Privacy Policy
Quinten ( the “Company” or “Quinten“) undertakes to collect and use your data in compliance with the applicable regulations on the protection of personal data, in particular the European Regulation on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data (the “RGPD“) and to ensure the security and confidentiality thereof.
C ette Policy describes the use that the Company makes of the information collected concerning the User when he/she uses the Quinten Academy website accessible at the following address https://www.quinten.ai/ (the “Site”).
This Policy supplements the “General Terms of Use” and the “Legal Notice” (as well as any contractual document or information notice referring to this Policy).
This Personal Data Protection Policy ( the “ Policy“) is intended to inform Users of why and how the Company processes their personal data and of their rights in this regard.
Article 1: Definitions
- Personal data: Personal data is any information or data enabling a natural person to be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to a number or to one or more elements that are specific to that person (in particular surnames, first names, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, identification numbers, IP addresses, license plates, etc.). To determine whether a person is identifiable, it is necessary to consider all the means of identification available to or accessible by the data controller or any other person (the “Personal Data(s)”).
- Data Processing : Data processing is any operation or set of operations that may or may not be carried out using automated processes on personal data, including in particular the collection, recording, organization, storage, adaptation, modification, retrieval, consultation, use, communication by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction (the “Processing(s)”).
- Cookies: Cookies are traces deposited and read, for example, when consulting a website, reading an e-mail, installing or using software or a mobile application, regardless of the type of terminal used, such as a computer, smartphone, e-reader or video game console connected to the Internet. If they meet certain conditions, certain cookies are exempt from this obligation (the “Cookie(s)”).
- Data controller: A data controller is the natural or legal person who determines, alone or jointly, the purposes and means of data processing. In this case, Quinten is the data controller.
- Data Protection Officer (DPO): The Data Protection Officer is primarily responsible for monitoring compliance with the Regulation and national data protection law (the “DPO”).
- Supervisory authority: The Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés ( the “CNIL”) is the supervisory authority. The CNIL is located at 3 place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris.
Article 2: Identity of the data controller
The data controller is Quinten, SAS, registered in the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 508 813 292 and whose registered office is located at 8 rue Vernier, 75017 Paris (“We”).
Article 3 : Personal data collected
The following Personal Data is collected when the User fills in the contact form or during Training sessions:
- Identification data: Name, First name, E-mail address, Phone ;
- Data relating to your professional life: Company name, Position ;
- Site navigation data: IP address, pages viewed, date and time of connection, browser used, operating system, user ID, IFA ;
- Economic and financial data: RIB ;
- Any information you wish to send us as part of your contact request.
Article 4: Legal basis, purposes and retention periods for Personal Data
| Objectives | Legal basis | Shelf life |
| Providing our Training services | Performance of the contract you or your company have entered into with Us | The Personal Data of Users following Training Courses are kept for the duration of the Training Course.. In addition, Personal Data may be archived for evidentiary purposes for a period of 5 years. Training invoices are archived for 10 years |
| Build a file of customers and prospects | Our legitimate interest in developing and promoting our business | For Formation customers: Personal Data are kept for the duration of the contractual relationship For prospects leaving their contact details on the Site: Personal Data is kept for a period of 3 years from the last contact with Us |
| Send newsletters, requests and promotional messages | Our legitimate interest in building customer loyalty and informing our customers and prospects of our latest news | Personal Data is kept for 3 years from the last contact |
| Responding to your requests for information | Our legitimate interest in responding to your requests | Personal Data are kept for the time necessary to process the request for information and are deleted once the request for information has been processed |
| To compile statistics (on browsing, the Site’s audience, etc.) and improve the Site’s functionalities by depositing audience measurement cookies | Your consent | Personal Data are kept for 2 years |
| Display personalized advertising on the Site through the deposit of advertising cookies | Your consent | Personal Data are kept for 2 years |
| Managing requests to exercise rights | Our legitimate interest in responding to your requests and keeping track of them | If we ask for proof of identity, we keep it only for the time needed to verify it. Once verification has been completed, the proof of identity is deleted. If you exercise your right to object to receiving marketing communications, we keep this information for 3 years |
Article 5: Recipients of Personal Data
We will have access to your personal data:
- Our staff ;
- Our subcontractors
- Our subcontractors include: hosting service provider, newsletter sending service provider, audience measurement and analysis service provider, secure payment service provider, billing tool, cookie management tool;
- Our partners ;
- Where applicable: public and private bodies, exclusively to meet our legal obligations.
Your data is kept and stored for the duration of processing on the servers of company Matomo, located in the European Union.
In the context of the tools we use (see article on recipients concerning our subcontractors), your data may be transferred outside the European Union. The transfer of your data in this context is secured using the following tools:
- or the data is transferred to a country that has been the subject of an adequacy decision by the European Commission, in accordance with Article 45 of the RGPD: in this case, this country ensures a level of protection deemed sufficient and adequate to the provisions of the RGPD;
- or the data is transferred to a country whose level of data protection has not been recognized as adequate to the RGPD: in this case such transfers are based on appropriate safeguards indicated in Article 46 of the RGPD, tailored to each provider, including but not limited to the conclusion of standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission, the application of binding corporate rules or under an approved certification mechanism.
- or the data is transferred on the basis of one of the appropriate guarantees described in Chapter V of the RGPD.
Article 6 : Users’ rights
By virtue of the RGPD, the User has rights concerning the Processing of his Personal Data. As such, the User has the following rights:
- Right to information: this is precisely why we have drawn up this Policy. This right is provided for in Articles 13 and 14 of the RGPD.
- Right of access: Every User has the right under Article 15 of the RGPD to obtain confirmation that Personal Data concerning him or her is being processed, to obtain a copy of it and certain information related to its processing.
- Right of rectification: Any User has the right to obtain rectification of his or her Personal Data if it is inaccurate or incomplete in accordance with Article 16 of the RGPD.
- Right to erasure and right to oblivion: Any User has the right to obtain the erasure of his or her personal Data and to prohibit any future collection thereof for the reasons set out in Article 17 of the RGPD. However, the right to erasure is not absolute and is subject to specific conditions. The Company may retain Personal Data to the extent permitted by applicable law, and in particular where their processing remains necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
- Right to object: pursuant to Article 21 of the RGPD, the User has the right to object to the processing of his/her Personal Data. However, the Company may maintain the processing despite this opposition, for legitimate reasons or the defense of legal rights.
- Right to withdraw consent: Any User has the right, without delay, to withdraw their consent to the processing of their Personal Data for the purposes based on consent, pursuant to Article 7 of the RGPD. This withdrawal will not call into question the legality of the processing carried out prior to the withdrawal.
- Right to limitation: any User has the right to obtain the limitation of the processing of his/her Personal Data in certain cases defined in Article 18 of the RGPD.
- You have the right to specify how your personal data is to be stored, deleted and communicated after your death.
- Right to portability: under certain conditions specified in Article 20 of the RGPD, any User has the right to receive their Personal Data in a standard machine-readable format and to demand its transfer to the recipient of your choice.
Users may exercise these rights on request, or ask any questions they may have about the processing of their Personal Data, by contacting our DPO at :
- by e-mail to the following address: privacy@quinten-france.com ;
- by post to 8 rue Vernier, 75017 Paris – France.
In addition, the User is entitled, in accordance with Article 77 of the RGPD, to lodge a claim (complaint) with the CNIL, by sending a letter to the following address: 3 Place de Fontenoy – TSA 80715 – 75334 PARIS CEDEX 07, or by telephone by contacting the following number: 01 53 73 22 22.
Visit cnil.fr for more information on your rights.
Article 7 : Cookies
The User is hereby informed that a Cookie may be automatically installed when browsing the Site.
Cookies are small files stored temporarily on the hard disk of the User’s computer by your browser and which are necessary for the use of the Site. Cookies do not contain any personal information and cannot be used to identify anyone. A Cookie contains a unique identifier, randomly generated and therefore anonymous. Some Cookies expire at the end of the User’s visit, others remain.
The information contained in Cookies is used to improve the experience on the Site.
By browsing the Site, the User may accept all or some of the Cookies, or may refuse the use of Cookies. The User is free to decide whether to accept all or some of the Cookies present on the Site. However, the User must consent to the use of certain mandatory Cookies.
The User consents to the use of all or part of the Cookies by clicking on the appropriate heading. This section is displayed each time the User connects to the Site.
The User can deactivate these cookies using the settings in his browser software.
To find out more about the Cookies used on the Site, the User is invited to consult the Cookies Policy.
Article 8 : Coming into force
We may modify this Policy at any time, in particular in order to comply with any regulatory, legal, editorial or technical developments. These modifications will apply as of the date on which the modified version comes into force. You are therefore invited to consult the latest version of this policy on a regular basis. Nevertheless, we will keep you informed of any significant changes to this privacy policy.
This Policy is adopted for an indefinite period and comes into force on February 17, 2023.