privacy policy

1. Purpose and scope of the policy

DIMOTRANS Group attaches the greatest importance and care to the protection of privacy and personal data, as well as to the respect of the provisions of the applicable Legislation.

The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (hereinafter “GDPR”) states that Personal Data must be processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently. Thus, this privacy policy (hereinafter the “Policy”) aims to provide you with simple, clear information on the Processing of Personal Data concerning you, in the context of your browsing and the operations carried out on our website.

2. Data Controller

In the course of your activity on the https://www.dimotrans-group.com/ website, we collect and use personal data relating to you, an individual (hereinafter “Data Subject”).

For all the Processing activities, DIMOTRANS Group, simplified joint stock company, registered with the RCS of Lyon under number 382 577 021 and having its registered office at CHEMIN DU BOIS DES AIES, 69330 PUSIGNAN determines the means and purposes of the Processing. Thus, we act as a Processor, within the meaning of the Regulation on Personal Data, and in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data and on the free movement of such Data.

3. What Personal Data do we collect and how?

By using our website, or by subscribing to our services you provide us with a certain amount of information about yourself, some of which may identify you (“Personal Information”). This is the case when you browse our site, or when you fill in online forms.

The nature and quality of the Personal Data collected about you will vary depending on the relationship you have with DIMOTRANS Group, the main ones being:

Identification data: This includes all information that would allow us to identify you, such as your name, first name, telephone number. We may also collect your e-mail address, as well as your postal address (in case of payment, the postal address will be necessary to generate an invoice).
In case of subscription, a proof of identity may also be requested.
Authentication data: This is all the information we need to access your personal account, such as password, and other information necessary to authenticate and access an account. We also collect your IP address for maintenance and statistical purposes.
Documents of different kinds (PDF, Microsoft Office, Image) with titles, contents, folder names, or information related to a document, such as comments written in the documents, alert and reminder dates.
Browsing information: by browsing our website, you interact with it. As a result, some information about your browsing is collected.
Data collected from Third Parties: Personal Data that you have agreed to share with us or on publicly available social networks and/or that we may collect from other publicly available databases.

4. Why do we collect your Personal Information and how?

We collect your Personal Data for specific purposes and on different legal grounds.

In the context of the execution of the contract or pre-contractual measures, your Data is processed for the following purposes:

Order management, purchasing
Contract management
Management of your customer account
Complaints and after-sales service management
Recruitment

On the basis of your consent, your Data is processed for the following purposes:

Carrying out commercial and marketing prospecting operations
Management of the newsletter
Management of cookies requiring your consent

In the framework of the legitimate interest of DIMOTRANS Group, your Data are processed for the following purposes:

Establishment of statistics for the improvement of products and services
Carrying out satisfaction surveys and polls
Management of pre-litigation and litigation

Within the framework of the legal and regulatory obligations to which DIMOTRANS Group is subjected, your Data are processed for the following purposes:

Fight against Fraud
General and auxiliary accounting

5. Do we share your personal data?

Your Data are intended for the authorized DIMOTRANS Group collaborators in charge of the management and the execution of the contracts and legal obligations, according to the purposes of the collection and within the limits of their respective attributions.

It may be transmitted for certain tasks related to the purposes, and within the limits of their respective missions and authorizations, to the following recipients:

Entities of the DIMOTRANS Group within the framework of an outsourcing of activity to another entity of the group.
Service providers and subcontractors that we use to carry out a range of operations and tasks on our behalf, including
Duly authorized public authorities (judicial, control…), in the framework of our legal and regulatory obligations.
Regulated professions (lawyers, bailiffs, etc…) who may intervene in the context of the implementation of guarantees, collection or litigation.

When your Data is provided to our service providers and subcontractors, they are also required not to use the Data for purposes other than those originally intended. We make every effort to ensure that these Third Parties maintain the confidentiality and security of your Data.

In all cases, only the necessary Data is provided. We make every effort to ensure the secure communication or transmission of your Data.

We do not sell your Data.

6. Is your Personal Data transferred to third countries?

DIMOTRANS Group strives to keep the Personal Data in France, or at least within the European Economic Area (EEA).

However, it is possible that the Data we collect when you use our platform or services may be transferred to other countries. This is for example the case if some of our service providers are located outside the European Economic Area.

In the event of such a transfer, we guarantee that it will be carried out:

To a country ensuring an adequate level of protection, i.e. a level of protection equivalent to what the European Regulations require.
Within the framework of standard contractual clauses.
Within the framework of internal company rules.

7. How long do we keep your Personal Data?

We retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purpose for which we hold the Data and to meet your needs or our legal obligations.

Retention times vary depending on several factors, such as:

DIMOTRANS Group business needs
Contractual requirements
Legal requirements
Recommendations from regulatory authorities

The retention periods for your Data are as follows:

Purposes	Retention periods
Management of orders, purchases	5 to 10 years for accounting data
Contract management	5 years from the end date of the contract
Managing your customer account	3 years from your last activity
Complaints and after-sales service management	2 years
Carrying out sales and marketing prospecting operations	3 years from your last activity
Newsletter management	3 years from your last activity
Managing cookies that require your consent	25 months
Establishing statistics for product and service improvement	3 years from your last activity
Conducting satisfaction surveys and polls	2 years
Management of pre-litigation and litigation	From the end of the dispute and the applicable legal provisions
General and subsidiary accounting	10 years
Recruitment	2 years without objection

8. How do we ensure the security of your Personal Information?

DIMOTRANS Group is committed to protecting the Personal Data we collect, or that we process, from loss, destruction, alteration, unauthorized access, or disclosure.

Thus, we implement all appropriate technical and organizational measures, depending on the nature of the Data and the risks that their Processing entails. These measures must preserve the security and confidentiality of your Personal Data. They may include practices such as limited access to Personal Data by persons authorized by their functions, pseudonymization or encryption.

In addition, our practices, and policies and/or physical and/or logical security measures (secure access, authentication process, backup, software, etc.) are regularly reviewed and updated as necessary.

9. What are your rights?

The GDPR provides Data Subjects with rights that they can exercise. Thus, are provided:

Right to information: the right to have clear, precise, and complete information on the use of Personal Data by DIMOTRANS Group.
Right of access: the right to obtain a copy of the Personal Data that the Data Controller holds on the applicant.
Right to rectification: the right to have Personal Data rectified if they are inaccurate or obsolete and/or to complete them if they are incomplete.
Right to erasure / right to be forgotten: the right, under certain conditions, to have the Data erased or deleted, unless DIMOTRANS Group has a legitimate interest in keeping it.
Right of opposition: the right to object to the Processing of Personal Data by DIMOTRANS Group for reasons related to the particular situation of the applicant (under conditions).
Right to Withdraw Consent: the right at any time to withdraw Consent where Processing is based on Consent.
Right to restriction of processing: the right, under certain conditions, to request that the Processing of Personal Data be temporarily suspended.
Right to Data Portability: the right to request that Personal Data be transmitted in a reusable format that allows it to be used in another database.
Right to Avoid Automated Decision-Making: the right of the applicant to refuse fully authorized decision-making and/or to exercise the additional safeguards offered in this regard.
Right to define post-mortem directives: the right for the applicant to define directives concerning the fate of Personal Data after his/her death.

Additional rights may be granted by the Local Regulations to affected Persons.

To this end, DIMOTRANS Group has implemented a procedure for the management of individuals’ rights in accordance with the requirements of the applicable Legislation. This procedure establishes:

The standards to be respected to ensure the transparent information of the data subject
Legal requirements that must be met
The authorized means of applying for each right, depending on the category of Persons concerned
The business processes for handling these requests in accordance with the above requirements
The stakeholders involved in these processes, their roles and responsibilities.

To exercise your rights, you may contact the Data Protection Officer (DPO): dpo@dimotrans-group.com

When you send us a request to exercise a right, you are asked to specify as far as possible the scope of the request, the type of right being exercised, the Personal Data Processing concerned, and any other useful information, in order to facilitate the examination of your request. In addition, in case of reasonable doubt, you may be asked to prove your identity.

You also have the right to complain to the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), 3 Place de Fontenoy – TSA 80715 – 75334 PARIS CEDEX 07, about the way in which DIMOTRANS Group collects and processes your data.

10. Updating of this policy

This Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the Personal Data Regulations.

Date of last update 21/03/2022.