Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

PORTEVIN TECHNOLOGIES, trading as TAKORA (hereinafter "we", "us", "our", or "Takora"), is committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of visitors to our website and our clients. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws.

By using our website or services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

2. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for processing your personal data is:

3. Data We Collect

We may collect and process the following categories of personal data:

3.1 Data You Provide Directly

• Contact information: email address when you use our contact form
• Message content: any information you choose to include in your messages to us
• Professional information: company name, job title, project details when relevant to your inquiry

3.2 Data Collected Automatically

• Technical data: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device type
• Usage data: pages visited, time spent on pages, click patterns, referral source
• Cookie data: as described in our Cookie Policy

4. How We Use Your Data

We process your personal data for the following purposes and legal bases:

5. Data Recipients

Your personal data may be shared with the following categories of recipients:

• Service providers: hosting providers (Vercel), analytics services (Google Analytics), cookie consent management (Axeptio)
• Professional advisors: lawyers, accountants, auditors when necessary
• Legal authorities: when required by law or to protect our legal rights

We do not sell your personal data to third parties. Our service providers are bound by contractual obligations to process your data only on our instructions and in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

6. International Data Transfers

Some of our service providers are located outside the European Economic Area (EEA). When we transfer your personal data outside the EEA, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place:

• Vercel (USA): Data Processing Agreement with Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)
• Google Analytics (USA): EU-US Data Privacy Framework certification and SCCs
• Axeptio (France): Data hosted in the EU, no international transfer

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected:

• Contact form data: 3 years from the last contact
• Client data: duration of the contractual relationship + 5 years (legal retention period)
• Analytics data: 14 months (Google Analytics default)
• Cookie consent records: 13 months

8. Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@takora.ai. We will respond to your request within one month.

9. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:

• Encryption of data in transit (HTTPS/TLS)
• Secure hosting infrastructure with regular security updates
• Access controls and authentication mechanisms
• Regular security assessments

10. Cookies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies. For detailed information about the cookies we use and how to manage your preferences, please see our Cookie Policy.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

12. Right to Lodge a Complaint

If you believe that our processing of your personal data infringes data protection laws, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In France, the relevant authority is: