This privacy policy defines and informs you about how www.fortalgroup.com uses and protects the information that you provide to us, where applicable, when you use this website accessible from the following URL: www.fortalgroup.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Site”).
Please note that this privacy policy may be modified or supplemented at any time by www.fortalgroup.com, particularly in order to comply with any legislative, regulatory, judicial, or technological developments. In such a case, the date of its update will be clearly indicated at the top of this policy. These modifications are binding on the User as soon as they are published online. Therefore, the User should regularly consult this privacy and cookie policy to be aware of any possible changes.
- PERSONAL DATA
In general, you can visit the website www.fortalgroup.com without providing any personal information about yourself. In any case, you are under no obligation to provide this information to www.fortalgroup.com.
However, if you choose not to provide it, you may not be able to benefit from certain information or services that you have requested. In some cases, www.fortalgroup.com may ask you to provide your first name, last name, email address, phone number, company, and job title (hereinafter referred to as your “Personal Information”). By providing this information, you expressly agree that it will be processed by www.fortalgroup.com 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 Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) adopted by the European Parliament on April 14, 2016, and the French Data Protection Act (Loi Informatique et Libertés) of January 6, 1978 as amended, www.fortalgroup.com informs you of the following points:
- Identity of the Data Controller
The data controller is the company J.F.N PARTICIPATION ET GESTION, located at the following address: Chemin du Muckental, 67140 Barr, France.
Phone: +33 3 88 58 53 53 ; Email : info@fortal.fr
- Purpose of Data Processing
www.fortalgroup.com may process your Personal Information for the following purposes:
(a) to provide you with the information or services you have requested (in particular: sending newsletters, commercial offers, white papers, or evaluating your level of compliance through a quiz).
(b) to collect information that helps us improve our Website, our products, and our services (notably through the use of cookies).
(c) to contact you regarding various events related to www.fortalgroup.com, including product updates and customer support.
- Recipients
Only www.fortalgroup.com is the recipient of your Personal Information. Whether in individual or aggregated form, this information is never transmitted to a third party, except for the subcontractors used by www.fortalgroup.com (you will find more information about them in point 7 below).
Neither www.fortalgroup.com nor any of its subcontractors sell the personal data of visitors and users of its website.
- Data Retention Period
Your Personal Information is kept by www.fortalgroup.com only for the period corresponding to the purpose of the collection as indicated in point 2 above, and in any case will not exceed 24 months from the last contact with our services or the last use of our services.
- Data Protection Rights
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 filling out the form provided.
Right of Access and Communication of Data
You have the right to access the Personal Information concerning you.
However, due to the security and confidentiality obligations in the processing of personal data that apply to www.fortalgroup.com, you are informed that your request will be processed provided that you supply proof of your identity, in particular by submitting a scan of a valid identity document (in the case of a request through our dedicated electronic form) or a signed photocopy of a valid identity document (in the case of a request sent in writing).
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Access will be provided through the communication of the data by our services following a request made via the contact form.
To assist you in this process, particularly if you wish to exercise your right of access through a written request sent to the postal address mentioned in point 1, you can find at the following link a sample letter prepared by the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL).
https://www.cnil.fr/fr/modele/courrier/exercer-son-droit-dacces
Right to Rectification of Data
Under this right, the law allows you to request the rectification, updating, blocking, or deletion of personal data concerning you that may be inaccurate, incorrect, incomplete, or outdated.
You may also define general and specific instructions regarding the handling of your personal data after your death. If applicable, the heirs of a deceased person may request that their relative’s death be taken into account and/or that the necessary updates be made.
To assist you in this process, particularly if you wish to exercise your right of rectification—either on your own behalf or on behalf of a deceased relative—through a written request sent to the postal address mentioned in point 1, you can find at the following link a sample letter prepared by the CNIL.
https://www.cnil.fr/fr/modele/courrier/rectifier-des-donnees-inexactes-obsoletes-ou-perimees
Right to Object
The exercise of this right is possible only in one of the following two situations:
- When the exercise of this right is based on legitimate grounds; or
- When the exercise of this right aims to prevent the collected data from being used for commercial prospecting purposes.
To assist you in this process, particularly if you wish to exercise your right to object through a written request sent to the postal address indicated in point 1, you will find at the following link a sample letter prepared by the CNIL.
https://www.cnil.fr/fr/modele/courrier/supprimer-des-informations-vous-concernant-dun-site-internet
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- COOKIE POLICY
When you first connect to the www.fortalgroup.com website, you are informed by a banner at the bottom of your screen that information relating to your browsing may be recorded in files called “cookies.”
Our cookie policy allows you to better understand the measures we implement regarding browsing on our website. It informs you in particular about all the cookies present on our website, their purpose (Part I), and provides instructions on how to configure them (Part II).
- General Information on Cookies Present on the Website www.fortalgroup.com
As the publisher of this website, www.fortalgroup.com may place a cookie on the hard drive of your device (computer, tablet, mobile phone, etc.) in order to ensure smooth and optimal navigation on our website.
Cookies are small text files of limited size that allow us to recognize your computer, tablet, or mobile device in order to personalize the services we offer to you.
The information collected through cookies does not in any way allow us to identify you personally. It is used exclusively for our own needs to improve the interactivity and performance of our website and to provide you with content tailored to your interests. None of this information is communicated to third parties unless www.fortalgroup.com has obtained your prior consent or unless the disclosure of this information is required by law, by order of a court, or by any administrative or judicial authority authorized to request it.
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 www.fortalgroup.com website, their names, their purposes, and their retention periods.
- Configuring Your Cookie Preferences
You can accept or refuse the use of cookies at any time.
When you first connect to the website www.fortalgroup.com, a banner briefly presenting information about the use of cookies and similar technologies appears at the bottom of your screen. This banner informs you that by continuing to browse the website www.fortalgroup.com (for example by loading a new page or clicking on various elements of the site), you accept the placement of cookies on your device. You are also considered to have given your consent to the use of cookies by clicking on the “X” icon on the right side of the banner displayed at the bottom of your screen.
Depending on the type of cookie involved, obtaining your consent for the placement and reading of cookies on your device may be mandatory.
Les cookies exemptés de consentement
In accordance with the recommendations of the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL), certain cookies are exempt from the requirement to obtain your prior consent, as they are strictly necessary for the operation of the website or are used exclusively to enable or facilitate communication by electronic means.
These include, in particular, session identifier cookies, authentication cookies, load balancing session cookies, and cookies used to personalize your interface. These cookies are fully subject to this policy insofar as they are issued and managed by www.fortalgroup.com.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Retention Period |
| Tarteaucitron | Saves user cookie consent preferences | 12 months |
| has_js | Determines whether the browser accepts JavaScript or not | Session |
| Local Web Storage | Allows the website to remember your preferences (individual or professional) | |
| PHPSESSID | Allows the website to remember your preferences (individual or professional) | Session |
Cookies Requiring Your Prior Consent
This requirement concerns cookies issued by third parties, which are considered “persistent” cookies because they remain on your device until they are deleted or until their expiration date.
Since these cookies are issued by third parties, their use and placement are subject to their own privacy policies, links to which can be found below. This category of cookies includes audience measurement cookies (such as PIWIK), advertising cookies (which www.fortalgroup.com does not use), and social media sharing cookies (including those from Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and LinkedIn).
Audience measurement cookies generate statistics regarding the traffic and use of various elements of the website (such as the pages or content you have visited). This data helps improve the ergonomics and performance of the www.fortalgroup.com website. An audience measurement tool used on this website is:
- PIWIK, whose privacy policy is available (in English only) at the following link: https://piwik.org/privacy-policy/
- Google Analytics, whose privacy policy is available at the following link: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=fr-ca
Third-party cookie (Google Analytics) used for statistical purposes
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Retention Period |
| pk_session | Statistiques piwik | 1h à 2h |
| _pk_id | Statistiques piwik | 13 mois |
| piwik_ignore | Cookie Used to Indicate That You Object to Piwik Statistical Tracking | 13 mois |
| _ga | Third-party cookie (Google Analytics) used for statistical purposes | 1 year |
| _gat | Third-party cookie (Google Analytics) used for statistical purposes | 1 day |
| _gid | 1 day |
Social media sharing cookies are issued and managed by the publisher of the relevant social network. Subject to your consent, these cookies allow you to easily share part of the content published on the www.fortalgroup.com website, particularly through a social network sharing button. Four types of social media sharing cookies are present on the www.fortalgroup.com website:
- Facebook, whose cookie policy can be consulted at the following link: https://fr-fr.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
- Twitter, where you can find options to control or restrict the use of cookies as well as the cookie policy: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170518#
- YouTube, where you can find help on deleting cookies from the Google Chrome browser at the following link: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/32050?hl=fr, as well as the complete cookie policy at: https://www.google.fr/intl/fr/policies/technologies/cookies/
- Pinterest, where you can find options to control or restrict the use of cookies and the cookie policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/fr/privacy-policy
- Instagram, where you can find options to control or restrict the use of cookies and the cookie policy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388
You Have Various Tools to Configure Cookies
Most internet browsers are configured by default to allow cookies to be stored. Your browser gives you the option to modify these default settings so that all cookies are systematically rejected or so that only certain cookies are accepted or refused depending on their issuer.
Warning: Please note that refusing to allow cookies to be stored on your device may affect your user experience as well as your access to certain services or features of this website. Where applicable, www.fortalgroup.com declines any responsibility for the consequences related to the degradation of your browsing conditions resulting from your choice to refuse, delete, or block cookies necessary for the proper functioning of the website. These consequences cannot be considered as damage, and you will not be entitled to any compensation as a result.
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 browsing, but they may cause you to lose the benefits provided by cookies.
Please review below the various tools available to help you configure the cookies placed on your device.
Configuring Your Internet Browser
Each internet browser provides its own cookie management settings. To learn how to modify your cookie preferences, you can consult the help pages of your browser through the following links to access the appropriate settings menu :
- Chrome : https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=fr
- Firefox : https://support.mozilla.org/fr/kb/activer-desactiver-cookies
- Internet Explorer : https://support.microsoft.com/fr-fr/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11
- Opera : http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/fr/cookies.html
- Safari : https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=fr_FR&locale=fr_FR
For more information about tools that allow you to manage cookies, you can visit the CNIL website:
https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies-les-outils-pour-les-maitriser
Configuring the Tarteaucitron Tool
Cookies can also be disabled directly through the Tarteaucitron tool implemented on the website www.fortalgroup.com. This interactive tool allows you to manage your cookies through a banner available at the bottom right of the page you are viewing (button “Service Management”).
It lists all active cookies. To disable a cookie, simply click on the cross icon next to the corresponding service. If all cookies are disabled, the banner used to collect the user’s consent will reappear when the page is refreshed.
For any questions or additional information regarding this cookie policy, please contact us through our contact form.
