Privacy policy and cookies

My Personal Data

(Version updated on: 19.02.2026)

The protection of your personal data (hereinafter “PDS”) is an important concern for our company. We process the PDS you provide to us in a confidential manner and in compliance with all applicable legal provisions.

Below, we inform you which PD we may process depending on the relationship between our company and you, the legal basis for such processing, and the period during which we retain such PD.

1. Data Controller

GROUPE LEPINE (957 503 642 R.C.S. Lyon)
Postal address: 175, rue Jacquard CS50307, 69727 Genay Cedex
Telephone: +33 4 72 33 02 95,
Fax: +33 4 72 35 96 50
Email: contact@groupe-lepine.com

For the processing concerned, GROUPE LEPINE acts as a joint data controller together with all Group companies with which you have entered into a contractual relationship.

2. Personal Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions about the protection of PDS, you can contact our Data Protection Officer (hereinafter “DPO”):

– via the website contact form by selecting the subject “Personal data”,

– by e-mail at privacy@groupe-lepine.com, or

– by post to the above address, adding “Data Protection Officer”.

3. Processing of PDS

We only collect, process and use your DCP if we have a legal basis to do so, or if you have given us your consent if this is required by regulation. We adhere to the principles of economy and minimization in the collection of PII, collecting it only when necessary.

4. Your rights

In accordance with the legal and regulatory provisions in force, you have the following rights to your DCP:

– Right of access: You can ask us to find out which DCP GROUPE LEPINE has about you.

– Right of rectification, in order to correct inaccurate or incomplete DCP concerning you.

– Right to erasure, subject to compliance with our legal obligations and the public interest.

– Right to object if the processing is based on legitimate interest: You have the right to object to GROUPE LEPINE carrying out a certain number of processing operations for reasons relating to your particular situation. You also have the right to object to commercial canvassing, without having to provide a reason.

– Right to portability, where processing is based on your consent, or on a contract to which you are a party. You may ask GROUPE LEPINE to forward your personal data to you or to a third party in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.

– The right to limit the processing of your personal data, i) if you dispute the accuracy of your personal data during the period during which we are able to verify its accuracy, (ii) if you consider that we are processing your personal data unlawfully and you request that we limit their use rather than erase them, (iii) if we no longer need your personal data for the purposes mentioned above, but they are still necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of your legal rights, (iv) if you exercise your right to object to our processing of your personal data, for the duration of the verification as to whether our legitimate motives prevail over your own.

– The right not to be the subject of a decision based exclusively on automated processing and producing legal effects concerning you or significantly affecting you.

– The right to revoke your consent at any time.

– The right to formulate directives concerning the conservation, deletion and communication of your DCP post-mortem.
You can exercise these rights by contacting the DPO as described in 2. As part of your request, we may need to verify your identity and, if necessary, ask you for a copy of your identity document.

In the event of a dispute, you also have the option of lodging a complaint with the CNIL. Further information is available on its website www.cnil.fr.

5. Access to your PD

Your PCDs are mainly accessible to GROUPE LEPINE’s Sales and Marketing Department, Information Systems Department, Finance Department and Human Resources Department.

We will only pass on your PDS to third parties if this is necessary for the performance of the contract or if you have given your consent. If necessary, we may pass on your personal data to the following recipients:

– Affiliates of GROUPE LEPINE and their internal departments responsible for processing your request, assignment or application,

Other Group companies may be designated as Joint Processors depending on the purpose concerned.

– Tax, audit or other authorities, if we are required by law or other regulation to disclose such information,
external service providers as well as IT service providers and external storage providers, if there is a corresponding processing contract (or comparable title).

– Subcontractors involved in commercial prospecting (routing, etc.)

We will not pass on your personal data to third parties for advertising purposes.

If some of GROUPE LEPINE’s partners are located in countries whose regulations do not necessarily offer the same level of protection as that of European Union member states, GROUPE LEPINE will ensure that such transfers are carried out in accordance with French regulatory requirements (such as the implementation of contractual clauses adopted by the European Commission). You can contact our DPO to obtain further information on these subjects and a copy of the relevant documents.

6. Retention period of PD

In principle, we keep your personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the purpose of the processing. Subsequent archiving is only carried out in cases where we must continue to keep them in order to meet legal or regulatory obligations.

For example

– PCDs relating to unsuccessful job applicants are kept for two (2) years, if they have given their consent.

– PCDs relating to customers is kept for the duration of the contractual relationship, plus the period of prescription.

– PCDs relating to prospects is kept for 3 years from the last commercial contact.

7. Purposes and legal bases

The table below summarizes the purposes for which GROUPE LEPINE processes your personal data. Where other Group companies are designated as Joint Processors, an asterisk (*) is shown:

GROUPE LEPINE processes the following categories of personal data: identification data (surname, first name, contact details, etc.), data relating to your interests, data relating to contracts and payments and data relating to the qualifications and experience of job applicants.

In the forms, the information collected by GROUPE LEPINE and which is essential to meet the aforementioned purposes is identified by an asterisk on the collection forms. If you do not complete these mandatory fields, GROUPE LEPINE may not be able to provide the service concerned.

8. Use of cookies

8.1 What is a “cookie” and what data do we collect?

We use various cookies to improve the interactivity of the site and our services. A cookie is a small file placed on your terminal (computer, smartphone, tablet) when you visit a website. With certain exceptions, the insertion of cookies requires your consent.

You are invited to manage your preferences below by configuring all or part of the cookies. You may also accept or refuse them in full.

The cookies we place on your terminal, subject to your prior consent, enable us to collect the following information:

• Information relating to the device you use:
  • Type of device used (smartphone, tablet, computer, etc.);
  • Operating system of your device (Mac OS, iOS, Android, Windows, BlackBerry, etc.);
  • Plugin categories and versions;
  • Your Internet service provider (Orange, SFR, Bouygues, Free, etc.);
  • Browser used (Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer, etc.);
  • Advertising identifier linked to your device’s operating system;
  • IP address of your device;
  • Geolocation data of your device;
  • Your language preferences.

• Information relating to our navigation and your behaviour on the website:
  • statistics on page views (such as the category of goods or services viewed, time spent, timestamps, etc.);
  • the full URL navigation path to, through and from our website;
  • confirmation of receipt and opening of commercial, prospecting or informational emails sent to you, subject, where applicable, to your prior consent.

• Information relating to sales areas and/or promotional banners accessed on the website or on third-party media:
  • the URL and/or subject of the website and/or mobile application where you navigated and where the advertisement may have been displayed;
  • details of the advertisement(s) displayed (advertiser identity, type of advertisement, etc.);
  • your behaviour in relation to the advertisement(s) (time spent, clicks, etc.);
  • your behaviour after clicking on the advertisement(s) (application download, survey response, etc.);
  • the number of times the advertisement(s) were displayed.

• Information relating to you (age or age range, gender, declared and/or presumed socio-professional category, presumed interests, etc.) linked to your online activity and/or on the website.

8.2 What are cookies used for and how long are they stored?

We and our partners use several categories of cookies for different purposes.

• Website functionality cookies (mandatory)

These cookies are necessary to ensure optimal operation of the website and cannot be configured. They allow us to provide you with the main features of the website (language, display resolution, account access, shopping cart, wish list, etc.).

The use of these “essential” cookies does not require your consent.

• Statistical analysis cookies

These cookies are used to measure and analyse website traffic (number of visits, pages viewed, average visit duration, etc.) in order to improve performance. By accepting these cookies, you contribute to improving our website. Their use requires your prior consent.

• Advertising and social media cookies

These cookies are used to ensure that advertisements displayed on third-party websites, including social networks, are tailored to your preferences and to measure campaign effectiveness. Disabling these cookies will not prevent advertisements from being displayed, but they may be less relevant. Their use requires your prior consent.

8.3 Your choices regarding cookies

• Managing your preferences via the tool available on our website

We collect your consent, in particular via a banner, before allowing cookies to be stored on your device. The banner allows you to configure cookies by category.

You may modify your choices at any time and, where applicable, disable these cookies (except essential navigation cookies) using the “Manage cookies” preference tool available on each page of the website:
https://www.groupe-lepine.com/fr/module/cookiebanner/settings
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Your preference is recorded via a cookie. If you delete all cookies stored on your device (via your browser), we or our partners will no longer be able to recognise your choice.

• Browser settings

In general, you may disable cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser (usually available in the “options” or “preferences” menu), for each of your devices. Please note that fully disabling cookies may prevent access to certain website features.

Your browser’s help menu provides instructions for managing cookie preferences and is available at the following addresses:

Internet Explorer™, Safari™, Chrome™, Firefox™, Opera™.

9. Changes to the personal data protection information

We reserve the right to adapt our personal data protection information in accordance with changes in legal and regulatory requirements.