Privacy Policy

This privacy policy defines and informs you of the way in which WCS Europe uses and protects the information that you transmit to it when you use this site, accessible at the following address: eu.wcs.global (hereinafter the “Site”).

Please note that this privacy policy may be modified or supplemented at any time by WCS Europe, in particular with a view to complying with any legislative, regulatory, jurisprudential or technological development. These modifications are binding on the user as soon as they are put online. The user should therefore regularly consult this privacy policy in order to be aware of any changes.

Personal data

In general, you can visit the WCS Europe Site without disclosing any personal information about yourself. In any event, you are in no way obliged to transmit this information to WCS Europe.

However, in case of refusal, you may not be able to benefit from certain information or services that you have requested. As such, WCS Europe may in certain cases ask you to provide your surname, first name, email address, telephone number, company and function (hereinafter your “Personal Data”). By providing this information, you expressly agree that it will be processed by WCS Europe, for the purposes indicated below.

The following information is communicated to you by WCS Europe in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations adopted by the European Parliament on April 14, 2016, and the amended Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978.

Identity of the controller

The controller is the company WCS Europe, having its registered office at 64, Avenue de Paris, 78000 Versailles – France.

Tél : +33 1 8381 2880

Purposes of processing

WCS Europe may process your Personal Datas:

• for the purposes of providing you with the information or services you have requested (in particular: sending documentation, commercial offer, white papers, etc.) and / or
• for the purpose of collecting information allowing us to improve our Site, our products and services (in particular through cookies) and / or
• in order to be able to contact you about various events relating to WCS Europe, including in particular product updates and customer support.

Recipients

Only WCS Europe is the recipient of your Personal Data. These, whether in individual or aggregated form, are never transmitted to a third party, notwithstanding the subcontractors to which WCS Europe can call. Neither WCS Europe, nor any of its subcontractors, market the personal data of visitors and users of its Site.

The duration of the conversation

Your Personal Data is kept by WCS Europe only for the time corresponding to the purpose of the collection as indicated above which cannot in any event exceed 24 months.

IT rights and liberties

You have the following rights concerning your Personal Data, which you can exercise by writing to us at the postal address mentioned above.

Right of access and communication of data

You have the right to access Personal Data which concerns you.

However, due to the security and confidentiality obligation in the processing of personal data which rests with WCS Europe, you are informed that your request will be processed provided that you provide proof of your identity by producing a signed photocopy of your valid identity document.

WCS Europe informs you that it will be entitled, if necessary, to oppose manifestly abusive requests (by their number, their repetitive or systematic nature).

To help you in your approach, you will find by clicking on the following link a mail template developed by the National Commission for Information Technology and Liberties (the “CNIL”).

https://www.cnil.fr/fr/modele/courrier/exercer-son-droit-dacces

Right to rectify data

Under this right, the law empowers you to request the rectification, updating, blocking or erasure of data concerning you which may prove to be inaccurate, erroneous, incomplete or obsolete.

You can also define general and specific directives relating to the fate of personal data after your death. If necessary, the heirs of a deceased person may require that the death of their loved one be taken into account and / or that the necessary updates be carried out.

To help you in your approach, in particular if you wish to exercise, on your own account or on behalf of one of your deceased relatives, your right to rectification by means of a written request to the postal address mentioned above , you will find by clicking on the following link a mail model developed by the CNIL.

https://www.cnil.fr/fr/modele/courrier/rectifier-des-donnees-inexactes-obsoletes-ou-perimees

Right of objection

The exercise of this right is only possible in one of the following two situations:

• when the exercise of this right is based on legitimate grounds or
• when the exercise of this right aims to prevent the use of the data collected for the purposes of commercial prospecting.

To help you in your approach, in particular if you wish to exercise your right of opposition by means of a written request addressed to the postal address indicated above, you will find by clicking on the following link a model of mail developed by the CNIL.

https://www.cnil.fr/fr/modele/courrier/supprimer-des-informations-vous-concernant-dun-site-internet

Response time

WCS Europe undertakes to respond to your request for access, rectification or opposition or any other request for additional information within a reasonable time, which may not exceed 1 month from the receipt of your request.

Authorized service providers and transfer to a third country of the European Union

WCS Europe informs you that it can call on approved service providers to facilitate the collection and processing of the data that you have communicated to us. These providers may be located outside the European Union and have communication of the data collected via the various forms of the Site.

WCS Europe has previously ensured that its suppliers have put in place adequate guarantees and that strict conditions regarding confidentiality, use and data protection are respected. In particular, vigilance has focused on the existence of a legal basis for any transfer of data to a third country.

Complaint to the competent authority

If you consider that WCS Europe is not complying with its obligations regarding your personal data, you can send a complaint or request to the competent authority. In France, the competent authority is the CNIL to which you can send a request by electronic means by clicking on the following link: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/plaintes/internet.