Privacy policy

The website accessible at http://www.groupe.schmidt (hereinafter referred to as “the Site”) belongs to SCHMIDT GROUPE S.A.S. (hereinafter referred to as “SCHMIDT GROUPE”).

The purpose of the Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as the “Policy”) is to inform you of the way in which all the information concerning you that is collected by SCHMIDT GROUPE is handled and to specify all your rights and how to exercise them. In addition, to allow you easy access to the information you need, you will find in this same document the legal notices relating to the Site.

SCHMIDT GROUPE is committed to protecting your privacy and your personal data when you browse the Site.

By using the Site, you accept the terms of this Policy. SCHMIDT GROUP reserves the right to modify this Policy at any time. Any modification will have immediate effect. For this reason, SCHMIDT GROUP invites you to read the latest version available before any new visit to the Site.

I. What is personal data?

The expression “personal data” or “personal data” refers to any information relating to your person by which you can be identified directly or indirectly (e.g. your name, address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, etc.).

II. How does the collection and protection of personal data work?

1. Who collects and protects my personal data?

SCHMIDT GROUPE SAS is responsible for processing personal data.

2. When does SCHMIDT GROUPE collect my personal data?

-When I fill in a collection form with my personal data

When you fill in a contact or application form, we collect your personal data:

To respond to your requests (requests for information, making appointments, etc.),

For site traffic analysis purposes

The information concerning you collected from the forms is processed by SCHMIDT GROUPE.

-Via cookies

Cookies installed on your terminal also enable SCHMIDT GROUPE to collect data about you and in particular to identify you. To find out more about cookies, please consult paragraph IV.

3. What information is collected?

SCHMIDT GROUPE only collects the data that you wish to provide us with. For each of your requests, the collection of certain data is essential, while the collection of other data may be optional. In this way, SCHMIDT GROUPE may be unable to respond to one of your requests if you do not wish to provide the personal data required to process it.

4. What is the purpose of the processing?

The data collected is used for the purposes of surveys, analyses, sales and marketing operations. This data may also be used to offer you a personalised display of the Site.

5. Who are the recipients of the data collected?

The information collected is transferred to the stakeholders required to provide full support. More specifically, the recipients are SCHMIDT GROUPE.

6. Who is responsible for hosting the data collected?

The personal data collected is stored on servers hosted in the European Union only.

The data collected may be transferred to servers hosted throughout the world. These countries may have a level of protection that differs from the European and particularly French level of protection. SCHMIDT GROUPE will take all necessary steps to maintain a sufficient level of security and confidentiality from the time the data is transferred until it is received.

Stakeholders contractually linked to SCHMIDT GROUPE, who may have this information collected, must meet the same obligations as those met by SCHMIDT GROUPE in terms of personal data protection.

7. How long will my data be kept?

SCHMIDT GROUPE retains data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, within the limits of the applicable legal framework.

Data collected for canvassing purposes is kept for the period during which the person concerned interacts with the Site or receives the newsletter to which they have subscribed, plus a period of 3 years.

8. What are my rights?

You have the right to access, question and modify your personal data in accordance with the provisions of the French Data Protection Act of 6 January 1978.

You also have the right to object to the processing of your data for legitimate reasons or for commercial canvassing purposes, and to define directives relating to the exercise of the aforementioned rights after your death.

To find out more, consult your rights on the CNIL website.

To exercise your rights or update your data, you can choose to send your request to :

By e-mail to: donneespersonnelles@groupe.schmidt

Or by visiting the Site, under the heading “Contact”.

If you ask us to delete your details, we may keep them in our archives for as long as is necessary to meet our legal, accounting and tax obligations and, in particular, to prevent any unlawful behaviour after your Account has been deleted (re-use of your old account by a third party).

III. What is a geolocation service?

When you use a computer, tablet, smartphone or other device to access the Sites and to use some of our services, we may, with your consent, collect data on your physical location. This is known as geolocation.

IV. How are cookies managed?

1. What are cookies?

When using the Site, information relating to browsing may be recorded in text files called “cookies” installed on your terminal.

Cookies are all traces deposited on your hard drive when you visit a website. They make it possible to collect certain browsing data in order to facilitate subsequent use of a website. The information contained in these cookies can only be read or modified by the sender.

2. Why does SCHMIDT GROUPE use cookies?

Cookies facilitate your subsequent use of the Site by recording certain information relating to your browsing. Cookies are installed when you browse the Site.

Management cookies are used to store information relating to a form you have filled in on the Site (registration or access to your account, for example).

Google Analytics cookies enable SCHMIDT GROUPE to improve the ergonomics of the Site by compiling statistics (number of visits, length of time pages are viewed, time spent, etc.).

3. What are my rights regarding the insertion of cookies?

You can configure the tracking of cookies on your Internet browser (in the menu of your browser). Please note that the setting procedure differs depending on the browser used and must be carried out on each terminal used.

You can therefore choose to accept or refuse the insertion of cookies when browsing the Site and your initial choice can be changed at any time.

For more information about cookies and how to set them, please consult the CNIL website at the following address: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/node/337.

To uninstall Google Analytics cookies, please visit the following page: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=fr.

If I accept the insertion of cookies

Any insertion of cookies is subject to your consent. Once you have given your consent, cookies may be stored on your hard drive. Only the sender is likely to have access to them and to modify them.

If I refuse to accept cookies

If you refuse to accept cookies, you can browse the Site by adding the parameter “#kameleoonOptout=true” at the end of the URL.

If you refuse to save cookies on your hard drive, some browsing functions may be altered.

We therefore decline all responsibility for the Site not functioning properly if you refuse to insert the cookies required for appropriate browsing.

V. What is the link between the Site and the social networks I use?

When you are connected to social networks and are browsing the Site at the same time, a connection is established between the servers of the social networks and those of the Site.

The content of the Site may be shared via social networks (Facebook, Pinterest, Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, etc.).

If you do not want the social network to collect your information via the Site, you must disconnect from the social network before browsing the Site.

For more information about the protection and confidentiality of your personal data, please consult the data protection policies of the social networks used.

VI. How secure is my Internet browsing?

In order to offer you a peaceful browsing experience, we do everything in our power to ensure the necessary security when collecting and processing your personal data.

1. Concerning malicious use

We recommend that you protect your password and not disclose it to anyone. We would also point out that none of SCHMIDT GROUPE’s employees will ask you to give them your password.

E-mails received from SCHMIDT GROUPE, links and passwords must never be passed on to third parties to avoid any risk of identity theft.

If you become aware of any malicious use of your personal data or if you receive an e-mail from SCHMIDT GROUPE which you believe to be fraudulent, please inform our services immediately by writing to us at the e-mail address donneespersonnelles@groupe.schmidt.

However, the security of your network is your sole responsibility. SCHMIDT GROUPE cannot under any circumstances be held responsible for the capture of your personal data by other operators during your Internet browsing.

We recommend that you have up-to-date anti-virus software on your terminal, install a firewall and control access to your home network for greater security.

You use the Site at your own risk and in compliance with applicable laws. Under no circumstances may the Site publisher be held liable for any direct or indirect damage, in particular material damage, loss of data or programmes, or financial loss, resulting from access to or use of the Site or any linked sites. The content of the Site is presented without any guarantee whatsoever.

2. Concerning the content of the Site

The Site contains information provided by external companies or hypertext links to other sites that have not been developed by SCHMIDT GROUPE. The content made available on the Site is provided for information purposes only. The existence of a link on the Site to another site does not constitute validation of that third party site or its content. It is your responsibility to use this information with discernment and a critical mind. SCHMIDT GROUPE shall not be held liable for any information, opinions or recommendations formulated by third parties.

VII. Intellectual property rights

Intellectual property rights belonging to SCHMIDT GROUPE

SCHMIDT GROUPE is the exclusive owner of all intellectual property rights relating to both the structure and content of the Site throughout the world.

Thus, all trademarks, logos, images, photographs, videos, information and texts in particular, belong exclusively to SCHMIDT GROUPE. Without the prior and express authorisation of SCHMIDT GROUPE or for strictly private use, you are therefore prohibited from reproducing, representing and/or using, modifying, copying, translating, reproducing, selling, publishing, exploiting and distributing in digital format or any other format or medium known or unknown to date, these elements present on the Site.

Violation of these mandatory provisions subjects you, and all persons responsible, to the criminal and civil penalties provided for by law, in particular articles L335-2 et seq. and L716-9 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code.