Privacy policy
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Who is the data controller?
This website is edited by KEP TECHNOLOGIES SA (hereafter KEP TECHNOLOGIES), represented by its President, Mr. Jean-Pierre CALZARONI. KEP TECHNOLOGIES is the responsible for the processing of your personal data.
You can find more information in the legal notice.
What data do we collect about you and for what purposes?
By personal data (hereafter PD), we mean any information that allows us to identify you either directly or indirectly, within the meaning of article 4.1 of the GDPR. In accordance with the principle of data minimization, data collections are limited to the strict minimum. Each form clearly indicates the data that is strictly necessary to achieve the purpose. If you are led to communicate to KEP TECHNOLOGIES personal data of third parties, make sure to inform them beforehand, or even to ask for their agreement.
KEP TECHNOLOGIES is led to treat PDs by means of forms:
Last name, First name, Company, e-mail address, delivery address, billing address, VAT number, item, quantity, amounts, payment card number, expiry date, cryptogram.
These forms are for the purposes of:
- Online sales of some of our products in France, Germany and Switzerland
- Manage contact requests (contact form)
What is a « cookie » ?
A “cookie” is a piece of information, usually small and identified by a name, that may be sent to your browser by a website to which you link. Your web browser will store it for a certain period of time, and send it back to the web server each time you log in. Cookies have many uses: they can be used to store your customer ID, an ID that allows us to track your browsing for statistical or advertising purposes, etc.
What are the cookies used on our site?
We use different cookies on the site to measure the audience and to integrate services allowing to improve the interactivity of the site.
Cookies strictly necessary for the site to work
During the consultation of this site, cookies are deposited on your computer, tablet or smartphone.These cookies are used for the following purposes:
- Manage tags on our website
- Manage video content on our site
- Manage your session
- Manage anti-spam
- Manage cart contents
These cookies allow the main services of the site to function optimally. You can technically block them by using your browser settings, but your experience on the site may be degraded.
Optional cookies for personalization, marketing and data analysis
Other cookies may be placed on your computer, tablet or smartphone if you authorize personalization, marketing and audience measurement cookies. These optional cookies are used for the following purposes:
- Personalization: manage your preferences for future visits to the site.
- Marketing: manage any marketing campaigns, manage advertising from other sites.
- Audience measurement (Analytics): understand how you interact with the website, measure the website audience (KEP TECHNOLOGIES anonymizes IP addresses), identify ways to improve the site and our offering.
You have the possibility of opposing the use of audience measurement tracers strictly necessary for the functioning and current administration operations of the website in the cookies management window accessible from the bottom right of each page of the site.
What legal basis authorizes KEP TECHNOLOGIES to collect your data?
The legal basis of a processing is what legally authorizes its implementation, which gives the right to an organization to process personal data. We can also refer to the “legal foundation” or “legal basis” for processing. The processing of your personal data by KEP TECHNOLOGIES is based on the following.
The legitimate interest of KEP TECHNOLOGIES to respond to your requests for the purposes of:
- management of contact requests.
The legitimate interest of KEP TECHNOLOGIES to measure the audience of its website for the purpose of:
- management of the website’s audience measurement.
The legitimate interest of KEP TECHNOLOGIES to secure its website for:
- the management of your session, anti-spam management.
The legitimate interest of KEP TECHNOLOGIES in sending you information and promotions about its products and solutions.
Your consent for:
- management of video content on our site.
Your consent can be withdrawn at any time by contacting us (see DPO contact information below).
How long do we keep your data?
Your personal data is stored in a database and transmitted to the relevant departments. Depending on the purpose of the processing, different retention periods are applied:
- Management of contact requests: until the request is closed (for more information, please contact our DPO)
- Audience measurement management, session management, anti-spam management, management of video content on our site : 13 months
The following data is kept only for the duration of the transaction via the Shopify Payment platform:
- Payment card number, expiry date, cryptogram
Please note that all transactions are secure and encrypted. Transactions via Shopify Payments comply with the revised European Payment Services Directive PSDD (Payment Services Directive) of September 14, 2019. They use 3D secure payment when requested by the issuing bank to authorize the transaction.
Who are the recipients of the personal data we collect?
Internally, your PDs are processed by KEP TECHNOLOGIES staff and trainees according to the authorizations defined according to the different purposes:
- Management of the contact form: the department concerned by the subject of the message (for more information, do not hesitate to contact our DPO)
- Audience measurement management, session management, anti-spam management, management of video content on our site: sales department, marketing department and communication department.
Externally, are likely to have access to some of your data:
The subcontractors of KEP TECHNOLOGIES, on the basis of signed contracts mentioning their obligations in terms of PD protection, for:
- The management of the website
- The hosting of the website by Shopify
- Audience measurement and tag management
- The reCAPTCHA
- The management of video content on our site
- Customer relationship management through our CRM
- The protection of your personal data
Our commercial partners, on the basis of signed agreements mentioning their obligations regarding the protection of PDs for:
- The management of contact form
- The management of product distribution
- The management of quotation request
Police authorities, judicial or administrative authorities, based on our legal obligations in this matter.
How is the personal data processed by this site secured?
As data controller, we implement appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with the applicable legal provisions, to protect your personal data against alteration, accidental or unlawful loss, unauthorized use, disclosure or access, with the implementation of a general company IT security policy.
All pages of this site that allow the entry of personal data are encrypted with the TLS 1.3 protocol (https). KEP TECHNOLOGIES commits itself to protect the PDs processed within the framework of this site, in the respect of the state of the art, and thanks you not to hesitate to report any sign that could indicate a lack of security.
For this purpose and in accordance with the regulations in force, KEP Technologies has appointed a DPO (Data Protection Officer) to the CNIL in the legal person of the DPMS Group – Natura 3 – 1198 avenue Maurice Donat 06250 Mougins.
How can I exercise my rights under the regulations?
If you have any questions or would like to know what personal data we hold about you, please contact us. You can contact us using the information below. You have the following rights:
- You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it and how long it will be kept.
- Right of access: you have the right to access your personal data known to us.
- Right of rectification: you have the right at any time to add to, correct, delete or block your personal data.
- If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke this consent and have your personal data deleted.
- Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the data controller and to transfer them in their entirety to another data controller.
- Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We will comply, unless there are grounds for doing so.
To do so, you can send a postal mail to ” KEP TECHNOLOGIES – 1198 AV DR MAURICE DONAT – 06250 MOUGINS” or an e-mail to dpo@kep-technologies.com, justifying your identity by the most appropriate means. If there is reasonable doubt about your identity, you may be asked to show proof of identity. KEP TECHNOLOGIES will endeavour to respect the deadlines set out in the GDPR in order to respond to your request.
At any time, if you consider that your rights have not been respected, you can also lodge a complaint with the Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés (CNIL).