1. Data Controller

The website is operated by:

IMES GROUP
5 Rue Ferrié
Parc d'activités des Portes du Vexin
95300 Ennery
France
Tel: +33 9 66 82 19 30

IMES Group is responsible for the processing of personal data collected through this website.

If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us using the details provided above.

2. Personal Data We Collect

We only collect personal data that you choose to provide to us through our website.

Depending on the nature of your enquiry, this may include:

• Name and surname
• E-mail address
• Telephone number
• Company or organisation
• Professional information
• Information contained in your message
• Information contained in your CV or professional profile
• Any other information you voluntarily provide to us

We do not seek to collect sensitive personal data through our website.

3. How We Use Your Personal Data

Personal data submitted through our website is used for legitimate business purposes, including:

Business enquiries

When you contact IMES Group regarding a project, service or other business enquiry, your information may be used to:

• Respond to your request;
• Understand your requirements;
• Contact you regarding your enquiry;
• Provide information about our services;
• Establish or maintain a business relationship.

Engineering, Consultant and Career Enquiries

If you submit your professional profile, CV or information regarding your experience and availability, your information may be used to:

• Review your professional profile;
• Assess your suitability for current or future opportunities;
• Contact you regarding relevant assignments or positions;
• Maintain your profile in our internal database for future opportunities.

Where you choose to receive job or project opportunities by e-mail, your contact details may also be used for this purpose.

4. How Your Data Is Collected

Information submitted through our website forms is transmitted to the relevant IMES Group e-mail address so that the appropriate team can process your enquiry.

Information submitted through the website may also be stored within the website's content management system (CMS) and may be accessed or exported by authorised IMES Group personnel where required for legitimate business purposes.

Access to this information is restricted to authorised personnel.

5. Legal Basis for Processing

Depending on the nature of the enquiry, IMES Group processes personal data on the following legal bases:

• Legitimate interests, where processing is necessary to respond to business enquiries, manage professional relationships or identify suitable engineering and consulting profiles;
• Pre-contractual measures, where processing is necessary to respond to a request made by an individual or organisation before entering into a business or contractual relationship;
• Consent, where you have expressly chosen to receive job or project opportunities by e-mail or where consent is otherwise required by applicable law;
• Legal obligations, where processing is necessary to comply with applicable legal requirements.

We only use personal data for purposes that are compatible with the purpose for which it was collected.

6. Who Can Access Your Data?

Personal data may be accessed by authorised IMES Group employees or representatives where access is necessary to:

• Process your enquiry;
• Respond to your request;
• Manage a business relationship;
• Assess a professional profile;
• Identify relevant project or career opportunities.

We do not sell or rent personal data to third parties.

Where technical or IT service providers are involved in operating the website or related systems, they may have access to personal data where necessary to provide their services and subject to appropriate confidentiality and data protection requirements.

7. International Activities

IMES Group operates in an international engineering and energy environment and works with clients, partners, consultants and other stakeholders in different countries.

Where personal data needs to be transferred outside the European Economic Area, IMES Group will take appropriate measures to ensure that the transfer complies with applicable data protection legislation.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, taking into account our legal, contractual and legitimate business requirements.

Business enquiries may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to manage the enquiry and any resulting business relationship.

Professional profiles may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to consider individuals for current or future opportunities.

When personal data is no longer required, it will be deleted or otherwise securely disposed of, unless continued retention is required or permitted by law.

9. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on applicable data protection legislation, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you;
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
• Request deletion of your personal data;
• Request restriction of processing;
• Object to certain processing activities;
• Request portability of your personal data, where applicable;
• Withdraw your consent where processing is based on consent.

To exercise your rights, please contact IMES Group using the contact details provided in this policy.

We may request information necessary to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

10. Data Security

IMES Group takes appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, accidental loss, alteration, disclosure or destruction.

Access to personal data is restricted to authorised personnel and is provided only where necessary for legitimate business purposes.

However, no method of transmission or electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

11. Cookies and Website Analytics

The IMES Group website does not use Google Analytics or similar audience measurement services.

We do not use cookies or similar technologies for advertising, profiling or behavioural tracking.

We do not use personal data collected through this website for targeted advertising.

Where technically necessary technologies may be required for the operation, security or functionality of the website, these are not used for advertising or behavioural tracking.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy & Data Protection Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our activities, our website, applicable legislation or our data processing practices.

The date of the latest update is shown at the top of this page.

13. Complaints

If you have any concerns about the way IMES Group processes your personal data, we encourage you to contact us first so that we can investigate and address your concern.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority.

For France:

Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL)
3 Place de Fontenoy
TSA 80715
75334 Paris Cedex 07
France

14. Contact

For any question concerning this Privacy & Data Protection Policy or the processing of your personal data, please contact:

IMES GROUP
5 Rue Ferrié
Parc d'activités des Portes du Vexin
95300 Ennery
France

Tel: +33 9 66 82 19 30