Aiming at compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 applicable as of May 25, 2018, hereinafter referred to as “GDPR” and Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 as amended (Loi Informatique et libertés)
GARDEL SA attaches great importance to the protection of the personal data you entrust to us.
GARDEL SA – Usine GARDEL – 97 160 Le Moule.
Represented by Mr Nicolas PHILIPPOT acting in his capacity as Managing Director
Contract performance (Art 6-1b RGPD):
Legitimate Interests of GARDEL SA (Art 6-1f of the RGPD):
Legal obligations incumbent on GARDEL SA (Art 6-1c RGPD) under applicable law (Art 6-1c RGPD):
We are sometimes required to process your personal data in order to comply with applicable laws and regulations, for example when we are obliged to report suspected fraud.
Other business purposes may exist in relation to the processing of your data, including the negotiation, conclusion and performance of contracts, the management of accounts and records, the support of activities related to corporate social responsibility, and judicial, regulatory and internal investigations.
Your consent (Art 6-1a of the RGPD):
For example, when you have voluntarily provided us with information in order to participate in a commercial operation initiated by GARDEL SA. You may withdraw your consent at any time by clicking here. Manage your rights
2.2.1 Data transmitted by third parties
2.2.2 Data is collected directly from you on the occasion of :
We collect and process the following personal data:
Only personal data that is strictly necessary for the purposes described below, i.e. to subscribe to publications and to compile statistics on website traffic, is collected.
Your personal data is kept for a period that complies with legal provisions or is proportionate to the purposes for which it was collected. However, your personal data may be kept for a longer period if we are required to do so by law or regulation.
Retention periods vary depending on whether we have an ongoing contractual relationship with you (you are an active customer or supplier), whether we have had a contractual relationship with you in the past (you are an inactive customer or supplier) or whether we have never had such a relationship with you (you are a prospect).
Data categories | Goals | Shelf life |
Prospect data | ||
All data | Create and manage a prospect file | 3 years from the date of collection of the data or the last contact from the prospect |
Data relating to an active customer or supplier | ||
All data | Customer / Supplier account management | For the duration of the contractual relationship |
Payment data | Payment of benefits | 10 years (Article L 123-22 of the French Commercial Code). |
Data relating to an inactive customer or supplier | ||
Data relating to the performance of a sales or service contract | Contract, billing and payment management | 5 years after end of contract or last contact with inactive customer or supplier |
Payment data | Payment of benefits | 10 years (Article L 123-22 of the French Commercial Code), after the end of the service or the last contact from the inactive customer or supplier |
Identification and contact data – Inactive customers | Sending information about our products and services. | 3 years after the end of the commercial relationship or the last contact from the inactive customer |
Internet identification and contact data | Sending information on the evolution of our publications and offers | 3 years from unsubscription or last contact by the customer |
Data generated by cookies | ||
Data related to your browsing on our online services | Service operation and optimization Visitor measurements. Personalized content and advertising | 13 months maximum |
Video surveillance data | ||
Identification data related to your visit to a GARDEL site | Protecting people and property | 30 days maximum |
Your personal data will be communicated to the following persons:
Your data will be communicated to employees of the company’s internal departments:
In accordance with regulations, access to your data is based on individual, limited and supervised access authorizations.
Your personal data may be processed from time to time by subcontractors of GARDEL SA (within the meaning of Article 4.8 of the RGPD) in a strictly regulated manner. They are never communicated to third parties for commercial purposes.
They provide services on our behalf, in particular:
The use of social networks to interact with our Sites and applications (in particular the “share” buttons on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn) is indeed likely to result in data exchanges between the Company and these social networks. We therefore invite you to consult the personal data management policies of the various social networks to find out about the collection and processing they carry out on your data.
Your personal data may be sent to public bodies in order to comply with Gardel SA’s legal obligations.
We store your personal data in the European Union. However, if we were to transfer your data to subcontractors or business partners outside the Union, we would ensure that the processing is governed by an adequacy decision of the European Commission concerning certain countries ensuring an adequate level of protection, the standard contractual clauses (SCC) of the European Commission and internal company rules (BCR) that ensure a sufficient level of protection of privacy and fundamental rights of individuals.
In accordance with the aforementioned legal and regulatory provisions, you have :
By using the Manage your rights
By sending a letter to the following postal address:
Personal Data Protection Officer
Usine Gardel – 97 160 LE MOULE
By sending an e-mail to the following address :