Legal notice - Privacy policy

1/ Introduction

The data collected on the site results from the voluntary communication of personal data by visitors. The data collected in this way is used solely to transmit information relating to requests, newsletter subscriptions, assignments carried out and services provided as part of the teleservices provided by the City of Saint-Avold.

2/ Site hosting

The www.saint-avold.fr website is hosted by OVHCLOUD, a French service provider specializing in website hosting.
Head office: 2, rue Kellerman 59100 ROUBAIX-France
Website: www.ovhcloud.com
OVHCLOUD provides the technical hosting for the site, guaranteeing its availability and security.
Publisher:
Ville de Saint-Avold
Website publication director: Monsieur le Maire de la collectivité
Address: 36, Boulevard de Lorraine 57500 Saint-Avold

3/ Intellectual property

All content on this site, including text, images, videos, logos, PDF documents, downloadable files and graphics, is protected by the French Intellectual Property Code. Unless otherwise stated, this content is the exclusive property of the City of Saint-Avold. Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, transmission or distortion, in whole or in part, of the site or its contents, by any process whatsoever, without the prior written authorization of the City of Saint-Avold, is strictly prohibited and constitutes an infringement that may incur the civil and criminal liability of its author.

4/ Processing of personal data

4.1/ Purpose of collection

The Ville de Saint-Avold may collect personal data when using its digital services (contact forms, newsletter registration, appointment requests, teleservices, etc.). This data is strictly necessary for the performance of public service missions or to respond to a request from the user.
Data is collected for the following purposes:

  • Managing the services offered by the city.
  • Processing and tracking your requests,
  • Sending information or institutional communications,

4.2/ Legal basis for processing

The processing of personal data by the City of Saint-Avold is based on the following legal grounds:

  • Articles 5, 5-1, 5-3 and 5-5 of Act no. 78-17 of January 6, 1978, as amended, on data processing, data files and individual liberties.
  • Article 6.1.a of the RGPD: explicit consent of the data subject,
  • Article 6.1.e of the RGPD: mission of public interest or relating to the exercise of public authority,
  • Article 6.1.c of the RGPD: compliance with a legal obligation,

4.3/ Shelf life

Personal data is kept for a period strictly necessary to achieve the purposes of processing, in accordance with the legal and regulatory requirements in force. At the end of this period, it is either deleted, securely archived or made anonymous.

4.4/ Data recipients

Data is intended exclusively for use by authorized departments of the City of Saint-Avold. It may also be transmitted to technical service providers acting on behalf of the town, in particular hosting companies (such as OVHcloud), strictly within the framework of the missions entrusted to them. Administrative or judicial authorities may also have access to data when required by law.

4.5/ Exercising your rights

In accordance with the RGPD and the Data Protection Act, any data subject has the following rights:

  • Right of access to personal data,
  • Right of rectification,
  • Right to erasure (within the limits of the law),
  • Right to restrict processing,
  • Right to object to data processing,
  • Right to lodge a complaint with the CNIL (https://www.cnil.fr/fr/plaintes).

However, the City of Saint-Avold has a Data Protection Officer (rgpd@cdg57.fr).

To exercise these rights, you can send a written request to:
Mairie de Saint-Avold
For the attention of Référent RGPD
36, Boulevard de Lorraine - 57500 Saint-Avold
Or by email to: referentergpd@mairie-saint-avold.fr

5/ Data security

The City of Saint-Avold implements appropriate technical and organizational measures to guarantee a level of security appropriate to the risk. These measures comply with the requirements of the Référentiel Général de Sécurité (RGS), in particular :

  • Order no. 2005-1516 of December 8, 2005 on electronic exchanges between users and administrative authorities;
  • Decree no. 2010-112 of February 2, 2010 on the security of government information systems,
  • Article 34 of law no. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 (obligation to take all necessary precautions to ensure data security).
    All personal data is protected by security protocols, including encryption, to prevent unauthorized access.

6/ Cookie policy

When browsing the site, cookies may be placed on your terminal in order to :

    • Improve your user experience;
    • Measure site audience anonymously;
    • Enable content sharing on social networks.

    You can manage or deactivate cookies at any time by configuring your browser settings. However, deactivating cookies may restrict access to certain site functions, in particular the sharing functions on social networks.
    Last updated: July 2025.