Privacy policy

This privacy policy defines and provides information regarding the manner in which Staphyt uses and protects information that you send us, if applicable, when you use one of the websites accessible via the following URL links: www.staphyt.com, www.phytnet.com (hereinafter the “Website”).

Please note that this privacy policy may be modified or completed at any time by Staphyt, in particular with the aim of complying with any legislative, regulatory, jurisprudential or technological changes. In such a case, the date of the update shall be clearly identified at the top of this policy.

  • The User is an authenticated person, via a login & password access; it may be a pseudonym. Passwords are saved in an encrypted manner. In this case, the user is informed as soon as they are connected that the privacy policy has been updated: the User is invited, via an online menu, to read and accept it. A refusal to accept the policy means that the User no longer wishes to use the online services proposed by Staphyt.
  • If the User is not an authenticated person, he/she is concisely informed every time he/she accesses the Website about Staphyt’s policy in terms of managing cookies, as well as about our safety and privacy policy. The use of cookies means that the User avoids being informed every time he/she connect

I. PERSONAL DATA

Staphyt may, in certain cases, have to ask you to provide your surname, first name, email address, telephone number, company and position (hereinafter “Personal Information”). By providing this information, you expressly agree that it shall be processed by Staphyt, for the purposes outlined in point 2 below, as well as for the purposes recalled at the end of each form.

It is however possible to access Staphyt’s Website without providing any personal information. In this case, you will not be able to benefit from certain services offered.

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation adopted by the European parliament on 14th April 2016, and the amended French Data Protection Act of 6th January 1978, the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018, Staphyt informs you of the following points:

1. Identity of the data controller

The data controller is the company Staphyt, whose head office is located at 23 rue de Moeuvres, 62860 INCHY EN ARTOIS situated in France, and whose telephone number is: + 33 (0)3 21 21 45 10

2. Processing purposes

Staphyt may process your Personal Information:

(a) in order to provide you with information or services that you have requested (in particular: commercial offers, contracts, orders, invoicing); and/or

(b) in order to gather information enabling us to improve our Website, products and services (in particular via cookies); and/or

(c) in order to be able to contact you in the context of marketing and communication operations or about different events related to Staphyt; and/or

(d) in order to be able to send satisfaction surveys and marketing studies; and/or

(e) in order to gather and process applications in the context of recruitment

3. Recipients

No personal information shall be communicated to a third-party, except:

(a) to sub-contractors called upon by Staphyt; you’ll find further information about these sub-contractors in point 7 of this document. Neither Staphyt nor any of its sub-contractors shall proceed to commercialise the personal data received from visitors or Users of its Website, without having received your prior consent.

(b) when the disclosure of this information is required by law, by court order or by order of any other administrative or judicial authority authorised to have access to this information.

4. Length of time

Your Personal Information shall only be kept by Staphyt for the time corresponding to the purpose of gathering information as mentioned in point 2 above.

5. Data Protection Rights

You have the following rights concerning your Personal Information, that you can exercise by writing to us using the postal address mentioned in point 1, or by sending an email to the following address: gdpr@staphyt.com.

  • Data access and communication rights

You may access your Personal Information.

However, due to the security and confidentiality requirements when processing personal data incumbent upon Staphyt, you are informed that your request shall be processed provided that you have proof of your identity, in particular by providing a scan of your valid identity document (in the event of a request by email) or a signed photocopy of your valid identity document (in the event of a request sent in writing).

Staphyt informs you that it is entitled to, where necessary, object to obviously unreasonable requests (given their number, or repetitive or systematic nature).

  • Right to rectify data

In accordance with this right, the legislation authorises you to request the correction, update, locking or even the deletion of your data which may prove to be, if appropriate, inexact, incorrect, incomplete or obsolete.

Equally, you may define the general and specific directives relating to the fate of personal data after your death. Where necessary, the heirs of a deceased person may demand that the death of their loved one be taken into account and/or that the necessary updates be carried out.

  • Right to object

Exercising this right is only possible in one of the two following situations:

  1. When exercising this right is based on legitimate reasons; or
  2. When exercising this right aims to prevent these gathered data being used for commercial prospecting purposes.

6. Response deadlines

Staphyt undertakes to respond to your access, rectification or opposition request or any other request for further information within a reasonable time frame, which shall not exceed 1 month from the receipt of your request.

7. Authorised service providers

Staphyt informs you that it may use authorised service providers to facilitate the collection and processing of data that you have sent us. Staphyt previously ensures that adequate guarantees and compliance with strict conditions in terms of confidentiality, usage and data protection are implemented regarding its service providers.

II. POLICY RELATING TO COOKIES

If you’re not an authenticated User, you will be warned every time you connect, via a banner at the bottom of your screen, that information relating to your browsing may be recorded in files called “cookies”.

1. General information about the cookies present on Staphyt’s website

“Cookies” are small text files, which are limited in size, allowing us to recognise your computer, tablet or mobile phone, in order to personalise the services that we offer, and in order to guarantee a smooth and optimal browsing of our Website.

The information gathered via cookies does not in any way allow you to be identified by name. It is used exclusively for our own needs in order to improve the interactivity and performance of our website.

2. Your browser settings concerning the use of cookies

You can accept or refuse the storage of cookies at any time

When you first connect to Staphyt’s website, a banner briefly presenting the information regarding the storage of cookies and similar technologies will appear at the bottom of your screen. This banner warns you that by continuing to browse on Staphyt’s website (by loading a new page or by clicking on various elements on the website, for example), you are accepting the storage of cookies on your device. You are also considered to have given your consent to the storage of cookies by clicking on the “OK” button to the right of the banner at the bottom of your screen.

Depending on the type of cookies involved, obtaining your consent or imperative regarding the storage or reading of cookies on your device may be exempted:

(a) In accordance with the recommendations from the French National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL), some cookies are exempt from having to obtain your prior consent insofar as they are strictly necessary in order for the website to function, or if their exclusive purpose is to enable or facilitate electronic communication. This includes in particular session identification cookies, authentication cookies, load-balanced session cookies, as well as personal setting cookies. These cookies are entirely subject to this policy insofar as they are emitted and managed by Staphyt.

(b) Cookies that require your prior consent concern cookies emitted by third-parties and which are qualified as “persistent” insofar as they remain on your device until erased or until they expire. The use and storage of such cookies, as they are emitted by third-parties, are subjected to their own privacy policies, which you’ll find in a link below. This family of cookies groups together audience measurement cookies, as well as social network sharing cookies (in particular, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and LinkedIn).

Audience measurement cookies establish statistics concerning the number of visits and the use of various elements on the website (like the content/pages that you visit). These data help improve the ergonomics of Staphyt’s website. An audience measurement tool is used on the current website, which is called GOOGLE ANALYTICS whose privacy policy is available by clicking on the following link https://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html?hl=en_uk. Of course, as this link depends exclusively on Google, it may change, and it is the User’s responsibility, if appropriate, to search for the new address.

(c) Social network sharing cookies are emitted and managed by the editor of the social network in question. Subject to your consent, these cookies will enable you to share part of the content published on Staphyt’s website easily, in particular by using a share button depending on the social network concerned. Four types of social network sharing cookies are present on Staphyt’s website:

we would like to once again draw attention to the fact that the addresses of these links depend exclusively on the designated service provider. They may change, and it is therefore up to the User, if appropriate, to search for the new addresses.

WARNING: Most Internet browsers are initially set up by default to accept the storage of cookies.

You can change these standard settings on your browser so that all cookies are systematically rejected, or so that only some cookies are accepted, or in order to refuse them depending on their transmitter.

WARNING: We would like to draw your attention to the fact that refusing to store cookies on your device may nonetheless alter your user experience, as well as your access to certain services or functions on this website. Where appropriate, Staphyt declines any responsibility concerning the consequences linked to the deterioration of your browsing conditions which may occur due to your decision to refuse, delete or block the cookies required for the website to work. These consequences shall not constitute a loss and you may not claim any compensation as a consequence.

Your browser also allows you to delete existing cookies on your device or to warn you when new cookies may be stored on your device. These settings have no impact on your browsing but you will lose all the benefits provided by the cookies.

For further information, you can read about the tools presented, and how to configure the management of cookies stored on your device: