Legal notice

The website www.pls-fluid-dynamics.com is published by:

PLS Fluid Dynamics
11, rue Paul Bert
74100 Annemasse

Tel: +33 (0)4 50 84 31 64
Email: contact@pls-fluid-dynamics.com

SIRET: 535 210 488 00032

Publication Director: Mr Alexandre Benedetti

Intellectual property

This entire website is governed by French and international legislation on copyright and intellectual property.
All reproduction rights are reserved, including for iconographic and photographic documents.

Photo credits

  • PLS Fluid Dynamics
  • Adobe Stock

Website hosting

INFOMANIAK
Rue Eugène-Marziano
1127 Geneva - Switzerland

Website creation

ALPAWEB
39 rue Adrastée
74650 CHAVANOD

Tel: +33 (0)4 50 65 25 96
Email: contact@alpaweb.com
Website: www.alpaweb.com

Hyperlinks

The website www.pls-fluid-dynamics.com links to many other websites.

PLS Fluid Dynamics cannot under any circumstances be held responsible for the content or privacy policies of these websites. PLS Fluid Dynamics shall also not be held responsible for any direct or indirect damage that may result from their use, in particular from access to these websites and to websites linked to them, including, but not limited to, financial or commercial loss, operating loss or data loss, even if we have been notified of such risks beforehand.

Privacy policy

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force on 25 May 2018, defines the principles to be followed when collecting, processing and storing personal data. It also guarantees the rights of the individuals concerned.

Several forms are available on the website www.pls-fluid-dynamics.com in order to collect visitor data:

1: Objectives

The purpose of collecting data on the website www.pls-fluid-dynamics.com is to create a file for managing prospects and customers of PLS Fluid Dynamics.
This file is used for statistical purposes, to contact and/or offer relevant content to contacts.

2: Relevance of the data

In order to best monitor the interest shown by prospects and customers of PLS Fluid Dynamics, the file collects all information from visitors to the website www.pls-fluid-dynamics.com relating to their identity, professional information and activity on the website www.pls-fluid-dynamics.com. In accordance with the French Data Protection Act, information relating to racial or ethnic origin, political, philosophical or religious opinions, trade union membership, health or a person’s sex life is not collected and is prohibited, as this constitutes sensitive data.

3: Lawfulness of processing and conditions applicable to consent (Articles 6 and 7 of the GDPR)

Consent to the processing of a visitor’s personal data is systematically obtained for one or more specific purposes. For example, when entering details in a newsletter registration form or downloading a resource, obtaining the visitor’s email address is intended to allow notifications to be sent when new publications are released or to offer resources likely to be of interest.

4: Data retention

The data collected on the website www.pls-fluid-dynamics.com is retained for an unlimited period for identified contacts.

5: Individual rights (Articles 16 to 20 of the GDPR)

In accordance with the French Data Protection Act and the GDPR, any person may exercise their right of access, rectification, objection, restriction of processing, deletion and portability of data concerning them by submitting a signed request, accompanied by a copy of an identity document, to the registered office address of PLS Fluid Dynamics, or by completing the form available at the following address: www.pls-fluid-dynamics.com/contact

The data file manager, Mr Alexandre Benedetti, will respond no later than one month after the request for access or rectification.

6: Data and processing security (Article 32 of the GDPR)

The data collected on the website www.pls-fluid-dynamics.com and the associated processing are hosted by PLS Fluid Dynamics. Only persons linked to the technical, marketing and sales departments of PLS Fluid Dynamics have access to the information collected on the website www.pls-fluid-dynamics.com, via a personal and unique login to the www.pls-fluid-dynamics.com platform.

7: Data breach and notification within 72 hours (Articles 33 and 34 of the GDPR)

In the event of a personal data breach or suspected personal data breach, PLS Fluid Dynamics and its processors will notify the CNIL within 72 hours of becoming aware of it.

Personal data

In order to provide the best possible experience, high-quality informative content, access to specific information such as resources and tutorials, and a private area, visitors to the website may be required to complete forms or even log in using a username and password. The information collected is then subject to computer processing made necessary for the performance of the service. The recipients of the data are exclusively the persons working for PLS Fluid Dynamics.

In accordance with the French “Data Protection Act” of 6 January 1978, amended in 2004, you have the right to access and rectify information concerning you, which you may exercise by contacting our support service at contact@pls-fluid-dynamics.com. You may also object to the processing of your data on legitimate grounds.

About cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies such as “HTML5 Web Storage” or “Local Shared Objects” hereinafter referred to as “cookies”, to identify the preferences of website visitors and to organise the website as effectively as possible. The use of cookies helps optimise browsing and provides a user-friendly website experience.

What is a “cookie”?

Cookies are small files stored on your device. They make it possible to determine whether your device has already communicated with our pages. Only the cookie stored on your device is identified. Personal data may be stored in cookies if you give your consent or if such storage is technically essential, for example to enable login to a protected area.

How can cookies be disabled?

If you use our website, you accept the use and storage of cookies on your device. However, you may use our website without cookies, although this may limit the functionality of several areas of the website.

The main browsers accept cookies automatically. You can prevent cookies from being stored on your device by selecting “Block cookies” in your browser settings. You can delete cookies already stored on your device at any time. You will find the procedure for the most common browsers via the following links:

To find out how to delete cookies from your device, please consult the user manual for your browser or device manufacturer.

We divide cookies into the following categories:

Type A – Essential cookies

These cookies are required to ensure the proper functioning of web pages and features. Without these cookies, the features described below cannot be provided.

Type B – Functional cookies

These cookies help optimise the usability and performance of web pages and provide various features. For example, information may be stored in functional cookies to identify your basket or comparison list.

Type C – Performance cookies

These cookies collect information about how you use the website pages. Performance cookies help us identify particularly popular areas of our online offering. These elements allow us to tailor the content of our website pages more precisely to your needs and thereby improve our offering. Some of the information collected through these cookies is not personal data, while other information may be. You will find further information about the collection and use of this information in the “Use of usage data” section and in our data protection statement in the relevant service section.

PHPSESSIONID

  • Description: This cookie assigns an anonymous ID, known as a session ID, to your device for the duration of your visit, enabling several similar requests to the server to be linked and a session to be assigned.
  • Expiry date: browser session
  • Type: A

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