Personal data management

Each electronic form or online service limits the collection of personal data to what is strictly necessary (data minimisation) and indicates in particular:

• What the purpose of collecting the data is;
• Whether this data is compulsory or optional for the management of your request;
• Who may access it (in principle only Les Maritimes, unless it is specified in the form that your request will be passed on to a third party);
• Your data protection rights and how to exercise them with Les Maritimes.

Personal data collected as part of the services offered on www.lesmaritimes.com is processed using secure protocols and enable Les Maritimes to manage requests received in its IT applications. For any information on, or to exercise your rights concerning, the processing of personal data managed by Les Maritimes, you can contact the Data Protection Officer (DPO):

• By using this form
• Or by post, with a signed letter, including a copy of your identity document, to the following address: 1481 Route de Vieux Boucau 40510 Seignosse, France

ABOUT COOKIES

We use various cookies on the site to improve the usability of the site and our services. What is a cookie? A "cookie" is a file of limited size, generally consisting of letters and numbers, sent by the web server to the browser's cookie file located on your computer's hard drive.

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INTERNAL COOKIES NECESSARY FOR THE FUNCTIONING OF THE SITE

These cookies enable the site to function optimally. You can refuse them and delete them using your browser settings, but your user experience may be impaired.

We also collect your IP address in order to determine the city from which you are connecting. It is immediately anonymised after use. Collection Rivages cannot therefore under any circumstances trace this information back to a physical person. The personal data collected (cookie identifier) is kept by Le Phare for a period of 13 months. It will not be passed on to third parties or used for any other purpose. You can choose to refuse cookies and statistical analysis of your browsing data.

THIRD-PARTY COOKIES DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE USABILITY OF THE SITE

Les Maritimes website relies on certain services offered by third-party sites. These include:

• Share buttons (facebook, twitter, google+, instagram)
• Videos broadcast on the site (youtube)

These functions use third-party cookies placed directly by these services. When you first visit www.lesmaritimes.com a banner informs you of the presence of these cookies and invites you to specify your choice. Cookies are only deposited if you accept them or continue browsing the site by visiting a second page of www.lesmaritimes.com. You can check and adjust your cookie settings to accept or reject them at any time by going to the [Cookie management] page at the top of every page on the site. You can indicate your preference either for the site as a whole, or for individual sections.

RETENTION PERIOD FOR DATA RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF CUSTOMERS AND PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMERS:

Your personal data will not be kept longer than is strictly necessary to manage our commercial relationship with you. However, data used to establish proof of a right or a contract, which must be kept in order to comply with a legal obligation, will be kept for the period stipulated by the law in force.

With regard to prospecting campaigns aimed at customers, this data may be kept for a period of three years from the end of the sales relationship. Personal data relating to a prospect who is not a customer may be kept for a period of three years from the date of collection or the last contact from the prospect. At the end of this three-year period, we may contact you again to find out whether you wish to continue to receive sales offers.

CONCERNING IDENTITY DOCUMENTS

If the right of access or rectification is exercised, data relating to identity documents may be kept for the period stipulated in article 9 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure, i.e. one year. If the right to object is exercised, the data may be archived for the three-year limitation period provided for in article 8 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure.

CONCERNING THE MANAGEMENT OF OPT-OUT LISTS:

Information enabling us to process your right to object is kept for a minimum of three years from the date on which you exercise your right to object.

CONCERNING AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT STATISTICS:

Information stored in users' terminals or any other element used to identify users and their browsing or site visits will not be kept for longer than 12 months.