Privacy policy
How CensoGroupe collects, uses and protects your personal data, in accordance with EU Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR).
1. Data controller
The controller of the personal data collected on the censogroupe.fr website is:
| Company | CensoGroupe SAS |
| Registered office | 31 rue Claude François, Zone Parc 2000, 34080 Montpellier, France |
| contact@censogroupe.fr |
For any question regarding the protection of your personal data, you can contact us at the address above.
2. Data collected
Data you provide to us directly
When you use the contact or membership forms on the site, we collect:
- First and last name
- Professional capacity (partner doctor, centre director, etc.)
- Email address
- Phone number (optional)
- Content of your message
Data collected automatically
As you browse the site, we automatically collect certain technical data:
- IP address (anonymised)
- Browser type and version
- Pages visited and visit duration
- Traffic source (referring URL)
- Operating system
- Pages viewed, clicks, scrolling and cursor movements
- Anonymised recording of your browsing session (form fields are masked before transmission)
Sensitive data: CensoGroupe does not collect any sensitive data within the meaning of Article 9 of the GDPR (health data, ethnic origin, political opinions, etc.) via this site.
3. Purposes and legal bases
Your data is processed for the following purposes, each based on a distinct legal basis:
| Responding to your contact requests | Consent (art. 6.1.a GDPR) |
| Handling membership requests to Censo Asso | Performance of a contract (art. 6.1.b GDPR) |
| Traffic measurement and site improvement | Consent (art. 6.1.a GDPR) |
| Compliance with legal obligations | Legal obligation (art. 6.1.c GDPR) |
| Reviewing a project to open or develop a centre | Pre-contractual steps (art. 6.1.b GDPR) |
| Website security and technical logging | Legitimate interest (art. 6.1.f GDPR) |
Where processing is based on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before that withdrawal.
4. Retention period
Your data is kept for the period strictly necessary for the purposes for which it was collected:
| Contact data (forms) | 3 years from the last exchange |
| Censo Asso member data | Duration of membership + 3 years |
| Audience measurement — Google Analytics 4 | 2 months for user-level data (default setting); aggregated reports kept beyond |
| Session recordings — Microsoft Clarity | 30 days; aggregated statistics up to 13 months |
| Billing data | 10 years (accounting obligation) |
| Server technical logs | 12 months |
At the end of these periods, your data is deleted or irreversibly anonymised.
5. Data recipients
Your personal data is intended solely for authorised staff of CensoGroupe SAS who need it in the course of their duties.
It may also be shared with the following technical processors, in strict compliance with the GDPR and on the basis of a data processing agreement:
- Website host — hosting of the pages and data (servers located in the European Union)
- Email tool — delivery of emails sent from the forms
- Microsoft Corporation — Microsoft Clarity service: click maps, scroll maps and anonymised recordings of browsing sessions. Microsoft privacy statement
- Google Ireland Limited — Google Analytics 4 service: audience measurement and traffic source analysis. Google privacy policy
Microsoft Clarity and Google Analytics are only activated after your consent has been obtained via the cookie banner. In Microsoft Clarity, anything you type into a form is masked before transmission and never appears in the recordings.
Your data is never sold to third parties and is not used for marketing purposes without your explicit consent.
6. Transfers outside the European Union
Two of our processors may process your browsing data outside the European Union:
- Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Clarity) — United States
- Google Ireland Limited (Google Analytics 4) — collection through Google’s European servers, with possible processing in the United States by Google LLC
These transfers are covered by the European Commission adequacy decision of 10 July 2023 on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, to which both Microsoft and Google have certified, supplemented by the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses.
These transfers only take place after your consent to analytics cookies has been obtained. Apart from these two tools, no data you send us through the forms is transferred outside the European Union.
7. Your rights
In accordance with the GDPR and the amended French Data Protection Act, you have the following rights:
Right of access (art. 15 GDPR)
You can obtain confirmation that data concerning you is being processed, and request a copy of it.
Right to rectification (art. 16 GDPR)
You can request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete data concerning you.
Right to erasure (art. 17 GDPR)
You can request the deletion of your data, in the cases provided for by the GDPR (in particular when the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected).
Right to restriction (art. 18 GDPR)
You can request the restriction of processing in certain cases (contesting the accuracy of the data, unlawful processing, etc.).
Right to portability (art. 20 GDPR)
You can receive your data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, where processing is based on your consent or on a contract.
Right to object (art. 21 GDPR)
You can object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing based on CensoGroupe’s legitimate interest.
Right to withdraw your consent
Where processing is based on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
How to exercise your rights? Send your request by email to contact@censogroupe.fr stating your identity. We will respond within a maximum of 30 days.
Right to lodge a complaint with the CNIL
If you believe that the processing of your data does not comply with the regulations, you can lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority (CNIL) — www.cnil.fr — or any other competent supervisory authority.
8. Cookies
The censogroupe.fr website uses cookies and trackers. A cookie is a small text file placed on your device when you visit.
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are essential for the site to function (session management, security). They cannot be disabled and do not require your consent.
Analytics cookies
These cookies allow us to measure site traffic and analyse browsing behaviour to improve the user experience. They are only placed after obtaining your consent via the cookie banner.
| _ga — Google Analytics 4 | 2 years |
| _ga_MRDBFX58NL — Google Analytics 4 | 2 years |
| _clck — Microsoft Clarity | 1 year |
| _clsk — Microsoft Clarity | 1 day |
The full details of each cookie are available in our cookie policy.
Managing your preferences
You can change your cookie preferences at any time:
- Via the cookie management banner on the site
- By configuring your browser (Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge…) to refuse or delete cookies
Disabling analytics cookies does not affect the operation of the site.
9. Data security
CensoGroupe implements appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data against any loss, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction, in accordance with Article 32 of the GDPR.
These measures include in particular:
- Encryption of communications via the HTTPS protocol (TLS)
- Data access restricted to authorised staff only
- Hosting on secure servers located in the European Union
- Regular review of security practices
In the event of a data breach likely to result in a high risk to your rights and freedoms, you will be informed as soon as possible in accordance with Article 34 of the GDPR.
10. Minors
The censogroupe.fr website is intended exclusively for healthcare professionals and adults. We do not knowingly collect personal data relating to minors under the age of 15. If you become aware of such collection, please contact us so that we can take appropriate action.
11. Changes to the policy
CensoGroupe reserves the right to amend this privacy policy at any time, in particular to comply with any legal, regulatory or technical developments.
The date of last update is shown at the top of this page. In the event of a substantial change, you will be informed by email or via an information banner on the site.
We encourage you to check this page regularly to stay informed of any updates.
12. Contact us
For any question regarding this privacy policy or the exercise of your rights, contact us:
- By email: contact@censogroupe.fr
- Via the site’s contact form
- By post: CensoGroupe SAS — 31 rue Claude François, Zone Parc 2000, 34080 Montpellier
We undertake to handle any request relating to your data within a maximum of 30 days of receipt.
