Privacy policy

At WATCH INTEREST, the protection of your personal data is a priority.

During your interactions with WATCH INTEREST (conclusion of a contract and/or use of the website watchinterest.com hereinafter the "Site"), we are led to collect personal data about you.

The purpose of this policy is to inform you about how we process such data in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (hereinafter the "GDPR").‍

Who is the data controller?

The data controller is WATCH INTEREST, a simplified joint stock company, registered in the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 907 742 662 and whose registered office is located at 231 rue Saint-Honoré 75001 Paris (hereinafter "We").

What data do we collect?

Personal data is data that allows an individual to be identified directly or by cross-referencing with other data.

We collect data in the following categories:

  • Identification data (in particular your name, first names, email address, billing and delivery address, telephone number, identity papers);

  • Data related to your orders;

  • Economic and financial data (for example: RIB);

When using the website:

  • Identification data (e.g. name, surname, email address, telephone number);

  • Connection data (e.g. logs);

Mandatory data are indicated when you provide us with your data. They are marked with an asterisk and are necessary to provide you with our services.‍

Purpose: To execute your order, to carry out operations relating to the management of our customers concerning contracts, orders, deliveries, invoices, loyalty programs and follow-up of the contractual relationship with our customers.

Legal basis: Fulfillment of the contract you or your company has with us.

Retention period: Personal data is kept for the duration of the contractual relationship. In addition, your data (with the exception of your bank details) is archived for evidential purposes for a period of 5 years.

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Purpose: To build a file of customers and prospects.

Legal basis: Our legitimate interest to develop and promote our activity.

Retention period: For customers: data is kept for the duration of the contractual relationship For prospects: data is kept for a period of 3 years from your last contact, for prospecting purposes.

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Purpose: To send newsletters, solicitations and promotional messages.

Legal basis: For customers: our legitimate interest in retaining and informing our customers of our latest news.for prospects: your consent.for corporate customers: our legitimate interest in retaining and informing our customers and prospects of our latest news.

Retention period: The data is kept for 3 years from your last contact with us or until your consent is withdrawn.

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Purpose: To respond to your requests for information.

Legal basis: Our legitimate interest in responding to your requests.

Retention period: The data is kept for the time necessary to process your request for information and deleted once the request for information has been processed.

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Purpose: To comply with legal obligations applicable to our business.

Legal basis: To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.

Retention period: For invoices: invoices are archived for a period of 10 years. Data relating to your transactions (except bank data) are kept for 5 years.

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Purpose: To organize contests and promotional operations.

Legal basis: Our legitimate interest in building customer loyalty and offering them gifts.

Duration of conservation: The data are preserved during all the duration of the games or promotional operations and can be archived during 5 years for evidential purposes.

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Purpose: To elaborate statistics of analysis of cohorts (audience) and browsing behavior on our site.

Legal basis: Our legitimate interest in analyzing the composition of our customer base and improving our services.

Retention period: The data is kept for 25 months.

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Purpose: To provide personalized advertising.

Legal basis: Your consent.

Retention period: The data is kept for 90 days.

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Purpose: To manage requests to exercise rights.

Legal basis: Our legitimate interest in responding to your requests and keeping track of them.

Retention period: If we ask you for a proof of identity: we keep it only for the time necessary to verify your identity. Once verification is complete, the credential is deleted. If you exercise your right to object to receiving marketing: we keep this information for 3 years.‍

Who are the recipients of your data?

Will have access to your personal data:

  • (i) The staff of our company;

  • (ii) Our subcontractors: hosting provider, newsletter sending provider, delivery provider, CRM tool.

  • (iii) Where applicable: public and private bodies, exclusively to meet our legal obligations.

Will your data be transferred outside the European Union?

Your data is kept and stored for the duration of the processing on the company's servers (*), located in the European Union.

Within the framework of the tools we use (see article on the recipients concerning our subcontractors), your data may be transferred outside the European Union. The transfer of your data in this context is secured by means of the following tools:

  • either the data is transferred to a country that has been the subject of an adequacy decision by the European Commission, in accordance with Article 45 of the RGPD: in this case, this country ensures a level of protection deemed sufficient and adequate to the provisions of the RGPD;

  • or the data is transferred to a country whose level of data protection has not been recognized as adequate to the RGPD: in this case these transfers are based on appropriate safeguards indicated in Article 46 of the RGPD, adapted to each provider, including but not limited to the conclusion of standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission, the application of binding corporate rules or under an approved certification mechanism

  • or the data is transferred on the basis of one of the appropriate safeguards described in Chapter V of the RGPD.‍

What are your rights to your data?

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

  • Right to information: this is the reason why we have drawn up this policy. This right is provided for in Articles 13 and 14 of the GDPR.

  • Right of access: you have the right to access all your personal data at any time, in accordance with Article 15 of the GDPR.

  • Right of rectification: you have the right to rectify at any time your inaccurate, incomplete or obsolete personal data in accordance with Article 16 of the GDPR

  • Right to limitation: you have the right to obtain the limitation of the processing of your personal data in certain cases defined in Article 18 of the GDPR.

  • Right to erasure: you have the right to demand that your personal data be erased, and to prohibit any future collection of your personal data on the grounds set out in Article 17 of the GDPR

  • Right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority (in France, the CNIL), if you consider that the processing of your personal data constitutes a violation of the applicable texts. (Article 77 of the GDPR)

  • Right to define directives concerning the conservation, deletion and communication of your personal data after your death, in accordance with Article 40-1 of the French Data Protection Act.

  • Right to withdraw your consent at any time: for purposes based on consent, Article 7 of the GDPR provides that you may withdraw your consent at any time. Such withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out before the withdrawal.

  • Right to portability: under certain conditions specified in Article 20 of the GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a standard machine-readable format and to require its transfer to the recipient of your choice.

  • Right to object: under Article 21 of the GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. Please note, however, that we may continue to process your personal data despite this objection, for legitimate reasons or to defend legal claims.

You can exercise these rights by writing to us at the contact details below. We may ask you on this occasion to provide us with additional information or documents to prove your identity.‍

What cookies do we use?

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Contact point for personal data

Contact e-mail: [email protected]

Contact address: 231 Rue Saint-Honoré, 75001, Paris.

Modifications

We may modify this policy at any time, in particular to comply with any regulatory, legal, editorial or technical developments. These changes will apply as of the effective date of the modified version. You are therefore invited to regularly consult the latest version of this policy. Nevertheless, we will keep you informed of any significant changes to this Privacy Policy.

Effective Date: January 1, 2023