Privacy Policy & Data Protection Charter

1. Identity of the Data Controller

The data controller responsible for the collection and processing of personal data collected through this website is:

• Entity: SAUVEGARDE DU PATRIMOINE DE SENANTES (Non-Profit Civic Association)
• Statutory Registration: RNA W283002124 • SIREN 503372294
• Official Seat: MAIRIE, 1 RUE DU PLAT D'ETAIN, 28210 SENANTES, FRANCE
• Designated Privacy Contact: Claire Vasseur, General Secretary
• Contact Email: mdalam9758@gmail.com

2. Categories of Data Collected & Processing Purposes

In accordance with the principle of data minimization, our association collects only data that is strictly necessary to fulfill our public interest and volunteer mission:

• Contact & Inquiry Inquiries: Full name, email address, telephone number, and subject message submitted via our contact form to enable our secretariat to answer your questions.
• Volunteer Registration: Full name, contact coordinates, preferred volunteer tracks, and availability to organize Saturday worksites, safety equipment assignments, and insurance rosters.
• Newsletter & Heritage Updates: Email address provided with explicit consent to receive informational announcements regarding upcoming General Assemblies, guided walks, and published reports.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

Data processing by SAUVEGARDE DU PATRIMOINE DE SENANTES relies upon Article 6(1) of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR / RGPD):

• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): Granted voluntarily when checking the consent box on our contact and registration forms.
• Legitimate Interest (Art. 6(1)(f)): Enabling an accredited civic association to communicate with community members and administer non-profit heritage restoration projects.
• Legal Obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)): Maintaining accurate registers of voting members as required by the French Association Act of 1901 and municipal grant conventions.

4. Data Retention Periods

We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the operational purpose for which it was gathered:

• General Inquiries: Deleted within 12 months following full resolution of the inquiry.
• Volunteer Roster: Maintained for the duration of your active volunteer participation, and purged after 24 months of inactive status unless renewal is requested.
• Financial & Donation Records: Retained for 10 years to comply with French fiscal audit obligations (Code Général des Impôts).

5. Your Rights Under European Law

Under the GDPR (Regulation EU 2016/679) and the amended French Data Protection Act (Loi Informatique et Libertés), you possess comprehensive rights over your personal data:

• Right of Access & Rectification: Request a copy of your records and correct any inaccuracies.
• Right to Erasure ("Right to Be Forgotten"): Request the complete deletion of your data from our active rosters.
• Right to Restriction & Objection: Limit or halt the processing of your details for specific non-essential activities.
• Right to Data Portability: Receive your data in a structured, standard machine-readable format.

To exercise any of these statutory rights, please send an email to mdalam9758@gmail.com or write to our postal address at Mairie de Senantes, 1 Rue du Plat d'Étain, 28210 Senantes. We respond to all requests within thirty days without fee.

6. Cookies & Browser Tracking

This website operates with minimal technical tracking. We do not use third-party advertising cookies, behavioural profiling trackers, or commercial pixels. Only strictly necessary session tokens essential for basic site functionality and CSRF security are deployed. No cookie consent banner is legally required under CNIL guidelines for purely functional, non-tracking web assets.

7. Right to Lodge a Supervisory Complaint

If you believe after contacting us that your data rights have not been respected, you have the statutory right to file a formal complaint with the French National Data Protection Authority:

CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés)
3 Place de Fontenoy • TSA 80715 • 75334 Paris Cedex 07
Website: www.cnil.fr • Telephone: +33 1 53 73 22 22