This personal data protection policy came into force on 25 May 2018 and applies to all websites of CHAHAN SARL and/or of companies directly or indirectly controlled by CHAHAN SARL, unless a specific website publishes its own policy.
Collection of Personal Data
In general, you can visit CHAHAN’s websites without providing any Personal Data about yourself. However, to access certain parts of our websites, for example to download certain documents, or in connection with another specific use, we may ask you for Personal Data. Providing Personal Data in this context is voluntary. If you do not provide this Personal Data, you will not be able to benefit from the corresponding services offered by our websites, such as communication, document downloads or recruitment. The reasons why your Personal Data is collected are set out below, together with a brief description of how this data may be processed in each case.
- Communicating with you.
We will follow up on your comments and on any other requests you may submit through our website, such as your online questions, sales enquiries or registration for a conference. For this purpose, we may need to call you back by telephone or contact you by email.
- Direct marketing and promotion.
Direct marketing and/or promotional operations carried out by CHAHAN or on behalf of CHAHAN may involve us providing you with specific information that you requested online or more general information about CHAHAN’s offers. Such operations may also involve your participation in sponsored events. When we collect Personal Data for marketing or promotional purposes, we nevertheless offer you appropriate choices regarding its use.
- Recruitment.
If you submit a CV or an application online, we will use your Personal Data for recruitment purposes, which may involve contacting you by email, telephone or post. In some cases, you may be asked to register on our website so that you can track the progress of your application online. Unless you request otherwise, CHAHAN may keep your Personal Data on file for a certain period in order to contact you in the future about other employment opportunities at CHAHAN.
- Discussion forums.
If you choose to take part in discussion forums or discussion groups, you may in some cases be asked to provide information such as your name and email address. It is also important that you know that your comments may be widely accessible to others, inside or outside CHAHAN, depending on the specific forum or discussion group you join.
- Maintaining the website and conducting customer satisfaction surveys.
We will use your Personal Data to maintain and improve our website. We will also use your Personal Data to conduct customer satisfaction surveys.
- Compiling overall statistics on the use of its website.
When you provide Personal Data on the website, you warrant that you have obtained the necessary authorisations and consents from the persons concerned by this Personal Data if it relates to persons other than yourself and, where applicable, for the uses described in this Policy.
Cookies
Cookies are used on this website. By using our website, you agree that cookies may be placed on your computer as explained below. Cookies are small data files sent to the web browser you are using by the website you are visiting. The main purpose of cookies is to make browsing a website easier, for example by remembering your user preferences, or to improve the user experience. These cookies may then be stored on your computer to identify it. The cookies used on this website may be set either by our website or by a third-party website. In addition, these cookies may be session or persistent cookies: a session cookie is automatically deleted when the user closes the browser, whereas a persistent cookie remains stored on the user’s computer until its expiry date. The cookies used on the CHAHAN website have a maximum lifespan of 12 months.
1 Types of cookies
The different types of cookies we use on this website fall into four categories, based on the 2012 Cookie Guide of the International Chamber of Commerce United Kingdom. For more information about the different cookies we use on this website, please see the list of cookies below.
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are essential for you to browse our website and make full use of its features, such as access to certain secure web pages. Without these cookies, some of the services you request cannot be provided. The strictly necessary cookies used on the CHAHAN website are as follows:
Registered visitor cookies. Functionality cookies
These cookies allow a website to remember the choices you make about its settings in order to provide you with enhanced, more personal features. For example, a functionality cookie could take into account the geographical area you are currently in so as to provide you with local information. These cookies may also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, font and other parts of web pages that you have customised. They may also be used to provide you with certain services you have requested, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. These cookies cannot track your browsing activity on other websites and do not collect any information about you that could be used for advertising purposes. The functionality cookies used on the CHAHAN website are as follows:
- Registered visitor functionality cookies.
- Social media sharing cookies.
Performance cookies
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website, such as the most visited pages or error messages appearing on certain pages. All information collected through these cookies is anonymous and is collected solely to develop and monitor traffic trends on our website in order to improve how it works. This information is used exclusively by CHAHAN and is in no way shared with third parties or linked to any other information. The performance cookies used on the CHAHAN website are as follows:
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Unregistered visitor cookies.
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Analytics cookies.
Targeting cookies
Targeting cookies are used to measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign by enabling the delivery of targeted advertisements tailored to users, with a limited frequency of appearance. They are generally placed on a website by advertising agencies with the consent of the website operator. These cookies record a user’s visit to a website, and this information is then shared with third parties (such as advertising networks). At the request of the third party, these cookies will very often be linked to a specific feature of the website. We do not use this type of cookie. Our website does not contain any third-party advertising. We use targeting cookies exclusively for our internal analysis needs.
Third-party social media websites may collect certain information (such as IP address, browser type, language used or access time) if you are logged in to these sites while browsing our website. These websites may also link the information collected with the profile information available on their own site. We do not control these third-party tracking technologies, so we recommend that you read the terms of use and the Personal Data Protection Policy of these third-party sites before using them.
2 Use of cookies
We may use Personal Data collected by our cookies to analyse the behaviour of users of our website and thereby provide more personalised content and offers.
The performance cookies used on this website do not collect Personal Data. Other cookies may collect Personal Data (including information from cookies placed by our advertising links on third-party websites). Here is a list of the main cookies we use on our website:
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Cookies |
Description |
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Registered visitor cookie |
Cookie assigned to each registered user. |
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Registered visitor functionality cookie |
Cookie used to store the unique identifier assigned to each registered user. |
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Social media sharing cookies. |
Cookie placed by services such as Facebook, or Twitter, or Linkedin, allowing social media users to share on those sites content found on our website. |
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Unregistered visitor cookie |
Cookie used to assign unregistered users a unique identifier in order to recognise them and analyse how they use the website. |
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Analytics cookie |
Cookie used to store the URL of previously visited web pages, making it possible to track the navigation of users coming from outside as well as from within our website. When you click on a CHAHAN advertising link from a third-party website, a cookie may be placed on your computer to record this, in order to measure the audience of our advertisements and ensure that they are used effectively.
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Other tracking technologies
CHAHAN also uses technologies substantially similar to cookies, such as web beacons or any other technology that may be included in promotional emails or newsletters, in order to determine whether these messages have been opened or whether you have clicked on the links they contain. Web beacons do not store any data on your computer, but may be used alongside cookies to analyse browsing activity on the website.
How to accept or refuse cookies
If you do not wish to receive cookies from our website, you can set your browser to refuse them or to warn you when you receive one, asking you whether or not you accept such a cookie. You can also set your browser to disable cookies. To find out how, please see the “Tools” menu of your browser, or any similar name. However, we recommend that you do not disable our cookies. Please bear in mind that if you block, turn off or reject our cookies, some pages of our website will no longer display correctly or you will no longer be able to use certain services that require you to log in. If you refuse to have our cookies placed on your computer, you will then need to disable them. To do so, please follow the appropriate instructions below depending on your browser:
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If you use the Internet Explorer browser.
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If you use the Firefox browser.
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If you use the Safari browser.
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If you use the Google Chrome browser.
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Non-EU Organisation
CHAHAN takes into account the invalidation of the Safe Harbor programme by the Court of Justice of the European Union for its transfers of Personal Data to the United States. The impact of this decision on CHAHAN is limited, as no CHAHAN entity is present in the United States or is concerned by or certified under Safe Harbor (excluding IGATE).
External providers
Like many organisations, we use external providers to collect, use and otherwise process Personal Data on our behalf. Our policy is to require these external providers to process Personal Data in accordance with CHAHAN’s commitments regarding confidentiality and security.
Business restructuring
Like many organisations, CHAHAN may restructure its business at any time, either by acquiring new companies or by selling or merging existing ones. Such measures may lead us to disclose Personal Data to potential or existing customers, or to receive Personal Data from potential sellers. Our policy is to require adequate confidentiality protection for Personal Data disclosed in connection with such transactions.
Legal obligations to disclose data
CHAHAN may disclose your Personal Data in order to enforce the website’s Terms of Use or in emergency situations to ensure the safety of individuals or to protect the public or CHAHAN’s websites. We may also be required by law to disclose your Personal Data under court decisions, warrants, orders or any other European regulations.
Sensitive Personal Data
As a general rule, CHAHAN does not collect “Sensitive Personal Data” through its website. The term “Sensitive Personal Data” refers to Personal Data concerning racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, health or sexual orientation. By voluntarily providing us with Sensitive Personal Data without it being requested (for example when submitting a CV or an online application), you expressly consent to your Personal Data being used as described in this Policy.
Access to Personal Data and correction, updating and deletion of Personal Data
If you have any questions about this Policy, or if you wish to access your Personal Data, please send an email to: gallery@chahan.com
Likewise, if you wish your data to be deleted, log in and update, correct or delete your profile on our website, or use the contact above, so that CHAHAN can make the necessary updates, corrections and/or deletions.
Data security and integrity
CHAHAN uses various technical security measures and implements appropriate policies to protect the Personal Data we collect, use or transfer against loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. However, it is important that you know that, since the Internet is open to all and not secure, CHAHAN cannot be held responsible for the security of Personal Data transmitted over the Internet.
External websites
CHAHAN’s websites may provide links to external websites. CHAHAN gives no warranty and makes no representation regarding these external websites. It is important that you know that the owners and operators of these external websites may collect, use or transfer Personal Data under terms and conditions different from those of CHAHAN. When you connect to an external website, you should inform yourself about the privacy and security measures of that website.
Notification of changes to this Policy
This Policy is effective as of 25 May 2018 (the “Effective Date“). To check for updates to this Policy, please consult this page regularly.
