Privacy Policy
Protection of Personal Data
What are Séché Environnement's commitments regarding the protection of personal data?
Séché Environnement, as the controller of the personal data collected via
- its corporate website
- its Séché Connect customer portal
- or the websites of its subsidiaries
is committed to protecting the personal data of its customers and prospects, as well as job applicants who submit an application through the “Careers” section of its website (collectively, the “Services”).
Séché Environnement is committed to complying with the regulations applicable to all personal data processing it carries out. More specifically, Séché Environnement is committed to adhering to the following principles:
- Your personal data is processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently (lawfulness, fairness, transparency).
- Your personal data is collected for specific, explicit, and legitimate purposes and is not further processed in a manner incompatible with those purposes (purpose limitation).
- Your personal data is retained in a manner that is adequate and relevant, and is limited to what is necessary in light of the purposes for which it is processed (data minimization).
- Your personal data is accurate and kept up to date, and all reasonable measures are taken to ensure that data that is inaccurate, in light of the purposes for which it is processed, is erased or rectified without delay (accuracy).
Séché Environnement implements appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk inherent in its processing operations, to meet regulatory requirements, and to protect the rights and data of data subjects from the very design of the processing operations.
Furthermore, Séché Environnement requires its processors (service providers, suppliers, etc.) to maintain the same level of protection for personal data.
We thank you for taking the time to review this policy, which explains how Séché Environnement uses your personal data.
Who are we?
Séché Environnement, a public limited company (société anonyme) with a share capital of 1,571,546.40 euros, registered with the Laval Trade and Companies Register under number 306 917 535, with its principal place of business located at:
Immeuble Le Chêne
25 rue des Trois Régiments
53000 LAVAL
FRANCE,
is the primary data controller responsible for processing your personal data in connection with your use of the Services, in accordance with Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 (the “Data Protection Act”) and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (the “GDPR”).
For any information regarding your personal data, you may contact Séché Environnement at the mailing address indicated above or by email at the following address: dp@groupe-seche.com
What personal data do we process?
Personal data refers to any information that identifies you directly (for example, your last name, first name, email address, and phone number) or indirectly (for example, your account ID, IP address, or cookie ID).
We collect and use only the personal data necessary for our business operations.
The data we collect falls into three categories:
(a) data you provide to us
(b) data we collect through automated means
(c) data we collect from other sources.
We may combine the data you provide to us with data collected through automated means and from other sources.
About the personal data you provide to us
You may provide us with personal data when you:
- Fill out the contact form or a request for a personalized quote on our website
- Create a customer account and use the Séché Connect portal
- Subscribe to our newsletters
- Apply for a job online
In this context, we process the following personal data:
- Identification and contact information (last name, first name, company, job title, mailing and email addresses, landline and cell phone numbers, etc.) necessary to provide you with information about our products and services, answer your questions, send you quotes, and send you communications regarding our news and activities, etc.
- Information needed to assess your needs, prepare visit reports, etc., necessary to ensure the smooth progress of our pre-contractual and contractual relationship
- Resume, cover letter, work experience, degrees, education, current position, etc., when you submit an application on our website.
- Under no circumstances will we ask you for information regarding your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion, philosophical beliefs, or union membership.
About the personal data we collect through automated means
We use automated technologies such as cookies to collect data from your computer or mobile device (phone or tablet) when you use our online services.
We collect the following data to ensure the proper functioning of our website, maintain the security of our networks, and track website traffic:
- Pages visited
- Your device and connection identifiers (IP address, MAC address), dates and times of connection, information about the browser and operating system used, etc.
- Your identification and authentication data, particularly when using the Séché Connect customer portal.
About the personal data we collect from other sources
Some of the customer data we use may be collected from the following external sources, for the purpose of verifying or enriching our databases:
- Data you have made public on the Ministry of Ecological Transition’s website by reporting your waste at: https://www.declarationpollution.developpement-durable.gouv.fr (for example, the name of the waste producer, waste types, and quantity)
- Data from the Sirene database of companies and their facilities, available as open data on the data.gouv.fr website.
In addition, to respond to calls for proposals or conduct business development, we may need to process personal data of prospects (identification and contact information) that has been collected by our partners, in accordance with applicable personal data regulations.
For what purposes and on what legal grounds do we use your personal data?
1. TO PERFORM A CONTRACT WITH YOU OR TO PROVIDE YOU WITH PRE-CONTRACTUAL INFORMATION
We use your personal data to enter into and fulfill our contracts, including to:
- Providing you with information about our products and services.
- Manage contacts (customers and prospects)
- Manage sales opportunities
- Managing quote requests
- Managing Preliminary Identification Forms and Acceptance Certificates
- Write visit reports
- Manage Customer Requests
2. TO SERVE OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS
We use your personal data to establish and develop our products or services, optimize our risk management, and defend our interests in legal proceedings, including for the purposes of:
- Evidence of transactions or operations
- IT management, including infrastructure management (e.g., trading platforms) and business continuity, including personal safety
- Debt collection
- Creating statistical models based on the analysis of your transactions
- Personalizing commercial offers: by proposing products or services tailored to your situation and profile as we define it. These commercial proposals can be generated through:
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- Segmentation of prospects and customers
- Analysis of your habits and preferences across various channels (email, visits to our website, etc.)
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3. TO RESPECT YOUR CHOICE WHEN WE REQUEST YOUR CONSENT FOR A SPECIFIC PROCESSING ACTIVITY
- In certain cases, consent is required to process your data, for example:
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- When the purposes described above result in automated decision-making that produces legal effects concerning you or significantly affects you, we will inform you separately of the underlying reason, as well as the significance and anticipated consequences of such processing
- If we process your data for purposes other than those described in Section 3, we will inform you and, if necessary, request your consent.
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Séché Environnement may collect information about you even if you are not a customer of the Group. The list below (which is not exhaustive) provides examples of personal data:
- Prospects.
- Contracting entities or beneficiaries in connection with requests for proposals.
To which categories of entities may your personal data be disclosed?
We do not sell any of your personal data and share it only in accordance with the terms set forth in this Privacy Policy.
To fulfill the aforementioned purposes, we disclose your personal data only to:
- Entities within the Séché Environnement Group that are involved in providing the Services
- Service providers and subcontractors performing services on our behalf (for example, carriers, web hosting, security, and website maintenance providers, fraud management providers, technical service providers responsible for sending emails and newsletters, etc.)
- Certain regulated professions, such as certified public accountants.
In addition, we may decide to sell or transfer all or part of our business. As part of such a sale or transfer, we may disclose the information we have collected and retained (including personal data) to any person or entity involved in the transaction in question.
Finally, we may be required to share your personal data with any authority, court, or other third party when such disclosure is required by law, a regulatory provision, or a court order, or if such disclosure is necessary to protect and defend our rights.
Transfer of Data Outside the European Economic Area.
How long do we retain your personal data?
We will retain your personal data in our active database for the following periods:
- For prospects: three years after collection or your last contact with us (e.g., clicking on a hyperlink), unless you withdraw your consent before the three (3)-year period expires.
- For customers: until the end of our contractual relationship and, in any event, three (3) years from the date of your last contact with us
- For candidates who have submitted an application through the “Careers” section of our website: for the duration of the selection process, and then, for unsuccessful applicants who consent, two (2) years after your last contact with us, unless you request that your application be destroyed before the two (2)-year period expires
- For visitors to our website: up to twenty-five (25) months.
At the end of the periods mentioned above, some of your personal data will be archived in an intermediate archive with restricted access, in accordance with our legal obligations and to defend our rights and interests in legal proceedings, for the following durations:
- Ten (10) years from the close of the fiscal year for data retained for accounting purposes, as well as for commercial documents (invoices, purchase orders, business correspondence, etc.)
- In the event of a pre-litigation dispute, until the dispute is settled amicably or, failing that, upon the expiration of the statute of limitations for the corresponding legal action, it being specified that the general statute of limitations in civil and commercial matters is five (5) years;
- Following the resolution of a legal dispute, until no ordinary or extraordinary remedies are available against the decision rendered.
At the end of this additional period, your remaining personal data will be permanently deleted from our systems or anonymized.
What are your rights, and how can you exercise them?
In accordance with applicable regulations, you have various rights, namely:
- Right of access: You may obtain information regarding the processing of your personal data as well as a copy of such personal data.
- Right to rectification: If you believe your personal data is inaccurate or incomplete, you may request that such personal data be corrected accordingly.
- Right to erasure: You may request the erasure of your personal data to the extent permitted by law.
- Right to restriction of processing: You may request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
- Right to object: You may object to the processing of your personal data for reasons related to your specific situation. You have the absolute right to object to the processing of your personal data for marketing purposes, including profiling related to such marketing.
- Right to data portability: Where this right applies, you have the right to have the personal data you have provided to us returned to you or, where technically feasible, to have it transferred to a third party;
- Right to Withdraw Consent: If you have given your consent to the processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Finally, in certain cases—particularly if you reside in France—you have the right to establish general or specific instructions regarding the processing of your personal data in the event of your death and to modify them at any time.
You may exercise the rights listed above:
- either by contacting us by mail at the following address:
Séché Environnement
Personal Data Rights
Immeuble Le Chêne
25 rue des Trois Régiments
53000 LAVAL
France; - or by sending an email to dp@groupe-seche.com.
In accordance with applicable regulations, you have the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority, which in France is the CNIL (Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés) 3 Place de Fontenoy – TSA 80715 – 75334 PARIS CEDEX 07, Tel.: 01 53 73 22 22, www.cnil.fr.
How can you stay informed about changes to this privacy notice?
How can you contact us?
If you have any questions regarding the use of your personal data as described in this document, you may contact our Data Protection Officer by email at dp@groupe-seche.com, or by mail at the following address:
Séché Environnement
Personal Data Rights
Immeuble Le Chêne
25 rue des Trois Régiments
53000 LAVAL
France