Privacy Policy & Official Legal Mentions

Part 1: Official Statutory Legal Mentions (Mentions Légales)

In strict compliance with the provisions of Article 6 of French Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 on Confidence in the Digital Economy (Loi pour la Confiance dans l'Économie Numérique - LCEN), the following institutional information is provided to the public:

Part 2: Personal Data Protection Policy (RGPD / GDPR Compliance)

PATRIMOINE, CULTURE ET TRADITIONS applies the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679 - GDPR / RGPD) and the amended French Data Protection Act (Loi Informatique et Libertés of January 6, 1978). Because our association is strictly non-commercial and dedicated to the public interest, our data processing activities are minimal, transparent, and strictly confined to community communication and volunteer management.

Principles of Data Minimization & Sole Processing Purposes

We collect personal data solely when voluntarily provided by users via our interactive contact and volunteer registration forms:

• Contact Form Processing: Data collected (first and last name, email address, optional telephone number, subject, and message content) is processed exclusively to provide personalized answers to inquiries concerning school excursions, artifact donations, or historical research.
• Volunteer Application Processing: Data collected is utilized solely by the volunteer coordination committee to review applicants' interests, schedule informal welcome orientations, and ensure civil liability insurance registration during workshop participation.
• Categorical Zero Commercial Commercialization: We never sell, rent, monetize, transfer, exchange, or cede personal contact information to any commercial advertising agency, direct marketing platform, or third-party enterprise.

Data Retention Limits & Digital Security Architecture

In accordance with CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés) standards:

1. Contact Inquiries: Personal information submitted through general inquiry forms is retained for a maximum duration of twelve (12) months following the resolution of the inquiry, after which all electronic records are securely purged.

2. Volunteer and Membership Records: Active membership rosters and insurance data are maintained for the active duration of associative enrollment plus three (3) statutory years for accounting audit compliance, after which inactive entries are archived or deleted.

3. Technical Security: All transmission of information over this website is encrypted using industry-standard TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocols. Our web servers implement modern firewalls and restrictive access credentials accessible exclusively to authorized board officers.

Your Statutory Rights: Access, Rectification, Erasure & Opposition

Under Articles 15 to 22 of the GDPR, every citizen whose personal information is processed by our association holds enforceable legal rights:

• Right of Access (Article 15): You have the right to request a complete copy of all personal data held concerning you.
• Right of Rectification (Article 16): You may request the immediate correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Right to Erasure / Right to be Forgotten (Article 17): You may request the permanent deletion of your data when it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was originally collected.
• Right to Restriction of Processing (Article 18): You may request that your data be placed in temporary suspension while an inquiry is investigated.
• Right to Data Portability (Article 20): You may receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

To exercise any of these rights, simply send an email request accompanied by proof of identity to our designated Data Protection Officer (DPO) at: contact@actionzaro.lol or by registered postal mail addressed to: DPO, Association PATRIMOINE, CULTURE ET TRADITIONS, Mairie, 403 Rue Claires Fontaines, 01150 Saint-Vulbas, France. Requests are handled free of charge within thirty (30) days.

If you believe, after contacting our team, that your data protection rights have not been respected, you have the statutory right to lodge a formal complaint with the French data protection supervisory authority: Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), 3 Place de Fontenoy - TSA 80715, 75334 Paris Cedex 07 (www.cnil.fr).

Cookie Policy & Non-Tracking Guarantee

Our commitment to digital ethics extends to tracking technologies. PATRIMOINE, CULTURE ET TRADITIONS does not employ third-party advertising cookies, behavioural profiling trackers, retargeting pixels, or commercial analytics scripts.

The only cookies potentially generated by this website are strictly necessary technical session cookies essential for network transmission, load balancing, or CSRF protection. In accordance with CNIL guidelines regarding essential operational cookies, these identifiers do not require prior user consent banners because they cannot be utilized to identify or track individuals across external web properties.