legal notices

Updated on January 1, 2026

Definitions

Client: any professional or natural person with legal capacity under Articles 1123 et seq. of the Civil Code, or any legal entity, who visits the Website subject to these general terms and conditions.

Services: https://alco-engineering.fr/ provides Clients with:

Content: all elements constituting the information available on the Website, including texts, images, and videos.

Client Information: hereinafter referred to as “Information(s)”, corresponding to all personal data that may be held by https://alco-engineering.fr/ for the management of your account, customer relationship management, and for analysis and statistical purposes.

User: any internet user connecting to and using the above-mentioned website.

Personal Information: “any information which, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, allows the identification of the natural persons to whom it applies” (Article 4 of Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978).

The terms “personal data”, “data subject”, “processor”, and “sensitive data” have the meanings defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR: No. 2016-679).

1. Website Overview

Pursuant to Article 6 of Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 on confidence in the digital economy, users of the website https://alco-engineering.com/ are informed of the identity of the various parties involved in its creation and maintenance:

Owner: SAS ALCO ENGINEERING
VAT number: FR39930937818
Address: 10 Rue Jane Addams, 14280 Saint-Contest, France

Publication Director: Grégory PAIN – gregory.pain@alco-engineering.fr
The publication director may be a natural person or a legal entity.

Webmaster: Florine FERNANDES DA SILVA – maintenance.ffds@gmail.com

Hosting Provider: OVH
Address: 2 rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix, France

Data Protection Officer (DPO): Grégory PAIN – gregory.pain@alco-engineering.fr

These legal notices are based on a template provided by a free legal notice generator for websites.

2. Terms of Use

The Website constitutes an intellectual work protected by the provisions of the French Intellectual Property Code and applicable international regulations. The Client may not, under any circumstances, reuse, transfer, or exploit for their own benefit all or part of the elements or content of the Website.

The use of the website https://alco-engineering.com/ implies full and unconditional acceptance of the terms and conditions of use described below. These terms of use may be modified or supplemented at any time; users of the website https://alco-engineering.com/ are therefore invited to consult them regularly.

This website is normally accessible to users at all times. However, an interruption for technical maintenance may be decided by https://alco-engineering.com/, which will endeavor to inform users in advance of the dates and times of such interventions.

The website https://alco-engineering.com/ is regularly updated by its owner. Likewise, the legal notices may be modified at any time; they are nevertheless binding on the user, who is encouraged to refer to them as often as possible in order to stay informed.

3. Description of Services Provided

The website https://alco-engineering.com/ is intended to provide information regarding all of the company’s activities. https://alco-engineering.com/ strives to provide information on the website https://alco-engineering.com/ that is as accurate as possible. However, it cannot be held liable for any omissions, inaccuracies, or failures to update, whether caused by itself or by third-party partners who provide such information.

All information provided on the website https://alco-engineering.com/ is given for informational purposes only and is subject to change. Furthermore, the information available on the website https://alco-engineering.com/ is not exhaustive. It is provided subject to any changes that may have been made since it was published online.

4. Contractual Limitations on Technical Data

The website uses JavaScript technology. The website cannot be held liable for any material damage resulting from the use of the site. Furthermore, users agree to access the site using up-to-date equipment that is free of viruses and with a latest-generation, updated web browser.

The website https://alco-engineering.com/ is hosted by a service provider within the European Union in compliance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR: No. 2016-679).

The objective is to provide a service that ensures the highest possible level of accessibility. The hosting provider guarantees service continuity 24 hours a day, every day of the year. However, it reserves the right to interrupt the hosting service for the shortest possible durations, particularly for maintenance purposes, infrastructure improvements, infrastructure failures, or if the services generate traffic deemed abnormal.

https://alco-engineering.com/ and the hosting provider cannot be held liable in the event of malfunction of the Internet network, telephone lines, or computer and telecommunication equipment, particularly due to network congestion preventing access to the server.

5. Intellectual Property and Infringement

https://alco-engineering.com/ owns the intellectual property rights and holds the usage rights to all elements accessible on the website, including but not limited to texts, images, graphics, logos, videos, icons, and sounds.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, or adaptation of all or part of the elements of the website, regardless of the means or process used, is prohibited without the prior written authorization of: https://alco-engineering.com/.

Any unauthorized use of the website or any of its elements will be considered as infringement and will be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of Articles L.335-2 and following of the French Intellectual Property Code.

6. Limitation of Liability

https://alco-engineering.com/ acts as the publisher of the website. https://alco-engineering.com/ is responsible for the quality and accuracy of the content it publishes.

https://alco-engineering.com/ cannot be held liable for any direct or indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment when accessing the website https://alco-engineering.com/, resulting either from the use of equipment that does not meet the specifications outlined in section 4, or from the occurrence of a bug or incompatibility.

https://alco-engineering.com/ shall also not be held liable for indirect damages (such as loss of business or loss of opportunity) resulting from the use of the website https://alco-engineering.com/. Interactive areas (such as the ability to submit questions via the contact section) are available to users. https://alco-engineering.com/ reserves the right to remove, without prior notice, any content posted in these areas that violates applicable French legislation, particularly provisions relating to data protection.

Where applicable, https://alco-engineering.com/ also reserves the right to hold the user civilly and/or criminally liable, particularly in the event of messages that are racist, abusive, defamatory, or pornographic in nature, regardless of the medium used (text, photographs, etc.).

7. Personal Data Management

The Client is informed of the regulations concerning marketing communications, the Law of June 21, 2014 on confidence in the Digital Economy, the Data Protection Act of August 6, 2004, as well as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR: No. 2016-679).

7.1 Data Controller

For Personal Data collected in connection with the creation of the User’s personal account and their browsing on the Website, the data controller is: ALCO ENGINEERING.
https://alco-engineering.com/ is represented by Grégory PAIN, its legal representative.

As the controller of the data it collects, https://alco-engineering.com/ undertakes to comply with the applicable legal framework. In particular, it is the responsibility of the Client to define the purposes of data processing, to provide prospects and clients—upon collection of their consent—with complete information regarding the processing of their personal data, and to maintain a register of processing activities that reflects reality.

Whenever https://alco-engineering.com/ processes Personal Data, it takes all reasonable measures to ensure that such data is accurate and relevant to the purposes for which it is processed.

7.2 Purpose of Collected Data

https://alco-engineering.com/ may process all or part of the following data:

To enable navigation on the Website and to manage and track services ordered by the user: connection and usage data, billing, order history, etc.
To prevent and combat IT fraud (spamming, hacking, etc.): hardware used for browsing, IP address, password (hashed)
To improve navigation on the Website: connection and usage data
To conduct optional satisfaction surveys on https://alco-engineering.com/: email address
To conduct communication campaigns (SMS, email): phone number, email address

https://alco-engineering.com/ does not sell your personal data. It is only used when necessary or for statistical and analytical purposes.

7.3 Right of Access, Rectification, and Objection

In accordance with current European regulations, users of https://alco-engineering.com/ have the following rights:

Right of access (Article 15 GDPR) and rectification (Article 16 GDPR), as well as the right to update and complete their data
Right to restriction or erasure of personal data (Article 17 GDPR) when such data is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, outdated, or when its collection, use, communication, or storage is prohibited
Right to withdraw consent at any time (Article 13-2c GDPR)
Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)
Right to object to processing (Article 21 GDPR)
Right to data portability for data provided by users when processed automatically based on consent or a contract (Article 20 GDPR)
Right to define the handling of their data after death and to designate a third party to whom their data may (or may not) be communicated

Upon becoming aware of a user’s death, and in the absence of instructions from them, https://alco-engineering.com/ undertakes to delete their data, unless retention is necessary for evidentiary purposes or to comply with a legal obligation.

If the User wishes to know how https://alco-engineering.com/ uses their Personal Data, requests correction, or objects to processing, they may contact:

ALCO ENGINEERING – DPO, Grégory PAIN
10 Rue Jane Addams
14280 Saint-Contest, France

In such cases, the User must specify the Personal Data they wish to be corrected, updated, or deleted, and provide proper identification (copy of ID card or passport).

Requests for deletion of Personal Data will be subject to legal obligations imposed on https://alco-engineering.com/, particularly regarding document retention or archiving. Users may also file a complaint with supervisory authorities, including the CNIL: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/plaintes

7.4 Non-Disclosure of Personal Data

https://alco-engineering.com/ undertakes not to process, host, or transfer Client data outside the European Union or to a country not recognized as adequate by the European Commission without prior notification to the Client.

However, https://alco-engineering.com/ remains free to choose its technical and commercial subcontractors, provided they offer sufficient guarantees in compliance with GDPR requirements (Regulation No. 2016-679).

https://alco-engineering.com/ commits to taking all necessary precautions to protect the security of the data and to ensure that it is not disclosed to unauthorized persons. However, if an incident affecting the integrity or confidentiality of Client data occurs, https://alco-engineering.com/ will inform the Client as soon as possible and communicate the corrective measures taken.

Furthermore, https://alco-engineering.com/ does not collect any sensitive data.

Users’ Personal Data may be processed by subsidiaries of https://alco-engineering.com/ and by subcontractors (service providers), strictly for the purposes defined in this policy.

Within the limits of their respective roles and for the purposes outlined above, the main parties likely to have access to Users’ data are primarily members of our customer service team.

8. Incident Notification

Despite all efforts made, no method of transmission over the Internet and no method of electronic storage is completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security. If we become aware of a security breach, we will notify the affected users so that they can take appropriate measures.

Our incident notification procedures take into account our legal obligations, whether at the national or European level. We are committed to fully informing our clients of any issues relating to the security of their accounts and to providing them with all necessary information to help them comply with their own regulatory reporting obligations.

No personal information of the user of the website https://alco-engineering.com/ is published without the user’s knowledge, nor is it exchanged, transferred, assigned, or sold to third parties in any form. Only in the event of the acquisition of https://alco-engineering.com/ and its rights would such information be transferred to a potential buyer, who would in turn be bound by the same obligations regarding data retention and modification with respect to users of the website https://alco-engineering.com/.

Security

To ensure the security and confidentiality of Personal Data, https://alco-engineering.com/ uses networks protected by standard security measures such as firewalls, pseudonymization, encryption, and passwords.

When processing Personal Data, https://alco-engineering.com/ takes all reasonable measures to protect it against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

9. Hyperlinks, Cookies, and Internet Tags

The website https://alco-engineering.com/ contains a number of hyperlinks to other websites, set up with the authorization of https://alco-engineering.com/. However, https://alco-engineering.com/ does not have the ability to verify the content of the sites visited and therefore assumes no liability in this regard.

Unless you choose to disable cookies, you agree that the website may use them. You may disable these cookies at any time, free of charge, using the options described below, although doing so may reduce or prevent access to all or part of the services offered by the website.

9.1 Cookies

A “cookie” is a small data file sent to the User’s browser and stored on the User’s device (e.g., computer, smartphone) (hereinafter “Cookies”). This file includes information such as the User’s domain name, Internet service provider, operating system, as well as the date and time of access. Cookies do not in any way damage the User’s device.

https://alco-engineering.com/ may process information regarding the User’s visit to the Website, such as pages viewed and searches performed. This information allows https://alco-engineering.com/ to improve the content of the Website and the User’s browsing experience.

Since Cookies facilitate navigation and/or the provision of services offered by the Website, the User may configure their browser to decide whether or not to accept them, so that Cookies are stored on the device or, conversely, rejected either systematically or depending on their source. The User may also configure their browser so that acceptance or refusal of Cookies is requested on a case-by-case basis before a Cookie is likely to be stored on their device. https://alco-engineering.com/ informs the User that, in such a case, some features of their browser may not be fully available.

If the User refuses the storage of Cookies on their device or browser, or deletes those already stored, the User is informed that their browsing experience on the Website may be limited. This may also occur when https://alco-engineering.com/ or one of its service providers cannot recognize, for technical compatibility purposes, the type of browser used, language and display settings, or the country from which the device appears to be connected to the Internet.

Where applicable, https://alco-engineering.com/ declines all responsibility for the consequences related to the degraded functioning of the Website and any services offered by https://alco-engineering.com/, resulting from (i) the User’s refusal of Cookies or (ii) the inability of https://alco-engineering.com/ to store or access Cookies necessary for their operation due to the User’s choices.

For the management of Cookies and User preferences, the configuration of each browser is different. It is described in the browser’s help menu, which explains how the User can modify their preferences regarding Cookies.

At any time, the User may choose to express and modify their preferences regarding Cookies. https://alco-engineering.com/ may also use external service providers to assist in collecting and processing the information described in this section.

Finally, by clicking on the social media icons for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google Plus displayed on the website https://alco-engineering.com/ or in its mobile application, and if the User has accepted the use of cookies by continuing to browse, these platforms may also place cookies on the User’s device (computer, tablet, mobile phone).

These types of cookies are only placed on your device if you consent by continuing to browse the website or mobile application of https://alco-engineering.com/. At any time, the User may withdraw their consent for https://alco-engineering.com/ to place such cookies.

9.2 Internet Tags

https://alco-engineering.com/ may occasionally use Internet tags (also known as “tags,” action tags, single-pixel GIFs, transparent GIFs, invisible GIFs, or web beacons) and deploy them through a web analytics partner that may be located in a foreign country (and therefore store the corresponding information, including the User’s IP address).

These tags are placed both in online advertisements that allow users to access the Website and on its various pages.

This technology enables https://alco-engineering.com/ to evaluate visitors’ responses to the Website and the effectiveness of its actions (for example, the number of times a page is opened and the information viewed), as well as how the Website is used by the User.

The external service provider may collect information about visitors to the Website and other websites through these tags, compile reports on Website activity for https://alco-engineering.com/, and provide other services related to the use of the Website and the Internet.

10. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

Any dispute relating to the use of the website https://alco-engineering.com/ is subject to French law. Except where not permitted by law, exclusive jurisdiction is granted to the competent courts of Caen.