Privacy policy

Website privacy policy
www.kent-group.fr

Updated un August 2024

 

The company KENT GROUP, publisher of the website www.kent-group.fr (the "Website"), is concerned about the protection of personal data. This confidentiality policy details the way in which KENT GROUP and the companies in its group process your data, in their capacity as data controller, when you browse our Site and the way in which we use them.

 

WHO IS THE DATA PROTECTION OFFICER (DPO) APPOINTED BY KENT GROUP?

KENT GROUP is a company of Alliance Marine Group, which has a group Data Protection Officer (DPO). 

The DPO can be contacted at the following address:

Alliance Marine Group

Data Protection Officer Department

75 vieux chemin de la Pauline, 83130 LA GARDE

CS90560 83041 Toulon Cedex

Or by email: dpo@alliancemarine.fr 

 

WHAT INFORMATION ARE COLLECTED AND WHEN?

KENT GROUP collects and processes your surname, first name, postal address, email address, telephone number, department and/or title, if applicable, company, function, data collected through cookies (IP addresses, browsing data, etc.).

Those data are collected when: 

  • You contact us;
  • You access or use KENT GROUP pages or accounts on third party social networking platforms;
  • You interact with our services

 

FOR WHAT PURPOSES IS YOUR DATA PROCESSED?

KENT GROUP only collects your personal data for one of the following purposes:

  • to facilitate communication about our products and services and to personalise our offers;
  • to manage your requests for quotes;
  • to communicate about new products and promotions;
  • to understand your expectations and compile statistics on the performance of our website;
  • to inform you about improvements to our products or services and our marketing operations;


WHAT ARE THE LEGAL BASES FOR THIS PROCESSING?

Your personal data are only processed by KENT GROUP in one of the following cases provided for by the regulations in force:

  • to fulfil our contractual obligations;
  • if you have given your consent (by clicking on a checkbox, etc.). You may withdraw this consent at any time;
  • where processing is in the legitimate interest of the company or a third party in providing you with the best possible service;
  • to comply with our legal obligations.

 

WHAT RIGHTS DO YOU HAVE IN RELATION TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

You have the following rights:

  • The right to access your information - You are entitled to ask us for a copy of the information we hold about you.
  • The right to amend your data - KENT GROUP endeavours to ensure that your personal data is accurate, complete and up to date. You can ask us to correct it at any time.
  • The right to delete your personal data - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal data if (i) you consider that we no longer need the information for the purposes for which it was obtained or (ii) the use of your personal data is contrary to law.
  • The right to restrict the use of some of your personal data - You may ask us to restrict the way we use your personal data to the extent required by our legal obligations or as necessary to process your orders.
  • The right to portability of your data - In certain circumstances, you have the right to receive data in electronic form and/or to ask us to transmit this information to a third party where this is technically possible (please note that this right is only applicable to data that you have provided to us, the processing of which is based on your prior consent or the performance of our contractual obligations).

These requests must be made in writing, and with proof of your identity, to KENT GROUP by sending an email to our Group DPO at the following address: dpo@alliancemarine.fr.

In the event of an unsatisfactory response from us within the regulatory time limits, you may lodge a complaint with the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL - 3 Place de Fontenoy - TSA 80715 - 75334 Paris - Cedex 07).
 

DO WE DISCLOSE INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES?

Our group companies and service providers with whom we work to manage our business operations process your personal data only to the extent necessary to perform the tasks entrusted to them. We strictly require our service providers to process your data only for the purposes intended. We also ask them to always act in accordance with the applicable laws on the protection of personal data and to pay particular attention to the confidentiality and security of such data.

We may also disclose your data if we believe that this is necessary to comply with the law, protect our rights or in the event that all or part of our business or assets are transferred to another company. Finally, non-identifiable information about visitors to our Site may be provided to third parties for marketing, advertising or other purposes.
 

IS YOUR DATA TRANSFERRED OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION?

Your personal data is stored on our servers and those of our service providers within the European Union. None of your data is transferred outside the European Union.

If in the future and to meet the purposes set out in this privacy policy, your data were to be transferred outside the European Union, KENT GROUP undertakes to carry out such transfers to countries whose level of protection of personal data has been judged sufficient by an adequacy decision of the European Commission or to first conclude specific agreements containing safeguards and appropriate guarantees for the protection of your personal data such as the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.

 

HOW LONG ARE YOUR DATA STORED?

We store your Personal Data for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected. We may retain business and/or personal data relating to product purchases for a longer period to take account of:

  • legal obligations such as tax, warranty and sales regulations;
  • limitation periods provided for by applicable legislation; 
  • potential disputes; and
  • directives issued by the competent data protection authorities, in particular the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL).

 

NO COLLECTION OF DATA RELATING TO MINORS

The Site and the services offered by KENT GROUP are not intended for minors. Consequently, we do not collect any information on minors. To this end, you guarantee that you have reached the age of majority.
 

SECURITY OF YOUR DATA

We are committed to ensuring the security of the personal data communicated to us and have put in place information systems security policies and appropriate technical rules and measures to protect the personal data under our control against unauthorised access, modification, use, disclosure or unlawful destruction or accidental loss.

All our partners, employees and data processors who have access to your personal data are required to respect the confidentiality of said data.

 

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy is regularly updated to reflect any legislative developments or changes to the way we use your personal data. We will do our utmost to notify you of any significant changes. Please check this page regularly to keep up to date with how KENT GROUP is processing your data.

 

USE OF COOKIES

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a text file sent to and stored on your terminal (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you browse a website. Cookies make it possible to identify the terminal on which they are stored.

During your visits to this Site, cookies may be installed on your terminal equipment for the purposes of analysing traffic, improving our services, sales prospecting and when you use the sharing buttons on social networks.
 

What cookies does this site use?

  • Browsing cookies

These cookies are essential to the operation of the Site. They enable you to browse the Site and use its functions. If they are deactivated, certain functions and services may be unavailable or their quality degraded.

  • Functional cookies

These are cookies that enable us to personalise your experience on our site (they are used, for example, to recognise you when you return to our Site, or to memorise your information when you fill in a form). You are informed of the possibility of consenting to the use of these cookies by means of a banner as soon as you arrive on the Site. If you deactivate these cookies, any settings you choose will not be remembered on future visits to our Site.

  • Audience measurement cookies

Analytical cookies make it possible to collect data relating to your browsing on the Site in order to improve our Site. Our Site uses Google Analytics, an audience measurement service offered by Google Inc.

  • Cookies for linking to social networks

This Site may contain links to social networks that enable you to access our pages dedicated to our company. You are informed of the possibility of consenting to the use of these cookies by a banner when you arrive on the Site. If you deactivate these cookies, you will not have access to these functions. 
 

The use of the link button to these social networks on our Site is likely to lead to the collection and exchange of certain data with these networks.
KENT GROUP invites you to consult the personal data protection policies of these social networks in order to find out exactly what information is collected by the social networks. You can configure access and confidentiality of your data directly on the social networks. In any event, KENT GROUP is not responsible for the use made of your data by the social networks on their own behalf.

To find out more about how cookies are managed by these operators:

 

Cookies management

You can configure your computer to prevent cookies from being saved. Please note that opposing the use of cookies may prevent you from taking full advantage of browsing our site. You are invited to refer to your browser's settings menus, where there are options for blocking certain types of cookies or deleting them after browsing.

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