Data protection policy

Transitions will make sure that the personal data it collects from its Website users when they are using the present Website or when they contact Ecocert by phone, email or via the contact form available on the Website, are processed in accordance with applicable Canadian and provincial laws.

PREAMBLE

This personal data protection policy related to the use of the Website is intended to describe:

the types of personal data that Transitions may collect during the use of the Website, or during a first contact by phone, email or via the contact form available on the present Website,
the purposes of data processing and their legal grounds,
the possible recipients of the personal data,
the storage period of the personal data, as well as,
the rights attached to these personal data.

1/ TYPES OF PERSONAL DATA AND SOURCES

Transitions will make sure to only collect and process data which are strictly necessary for the purpose pursued (minimization of data).

When accessing and using the Website, or when contacting Ecocert by phone, email or via the form available on the Website, Transitions may have access to the following data:

Your name(s) and first name(s)
Your personal and / or professional email address
Your personal and / or professional phone number

2/ PURPOSES AND LAWFULNESS OF PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA

The treatments implemented by Transitions respond to an explicit, legitimate and determined purpose.

Your data are processed by Transitions for the following purposes:

in order to respond to your requests sent via the contact form, by email or indicated by phone. In this case, the processing of your personal data is part of a legitimate interest Transitions pursues, namely, to follow up on your request;

3/ HOW LONG DO WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

Transitions stores your data as long as necessary to fulfill the objective pursued at the time of their collection. In case Transitions would need your personal data for any other purpose than the one for which they were originally collected, Transitions will inform you and, if necessary, ask you for your prior consent.

4/ TRANSFER OF YOUR DATA OUTSIDE THE EU

You have the right to consult your file and, under certain conditions, to have it rectified, if it contains personal data concerning you which is inaccurate, incomplete or ambiguous or whose collection, communication or conservation is not authorized. You can exercise these rights by contacting our Ecocert Group Data Protection Officer (DPO):

by email :
personaldata@transitions-dd.com
by post :
Transitions
Attn : Data Protection Officer (DPO)
21 rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine 75011 Paris
All requests must be accompanied by a valid proof of identity.

If you fail to exercise your rights using the procedure described above and you consider that the processing of your personal data constitutes a violation of applicable law, you can formalized a complaint with the competent authority, all in accordance of applicableEuropean or provincial law.