Privacy Policy

Introduction

This privacy policy explains how the Global-Watch Network uses your personal data when you visit the websites under its control, subscribe to its newsletters or its market watch or maintain commercial relations with one or other of the projects under its purview.

You will also find a description of your right to privacy and how the law protects you.

It is important that you read this privacy policy and any other privacy policies we provide to you, to understand why we use your data and how we do it.

If you have any questions or wish to exercise your right to privacy, you can contact us at: info@global-watch.com

The global-watch.com site presents the activities of the Global-Watch Network. This site includes a secure section accessible to employers who are members and holders of Global-Watch licenses. It provides access to many tools and scientific content related to health and well-being at work.

The personal data we collect about you:

Personal data, or personal information, is any information that can be used to identify an individual. Excluded from this definition is anonymous information.

Identity Data includes title, first name, last name, username or similar identifier, and a version of your username/password.

Contact Data includes physical address, email addresses and telephone numbers.

Financial Data may include credit card information. This information may be collected when purchasing online. None of this data is transmitted to us.

Any profile data includes your user name and password.

Technical Data includes your IP address, login data, browser type and version, time zone and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technologies on the devices you use to access this website.

Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products and services.

Tracking Data includes information that we or anyone else collects about you from cookies and similar tracking technologies, such as web beacons, pixel tags or mobile identifiers.

Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences regarding whether or not to receive communications from us.

We do not collect special categories of personal data (this includes details of your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information relating to your health, genetic or biometric data).

Remember that you can choose not to share personal data with us or refuse certain contact permissions.

How is your Personal Data collected?

We use various methods to collect data about you:

Direct interactions. You may provide us with your Identity Data, Contact Data, Financial Data, and Marketing and Communications Data by filling out our forms or by contacting us by post, phone, or email. For example, when you:

  • Sign up to receive a newsletter or market watch;
  • Register online for one of our events;
  • Ask questions or request to receive information;
  • Contact our services directly by email, or by one of the forms presented on one of our websites.

Indirect interactions. You may provide us with your Technical Data, Usage Data and Tracking Data by visiting our websites and corporate social media pages, logging into the secure section of the Global-Watch website, agreeing to receiving and viewing communications.

Use of your personal data

We will only use your personal data in accordance with the law. Generally, your personal data will be used in the following cases:

  • In order to perform the contract we have or will sign with you.
  • In order to improve or personalize our service offer.
  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override them. For example, when we carry out anti-fraud checks.
  • When we have to meet any legal or regulatory obligations. For example, for keeping our records.

In general, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data, except where required by law, for example for sending direct marketing communications. Where the legal basis is consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Explanation of the legal grounds governing our processing of your personal data

We do not perform any automated decision making. The personal data kept only serves us for the follow-up of files, or for communication actions relating to our activities.

Do not hesitate to contact us with any questions about the privacy policy.

Cookies

The global-watch.com site uses cookies. The user is informed of this during his visits to the website and can accept or refuse the installation of the cookie on his browser.

The cookie is a block of data that does not identify users but is used to record information relating to their browsing on the site.

Your preferences in advertising, marketing and communication

We may use your Identity Data, Contact Data, Technical Data, Tracking Data, Usage Data and Profile Data to get an idea of ​​what you might want or need or what might interest you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers are relevant to you and let you know. This is what we call direct marketing communication.

This can be conducted by e-mail, telephone, sms or mail. For example, you may receive the Newsletter in your inbox or an interesting advertisement in your mailbox.

On our site, we do our best to make it clear to you what we are doing and what communications you will receive, whether it is you who decides to subscribe to our newsletters. You also have the right to change your mind at any time and to refuse. The easiest way to refuse it is to click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the communication.

Disclosure of your personal data

Your personal data is not shared, except as necessary, with the following third parties:

  • Auditors and professional advisers such as bankers, lawyers, accountants and insurers; and
  • The government, regulators and the police.

Your personal data may also be shared with the following third parties:

  • Hubspot (customer relationship management system): to facilitate the management of our business relationships.
  • Mailchimp (online marketing platform): to send our newsletters and market intelligence to those who request them.
  • Blitzmedia (host): to allow access to the secure section of the Global-Watch website to Global-Watch licensees.
  • Other sub-processors (in the case of specific mandates): in order to provide services to our clients.

Payment information

No information relating to means of payment is requested on our various websites. Transactions for the purchase of market watches and registration for events are processed by the external systems Paypal or Eventbrite.

All administrative and financial information concerning our customers is kept as part of the administrative and financial management of the company.

Data security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, modified, disclosed or accessed without authorization. In addition, access to your personal data is limited to employees, agents, contractors and other third parties on a need-to-know basis. They will process your personal data in accordance with our instructions and are subject to the obligation of confidentiality.

We have procedures in place to deal with any suspected personal data breach. You and any relevant regulator will be notified of any such breach when required by law.

International transfers

For any transfer of your personal data outside the EEA, we comply with applicable data protection laws. The mechanisms we may use when making an international transfer are as follows:

  • Your personal data is transferred to a country whose level of protection is officially considered adequate by the European Commission.
  • We may use specific contracts approved by the European Commission which give personal data the same protection as in Europe (so-called “EU Standard Contractual Clauses”).
  • Where we use providers based in the United States, we may send data to them if they are part of the Privacy Shield which requires them to provide similar protection to personal data shared between Europe and the United States. In case the supplier is not certified by the EU-US Privacy Shield, we can use the Standard Contractual Clauses.

Links to Third Party Sites

This website may contain links to third party sites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party sites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our site, we advise you to read the privacy policy of each site you visit.

Data Retention

Your personal data will only be kept for the time necessary to implement the purpose for which they were collected. This includes legal, accounting or reporting requirements.

In order to determine the appropriate retention period for your personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of that data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, the purpose for processing it, and

 

the possibility of achieving this purpose by other means; and the applicable legal requirements.

For tax purposes, we must retain basic information about our customers (including contact data, identity data, financial data and transaction-related data) in accordance with legal obligations, from when they cease to be our customers.

Your Legal Rights

If the General Data Protection Regulation applies to you because you are in the European Union, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data, in accordance with data protection legislation:

  • The right to be informed: we have an obligation to inform you of how we use your personal data (which we do in this privacy policy);
  • The right of access: this is the right to make a request for access to data concerning you in order to receive a copy of the personal data that we hold about you;
  • The right of rectification: the right to ask us to rectify personal data concerning you which is incomplete or inaccurate;
  • The right to erasure, also known as the “right to be forgotten”: in some cases, you can ask us to delete the personal data we have about you (unless there is a legal reason imperative which obliges us to keep them);
  • The right to restriction of processing: you have the right in certain cases to ask us to suspend the processing of personal data;
    The right to data portability: you have the right to ask us for a copy of your personal data in a common format (for example a .csv file);
  • The right to object: you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data (for example, by prohibiting us from processing your data for direct marketing purposes); and



  • Rights relating to automated individual decision-making and profiling: you have the right to ask us to be transparent about any profiling we carry out or any automated decision-making.

The exercise of these rights is subject to certain rules. Contact us if you wish to exercise any of the rights described above. You will not have to pay any fees for access to your personal data (nor for the exercise of any other right). We may ask you for specific information in order to confirm your identity and ensure your right of access to your personal data (or to exercise any other right). This is a security measure to ensure that this personal data is not delivered to a person who is not authorized to receive it. We may also contact you to obtain more information about your request, in order to give you a faster response. We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. This one-month period may be exceeded if your request is particularly complex or if you have made several. In this case, we will notify you and keep you informed.

We have appointed a Personal Data File Manager to oversee questions regarding this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about this privacy policy or want to exercise your legal rights, you can contact him directly. (See article 16 of this privacy policy).

How to contact us about privacy

If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy or to exercise any of your rights, please contact our Director of communications by email at: info@global-watch.com

Privacy Policy Changes

The recent General Data Protection Regulation continues to issue new advice for companies to comply with. As such, you may see updates to our privacy policy over the coming months.

Terms of use of the global-watch.com website

By using the Global-Watch.com website (the “Website”),you, the Customer, acknowledge and agree to all of the terms and conditions of use of the Website set forth herein.

 

1. License to Use

1.1  Global-Watch grants the subscribing employer a non-exclusive and non-transferable license allowing a specified number of employees ("authorized users") to use the Website’s services for the duration of the license granted to the subscribing employer. The Global-Watch Website includes an unsecured section ("Public Content") and a secured section ("Secured Content"); both the Public Content and Secured Content together constitute the "Contents." Authorized employee users have the right to access and distribute the Contents available to them on the Global-Watch Website as specified on the "How to Use Global-Watch Content" page. The number of authorized employee users and the levels of access granted to the subscribing employer are specified in the Proposal and agreed upon between the subscribing employer and Global-Watch. This License allows the subscribing employer to use the Website solely for the needs of its business. The Contents are made available to the subscribing employer for distribution only to its employees, in accordance with the terms specified herein. The Contents may not be shared or redistributed by authorized employee users to individuals who are not employees of the subscribing employer. The subscribing employer shall enforce all the terms of this agreement with its affiliated companies and their employees and shall remain responsible for any violations of the agreement by them.

1.2  The subscribing employer must maintain the confidentiality of the individual access codes assigned to its authorized employee users and ensure their compliance with these terms. The subscribing employer is entirely responsible for the use and protection of these individual access codes. The subscribing employer must ensure that only individuals issued a valid access code can access the secured contents of the Website. If the subscribing employer becomes aware of unauthorized access to the secured contents of the Website, it must promptly inform Global-Watch. The subscribing employer shall comply with and ensure that its authorized employee users comply with all guidelines provided by Global-Watch.

1.3  The subscribing employer grants Global-Watch a worldwide, perpetual, transferable, and irrevocable license with the right to sublicense, allowing Global-Watch to communicate, reproduce, transmit, and make public any contributions made by the subscribing employer to the Website via comments or other means, subject to confidentiality restrictions on content contributed to the secured section of the Website.

2. Permitted Use of Contents

During its active subscription to Global-Watch services, the subscribing employer may access and distribute the Contents for its employee training and awareness activities. Upon termination of its subscription, the subscribing employer's access and distribution rights cease, and the employer agrees not to permit any further distribution of the Contents by authorized employee users.

Global-Watch does not allow the use of its Contents for commercial purposes (such as consulting, presentations to third parties, external conference dissemination, etc.) but only for internal use within the subscribing employer’s organization.

2.1 Public Content may be widely distributed to all employees of the subscribing employer by referencing the content URL.

3. Intellectual Property

Secured Content may only be used under the terms of this agreement, which are subject to change. These terms will be updated periodically by Global-Watch and communicated to authorized users via the web platform.

3.1 The subscribing employer acknowledges and agrees that all content on the Website is the exclusive property of Global-Watch and its contributors, and shall remain under their control and ownership, subject to their copyright rights. The subscribing employer agrees not to take or authorize any actions that would infringe upon the scope and validity of the copyrights held by Global-Watch and its partners.

3.2 If Global-Watch believes that any Content may infringe the intellectual property rights of third parties, or if any Content becomes the subject of an intellectual property rights infringement claim, Global-Watch shall, at its discretion:
(i) obtain, at its expense, the right to continue using the affected Content as provided herein,
(ii) replace or modify the affected Content at its expense so that it no longer infringes third-party rights, or
(iii) if neither is feasible, remove the Content from the Website.

4. Confidentiality

Each party acknowledges that it may have access to Confidential Information of the other party that the disclosing party wishes to protect. For the purposes of this agreement, "Confidential Information" means any information, including derivative works, parts, or copies, provided by one party to the other in connection with itself or this agreement, including, but not limited to, information related in any way to (i) business practices, plans, and relationships of a party and (ii) any other information or material identified by a party as Confidential Information. All Confidential Information remains the exclusive property of the disclosing party (the "Disclosing Party"). The party receiving the Confidential Information (the "Receiving Party") agrees to maintain strict confidentiality, not to use the Confidential Information for any purpose other than the one for which it was disclosed, to exercise the same level of care in protecting the Confidential Information as it would for its own, and to treat it with at least a reasonable degree of care.

4.1 The obligations related to confidentiality and restricted use shall not apply when:

  1. The information is already public or becomes public through no wrongful act or fault of the Receiving Party or its Representatives;
  2. The information was already in the Receiving Party’s possession or under its control before its disclosure, as demonstrated by written records;
  3. The information was lawfully obtained by the Receiving Party from a third party who had an independent right to disclose it, without any restriction on its use or disclosure;
  4. The information was independently developed by the Receiving Party without reference to the Confidential Information received from the Disclosing Party, as evidenced by written records; or
  5. The information is required to be disclosed by court order or other competent regulatory authority, provided that the Receiving Party promptly notifies the Disclosing Party in writing to allow the latter to seek any available legal remedies to protect the confidentiality of the information.
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  7. 4.2 The confidentiality obligations outlined herein shall survive the termination or expiration of the subscribing employer’s membership to Global-Watch services and remain in effect until the information ceases to be confidential.

5. Representations and Limitation of Liability

5.1 The Website is provided "as is" and "as available" by Global-Watch, without any warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to representations, warranties, or conditions of uninterrupted use and non-infringement. Global-Watch will make commercially reasonable efforts to correct any defects reported by the subscribing employer.

5.2 Under no circumstances shall Global-Watch (including its shareholders, directors, employees, and consultants) be liable to the subscribing employer or any third party for any loss of profits or other financial losses (arising from breach of contract, tort, or negligence), even if Global-Watch has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Except for liabilities that cannot be contractually excluded under applicable law, Global-Watch's total liability to the subscribing employer shall not exceed the amount of fees received by Global-Watch under this agreement during the six (6) months preceding the claim. The subscribing employer expressly releases Global-Watch from any liability beyond this limit.