Privacy Policy

Protecting your privacy is important to Origin Seal. This is why we have adopted common principles in our Privacy Policy.

This privacy statement applies to the processing of your personal data when you -as a (potential) customer, supplier or other business partner- do business with us, when you use our websites or apps or when you interact with us.

Origin Seal, SAS, whose registered office is at 77 Rue Président Edouard Herriot – 69002 LYON, is responsible for processing your personal data. The purpose of this document is to inform you about how we use and protect your personal data, and why we process it.

It applies uniformly to all services provided by Origin Seal, it being specified that additional information may be communicated to you, if necessary, in the case of a particular order.

I. WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE PROCESS ?

The collection of personal data is limited to what is strictly necessary (data minimization principle).

We collect and use only the personal data we need to carry out our business activities, in order to offer you personalized, high-quality products and services.

We may collect various categories of personal data from you, including :

– Identification and contact information (company, surname, first name, postal and e-mail address, telephone number, position and signature);
– Information required to ship and manage your orders (delivery address, billing address, VAT number, etc.);
– Identification and authentication data, particularly when using our online services (technical logs, computer traces, security information, IP address);
– Data relating to interactions with us on our websites, on our applications, on our pages, on social networks, during telephone or video interviews and conversations, and in e-mails;

We never collect sensitive data.

The data we use may be collected directly from you or obtained from the following sources, with the aim of verifying or enriching our databases :

Websites/directories/databases/social network pages containing information you have made public or made public by third parties.

Publications/databases made accessible by official authorities (Official Journal);
Service providers ;
Third parties such as business intelligence organizations in compliance with data protection regulations;

II. SPECIAL CASES OF DATA COLLECTION, INCLUDING INDIRECT COLLECTION

Origin Seal may collect information about you even though you are not a customer. The following (non-exhaustive) list constitutes examples of categories of personal data collected by Origin Seal from non-customers, such as :

– Prospects,
– Principals or beneficiaries of transactions carried out in relation to a customer;
– Employees of our service providers,
– Distribution network partners.

III. WHY AND ON WHAT BASIS DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA ?

A. To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations

We use your personal data to comply with various legal and regulatory obligations.

B. To perform a contract entered into with you or to provide you with pre-contractual information.

We use your personal data to enter into and perform our services including to :

– Provide you with information about our products and services;
– Assist you with your requests;

As part of our customer relationship management, in particular to :

– Management and execution of products and services;

IV. TO WHICH CATEGORIES OF ENTITIES MAY YOUR PERSONAL DATA BE DISCLOSED ?

Personal data collected as part of the services offered by Origin Seal are processed using secure protocols and enable Origin Seal to manage the data received in its IT applications. In order to fulfill the above-mentioned purposes, we may disclose your personal data only to :

– Distribution network,
– Business partners,
– Financial authorities, judicial or state agencies, public bodies on request and within the limits of what is permitted by regulations;
– Certain regulated professions such as lawyers, notaries, auditors and bailiffs.

V. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA ?

We retain your personal data for the longest period necessary to comply with applicable legal and regulatory provisions, or for another period taking into account operational constraints. In the case of customers, most information is kept for the duration of the contractual relationship and for 10 years after the end of the contractual relationship.

In the case of prospective customers, information is kept for 3 years from the date of collection or last contact with you.

VI. CONNECTION TO SOCIAL NETWORKS

Our websites may contain various sharing features to social networks, such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube or LinkedIn buttons, which you may use, with our consent, to share information provided on our websites with your selected social networks. Our websites may also contain links to our own social networks, such as our Origin Seal Facebook, YouTube or LinkedIn pages, which you may choose to use to post comments.

Similarly, various platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, may contain Origin Seal advertisements containing links to our websites. This is based on your searches or topics in which you have shown an interest or when you have attended our events. These platforms may, with your consent, share with us the information you have provided when you choose to follow a link to one of our websites.

The processing of personal information is subject to the privacy policies and practices of these other organizations. Please note that we are not responsible for the collection, use and disclosure policies and practices (including data security practices) of other organizations, such as Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Google, Microsoft or any other application developer, application provider, social network platform provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider or device manufacturer, including personal information you disclose to other organizations through or in connection with our social media features and/or advertising.

For this purpose we process your name, e-mail address, IP address, photo, social media contact list and any other information we may have access to when you use social media features, such as liking Origin Seal’s social media page.

We carry out these activities with your consent, to manage our contractual relationship with you and/or because we have a legitimate interest.

VII. EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES ?

Articles on this site may include embedded content (for example, videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other sites behaves in the same way as if the visitor had visited the other site.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, integrate additional third-party tracking tools and monitor your interactions with this embedded content, including your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to this website.

VIII. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR DATA ON OUR WEBSITES ?

In order to enable us to make relevant comparisons of audiences over time, the lifetime of our trackers is 13 months and is not automatically extended for new visits.

The information collected via these cookies is kept for a maximum of twenty-five months.

Visitors may ask us at any time to rectify, delete or return their personal data.

IX. USE AND STORAGE OF COOKIES

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our service and retain certain information.

A cookie is a small text file placed by the site on your computer in order to store information about you (for example, the display language, whether or not tools are displayed, your site login and password when you ask to be remembered, etc.).

What are the different types of cookies ?

Functional cookies :
These cookies enable the website to remember choices you may make during your visit, with a view to saving you from having to repeat them on future visits.

Analytical cookies :

These cookies enable us to collect data relating to your use of the website, including the content you click on while browsing the website, in order to improve its performance and design. These cookies may be provided by our third-party analytics tool provider, but are only used for purposes related to our websites.

Targeting cookies :

These cookies store information about your use of the website so that we can provide you with targeted information that is consistent with your expectations on our website.

How do I deactivate or delete cookies ?

The procedure differs depending on the browser you are using:

– Internet Explorer
– Google Chrome
– Mozilla Firefox
– Apple Safari
– Opera

The information collected through our contact form on our site are recorded in a computerized file on behalf of the site Origin Seal by o2switch (in its capacity as host) to ensure the proper functioning of the site Origin Seal. At no time o2switch can make any use of these personal data, only the site Origin Seal can make use of it.

You can accept or decline cookies. Origin Seal will retain this information for a period of 6 months.

If you leave a comment on our site, you can choose to save your name, e-mail address and website in cookies. This is done for your convenience so that you don’t have to fill in your information again the next time you comment. These cookies expire after one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.

When you log in, we also set several cookies to store your login information and screen preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and those for screen options last for one year. If you select “Remember me”, your connection will be maintained for two weeks. When you log out, the connection cookies are deleted.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the ID of the article you have just modified. It expires after 1 day.

The above-mentioned lifetimes and retention periods are periodically reviewed to ensure that they are kept to a minimum.

X. USING AND STORING YOUR METADATA

What is metadata ?

A metadata is a piece of data that defines another piece of data. This means that it necessarily provides additional information about a particular piece of data. You could say it’s a data ID card.

Decree no. 2022-1327 limits the retention period for metadata to one year.

XI. WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS AND HOW CAN YOU EXERCISE THEM ?

In accordance with the applicable regulations, you have the following rights:

– Right of access : you may obtain information concerning the processing of your personal data, as well as a copy of said data.
– Right of rectification : if you consider that your personal data is inaccurate or incomplete, you may request that it be amended accordingly.
– Right to erasure : you may request the erasure of your personal data to the extent permitted by law.
– Right to restrict processing : you may request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
– Right to object : you may object to the processing of your personal data for reasons relating to your particular situation. You have the absolute right to object to the processing of your personal data for the purposes of commercial canvassing, including the profiling associated with such canvassing.
– Right to data portability, where applicable, you have the right to have the personal data you have provided us with returned to you or, where technically possible, transferred to a third party;
– The right to define directives concerning the conservation, deletion or communication of your personal data, applicable after your death.
– Right to withdraw your consent : if you have given your consent to the processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

To find out how to exercise the rights listed above, please visit our “Personal data processing policy” page. In accordance with applicable regulations, you are entitled to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority, such as the CNIL (Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés) in France.

XII. HOW CAN YOU FIND OUT ABOUT CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY ?

In a world of constant technological change, we will regularly update this information document. We invite you to consult the latest version of this document on our website and we will inform you of any substantial changes through our websites or by our usual means of communication.

XIII. HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions about the use of your personal data as described in this document, you can contact us via our website, “Contact” tab.