Privacy policy

INTRODUCTION

We (Kelkoo Group) take the privacy rights of users of our website (https://www.kelkoogroup.com/) (the “Website”) very seriously and are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This Privacy Policy also applies to our collection and use of data collected through cookies and other tracking devices, whether on the Website or elsewhere. Details of such collection and use are set out in our Cookie Policy. By using the Website or by allowing the use of cookies, you agree to the use of your Personal Information (as defined below) in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this use or disallow cookies on your computer, you may find that some features of the Website are unavailable to you.

WHO ARE WE?

Any Personal Information you provide to us is held by Kelkoo SAS, a company registered in France with company number 425 093 069, whose registered office is situated at 64/ 66 rue des Archives, 75003, Paris, France.

DATA PROTECTION OFFICER AND LEAD SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

We have appointed Nicolas Leroy as Kelkoo Group´s Data Protection Officer and you can contact him for any further queries you have in relation to the data processing we carry out directly by email (dpo@kelkoogroup.com).

As the main establishment of the controlling undertaking of the Kelkoo group for data processing purposes is situated in France, the French Data Protection Authority: Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés, 3 Place de Fontenoy – TSA 80715 – 75334 Paris CEDEX 07, France, is competent for the cross-border personal data processing we carry out.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

“Personal Information” means any information about you which is personally identifiable which may include (but might not be limited to) your name, age, gender, location, telephone number, email address, IP address, financial details and any other information from which you can be identified directly or indirectly and which you may disclose to us or otherwise provide to us via the Website or elsewhere at any time.

WHEN DO WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We may collect and process Personal Information based on your consent when:

you navigate on our Website;
you make a complaint or enquiry or provide feedback to us;
you provide account information when you register or sign in to your publisher or merchant account with us in order to use certain services;
you disclose Personal Information to us at any point.
We will indicate where the provision of Personal Information is optional. If you choose not to provide such Personal Information, you may find that some services or use of features on the Website are unavailable to you.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We may use your Personal Information in the following ways:

to manage our contractual relationship with you;
to process registration of your account information and maintain the user account you may have with us;
to identify you when you access your publisher or merchant account and provide you with our services under our agreement;
to investigate any suspected breach of our agreement with you;
for fraud prevention and security on our Website and systems.
DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES?
We may pass on your Personal Information to other parties as follows:
to business partners to assist us in providing services on our Website and any related services to you. Such business partners are required to maintain the confidentiality of your Personal Information and, unless you are otherwise advised, do not have any rights to use the Personal Information about you that we provide to them for any purpose beyond what is necessary to assist us;
some aggregated information about the Website users, traffic volumes and related matters to reputable third parties but these details will not include any of your Personal Information;
to regulatory bodies or legal advisers in connection with any alleged criminal offence or when required by law;
to any member of the Kelkoo group; and
in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your Personal Information to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets on a confidential basis.
HOW DO YOU EDIT AND DELETE YOUR INFORMATION?
You can prevent the use of information stored in cookies on your device by deleting or disabling cookies. See our Cookie Policy for more information. You may ask us to delete any other Personal Information held by us about you by writing to our Data Protection Officer at the address above mentioned.

HOW LONG DO WE HOLD PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR?

We only hold Personal Information for as long as is necessary for the purposes described above in the paragraph headed “HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?”

HOW DO WE PROTECT PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We employ all industry standard practices and have strict security procedures covering the collection, storage and disclosure of Personal Information in order to prevent unauthorised access and to comply with relevant European and local data protection laws. All Personal Information you provide to us is stored on our or our business partners’ secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

WHAT ARE COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS AND HOW DO WE USE THEM?

A cookie is a small amount of information which is sent to your browser from a website’s computers and stored on your computer’s hard drive. A web beacon is a small image (usually embedded in a web page or email) that allows a website to count users who have visited that page or to access certain cookies. These tracking devices help us to improve our Website, to deliver a better and more personalised service. We have set out more details on our use of cookies in our Cookie Policy.

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it refuses cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our Website and, by continuing to use our Website, you agree to our use of those cookies as described in our Cookie Policy.

WHERE DO WE STORE PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We hold Personal Information on servers within the European Union and your Personal Information will not be transferred to a country located outside of the European Union. We will hold and transmit your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable European and local data protection laws.

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You have the right to access Personal Information held by us about you. If you would like to receive a copy of your Personal Information held by us, please write to our Data Protection Officer at the address above mentioned.

We will provide the Personal Information held by us about you within one month following your request. Such timeframe may be extended to three months considering the complexity of your request and you will be informed of such extension.

In case of reasonable doubt about your identity, we may ask you to provide us with additional information.

We may charge you a reasonable administrative fee to meet our costs in providing you with details of your Personal Information which we hold if we find your request manifestly excessive or repetitive.

OTHER RIGHTS THAT YOU HAVE

In addition to the right of access detailed below, you can exercise the following rights by writing to our Data Protection Officer:

Right to rectification: you have the right to obtain the rectification of inaccurate/incomplete Personal Information;
Right to erasure: you have the right to have the Personal Information that we hold about you to be erased without undue delay if (a) this Personal Information is no longer needed for the purposes described in section “HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION”, (b) you have withdrawn your consent to the processing of your Personal Information by us or you have objected to the processing of your Personal Information by us, (c) you consider that the Personal Information which we hold about you has been unlawfully collected, (d) if the erasure is required pursuant to a legislation which we are subject to, (e) the Personal Information has been collected in relation to a child under 16 years old;
Right to restriction: you have the right to obtain restriction of the processing of your Personal Information (a) when you contest the accuracy of your Personal Information or you object to the processing by us of your Personal Information – such a restriction will take place for a period enabling us to check the accuracy of said Personal Information or to check the existence of any legitimate grounds for us that could override your rights, (b) when you consider the Personal Information held by us about you has been unlawfully collected but request restriction of its use instead of its erasure, (c) when we no longer need the Personal Information but it is required for you to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim.
Right to data portability: you have the right to receive the Personal Information held by us about you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit this Personal Information to another provider or to have your Personal Information transmitted directly by us to another provider, where technically feasible.
We will inform each recipient to whom your Personal Information has been disclosed of any rectification/erasure/restriction that you previously requested, unless it is impossible or it involves disproportionate efforts on our part.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Any changes we may make to our Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page. This privacy policy was last updated on 25 May 2018.

POSTING PERSONAL INFORMATION ON PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS

A publicly accessible area of the Website is any area that is accessible by the general public and may be indexed by search engines. You are solely responsible for any Personal Information that you disclose and disseminate on publicly accessible areas. You should never disclose Personal Information relating to any other person without their express consent.

WANT TO KNOW MORE?

If you have any questions or comments about our Privacy Policy or how we use your Personal Information, please contact our Data Protection Officer at the address above mentioned.