Privacy policy

The A.R.CA.D Foundation undertakes to collect and process your personal data in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978, known as the amended “Data Protection” law and the European Regulation of May 25, 2018 on data protection (hereinafter “GDPR”).

You therefore have the right to access, oppose, rectify and delete data concerning you. To exercise this right and for all questions relating to the processing of your personal data and the exercise of the rights granted to you by the GDPR, you can contact the publication director:

Email: fill our contact form
Postal address: 45 rue de Croulebarbe – 75013 PARIS

The A.R.CA.D Foundation ensures that it collects and processes personal data that is relevant, adequate, not excessive and strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which it is processed.

It may be required to collect different categories of personal data, including, but not limited to:

• Identification and contact data: the A.R.CA.D Foundation processes identification data when you request information, send newsletters or exercise your rights regarding personal data. It also processes this type of data to maintain relations with its third parties, particularly with donors. For example, without being exhaustive, this may include the first and last name, email address and telephone number.
• Transaction, payment and other economic and financial information: The A.R.CA.D Foundation is recognized as being of public utility and authorized to receive donations and legacies. The A.R.CA.D Foundation processes transaction and payment data when you register for a transfer of your assets (donations, legacies, donations, etc.) and the consequences that result from this (issuance of tax receipts, etc.).

The A.R.CA.D Foundation only keeps your personal data for the duration necessary for the purposes for which they were collected and in compliance with the legislation in force.

The A.R.CA.D Foundation ensures the protection of your personal data. Thus, the A.R.CA.D Foundation implements appropriate technical and organizational security measures to prevent, as far as possible, any alteration, loss or unauthorized access to your personal data.

Although the A.R.CA.D Foundation ensures the security of your personal data, no data transmission over the Internet is completely secure. The A.R.CA.D Foundation cannot therefore guarantee the security of the information that you transmit to us via this network.

This “Cookie Management Policy” is intended to explain to you how the A.R.CA.D Foundation and its partners deposit and/or use cookie data and other tracers. It also allows you to control their use. The A.R.CA.D Foundation is committed to the proper processing of your data and takes all necessary precautions to ensure that your data is processed securely and in compliance with the regulations in force.

When using the www.fondationarcad.org website, information relating to the browsing of your terminal (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.) may be recorded in “Cookie” files, deposited on your terminal by the A.R.CA.D Foundation.

This Policy allows you to learn more about the origin and use of this browsing information and your rights concerning it.

What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small computer file, a tracer, deposited and read for example when consulting a website, reading an email, installing or using software or a mobile application, regardless of the type of terminal used (computer, connected TV, smartphone, digital reader, video game console connected to the Internet, etc.). These cookies are stored on your terminal and allow information to be stored. The data stored through cookies may in particular concern the number of pages visited, the chosen language, the city where the IP address of connection to the website is located, the frequency and recurrence of visits, the duration of the visit, the browser, the operator or the type of terminal from which the visit is made. Only the issuer of a cookie can read or modify the information contained therein.

In the context of this “Cookie Management Policy”:

What are the main regulations governing the deposit and use of cookies?

Several European and national texts govern the use and deposit of cookies. Although not exhaustive, this list aims to allow you to inform yourself about the main applicable regulations, and where applicable, to allow you to access and read these regulatory texts.

Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) as amended by Directive 2009/136/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services;

Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (“GDPR”). This European regulation aims to ensure a consistent and high level of protection of natural persons and to remove obstacles to the flow of personal data within the European Union. However, it leaves the Member States of the European Union room for maneuver to clarify its rules;

Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms. This French law takes up the main principles of the aforementioned regulation while providing for rights and obligations specific to France in terms of the protection of personal data, in accordance with the room for maneuver opened up by the aforementioned regulation. It is also this law which provides for the missions and powers of the CNIL, the National Commission for Information Technology and Freedoms;

Deliberation No. 2020-091 and Recommendation No. 2020-092 of September 17, 2020 adopting guidelines relating to the application of Article 82 of the amended law of January 6, 1978 to read or write operations in a user’s terminal (in particular to cookies and other trackers).

What are the cookies used and placed on the Website for?

The cookies placed and used through the Website have several purposes. In order to allow you to understand their usefulness and control their use, we group cookies according to the purposes explained below:

The purpose of these cookies is to enable or facilitate electronic communication (detection of connection errors, identification of connection points, security of the Website, etc.) or to provide online communication services at your express request (on-screen display preferences, memorization of information entered in forms, access to your user account, etc.).

In accordance with current regulations, these functional cookies are used and/or placed without requiring your prior consent. However, you can block and/or delete them using your browser settings. As a result, your user experience and the security of your browsing may be degraded. Similarly, certain pages and features of the Website may be inaccessible.

List of operating cookies

The purpose of these cookies is to analyze the traffic and use made of the Website, to better understand how it is used and to be able to improve your browsing and use experience of it. These cookies may in particular process data relating to the pages visited, the content viewed, the durations during which the pages are visited, the browser you use to visit these pages, etc. The use and deposit of these cookies are generally conditional on obtaining your consent. However, certain cookies offering audience measurement may be exempt from consent. The A.R.CA.D Foundation uses the MATOMO solution, the configuration of which allows exemption from consent.

Activating external content results in the deposit and reading of tracers, in particular advertising or audience measurement tracers, from the providers of this content. Therefore, no tracer subject to consent may be deposited on the Internet user’s terminal until the latter has validly consented directly to the provider of this content. Exhaustive list of social network and external content buttons used on the Website:

Why can partners of the ARCAD FOUNDATION use information and data from cookies?

Third parties are authorized by the ARCAD FOUNDATION to place and/or use cookies through the Website. The cookies of these third parties perform various functions:

When these third parties process personal data from data collected through the Website, they act on their own behalf in their capacity as data controller and/or as joint data controllers and/or as subcontractors of the ARCAD FOUNDATION.

Directly on our website

We inform you that, in accordance with the regulations, cookies whose purpose is to enable or facilitate communication or necessary for the provision of a service that you have requested are not subject to your consent.

If the ARCAD FOUNDATION uses cookies and trackers subject to consent, you are offered, during your first visit to our website, to consent or refuse the deposit and/or use of these cookies, by displaying a dedicated information banner. In the event of express acceptance on your part, you consent to the use of cookies on your device. In the event of refusal or absence of response, cookies subject to consent are not deposited and/or used on your device. You can then change your choices at any time using our cookie management module: simply click on this icon located at the bottom right of each page of our website and make your choice.

The choice you make regarding the acceptance or refusal of cookies is valid for 6 months, at the end of which you will be asked again to express your agreement, refusal or a cookie setting.

However, if the ARCAD FOUNDATION adds a new cookie subject to consent in the meantime, you will then be asked again to consent or refuse the use of cookies including the new cookie used by the ARCAD FOUNDATION.

In addition to the choice made during your first visit from a terminal to the Website, you can change these choices at any time, through the mechanisms described below.

Configure your internet browser

Browsers offer numerous settings allowing users to express choices regarding cookies. Regardless of their purpose, you can authorize, block or delete cookies placed on your terminal by configuring your browser options. For the most common browsers, you will find instructions via the following links:

To find out more and exercise all of your rights in the context of the processing of personal data

If you would like to obtain more information on how the ARCAD FOUNDATION processes your personal data, we invite you to visit our Personal Data Protection Policy

The ARCAD FOUNDATION reserves the right to change this “Cookie Management Policy” at any time, in particular in application of changes made to the laws and regulations in force. We recommend that you check these rules from time to time to stay informed of our procedures and rules concerning the use of cookies and other tracers.