Confidentiality politics

This privacy policy sets out and informs you of the manner in which APACA Catamaran uses and protects the information that you may provide to us when you use this site accessible from the following URL: https://www.apaca.fr/ (hereinafter the "Site").
Please note that this privacy policy may be modified or supplemented at any time by APACA Catamaran, in particular in order to comply with any legislative, regulatory, jurisprudential or technological developments. In such a case, the date of the update will be clearly identified at the top of this policy. These modifications are binding on the User as soon as they are put online. It is therefore advisable for the User to regularly consult this confidentiality and cookie use policy in order to take note of any changes.

I. PERSONAL DATA
In general, you can visit the APACA Catamaran website without communicating any personal information about yourself. In any case, you are in no way obliged to transmit this information to APACA Catamaran.
Nevertheless, if you refuse, you may not be able to benefit from certain information or services that you have requested. In this respect, APACA Catamaran may in some cases ask you to provide your surname, first name, e-mail address, telephone number, company and position (hereinafter your "Personal Information"). By providing this information, you expressly agree that it may be processed by APACA Catamaran, for the purposes indicated in point 2 below and for the purposes stated at the end of each form.
In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) adopted by the European Parliament on 14 April 2016, and the amended French Data Protection Act of 6 January 1978, APACA Catamaran informs you of the following points:
1. Identity of the data controller
The person in charge of the treatment is the company APACA Catamaran, having its head office at 28 rue du Docteur Robin, 83400 HYERES.
2. Purpose of the processing
APACA Catamaran is likely to process your Personal Information:
(a) for the purpose of providing you with the information or services you have requested (in particular: sending the Newsletter); and/or
(b) for the purpose of collecting information that will enable us to improve our Site, our products and services (in particular by means of cookies); and/or
(c) for the purpose of contacting you about various events relating to APACA Catamaran, including the updating of its commercial offers.

3. Recipients
Only APACA Catamaran is the recipient of your Personal Information. This information, whether in individual or aggregated form, is never transmitted to a third party, notwithstanding the subcontractors that APACA Catamaran uses (you will find more information about them in point 7 below). Neither APACA Catamaran nor any of its subcontractors market the personal data of visitors and Users of its Site.
4. Duration of storage
Your Personal Information is kept by APACA Catamaran only for the time corresponding to the purpose of the collection as indicated in 2 above, which shall in any case not exceed 24 months.
5. Rights to Information Technology and Civil Liberties
You have the following rights concerning your Personal Information, which you can exercise by writing to us using the form opposite.
- Right of access and communication of data
You have the right to access the Personal Information that concerns you.
However, due to the obligation of security and confidentiality in the processing of personal data which is incumbent on APACA Catamaran, you are informed that your request will be processed subject to you providing proof of your identity, in particular by producing a scan of your valid identity card or a signed photocopy of your valid identity card. Your request may be sent by post to the following address
APACA Catamaran, Centre du Nautisme, 28 rue du Docteur Robin, 83400 Hyères.
APACA Catamaran informs you that it will have the right, if necessary, to oppose requests that are manifestly abusive (due to their number, repetitive or systematic nature).
You will find by clicking on the following link a model letter drawn up by the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (the "CNIL").
- Right to rectify data
Under this right, the law entitles you to request the rectification, updating, blocking or deletion of data concerning you which may be inaccurate, erroneous, incomplete or obsolete.
https://www.cnil.fr/fr/modele/courrier/rectifier-des-donnees-inexactes-obsoletes-ou-perimees
- Right to object
The exercise of this right is only possible in one of the following two situations:
1.    When the exercise of this right is based on legitimate reasons; or
2.    When the exercise of this right aims to prevent the data collected from being used for commercial prospecting purposes.
To help you in your approach, particularly if you wish to exercise your right to object by means of a written request sent to the postal address indicated in point 1, you will find a model letter drawn up by the CNIL by clicking on the following link.
https://www.cnil.fr/fr/modele/courrier/supprimer-des-informations-vous-concernant-dun-site-internet

6. Response time
APACA Catamaran undertakes to respond to your request for access, rectification or opposition or any other additional request for information within a reasonable timeframe which may not exceed 1 month from receipt of your request.
 
7. Authorised service providers and transfer to a third country of the European Union
APACA Catamaran informs you that it has recourse to its authorised service providers to facilitate the collection and processing of the data that you have communicated to us. These service providers may be located outside the European Union and have access to the data collected through the various forms on the Site (with the exception of the form allowing you to exercise your rights to Information Technology and Civil Liberties, which is proposed and used by APACA Catamaran).
APACA Catamaran has previously ensured that its service providers provide adequate guarantees and comply with strict conditions regarding confidentiality, use and protection of data. In particular, vigilance has been exercised regarding the existence of a legal basis for any transfer of data to a third country.
8. Complaint to the competent authority
If you consider that APACA Catamaran is not respecting its obligations with regard to your Personal Information, you can address a complaint or a request to the competent authority. In France, the competent authority is the CNIL to which you can send a request electronically by clicking on the following link: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/plaintes/internet.
II. POLICY ON COOKIES
When you first connect to the APACA Catamaran website, you are warned by a banner at the bottom of your screen that information relating to your navigation may be recorded in files called "cookies". Our policy on the use of cookies allows you to better understand the measures we implement in terms of navigation on our website. In particular, it informs you about all the cookies present on our website, their purpose (part I.) and gives you the procedure for setting them (part II.)
1. General information about cookies on the APACA Catamaran website
APACA Catamaran, as the publisher of this website, may place a cookie on the hard disk of your terminal (computer, tablet, mobile phone, etc.) in order to guarantee you smooth and optimal browsing on our website.
Cookies" are small text files of limited size that enable us to recognise your computer, tablet or mobile phone in order to personalise the services we offer you.
The information collected through cookies does not in any way identify you by name. It is used exclusively for our own needs in order to improve the interactivity and performance of our website and to send you content tailored to your interests. None of this information is communicated to third parties except when APACA Catamaran has obtained your prior consent or when the disclosure of this information is required by law, by order of a court or any administrative or judicial authority empowered to know.
In order to better inform you about the information that cookies identify, you will find below a table listing the different types of cookies likely to be used on the APACA Catamaran website, their name, their purpose and their retention period.

2. Setting your cookie preferences
You can accept or refuse the deposit of cookies at any time
When you first connect to the APACA Catamaran website, a banner briefly presenting information on the deposit of cookies and similar technologies appears at the bottom of your screen. This banner warns you that by continuing your navigation on the APACA Catamaran website (by loading a new page or by clicking on various elements of the site for example), you accept the deposit of cookies on your terminal. You are also deemed to have given your consent to the deposit of cookies by clicking on the "X" icon to the right of the banner at the bottom of your screen.
Depending on the type of cookie in question, it may be necessary to obtain your consent to the deposit and reading of cookies on your terminal.
3. Cookies exempt from consent
In accordance with the recommendations of the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), certain cookies are exempt from the prior collection of your consent insofar as they are strictly necessary for the operation of the website or have the sole purpose of enabling or facilitating communication by electronic means. These include session identifier cookies, authentication cookies, load balancing session cookies and cookies for personalising your interface. These cookies are fully subject to this policy insofar as they are issued and managed by APACA Catamaran.
4. Cookies requiring the prior collection of your consent
This requirement concerns cookies issued by third parties and which are qualified as "persistent" insofar as they remain in your terminal until they are deleted or their expiry date.
As such cookies are issued by third parties, their use and storage are subject to their own privacy policies, a link to which is provided below. This family of cookies includes audience measurement cookies (in particular Google Analytics), advertising cookies (which APACA Catamaran does not use) and social network sharing cookies (in particular from Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and LinkedIn).
Audience measurement cookies establish statistics on the number of visitors and the use of various elements of the website (such as the content/pages you have visited). This data helps to improve the ergonomics of the APACA Catamaran website. An audience measurement tool is used on this website:
Google Analytics, whose cookie policy can be consulted by clicking on the following link: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=fr  
Social network sharing cookies are issued and managed by the publisher of the social network concerned. Subject to your consent, these cookies allow you to easily share some of the content published on the APACA Catamaran website, in particular via a sharing application "button" depending on the social network concerned. Four types of social network sharing cookies are present on the APACA Catamaran site:
Facebook, whose cookie policy you can consult by clicking on the following link: https://fr-fr.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
LinkedIn, whose cookie policy can be found by clicking on the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy?_l=fr_FR
Twitter, whose options for controlling or restricting the use of cookies and whose cookie policy can be found at: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170518#
YouTube, where you can find help on deleting cookies from the Google Chrome browser at the following link: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/32050?hl=fr but also the full cookie policy at the following link: https://www.google.fr/intl/fr/policies/technologies/cookies/

- There are various tools available to you for setting cookies
Most Internet browsers are configured by default so that the deposit of cookies is allowed. Your browser offers you the opportunity to modify these standard settings so that all cookies are systematically rejected or so that only some of the cookies are accepted or rejected depending on their sender.
CAUTION: We draw your attention to the fact that refusing the deposit of cookies on your terminal may nevertheless alter your user experience and your access to certain services or features of this website. Where applicable, APACA Catamaran declines all responsibility for the consequences linked to the deterioration of your browsing conditions which occur because of your choice to refuse, delete or block the cookies necessary for the operation of the site. These consequences cannot constitute damage and you cannot claim any compensation for this.
Your browser also allows you to delete existing cookies on your terminal or to inform you when new cookies are likely to be placed on your terminal. These settings do not affect your browsing experience, but you will lose all the benefits of the cookie.
Please see below for the various tools available to you to set the parameters of the cookies placed on your terminal.
- Setting your Internet browser
Each Internet browser has its own cookie management settings. To find out how to modify your cookie preferences, you will find below the links to the help needed to access the menu of your browser provided for this purpose:
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=fr
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/fr/kb/activer-desactiver-cookies
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/fr-fr/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11
Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/fr/cookies.html
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=fr_FR&locale=fr_FR
For more information on cookie management tools, you can consult the CNIL website: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies-les-outils-pour-les-maitriser.
If you have any questions or require further information about this cookie policy, please contact us using our form.