Privacy and Cookie Management Policy
Last updated: 29/07/2025
Preamble
With this policy, SEED SAS (hereinafter, the “Company”) intends to inform users of the website
Browse the Site is free and does not require prior registration or identification. However, certain areas of the Site, to access specifically identified services (e.g., configurator, technical document, a contact form…), may require the provision of personal data.
The data controller is the company SEED SAS, whose head office is located at Avenue de la Pierre Vallée 50220 POILLEY, Thomas DIDRY.
1. Nature of Personal Data Collected
In the context of using the Site, the Company is likely to collect the following categories of data:
-
Identification and civil status data: Personal data such as first and last name, telephone number, email address, and other information that the user agrees to provide, notably via forms, may be requested. Required data is indicated by an asterisk (*).
-
Connection and Browse data: Technical data from your device is collected automatically. This includes information such as IP address, internet service provider, hardware and software configuration, or browser type. Information about your Browse (URI addresses, time of request, etc.) is also collected for statistical purposes and to ensure the proper functioning of the Site.
-
Geolocation data: We may collect and process your geolocation data to provide our services. In accordance with the law, you have the option to disable functions related to geolocation at any time.
2. Purposes and Legal Basis of Processing
Data is collected and processed for purposes strictly related to the use of the Site and its services. Your data will be processed for the following reasons:
-
Provision of services: To manage your use of the services and respond to your requests (e.g., via the “Contact” section). This processing is necessary for the performance of our obligations.
-
Analysis and improvement of the Site: To understand the use and performance of our Site in order to improve its operation, notably by establishing traffic statistics.
-
Marketing and personalization (with your consent): If you consent, to conduct preference analyses or to propose commercial offers.
-
Security: To ensure the coherence and security of the Site and to establish responsibility in the event of hypothetical computer crimes against the Site.
The provision of data is generally optional, but a refusal may make it impossible to access certain services.
3. Cookie Policy
What is a cookie? A “cookie” is a small file, often composed of letters and numbers, sent by a web server and stored on your browser.
Validity period of cookies In accordance with the recommendations of the CNIL, the maximum retention period for cookies is 13 months after their first deposit. Your consent will be sought again at the end of this period.
Purposes of the cookies used Several types of cookies are used on the Site:
-
Strictly necessary cookies: They are essential for the functioning of the Site and allow you to use all the services offered. They are deposited by the Company.
-
Analytical cookies: They allow us to measure the audience, to count the number of visitors and to establish statistics on the use of the Site. The Site uses the MATOMO audience measurement solution.
Your choices regarding cookies The installation of most cookies is not mandatory and you can configure your browser to refuse their installation. You can accept or refuse them on a case-by-case basis, or refuse them systematically. You acknowledge having been informed that the publisher may use cookies and that most browsers allow them to be disabled via the settings options.
In case of refusal, we decline all responsibility for the consequences related to the degraded functioning of our services. To manage your choices, the configuration of each browser is different and is described in its help menu.
4. Communication, Aggregation and Transfer of Data
Communication to third parties Your data is not communicated to third parties. However, it may be disclosed in application of a law or a decision of a competent judicial authority. Your data is processed by the authorized personnel of the Company. For functional reasons, the Company may use service providers (subcontractors) to manage certain tasks.
Merger / acquisition operations In the event of participation in a merger or acquisition operation, we undertake to guarantee the confidentiality of your data and to inform you before it is transferred or subjected to new confidentiality rules.
Aggregation of data We may publish and use aggregated information (which does not allow the identification of an individual user) for market analysis or demographic profiling purposes.
Transfer of data outside the European Union The Company undertakes not to transfer the personal data of its users outside the European Union. However, if a transfer proves necessary, for example for the use of third-party cookies, it would be carried out in compliance with the regulations.
5. Data Retention Period
Technical data is kept for the time strictly necessary for the realization of the purposes. Personal data is not kept beyond the time necessary for the execution of contractual obligations.
-
Application data (“Work with us”): If this section exists, the data is kept for 24 months.
-
Contact requests: The data is processed for the time necessary to manage your request, then deleted.
-
Inactivity: If you do not authenticate yourself on the Site for a period of three years, your data will be deleted after notification by e-mail.
Beyond these periods, the data is anonymized and kept for exclusively statistical purposes.
6. Your Rights over your Data
In accordance with Articles 15 to 22 of Regulation (EU) 679/2016, you can exercise the following rights by contacting the Company:
-
Right of access: Obtain confirmation that your data is being processed and access it.
-
Right to rectification: Have inaccurate or incomplete data corrected.
-
Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”): Request the deletion of your data.
-
Right to restriction of processing: Request the suspension of the processing of your data.
-
Right to object: Object to the processing of your data, particularly for analysis purposes.
-
Right to data portability: Receive your data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, in order to reuse it.
You also have a right to delete your data which you can exercise at any time by contacting the publisher.
7. Filing a Complaint
If you believe that the processing of your data infringes the provisions of the Regulation, you can lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority, such as the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL).
8. Security and Breaches
We undertake to implement all appropriate technical and organizational measures to guarantee a level of security adapted to the risks. In the event of illegal or unauthorized access to your data, we undertake to:
-
Notify you of the incident as soon as possible.
-
Examine the causes of the incident.
-
Take the necessary measures to mitigate the negative effects.
The notification of an incident cannot be assimilated to an admission of fault or responsibility.
9. Account Deletion
Where applicable, the user has the option to delete their account at any time by simple request to the publisher or via their account settings. In the event of a violation of this policy, the publisher reserves the right to restrict your access without prior warning.
10. Modification of the Privacy Policy
The Company reserves the right to revise or modify this policy at any time. The modifications will be published on the Site and will become mandatory as soon as they are published. We undertake not to lower the level of confidentiality of your data substantially without informing you and obtaining your consent.
11. Applicable Law
This privacy policy is governed by Regulation (EU) 679/2016 (“GDPR”).
