Personal data protection policy

The protection of your personal data is a priority for Thales Alenia Space which ensures that your personal data is processed with complete transparency and security.

To this end, Thales Alenia Space has adopted Binding Corporate Rules (hereinafter the “BCR”).
The Thales BCR were approved by the French Data Protection Authority in deliberations No. 2023-144 and No. 2023-145 dated December 21, 2023. 

Personal data protection policy

The BCR constitute the Thales Group's policy on the protection of personal data, defining the principles and procedures implemented by Thales in connection with any processing of personal data. You can access the Thales BCR by clicking here.

Thales website privacy notice

The purpose of this privacy notice is to provide you with information about the processing of your personal data collected via the www.thalesaleniaspace.com website and its sub-domains (hereinafter the "Thales Alenia Space Website").

When you visit the Thales Alenia Space Website, Thales Alenia Space, a French “société par actions simplifiée” registered in the Cannes Trade and Companies Register under number 439 990 748, whose registered office is located at 100, boulevard du Midi 06150, Cannes La Bocca, France (hereinafter "Thales Alenia Space" or "we") may collect and process information about you.

In this case, Thales Alenia Space acts as data controller, i.e. Thales Alenia Space determines the purpose and manner of processing your personal data.

When submitting an application or responding to a job offer online on the Thales Alenia Space Website, please refer to the specific recruitment information notice by clicking here.

Is the collection of your personal data mandatory when you visit the Thales Alenia Space Website?

The collection of personal data (notably cookies) during browsing, website audience measurement and use of online services is optional.
However, we do need to collect and process personal data about you to enable you to access certain areas of the Thales Alenia Space Website or specific online services, to respond to your requests for information and to ensure the security of the Thales Alenia Space Website, as explained below.

What personal data do we collect and process?

When you visit the Thales Alenia Space Website, we may collect and process the following information about you:

  • Data relating to your identity such as your first and last names;
  • Data relating to your functions;
  • Data relating to your contact details such as your e-mail address, phone number and country of residence;
  • Data relating to your browsing on the Thales Alenia Space Website (connection logs, IP address, technical data relating to the equipment and browser used, cookies and other tracers);
  • Data relating to the management of contacts and technical services (time-stamp and purpose of requests, follow-up, action taken).

What are the purposes and legal basis for processing your personal data?

Your personal data is used for the purposes and on the legal basis described below:

Purpose of processing of your personal data

Legal basis for processing

Communication & Marketing

Respond to your requests and messages;

Legitimate interest of Thales Alenia Space

Send you by e-mail information about Thales Alenia Space products, services and activities;

Your consent*

Allow you to download content about Thales Alenia Space products, services and activities (white papers, etc.);

Your consent*

Personalize your visit to the Thales Alenia Space Website and recommend content to you based on your interests and preferences;

Your consent*

Carry out audience statistics for the Thales Alenia Space Website and usage statistics for online services (preferences, newsletter subscriptions, etc.).

Legitimate interest of Thales Alenia Space

Carry out sales prospecting, market research and satisfaction surveys concerning Thales Alenia Space products, services and activities by e-mail, SMS, telephone, instant messaging or via a virtual assistant (chatbot).

Your consent*

Thales Alenia Space Website technical management

Ensure the security, maintenance and improvement of the Thales Alenia Space Website;

Legitimate interest of Thales Alenia Space

Manage navigation on the Thales Alenia Space website.

Legitimate interest of Thales Alenia Space

*You may withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing activities based on that consent prior to its withdrawal.

How long do we keep your personal data?

Your personal data collected from the Thales Alenia Space Website for communication and marketing purposes is kept for a maximum period of three (3) years from the date of collection.
Your personal data required for the technical management and security of the Thales Alenia Space Website is kept for a period of twenty-five (25) month from their date of collection.

Who receives your personal data?

- Thales Group companies

Thales is an international group with many affiliates, and Thales Alenia Space is one of these affiliates. As a result, we may share your personal data with other Thales Group companies and their employees.
When your personal data is transferred by a Thales company established in the European Economic Area (hereinafter “the EEA”) or in the United Kingdom (hereinafter “the UK”) to a Thales company established outside the EEA or the UK, in a country that has not been recognized as offering an adequate level of protection by an adequacy decision of the European Commission or the UK, this transfer is based on the Binding Corporate Rules (hereinafter the “BCR”) adopted by Thales and Thales Alenia Space.

Thanks to the Thales BCR, wherever your personal data is processed within the Thales Group, it benefits from the same standard of protection. You can access the Thales BCR by clicking here.

- Thales Alenia Space external suppliers and service providers

Thales Alenia Space uses external suppliers and service providers to host and maintain the Thales Alenia Space Website and/or to carry out marketing and communication activities on its behalf.

Thales Alenia Space ensures that said third-parties who process personal data on behalf of Thales Alenia Space comply with Thales Alenia Space' instructions and implement appropriate protection measures.

When your personal data is transferred by a Thales company established in the EEA to a third-party established outside the EEA, in a third country that has not been recognized as offering an adequate level of protection by an adequacy decision of the European Commission, Thales Alenia Space relies on Standard Contractual Clauses as adopted by the European Commission (hereinafter the “SCC”).

You can obtain a copy of the SCC signed by Thales Alenia Space by clicking here .

When your personal data is transferred by a Thales company established in the UK to a third-party established outside the UK in a third country that has not been recognized as offering an adequate level of protection by the UK, Thales Alenia Space relies on the International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA) or the International Data Transfer Addendum to the SCC issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office.

- Public, governmental and/or judicial authorities

Thales Alenia Space may be required to disclose your personal data to public, governmental and/or judicial authorities by law or in the context of litigation, legal proceedings or any other request from such an authority. In such cases, we will ensure that only strictly necessary data is disclosed.

Thales Alenia Space does not sell your personal data to third parties.

What security measures are in place to protect your data?

Thales Alenia Space undertakes to implement the technical, organizational and contractual security measures necessary to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure or unauthorized access.

However, due to the public and unsecured nature of the Internet, Thales Alenia Space cannot be responsible for the security of personal data transmissions over the Internet.

In addition, the Thales Alenia Space Website may contain links to third-party websites. Thales Alenia Space makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, with respect to such third-party websites. The publishers and operators of third-party websites may collect, use or transfer personal data under terms and conditions different from those of Thales Alenia Space.

What are your rights concerning your personal data?

You have the right to access your personal data.

You may also request the correction or deletion of your personal data.

You also have the right to withdraw your consent or to object to the processing of your personal data and to request that such processing be restricted.

Finally, you can request your personal data to be sent to you in a structured and standard format.

To exercise your rights or make a complaint, please use the dedicated form by clicking here.

You may also contact the Thales Group Data Protection Officer by sending an e-mail to dataprotection@thalesgroup.com.

In all cases, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority.

Update of the Thales Alenia Space Website notice

The present notice of the Thales Alenia Space Website is updated regularly to take into account technological innovations as well as legislative and regulatory changes.

Date of last revision: June 2024

Link to Thales Alenia Space Cookie Policy

Please note that Thales Alenia Space uses cookies when you browse the Thales Alenia Space Website. To learn more about the cookies used by Thales Alenia Space click here.

Information notice for processing of contact details under Thales Alenia Space Agreements

To access the information notice relating to the processing of personal contact data in the context of contracts entered into by Thales Alenia Space, please click here.