Personal privacy notice for the website of soprasteria.de
Protection of personal data
1. Why does the Sopra Steria Group have a privacy notice for the protection of personal data?
Sopra Steria SE, a European Public limited Company (SE) with its office in Hamburg, registered at the Hamburg District Court under HRB 151350 (hereinafter referred to as "Sopra Steria" oder "We", attaches
great importance to the protection of the privacy of its users (hereinafter referred to as "You"). As the company publishing this website (the "Site") and responsible for processing any personal data concerning you
that may be collected from you on the site, the present Privacy Notice is intended to inform you about the nature of the data collected when you consult and use our site and the conditions for processing this data.
Please note that this
privacy notice may be updated at any time by Sopra Steria. The date of the most recent update will appear on this page.
2. To what kind of personal data are we referring?
The different categories of personal data collected in the context of the services offered on our site are notably the following:
- Identification data (first name, last name, contact data (postal or e-mail address, telephone)),
- Navigation and connection data (including the web pages visited, your computer’s IP adress, browser type and browser settings, connection logs, including date and time of retrieval, destinations called, loading times of our site),
- Content data (destinations called, loading times of the web pages visited, amount of data transferred and transfer status).
3. What are the purposes and justification for data processing?
Personal data is collected for the purposes described below. For each of the objectives, we have also specified the reason why personal data processing is necessary:
Processing Purposes
| Reasons why Processing is necessary
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| Answering your questions sent by e-mail or contact form | Sopra Steria has a legitimate interest in answering the questions asked to better serve its customers and prospects. |
| Managing and administrating your registrations | Carrying out the site’s terms of use which govern your registration for the services offered on the site. |
Offering you a personalised study according to the information that you will have provided us with.
| Sopra Steria has a legitimate interest in proposing targeted offers based on the interest shown by prospects or customers in Products or Services on its site.
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Ensuring the security of the site
| Sopra Steria has a legitimate interest in securing its site.
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| Gaining a better understanding of your preferences and to offer You Products or Services that suit your centres of interest
| Sopra Steria has a legitimate interest in getting to know its propects/customers better. |
| Sending you information about our offers, news and events, surveys and polls (newsletters, invitations and other publications) | Your explicit consent given by taking a positive step during your registration to receive information or subscribe to these Services.
Sopra Steria has a legitimate interest in publicising its Products or Services and those of its Group
companies
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| Carrying out statistical analyses of the use of the site | Sopra Steria has a legitimate interest in improving the performance of its site. |
| Organising competitions and promotional operations | Your explicit consent resulting from your participation and the execution of the general terms/regulations governing these operations.
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| Meeting our legal obligations and defending our interests in the event of a dispute. | Sopra Steria may be subject to legal and regulatory obligations to disclose data and may also have a legitimate interest in using the data to defend itself in the event of legal action. |
We only ask you for the personal data that we need for the purposes set out above. Therefore, if you choose not to fill in the fields reserved for this collection, we will not be able to process your request.
4. Who are the recipients of the personal data and where is it transferred?
Depending on the processing purpose, your personal data may be processed by the authorised personnel (marketing, sales, customer relations, delivery and quality management, human resources and support departments) of the Sopra Steria Group.
Your personal data may also be processed by third party service providers acting on behalf of Sopra Steria, in particular the service providers in charge of the site and marketing actions. We may also be required to disclose your personal information:
- to third parties in the context of any merger, acquisitions, partial sale of assets or other operations relating to Sopra Steria or one of its Group companies.
- to respond to requests from authorities, if the law or a decision of a court or competent authority requires us to do so, or if such disclosure is necessary to protect our rights.
Such disclosure is limited to what is strictly necessary to the extent permitted by applicable law.
If these recipients are located outside the European Union, the transfers will be made on the basis of the transfer mechanisms provided for in the Regulation. You can obtain information about the transfer mechanism used by contacting us as specified in
the "Contact" section below.
5. Involvement of service providers
To provide this site and for the aforementioned purposes, your data may be passed on to technical service providers who support us (e.g. website hosting, support, quality assurance or mailing service), which we have of course carefully selected and commissioned
in writing. These service providers are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored by us. Otherwise, your data will only be passed on to other third parties if this is expressly stated in this privacy notice or if we are legally obliged
to do so.
6. Data security
We use technical and organisational security measures to protect personal data that is generated or collected, in particular against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or attack by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are
continuously improved in line with technological developments.
Your personal data is also encrypted using SSL/TLS technology to prevent access by unauthorized third parties.
7. How long is personal data stored?
We only store your personal data for the time necessary for the above-mentioned purposes or to enable us to meet our legal obligations.
The storage periods applicable to personal data collected on the site are as follows:
- as long as your user account remains active,
- as long as we keep in touch with you through our promotional activities and three (3) years after the last interaction, unless you object when you receive one of our prospecting messages,
- the duration provided for by the applicable law: (i) IP addresses collected for security purposes will not be retained for more than 10 days and (ii) cookies and other tracking devices used on our site are retained for a period not to exceed thirteen
(13) months. For more details, please refer to the "What are cookies" section below.
It is possible that we may need to keep your personal data in archives beyond the above-mentioned period to comply with the legal obligations incumbent on us or, if necessary and in consideration of the statute of limitations, to enforce our rights.
Once the personal data is no longer required for the purposes or for archiving to meet our legal obligations or to comply with the applicable statute of limitations, we ensure that it is completely destroyed or made anonymous.
8. What cookies and other trackers are used?
Sopra Steria uses several types of cookies on its site for different purposes, as defined below.
- Strictly necessary cookies: essential cookies to carry out an action that you request. If you refuse cookies by modifying your browser settings, Sopra Steria cannot guarantee the full functioning of its site during your visit.
- Performance cookies: these cookies used to improve our site, e.g. for analysis that allows us to know hour our site is used and where to make improvements. These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site.
This information is collected anonymously and includes the number of visitors, where they come from, and the pages they have visited.
- Third-party cookies related to social plug-ins: the integration of social plug-ins allows their providers to store cookies. These cookies allow you to share content from our site with others.
You will find below the list of cookies we use on our site. Some cookies may be third party cookies. In this case, they will be identified clearly and separately in the cookie banner, and you should refer to their privacy policy before accepting them.
| Purposes
| Cookie Type
| Cookie Name
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| Functional | The functional services related to the Content Management System (Sitefinity) ensure the website funtions correctly and these cannot be deactivated. | location determination / SSG |
| Audience measurement | The audience measurement services are used to generate anonymous and aggregated statistics about visits that are useful for improving our site. | Piano Analytics |
| Youtube and Vimeo | Several articles on our site include YouTube and Vimeo videos. | Youtube / Vimeo |
| Social networks | Sharing in social networks: our site uses trackers to allow you to share content on the social networks or platforms present; the social networks are as follows: Facebook, LinkedIn and X. View the Facebook privacy policy LinkdIn privacy policy and privacy policy of X | |
| Google Maps | We sometimes use Google Maps on our websites. | Google |
| Non-targeted advertising | A conversion is the achievement of an objective, e.g. making contact. AdWords conversions allow us to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. Eloqua and quantserve.com cookies may be used on our site to collect information
about how visitors use our site. | Eloqua, quantserve |
| Account Engagement (Salesforce) Tracking | Our site uses its own "Account Engagement" process for web analysis. We also use "cookies" in this context. The information generated by the cookies about the use of our websites is stored by Sopra Steria in order to evaluate the use of the
website and to compile reports on website activity. | Salesforce |
Below you will find a list of third-party cookies as well as a link to their cookie policy giving information on how to set their cookies::
9. How can you manage cookies on our site
To allow you to review the cookies we use on our site, we have integrated the "Cookie Management" section available in the footer on all pages, allowing you to manage your preferences.
This banner is shown to you when you access our site and invites you to configure the various cookies, including third-party cookies, after having read their privacy policy accessible via a link in the banner.
If you refuse the cookies, they will not be installed unless they are strictly necessary (in particular a cookie to save your refusal).
Please note, however, that if you choose to delete or declain certain cookies, this may affect certain features or services on our site.
10. What are your rights?
You have the following rights concerning your personal data:
- To obtain a copy of your personal data as well as information on how your personal data will be processed and their legal basis,
- To correct your personal data if they are incorrect and the right to complete if it is incomplete,
- To delete your personal data when they are no longer required for the purposes for which they were collected or processed,
- To limit the processing of your personal data if:
- their accuracy is disputed,
- the processing is illicit, but you oppose the erasure of your personal data,
- we no longer need your personal data, but it is still necessary for establishing, exercising or defending a right in court,
- To request portability of your personal data in machine-readable format if our processing is based on your consent or on the execution of a contract with us,
- To give general or specific instructions on how your personal data will be processed and used after your death,
- To withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data if such processing is based on your consent, e.g. in connection with newsletters. Such a withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of the processing operation based on consent given prior to the withdrawal, and
- To oppose any processing for prospecting purposes.
In addition to the aforementioned rights, you have the right to oppose any processing of your personal data based on Sopra Steria's legitimate interest, unless Sopra Steria has legitimate and compelling reasons that could prevail.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority, the "Hamburgische Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit" (HamBfDI), Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 22, 20459 Hamburg, Germany at the contact address mailbox(at)datenschutz.hamburg.de.
11. Who to contact to exercise your rights or if you have any questions?
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or if you wish to exercise any of your rights or contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO), please contact the following e-mail address:
datenschutz.de@soprasteria.com Last modification: 14 november 2023