PRIVACY POLICY – LITEBOAT.COM
Last updated: August 2018
This Privacy Policy sets out and informs you of the manner in which LiteBoat uses and protects the information you transmit to us, if any, when you use this website accessible from the following URL: www.liteboat.com (after the „Website”).
Please note that this privacy policy may be modified or supplemented at any time by LiteBoat, in particular to comply with any legislative, regulatory, jurisprudential or technological developments. In such a case, the date of its update will be clearly identified at the beginning of this policy. These modifications engage the User as soon as they are posted online. It is therefore appropriate that the User consults regularly this policy of confidentiality and use of cookies to learn about any changes.
I. PERSONAL DATA
In general, you may visit the LiteBoat Website without disclosing any personal information about you. In any case, you are in no way obliged to transmit this information to LiteBoat.
However, in case of refusal, you may not be able to benefit from certain information or services that you have requested. As such, LiteBoat may be required in certain cases to ask you to enter your name, first name, email address, telephone number (hereinafter your „Personal Information”). By providing this information, you expressly agree that it will be processed by LiteBoat, for the purposes indicated in point 2 below, as well as for the purposes stated at the end of each form.
In accordance with the General Regulation on Data Protection (General Data Protection Regulation) adopted by the European Parliament on April 14, 2016, and the Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978 amended, LiteBoat informs you of the following:
1. Identity of the controller
The controller is LiteBoat SARL, with its registered office at 284 rue de la Viscamine, 38530 PONTCHARRA – France.
Phone : + 33 (0) 4 76 40 46 76.
2. Purposes of the treatment
LiteBoat may process your Personal Information:
– for the purpose of providing you with the information or services you have requested (answer to a question, send a newsletter)
3. Recipients
Only LiteBoat is the recipient of your Personal Information. These, whether in individual or aggregated form, are never transmitted to a third party, notwithstanding the subcontractors that LiteBoat uses (you will find more information about them in point 7 below). Neither LiteBoat, nor any of its subcontractors, sells the personal data of visitors and Users of its Website.
4. Shelf life
Your Personal Information is retained by LiteBoat only for the time corresponding to the purpose of the collection as indicated in 2 above which can not in any case exceed 24 months.
5. Computer Rights and Freedoms
You have the following rights regarding your Personal Information, which you can exercise by writing to us at the postal address mentioned in point 1 or by contacting us via the contact page.
o Right of access and communication of data
You have the faculty to access the Personal Information that concerns you.
However, because of the obligation of security and confidentiality in the processing of personal data that is the responsibility of LiteBoat, you are informed that your application will be processed provided that you provide evidence of your identity, including the production of a scan of your valid ID (if requested by our dedicated electronic form) or a signed photocopy of your valid ID (in case of written request).
LiteBoat informs you that it will be entitled, if necessary, to oppose manifestly abusive requests (by their number, their repetitive or systematic nature).
o Right to rectify data
Under this right, the law allows you to request the rectification, updating, locking or deletion of data concerning you that may be inaccurate, erroneous, incomplete or obsolete.
Also, you can set general and specific guidelines regarding the fate of personal data after your death. In this case, the heirs of a deceased person may demand to consider the death of their loved one and / or to make the necessary updates.
o Right of opposition
The exercise of this right is only possible in one of two situations:
When the exercise of this right is based on legitimate grounds; or
When the exercise of this right is intended to prevent the collected data from being used for commercial prospecting purposes.
6. Response time
LiteBoat undertakes to respond to your request for access, rectification, opposition or any other request for additional information within a reasonable period of time, which may not exceed one month from receipt of your request.
7. Authorized service providers and transfer to a third country of the European Union
LiteBoat informs you that it uses its authorized service providers to facilitate the collection and processing of data that you have communicated. These providers may be located outside the European Union and have the data collected through the form on the Website.
LiteBoat has previously ensured the implementation by its providers of adequate guarantees and compliance with strict conditions of confidentiality, use and data protection. In particular, vigilance was focused on the existence of a legal basis for any transfer of data to a third country. As such, one of our service providers is subject to internal corporate rules (or „Binding Corporate Rules”) that were approved by the CNIL in 2016 when others obey not only Standard Contractual Clauses but also Privacy Shield.
8. Complaint to the competent authority
If you consider that LiteBoat does not comply with its obligations regarding your Personal Information, you may submit a complaint or request to the competent authority. In France, the competent authority is the CNIL to which you can address a request electronically by clicking on the following link: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/plaintes/internet.
II. POLICY RELATING TO COOKIES
When you first login to the LiteBoat website, you are warned by a banner at the bottom of your screen that information about your browsing may be stored in files called „cookies”. Our cookie policy allows you to better understand the provisions that we implement in terms of navigation on our website. It informs you in particular about all the cookies on our website, their purpose (part I.) and gives you the procedure to follow to set them up (part II.)
1. General information about cookies on the LiteBoat website
LiteBoat, as publisher of this website, may proceed to the implementation of a cookie on the hard drive of your terminal (computer, tablet, mobile etc.) to ensure smooth and optimal navigation on our website.
„Cookies” are small text files that allow us to recognize your computer, tablet or mobile device in order to personalize the services we offer.
The information collected through cookies does not in any way identify you by name. They are used exclusively for our own needs in order to improve the interactivity and the performance of our website and to send you contents adapted to your centers of interests. None of this information is disclosed to third parties except where LiteBoat has obtained prior consent or where the disclosure of such information is required by law, by order of a court or any administrative authority or judicial authority to know.
To better inform you about the information that cookies identify, you will find below a table listing the different types of cookies that may be used on the website LiteBoat, their name, purpose and their shelf life.
2. Setting your preferences on cookies
You can accept or refuse the deposit of cookies at any time
When you first log in to LiteBoat’s website, a banner briefly outlining information about cookies and similar technologies will appear at the bottom of your screen. This banner warns you that by continuing your navigation on the LiteBoat website (by loading a new page or by clicking on various elements of the website for example), you accept the deposit of cookies on your device. You are also deemed to have consented to the deposit of cookies by clicking on the „X” icon to the right of the banner at the bottom of your screen.
Depending on the type of cookie involved, collecting your consent to deposit and read cookies on your device may be imperative.
a. Cookies exempt from consent
In accordance with the recommendations of the Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés (CNIL), some cookies are exempt from the prior collection of your consent to the extent that they are strictly necessary for the operation of the website or have the exclusive purpose of allowing or facilitating electronic communication. These include session ID, authentication, load balancing session cookies as well as cookies for customizing your interface. These cookies are fully subject to this policy as long as they are issued and managed by LiteBoat.
b. Cookies requiring the prior collection of your consent
This requirement applies to third-party cookies that are termed „persistent” as long as they remain in your device until they are deleted or expired.
Because such cookies are issued by third parties, their use and deposit are subject to their own privacy policies, which you will find below. This cookie family includes advertising cookies (which LiteBoat does not use) and social network sharing cookies (including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and LinkedIn).
Audience measurement cookies provide statistics about the use and use of various elements of the website (such as the content / pages you visited). These data help to improve the ergonomics of the LiteBoat website. An audience measurement tool is used on this website.
c. You have various tools for setting cookies
Most Internet browsers are configured by default so that cookies are allowed to be posted. Your browser offers you the opportunity to change these standard settings so that all cookies are rejected systematically or that only part of the cookies is accepted or refused according to their issuer.
ATTENTION: We draw your attention to the fact that the refusal of the deposit of cookies on your terminal is nevertheless likely to alter your user experience as well as your access to certain services or functionalities of this website. If necessary, LiteBoat declines any responsibility concerning the consequences related to the degradation of your browsing conditions that occur because of your choice to refuse, delete or block cookies necessary for the operation of the website. These consequences can not constitute damage and you can not claim any compensation for this fact.
Your browser also allows you to delete existing cookies on your device or to notify you when new cookies may be placed on your device. These settings do not affect your navigation but you lose all the benefit of the cookie.
Please find below the many tools available to you so that you can set the cookies on your device.
d. The setting of your Internet browser
Each Internet browser has its own cookie management settings. To find out how to change your cookie preferences, please find below the links to the help you need to access your browser’s menu provided for this purpose:
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en/kb/activate-deactivate-cookies
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11
Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/en/cookies.html
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US