Protection of your personal data
The Agence Française de Développement or AFD (a public, solidarity-based development bank), processes personal data for the purposes of the activities carried out by the FFEM.
The protection and confidentiality of your personal data is of the greatest importance to us. This information seeks to help you to understand how we process your personal data.
FRAMEWORK FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL DATA
The AFD only uses personal data for specific purposes. For maximum transparency, we publish a list of the main purposes for which your data may be used, the bases for such use and the categories of data collected.
See framework for the use of personal data below
LENGTH OF TIME FOR WHICH WE WILL STORE YOUR DATA
We have devised specific rules to govern the length of time for which we will store your personal data.
To establish these periods of time, we take into account the purposes for which the data has been collected, respect of legal and regulatory obligations and best practice within the sector. The length of time for which we store the date will not exceed the duration that is strictly necessary for the data to be correctly processed.
WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR DATA?
Your data is only accessible to AFD personnel who require it within the context of their work.
The data gathered may be disclosed to third parties (AFD’s partners, sub-contractors and suppliers), as necessary. The data is shared only to the extent required for the fulfilment of the work we entrust to these third parties.
When the nature of the operation performed so allows, the data will be anonymised before being disclosed.
In order to meet certain legal and regulatory obligations, we may also be required to disclose personal information to the administrative or judicial authorities in response to specific written requests deriving from legislation governing information rights.
OUR PLEDGES
Our aim is to always store your personal data as safely and securely as possible, and only for the length of time necessary to process it. To do this we put in place the appropriate physical, technical and organisational structures to ensure that your data cannot be altered, lost or accessed by unauthorised persons.
The AFD will not commercialise any of the data collected in the course of its activities.
The whole AFD Group is subject to the same rules governing confidentiality and data protection. For more information on this, please see the AFD Group’s personal data protection policy.
If we transfer your data to another country where the level of data protection is not recognised as adequate by the European Commission, we will ensure appropriate safeguards are put into place to protect your personal data (modelled on binding corporate rules or standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission). For further information on the possible transfer of your data and the procedures for doing so, please contact the AFD Group’s Data Protection Officer at the address given below, under the heading “your rights”.
YOUR RIGHTS
In accordance with the French data protection legislation of 6 January 1978 (no. 78-17 "Informatique et Libertés") as amended by European regulation 2016/679 you may, at any time, exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure and portability in relation to information that concerns you, as well as your rights regarding restriction of and objection to the processing of your data. In order to exercise your rights, or if you have any questions regarding your personal data, you can write to the AFD Group's Data Protection Officer at:
- Email address: informatique.libertes@afd.fr
- Postal address: Agence française de développement - Délégué à la protection des données, 5, rue Roland Barthes – 75598 Paris Cedex 12| France.
We would also remind you that you have the right to appeal to a national supervisory authority such as CNIL in the event of any breach of applicable data protection laws.
ABOUT OUR NEWSLETTER
When you sign up via our website to receive our Newsletter, the data you enter on the registration form will be processed in order to email you information associated with the newsletter or invitations to events which may be of interest. The legal basis for this processing is the FFEM’s legitimate interest in sharing and promoting its intellectual output and communicating about the innovative projects which it finances to support the environment in developing countries, in application of Article 6.1.f of the European Data Protection Regulation.
The information marked as mandatory is required in order to receive the Newsletter. The optional fields allow us, with your permission, to send you more personalised information, tailored to your country of residence, organisation and interests.
We also collect data on how you interact with our emails (email open rate, clicks) so we can select content more closely aligned with your expectations and so that we can apply our rules on how long we store data (deletion of your data after 12 continuous months’ inactivity).
In order to manage and send out our Newsletters, we use the services of MailChimp, whose servers are located in the United States. Your rights under European data protection regulations are upheld in so far as our supplier has signed up to the “Privacy Shield” system. This self-certification mechanism for companies established in the United States has been recognised by the European Commission as offering an adequate level in terms of the protection of personal data transferred by a European organisation to companies established in the United States. To find out more, please contact us at the address given above in the section “Your rights”.
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Framework for the use of personal data:
Why do we collect data? |
On which legal basis do we process your data? |
Which categories of data do we collect? |
Recruitment management |
The AFD’s legitimate interest in managing the recruitment of its employees efficiently |
Identification data, data related to professional life, data related to personal life, prospective financial data |
Management of the FFEM’s contacts and partners |
The AFD’s legitimate interest in storing data regarding contacts and partners for the purposes of the FFEM’s activities |
Identification data, data related to professional life |
Purchasing management
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AFD’s legitimate interest in managing purchasing efficiently |
Data related to identification and financial situation, data related to professional life |
Third-party assessment
(French anti-corruption law “Sapin II”) |
Legal obligation |
Data related to identification, financial situation, personal life and professional life |
Payment control |
The AFD’s legitimate interest in overseeing its financing operations and verifying payment due dates. |
Data related to identification, financial data and data related to professional life |
Credit risk ratings |
The AFD’s legitimate interest in guarding against payment default |
Data related to identification and personal life, sensitive data
|
Fighting money laundering and the funding of terrorism |
Legal obligation |
Data related to identification, financial situation, personal life and professional life |
Detecting and managing fraud |
The AFD’s legal obligation and legitimate interest |
Data related to identification, financial situation and professional life |
Environmental and social claims |
The AFD’s legitimate interests in the context of the continuous improvement of its financing operations |
Data related to the identity of persons making a claim and the context of any environmental or social claims. |
External communication by the FFEM and events communication |
The AFD’s legitimate interest in sharing its intellectual output and promoting development-related areas for discussion |
Identification data, data related to professional and personal life (personal email address and country of residence) |
Dispute management |
The AFD’s legitimate interest in managing its disputes |
Data related to identification, personal and professional life, data of an economic and financial nature, connection data and sensitive data. |
Management of whistle-blowing |
Legal obligation |
Data related to identification, personal and professional life, data of an economic and financial nature, connection data and sensitive data. |
Management of access to AFD premises |
The AFD’s legitimate interest in ensuring the safety of personnel and property |
Data related to identification
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