Privacy policy

At BLACKGUARDS, your privacy and the protection of your personal data are our priorities. 

The purpose of this privacy policy (hereinafter the "Privacy Policy") is to inform you about how we process your personal data when you use the website https://dystopia-festival.com./ (the " website ") in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of April 27, 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (the " RGPD ") and Law no. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms in its latest version in force (together the " Applicable Regulations ").

This Privacy Policy does not describe how your data is collected and processed via cookies and other tracking devices ("Cookies"). cookies ") on the Site. For more information, please consult our Cookies Policy.

Who is the data controller?

The data controller is BLACKGUARDS, a simplified joint stock company, registered in the Nanterre Trade and Companies Register under number 980 436 935 and whose registered office is located at 99 avenue Achille Peretti, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine ("We"). We ", " Our ", " Our ").

What data do we collect? 

Personal data is data that can be used to identify an individual, either directly or by cross-referencing with other data. 

We collect personal data in the following categories:

    • Identification data (surname, first name, email and postal address, telephone number);
    • Data relating to your professional life (company name, CV, position/function, LinkedIn URL);
    • Browsing data (IP address, pages viewed, date and time of connection, browser used, operating system, user ID, MAID);
    • Data from recordings of telephone calls between you and our customer service department (content of calls, dates);
  • Any information you wish to send us as part of your contact request.

Mandatory data are indicated when you provide us with your data. They are indicated by any means.

How do we collect your personal data?

We may collect your personal data in two ways:

  • directly, when you have provided them to us (for example, by filling in a contact request form on our Site);
  • indirectly, via service providers, database enhancement tools. 


On what legal grounds, for what purposes and for how long do we store your personal data?

 

Goals

Legal basis

Shelf life

Build a file of prospects

Our legitimate interest in developing and promoting our business

Your data will be kept for a period of 3 years from the date of your last contact with us.

Send newsletters, solicitations and promotional messages by email

Our legitimate interest in building customer loyalty and informing our customers and prospects of our latest news

Data is kept for 3 years from the date of your last contact with us.

Telephone canvassing

Our legitimate interest in developing and promoting our business

Data is kept for 3 years from the date of your last contact.

Respond to your requests for information, contact and/or demonstration

The execution of pre-contractual measures taken at your request

Data is kept for a period of 3 years from the date of your last contact.

Keep information and administrative documents related to our business

Comply with our legal and regulatory obligations

Invoices are archived for 10 years.

Data relating to your transactions (with the exception of bank details) are kept for 5 years.

Data relating to your contract and to the signing of the contract are kept for 5 years.

Enhance the value of your personal data through the use of advertising cookies

Your consent

Data is kept for 25 months.

Responding to requests from data subjects to exercise their rights

Comply with our legal and regulatory obligations

If we ask you for proof of identity, we keep it only for the time needed to verify your identity. Once verification has been completed, the proof of identity is deleted.

If you exercise your right to object to receiving prospecting: we keep this information for 3 years.


Who will receive your data? 

We will have access to your personal data:

  1. Our staff ;
  2. Our subcontractors: hosting service provider, newsletter dispatch service provider, audience measurement and analysis service provider, e-mail service provider, CRM tool, cookie management tool; 
  3. To any authority legally entitled to know about it, in particular the judicial, police or administrative authorities, if they so request.

Is your data likely to be transferred outside the European Union?

Your data is kept and stored on o2Switch's servers, located in the European Union, for the duration of processing.

In the context of the tools we use (see article on recipients concerning our subcontractors), your data may be transferred outside the European Union. The transfer of your data in this context is secured using the following tools:

  • or the data is transferred to a country that has been the subject of an adequacy decision by the European Commission, in accordance with Article 45 of the RGPD: in this case, this country ensures a level of protection deemed sufficient and adequate to the provisions of the RGPD ;
  • or the data is transferred to a country whose level of data protection has not been recognized as adequate to the RGPD: in this case such transfers are based on appropriate safeguards indicated in Article 46 of the RGPD, tailored to each provider, including but not limited to the conclusion of standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission, the application of binding corporate rules or under an approved certification mechanism ;
  • or the data is transferred on the basis of one of the appropriate guarantees described in Chapter V of the RGPD.

You can obtain a copy of the tools used to transfer your data outside the European Union by contacting us as indicated in the "What are your rights regarding your data" section below.

What are your rights regarding your data?

You have the following rights with regard to your personal data:

  • Right to information Your right to information: this is precisely why we have drawn up this Privacy Policy. This right is provided for in Articles 13 and 14 of the RGPD.
  • Right of access You have the right to access all your personal data at any time, in accordance with Article 15 of the RGPD.
  • Right of rectification You have the right to rectify inaccurate, incomplete or obsolete personal data at any time in accordance with Article 16 of the RGPD.
  • Right to limitation You have the right to obtain the limitation of the processing of your personal data in certain cases defined in Article 18 of the RGPD.
  • Right to erasure : you have the right to demand that your personal data be erased, and to prohibit any future collection for the reasons set out in Article 17 of the GDPR.
  • The right to set up instructions for the storage, deletion and communication of your personal data after your death. 
  • Right to withdraw your consent at any time For purposes based on consent, Article 7 of the RGPD states that you may withdraw your consent at any time. This withdrawal will not call into question the legality of the processing carried out prior to the withdrawal.
  • Right to portability : under certain conditions specified in Article 20 of the RGPD, you have the right to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a standard machine-readable format and to demand its transfer to the recipient of your choice.
  • Right to object Pursuant to Article 21 of the RGPD, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. Please note, however, that we may continue to process them despite this objection, for legitimate reasons or the defense of legal rights.

You can exercise these rights by writing to us at the following address: contact@blackguards.fr.

We may ask you to provide additional information in case of reasonable doubt, or any document that could prove your identity if the doubt persists. 

For any unsuccessful questions or requests, you are entitled to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in France, the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés ("CNIL"), located at 3 Place de Fontenoy - TSA 80715 - 75334 PARIS CEDEX 07.

Modifications

We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time, in particular in order to comply with any regulatory, legal, editorial or technical developments. Such changes will apply as of the effective date of the modified version. You are therefore invited to consult the latest version of this policy on a regular basis. Nevertheless, we will keep you informed of any significant changes to this privacy policy.

Effective date: 07/26/2025