Privacy Policy
1. OUR COMMITMENTS
AVALIANCE pays particular attention to the protection of personal data and to safeguarding the rights of the individuals concerned.
AVALIANCE is therefore particularly sensitive to the applicable regulations, notably Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 relating to information technology, data files and civil liberties (the “French Data Protection Act”) and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and to the free movement of such data (the “GDPR”).
For any information relating to the cookies used by our website, we invite you to consult our Cookie Policy.
2. OUR IDENTITY AND CONTACT DETAILS
AVALIANCE, a limited liability company with share capital of 100,000.00 euros, registered with the Nanterre Trade and Companies Register under number 523 700 805, whose registered office is located at 17 Place Beffroy, 92200 NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE (FRANCE), represented by Messrs. Mohamed SERGHINI and Mohamed BOUZIDI, in their capacity as Co-Managers, hereinafter referred to as “AVALIANCE” or “we/us”.
For any question relating to the processing of personal data, you may contact us:
- Through the Contact form
- By email at: dpo.global@avaliance.com.
3. WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE PROCESS?
We process, in particular, the personal data of our clients, of people who use our website, and more generally of any person with whom we come into contact in the course of our professional activity.
The data concerning you in this context may therefore include, in particular, your name, your contact details (email, postal address, telephone number, etc.) and any personal information provided or otherwise generated in the context of our interactions.
In general, we try to limit the personal information we process to the minimum necessary in order to provide you with a complete and effective service.
When personal data is collected, you will be informed whether certain data is optional or whether it must be provided for legal or contractual reasons. In such circumstances, we will inform you if your possible decision not to provide the requested data would affect our ability to provide the proposed services.
4. HOW AND WHY DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
Our main personal data processing activities, together with their purposes and the legal bases justifying them, are detailed below:
| ACTIVITY | PURPOSE | LEGAL BASIS |
|---|---|---|
| Review of your information requests: We analyze, sort and classify information concerning you when we first become aware of your interest in our services. | The management of contact requests we receive. | The consent of the person who contacted us. |
| Management of our clients’ orders: As part of our services, we may process the personal data of our clients. For example, managing orders and monitoring them, communicating with our clients, etc. | The operational and administrative management of our clients’ orders. | Our legitimate interest in processing our orders. In the event of the signing of a contract, the contractual necessity of processing your personal data. |
| Newsletter: We offer our existing clients and anyone subscribing to our monitoring service the opportunity to be informed about news likely to interest them and about AVALIANCE news. | The promotion of AVALIANCE and the information of our clients, as well as interested persons. | Our legitimate interest in communicating with our existing clients and prospects in connection with their professional activities. The consent of non-customer individuals. |
| Application management: We process data from people who have applied for a job at AVALIANCE. | The management of applications. | The consent of applicants. |
| Management of our suppliers and professional advisers: We may process the personal data of natural persons who provide us with services, as well as that of the staff members of our service providers when they are legal entities. The processing in question includes, in particular, the administrative activities necessary for the management of our relationships with our suppliers, including sending correspondence, storing, analyzing, classifying, duplicating, archiving or transmitting the data in question. | The proper functioning of AVALIANCE and the proper management of its relationships with its suppliers. | Our legitimate interest in managing our relationships with our various suppliers. Where the supplier in question is a natural person, the necessity of processing for the performance of the contract signed with that supplier. The consent of non-customer persons. |
| Sales and acquisitions of companies: In the event of future disposal or investment operations concerning our company, information concerning you may be processed in the context of due diligence procedures, during which potential investors or purchasers or their professional advisers carry out a preliminary analysis of various aspects of the company in order to assess its valuation. | The valuation of the company. | The legitimate interests of AVALIANCE, its shareholders and third-party investors in carrying out due diligence procedures. |
| Cookies: When you use our website, it automatically retrieves certain information from the device in order to optimize your online experience. This data is also used for statistics relating to our sites. | Optimization of our website. Measurement of the audience of the Website pages. | The consent of persons browsing our site, where applicable. AVALIANCE’s legitimate interest with regard to cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of the site. |
| Legal obligations: We may process your personal data in order to comply with legal obligations imposed on us or with requests from public and/or judicial institutions and authorities, or to defend our rights in court. | To comply with our legal obligations and defend ourselves in court. | Legal obligation. AVALIANCE’s legitimate interest in defending itself in court. |
5. WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
We may share your personal data in particular with:
- Public authorities, if we are required to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with a legal obligation.
- Our professional, legal and financial advisers, such as our lawyers, accountants and statutory auditors.
- Third-party buyers or investors and their advisers in the event that we sell or buy companies or assets.
In addition, we use technical suppliers who may process your personal data on our behalf, particularly in relation to sales, delivery, hosting and management of our website.
6. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
We keep your personal data only for the period necessary to provide the services you have subscribed to, taking into account in particular the following criteria:
- The nature and purpose of the processing in question,
- The categories of data processed,
- The applicable limitation periods,
- The applicable contractual provisions,
- Industry standards,
- The recommendations of the French National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties (CNIL).
However, data processing is possible for the purpose of proving a right or a contract. This data may also be kept in order to comply with a legal obligation or stored in files in accordance with applicable regulations and laws.
- By way of exception, your identification data is kept by AVALIANCE for a period of three (3) years from the last contact with you.
- For the management of our business relationship with you and customer follow-up, your data is kept for three (3) years from the end of the business relationship if you are a client. Beyond that, the data is archived for the period during which AVALIANCE’s liability may be called into question.
- For the management of requests relating to your personal data rights: your data is kept for one (1) year.
- With regard to cookies, it is specified that the information stored in your terminal or any other element used to identify you for audience statistics purposes is not kept beyond a period of six (6) months.
- Finally, in order to ensure the proper functioning and continuous improvement of our Site and its features, traffic data is kept for a period of thirteen (13) months.
For more details, please consult our Cookie Policy.
7. WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
Your rights regarding our processing of your personal data include, in particular, those listed below. These rights may apply to your situation depending on the exact circumstances. For example, the right to withdraw your consent will not apply where the processing is not based on your consent.
- The right to ask us for:
- Access to your personal data and information about our processing of it (“right of access”);
- The correction or completion of your personal data if it is inaccurate (“right to rectification”);
- The erasure of your personal data (“right to be forgotten”);
- A restriction of the processing of your personal data (“right to restriction”);
- The right to object to the processing of your personal data by AVALIANCE (“right to object”);
- The right to request your personal data in a usable electronic format and/or the transmission of this data to another organization (“right to data portability”);
- The right to define instructions relating to the storage, erasure and communication of your personal data after your death (“post-mortem instructions”);
- The right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your data where the processing is based on it. In this case, the lawfulness of the processing carried out before the withdrawal of consent will not be affected.
If you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us:
- By email: dpo.global@avaliance.com.
- By post: AVALIANCE, 17 Place Beffroy, 92200 NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE (FRANCE)
In the event of reasonable doubt as to the identity of the requester, we also reserve the right to request any additional information necessary to confirm the identity of the person concerned.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the French National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties (CNIL), whose website can be consulted at the following address: www.cnil.fr.
8. WHERE IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED?
All your personal data is hosted on our internal servers in France, on external Cloud servers located in the European Union, or on Cloud servers outsourced to the United States via our provider Amazon Web Services (AWS). These processing operations outside the European Union are governed by the signing of the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses.
If you accept the use of Google Analytics or other similar services on our Website, data concerning your browsing may be processed on our behalf by companies located outside the European Union. These processing operations outside the European Union are also governed by the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses.
9. SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
We ensure the security of your personal data by implementing appropriate technical, legal and organizational measures. These measures include in particular:
- Authentication and authorization management procedures, so that only persons who need access to the data can do so;
- Encryption of data exchanges (HTTPS/TLS) and backups;
- Segmentation of environments and regular monitoring of our systems to detect any intrusion;
- Regular backups and integrity tests to ensure the availability of information;
- Awareness-raising and continuous training of our employees on good security practices and personal data protection.
These measures are regularly reassessed and updated in order to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risks associated with our processing activities.
