Thank you for your interest in the information provided by CIRCET. Respecting your privacy is very important to us. This Privacy Policy informs you how and under what circumstances we collect, use and, in certain cases, disclose your personal data.

We urge you to read this Privacy Policy before you submit any information. By using this website, you acknowledge that you understand and accept the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Our website contains links to third-party websites. These third-party websites may collect personal data on visitors to their sites, in accordance with their own privacy policies.

1. Data Controller

The Data Controller responsible for processing all of your personal data collected on this site is the company CIRCET (hereafter referred to as “CIRCET”), whose registered office is at 14 avenue du Lion, ZA La Poulasse, 83210 SOLLIES PONT, France.

For more information, please refer to our Statutory information section.

2. Data Protection Officer (DPO)

CIRCET’s Data Protection Officer is Matthieu Mélin, Astura, 26 avenue George V, 75008 Paris, France.

3. Use of your personal data

3.1 Use of the website

While you are visiting the website, CIRCET collects, automatically saves and temporarily stores the following information about your computer and your visit:

  • The domain and host from which you access the internet
  • The address of the website that linked you directly to the CIRCET website, if applicable
  • The date and time you entered our site, how many times you have visited the site and the pages you have viewed
  • Your IP (Internet Protocol) address
  • The operating system and browser on your computer

This information is used to enable you to access our website, as well as for statistical purposes. The processing of this information is therefore is line with Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the GDPR), under which the processing is lawful if it is in the legitimate interest of the Data Controller.

3.2 Job advertisements

When you apply for a job in response to an advertisement on our website, we collect your surname, first name and email address via the online form, as well as the personal data given in your CV, your covering letter and the message accompanying your application.

We use your personal data to manage your application. This processing is in line with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, under which the processing is lawful if the data subject has consented to it.

You can withdraw your consent at any time and object to this use of your data by contacting us at the address given in Article 8 of this document.

3.3 Unsolicited applications

When you send us an unsolicited job application via our website, we collect your surname, first name, email address, profession, region, town or city, line of business and educational qualifications via the online form, as well as the personal data given in your CV, your covering letter and the message accompanying your application.

This processing is in line with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, under which the processing is lawful if the data subject has consented to it.

You can withdraw your consent at any time and object to this use of your data by contacting us at the address given in Article 8 of this document.

3.4 Contact form

If you send us a message via the contact form, we will use the personal data you provide to respond to your inquiry.

The following personal data are collected: your surname, first name, position, the company you work for, your address, postal code, town or city, region, country, telephone number, email address and the personal data given in the subject line, the message and the file accompanying your inquiry.

This processing is in line with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, under which the processing is lawful if the data subject has consented to it.

You can withdraw your consent at any time and object to this use of your data by contacting us at the address given in Article 8 of this document.

4. Recipient or categories of recipients

Your data are intended for CIRCET.  It may be necessary for us to share your personal data with other members of the CIRCET group of companies and with our service partners in order to respond to your inquiries or to requests concerning our services. Your data may also be shared with the CIRCET DPO and any external advisors and auditors.

In addition, we may use third parties acting as processors in order to provide you with our services and manage your data. This includes processors located outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, in which case we will ensure that adequate measures are in place to protect your personal data, in particular using European Union standard contractual clauses agreed between us and the processor.

5. Use of cookies

For more information, please refer to our Cookie policy.

6. External links

Our website contains links or references to other websites which we do not control and to which this Privacy Policy does not apply. It is advisable to read the security policy of every website you visit. You are solely responsible for your interactions with these websites.

7. Your rights

You have the right to access, rectify or erase and the right to restrict the processing of your personal data.

If the processing is based on CIRCET’s legitimate interest, you also have the right to object to it.

If the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, you have the option to withdraw your consent at any time, without this affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal of your consent.

In accordance with Article 12(5) of the GDPR, CIRCET may refuse to comply with your request if it is manifestly unfounded or excessive.

In accordance with Article 40-1 of the French Data Protection Act, you can define instructions concerning the retention, erasure and disclosure of your personal data after your death. If these are general instructions concerning all your personal data, they can be registered with a trusted digital third party certified by the French data protection authority (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et de Libertés – CNIL). If these are specific instructions concerning the personal data collected by CIRCET, they must be registered with CIRCET. You can change or revoke your instructions at any time.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority as defined in the GDPR and the applicable laws if you consider that your personal data have been processed in breach of that regulation. To do this, you can contact the competent supervisory authority in the EU Member State which is your habitual place of residence or the EU Member State which is the location of the alleged breach.

Our supervisory authority is the French data protection authority (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et de Libertés – CNIL). Its contact details can be found at:www.cnil.fr.

8. Who to contact to exercise your rights

To exercise your rights you can contact us:

By email: dpo(at)circet.fr

By mail:

CIRCET - 14 avenue du Lion, ZA La Poulasse, 83210 SOLLIES PONT, France

9. Retention period for personal data

Personal data collected by CIRCET are retained for a period that is no longer than necessary for the purposes for which they are collected. Some data may be archived beyond this period for evidentiary purposes in accordance with statutory limitation periods. Archiving means that these data will be extracted and retained on a separate, secure medium.

10. Amendments to the Privacy Policy

CIRCET reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time.

If this website’s Privacy Policy changes, the revised statement will be displayed here. This Privacy Policy was updated in July 2021.