Privacy & Cookies

1. Data controller

The data controller for this website is:

NutriOmics – Nutrition and Obesities: Systemic Approaches (U1269)
Sorbonne Université / Inserm
Contact: contact@nutriomics.org

2. Contact form

2.1. Data collected

When you use the contact form, we collect the information you provide, which may include:

• Name
• Email address
• Subject and message content
• Technical information required for security (IP address, date and time, reCAPTCHA verification)

2.2. Purpose and legal basis

We use this data only to:

• Receive and respond to your request or question
• Protect the form against spam and abuse

The legal basis is our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) in ensuring communication and security of the service.

2.3. Retention period

Your message may be kept for the time necessary to process your request and, if relevant, for a limited period required for administrative or legal purposes.

2.4. Recipients

The information you send via the form is transmitted by email to the NutriOmics team and is not shared with third parties, except where required by law or in the context of IT hosting and maintenance providers acting under appropriate data protection safeguards.

3. Google reCAPTCHA

This site uses Google reCAPTCHA v2 on the contact form to protect against automated spam and abuse.

reCAPTCHA is provided by Google and may collect information such as:

• IP address
• Browser and device information
• Interaction data with the page (mouse movements, clicks, etc.)

This information is sent to Google in order to decide whether the visitor is a human or a bot.

The use of reCAPTCHA is governed by:

• Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
• Google Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms

We use reCAPTCHA on the basis of our legitimate interest in protecting this website and its services from abusive automated requests.

4. Cookies

4.1. What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file stored on your device by your browser when you visit a website. It can be used for technical functions (session management, security) or for analytics and advertising.

4.2. Cookies used on this site

On this website, cookies are used primarily for:

• Session management for the secure contact form
• reCAPTCHA security checks by Google

4.2.1. Essential session cookie (PHPSESSID)

When you use the contact form, a session cookie (commonly named PHPSESSID) may be stored. This cookie:

• is issued by this website (first-party cookie)
• is required to manage security mechanisms such as limiting repeated submissions
• is kept only for the duration of the session and is deleted by the browser afterwards

This cookie is considered strictly necessary for the functioning and security of the contact form.

4.2.2. Google reCAPTCHA cookies

reCAPTCHA may set cookies (for example NID, AEC or similar) to:

• distinguish humans from bots
• maintain security and integrity of the service

These cookies are managed by Google. For more details, please refer to Google’s privacy policy linked above.

4.3. No analytics or advertising cookies

This site does not use cookies for:

• audience measurement via external analytics tools (e.g. Google Analytics)
• personalised advertising or tracking across websites

4.4. Managing cookies in your browser

You can configure your browser to:

• block all cookies or only third-party cookies
• delete cookies when you close the browser
• review and delete existing cookies

Please refer to the help section of your browser for detailed instructions.

5. Your rights

In accordance with applicable data protection laws (including the GDPR), you have the following rights, where relevant:

• Right of access to your personal data
• Right to rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Right to erasure, within the limits of legal obligations
• Right to restriction of processing
• Right to object to processing on legitimate interest grounds

To exercise these rights, please contact us at: contact@nutriomics.org.