Privacy Policy

Welcome to biznessmatch.com!

Protecting your privacy is a priority for us. Through this Privacy Policy, which we invite you to read very carefully, we aim to be as transparent as possible about how we may collect and process your personal data.

If you still have any questions regarding this document or our privacy practices, please do not hesitate to contact us at your convenience at the following email address: contact@biznessmatch.com or by mail at the following address: BIZNESSMATCH FRANCE, 3 bis Rue de l'Isère, Saint-Égrève (38120).

1. Preamble

This Privacy Policy explains why and how BIZNESSMATCH FRANCE, a simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée), with a share capital of €100,000, registered with the Grenoble Trade and Companies Register under number 933 188 617, EU VAT number FR72933188617, with its registered office at 3 bis Rue de l'Isère, Saint-Égrève (38120), represented by its Chairman, HOLDING PONTIF GROUPE, a simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée), registered with the Grenoble Trade and Companies Register under number 914 341 680, with its registered office at 380 Avenue Abel Rossignol, Saint-Jean-de-Moirans (38430), itself represented by its Chairman, Mr. Dimitri PONTIF (hereinafter the "Company" or "we"), collects and processes the personal data (hereinafter "Data" or "Personal Data") of Users of its Platform.

This Privacy Policy also lists all User rights and details the means available to them to control how we use their Data.

All capitalized terms not defined in this Privacy Policy shall have the meaning given to them in the Platform's General Terms of Use.

We attach the utmost importance to protecting your privacy and pride ourselves on offering a service fully compliant with the legal framework for the protection of privacy and personal data, arising from the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation No. 2016/679 of April 27, 2016 ("GDPR") and Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 in its latest version in force ("Data Protection Act").

Your Data will only be used as described in this Privacy Policy.

By browsing and using our Platform, you accept and consent to the practices described in our Privacy Policy, our Cookie Policy, our General Terms of Use and our General Terms of Sale and Subscription.

2. Definitions

• "Personal data" or "Personal Data": means any data enabling the direct or indirect identification of a natural person;
• "Data processing": means operations carried out on Personal Data, including collection, recording, transmission or communication;
• "Data controller": means the legal entity responsible for determining the purposes and means of data processing;
• "Processor": means the legal entity that processes personal data on behalf of the Data controller.

3. What Data do we collect?

The Company may collect, via the Website and the Platform, several types of Data, including:

• Contact data: your contact details required to create your company profile and to use the services offered by the Platform, or those you provide through our contact form, such as your last name, first name, your position/title, your company name, your professional email address, and your professional phone number, your company's postal address, and any information included in the message sent to the Company;
• Order-related data: includes details about your payments, particularly for the purchase of BizCoins Packs or the subscription to a Premium Plan;
• Communication data: includes information allowing us to send you commercial communications or promotions, our newsletter or invitations to our events;
• Technical data: i.e. information relating to the equipment and technology you use. Depending on the equipment you use and the settings enabled, the following data may be collected: the type of device (mobile phone, tablet, PC, MAC, etc.) and the operating system you use as well as their settings. This type of Data is collected to improve and provide a better user experience while browsing our Platform;
• Usage data: i.e. information relating to your IP address, your connection dates and times, the Data associated with the use of the device with which you access the Platform, clicks, hovering, browsing and page scrolling on our Platform. This type of Data is collected to improve and provide a better user experience while browsing our Platform.

4. For what purposes and on what legal basis do we collect this Personal Data?

The legal basis for the collection and use of Data described in this Privacy Policy depends on the type of Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

We may collect and process your Personal Data:

• for the management of User account creation and use on the Platform, in accordance with the applicable General Terms of Use and General Terms of Sale and Subscription;
• for Customer relationship management;
• for the operational management of the Platform:
• to communicate with visitors when they request information via the contact email available on the Platform or through another means of communication (phone, etc.);
• to improve the performance and features of the Platform;
• for monitoring and analyzing Platform traffic; as well as for statistical purposes;
• for managing your payments;
• for communicating information relating to changes or developments in our services;
• to comply with our obligations under applicable laws and regulations;
• to defend and evaluate a legal right;
• for fraud prevention purposes.

5. Where does your personal data come from?

We collect your Personal Data from various reliable and verified sources:

• Data you provide to us through various channels, via registrations or direct and indirect interactions with us;
• Data we collect automatically, for example through certain technologies, such as cookies;
• Data we legally obtain from third parties.

6. How long will your Data be retained?

The Company retains your Data, for each of the processing purposes stated in this Privacy Policy, only for the duration necessary with regard to the purpose pursued by the relevant processing, unless the law provides for a different retention period and without prejudice to the exercise of your rights to rectification, erasure, restriction or objection.

For informational purposes:

• User Data collected via the User Account and during the use of the Platform, in any capacity, is retained as long as the User uses the Platform, in accordance with its General Terms of Use;
• Visitor Data collected through email contact is retained for a period of twelve (12) months;
• Data collected through cookies will be retained only for the duration indicated in our Cookie Policy;
• beyond the planned retention periods, the Company may archive Data in a secure environment, for the legal limitation period for evidentiary purposes for the establishment, exercise or defense of a legal right, delete it from its system or anonymize it so that it no longer allows your identification.

7. Recipients of your Data?

Your Personal Data may only be shared with authorized and designated recipients, in accordance with the provisions of applicable regulations.

Your Data is primarily processed by the Company's internal departments, in strict compliance with the purposes stated above and in the course of their regular duties.

Your Data is also shared with certain of our subcontractors and service providers, bound by security and confidentiality obligations identical to our own. To this end, we only authorize them to process your Personal Data for specific purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

We require that persons authorized to process your Personal Data have committed to confidentiality and that they implement technical and organizational measures to ensure an adequate level of security.

Your Data may therefore be transmitted to the following subcontractors and service providers:

8. Transfer of your Data outside the EEA

We do not store your Personal Data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

We may need to share your Personal Data outside the EEA. If we are required to do so, we will ensure that they are protected in the same manner as within the EEA and will provide appropriate safeguards to protect your privacy.

If your data were to be transferred to Processors located outside the European Union, in a country that does not have adequate regulations within the meaning of Personal Data Regulations, the contractual relationship with that Processor will be governed by an appropriate contractual framework.

9. How is the security of your Personal Data ensured?

The Company protects your Personal Data by implementing physical and organizational security measures to prevent unauthorized access, improper use, disclosure, loss or destruction of your Personal Data.

As the internet is not an entirely secure environment, we cannot guarantee, despite the measures we have put in place, the perfect security of Personal Data transmitted via our Website. It is your responsibility, when using our Website, to ensure that the device you use is adequately secured and protected against malicious software such as Trojan horses and viruses.

You are informed that, without adequate security measures (e.g.: secure configuration of your web browser, updated anti-virus software, firewall software, not using software from dubious sources, etc.), you run the risk that the Data and passwords you use to protect your Data may be disclosed to unauthorized third parties.

10. Your rights:

In accordance with Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 known as the "Data Protection Act" as amended, and the General Data Protection Regulation of April 27, 2016 ("GDPR"), you have the following rights:

• the right to object, on legitimate grounds, to the processing of your personal data for purposes other than those to which you have consented;
• the right to object to processing at any time, without justification, when it concerns direct marketing. We commit to taking into account your requests to cease the processing of your Data, except for compelling and legitimate grounds for processing that override your rights and freedoms, or for the exercise or defense of our rights in court;
• the right of access: subject to certain conditions, you may obtain information about the processing of your Data by the Company as well as a copy of your Personal Data being processed;
• the right to rectification, updating or deletion of all or part of said data. We commit to processing your correction requests as promptly as possible in the event of inaccuracy of the Personal Data we hold about you. We also commit to processing requests for partial or total erasure of your Data as promptly as possible, in accordance with the conditions of Article 17 of the GDPR;
• the right to withdraw your consent, when the legal basis for processing is your consent;
• the right to restriction of processing: We commit to processing your requests for restriction of processing, in accordance with the conditions of Article 18 of the GDPR. In this case, we retain your Data but no longer process it except with your consent, or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
• the right to data portability: We commit, at your request, to providing you with the Personal Data you have communicated to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. This right to portability applies only to Data you have provided, when processing is based on your consent or on a contract and is carried out by automated means;
• the right to "digital death": In accordance with the French Digital Republic Act, you may provide us with instructions regarding the retention, deletion and communication of Personal Data concerning you after your death. These instructions may be entrusted to a "trusted digital third party" certified by the CNIL, when they are general, or directly to us when they are specific to a processing for which we are responsible. In the absence of a designated person, your heirs will have the possibility to exercise certain rights, including the right of access, for the purposes of settling the estate, and the right to object in order to close your accounts;
• the right to lodge a complaint with the CNIL: In case of difficulty regarding the processing of your Personal Data that we carry out, we invite you first to contact us. If you believe that your rights have not been respected, you may lodge a complaint with the CNIL: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/webform/adresser-une-plainte

11. Exercising your rights:

You may exercise your rights by contacting us at one of the following addresses:

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy

Any subsequent changes to our Privacy Policy will be published on this page. Please regularly review our Privacy Policy to stay informed of any updates or changes.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on April 6, 2025.