Terms of use

1. Site presentation

By virtue of article 6 of law no. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 on confidence in the digital economy, users of the lecercledeseconomistes. fr website are informed of the identity of the various parties involved in its creation and follow-up:

Owner: Le Cercle des économistes – SAS – 16 rue Jean Mermoz – 75008 Paris
Designer: Agence Modulo
Publication manager: Jean-Hervé Lorenzi
The person responsible for publication is an individual or a legal entity.
Webmaster: contact@cercledeseconomistes.fr
Host: OVH – 2 RUE KELLERMANN 59100 ROUBAIX France

2. General terms and conditions of use of the site and the services offered

Use of the lecercledeseconomistes. fr website implies full acceptance of the general conditions of use described below. These conditions of use may be amended or supplemented at any time. Users of the lecercledeseconomistes.fr website are therefore advised to consult them regularly.

This site is normally accessible to users at all times. However, Le cercle des économistes may decide to interrupt the site for technical maintenance, in which case it will endeavour to inform users of the dates and times of the intervention in advance.

The lecercledeseconomistes.fr website is updated regularly. In the same way, the legal notices may be modified at any time: they are nevertheless binding on the user, who is invited to refer to them as often as possible in order to take cognizance of them.

3. Description of services provided

The purpose of the lecercledeseconomistes. fr website is to provide information concerning all of the company’s activities. Le Cercle des économistes strives to provide information on its website that is as accurate as possible. However, it cannot be held responsible for any omissions, inaccuracies or failure to update information, whether due to its own fault or that of third-party partners who supply it.

All information on the lecercledeseconomistes.fr website is provided for information purposes only and is subject to change. Furthermore, the information provided on the lecercledeseconomistes.fr website is not exhaustive. They are subject to any changes that may have been made since they were put online.

4. Contractual limitations on technical data

The website cannot be held responsible for any material damage resulting from use of the site. In addition, the user of the site undertakes to access the site using recent, virus-free equipment and with a last-generation, up-to-date browser.

5. Intellectual property and counterfeiting

Le cercle des Economistes is the owner of the intellectual property rights or holds the rights of use on all the elements accessible on the site, in particular the texts, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds, software.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, adaptation of all or part of the elements of the site, whatever the means or the process used, is prohibited, except prior written authorization of : Le Cercle des économistes.

Any unauthorized use of the site or of any of the elements it contains will be considered as counterfeiting and will be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of articles L.335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code.

6. Limitation of liability

Le Cercle des économistes cannot be held responsible for any direct or indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment when accessing the lesrencontreseconomiques.fr website, and resulting either from the use of equipment that does not meet the specifications indicated in point 4, or from the appearance of a bug or incompatibility.

Le Cercle des économistes cannot be held responsible for indirect damage (such as loss of market or loss of opportunity) resulting from use of the lecercledeseconomistes.fr website.

Interactive areas (possibility to ask questions in the contact area) are available to users. Le Cercle des économistes reserves the right to delete, without prior notice, any content posted in this space that contravenes the legislation applicable in France, in particular provisions relating to data protection. Where applicable, Le Cercle des économistes also reserves the right to hold the user civilly and/or criminally liable, particularly in the event of messages of a racist, insulting, defamatory or pornographic nature, whatever the medium used (text, photographs, etc.).

7. Cercle des économistes privacy policy

Le Cercle des Economistes is committed to ensuring the security and confidentiality of personal data that may be processed in the course of its activities and services.

The purpose of this personal data protection policy is to inform you of the commitments made by the Cercle des économistes to protect the privacy of citizens.

7.1. What data is collected?

Le Cercle des économistes minimizes the collection of any data and ensures that only data that is strictly necessary for the purpose for which it is collected is processed. Le Cercle des économistes takes care not to process sensitive data.

When you enter information directly (in particular via forms), your data is provided with full knowledge of the facts.

No personal information of any person and in particular of any user of the site lecercledeseconomistes.fr or lesrencontreseconomiques.fr is published without your knowledge, exchanged, transferred or sold on any medium whatsoever to third parties. Only in the event of the purchase of the Cercle des Economistes or its rights would the information be passed on to the eventual purchaser, who would in turn be bound by the same obligation to preserve and protect the data.

When using the lecercledeseconomistes.fr website or http://lesrencontreseconomiques.fr, the following information may be collected:

Browsing the https://lecercledeseconomistes.fr or http://lesrencontreseconomiques.fr website may result in the installation of cookie(s) on the user’s computer. A cookie is a small file which does not allow the user to be identified, but which records information relating to the navigation of a computer on a site. The data obtained in this way is intended to facilitate subsequent browsing of the site, and is also used to measure visitor numbers.

Refusal to install a cookie may prevent you from accessing certain services. The user may, however, configure his or her computer as follows to refuse the installation of cookies:

  • Internet Explorer: Tools tab (cog-shaped icon at top right) / Internet options. Click on Privacy and choose Block all cookies. Confirm with Ok.
  • Firefox: at the top of the browser window, click on the Firefox button, then go to the Options tab. Click on the Privacy tab. Set Retention rules to: use custom settings for history. Finally, uncheck it to disable cookies.
  • Safari: Click on the menu icon (symbolized by a cog) in the top right-hand corner of the browser. Select Settings. Click on Show advanced settings. In the “Privacy” section, click on Content settings. In the “Cookies” section, you can block cookies.
  • Under Chrome: Click on the menu icon (symbolized by three horizontal lines) in the top right-hand corner of the browser. Select Settings. Click on Show advanced settings. In the “Privacy” section, click on preferences. In the “Privacy” tab, you can block cookies.

7.2. What are the purposes of personal data processing?

The processing carried out by the Cercle des économistes serves an explicit, legitimate and specific purpose. The data collected is mainly used for the following purposes:

  • manage your registration for events organized by the Cercle des économistes ;
  • manage your subscriptions to Cercle des Economistes publications;
  • improving your digital experience on our media and in particular our websites.

7.3. What are the rights of the people concerned?

Any person whose personal data is processed has the following rights:

A RIGHT TO INFORMATION

Le Cercle des économistes informs you about the processing of personal data that it implements in a clear manner as soon as your data is collected. This information covers :

  • the identity and contact details of the controller and, where applicable, of the controller’s representative;
  • if applicable, the contact details of the data protection officer ;
  • the purposes of the processing for which the personal data are intended and the legal basis for the processing;
  • any legitimate interests pursued by the Cercle des Economistes or a third party;
  • the recipients or categories of recipients of personal data;
  • where applicable, the fact that the Cercle des Economistes intends to transfer personal data to a third country or to an international organization;
  • the length of time personal data will be kept or the criteria used to determine this length of time ;
  • the existence of the right to ask the Cercle des économistes for access to personal data, their rectification or deletion, or a restriction on processing, or the right to object to processing and the right to data portability, as well as the possibility of defining the fate of one’s data after one’s death;
  • the right to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent given prior to withdrawal;
  • the right to lodge a complaint with the CNIL;
  • information on whether the requirement to provide personal data is of a regulatory or contractual nature, or whether it is a condition for the conclusion of a contract, and whether the data subject is obliged to provide the personal data, as well as on the possible consequences of failing to provide such data;
  • the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, as well as useful information concerning the underlying logic, and the importance and expected consequences of such processing.

The medium for this information varies according to the characteristics of the processing (collection form, information panel for the video, etc.).

THE RIGHT TO OBJECT

You may object, on legitimate grounds, to the processing of your data, except where this is required by law.

A RIGHT OFACCESS

You can contact the Cercle des économistes to find out whether data concerning you is being processed.
The Cercle des économistes may, however, refuse the request for access in cases determined by legal provisions.

The Cercle des économistes is not obliged to respond to requests that are manifestly abusive, notably by their number, repetitive or systematic nature (for example, a request for a full copy of a recording every week).

A RIGHT OF RECTIFICATION

You may ask the Cercle des économistes to rectify inaccurate or incomplete personal data.

A RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN

You may ask the Cercle des Economistes to delete your data in compliance with the applicable provisions on the protection of personal data.

THE RIGHT TO RESTRICT PROCESSING

You may ask the Cercle des économistes to limit the processing of your personal data in accordance with the applicable data protection provisions.

A RIGHT TO DATA PORTABILITY

You may request the portability of your data from the Cercle des économistes, provided that you can demonstrate compliance with the legal conditions applicable to data portability.

7.4. Where can I exercise my rights?

You can exercise your rights by sending a letter to :

Cercle des économistes SAS
16 rue Jean Mermoz
75008 Paris

or by e-mail to: rgpd@cercledeseconomistes.fr

To exercise your rights, you must send us your request accompanied by a copy of an identity document.

7.5. Who receives personal data?

Le Cercle des économistes only communicates personal data to authorized and specified recipients.
These are mainly its employees or external service providers who manage the services requested by the Cercle des économistes.

7.6. Where are personal data stored?

Le Cercle des économistes pays particular attention to data storage and requires its service providers to comply with applicable data protection provisions.

Le Cercle des économistes endeavors, as far as possible, to store data in France or in a member country of the European Union, unless the data you have entered has been entered by you in a third country.

7.7. How long is the data stored?

Le Cercle des économistes keeps data only as long as is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and in compliance with current legislation.

7.8. Is your data kept securely?

Le Cercle des économistes ensures the physical and IT security of personal data.

7.9. Contact

For any information concerning the personal data protection policy implemented by the Cercle des Economistes, please contact: rgpd@cercledeseconomistes.fr

8. Hypertext links and cookies

The https://lecercledeseconomistes.fr website contains a number of hypertext links to other sites, set up with the authorization of Le Cercle des économistes. However, Le Cercle des économistes is not in a position to check the content of sites visited in this way, and consequently assumes no responsibility in this respect.

Browsing the https://lecercledeseconomistes.fr website may result in the installation of cookie(s) on the user’s computer. A cookie is a small file which does not allow the user to be identified, but which records information relating to the navigation of a computer on a site. The data obtained in this way is intended to facilitate subsequent browsing of the site, and is also used to measure visitor numbers.

Refusal to install a cookie may prevent you from accessing certain services. The user may, however, configure his or her computer as follows to refuse the installation of cookies:

  • Internet Explorer: Tools tab (cog-shaped icon at top right) / Internet options. Click on Privacy and choose Block all cookies. Confirm with Ok.
  • Firefox: at the top of the browser window, click on the Firefox button, then go to the Options tab. Click on the Privacy tab.
    Set Retention rules to: use custom settings for history. Finally, uncheck it to disable cookies.
  • Safari: Click on the menu icon (symbolized by a cog) in the top right-hand corner of the browser. Select Settings. Click on Show advanced settings. In the “Privacy” section, click on Content settings. In the “Cookies” section, you can block cookies.
  • Under Chrome: Click on the menu icon (symbolized by three horizontal lines) in the top right-hand corner of the browser. Select Settings. Click on Show advanced settings. In the “Privacy” section, click on preferences. In the “Privacy” tab, you can block cookies.

9. Applicable law and jurisdiction

Any dispute relating to the use of the https://lecercledeseconomistes.fr website is subject to French law. Exclusive jurisdiction is granted to the competent courts of Paris.

10. The main laws concerned

Act no. 78-17 of January 6, 1978, as amended by Act no. 2004-801 of August 6, 2004 on data processing, data files and individual liberties.

Law no. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 on confidence in the digital economy.

11. Lexicon

User: Internet user connecting to and using the above-mentioned site.

Personal information: “information which enables, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, the identification of the natural persons to whom it applies” (article 4 of law no. 78-17 of January 6, 1978).