The website www.aime.eu (hereinafter the “Site”) is the property of GPO, Groupe Paredes Orapi (hereinafter “GPO”).
GPO attaches the utmost importance to the protection of personal data and undertakes to process it in accordance with applicable legislation, in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (hereinafter the “GDPR”).
This Privacy Policy (hereinafter the “Policy”) aims to explain what personal data is collected, how it is processed, and how each user may exercise their rights.
1) Who are the data controllers?
The controller is GPO, located at 190 avenue Thiers, 69006 Lyon, and registered with the Lyon Trade and Companies Register under number RCS Lyon 955 509 609.
2) What personal data is processed?
In the course of your browsing, the personal data that GPO may process are those you provide on the Site:
- When you complete a form via the “Contact us” button. Some requested information is mandatory. These are marked with an asterisk. If you choose not to provide them, GPO will not be able to process your request;
- When you subscribe to our newsletter by submitting your email address via the “Newsletter” form;
- When you apply for a job offer in the recruitment section of the Site;
- When you create a customer account on the Site to access our catalogue and order products.
GPO also collects your personal data through cookies implemented on our Site.
Thus, the personal data you may provide includes the following categories: your gender, last name, first name, date of birth, telephone number, postal address, email address, profession. Cookies enable us to collect the date and time of your connection, the search engine used, and your IP address. For more information on cookies, please refer to section 6 of this Policy.
3) For what purposes do we process your personal data?
In the course of your browsing on the Site, GPO processes your data exclusively for the purpose of:
- Responding to your requests for information by providing all necessary details;
- Managing contracts (order processing, deliveries, invoicing, management of business relations);
- Sending you the latest news and promotions when you have subscribed to the newsletter;
- Managing complaints and warranties;
- Managing recruitment;
- Monitoring your customer account, responding to your needs, and managing our commercial activity;
- Improving our services and maintaining our business relationships;
- Carrying out satisfaction surveys and marketing operations.
GPO may request your consent to collect specific types of personal information so that you may participate in new activities, receive exclusive content, or test new features.
The collection and processing of your personal data aim to comply with the legal and contractual obligations incumbent upon us as a business operator, as well as to pursue our legitimate interest.
For the sake of transparency, we have summarised in the table below the legal bases associated with each of our processing purposes:
| Purpose of Processing | Legal Basis |
| Contract management | Performance of our commercial contract |
| Management of complaints, disputes, and warranties | Legitimate interest of our company in being able to establish proof of a right or contract |
| Sending of commercial communications | Legitimate interest of the company in promoting its products and services, subject to your right to object to receiving professional commercial communications |
| Maintenance of general and auxiliary accounting and fulfilment of related formalities | Compliance with legal obligations incumbent upon us as a business |
| Creation of access to the Site | Legitimate interest of our company in offering you a tailored service through the creation of a customer account |
| Managing our recruitment | Legitimate interest of our company in carrying out recruitment campaigns |
| Contacting us via the contact form on our website | Legitimate interest of our company in responding to your questions and providing relevant information |
| Compliance with regulatory obligations | Compliance with national and/or intra-Community regulatory obligations incumbent upon us as a business |
To stop receiving promotional and/or marketing information, please click on the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the email. Once unsubscribed, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as purchase receipts or administrative information concerning your account.
4) How do we protect your personal data?
GPO takes care to secure and protect the personal information entrusted to us. To this end, we use various measures to help protect personal information from any unauthorised access and use.
Our information systems are protected against unauthorised access. Only members of our internal services have access to your personal data, based on a personal identifier or another authentication method, and only where relevant to the performance of their duties.
Your personal data is retained only for the period necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was collected. GPO has developed a data retention policy in accordance with this principle, an extract of which you may request at any time by contacting our GDPR officer at the following email address: rgpd@Paredesorapi.com.
As a general rule, we inform you that your data will be retained throughout the duration of our business relationship. Some of your data may, however, be retained for up to three years after the end of our relationship in order to continue to send you our commercial offers.
At the end of our business relationship, we may archive some of your data, i.e. retain it on a medium separate from the active database with limited access, in order to comply with a legal obligation incumbent upon us or to prevent litigation. These durations are set in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code and the Commercial Code.
5) Who has access to your personal data?
Your personal data is transmitted within our various departments – Administrative and Financial Management, Products and Services Management, Information Systems Management, and Customer Service – solely to persons authorised to process it.
It is also transmitted to our service providers, acting on our behalf and for our account. We ensure that they provide the necessary guarantees with respect to the security and confidentiality of your data.
We may also be required to transmit your data to authorised authorities who may request it in the exercise of their duties.
Your data is not transferred to countries outside the European Union.
6) What is the Cookies Policy?
The Site uses cookies or other trackers in order to:
- Display personalised advertisements and content;
- Measure the performance of advertisements and the Site’s content;
- Collect traffic and browsing statistics for the Site;
- Improve the products offered, the Site’s performance, and user navigation;
- Ensure the proper functioning of the Site.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small computer file, a tracker, placed and read for example when visiting a website, reading an email, installing or using software or a mobile application, regardless of the type of terminal used (computer, smartphone, e-reader, internet-connected game console, etc.).
Its placement and storage on your terminal are carried out in compliance with applicable legislation and subject to the choices you have expressed, which you may modify at any time under the conditions specified below.
What are the purposes of cookies?
- They optimise your experience on our Site by providing accurate traffic measurements.
- They make your browsing easier, more user-friendly, and more personalised through displays and content that adapt to your expectations.
- They allow us to offer you advertisements tailored to your preferences and needs.
What cookies are used and for what purposes?
The cookies placed on the Site are of several types and each serves different purposes as set out below:
| Cookie Category | Purpose |
| Technical cookies | Technical cookies, whose use is permitted by law without requiring your consent, allow you to browse the pages of our Site and access the various products and services we offer. For example, these include cookies remembering your session identifiers, your shopping cart, the information you have entered in a form, or cookies that adapt the site’s presentation to your preferences (language used, display resolution). Technical cookies also make it possible to detect possible fraud, security breaches, and bugs on the site, correct them, and provide an appropriate response. Strictly necessary cookies for the proper functioning of the Site will always remain active on your terminal to enable your browsing. |
| Audience measurement cookies | Subject to your consent and the configuration of your browser, audience measurement cookies allow us to establish statistics on traffic and the use of our Site by determining, for example, the number of visits, which pages are most or least visited, evaluating user navigation, and identifying possible technical malfunctions. |
| Targeted or advertising cookies | Subject to your consent and the configuration of your browser, these cookies allow advertisements to be displayed that are tailored to your interests and browsing behaviour, making them more relevant and avoiding the distribution of ads you have already seen. |
| Content personalisation cookies | Subject to your consent and the configuration of your browser, these cookies allow us to recommend products, services, and content that best meet your expectations and preferences. |
Our website uses cookies issued by GPO as well as by third parties. You will find below the list of cookie providers that may place or read cookies when you browse the Site:
| COOKIE NAME | DATA CONTROLLER | LINK TO PRIVACY POLICY | PURPOSE OF THE COOKIE | CONSENT REQUIRED |
| Google Advertising Products | https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en | Enables targeted advertising and optimisation of campaigns | YES | |
| Google Analytics Products | https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en | Helps us improve the features and content of our site by collecting and analysing data relating to the number of visitors, pages visited, length of visit, and traffic sources | YES | |
| LinkedIn Ads | https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy | Enables targeted advertising and optimisation of campaigns | YES | |
| AB Tasty | AB Tasty | https://www.abtasty.com/privacy-policy | Implements experiments on the site to improve user experience and commercial performance | YES |
How can you set your choices?
When you first visit our website, a banner informs you of the existence of the cookies listed above and invites you to give your consent to their use.
You may indicate your preferences by setting the cookies accepted according to their processing purposes.
Cookies will only be placed if you accept them, with the exception of technical cookies for which your consent is not required.
Your choice will be retained for 6 months from the date of consent. After this period, your consent will be requested again.
You can manage and modify your consent to the use of cookies at any time, using the options detailed below:
- Directly on the Site, by accessing the cookie preferences manager;
- Via your browser software;
- Through inter-professional opposition modules or platforms.
Browser software
You can configure your browser software to allow cookies to be stored or rejected on your device.
You can also regularly delete cookies from your device via your browser. Remember to configure all browsers on your different devices (tablets, smartphones, computers, etc.).
For cookie management and your preferences, the configuration of each browser is different. It is described in your browser’s help menu, which will tell you how to modify your cookie settings.
For example:
- Microsoft Edge™: https://support.microsoft.com/help/4468242/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy
- Internet Explorer™: http://windows.microsoft.com/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
- Safari™: https://support.apple.com/safari
- Chrome™: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647
- Firefox™: http://support.mozilla.org/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies
- Opera™: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/en/cookies.html
7) What are your rights?
GPO is committed to respecting the rights of each individual in the processing of personal data.
In accordance with applicable regulations, you have the right to access your personal data and, where appropriate, to request its rectification or erasure (rights of access, rectification, and erasure of data).
You may also object to the processing of your data, request its restriction, or withdraw your consent (rights to object, withdraw consent, and restrict processing).
In certain circumstances, you may also request that the data you have provided be transmitted to you (right to portability).
You may also define general or specific directives regarding the handling of your personal data after your death and register them with a trusted third party certified by the CNIL or with the relevant data controller.
If you believe that your rights are not being respected, you may file a complaint with the CNIL.
8) How to exercise your rights?
You may exercise your rights by contacting our Data Protection Officer:
By post at the following address: GPO, 190 avenue Thiers, 69006 Lyon
By email at: rgpd@Paredesorapi.com
We will handle your request to exercise your rights as quickly and effectively as possible.
If, after contacting us, you believe that your rights are not respected, you may lodge a complaint with the competent national authority:
CNIL – Complaints Department – 3 Place de Fontenoy – TSA 80715 – 75334 PARIS CEDEX 07.
This Policy was last updated on 1 July 2025.