Personal Data Charter

PREAMBULE

BE ATEX places great importance on protecting the Personal Data of its customers, website users, partners and employees.

This Charter lays down the commitments of BE ATEX with regard to protection of the personal data of web users who visit this website (www.be-atex.com) and users of the GREG tracking software (management and reporting of gas equipment). It may be modified at any time by BE ATEX, to take account of new developments, in particular in order to ensure compliance with all regulatory, legal, editorial and/or technical changes.

Before browsing the website, we recommend that you consult the latest version of the Charter available on the website.
The Charter shall apply as a supplement to the provisions laid down in the General Terms and Conditions of Use and the General Terms and Conditions of Sale.

 

1 - WHO IS THE DATA CONTROLLER ?

Toutes vos informations sont traitées par la société BE ATEX.

BE ATEX is a Simplified Joint Stock Company with share capital of €500,000, a Manufacturer of scientific and technical instruments (2651B) registered in France under company registration no. (Siret) 507 766 558 00039, with headquarters located at ZAC de la Masquère | 250 rue du Canal du Midi | 31750 Escalquens | France. The company is listed with the Trade and Companies Register of Toulouse under number 507 766 558 and has EU VAT number: FR46507766558.

For all information: right of access, right of rectification, right to object, right to erasure, right to restrict processing, right to data portability, to which you are entitled by law, you can contact us:

  • By e-mail:    marketing@be-atex.com
  • By phone:   +33 (0)5 61 55 55 69
  • By fax:         +33 (0)5 61 25 27 62
  • By post:       ZAC de la Masquère - 250 rue du Canal du Midi - 31750 Escalquens - France

 

2 - HOW IS YOUR DATA COLLECTED AND PROCESSED ?

In France, personal data is protected primarily by French Data Protection Act no. 78-87 of 6 January 1978, French law no. 2004-801 of 6 August 2004, article L. 226-13 of the French Penal Code, and the European Directive of 24 October 1995.

When you use the website www.be-atex.com, the following information may be collected:

  •     URL of the links via which users access the website
  •     The user’s internet provider
  •     The user’s Internet Protocol (IP) address

In any event, Mr Grégory Tasca – the website owner – only collects personal data related to users for the requirements of certain services offered by the website www.be-atex.com. Users provide such information knowingly, especially when they enter it themselves. In such cases, users of the website www.be-atex.com are informed whether or not such information is mandatory.

The end purpose of all the information collected is to customise and improve your experience with BE ATEX. We use said information to communicate with you about our products and services as well as our special offers. It also enables us to improve our website and offers though analysis of website statistics.

 

CONTACT FORMS

The information you provide on the contact forms included on the website www.be-atex.com is sent by email in response to and/or in order to put together commercial offers related to BE ATEX services. This information is sent via the https protocol covered by an SSL certificate that guarantees the data is protected when it is sent from your computer to our server. It is stored for the time required to process the request and is intended for use by BE ATEX. This data includes:

  •     First and last name
  •     Company
  •     Address
  •     Email
  •     Phone number
  •     Free text box for comments, in which other personal data may be provided by the user.

The data provided is only stored in the BE ATEX email inboxes (commercial@be-atex.com , service@be-atex.com , contact@be-atex.com ).

The devices on which said data is accessible (mobile phones and computers) are password-protected. In all cases whereby users, given the option, decide not to provide their personal data, they will not be able to use the website services or request information about those services.

In accordance with the French Data Protection Act, all users have a right of access, right of rectification and right to object to the use of their personal data by contacting the data controller (see article 1, above).

No personal information about users of the website site www.be-atex.com is published, exchanged, transferred, assigned or sold without their knowledge on any media whatsoever to third parties. In the sole event that BE ATEX and its rights are acquired by another company, said information could be transferred to the hypothetical buyer, which would then be bound by the same obligation regarding data storage and modification with respect to users of the website www.be-atex.com.

 

NEWSLETTER

In order to ensure our email campaigns are as effective as possible, we collect statistics about the opening of emails. If you want to unsubscribe from our distribution list, simply click the “Unsubscribe” option at the bottom of our emails.

HYPERTEXT LINKS

The website www.be-atex.com contains a number of hypertext links to other websites, set up with the authorisation of Mr Grégory Tasca. However, Mr Grégory Tasca, the website owner, is unable to check the content of the websites visited via these links; consequently, he shall not be held liable for any matter related thereto.

In the event that a user or visitor wants to set up a hyperlink to one of BE ATEX’s websites, they should submit their request by email to the address available on the website. BE ATEX reserves the right to accept or reject a hyperlink without justifying its decision.

 

COOKIES

When you browse the website www.be-atex.com, cookies may be placed on your computer. Cookies are small files that do not enable identification of the user, but simply record information about the browsing activity of a computer on a website. The cookies placed on your device help us identify your browser when you visit our website. We are then able to collect some information about you automatically simply when you browse our website, specifically: information about the way you use our website, such as the sections you consult and the services you select, your IP address, your browser type, the time you spend browsing our website. Such information is used solely for the purpose of acquiring in-house statistics and security information for the BE ATEX website, or to improve the quality of the services we offer you. The databases are protected by the provisions of the French law of 1 July 1998 transposing Directive 96/9 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases.

The BE ATEX website uses solutions provided by other companies that require the use of cookies which collect personal data, such as:

  •     Google Analytics, statistics solution for measuring website traffic
  •     Google Search Console for measuring the website’s search performance and traffic

You can opt to allow or refuse certain cookies by choosing the settings of your web browser on your terminal. If you refuse certain cookies, you may not be able to access some offers and sections available via the Services.

Please visit the CNIL (French data protection authority) website at the following address: https://www.cnil.fr or refer to your web browser’s help and documentation section.

Internet Explorer: tool tab (gear icon in the top-right corner) / Internet options. Click the Privacy tab and select Block all cookies. Click the OK button to confirm the changes.

Firefox: click the Firefox button at the top of the browser window, then click Options.
Click the Privacy tab. Go to the History settings: Use custom settings for history. Deselect it in order to disable cookies.

Safari: Click the menu icon in the top-right corner of the browser screen (gear icon).
Select Settings. Click Advanced. In the Privacy section, click Content settings. You can then block cookies in the Cookies section.

Chrome: Click the menu icon in the top-right corner of the browser screen (three horizontal lines). Go to Settings. Click Show advanced settings. Click Content settings under the Privacy heading. You can then select Block cookies.

 

3 – WHO RECEIVES YOUR PERSONAL DATA ?

Your data is processed by BE ATEX. Said data may be sent to third parties that have a contract with BE ATEX for the purpose of performing the essential tasks required to manage your orders, your account and your payments.

The data provided is not used by these third-party service providers for their own purposes.

 

4 – HOW LONG IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA RETAINED ?

The Personal Data retention period varies depending on the end purpose of the data collected. Unless otherwise specified by law, BE ATEX retains Personal Data for the time required to carry out the intended purpose.

The data is retained for the time required to process it (request for a catalogue, information, quote or work on the equipment) and for a maximum period of 13 months for statistics-related data obtained via cookies except for anonymisation or in the case of a legal obligation to retain certain data for a longer period.

 

5 – WHAT SECURITY MEASURES ARE IN PLACE ?

BE ATEX uses an HTTPS protocol, a secure hypertext transfer protocol, for its website. This protocol guarantees the integrity and confidentiality of your data when it is exchanged between your terminal and the website. This protocol covers the entire website, meaning that your browsing experience is 100% secure.

We continue to apply physical and electronic security measures for the collection, retention, storage and communication of the personal information related to our customers.

You must take measures to protect yourself against any unauthorised use of your password and device. If you share a computer, you should sign out after every use. If you discover a breach in your data security, please let us know immediately.

Because Personal Data is confidential, BE ATEX restricts access to said data to its own employees and service providers which require access for processing purposes. All the people who have access to Personal Data are bound by a duty to ensure said data is treated as confidential, and may be subject to disciplinary meausres and/or other penalties if they fail to comply with theses obligations.

 

6 – WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS AND HOW CAN YOU EXERCISE THEM ?

Subject to the limits laid down in the regulations in force, you have several rights with regard to the processing of your Personal Data:

  •     The right to be informed about the use of your Personal Data;
  •     The right to consult the personal information we have obtained about you;
  •     The right to request rectification of any Personal Data that is inaccurate, incomplete, wrong or out of date;
  •     The right to ask BE ATEX to erase your Personal Data or stop processing it in certain circumstances;
  •     The right to withdraw your agreement to receive information from us, and the right to object to the processing of your data (especially when said processing is for the purpose of sending promotional or marketing messages);
  •     The right to request that we return your data to you or transfer it to another service provider (i.e. right to data portability);
  •     The right to give instructions about the fate of your Personal Data after your death;
  •     The right to lodge a complaint with the national authority in charge of personal data protection (in France, this authority is called the “Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés”, or CNIL, and its contact details are available at: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/vous-souhaitez-contacter-la-cnil).

 

If you no longer wish to receive messages from BE ATEX, you can also click the Unsubscribe link included in all of our messages.

If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights, simply send an email to marketing@be-atex.com or a letter to the following address: BE ATEX | 250 rue du Canal du Midi | ZAC de la Masquère | 31750 Escalquens | France

If you wish to exercise one of your rights, your request must be submitted in writing, be signed and sent to us along with a copy of your signed proof of identity. The request must specify the address to which the reply is to be sent. BE ATEX will have 1 (one) month in which to reply as of the date on which your request is received. This time frame may be extended to two months depending on the complexity and number of requests sent to BE ATEX. In such cases, we will notify you of this extension and explain the reasons why it is justified.

 

7 – WHAT ABOUT USE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON SOCIAL MEDIA ?

You can join us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook from our website to make sure you stay up to date on all our latest news. The only data that might be collected by BE ATEX is anonymous and processed for statistical purposes only (specifically, to track the number of followers on these accounts).

BE ATEX is not responsible for any processing of this Personal Data by these social networks. To find out your rights with respect to these social networks, and choose your settings in order to protect your privacy, you will need to consult their respective privacy policies:

 

8 – APPLICABLE LAWS AND MODIFICATION OF THE PRIVACY POLICY

 

DAPPLICABLE LAW AND COURT OF JURISDICTION

Any disagreement concerning use of the website www.be-atex.com is subject to the laws of France.
The exclusive court of jurisdiction shall be the competent courts of Paris.

MAIN LAWS CONCERNED

French Data Protection Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, amended by French law no. 2004-801 of 6 August 2004 on information technology, data files and civil liberties.
French law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy.

MODIFICATION OF OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to make any modifications we deem necessary. You will be notified by email of any subsequent major modification to our Privacy Policy. In parallel, we will also offer you the option of agreeing to this new version.

 

Last updated on: 15/09/2023