Privacy Policy
Introduction
Potez Aéronautique is a manufacturer of complex aerostructures and cabin interior elements.
The protection of your personal data is at the heart of our concerns. We strive to protect your personal data in compliance with the French Data Protection Act (Loi Informatique et Libertés) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Our Privacy Policy informs you about the purposes and conditions under which we process the personal data that we may collect during our interactions, the provision of our products and services, the use of the resources we make available, our social networks, and the events we may initiate or participate in.
In addition to this Privacy Policy, you can access our Cookie Management Policy at the footer of the potez.com website, which will detail the conditions and purposes of the use of cookie files or browsing data that may be present on our website.
Management of the Privacy Policy
1-Généralités
You acknowledge having read our Privacy Policy and accepted our Legal Notices, available in the footer, for any use of the potez.com site, for the provision of our products and services, and the use of the resources we make available.
In the context of collecting and processing your personal data for the products and services that Potez Aéronautique may provide to you, Potez Aéronautique is the data controller in the sense of the regulation.
The digital resources we offer may contain or use links to websites, applications, products, or services operated by third parties (e.g., social networks, partners). We remind you that our Privacy Policy does not apply to these third parties, over whom we have no control, and for which we cannot be held responsible. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.
2. What Personal Data is Collected?
We may collect personal data from: (i) our online contact and inquiry forms; (ii) our written and oral exchanges, or with one of our service providers/partners in the context of the products and services we offer and provide; (iii) your use of our resources; (iv) the provision of Potez Aéronautique products and services; (v) the receipt of information in the context of managing pre-contractual and contractual relationships; (vi) your browsing on our website; (vii) the exercise of your rights under the regulation.
Mandatory information, requested during collection, is indicated by an asterisk or orally when the exchange takes this channel. Without providing the mandatory information, we will not be able to respond to your request. Depending on your use of our resources, services, and products, as well as the purposes of your interactions with us, we may collect different types of personal data about you: (i) your identity, contact details, and information you may provide us as part of your requests, or the provision of our products and services; (ii) data related to your use of our products and services; (iii) comments and interactions with our sales, customer services (etc.); (iv) traffic information and use of our digital resources, information you provide to us from a social network; (v) information we collect from you in the context of the events we organize.
3. How Do We Use and Retain Personal Data?
We collect and use your personal data for the main purposes described in the table below. We retain your personal data for the duration necessary to achieve the intended purposes, taking into account the prescriptions and authorizations of applicable laws and regulations.
The maximum retention periods apply, subject to your request for the deletion of your personal data for a reason necessarily compatible with the laws and regulations applicable to our services and products.
| Purpose | Responding to your requests and inquiries | Category of Data Processed |
| Personal contact information | Identification data and elements related to your request and the response provided | Retained for the duration necessary to process your request and for a maximum of 1 year |
| Identification and professional life data | Retention for 3 years from the end of our contractual relationship for a client and from the last contact initiated by a prospect, or deleted after the withdrawal of the prospect’s consent. | |
| Provision of our products and services | Identification data, contract data, and professional life data | Retention of personal data related to the client relationship during the contractual relationship, then 5 years after the end of the contractual relationship. |
| Identification and professional life data | Management of purchases of our products and services, their payment | Retention for 10 years from the last event. |
| Conducting usage and satisfaction surveys | Identification data and satisfaction data related to our products and services | Anonymization of responses after the survey is completed and studied. |
| Management of complaints | Identification data and elements related to your request and the response provided | Retention for 5 years from the request and its processing. |
| Management of rights exercise requests and information under the regulation | Identification data and elements related to your request and the response provided | Retention for 5 years from the request and its processing. |
| Pre-litigation and litigation management, evidence gathering | Data necessary for the procedure | Retention for the duration of the procedure. |
| Management of cookies and audience measurement of our site | Cookies | Retention specified in our Cookie Management Policy available in the footer of the site. |
| Recruitment management and creation of a resume database | Identification data and professional and personal life data (CV, etc.) | Retention during the recruitment selection period, then for a maximum of 2 years, to contact you and offer new recruitment opportunities, unless you decline. |
4- On what legal bases do we process personal data?
In accordance with regulations, the processing of your personal data is carried out on a legal basis provided by regulations, such as pre-contractual measures or contract execution, your consent, our legitimate interest, or a legal obligation.
| Purposes of processing based on the execution of pre-contractual or contractual measures: |
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| Purposes of processing based on your consent: |
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| Purposes of processing based on our legitimate interest: |
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| Purposes of processing based on a legal obligation: | Management of requests for exercising rights and information under the regulations |
5- To whom is personal data transmitted?
The personal data we collect is primarily intended for Potez Aéronautique and its services responsible for responding to your requests. We may share your personal data with certain entities of the Potez Group to ensure the continuity of our services and products.
We may communicate your personal data to our service providers and subcontractors, located within or outside the European Union, as part of our exchanges, the provision of our products and services, the use of resources we make available, and the recruitment of our personnel. In all circumstances, we ensure that these recipients provide adequate confidentiality and security guarantees, in accordance with the regulations. When personal data transfers are made outside the European Union, they will be governed by mechanisms provided for this purpose by the regulations.
We may also communicate your data to individuals and organizations authorized to receive this data, for legal reasons, in cases where we are required to comply with laws and regulations, legal requests, and orders, or if permitted by law.
We may share certain pseudonymous data, containing no direct identification elements, regarding cookies and trackers collected and processed by partners, who are distinct data controllers for the processing they perform.
Finally, if you have formally consented, we may transmit certain of your data to business partners.
6- Security of Personal Data
We take all necessary precautions to ensure the security of the personal data collected and processed and to prevent it from being distorted, damaged, or accessed by unauthorized third parties, in accordance with regulations. To do this, we implement the necessary organizational and technical measures and ensure the commitment of our subcontractors in this regard.
Even though we implement all possible measures to protect personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted via the Internet when a security flaw affects your terminal or browser.
7- What are your rights concerning your personal data?
In accordance with regulations, you have the right: (i) to access your data to verify it; (ii) to rectify your data to update or correct it when it is incomplete or inaccurate; (iii) to erase your data, particularly when your personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or processed, or when you withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data collected on this basis; (iv) to restrict processing, which allows you to temporarily freeze the use of your personal data, particularly during the exercise of the right to rectification, while verifying the accuracy of your data; (v) to object to the processing of your personal data for reasons related to your particular situation. In this case, we will no longer process your data unless we demonstrate legitimate and compelling reasons for the processing that prevail over the interests and rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. For commercial prospecting, you can object without reason; (vi) to data portability, which allows you to request the transmission of the personal data you have provided to us based on your consent or a contract, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format; (vii) to withdraw your consent when your personal data is collected and processed on this basis; (viii) to lodge a complaint with the CNIL; (ix) to define the post-mortem fate of your data.
You can exercise these rights by sending a written request to the contact details mentioned in the “Contact Us” section below, accompanied by proof of identity. We will strive to respond to your requests as quickly as possible and under the conditions provided by the regulations.
8- How are cookies managed?
The management of cookies is covered by the Cookie Management Policy available at the bottom of the website
9 – Contact
To exercise your rights or for any inquiries related to our Privacy Policy, we invite you to contact us by mail at Potez Aéronautique, Personal Data, 8 Route du Houga – 40800 Aire sur l’Adour – France, or by email at donnéespersonnelles@potez.com.
Amandine Borras mail : rh-dpo@potez.com
10. Modification of the Privacy Policy
We may need to modify our Privacy Policy. Therefore, we invite you to check it regularly to verify the current provisions and the measures we take to protect your personal data.