PRIVACY POLICY


The processing of Personal Data referred to in this Privacy Policy is subject to French law, and in particular to the French Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978, as amended, and to the EU Regulation 2016/679 of April 27, 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of Personal Data and on the free movement of such data (RGPD), hereinafter referred to as the "Personal Data Regulation".


1. Person in charge of the treatment


BRIGHTNESS whose registered office is located at 40 rue des Blancs Manteaux 75004 ⋅ Paris, FR

RCS number: B 753 415 777

Hereinafter referred to as "BRIGHTNESS".


2. To whom is our data protection policy addressed?


This policy applies to all visitors to the website https://www.brightness.com (hereinafter "our website"), as well as to those who request information from us.

The term "personal data" (hereinafter "Data") has the meaning defined in the Personal Data Regulation.

In order for you to be able to browse the website with confidence, we are committed to processing your Data in accordance with the Personal Data Regulation. This privacy policy aims to describe in a transparent manner how and why your Data is processed. The term "Data processing" is used here to refer to the collection and processing of Data.


3. Categories of Data Processed


We may process the following Data:

The data you provide

Contact BRIGHTNESS :

Name

Email address

Purpose of the application

Message content

Newsletter subscription:

Email address

Download a white paper by BRIGHTNESS :

Name

First name

Company

Function

Email address

Application for a job offer BRIGHTNESS :

Send an email to contact@brightness.fr


The Data we collect automatically when you use our services

In order for you to access the services offered by our website, we collect Usage Data to, for example, measure the audience of our website or the number of page views. We use the login credentials of your mobile devices, your IP address and cookies to identify you and to record your activity.

We may also collect Technical Data about your Internet connection, browser and devices (e.g. PC or Mac, font size, etc.). For more information on the use of cookies, see the Cookie Policy below.


4. Uses of your Data and legal basis


Processing of your Data on the basis of the data subject's consent (Article 6 a. of the GDPR)

We process your Data, with your consent, for the following purposes

Send you our newsletters;

To send you information about BRIGHTNESS products and services by e-mail

Answer questions via our website or any other communication channel.

You may withdraw your consent at any time under the conditions described in Article 8 below or via the unsubscribe link in the newsletter.

Processing of your Data on the basis of the contract (Article 6 b. of the GDPR)

We process your Data, on the basis of pre-contractual relationships, for the following purposes:

Answer questions via our website or any other communication channel.

Mention of your email address in our databases in your capacity as a prospect in case of request for newsletters or white papers.

Use of your Data on the basis of our legitimate interest (Article 6 f. of the GDPR)

On the basis of our legitimate interest, we process your Application Data (identification data, CV, etc.). We may also compile statistics and analyses to understand how you use our Site.

Use of your Data on the basis of compliance with our legal obligations (Article 6 c. of the GDPR)

In order to comply with legal obligations which in some cases require us to process and/or transmit certain Personal Data to administrations or institutions determined by law (e.g.: police, tax authorities, etc.)


5. Transmission of your Data to third parties

Your Data is not shared with third parties, only BRIGHTNESS and its affiliates use your personal information with your consent.


6. How long we keep your Data

Your Data is kept for a period strictly necessary for the purposes pursued. The retention period may vary depending on the purpose of the processing.

Data Categories

Shelf life in active base

Data related to specific requests

3 years from the date of entry in our database

Data related to newsletter / content requests (white papers)

Retention of data as long as the data subject does not unsubscribe (via the unsubscribe link provided)

Data related to an application

2 years from the last contact

Cookies

13 months maximum
See Cookies Policy

Data likely to be the subject of a judicial requisition (connection data, identity, contact details, transaction data)

12 months from the date of collection.

7. Security of your Data

BRIGHTNESS attaches particular importance to the security of Personal Data.

It has put in place physical, logical, administrative or organizational measures, appropriate to the sensitivity of the Data, to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of the Data and to protect it from malicious intrusion, loss, alteration or disclosure to unauthorized parties.

Where BRIGHTNESS uses a service provider, BRIGHTNESS shall only disclose Data to such service provider after having verified compliance with these security principles.

BRIGHTNESS may conduct audits to verify the proper operational implementation of the Data Security Policy.


8. Your rights


Exercising your rights

In accordance with the French Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978, as amended, and the General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD), you have the right to information, access, rectification and deletion of your data, the right to limit the processing, the right to portability, a right to object to commercial prospecting, including profiling, a right to object on legitimate grounds, a right to lodge a complaint with the CNIL and a right to define directives concerning the fate of your data after your death, by contacting securite@brightness.fr.

If you request this information in electronic format, unless you instruct us otherwise, we will also respond electronically

Please note that your request is linked to the email address you provide to identify yourself. If you have created multiple accounts by registering several different email addresses, you will need to provide us with all the email addresses involved in your request.

In accordance with the Personal Data Regulations, your request will be processed within thirty days, starting from the moment we are in possession of all the elements necessary to process it. If your request is complex, this period may be extended by up to two months, but we will inform you in advance.


9. Data Protection Officer


For more information on our data protection policy or for any complaint concerning your privacy, you can contact our Data Protection Officer (hereinafter "DPO") by e-mail at the following address: securite@brightness.fr.


10. Information on data collected via forms


The information collected may be processed by BRIGHTNESS, the company responsible for processing, domiciled at 40 rue des Blancs Manteaux 75004 ⋅ Paris, FR, in order to allow you to benefit from the services offered by the Website and to answer your questions.

The data collected is intended for the authorized departments of BRIGHTNESS. The legal basis for the processing is the consent of the persons. We keep your data for a period of three (3) years from the last contact with the person.

Data is not transferred to any country outside the European Union.


COOKIE POLICY

This site and its third-party partners provide various services on its websites and mobile applications using cookies. We place cookies on your device to provide you with enhanced and personalized access to essential services and to provide you with other services in order to make your visit more relevant.

1. What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files placed on the hard drive of your terminal (computer, tablet or cell phone) by a website or mobile application publisher thanks to your browser software. The cookie assigns a unique identifier to your terminal. However, it does not store your Data and therefore does not recognize you as an individual. It only recognizes the terminal you are using.

The cookie helps us navigate from page to page on a website, tailor the content of our services, provide secure connections and remember your browsing preferences.

2. The cookies used on our website

Services provided through the use of cookies include: protection and security. They are essential to the proper functioning of the site.

Types of cookies (Purposes)

Functional cookies: they cannot be deactivated without affecting the proper functioning of the site. These are technical cookies that allow us to provide our services to you.

Performance or analytical cookies (audience analysis).

Objectives

The performance cookies allow us to establish anonymous statistics on the frequentation of the site in order to improve its content.
They cannot be used for commercial purposes.
They help us to measure the effectiveness of a communication campaign.

Examples

Calculate the number of clicks, error messages, sections and content visited, user path.
Measure the return on campaigns.

Shelf life

13 months maximum

3. Your choices regarding cookies

When you first visit our site, you will be offered the opportunity to accept or decline the use of certain cookies. If you do not want cookies to be installed or read on your terminal equipment, an opt-out cookie will be placed on your equipment so that we can record the information that you have objected to the use of cookies. If you delete this opt-out cookie, it will no longer be possible to identify you as having opted out of the use of cookies.

Similarly, when you accept the deposit of cookies, a consent cookie is set.

The refusal or consent cookies must remain on your terminal equipment. You can change your choices at any time by click here.

Setting cookies via your web browser

The "Help" section of Internet browsers tells you how to change your preferences, including how to refuse new cookies, obtain a notification message to notify you of their receipt, or disable them.

In order to facilitate your approach, here are the links to the "Help" sections of the most commonly used browsers:

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Opera™ : Click here
For more information on how cookies and targeted advertising work, you can visit www.youronlinechoices.eu and www.allaboutcookies.org.