Privacy policy

In accordance with the French Data Protection Act No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of personal data (the General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR), Fairson Inventaire, acting as the data controller, is committed to protecting the privacy of users of the website www.fairson.com.

Users are informed that any personal information they provide through the Website is processed on one or more of the following legal bases:

  • The performance of a contract to which you are a party, or steps taken at your request before entering into a contract.
  • Your consent to the processing of your personal data.
  • Fairson’s legitimate interest in measuring website audience and performance.

Information collected through www.fairson.com (the “Website”), including but not limited to the URL of the website from which you accessed the Website, your internet service provider, your IP address, your contact details and your name, may be processed by FAIRSON SAS, acting as the data controller, for the purposes of enabling your use of the Website, responding to enquiries and, where applicable, providing Fairson’s services. This processing is based on FAIRSON SAS’s legitimate interest in managing its relationships with customers and prospective customers.

While browsing the Website or using Fairson Inventaire’s online services, you may be asked to provide certain personal data voluntarily, such as your first name, surname, company name, email address or telephone number. The data collection forms available on the Website specify the purpose of the processing, the recipients of the data, the retention period and whether the requested information is mandatory or optional (mandatory fields are identified by an asterisk).

Your personal data will be retained for no longer than:

  • Three (3) years from the date of collection where no contract has been concluded.
  • Where a contract or order has been concluded, for the duration of the contractual relationship and subsequently archived for the applicable warranty period, plus the statutory limitation period (generally five years).
  • Thirteen (13) months from the date cookies are placed on your device.

Your personal data is shared internally only with the Customer Service, Sales & Marketing, and Communications departments of FAIRSON SAS.

The fairson.com website uses only cookies that are strictly necessary for its operation. These cookies ensure the security of the Website, guarantee its proper display and facilitate navigation.

These cookies do not collect personal data for commercial or advertising purposes.

In accordance with the GDPR and the recommendations issued by the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL), strictly necessary cookies do not require the user’s prior consent.

Personal data collected and processed through the Website is protected by appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risks involved.

Users have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict the processing of, object to, and, where applicable, request the portability of their personal data.

These rights may be exercised by contacting: rgpd@fairson.fr

Please note that, depending on the circumstances, exercising your right to object may prevent Fairson from responding to your enquiry or providing certain services available through the Website.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the CNIL (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés).

Users of the Website are required to comply with the provisions of the French Data Protection Act and the GDPR, and in particular must refrain from collecting, misusing or unlawfully processing any personal data to which they may have access.