Purpose of this Privacy Policy

Bienvenue sur le site COFRAN

We are delighted to welcome you on our website and value your interest in our brand, products, and site. COFRAN is a brand of FLF company.

Data protection and security are very important to us. We take this opportunity to inform you about the use of your personal data collected during your visits to our site. Please read the following information carefully.

Legal or internal procedural changes may necessitate updates to this statement; therefore, we kindly ask you to regularly review this statement. The personal data protection statement can be viewed, saved, or printed at any time by clicking on “Data Protection Statement.”

1) Data Controller and Scope

The data controller, within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as GDPR) and national data protection laws of the EU member states, as well as other data protection regulations, is:

FUCHS LUBRIFIANT France

1, rue Lavoisier

CS 60143

92023 Nanterre Cedex

France

Tél : +33 1 41 37 42 00

Email : siège@fuchs.com

Web: https://www.fuchs.com/fr

Board of Directors:

• Dr Ralph RHEINBOLDT
• Lucia CARVALHO
• Max-Antoine GROLLERON
• Carlo OSTINO
• FUCHS PETROLUB SE represented by Dr. Alex LEBHERZ

This data protection statement covers all web pages published by FLF, which can be accessed under the domain https://www.cofran.fr and all subdomains (hereinafter referred to as “our website”).

2) Data Protection Officer

The data protection officer is:

Max-Antoine GROLLERON

FUCHS LUBRIFIANT France

1, rue Lavoisier

CS 60143

92023 Nanterre Cedex

France

3) The data protection officer is:

Personal data is defined as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, information such as your name, age, address, telephone number, date of birth, email address, IP address, or user behavior. Information that does not allow us to identify you (without disproportionate effort), such as anonymized data, is not considered personal data. The processing of personal data (e.g., collection, access, use, storage, or transmission) must always have a legal basis or be subject to your prior consent. Personal data must be deleted as soon as the purpose of the processing has been achieved and no legal obligation for its retention exists.

Below, you will find information about specific processes, the scope and purpose of data processing, the legal basis for processing, and the retention period of data when we process your personal data to provide specific services to you.

4) Contact Options on Our Website

You have various contact options via email on our website.
For example:

• siège@fuchs.com

a) Provision and Use of the Website

i) Type and Scope of Data Processing

Each user can send inquiries or messages to these email addresses. Our headquarters and relevant departments (marketing, human resources, etc.) will process requests based on the contact form used or the subject of the inquiry. The requested personal data is limited to:

• Name
• First name
• Company
• Address
• Phone
• Email address

As well as the information you provide in your message.

ii) Legal Basis

Data collection is permitted based on Article 6-1-f of the GDPR, as there is a mutual interest between you and us in making contact and communicating, as well as a legitimate interest on our part in processing the aforementioned data to respond to your message/request.

iii) Retention Period

The retention period of the data depends on the reason for your contact. Your data is regularly deleted once the reason for retention has disappeared and storage is no longer necessary (e.g., once your message has been processed).

5) Sharing Data with Third Parties

We only share your data with third parties if:

• You have consented to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Article 6-1-a of the GDPR
• Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation in accordance with Article 6-1-c of the GDPR
• Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party in accordance with Article 6-1-b of the GDPR
• Sharing your data is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of FLF and there is no reason to assume that you have a prevailing right not to share your data with a trustworthy third party in accordance with Article 6-1-f of the GDPR
• Sharing your data is necessary to assert, exercise, or defend a legal right and there is no reason to assume that you have a prevailing right not to share your data with a trustworthy third party in accordance with Article 6-1-f of the GDPR

6) Use of cookies

a) Type and Scope of Data Processing

We use cookies on our website. A cookie is a small text file stored on your device when you browse our website. Some functions of our web pages cannot be offered without the use of technically essential cookies. Other cookies allow us to perform various analyses.

Cookies enable us, among other things, to make our internet services more user-friendly and efficient, for example, by remembering your usage or establishing your preferred settings (e.g., country, language). When third parties process information via cookies, they collect information directly through your browser. Cookies do not cause any damage to your device. They cannot execute programs and do not contain viruses.

The cookies we use are called “session cookies,” a subcategory of transient and temporary cookies. This type of cookie captures your session identifier. This allows various requests from your browser to be attributed to a common session, enabling us to recognize your device during your connections to our site. They are automatically deleted when you leave our website. You can, of course, visit our website without cookies being activated. However, this may limit the provision of our services.

b) Legal Basis

Based on the above-stated purpose, the legal basis for processing personal data using cookies is Article 6-1-f of the GDPR. The use of cookies is lawful if you have consented to the use of cookies following our notifications on our site (cookie banner). The legality of using cookies is also based on Article 6-1-a of the GDPR.

c) Data Retention Period

As soon as the data transmitted to us is no longer necessary for the purposes described above, it is deleted. Longer retention may apply in individual cases under legal stipulations.

d) Browser Settings Configuration

Most browsers are pre-set to accept cookies by default. However, you can configure your browser to accept only certain cookies or none at all. If cookies are disabled, please note that you may not be able to use all the features of our website. You can also configure your browser to delete already stored cookies. Additionally, you can configure your browser to notify you before storing cookies. Since functionalities differ between browsers, we invite you to consult the help menu of your browser to learn about configuration options. If you want a complete overview of all the cases where third parties access your internet browser, we recommend installing a plug-in specifically designed for this purpose.

7) Tracking and Analysis Tools - Google Analytics

We use tracking and analysis tools to ensure continuous optimization and design our website according to your needs. The use of tracking tools also allows us to compile statistics on the use of our website by visitors and, based on these, to further develop our online offerings to your advantage. Based on these interests, the deployment of the tracking and analysis tools described below is justified under Article 6-1-f of the GDPR. The processing objective and data to be processed can be deduced from the tracking and analysis tools listed below.

Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”), is used on this website. Google Analytics uses “cookies,” text files stored on your device that allow us to analyze your use of the site.

The information collected by these cookies, such as the time, location, and frequency of your visits, is usually transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. In addition to the IP address collected by the cookies, the “classic” use of Google Analytics does not exclude the capture of other personal data. To protect your privacy as much as possible, FUCHS independently anonymizes the IP addresses of visitors to its website. Shortening the IP addresses ensures that no connection can be made to a visitor to the site.

We would like to inform you that Google may share collected information with third parties where required by law or if these third parties process the data on behalf of Google.

The information collected by the cookies is used by Google when working for the website operator to analyze your use of the site, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website and internet usage.

The information collected by the cookies is usually transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. The IP anonymization function has been activated on our website so that the IP addresses of Google users in the EU member states or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area are shortened. As mentioned above, the shortening of the IP address has already been implemented by FUCHS to provide the highest level of security possible. When working for the site operator, the information collected is used by Google to analyze the site’s usage by visitors, compile reports on site activity, and provide other services related to website and internet usage.

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data by downloading and installing the browser add-on available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Further information and the data protection policy of Google Analytics can be found at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.
This plug-in prevents the transmission of data related to your visit to the website to Google Analytics. This plug-in does not prevent analysis by other parties.
: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

This plug-in prevents the transmission of data related to your visit to the website to Google Analytics. This plug-in does not prevent analysis by other parties.

8) Plug-ins

a) Facebook et Linkedin

b) XING

A button for “XING” is used on our website. When you click on this button, a connection is quickly established via your browser to the servers of XING SE (hereinafter XING), the provider of the “XING button” functionalities. XING does not store any of your personal data when you access this website. In particular, XING does not store any IP addresses. There is also no analysis of user behavior through the deployment of cookies in conjunction with the “XING Share Button.” You can view the current data protection information related to the use of the “XING Button” and additional information by visiting the following websites:

http://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection

www.xing.com/privacy

9) Hyperlinks

Our website contains links to the websites of other providers. If you activate these links, you will be redirected directly from our website to the providers’ websites. You will notice this from the change in the URL, among other factors. FUCHS LUBRIFIANT France has no influence on the content or design of the providers’ websites. Therefore, our data protection declaration does not apply to the providers’ websites. To find out about the data protection policies of these providers’ websites, we encourage you to consult them directly.

10) Rights of Data Subjects

With regard to the processing of personal data, the GDPR grants you the following rights:

• Art. 15 of the GDPR** allows you to obtain information about your personal data that we process. In particular, you may request information about the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data concerned, the categories of recipients to whom the data have been or will be disclosed, the retention period, the existence of the right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, or objection to such processing, the right to lodge a complaint, any available information regarding their source when the data have not been collected from you, whether the data will be transferred to a third country or an international organization, and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and the significance thereof, if applicable.
• Art. 16 of the GDPR** allows you to obtain the immediate rectification or completion of your personal data held by us.
• Art. 17 of the GDPR** allows you to obtain the erasure of your personal data held by us, provided that their processing is not necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, to comply with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
• Art. 18 of the GDPR** allows you to obtain the restriction of the processing of your personal data when you contest the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful, or when we no longer need the data but they are still necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. You may also object to the processing under Art.21 of the GDPR.
• Art. 20 of the GDPR** gives you the right to receive your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You can request that your data be transmitted to another data controller.
• Art. 7-3 of the GDPR** allows you to withdraw your consent at any time. Consequently, we will no longer process your data based on that consent.
• Art. 77 of the GDPR** gives you the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The competent authority for our company is:

Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL)

Postal Address : 3 Place de Fontenoy – TSA 80715 – 75334 PARIS CEDEX 07

Phone: 01 53 73 22 22

(Monday to Thursday 9:00 AM to 6:30 PM / Friday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM)

Fax : 01 53 73 22 00

https://www.cnil.fr

11) Right to Object

When your data are processed based on legitimate interests, Art. 6-1-f of the GDPR allows you, in accordance with Art. 21 of the GDPR, to object to the processing of your personal data for reasons related to your particular situation or if you object to processing for direct marketing purposes. When you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, you have a general right to object without needing to justify a particular situation.

12) Data Security and Safeguard Measures

We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data with the utmost confidentiality. To prevent unauthorized alteration, loss, or misuse of your stored personal data, we have implemented numerous technical and organizational security measures that are regularly reviewed and updated according to technological advancements. This includes the use of recognized encryption methods (SSL or TLS). However, we must point out that, given the structure of the internet, the aforementioned data protection rules and security measures may not be respected by other parties or institutions that are not under our responsibility. In particular, unencrypted data – such as email attachments – could potentially be read by a third party. We have no technical influence over this. It is the user’s responsibility to protect the data provided to them from misuse, through encryption or other methods.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at one of the addresses provided in §1.

FUCHS LUBRIFIANT France SA