The purpose of this privacy policy is to explain why we collect your data and how we are committed to protecting it.

TOWT – TransOceanic Wind Transport is committed to protecting your personal data and privacy.

As such, and in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”), we hereby inform you of the conditions under which your personal data will be processed by us.

Purposes:
We may collect and retain your personal data, in particular for:

• Processing and responding to your messages
• Managing your newsletter subscriptions
• Establishing and monitoring the business relationship that may result from your messages
• Processing your job application
• Sending you commercial and advertising information based on your preferences
• Detecting attacks and initiating legal proceedings against fraud
• Remembering your choices regarding the use of cookies
• Processing and responding to your requests for the exercise of rights
• Complying with current or upcoming regulatory requirements

Categories of data:

Technical and location information generated in the context of using our services

Contact details (such as first name, last name, phone number, email)

The processing of personal data is based on:

1. Either the consent of the data subject (Article 6.1.a of the GDPR) for all processing that requires prior consent. In online forms, mandatory fields are marked with an asterisk. If mandatory questions are not answered, we will not be able to provide the requested services.
2. The execution of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
3. The pursuit of a legitimate interest (Article 6.1.e of the GDPR).
4. Compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation.

Your data is retained for the duration necessary to achieve the purposes mentioned above.

The retention period for clients’ personal data depends on the specific purpose. In this context, clients’ personal data is kept for the time required to fulfill their request. If no action is taken, personal data is deleted within the period recommended by the Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés (CNIL), after a period of three years from collection, subject to:
– Legal possibilities and obligations regarding archiving.
– Obligations to retain certain data for evidentiary purposes and/or anonymization.

Personal data collected and processed to execute offers is kept for the duration necessary to manage the contractual relationship.

By exception, personal data required to establish proof of a right or contract is archived in accordance with legal provisions (5 or 10 years after the end of the business relationship, depending on the case).

Your personal data is intended for TOWT – TransOceanic Wind Transport.

Our internal services:
Data is processed by personnel from our various departments, such as the commercial department or the department responsible for IT security.

Trusted companies or individuals:
They process your information on our behalf for the purposes outlined above, in accordance with our instructions as described in our Privacy Policy, as well as any other appropriate use regarding confidentiality and security.

Technical subcontractors:
Your personal data may be transferred to our technical subcontractors (as defined in Article 4.8 of the GDPR) under strict supervision. If a transfer occurs, we ensure that subcontractors comply with the GDPR and implement technical and organizational measures to guarantee data protection (Article 28 of the GDPR).

Traffic analysis (such as Google Analytics):
At times, we must allow our partners to process, on our behalf, the personal information we hold about you for the purposes outlined in this policy or for any other reason required by law.

Storage location:
Clients’ collected personal data is hosted in France.

Transfers outside the European Union:
If we use a service provider located outside the European Union, we commit to ensuring that appropriate measures have been implemented so that personal data receives an adequate level of protection.

We implement all organizational and technical measures to ensure an appropriate level of security for your personal data, and in particular to prevent any loss of confidentiality, integrity or accessibility.

We frequently back up data, and implement technical and organizational measures to ensure that customers’ personal data is kept securely for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used.

In accordance with Applicable Regulations, you have the following rights:

• Right to rectification: You have the right to obtain the correction of inaccurate data concerning you. You also have the right to complete any incomplete data concerning you by providing a supplementary statement. If you exercise this right, we undertake to communicate any rectification to all recipients of your data.
• Right to erasure: In certain cases, you have the right to request the deletion of your data. However, this is not an absolute right, and we may retain this data for legal or legitimate reasons.
• Right to restriction of processing: In certain cases, you have the right to obtain the restriction of the processing of your data.
• Right to data portability: You have the right to receive the data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format for your personal use or to transmit it to a third party of your choice. This right applies only when the processing of your data is based on your consent, on a contract, or is carried out by automated means.
• Right to object to processing: You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your data for processing based on our legitimate interest, a public interest mission, or for commercial prospecting purposes. This is not an absolute right, and we may refuse your objection request for legal or legitimate reasons.
• Right to withdraw consent at any time: You may withdraw your consent to the processing of your data when the processing is based on your consent. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: You have the right to contact your data protection authority to complain about our personal data protection practices.

• In accordance with the GDPR, the conditions for exercising these rights may vary depending on the legal basis for processing mentioned in the first paragraph. We will respond to any request to exercise rights as soon as possible and, in any case, within 30 days from the receipt of the request.

• To request proof of the applicant’s identity in the event of reasonable doubt, in order to respect its obligation of confidentiality,

• Extend the response time by two months, informing the applicant of the extension and the reasons for the postponement within one month of receipt of the request,

• Refuse to respond to a request if it is considered abusive (in view of its number, repetitive or systematic nature).

To exercise your rights, please contact us:

TOWT – TransOceanic Wind Transport

This website is published by TOWT – TransOceanic Wind Transport.

Registered with the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés under SIRET number 803 845 270 00070.
Address: Docks Vauban, 52 quai Frissard – 76600 Le Havre
Telephone number: (0)9 84 33 89 62

If, despite our efforts and commitments, you feel that your rights concerning your personal data have not been respected, you may submit a complaint to the Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés :
CNIL 3 Place de Fontenoy TSA 80715 75334 Paris Cedex 07