Privacy policy
The Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH) is committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of its donors. We collect, store and process information about our online visitors in comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Parliament and Council of April 27, 2016.
The FMSH may modify this policy from time to time, as needed to comply with regulatory, jurisprudential, editorial, and/or technical developments. Users are encouraged to refer to the latest version of this privacy policy before navigating our website.
What data is collected by the FMSH?
Personal data refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual.
Processing covers a wide range of operations performed with or without automated means to personal data, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or any other form of provision, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
When you use our website, we may collect information that you directly provide, such as your name, email address, phone number, date of birth, billing address and other information relevant to the transaction when you make a financial donation (standard credit card information).
Some data is collected automatically based on your actions on the site, such as logging information, pages you visit, IP address, device configuration, etc. We use this information to give our visitors a more relevant online experience and to help us make website improvements. More information about these data can be found in the "What is FMSH's cookie policy?" section below.
FMSH does not retain your banking details on its servers.
Who is the data controller?
The Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH) is the data controller for your personal data collected through this website.
Its contact information is as follows:
Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme
54 Boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris, France
Phone: 01 40 48 64 00
Email: dpo@msh-paris.fr
Why does FMSH use your information?
We will use your personal information for the following purposes:
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Donating processing
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Responding to requests (customer relationship management)
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Offering tailored non-profit prospecting
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Fraud prevention and website security
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Statistical analysis
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Enhancing your user experience
We will use this data to process your donation, to communicate with you and to comply with the law and with our obligations.
Who has access to my data?
The use of user data is exclusively reserved for FMSH, and it has no intention of selling or sharing this data. We will only use your information for the purposes for which it was obtained.
However, FMSH may use "third party suppliers”, with whom we may need to share your information, such as data hosting providers or service providers who help us to deliver our services. These providers will only act under our instruction and are subject to pre-contract scrutiny and contractual obligations containing strict data protection clauses.
We may also share your data where legally required: we will comply with requests where disclosure is required by law, for example for tax investigation purposes.
How long will we keep your information?
We retain your personal data for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. However, in respect of financial transactions, we will keep your information for as long as the law requires us to for tax or accounting purposes (which may be up to six years after a particular transaction).
What is FMSH's cookie policy?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device if you agree to. They save information about you when you use a website. It allows our system to recognize your browser and optimize your navigation by storing your preferences and settings. They are also used for statistical purposes.
The information collected in this way includes:
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Information about the computer, such as IP address, browser used and its version, operating system, mobile platform used, associated technical identifiers, error reports, and execution data.
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Usage data, such as settings choices made, data you clicked on, including date and time, as well as pages viewed and search terms.
You can control the use of cookies on your device at any time and refuse them by configuring your browser settings. If you block cookies from us, however, you may not be able to see personalized content and our website may not function optimally.
What are my rights?
Data protection legislation gives you the right to access to personal information about you which is processed by the FMSH and to have inaccuracies rectified. You also have the right to ask us to erase your personal information, to restrict our processing of your personal information or to object to our processing of your personal information.
These rights can be exercised by email at the address dpo@msh-paris.fr or by mail at the following address:
Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme
Pôle Juridique
54 Boulevard Raspail 75006 Paris France