Serious Factory attaches great importance to data confidentiality. This Privacy Policy applies to all Services offered by Serious Factory.
1. Nature and use of information collected
In order to offer you the full range of our Services, we may need to collect the following information:
(i) Information you provide: When Serious Factory requests that you complete a form, we ask you for personal information (such as your name, e-mail address and a password), which we then store in encrypted form on secure servers.
(ii) Cookies: when you access the Services, we send one or more cookies (small files containing a string of characters) to your computer or other device in order to uniquely identify your browser. We use these cookies to improve the quality of our Services, in particular to memorize user preferences, improve the relevance of search results and analyze browsing habits.
(iii) Connection information: each time you access the Services, our servers automatically record the information your browser sends when you visit a website. These server logs may include information such as your web search request, your IP address, your browser type and language, the date and time of your search and one or more cookies that uniquely identify your browser.
(iv) User Communications: When you send e-mail or other communications to Serious Factory, we may retain such information in order to process your requests, respond to your inquiries and improve our Services.
(v) Links: Serious Factory reserves the right to display links in a format that allows us to determine whether the user has accessed them. We use this information to improve the effectiveness of our search technologies and the relevance of content.
(vi) Other sites: this Privacy Policy applies only to Services provided by Serious Factory. Serious Factory has no control over the various sites or hypertext links appearing in the search results generated by the Services. These other sites may store their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or ask you for personal information.
Serious Factory processes personal information only for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy. In addition to the above, the information collected is used for the following purposes:
(i) to provide you with the Services offered ;
(ii) to carry out audits, research and analysis in order to maintain, protect and improve our Services;
(iii) to ensure the technical maintenance of our network;
(iv) to protect the rights or property of Serious Factory or its users;
(v) to develop new Services.
Personal information is processed by Serious Factory servers, in France and in other countries. In some cases, processing may be carried out on a server located outside your country of residence.
We may process personal information ourselves to ensure the operation of our Services or, in some cases, on behalf of third parties, with their prior authorization and in accordance with their instructions.
2. Sending personal information
When you register for the Services, we invite you to provide personal information. Should we use this information for a purpose other than that for which it was collected, we will ask for your prior consent.
Most browsers are set up to accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to refuse all cookies or to alert you when a cookie is being sent. However, some features and Services may not function properly when cookies are disabled.
You have the option of refusing to communicate your personal information to our Services. However, in this case, you may not be able to access these Services.
3. Disclosure of your personal information to third parties
Serious Factory will only share your personal information with third-party companies or individuals in the following rare circumstances:
(i) We have obtained your consent. We always ask for your consent before we share any personal or confidential information about you with third parties.
(ii) We pass on such information to our subsidiaries, affiliates or other trusted companies or persons who process it on our behalf. We ensure that they agree to process such information only on our instructions and in accordance with our Privacy Policy and undertake to implement appropriate measures to secure and protect the confidentiality of the data.
(iii) We believe in good faith that accessing, using, protecting or disclosing such information is reasonably necessary, to the fullest extent permitted or required by law, to (a) comply with any legal, regulatory, judicial or other governmental request, (b) detect, prevent or investigate fraudulent activity, security breaches or technical failures, or (c) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Serious Factory, its users or the public.
In the event that Serious Factory becomes involved in a merger, acquisition or other transfer of all or a portion of its assets, we will maintain the confidentiality of your personal information involved in such transactions and will notify you before such information is transferred or made subject to a new Privacy Policy.
We may communicate to third parties certain aggregated and anonymous information, such as the number of users searching for a specific term or the number of users having clicked on a given hypertext link. This information cannot be used to identify you.
4. Information security
Serious Factory implements all necessary security measures to prevent unauthorized access, modification, disclosure or destruction of data.
Access to personal information is strictly limited to Serious Factory employees, subcontractors and agents who need access in order to operate, develop or improve our Services. These persons are subject to confidentiality obligations.
5. Data integrity
Serious Factory processes personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Our data collection, storage and processing procedures are regularly reviewed to ensure that only appropriate data is used to provide or improve our Services to you in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We take all reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we process is accurate, complete and up-to-date, but it is the responsibility of users to update their information when necessary.
6. Access to and modification of your personal information
As part of your use of the Services, we allow you to access your personal information, correct it in case of error or delete it at any time, except where otherwise provided by law or where such data is necessary for legitimate business purposes.
7. Modification of this Privacy Policy
Serious Factory may modify its Privacy Policy at any time. In this case, Serious Factory will immediately post the new Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Services following any changes to the Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such changes.