{"id":3,"date":"2026-08-12T05:30:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T05:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opterelleadvisory.com\/?page_id=3"},"modified":"2026-08-21T23:13:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T23:13:37","slug":"privacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.opterelleadvisory.com\/?page_id=3","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3\" class=\"elementor elementor-3\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-517904d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"517904d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cf41b61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cf41b61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PRIVACY &amp; COOKIE POLICY<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Opterelle Advisory<\/strong><br \/><strong>Last Updated: 19 August 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>1. Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>Opterelle Advisory (\u201cOpterelle\u201d, \u201cwe\u201d, \u201cus\u201d, or \u201cour\u201d) provides market research, feasibility and strategy advisory services from Paris, France.<\/p>\n<p>This Privacy &amp; Cookie Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain and protect personal data when you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Visit <strong>opterelleadvisory.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Contact or contract with us<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Use services we provide directly<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Interact with systems we operate for clients<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A client-, partner- or product-specific notice may provide additional information. If that notice conflicts with this policy for a particular service, the more specific notice applies to that processing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>2. Company and Privacy Contact Details<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Opterelle Advisory<br \/><strong>Headquarters:<\/strong> Paris, France<br \/><strong>Privacy Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:privacy@opterelleadvisory.com\">privacy@opterelleadvisory.com<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>3. Our Role in Data Processing<\/h2>\n<p>We act as <strong>data controller<\/strong> for our website, client relationships and research that we independently design.<\/p>\n<p>Where we conduct interviews, surveys or analysis solely to a client\u2019s specification and instruction, we may act as a <strong>data processor<\/strong>. The relevant engagement terms will identify the applicable roles.<\/p>\n<p>If we process personal data for a client, requests concerning that data should normally be directed to the client. We will assist the client as required by contract and applicable law.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>4. Personal Data We Collect<\/h2>\n<p>Depending on your relationship with us, the people concerned may include clients, research participants, interviewees, experts, suppliers and website visitors.<\/p>\n<p>We may collect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Business and relationship data:<\/strong> names, organisation, role, work contact details, correspondence, meeting information, contracts and billing records.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Business contacts, client-team details and engagement correspondence.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Interview, survey or workshop responses, professional background and recorded sessions where consented.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Research notes, market evidence, analysis files, deliverables, billing and project-administration records.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Website and technical data:<\/strong> IP address, browser and device details, pages viewed, referral source, approximate location derived from IP, cookie choices, timestamps and security logs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Information you choose to provide in enquiries, support requests, applications, surveys or other communications.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please do not provide sensitive or unnecessary personal data.<\/p>\n<p>Where sensitive information is genuinely required, we limit its use to the stated purpose and apply any additional legal safeguards, including explicit consent where required.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>5. How We Collect Personal Data<\/h2>\n<p>We may collect personal data:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Directly from you, your employer, a client, group organiser, authorised user or account administrator.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Automatically from the website, applications, devices, integrations and security systems you use.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>From service providers and business partners involved in an authorised transaction or service.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>From public or licensed sources where lawful and relevant to due diligence, research, professional services or business development.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>6. Why We Process Personal Data<\/h2>\n<p>We may process personal data to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Conduct market studies, customer research, feasibility analysis and strategy workshops.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Prepare evidence-based scenarios, recommendations and deliverables.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Manage engagements, quality, confidentiality, billing and legal obligations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Respond to enquiries, prepare proposals, contract with clients and manage suppliers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Protect people, information, systems and services.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Prevent fraud, misuse and security incidents.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Comply with applicable laws and regulations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Resolve disputes and establish or defend legal claims.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Maintain required business records.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Opterelle Advisory does not sell personal data for money.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We also do not use client-controlled data for our own unrelated advertising purposes.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>7. Legal Bases<\/h2>\n<p>Where the <strong>EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)<\/strong> and applicable French data-protection law require a legal basis, we rely, as appropriate, on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Performance of a contract<\/strong> or steps requested before entering into a contract.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Legitimate interests<\/strong>, such as delivering and improving services, securing systems, administering our business and communicating with business contacts, balanced against individual rights.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Compliance with legal obligations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Consent<\/strong>, including for non-essential cookies or sensitive data when the law requires consent.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Protection of vital interests<\/strong> in a genuine emergency, where applicable.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting processing already carried out.<\/p>\n<p>Where we rely on legitimate interests, you may request information about the relevant balancing assessment.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>8. Sharing Personal Data<\/h2>\n<p>We disclose personal data only where reasonably necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Recipients may include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Hosting, cloud, connectivity, security, analytics, communications, customer-support and professional-service providers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Payment, identity, logistics, travel, marketplace, platform, research or other operational partners relevant to the requested service.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Our clients or their authorised administrators when we process data on their behalf.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Professional advisers, insurers, auditors, potential transaction counterparties and successors, subject to appropriate confidentiality requirements.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Courts, regulators, law-enforcement bodies or other recipients where disclosure is legally required or necessary to protect rights and safety.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Service providers are selected with regard to confidentiality, security and data-protection obligations.<\/p>\n<p>Third parties acting for their own purposes are responsible for their own privacy practices and privacy notices.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>9. International Transfers<\/h2>\n<p>Because our clients, users, suppliers and infrastructure may be located in different countries, personal data may be transferred outside France.<\/p>\n<p>Where transfer restrictions apply, we use recognised safeguards such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Adequacy decisions<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Approved contractual clauses<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Binding contractual commitments<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Other lawful transfer mechanisms<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Supplementary safeguards where appropriate<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>10. Retention<\/h2>\n<p>We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.<\/p>\n<p>We take into account contract duration, client instructions, account activity, security and backup cycles, dispute periods and applicable legal, tax, audit or regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n<h3>Typical Retention Periods<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Website enquiries and unsuccessful proposals:<\/strong> generally up to 24 months after the last substantive contact.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Client, supplier, transaction and accounting records:<\/strong> for the duration of the engagement and any applicable statutory limitation or record-keeping period that follows.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Client-controlled service data:<\/strong> for the period specified in the relevant contract, after which it is deleted or returned in accordance with agreed instructions, subject to secure backup rotation and legal holds.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Security logs:<\/strong> for a proportionate period based on risk, unless required for an incident investigation, dispute or legal claim.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>11. Security<\/h2>\n<p>We use proportionate technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data.<\/p>\n<p>These measures may include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Role-based access controls<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Authentication controls<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Encryption where appropriate<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Logging and monitoring<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Secure development and change-management processes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Vulnerability management<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Incident-management procedures<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Backup and recovery controls<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Confidentiality obligations<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Supplier security reviews<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No information system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We therefore review and adapt our controls in light of identified risks, legal requirements and service needs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>12. Your Privacy Rights<\/h2>\n<p>Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Request access to your personal data.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Request a copy of your personal data.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Request deletion of personal data.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Request restriction of processing.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Object to processing based on legitimate interests.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Object to direct marketing.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Request portability of personal data you provided in a structured, commonly used format.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Withdraw consent.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Change your cookie preferences.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Appeal the refusal of a privacy request where applicable law provides that right.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Exercise your privacy rights without unlawful discrimination.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To submit a request, contact:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"mailto:privacy@opterelleadvisory.com\">privacy@opterelleadvisory.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We may need to verify your identity and authority before responding to a request.<\/p>\n<p>An authorised agent may act on your behalf where permitted by law and properly verified.<\/p>\n<p>You may also complain to the <strong>French Data Protection Authority (CNIL)<\/strong> or another competent EU data-protection authority.<\/p>\n<p>If the relevant personal data is controlled by one of our clients, please contact that client first.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>13. Cookies and Similar Technologies<\/h2>\n<p>Cookies are small files or similar technologies placed on or read from your device.<\/p>\n<p>Our website may use the following categories of cookies:<\/p>\n<h3>Strictly Necessary Cookies<\/h3>\n<p>These cookies support essential website functionality, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Security<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Network management<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Website navigation<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Forms<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Remembering privacy and cookie choices<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These cookies may operate without consent where permitted by law because they are necessary for the website to function properly.<\/p>\n<h3>Preference Cookies<\/h3>\n<p>Preference cookies remember settings or choices you make to improve your experience on the website.<\/p>\n<h3>Analytics Cookies<\/h3>\n<p>Analytics cookies help us understand aggregate website use and improve website pages and performance.<\/p>\n<p>Where consent is required by law, analytics cookies operate only after you have provided consent.<\/p>\n<h3>Marketing Cookies<\/h3>\n<p>Marketing cookies are used only where clearly disclosed through our cookie banner or preference centre and where any consent required by law has been obtained.<\/p>\n<p>We do not state that marketing cookies are active unless they are identified in the website\u2019s cookie-management interface.<\/p>\n<h3>Managing Your Cookie Preferences<\/h3>\n<p>Our cookie banner or preference centre provides current information about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Cookies in use<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Their purposes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Cookie providers<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Cookie durations<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Your available choices<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can reject non-essential cookies or withdraw previously provided consent through the cookie preference centre.<\/p>\n<p>You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that disabling strictly necessary cookies may affect the operation or availability of some website functions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>14. Direct Marketing<\/h2>\n<p>We may send relevant business communications where permitted by applicable law.<\/p>\n<p>You can opt out of marketing communications at any time by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Using the unsubscribe option provided in the communication; or<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Contacting us directly.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Service, security, administrative and transaction-related communications are not marketing communications and may still be sent where necessary.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>15. Children<\/h2>\n<p>Our website and business services are not directed to children.<\/p>\n<p>We do not knowingly collect personal data from children except where information is lawfully provided by a parent, guardian or authorised organisation and is necessary to provide a requested service.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>16. Changes to This Policy<\/h2>\n<p>We may update this Privacy &amp; Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Our services<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Technology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Applicable laws or regulations<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Our data-processing practices<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The latest version will be published on our website with an updated revision date.<\/p>\n<p>Where required, material changes may also be communicated using an appropriate additional method.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>17. Contact Us<\/h2>\n<p>For questions about this Privacy &amp; Cookie Policy or to exercise your privacy rights, please contact:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opterelle Advisory<\/strong><br \/>Paris, France<br \/><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:privacy@opterelleadvisory.com\">privacy@opterelleadvisory.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRIVACY &amp; COOKIE POLICY Opterelle AdvisoryLast Updated: 19 August 2026 1. Introduction Opterelle Advisory (\u201cOpterelle\u201d, \u201cwe\u201d, \u201cus\u201d, or \u201cour\u201d) provides market research, feasibility and strategy advisory services from Paris, France. 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