Datenschutzrichtlinie
Effective date: May 7th, 2025
SEALD SAS – 13 rue Georges Bizet, 78380 Bougival, France (hereinafter "Seald")
Contact: contact@seald.io
1. Who is responsible for your data?
The purpose of Seald is to provide business clients with tools for encrypting their data (for example, through its SDK). As such, Seald mostly acts as a data processor: the business client is the data controller. In such cases, we recommend contacting the relevant business client directly to understand how your data is processed.
However, Seald also collects and processes some personal data as a data controller, for example when you visit our website, when you register to use our services, or when you contact us for more information or for support.
If you have an account and use our services, the processing of your personal data is governed by our Terms & Conditions and their associated Data Processing Agreement. Please refer to those documents.
This Privacy Policy applies only to the other processing operations where Seald acts as a data controller, for example when you visit our website or contact us for more information.
2. What personal data do we collect?
We may collect and process the following categories of data:
- Identity and contact information: such as name, email address, and company, when you ask us for more information.
- Technical data: such as IP address, browser type, device and usage data collected when you visit our website.
- Marketing preferences: when you opt in or opt out of communications from us.
3. Why do we process your data?
We process your personal data for the following purposes and legal bases:
| Purpose | Legal Basis (GDPR) |
|---|---|
| Complying with legal obligations (e.g., accounting, user rights) | Legal obligation |
| Product improvement through service usage statistics | Legitimate interest |
| Communication with prospective clients (e.g., answering requests, service information) | Legitimate interest |
| Marketing emails and communications | Consent (opt-in only) |
4. Who can access your data?
Your data is used internally by authorized Seald personnel only and may be shared with our technical service providers (“data processors” within the meaning of the GDPR), solely to the extent necessary to provide their services to us.
We ensure each service provider is subject to contractual, technical, and legal safeguards, especially in the case of international transfers.
5. Do we transfer your data outside the EU?
Some of our technical providers may process data outside the European Union. In such cases, we implement appropriate safeguards, such as:
- Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission
- Providers certified under frameworks recognized as offering adequate protection
6. How long do we keep your data?
We retain personal data collected under this Privacy Policy only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, and in accordance with applicable legal obligations.
After the applicable retention period, your data will be securely deleted or anonymized. However, copies of your data may be retained in system backups for up to six (6) months after deletion, for security and continuity purposes only, and are automatically purged beyond that period.
7. What are your rights?
Under applicable data protection laws, you have the following rights:
- Access: to your personal data
- Rectification: if your data is incorrect
- Erasure: under the conditions of Article 17 GDPR
- Restriction of processing: in certain cases
- Portability: of your data in structured format
- Objection: to certain processing activities
- Withdraw consent: at any time, for consent-based processing
- Post-mortem instructions: to decide what happens to your data after your death
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: dpo@seald.io. We may ask you to provide proof of identity if needed.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to file a complaint with the French supervisory authority (CNIL): www.cnil.fr
8. Data Protection Officer
Seald has appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO) in accordance with Article 37 of the GDPR.
You may contact the DPO at: dpo@seald.io
9. Changes to this Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, or legal obligations. The most current version is available on our website at https://www.seald.io/privacy-policy.
We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed of any changes. Continued use of our services after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.