In accordance with the provisions of current legislation on the protection of personal data, we inform you that your data will be incorporated into the processing system belonging to Google, whose registered office is at 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Data controller
Within the meaning of Article 4.7 of the RGPD, Plastic At Sea is responsible for the processing that Google revêt of the processing of personal data collected on the plasticatsea.com website determines the purposes and means of the processing(s) carried out.

Why does Plastic At Sea collect personal data?

Plastic At Sea uses the data it collects for the following purposes: analysis of website usage patterns, sales operations, after-sales service and commercial canvassing. Some data is collected automatically. In such cases, you will be scrupulously informed beforehand. Others are required by law and/or regulation (e.g. for invoicing purposes), while others are of strategic or commercial importance and require your prior consent.

1. Data collected automatically
In accordance with the legal and regulatory provisions in force, we automatically collect certain information when you browse our site. This data includes :
- the device and browser used
- the IP address
- the date and time of your browsing
- your browsing history
To ensure that this data collection is authorized by regulations, we provide you with the option of objecting by updating your contact preferences in the "my account" section of our website or by contacting customer service. This option is available on all browsers and all types of terminal (including smartphones and tablets). Please contact us via this link if you have any difficulties using this mechanism.
In accordance with regulations, we would also like to inform you that :
- The data collected is not cross-referenced with other processing (customer files or statistics on visits to other sites, for example).
- The data collected in this way only gives rise to the production of anonymous statistics
- We do not track your browsing on other websites.
- The IP address collected does not allow us to obtain a more precise geolocation than the scale of a city:
- This data is not kept for more than 13 months from the date of your first visit.
- Raw traffic data associating an identifier must not be kept for more than 13 months either.

Any collection of data beyond that required for statistical purposes requires your prior consent, unless it is based on another legal basis.

2. Data collected when you contact customer service
You are likely to transmit personal data to us when you contact customer service, so that we can process your requests. Here again the legal basis is Article 6.1.b of the RGPD. The legal basis for this collection and processing is Article 6.1.b of REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation or "GDPR") .

Data retention

In accordance with the regulations in force, Plastic At Sea informs you that data will be kept for the period strictly necessary for processing, in accordance with the regulations in force locally.

Data processing

Plastic At Sea informs you that it will process your data in a lawful, fair, transparent, adequate, relevant, limited, accurate and up-to-date manner.

User rights

In accordance with Articles 15 to 22 RGPD, regarding the data we hold on you, you have the following rights: 

- right of access (Article 15 of the RGPD)
- right of rectification (Article 16 of the RGPD)
- right of erasure (Article 17 of the RGPD)
- right to limitation of processing (Article 18 of the RGPD)
- right of data notification: rectification, erasure, restriction (Article 19 of the GDPR)
- right to data portability (Article 20 of the GDPR)
- right to object (Article 21 of the GDPR)
- right not to be profiled ( (Article 22 of the GDPR) 

You can exercise these rights by sending your request to our postal address or to the e-mail address in the Contact section of the website. Any request to exercise a right must be accompanied by a copy of a valid proof of identity to enable us to ensure that the request does indeed come from the rightful owner of the data concerned. You may also contact the relevant supervisory authority (CNIL) to make any complaint you consider appropriate.

Data transfer

Plastic At Sea informs you that it may transfer data when necessary (for example to subcontractors such as graphic designers and/or workshops or carriers such as DHL, TNT, UPS, and La Poste).

This transfer of data will be carried out in compliance with the guarantees, measures and rights provided for by current legislation on the protection of personal data and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Data retention period

The length of time we keep your data varies according to the state of the law, and when constraints are less severe, according to the recommendations of the CNIL and our needs. For example, we are legally required to keep invoices for a period of 10 years. Invoice data is therefore kept for 10 years.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

This privacy policy was last updated on June 25, 2024. From time to time, Plastic At Sea may modify its privacy policy and update it on its website. We will notify you of any such updates by means of easily identifiable notices on our website and/or by electronic mail.