MARKETKAPS PRIVACY POLICY

Marketkaps complies with the rules of French law applicable to the protection of personal data.

Personal data communicated on the website are collected and processed by Marketkaps, in compliance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 as amended and of European Regulation 2016-/679 of April 27, 2016 and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Marketkaps only collects personal data that users of the site provide voluntarily, in particular by filling out the forms on its site.

1- USE OF PERSONAL DATA

Your personal data is used by Marketkaps to send you any documentation (newsletter, etc.) that you may request and, more generally, to keep you informed of Marketkaps' activities. This personal data may also be used to invite you to register for any new events organized by Marketkaps.

2- HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED?

Marketkaps may collect your personal data in the context of professional meetings, files, partnerships, applications, your visits to its websites and your use of its online services.

Declarative personal data is that which you provide via forms, whether electronic on websites, in paper format or in response to questions asked to you by company employees.

Mandatory personal data declarations are indicated by an asterisk (*). You are free to provide all or part of your personal data. However, such a decision could limit your access to certain services or features offered by its websites.

Your personal data is processed by Marketkaps under the following conditions:

• you have given free, specific, informed and unequivocal consent regarding the processing of your personal data (e.g.: registration for an event, etc.)
• this is necessary for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures taken at your request (e.g.: application, mission, etc.);
• for compliance with Marketkaps’ legal or regulatory obligations;
  when the legitimate interests of Marketkaps may be such as to justify processing (e.g.: IT security measures).
• Informative notices in accordance with applicable law are provided in each case.

Your personal data is collected for specific, explicit and legitimate purposes, and may be used for the purpose of:

• communicate with you regarding files, missions, partnerships, etc.
• participate in satisfaction surveys, analyses and statistics in order to improve our products and services as well as knowledge of our customers and prospects;
• request, obtain or receive information about Marketkaps or the products and services offered by them;
• subscribe to and receive thematic information (documentation, invitations, activity reports, etc.);
• process your job application.
• Marketkaps may also use your personal data for administrative purposes or for any other purpose required by applicable legislation.

 3- RECIPIENTS OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Marketkaps ensures that its partners and subcontractors process your data in accordance with the provisions of this privacy policy.

Marketkaps undertakes never to sell, rent, or entrust your personal data to third parties other than partners or suppliers, except in response to legal or administrative proceedings of any kind or to comply with legal obligations and protect its rights.

4- CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) DATABASES

Marketkaps uses customer relationship management (CRM) databases to manage and track its marketing efforts. These CRM databases include personal data relating to members or employees of our clients, suppliers, partners, or other parties with whom we have a business relationship or with whom we wish to develop a professional relationship.

The personal data used for these purposes includes commercial information necessary for the development of a business relationship such as: contact data (e.g., first and last names, professional contact details), publicly available information (e.g., board of directors, published articles, press releases, public messages published for commercial purposes, on social networks), and responses to targeted emails.

5- WE MAY USE COOKIES

Our cookies improve access to our sites and identify repeat visitors. In addition, our cookies enhance the user experience by tracking and targeting their interests. However, this use of cookies is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our sites.

Definition: Cookies are small data files that a website sends to your computer's browser, phone, or other device while you are browsing. They help us remember your preferences from page to page and potentially improve your user experience. The cookies we use may be set by our website or by a third-party website.

These cookies can be "session" or "persistent" cookies: a session cookie is a cookie that is automatically deleted when the user closes their browser, while a persistent cookie is a cookie that remains stored in the user's terminal until a set expiry date. The cookies used on the Marketkaps website have a maximum lifespan of 365 days.

6- EMAIL TRANSMISSION

When you send Marketkaps personal data via email, Marketkaps uses it to respond to your request. Marketkaps reserves the right to forward your email to other employees who are better able to answer your questions. Marketkaps does not share the email addresses collected in this way with any third party. Information collected via email will be retained for as long as necessary to respond to your questions.

7- CONFIDENTIALITY OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

As your personal data is confidential, only persons duly authorized by Marketkaps may access your personal data, without prejudice to their possible transmission to bodies responsible for a control or inspection mission in accordance with applicable regulations.

All persons with access to your personal data are bound by an obligation of confidentiality. These persons include all authorized personnel within the company.

Our service providers may also be required to process personal data that is strictly necessary for the performance of the services we entrust to them (mission, electronic and postal distribution, logistics, etc.).

8- SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA

Marketkaps takes care to protect and secure your personal data in order to ensure its confidentiality and prevent it from being distorted, damaged, destroyed or disclosed to unauthorized third parties.

Marketkaps implements technical and organizational measures to ensure that personal data is stored securely for the duration necessary to fulfill the purposes pursued in accordance with applicable law.

Although these measures are taken to protect your personal data, Marketkaps draws your attention to the fact that no transmission or storage technology is completely infallible.

When the disclosure of data to third parties is necessary and authorized, Marketkaps ensures that these third parties guarantee the same level of protection to the data concerned as that offered by Marketkaps, and requires contractual guarantees so that, in particular, the data is processed exclusively for the purposes that you have previously accepted, with the required confidentiality and security.

In accordance with applicable European regulations, in the event of a proven breach of Personal Data likely to generate a high risk for the rights and freedoms of the persons concerned, Marketkaps undertakes to communicate this breach to the competent supervisory authority and, when required by these regulations, to the persons concerned (individually or generally depending on the case).

Without prejudice to the foregoing, it is your responsibility to exercise caution to prevent any unauthorized access to your personal data and your terminals (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.).

Furthermore, Marketkaps websites may offer links to third-party websites that may be of interest to you. Marketkaps has no control over the content of these third-party sites or the practices of these third parties regarding the protection of personal data that they may collect. Consequently, Marketkaps declines all responsibility for the processing of your Personal Data by these third parties, which is not subject to this Privacy Policy. It is your responsibility to inform yourself about the personal data protection policies of these third parties.

9- TRANSFER OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ABROAD

Marketkaps may exceptionally be required to transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area and undertakes in this case, in accordance with the legislation in force, to take all organizational and technical measures to ensure an adequate level of protection of your data.

10- DURATION OF STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA

Marketkaps retains your personal data for the necessary time, subject to the retention obligations of certain data, and/or anonymization.

We apply the following retention periods for these few broad categories of personal data:

• Personal data of customers, prospects, or business partners: as long as the user is active and, at the latest, 5 years after the last contact with the latter;
• Personal connection data: 1 year after the last connection;
• Personal data of candidates (recruitment): time required to process the application and, in the event of a negative outcome, 3 years after the last contact (unless the candidate agrees to a longer period).

11- YOUR RIGHTS

In accordance with Articles 39 and 40 of the French Data Protection Act of 6 January 1978, as amended, you have the right to access, modify, and delete the data you have provided. You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for legitimate reasons. You may also send Marketkaps specific instructions regarding the use of your data after your death.

You can exercise these rights by contacting: Marketkaps, 270 chemin de Rabiac Estagnol, 06600 Antibes, France.

Email: info at marketkaps.com

You have the right to file a complaint with the competent administrative supervisory authority (in France, the CNIL). However, we invite you to contact us before filing your request with the CNIL.

Your personal data will be kept for the period necessary to process and monitor your registration and in accordance with applicable regulations.

No sensitive personal data is collected, i.e. no data concerning sexual preferences, religious beliefs, ethnic group, political affinities, or membership in a community or trade union. 

12- TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR EXERCISING YOUR RIGHTS

For any questions regarding this Privacy Policy and/or to exercise your rights as described above, you can contact us by email (info at marketkaps.com) or by post accompanied by a copy of any identity document at:

Marketkaps SAS, 270 chemin de Rabiac Estagnol, 06600 Antibes, France

Marketkaps undertakes to respond to you as soon as possible, and in any event, within one month of receipt of your request.

To submit a complaint to the CNIL, go to https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cnil-direct/question/844

13- LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES

Some links on this site direct you to external sites. Sites linked to Marketkaps are not under the control of Marketkaps, and we are not responsible for the content or links you may find on them. Marketkaps reserves the right to remove any link to an external site from its site at any time and for any reason it deems appropriate.

14- MODIFICATION OF THE PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy may be modified by Marketkaps as the functionality of the site and the services offered evolve, as well as the laws applicable to our activities.

15- APPLICABLE LAW

This Privacy Policy is subject to French law.