Privacy & Cookie policy
Privacy & Cookies
At Gravotech, we are committed to protecting your personal data and providing clear information about how it is collected and used. This page explains our practices regarding personal data protection and the use of cookies on our website.
For easier navigation, you can access each section directly:
- Privacy Policy – Learn how we collect, use, protect and manage your personal data.
- Cookie Policy – Learn about the cookies used on our website and how you can manage your preferences
Privacy Policy
The protection of your privacy and Personal Data is an important concern to which each Gravotech entity (also known as, “Gravotech”, or “we” or “us”) pays special attention. The company Gravotech Marking is the data controller of your personal data.
Gravotech is committed to protecting the rights of individuals in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (reference EU2016/679) (the “GDPR”) and with the local applicable rules.
This Privacy Policy will inform you about (i) the Personal Data we may collect while visiting our website or during our relationship, how we collect, use, protect and transfer your Personal Data and (ii) how you can control the processing and disclosure of your Personal Data.
What is Personal Data?
Personal Data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable data subject (you).
What Personal Data do we use?
While visiting our Website and during our business relationship, Gravotech may collect and process:
- Your name, email address, the name of the company you are working for, country of residence, phone number, you provide us with, for example by filling out one of our contact form, by subscribing to our newsletter, by creating a user account or by purchasing our products and services,
- Your curriculum vitae as well as all information related to your identity, your experiences, and your picture, you may provide us with during the recruitment process,
- Your bank details you provide us with during your shopping experience and to avoid any fraud,
- Any information generated by your activity on the Website (user ID, comments and participation to a chat for example) and
- Any information generated when using our Website (such as IP address, web browser, time and duration of your visit etc.), including through the use of cookies. For more information, please consult our Cookies policy.
What can be the purposes of your Personal Data processing?
If consent is mandatory to proceed, Gravotech will require your consent before collecting your Personal Data and you will be informed about the purpose of such processing on a case by case basis.
Your Personal Data may only be used for specified purposes such as:
- Managing the Website (hosting, security, optimizing the content, statistics on users’activities)
- Marketing and communication (managing the leads and customers database, managing information request (via the contact form for example), promoting Gravotech’s business (inscription to the newsletter))
- Managing the commercial relationship (legal compliance, managing the business relationship, accounting, compliance with contractual obligations)
Should Gravotech need to process your Personal Data for a new processing, you will be prior informed.
What is the basis for processing of your Personal Data?
The legal basis for the processing of your Personal Data are:
- Your consent (e.g. while subscribing to our newsletter)
- Legitimate interest (e.g for invoicing purpose)
- Contract obligations or legal obligations (e.g. execution of contract duties)
Who will receive and may process your personal data?
We (Gravotech Marking and its affiliates), our distributors in charge of communication and marketing management and/or commercial relationship management (as joint controllers), our subcontractor who hosts the website (Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd.), our subcontractors in charge of database management (ACTENCY and SCAFE, France) and our subcontractor in charge of communication (SENDINBLUE (BREVO), France) may receive and process your personal data, for the purposes defined above.
Will your Personal Data be transferred to a third country/region outside the European Union?
We may transfer, on a need-to know basis, your Personal Data within Gravotech Group and to related third parties (including data processor). These companies may be located outside the European Union. This transfer is subject to appropriate safeguards and through the legal framework of our agreements with affiliates or with such third parties.
For how long will your Personal Data be stored?
We process and store your Personal Data as long as it is required to meet our business relationship or statutory obligations. If your Personal Data is no longer required for the performance of our obligations, this will be erased on a regular basis unless further processing is necessary, for instance, for preserving particular evidence under the GDPR, or in the context of legal statutes of limitation.
Unless you use your right to object, the human resources department in charge of the recruitment process will retain your Personal Data for a maximum period of twelve months following collection.
Security
We and our data processors use technical and organizational security measures in order to protect the data we have under our control against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction and against access by unauthorized persons.
What are your rights and how to exercise them?
You may at any time exercise your rights:
- To access: you have the right to know what the Personal Data are concerning you and as to whether or not your Personal Data is being processed by us (Article 15 of the GDPR),
- To rectification of your Personal Data: you have the right to change any inaccurate Personal Data concerning you (Article 16 of the GDPR),
- To erasure: you have the right for your Personal Data to be erased (Article 17 of the GDPR),
- To restriction of the processing when applicable (Article 18 of the GDPR),
- To data portability (Article 20 of the GDPR),
- To object when applicable (Article 21 of the GDPR) and
- To withdraw consent (Article 7 of the GDPR).
To this effect, please contact Gravotech either by email at the following address: dataprotection.fr@gravotech.com or by writing to the address below, enclosing a copy of an appropriate document evidencing your identity.
Gravotech Marking
466, rue des Mercières
69140 Rillieux-La-Pape
France
Can I ask for assistance to the competent authorities?
In case of dispute or for any question, you have the possibility to lodge a claim with your national Data Protection Authority, such as the CNIL in France.
Cookie Policy
1. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) that enables data relating to your use of the website to be recorded and tracked. Gravotech uses cookies, for example, to identify you or for statistical purposes. Cookies are managed by your internet browser.
Cookies that require consent are placed only after your explicit consent has been obtained through our cookie consent banner.
2. What cookies do we use?
a) Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies enable you to use the main features of the Gravotech website. They are essential for browsing the website and cannot be disabled through our consent management tool.
These cookies are used in particular to:
- ensure load balancing and website security;
- record your consent preferences;
- ensure the proper display of certain website features.
These cookies do not collect data for marketing purposes.
| Cookie set by | Cookie name | Purpose of the cookie | Cookie type/category | Maximum expiration period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Azure (web server) | ApplicationGatewayAffinity | Keeps the user on the same server throughout their browsing session (load balancing). | Strictly necessary | Session |
| Microsoft Azure (web server) | ApplicationGatewayAffinityCORS | Ensures the proper technical functioning of the website during secure requests (CORS). | Strictly necessary | Session |
| Tarteaucitron.js | tarteaucitron | Records the user's cookie consent preferences. | Strictly necessary | 1 year |
| Gravotech.com | gravotechPopin | Manages the display of a pop-up window (prevents it from being displayed again during the session). | Strictly necessary | Session |
b) Analytics and audience measurement cookies
These cookies enable us to measure website traffic and performance in order to improve the operation of the Site and enhance the user experience.
These cookies allow us, for example, to:
- determine the number of visitors;
- analyze the pages viewed;
- identify users' browsing paths;
- detect potential technical issues.
The data collected is used for statistical purposes.
These cookies are placed only with your consent, unless a specific configuration qualifies for an exemption under applicable regulations.
| Cookie set by | Cookie name | Purpose of the cookie | Cookie type/category | Maximum expiration period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | _ga | Distinguishes visitors and measures website traffic (anonymized statistics). | Optional (Analytics) | 1 year and 1 month |
| Google Analytics | _ga_XXX | Stores session state for Google Analytics (specific property). | Optional (Analytics) | 1 year and 1 month |
| Google Analytics | _gid | Distinguishes users over a short period for audience measurement statistics. | Optional (Analytics) | Session |
| Hotjar | _hjSessionUser_XXX | Identifies a visitor to analyze their journey and improve the user experience. | Optional (Analytics) | 1 year |
| Hotjar | _hjSession_XXX | Associates a user's actions during a session (behavioral analytics). | Optional (Analytics) | Session |
| Matomo (self-hosted) | _pk_id.2.XXX | Stores a unique identifier to measure website traffic. | Optional (Analytics) | 1 year and 1 month |
| Matomo (self-hosted) | _pk_ses.2.XXX | Temporary cookie used for session tracking in Matomo analytics. | Optional (Analytics) | Session |
c) Marketing and advertising cookies
These cookies enable us to remember your preferences and improve your browsing experience.
These cookies allow us to:
- measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns;
- provide you with content and communications tailored to your interests;
- perform marketing tracking following your interaction with our content.
These cookies may be used to identify your browsing activity on our website and, where applicable, combine this information with other data held by these partners.
These cookies are placed only with your consent.
| Cookie set by | Cookie name | Purpose of the cookie | Cookie type/category | Maximum expiration period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Eloqua | ELOQUA | Identifies a visitor for marketing tracking and communication personalization purposes. | Optional (Marketing) | 1 year and 1 month |
| Oracle Eloqua | ELQSTATUS | Indicates the visitor's marketing status (known or unknown contact). | Optional (Marketing) | 1 year and 1 month |
| Microsoft Bing Ads | MUID | Identifies a user to measure the effectiveness of Bing advertising campaigns. | Optional (Marketing) | 1 year and 1 month |
| Google Ads | _gcl_au | Measures the effectiveness of Google Ads advertising campaigns. | Optional (Marketing) | 3 months |
| Brevo (ex Sendinblue) | sib_cuid | Identifies a visitor for marketing tracking and email automation purposes. | Optional (Marketing) | 6 months |
| bcookie | Identifies the browser for LinkedIn advertising and statistical purposes. | Optional (Marketing) | 1 year (generally) | |
| li_gc | Stores LinkedIn consent preferences. | Optional (Marketing) | 6 months | |
| lidc | Ensures proper routing of data through LinkedIn servers. | Optional (Marketing) | 1 day |
3. How do we obtain your consent?
When you first visit our Site, an information banner allows you to accept, reject, or configure the use of cookies that require your consent.
Your choice is retained for a maximum period of thirteen (13) months. At the end of this period, you will be asked to provide your consent again.
4. How can you change or withdraw your consent?
You can easily disable and/or delete cookies from your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) through your browser settings.
However, we recommend that you do not disable cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of the Site (cookies identified as "Strictly necessary" in the table in Section 2(a) above). Otherwise, part or all of the Site may not function properly.
To manage cookies in a way that best meets your preferences, we encourage you to configure your browser settings according to the purpose of the cookies.
Below are instructions for managing and disabling cookies in the most common web browsers:
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| Mozilla Firefox |
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| Microsoft Edge |
Note: ⚠️Internet Explorer is no longer supported by Microsoft. |
| Safari | Mac
iPhone / iPad
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5. What are your data protection rights?
In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), you have the following rights with respect to personal data collected through cookies: the right of access (Art. 15), the right to rectification (Art. 16), the right to erasure (Art. 17), the right to restriction of processing (Art. 18), the right to object (Art. 21), the right to data portability (Art. 20), and the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
You may exercise these rights at any time and free of charge by sending an email to dataprotection.fr@gravotech.com or by sending a signed letter to:
Gravotech Marking
466 Rue des Mercières, ZI Périca
69140 Rillieux-la-Pape
France
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority. In France, this is the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL):
CNIL
3 Place de Fontenoy
75007 Paris
France
6. Updates to this Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy may be updated to reflect legal, regulatory, or technical developments. In the event of a material change, Gravotech undertakes to inform users by any appropriate means (such as an information banner, email, or notification on the website) before the changes take effect.
Last updated: May 2026