Privacy policy

The purpose of this privacy policy (hereinafter the "Policy") is to inform visitors or users (hereinafter the "User") of the website [designation of the BU] (hereinafter the "Site") of the terms and conditions for the protection of their personal data in accordance with Law  n°78-17 of january 6, 1978 related to data processing, files and freedoms as amended by the law of June 20, 2018, the Decree of application N°2019-536 of May 29, 2019 and the Regulation n°2016-679 of April 27, 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (hereinafter collectively the "Regulation"). 

The publisher of the Site is the company, Veolia Environnement SA, Société Anonyme registered with the RCS de Nanterre, sous le n° 433 466 570, having its registered office Environnement whose registered office is at  21, rue la Boétie - 75008 Paris, France hereinafter "the Publisher" or « Veolia »).

The terms and conditions for processing data collected via contact form(s) are set out in the information notice for the form(s)
La présente Politique de confidentialité fait partie intégrante des Conditions Générales d'Utilisation du Site.

The Policy may be modified at any time by Veolia, in particular in order to comply with any regulatory, legal, editorial or technical developments.  

This Policy is an integral part of the Terms and Conditions of Use of the Site. 

The methods of collecting and processing data collected by means of cookies are set out in the « Politique Cookies »

 

Identification of the controller

The controller of the User's personal data is, as the case may be, the following entity or entities: 

 

- Veolia Environnement SA ;
The data controller may also be the Veolia entity named on the webform, depending on the purpose of the webform(s)

 

Description of the data processing

Within the framework of the operation of the Site, the Publisher may collect and process personal data in order to allow the User to access the features and services offered by the Site (hereinafter the "Services"). 

 

1) What categories of data are collected

  •  Contact data : refers to the compulsory data that the User fills in when filling in the F, namely: surname, first name, email address, company name, telephone number, address, postcode, town, country of residence

  • Data voluntarily published by the User : refers to the personal data that the User voluntarily communicates to the Editor by filling in the free text zones provided for this purpose in the webform(s), namely "Subject of the request" and "Message". The Publisher strongly recommends to the User to avoid any communication of personal data via these text boxes or in any case to limit this communication to what is strictly necessary to process the User's request. 

All such data is hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Data". 

 

2) Why does the Publisher collect User Data? 

The Data are collected through the webform in order to answer the questions of the  Users concerning the following topics:

  1. Put contact forms (webforms) and calls for contributions (consultations) online
  2. Present the Veolia Group's raison d'être (governance, strategic program, social and environmental responsibility, ecosystem, innovation, finance) and its activities.
  3. Provide access to local and/or specialized Group sites
  4. Collect information requests from target audiences (customers, consumers, stakeholders)
  5. Consult media and documents
  6. Discover the Group's HR policy and access the careers portal (job offers, internal mobility)
  7. Browse the financial area dedicated to shareholders and individual investors (distribution of press releases, financial and regulatory information).

The mandatory fields in the webform are marked with an asterisk. The Publisher will not be able to respond to your request if you do not fill in these mandatory sections. 

3) What is the legal basis for the processing of User Data? 

Data processing is only lawful if it is based on one of the legal basis defined by the  Regulations. In the context of the operation of the Site, the Data processing is based on the  following legal bases: 

  • If the User is a professional prospect wishing to receive information or formulate requests on the activities and services offered by Veolia in relation to specific needs previously expressed, or if the User is already a Veolia customer: the legitimate interest of Veolia

  • If the User is a shareholder or future shareholder: the contract or the execution of pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the person concerned.

  • If the User is an investor or future investor: the contract or the execution of pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the person concerned.

4) Persons concerned

Data processing concerns:

  • Site users  ;

5) Recipients of the Data collected 

The Data collected through the  webform(s) is intended for the internal services of the entity  responsible for processing in order to respond to the User's request. 
This may include, for example :

  • Veolia personnel in charge of publishing content and technical administration of the Web site, and their superiors;
  • Veolia personnel in charge of processing requests received via the forms;
  • authorized service providers;
  • Site Users;
  • personnel responsible for supervising the security of Veolia's information systems.

Internal recipients may also be Veolia Group entities located in the European Union (EU) or  outside the EU, it being understood that any transfer of Data outside the EU will be carried  out under the conditions of the article "Transfer of Data outside the European Union"  below. 

Each recipient subsidiary may, as the case may be, be a subcontractor or a processor of the  Data provided. 

The Data may also be transferred/used by third parties under the following conditions: 

  • Data transferred to public authorities and/or bodies
    In accordance with the Regulations in force, the Data may be transmitted to the  competent authorities on request and in particular to public bodies, exclusively to  meet legal obligations, judicial officers, ministerial officers and bodies responsible for  collecting debts, as well as in the case of the search for the authors of offenses  committed on the Internet. 

  • Data provided to third parties 
    The Data may be communicated or made accessible to the Publisher's  subcontractors, suppliers and third-party service providers (such as the Site's host,  Veolia's IT and/or technical service providers).

  • Social networks 
    The User has the possibility to share the pages he/she is interested in on social  networks by clicking on the share buttons. 
    The collection of information through social network sharing buttons is subject to the  privacy policies of those third parties and to our Cookie Policy. We invite you to read the policies of these  social networks to find out how your  Data is used. 
     

Exercice des droits de l'Utilisateur

In accordance with the Regulation, any individual User has the right to access, rectify,  delete, limit and portability his or her Data. 

The User also has the right to define general and specific directives defining the way in which he/she intends his/her rights to be exercised, after his/her death.

For all processing operations carried out within the framework of the Site and only within this  framework, regardless of the Entity responsible for processing, the User may exercise his  rights

  • by writing to [email protected] ou

  • by post to : Veolia - Direction de la communication, 30, rue Madeleine-Vionnet, 93300 Aubervilliers 

by sending proof of identity or any other official document. 

In case of difficulty concerning the management of his personal Data by the Publisher, the  User may contact the Data Protection Officer of Veolia (email address : [email protected]).If the  response from the DPO is not satisfactory, the User may submit a complaint to the  competent protection authority (in France : CNIL - 3, place de Fontenoy - TSA 80715 - 75334 Paris Cedex 07) or online  (https://www.cnil.fr/).

L’Editeur rappelle que l’Utilisateur peut, pour des motifs légitimes, s'opposer au traitement des Données le concernant.

It is specified that if the User exercises some of the above rights, the Publisher may be  unable to carry out the actions necessary to achieve the purposes described above, or the  User may not be able to use all or part of the Services. 

The Editor is obliged to keep the Data collected from Users up to date. It is therefore recommended that the User inform the Publisher of any changes concerning him/her by  sending an e-mail to the following address:  [email protected].

Data retention and archiving 

User Data will not be retained beyond the period strictly necessary for the purposes set out  herein and in accordance with the Regulations. accordingly.
In this regard : 

Data relating to the preparation of publications (orders, follow-up, editorial content) are kept for 5 years from the date of publication.

Data collected via webforms or consultations is kept in an active database for 13 months from the registration of the User's request.

Log data is kept for 6 months.

Data relating to cookies and tracers are stored for the periods specified in the Cookie Policy.

The data collected in order to respond to Users' requests for information and questions is kept in an active database for 18 months from the registration of the User's request. 

The Data is kept in intermediate storage to enable the Publisher to defend itself in the event of legal proceedings or for the purpose of preventing and detecting criminal offenses, with a view to make the Data available to the judicial authorities. 

At the end of the intermediate archiving period, the User Data will be permanently deleted. 
 

In addition, the Publisher may keep Data permanently anonymised, for the purpose of  producing statistical studies. These studies do not identify Users, and are only based on trends derived from their aggregated Data. 

Security

The Publisher takes appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the  security of the Data and to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure of the User Data.  However, the Publisher cannot guarantee the elimination of any risk of misappropriation,  alteration, unlawful reproduction or misuse of the Data. 

The database created when a User sends a request through the webform is strictly  confidential. Veolia undertakes to take all useful precautions, organizational and technical measures appropriate to preserve the security, integrity and confidentiality of the Data and, in particular, to prevent it from being distorted, damaged or accessed by unauthorized third parties.
 

Transfer of data outside the European Union 

Les publications sont susceptibles d’être accessibles, du fait de leur présence sur Internet, hors de l’Union européenne.

In the event of transfer of User Data to a subsidiary of the Veolia Group or to a third party  located outside the European Union, Veolia ensures that the recipient country has been the  subject of an adequacy decision by the European Commission. If this is not the case, Veolia undertakes to use the appropriate legal instruments, in particular the European Commission's Standard Model Contractual Clauses, to govern the transfer.