Privacy Policy

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Our company is committed to safeguarding your privacy, in accordance with the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation .

By using this website or/and our services, you consent to the Processing of your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Policy.

Definitions

Personal Data – any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;

Processing – any operation or set of operations which is performed on Personal Data or on sets of Personal Data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or otherwise making available, , restriction, erasure or destruction.

For example, when you enter your Personal Data on a contact form on this website, your Personal Data is collected by us and therefore, processed, in order to reach out to you and fulfil your request.
Data subject – a natural person whose Personal Data is being Processed.

We/us/Data Controller (either capitalized or not) – Any legal entity of the Minafin Group, depending on the website you browse, in this instance, Minakem SAS, 224 Avenue de la Dordogne, 59640 Dunkerque – France.

Data Protection Principles

We comply with the following data protection principles:

Processing is lawful, fair, transparent. Our Processing activities have lawful grounds and are always collected for a lawful, specific and defined purpose. We always consider your rights before Processing your Personal Data.
Processing is limited to the purpose. Our Processing activities fit the purpose for which Personal Data was collected.
Processing is done with minimal data. We only collect and Process the amount of Personal Data required for a particular and defined purpose, and do not collect unnecessary Personal Data.
Processing is limited within a time period. We will not store your Personal Data for longer than needed, but only for the time necessary to fulfil the defined purpose, or in accordance with the applicable law.
We have processes in place to ensure, to the best of our ability, the security (availability – integrity and confidentiality) of your Personal Data.
If you have any question about the Processing of your Personal Data, or if you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at (LINK FORM) or at Minafin, 224, Avenue de la Dordogne, Legal Department, 59640 Dunkerque, France. Please, join to your request a proof of your identity (either an identity card or a passport currently valid), unless the data in your request enable us to identify you in a certain way.

Your rights

As a Data Subject, you have the following rights on your Personal Data:

Right to information – meaning you have the right to know whether your Personal Data is being processed; what data is collected, from where it is obtained and why and by whom it is processed.
Right to access – meaning you have the right to access the data collected from/about you. This includes your right to request and obtain a copy of the Personal Data we collected from/about you.
Right to rectification – meaning you have the right to request rectification or erasure of your Personal Data that is inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to erasure – meaning, in certain circumstances, you can request for your Personal Data to be erased from our records.
Right to restrict Processing – meaning, where certain conditions apply, you have the right to restrict the Processing of your Personal Data.
Right to object to Processing – meaning, in certain cases, you have the right to object to the Processing of your Personal Data, for example in the case of direct marketing.
Right to object to automated Processing – meaning you have the right to object to automated Processing, including profiling; and not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated Processing. This right you can exercise whenever there is an outcome of the profiling that produces legal effects or significantly affects you.
Right to data portability – you have the right to obtain your Personal Data in a machine-readable format or if it is feasible, as a direct transfer from one Processor to another.
Right to lodge a complaint – if you have any question or if you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us by using the following form (INSERT LINK) or by writing to Minafin, 224 Avenue de la Dordogne, Legal Department, 59640, France. If, after having contacted us, you think your rights are not respected, you can lodge a complaint before the supervisory authority in charge in your country.
Right to withdraw consent – you have the right to withdraw any given consent for the Processing of your Personal Data, if the applicable legal ground for the concerned Processing is your consent.

What Personal Data we collect about you

Information you have provided us with

Whenever you submit a Request form on this website, for human resources and/or business opportunities, we collect the following Personal Data:

For career opportunities matters: you have the possibility to submit your application for job offers published on our website. In this instance, the Personal Data collected is the following: your first and last name, your e-mail address, your telephone number, your resume and, if you so choose, any Personal Data you included in the “commentary” section.
For business opportunities: you have the possibility to ask for quotations on the products listed in our online portfolio. By filling in the request form to that effect, the Personal Data collected will be the following: your first and last name, the company you work for, your country, your professional telephone number and email address.

This information is necessary to the fulfillment of your request, i.e., to contact you for career opportunities and/or business quotations.

Why we collect your Personal Data

The administration of our website entails the Processing of your Personal Data, for the following purposes:

Provide services to you: this includes contacting you following the filing of a request form on the website for a quotation and/or product information on the product(s) of our online portfolio.
Evaluate your application, for career opportunities: if you submit your application to our online job offers. In this instance, your Personal Data is sent to the talent management software we use –(see details below)- and is stored to assess your application for the considered job. In this instance, regardless on the outcome of your application, your contact details may be kept in our talent pool data base, in case other job opportunities arise, for which your profile may fit. You can object to us keeping your Personal Data to that effect, please use the contact form mentioned in this Privacy Policy or follow the instructions given to you during the recruitment process.
To administer and analyse our user base (purchasing behaviour and history) in order to improve the quality, variety, and availability of products/ services offered/provided;

Who else can access your Personal Data

We do not share your Personal Data with strangers. Personal Data about you is in some cases provided to our trusted partners in order to either make providing the service to you possible or to enhance your customer experience. We share your data with:

Our processing partners:

For career opportunities: Fletcher, Mailchimp,

To that effect, the information you provide in your online application is shared with our talent management software providers, mentioned above.

With our hosting website partner:

We only work with Processing partners who are able to ensure an adequate level of protection to your Personal Data.

Your Personal Data may also be shared within the Minafin Group of companies, only if the content of your request in the request form you filled in can only be fulfilled by another company of the Minafin Group of companies.

How we secure your data

We do our best to keep your Personal Data safe.

The Minafin Group of companies is ISO27001 certified, which means that we have internal processes in place to ensure, to the best of our ability, the security of our information systems.

In case of a security incident which impacts your Personal Data, we will notify the relevant authorities of such Personal Data breach and/or you, in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); i.e. if the concerned security incident poses a significant risk to your privacy. We will do everything we reasonably can to prevent security breaches and to assist authorities should any breaches occur. The Minafin Group also has internal policies and procedures which aim at preventing security incidents through reporting any security incident and the implementation of mitigation actions to prevent the recurrence of security incidents / Data breaches.

Cookies and other technologies we use

A cookie is a tiny text file stored on your computer. Cookies store information that is used to optimize websites functionality. Only we can access the cookies created by our website. You can control your cookies at the browser level. Choosing to disable cookies may hinder your user experience of our website.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

- Functionality cookies – these cookies provide functionality that makes using our service more convenient and makes providing more personalized features possible. For example, they might remember your name and e-mail in comment forms so you don’t have to re-enter this information next time when commenting.
- Analytics cookies – these cookies are used to track the use and performance of our website and services. These cookies help us produce better content to enhance user experience on our website. To that effect, we use Google Analytics to measure traffic on our website. Google has their own Privacy Policy which you can review here. If you’d like to opt out of tracking by Google Analytics, visit the Google Analytics opt-out page.

You can remove cookies stored in your computer via your browser settings. Alternatively, you can control some third-party cookies by using a privacy enhancement platform such as optout.aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.com. For more information about cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.

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Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to make change to this Privacy Policy, in which case, the version on our legal entities websites’ will be the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy.