Privacy Policy
In accordance with the French Data Protection Act No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978, as amended, and the General Data Protection Regulation No. 2016/679/EU of April 27, 2016 (GDPR), CIRAD, as data controller, ensures that the privacy of Internet users on the site is respected.
In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, known as the GDPR, and Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978, on information technology, files, and civil liberties, known as the “Data Protection Act,” as amended (the “applicable regulations”) CIRAD, as data controller, ensures that the privacy of Internet users on the site is respected.
Treatment procedures
When visiting the website or accessing CIRAD’s online services, users are never asked to provide personal data (surname, first name, company, email address, telephone number, login details).
Contact form
There are no collection forms on the site.
Cookies and statistics
The Site is configured to use wp-statistiques, a website traffic analysis service. This service uses cookies, which are text files placed on your device, to analyze how users use the Site.
When the user has expressly consented to this, cookies are stored and activated, enabling data to be collected when the Website is visited.
The data generated by our module is as follows:
- Number of users and sessions
- Session duration
- Operating systems
- Browsers used
- Device models
- Geographic area (country and city)
This information is used by CIRAD, the data controller, for the sole purpose of understanding how the Site is used in order to produce aggregate statistics on traffic with a view to improving the content and navigation offered to users. It is stored for a maximum period of 24 months. As this processing is based on the prior consent of the user, the user may withdraw their consent at any time.
Rights and obligations of data subjects
In accordance with applicable regulations, users are informed that they have the right to access, rectify, erase, and transfer (where applicable) data concerning them, as well as the right to restrict and object to the processing of such data on legitimate grounds.
Users may exercise their rights by contacting CIRAD’s GDPR department by email at dpo@cirad.fr or by post at the following address: Data Protection Officer (DPO) – Montpellier Occitanie Regional Directorate – Avenue Agropolis – TA 178/04 – 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5.
If the user accepts the use of cookies, they can change their mind at any time by accessing their preferences.
Internet users also have the right to lodge a complaint with the CNIL.
Internet users also have the right to define guidelines regarding the fate of their personal data after their death. Users therefore have the right to establish guidelines—in consultation with CIRAD’s DPO—regarding the storage, deletion, and communication of their data after their death.
The user is required to comply with applicable regulations, in particular by refraining from any collection or misuse of personal data accessible on the Site.
Data security
In all cases, the data collected and processed on the site is protected by appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.