AFNOR undertakes, as part of its activities and in accordance with current legislation in France (Law No. 78-017 of 6 January 1978 concerning information technology, files and freedoms (known as the Data Protection Act) and in Europe (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and the Council of 27 April 2016 concerning the protection of physical individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data and the free movement of such data (RGPD), to ensure the protection, confidentiality and security of the personal Data of the people who enjoy the services and/or products of the entities of the AFNOR Group as well as to respect their privacy.
To ensure that they are properly enforced, AFNOR has appointed a personal Data protection representative, who is the principal contact with regard to the protection of personal Data, both within the AFNOR Group, as well as with regard to its relations with the National Commission for information technology and civil liberties (CNIL). The Data protection representative at the CNIL which has been appointed for the French entities of the AFNOR Group is: DPO, AFNOR, 11 rue Francis de Pressensé 93571 La Plaine Saint Denis – Voir l'email
By logging onto or by visiting one of the web sites published by AFNOR, you acknowledge having read, understood and accepted, without limitation or reservation, the personal data and privacy protection charter. The purpose of this charter is to inform you of the rights and freedoms that you may invoke with regard to AFNOR concerning the use of your personal Data and to describe the measures that AFNOR has in place in order to protect them.
Personal data: Personal data means any information concerning a physical individual who has been identified or who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identification number or to one or more details which are unique to him or her.
Processing of personal Data: Processing personal Data means any operation or any set of operations concerning such Data, regardless of the process used, and in particular the collection, registration, organization, storage, adaptation or the modification, extraction, consultation, use, release by transmission, broadcasting or any other form of provision, reconciliation or interconnection, as well as the blocking, erasure or destruction of such data.
Cookie : a Cookie is an item of information which is deposited on an Internet user’s hard drive by the server of the site that he or she is visiting. It contains several items of Data: the name of the server which deposited it, a user name in the form of a unique number, which may be an expiry date. Sometimes, this information is stored on the computer in a simple text file which is accessed by a server to read and record information.
AFNOR undertakes not to collect personal Data without having informed the persons concerned.
AFNOR collects this Data in order to provide the services and/or products requested by the persons concerned, to meet their needs and informs them of what the data is used for.
AFNOR ensures the relevance of the personal Data that are collected in order to have a better understanding of the persons concerned.
AFNOR collects information submitted automatically by the users concerned about the very use they make of the web site. This information may be the user names of single devices, Protocol Internet (“IP”) addresses, browser features, language preferences, details of the operating systems and referring URLs. as well as the duration of the visits to the web site and the pages visited. AFNOR may have to use tools, such as Cookies (see.) §9), web tags, embedded scripts, web server logs or other similar technologies for collecting details on the services and devices used for accessing the web sites of AFNOR.
AFNOR uses third-party web analytics services, like Google Analytics, to help it analyse how the people concerned use the web sites of AFNOR. For more information about how Google is likely to use the information collected on the web sites of AFNOR, please click on the following link: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners?hl=fr. For more information on how to refuse the collection of Data by Google Analytics, please click on the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout .
AFNOR guarantees the confidentiality of the personal Data which are entrusted to it and right from the design stage of the services, sites, and applications respects the principles of Data protection.
AFNOR uses the personal Data of the persons concerned in order to authenticate them, to provide them with the service and/or the subscribed product and to provide them with offers which are tailored to their needs.
AFNOR only releases personal Data to its authorized service providers/subcontractors and ensures that they meet the strict conditions of confidentiality, use and protection of this Data.
AFNOR undertakes not to release personal Data to third parties without having informed the persons concerned and without having offered them the opportunity to exercise their right of opposition.
AFNOR is liable to use the Data of the persons concerned and who were previously kept permanently anonymous for the purposes of statistical studies.
When you visit one of the websites published by AFNOR, you may provide us with a certain amount of personal data in order to take advantage of the services and/or products offered by AFNOR. The Processing of Personal Data is needed for the performance of services or for AFNOR’s legitimate interest relating to standardisation, publishing, and is needed for the performance of services or for AFNOR DEVELOPPEMENT’s legitimate interest relating to energy engineering, performance indicator activities or promote responsible purchasing. They are also required for the performance of AFNOR’s public service mission as regards standardisation. The collection of Personal Data allows AFNOR to provide data subjects with the best possible monitoring of the services/products delivered by AFNOR, and to improve the operation of the website or the applications used (if applicable); it also allows AFNOR to conduct voluntary satisfaction surveys of its services/products with a view to improving them. The Personal Data collected may also be used for the purposes of preventing and combating computer fraud (spamming, hacking, etc.), or to initiate voluntary satisfaction surveys of AFNOR’s services/products.
Finally, if you have given your express consent, your personal data may be used to send you commercial information.
In online forms, required fields are marked with an asterisk. If you do not answer the mandatory questions, AFNOR will not be able to provide you with the service(s)/product(s) requested. The mandatory or optional nature of the Personal Data requested and the possible consequences of a failure to answer for the data subjects are stated at the time the personal data are collected.
Your personal data will not be processed at a later date in a way incompatible with the purposes described above or in the collection forms. They shall be kept only for as long as necessary to achieve those purposes.
Your personal data may be communicated to some of the data controller’s departments, as well as to certain partners or subcontractors for the purposes of analyses and surveys.
AFNOR has security measures in place which are appropriate to the degree of sensitivity of the personal Data in order to protect them against any malicious intrusion, any loss, or any unauthorised alteration or disclosure to third parties.
AFNOR guarantees the security of information which is exchanged during transactions or when payments are made.
AFNOR only issues access permits for its information system to those people who need such permits in order to perform their function.
AFNOR educates its employees on the protection of the personal Data which is provided to them as part of their duties and ensures that they adhere to the rules and ethics of the AFNOR Group.
AFNOR conducts audits to verify that on an operational basis these rules are properly enforced.
AFNOR requires its suppliers and/or subcontractors to comply with its principles on security.
AFNOR does not keep personal Data for longer than is necessary for achieving the Processing purpose, whilst at the same time observing the legal and regulatory limits applicable or any other duration given the operational constraints such as effective customer relationship management and the responses to requests from courts or supervisory authorities which have authority over AFNOR.
Regarding customers, the majority of the information is kept for the duration of the contractual relationship and for 10 years after the end of the contractual period. Regarding sales leads, the information is stored for 3 years from the time when it was collected or from the last contact with AFNOR.
The individuals concerned whose personal Data are collected have a right of access to the personal Data concerning them, to the rectification or erasure of such data, to a limitation of the Processing, the portability of the Data as well as the right to oppose the Processing.
The individuals concerned are informed, however, that the personal Data collected are, as appropriate, necessary for the performance of the service delivered by AFNOR, so that should they wish to use their right to erase the said Data, or to oppose or limit the Processing before the end of the contractual relationship, the service may not be performed.
These rights may be exercised by sending an email to Voir l'email or by writing to AFNOR for the attention of the DPO, AFNOR, 11, rue Francis de Pressensé – 93571 La Plaine Saint-Denis Cedex
AFNOR will reply to anyone invoking any of the aforementioned rights within one (1) month as of the receipt of the request.
However, this deadline may be extended by two (2) months, depending on the complexity of and the number of requests. In this eventuality, AFNOR will inform the person concerned of this extension within one (1) month as of the receipt of the request.
If the person concerned makes his or her request in electronic form, the information is provided electronically where possible and unless the person requests it to be done so otherwise.
Should the Processing manager refuse to proceed with the request for information made by the person concerned, then the Processing manager will give the reasons for this refusal.
The person concerned has the option of lodging a complaint with the National Commission for information technology and civil liberties or the supervisory authority of the European Union Member State in which he or she resides and of seeking judicial redress.
7.1. RIGHT OF ACCESS
Any person may apply to the Processing manager, if any personal Data concerning him or her is subject to Processing. If so, the person concerned may obtain a copy of the personal Data which is subject to Processing as well as the following information:
7.2. RIGHT OF RECTIFICATION
Any person whose personal Data are subject to Processing has the right to obtain the rectification of any personal Data concerning them which are inaccurate and for these Data to be supplemented if the purpose of the Processing so requires.
7.3. RIGHT TO ERASE
Any person whose personal Data are subject to Processing has the right to obtain from the Processing manager the erasure of the said Data in the following cases:
The Processing manager may however refuse to erase the Data in the following cases:
7.4. RIGHT TO THE LIMITATION
Any person whose personal Data are subject to Processing may ask the Processing manager for the limitation of the Processing in the following cases:
Were the limitation to then be lifted, the Processing manager will first inform the person concerned about this.
7.5. RIGHT OF PORTABILITY
Any person whose personal Data are subject to Processing may ask the Processing manager to provide him or her with these Data or to pass them on to another Processing manager in the following cases:
7.6. RIGHT OF OPPOSITION
Any person whose personal Data are subject to Processing has a right to oppose this Processing under the following conditions:
AFNOR has appropriate physical, electronic and administrative security systems, designed to protect the personal information obtained from the people concerned, customers and prospects in accordance with this charter. Despite the reasonable efforts that are deployed to protect this information, no transmission over the Internet is completely secure, and AFNOR cannot guarantee the confidentiality of the Data which are sent to it via the Internet.
AFNOR takes measures to limit the intrusive actions of third parties (spam…) and provides information about electronic attacks (phishing, viruses, kidnapping of information…)
The different AFNOR web sites may contain hypertext links which provide access to other third party web sites or third-party online spaces for the convenience and information of the individuals concerned. These third-party web sites concerned may be operated by unaffiliated entities and may have their own policies or opinions on the subject of confidentiality. Consequently, AFNOR recommends that users check the privacy policies shown on these third party web sites so as to understand how such sites may collect and use personal Data. AFNOR is neither responsible for the content nor the practices applied in terms of confidentiality by third-party web sites, over which AFNOR has no control.
The different web sites of AFNOR may also include features designed to allow the people concerned to interact with third party web sites or third-party services, including third-party social networks. in the event of third party web sites, third party services or third-party social networks being used, AFNOR asks those concerned to read their policy on confidentiality and protection of personal Data.
AFNOR web sites use cookies, which are designed to improve the browsing experience of the said web sites, as well as to measure the number of visitors to the site or for that matter to allow the sharing of web site pages. The Cookies are deposited on the computer terminal of the persons concerned for a maximum of 13 months from the moment when the person concerned gives his or her consent. After this period, the consent will be sought again.
Cookies required for browsing on the web sites of AFNOR. These cookies are absolutely vital in order for the web sites of AFNOR to function properly. Their removal may cause browsing difficulties.
Four types of Cookies, which are for the purposes described below, may thus be stored on the computers of users visiting any of the web sites of AFNOR.
Users have the option of accepting or refusing cookies on a case-by-case basis or of refusing them for good by configuring their browser. If the user chooses to refuse all the cookies, the browsing options which provide access to certain pages of the different web sites of AFNOR will be reduced.
Depending on the browser used by the users, the procedures for removing cookies are as follows:
On the General tab, in browsing History, click on Settings
Click the Display files button
Select the cookies which you wish to refuse and click on remove
In the window that appears, choose “Privacy” and click on “Display cookies”.
Select the cookies which you wish to refuse and click on remove
Click on Security and then on Display cookies
Select the cookies which you wish to refuse and click on remove
Click on the “Display cookies” button.
Select the cookies that you wish to refuse, then click on remove
If you need any support regarding the different browsers, AFNOR recommends that you refer to the official documentation.
AFNOR may be required to amend this charter at any time, due in particular:
In the interest of transparency, AFNOR recommends that the people concerned visit this page as often as they wish so as to find out about any changes that there may be.