UPDATE OF THE PRESENT PRIVACY POLICY

The present privacy policy could be modified or changed at any time.

We invite you to check it on a regular basis.

For more practical information about exercising your rights, we recommend you consult the website for the National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties, particularly the page https://www.cnil.fr/fr/comprendre-vos-droits

Last modification: 18th September 2019