Privacy Policy

ACCENT SUD – ASSOCIATION POUR LA COOPERATION CULTURELLE ET L’ECONOMIE NUMERIQUE TRANSREGIONALE AVEC L’EUROPE DU SUD (“ACCENT SUD”) is a registered non-profit association, founded on March 26, 2021, with RNA number W332030476 and SIRET number 902758804.

The registered office of ACCENT SUD is:
Ambassade de la vie locale,166 Cours Marechal Gallieni, 33400 TALENCE, France.
The postal address is 40 rue Pitot, 34000 MONTPELLIER, France.
We invite you to contact us on communication@accent-sud.eu before sending anything by post

By understanding that the use of your personal data requires your confidence, we follow the current regulations and the appropriate procedures in the treatment and data protection.

We will only use your personal data for the purposes we identify below, following the General Regulation on Data Protection (GDPR) and ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of your personal data.

The Privacy Policy described below, establishes how ACCENT SUD treats the personal data of its customers, partners, subscribers to newsletters and visitors to our website www.accent-sud.eu

Who is responsible for the processing of your personal data?

ACCENT SUD is responsible for the processing of the personal data of its members, partners, subscribers and visitors who subscribe to our newsletter and or submit a request for contact or evaluation of projects, following the terms of the data protection legislation in force in the European Union (the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

ACCENT SUD does not share the personal data provided with any other entity, except if your contact and message is related to the projects that we are implementing and managing. In that case, we might share your message and contact with our partners and with the funding authorities of the specific co-funded project, or for reporting or audit purposes when requested. We have the obligation of informing you every time this will happen.

How is your personal information is collected?

Personal data will be collected and processed in the following situations:

If you complete the contact request form
If you subscribe to our newsletter
If spontaneous contact occurs
Other forms and formats of data collection

For what purpose and what grounds can your personal data be used?

Your personal data is collected and used solely for the purposes for which it has been provided, including:

Customer service – Providing relevant information about ACCENT SUD’s services and updates
Recruitment – Processing applications in response to job openings or spontaneous applications
Newsletter distribution – Sending updates strictly in accordance with the preferences you have selected in the consent form available on this homepage

We also collect and process personal data from members, partners, and sponsors to:

Manage memberships and partnerships
Organize events and facilitate networking opportunities
Communicate updates and foster collaboration

This data is processed in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to ensure security, confidentiality, and lawful handling. We do not share your personal data with third parties unless it is required for the execution of our projects or due to legal obligations. In such cases, we will inform you accordingly.
Under the data protection legislation in force in the European Union (GDPR), the processing of personal data must be justified by at least one legal basis. The legal basis applicable to the collection and use of your personal data for customer service, recruitment, and the distribution of information related to ACCENT SUD and its activities is your consent.

Legal basis for the processing of personal data

When you have given consent to the processing of your personal data (for this purpose you will be presented with a consent form for the use of your data, which consent may subsequently be withdrawn);
How much processing is necessary to conclude or execute a contract with you;
When the treatment is necessary to fulfil the legal obligations to which ACCENT SUD is subject;
When treatment is necessary to achieve a legitimate interest and our reasons for its use prevail over your data protection rights;
When treatment is necessary for us to testify, exercise or defend a right in legal proceedings against you, us or a third party.

What personal data can be collected?

The personal data we collect may include your name, email address, phone number (landline and/or mobile), postal address, date of birth, curriculum vitae, and any other information you voluntarily submit to us.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We implement a variety of security measures to ensure the protection, integrity, and availability of your personal data. These measures include authentication tools, encryption, and digital certificates.
While no internet or website data transmission can guarantee absolute protection against intrusions, we, along with our service providers and business partners, take every precaution to implement and maintain robust physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in compliance with applicable data protection regulations.
Among the measures we have implemented:

Firewall protection to prevent unauthorized access to your personal data;
Continuous monitoring of IT systems to detect, prevent, and respond to potential misuse of your personal data.

HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, in compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations. For the purposes described in this Privacy Policy (such as marketing and customer service), your personal data will be retained from the moment of your consent collection or from your last interaction with us (whichever occurs later), provided that you have not withdrawn your consent during this period. Once the retention period has expired, your personal data will be securely deleted or irrevocably anonymized, unless legal or regulatory obligations require a longer storage period. The criteria used to determine retention periods include:

The duration of our contractual relationship with you;
Legal and regulatory retention requirements;
The need to retain data for legal defense purposes.

Your personal data is stored on secure servers operated by our service providers, and is accessed and used exclusively in compliance with our security policies and standards (or equivalent standards of our service providers). If you would like more details on specific retention periods, please contact us at communication@accent-sud.eu

Your rights to data protection and to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority

If you have any questions regarding our use of your personal data, you may contact us Subject to certain conditions, you may have the right to:

Receive additional information about how we process your personal data;
Request a copy of the personal data you have provided;
Request that your personal data be transferred to another data controller;
Correct any inaccuracies in the personal data we retain;
Request the deletion of personal data that is no longer lawfully used;
Restrict the processing of your personal data until a complaint is investigated.

The exercise of these rights is subject to certain exceptions designed to safeguard the public interest (such as the prevention or detection of crimes) or our legitimate interests (such as maintaining professional confidentiality). If you exercise any of these rights, we will review and respond to your request within one (1) month. If you are unsatisfied with our processing of your personal data or our response to your request, you have the right, under applicable law, to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority: Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données (CNPD).

Marketing Permissions

ACCENT SUD will use the information you provide on this website to stay in touch with you and send you updates and communications about its activities. Please indicate how you would like to receive information from us.
You can change your preferences at any time by contacting us at communication@accent-sud.eu. We will treat your data with the utmost respect.
By submitting your information to us, you agree that we may process it in accordance with these terms.