personal data protection and cookies charter

Welcome to the website buildingsealing.hutchinson.com. By connecting to or browsing the website, you agree that you have read, understood and accepted, without limitation or reservation, the present Privacy and cookies policy (hereinafter the “Privacy Policy”) and our terms and conditions of use. Please note that other terms and conditions and privacy and cookies policy apply to other Hutchinson Group websites, and we recommend that you read them carefully.

The Privacy Policy aims to inform you of the rights and freedoms that you can exercise in respect of our use of your personal data and describes the measures that we take to protect these data.

HUTCHINSON, “Société en Nom Collectif”, with capital of 375,000 euros, having its registered office at 2, rue Balzac 75008 Paris, registered in the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 314 397 696, taken at its establishment secondary located Lieudit le Pomarin 38340 Moirans (France), n°Siret 314 397 69600217, is the “data controller” with responsibility for processing the personal data used to manage the website. These processing operations are carried out in accordance with the applicable law.

1. Purpose of processing, legal basis, the period of storage and types of data collected

When you visit the website, you may need to provide us with a number of items of personal data, such as your surname, first name and email address, telephone number, in order to respond to your request for information on our products and/or services, provide you with an estimate, provide you the information and/or services requested.

The processing of your personal data is based on your consent via the contact form through which you contact us to our website or when you contact us by writing to the email addresses mentioned on our website (indirect collection). This information is necessary to process your request, failing which it cannot be processed. You can withdraw your consent at any time without jeopardizing the treatment (s) carried out previously, by writing to the following email address: data.protection@hutchinson.com.

In our online form, the mandatory fields are marked with an asterisk. If you do not provide answers to the mandatory questions, we will not be able to provide you with the service (s) requested.

Your personal data will not be processed subsequently in a way that is incompatible with the purposes described above or below the collection forms.

Your data is kept for the time necessary for the purpose of each processing as indicated below:

Purpose of processing Retention Period
processing of your contact request (via contact form or via contact email address) 3 months

2. Data recipients

In order to satisfy the purposes specified above, your personal data is transmitted to the companies of the HUTCHINSON Group as well as to the French company E-2LYS, developer of the Application, which subcontracts:

  • Application development and maintenance services for Tunisian companies, ELYOS DIGITAL and ELYOS DIGITAL TUNISIA,
  • The hosting of your personal data at the French company OVH (servers located in France).

3. Data Transfers

Any transfer of data to a country outside the European Economic Area shall be carried out in accordance with the applicable regulations and in such a way as to protect your data appropriately.

For the purposes of the services provided on this website, your data first name, surname and email address may be transferred to the Hutchinson Group companies located outside the European Union.
For this reason, the Hutchinson Group has adopted “Binding Corporate Rules” (BCR) governing intra-Group transfers of personal data originating in the European Economic Area.

If you wish to obtain more information on our BCRs please click here. For information on other measures in place to provide adequate protection, please write to the contact address listed below.

4. Data security and confidentiality

The data controller takes appropriate steps to preserve the security and confidentiality of your personal data, including to prevent them from being distorted, damaged or disclosed to unauthorized third parties.

5. Cookie management

A cookie is a file that records information about your browsing and makes it easier on buildingsealing.hutchinson.com.

Cookies are text files that are placed on your device. They provide access to various information about you. Some of them belong to the website publisher, others to third party operators.

The table below gives a detailed view of each cookie / tracker.

We only use non-configurable technical cookies necessary for the proper functioning of our website and compliance with the legislation in force.

Which cookies are installed?

Cookies offered by HUTCHINSON

Cookie editor Description How to refuse? Period
Technical cookies
(XSRF-TOKEN)                
Ensures the security of your navigation on our website by preventing the falsification of requests between sites. Impossible, they are essential to ensure your security as well as that of the website 1 day


Technical cookies
(buildingsealing session)        

Contains information about the browsing session, allows the user to access the website Impossible, they are essential for the operation of our website. 1 day

Technical cookies (lang)             
Cookie used to allow you to choose the language for reading our website. Impossible, they are essential for your reading and your good understanding of our website. Persistent 

6. Your rights /Contact

In accordance with current regulations, you have the right to access, rectify, delete and object to the use of your personal data. You also have a right to object to the use of your personal data for marketing purposes under the applicable regulations.
 You can ask for your personal data to be sent to you and you have the right to give instructions for the use of your personal data after your death.  You can also ask for restriction of the data processing or of data portability.

You can exercise your rights and ask us about the processing of your personal data by contacting the service in charge of protecting personal data at the following email address : data.protection@hutchinson.com; the data controller is HUTCHINSON, “Société en Nom Collectif”, with capital of 375,000 euros, having its registered office at 2, rue Balzac 75008 Paris, registered in the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 314 397 696, taken at its establishment secondary located Lieudit le Pomarin 38340 Moirans (France), n°Siret 314 397 69600217.

Finally, you can lodge a complaint with the authority responsible for compliance with personal data protection obligations (the CNIL for France or for other countries your local authority).

7.External links

If our website gives you access to websites, the said websites are not bound by this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you consult the privacy policies / confidentiality declarations of these websites to find out about their practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data.

8. Personal data of minors 

Please note that the use of our website is reserved for persons aged 18 years or older and that we have no intention of collecting or processing the personal data of minors aged less than 18 years. Therefore, if you are less than 18 years of age, please obtain the approval of your parents or your guardian before providing us with information through the contact form on our website. Without this prior approval, users aged less than 18 years are not authorised to send us information and, if they do so, we shall cease processing their information as soon as we become aware of their age. We cannot be held liable if information belonging to minors was recorded during a login in violation of these clauses.

9. Modification of the Privacy Policy

The latest version is available in the Personal Data section of our website. We reserve the right to revise and modify this Privacy Policy at any time, especially to ensure that we comply with regulatory and legal requirements.