Politique de Vie Privée

Every time you visit the Site, the following information is automatically obtained and compiled: your internet protocol (IP) address and the domain name registry information associated with that IP address; identification of the internet browser, operating system and hardware platform you are using; the date and time of your visit; the name and address (URL) of the web page you viewed immediately prior to accessing the Site; your entire query (if any) that was entered into a search engine which led you to the Site; and any other “click stream” data. This information is stored in our log files. Occasionally, if your browser is not configured to prevent disclosure of such information, the following information may also be revealed: your name, e-mail address, home and work addresses, telephone and fax numbers and any plain text commentary. Additionally, the complete record of your actions at the Site, including all pages visited, time spent at each page, the information sent or received and the names of all files uploaded or downloaded is collected. This tracking information may be compiled by us in the aggregate and made available to third parties primarily to identify demographic data regarding our customers.

We will also collect personal information from you when you provide your personal information to us, such as by setting up a user account and password, logging in as a registered user of the Site, providing information in your account(s), communicating with us by telephone, e-mail, or otherwise or if you complete an entry form to participate in a contest, promotion or survey. As a result of these actions, you might supply us with personal information, such as your name, date of birth, e-mail and postal addresses, telephone number(s), product interest information and financial information and, in certain circumstances, your opinions and individual preferences.

To better serve you, we may combine information you give us online, by telephone or in writing about your product interests. We may also combine these with readily available demographic information to enable us to communicate with you, by e-mail or otherwise, about our products, services, surveys, promotions, special offer, and contests. We also collect this information in order to:

a. Maintain contact with you and provide you with ongoing personalized service and help us to better understand and respond to your needs;
b. Develop, improve and market our products and services and manage our business; and
c. Help us to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

We also use this information to measure interest in the various areas of our Site, to ensure that links on the Site facilitate easy navigation and to help make the Site more interesting and informative. Except as described below, any personal information that we disclose to third parties is done in the aggregate on a non-personally identifiable basis and is used primarily to identify demographic data regarding our customers.

Any information you submit to the Site is submitted on a non-confidential basis. SOFAME is under no obligation to refrain from reproducing, publishing or otherwise using such information in any way or for any purpose. SOFAME shall be free to use the content of any such communications, including any ideas, inventions, concepts, techniques or know-how disclosed therein, for any purpose, including developing, manufacturing and/or marketing products or services.

We will not disclose your personal information to any non-affiliated third party without your prior consent, other than as provided below:

We may disclose your personal information to any SOFAME third parties, so that it may communicate with you (whether by e-mail, telephone, post or otherwise) and provide you with promotional materials and additional information about its products, services, promotions and special offers that may be of interest to you, or collect and use that information subject to and for other purposes contemplated by this Policy and the Terms and Conditions of Use.

We may transfer personal information to non-affiliated third parties for processing on our behalf (such as fulfillment services, technical support, delivery services, and financial institutions) pursuant to agreements that prohibit the third parties from using or disclosing the personal information other than for the purpose of processing and which impose security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information. These third parties are only provided with the personal information necessary to perform their specific service. You acknowledge that, in the event that a third party processor is located in a country other than the one you reside in, your personal information may be processed and stored in that country and that country’s government(s), courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies may be able to obtain disclosure of your personal information under the laws of that country.

We reserve the right to disclose your personal information as required by law, in response to legal or regulatory process and law enforcement requests, to government authorities that have asserted a lawful right to access such information, to our legal counsel, or as necessary to protect the property, interests and rights of SOFAME.

If you prefer not to receive promotional information from us, please let us know by writing us at: info@sofame.com Please be sure to include your full name and the e-mail address you used when you registered with. It may take up to five working days to process your request, during which period you may continue to receive communications from SOFAME.

Cookies are small data files that a website stores on your computer’s hard drive or in random access memory when you are viewing the website. They keep a record of your preferences making your subsequent visits to the website more efficient. In certain cases, this information is only kept during the session and is deleted when you close your browser. In other cases, the information is stored on your hard drive and, upon your next visit to the website; the cookies are used to recall such information. Cookies may store a variety of information, including, a unique user ID that can be used to track the pages of the website you have visited and the number of times that you view a particular page or other item on the website, login or registration information, your preferences and navigation history.

We use cookies to improve your online experience. Your cookies help us keep track of your interests and, if you are a registered customer, your cookies allow us to recognize you when you return to the Site. If you register on our Site, your cookies also help us to monitor and maintain information about your use of our Site. If you have not registered with us, your cookies may be used to monitor and maintain non-personally identifiable information about your use of our Site.

The use of cookies is a common practice adopted by most major websites to better serve their clients. Most internet browsers are designed to accept cookies, but they can be easily modified to warn you each time a cookie is being sent or to block all cookies. This is done through your browser settings; see your browser’s help files for details on how to block cookies, how to know when you have received cookies and how to disable cookies completely. You should note, however, that without cookies, some of the Site’s functions will not be available, and you will lose some of the benefits of the Site as, amongst other things, we will not recognize you as a past visitor or a registered user.

You are entitled to request access to, and, if necessary, correction of your personal information collected by us. In order to make such a request or if you have any questions about or to make any complaint in relation to this Policy and SOFAME’s privacy practices, please contact us by writing to: info@sofame.com

SOFAME WILL REMOVE ANY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM OUR DATABASE WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME PURSUANT TO A WRITTEN REQUEST FROM YOU. PLEASE E-MAIL SUCH REQUEST TO US, IDENTIFYING YOUR FULL NAME AND PASSWORD AND PLEASE TYPE “REMOVE REGISTRANT” IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR E-MAIL.

We will keep your personal information only as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy or such longer period as may be required by applicable law.

We take great care in trying to maintain the security of personal information we have collected. We have adopted physical and technological processes and procedures to protect the confidentiality of personal information and to safeguard personal information against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification, in light of, among other things, the sensitivity of the information and the purposes for which it is to be used. Furthermore, each and every SOFAME employee, mandatary or agent must abide by this Policy. Although we do not take responsibility for any theft, misuse, unauthorized disclosure, loss, alteration or destruction of data, we take reasonable precautions to prevent such occurrences.

WHILE WE STRIVE TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, WE CANNOT ENSURE OR WARRANT THE SECURITY OF ANY INFORMATION YOU TRANSMIT TO US, AND YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.

If we decide to change our Policy, we will post these changes on our Site so that you can be updated as to what information we gather, how that information may be used and whether (and how) it may be disclosed to any third parties. Following the posting of such changes, your continued use of the Site will constitute your acceptance of these changes and you will be bound by such changes. You are responsible for regularly reviewing this Policy and any changes thereto.

THIS SITE MAY CONTAIN LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES THAT ARE NOT OPERATED BY SOFAME. THIS POLICY DOES NOT APPLY TO THE PRACTICES OF THIRD PARTIES AND SOFAME DOES NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY PRACTICES OR FOR THE PRIVACY PRACTICES OF THE WEBSITES THAT IT DOES NOT OPERATE. BY USING THIS SITE AND/OR ACCESSING A THIRD PARTY’S WEBSITE FROM THIS SITE, YOU RELEASE SOFAME OF ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACTIONS, PRACTICES AND OMISSIONS OF THIRD PARTIES. BY CLICKING ON ANY HYPERLINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES YOU MAY AUTOMATICALLY SUBMIT TO THE PRIVACY PRACTICES OF THOSE WEBSITES. PLEASE CHECK THE PRIVACY POLICIES OF THESE THIRD PARTY WEBSITES. IN NO EVENT SHALL SOFAME BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE MISUSE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION BY THOSE WEBSITES.

A French version of this Policy is available here.

Your use of this Site is subject to our Website Terms and Conditions of Use.