Privacy Policy

20260729_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20260101_rev01

Full text changes — 20260101_rev01 to 20260729_rev01

1## Overview
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3SCALEWAY attaches great importance to compliance with regulations relating to the protection of personal data and in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament known as "GDPR") and the data processing and freedom law (law no. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms).
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5In this context, this Privacy Policy will help you to understand what personal data concerning you is collected by Scaleway and what it is intended for.
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7## Scope
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9This privacy policy is intended to govern the processing carried out by Scaleway as data controller (Scaleway, 8 RUE DE LA VILLE L'EVÊQUE 75008 PARIS 8), in particular the data collected in the context of:
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11- the management of your customer account
12- the management of marketing communications or prospection
13- the use of one of our websites (not already covered by a specific privacy policy)
14- the recruitment management
15- the compliance with our legal obligations
16- the guarantee of legitimate interests
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18The data collected for the operation of our services, where Scaleway acts as a processor, is governed by our [General Conditions of Services](https://www.scaleway.com/en/contracts/) as well as our [Data Processing Agreement (DPA).](https://www.scaleway.com/en/contracts/)
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20## What kind of personal data is processed ?
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22Scaleway is required to process the following categories of data:
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24- Data relating to identity: name, first name, customer number, signature, proof of identity.
25- Billing data: bank details, terms of payment, invoices, etc.
26- Consumption data: history of services and products used, event logs etc.
27- Communication data: mails, emails, telephone number, history of exchanges with Scaleway, complaints, support tickets, etc.
28- Connection data: IP address, user ID, location data, connection and event logs etc.
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30The categories of data used are indicated in each of the treatments in the following section. Any reference to "user account data" includes all account data.
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32## What data do we share?
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34Scaleway does not resell any personal data of its customers or contacts. We only share data as part of operations related to your contract, to meet a legal obligation, or in the company's legitimate interest in the following cases:
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36- Transfer of data to a sub-processor or partner for the performance of the service;
37- In the event of a business transfer (included merger or acquisition of the company);
38- To comply with our legal obligations (e.g., sharing data at the request of an authorized public body to identify fraud or as part of a criminal investigation);
39- To ensure the security of our services and infrastructure (e.g. sharing data with security-related service providers).
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41## How we use your data?
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43Contracts management and customer relations
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45Scaleway processes your data in order to manage contracts for the services you use. This includes the management of accounts, support and payment methods.
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47| Purposes | Categories of data | Legal basis | Retention | Categories of recipients |
48| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
49| Management of contracts and customer relations (management of accounts, support and means of payment) | Identity data
50Billing data
51Consumption data
52Communication data
53Connection data | Execution of the contract | Duration of the contractual relationship plus an archiving period to meet our legal obligations and guarantee the defense of our legitimate interest | Scaleway Services
54Entitled Scaleway Partners for support and payment management
55Authorized third parties\* |
56| Management of contracts with our partners (service providers and suppliers) | Identity data
57Commercial relationship monitoring data (activity reports and, communications) | Execution of the contract | Duration of the contractual relationship | Scaleway Services
58Entitled Scaleway Partner for the management of suppliers
59Authorized third parties |
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61\*Means any public authority or administration authorized by a text to receive personal information
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63Sales and Marketing
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65Scaleway processes certain data in order to send its service offers to its customers or prospects, guests for events or even collect their opinions on products (processing may involve profiling techniques). These processing operations may be based either on legitimate interest, if the person is already a customer of the company, particularly if the proposals concern products or services similar to those already subscribed, or on consent. Scaleway mainly collects this data directly but can also obtain it indirectly via specialized data processors in conformity with all applicable legal requirements.
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67| Purposes | Categories of data | Legal basis | Retention | Categories of recipients |
68| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
69| Commercial prospecting and communication campaigns relating to our products and services | Identity data
70Billing data
71Consumption data
72Communication data
73Connection data | Legitimate interest
74Consent | Duration of the contractual relationship
75Account deletion request
76Prospects : deletion after 3 years of inactivity from the last contact | Scaleway Sales and Marketing Teams
77Entitled Scaleway Partners for the management of marketing campaigns and customer relation
78Authorized third parties |
79| Organization of events to promote our services | Identity data
80Communication data
81Connection data
82Data relating to the professional background of the speakers | Legitimate interest
83Consent | Duration of the contractual relationship
84Account deletion request
85Prospects : deletion after 3 years of inactivity from the last contact | Scaleway Sales and Marketing Teams
86Entitled Scaleway Partners for the management of events
87Scaleway service concerned by the event
88Authorized third parties |
89| Management of third-party cookies from our websites ([learn more about our cookie policy](https://www.scaleway.com/en/cookie/)) | Connection data | Consent | Cookies are stored between 3 months and 1 year depending on the type of cookie used | Scaleway Sales and Marketing Teams
90Entitled Scaleway Partners for the cookies management
91Authorized third parties |
92| Carrying out satisfaction surveys or quality surveys on our services and the training of our teams | Identity data
93Billing data
94Consumption data
95Communication data
96Connection data
97Audio or video recording | Legitimate interest
98Consent | 1 year and anonymization | Scaleway Sales and Marketing Teams
99Entitled Scaleway Partners for marketing analysis
100Authorized third parties |
101| Produce usage statistics | Connection data | Legitimate interest | Cookies: between 3 months and 1 year
102Service usage data kept during the contractual period or anonymized | Scaleway Sales and Marketing Teams
103Entitled Scaleway Partners for quality analysis
104Authorized third parties |
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106Recruitment
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108Scaleway also processes the personal data of candidates as part of its recruitment procedure.
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110| Purposes | Categories of data | Legal basis | Retention | Categories of recipients |
111| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
112| Recruitment | Identity data
113Communication Data
114Professional Data (Curriculum vitae, salary position, and specifics of the contract)
115 | Execution of contract or pre-contractual measures
116 | If the application is not accepted, the data is kept for a maximum period of 2 years
117If the application is accepted, the data is kept for the entire duration of the contract, accompanied by an archiving period intended to comply with our legal obligations or guarantee the legitimate interests of the company. | Human resources services
118Manager and team concerned
119Scaleway partners for human resources
120Authorized third parties |
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122Legal obligations
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124Scaleway processes some of your data in order to meet its legal obligations. This is particularly the case in order to secure our services as a provider of electronic communications services, to meet our accounting and tax obligations or to process your requests for rights relating to data protection.
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126| Purposes | Categories of data | Legal basis | Retention | Categories of recipients |
127| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
128| Guarantee the security of our customers as a provider of electronic communications services (Directive 2002/58/EC and art 32 of the GDPR) in particular to prevent fraud and identity theft. The processed data may be transferred to a third country under the conditions of protection mechanisms compliant with the GDPR (including: Standard contractual clauses and appropriate security measures).
129 | Customer account data
130Photographs and visual or audio recordings
131Biometric data collected from an image, video or audio recording via facial recognition technology or similar technology for the provision of certain Services | Legal obligation | Duration of the contractual relationship plus an archiving period for the data necessary to guarantee compliance with our legal obligations
132The data used for KYC checks is retained only for the time strictly necessary to verify identity, after which it is archived to comply with applicable legal requirements or those of the relevant service provider, and subsequently deleted. | Entitled Scaleway Services
133Entitled Scaleway Partners for security management or KYC checks
134Authorized third parties (auditors etc.) |
135| Abuse of Scaleway services includes cyber-crime, copyright violation, illegal or offensive content, spamming and malware distribution. Abuse should be reported in the console. These data processings are likely to be subject to automated decision-making (e.g. anti-spam control) | Identity data
136User account information | Legal obligation | 10 years from the closure of the ticket concerned
137 | Entitled Scaleway Services
138Entitled Scaleway Partners for the ticketing and support management
139Authorized third parties |
140| Responses to the data protection requests and any complaints related to the protection of personal data | Identity data (including proof of identity)
141User account information
142ll the data related to the complaint | Legal obligation | 5 years from ticket closing
143Verification of identity card: 1 month | Entitled Scaleway Services
144Entitled Scaleway Partner for the management of subject requests
145Authorized third parties
146Entitled Iliad service |
147| Data breaches management | Identity data
148User account information related to the data breach
149All data related to the data breach | Legal obligation | 5 years from the closure of the data breach | Entitled Scaleway Services
150Competent administrative authority |
151| Accounting obligations | Billing data | Legal obligation | 10 years from the end of the contract | Entitled Scaleway Services
152Entitled Scaleway Partner for the management of payments and invoices
153Competent administrative authority |
154| Legal or administrative procedure management | Identity data
155User account information related to the case | Legal obligation | The necessary data is kept until the expiration of the legal remedies | Scaleway Legal Department
156Iliad Legal Department
157Competent administrative authority
158Entitled third parties (legal advisor etc.) |
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160Legitimate interest
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162Scaleway processes some of your data in order to meet a legitimate interest. This is particularly the case in order to secure our services, ensure the management of unpaid debts and the training of our teams (processing relating to security or fraud may involve profiling techniques).
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164| Purposes | Categories of data | Legal basis | Retention | Categories of recipients |
165| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
166| Guarantee the security of services we offer | Identity data
167User account information | Legitimate interest | 5 years from the end of the contract
168 | Scaleway IT security service
169Competent administrative authority |
170| Debt collection | Identity data
171User account information | Legitimate interest | 5 years from the payment incident
172 | Scaleway Legal and Accounting Services
173Entitled Scaleway Partner for debt collection |
174| Fraud detection and prevention | Bank details
175Identity data
176User account information | Legitimate interest | 5 years maximum from the suspicion of an incident
177ID card verification: 1 month | Entitled Scaleway service
178Entitled Scaleway Partner for support and ticketing |
179| Anti-spam policy | Email addresses
180Spam content | Legitimate interest | The reporter's data is deleted immediately after reporting | Service provider concerned |
181| Litigation management | Identity data
182Data necessary for the purposes of establishing evidence | Legitimate interest | The data is kept until the expiration of the legal remedies and archived for 10 years | Scaleway legal department
183Entitled Scaleway partner |
184| Ensure the training of our teams | Identity data
185User account information | Legitimate interest | The data is kept during the contractual period | Entitled Scaleway service |
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187## Sub-processing
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189As a data controller, Scaleway uses data processors for the following purposes:
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191- customer relationship management (support management, etc.)
192- carrying out emailing campaigns and surveys on the services
193- partnership management with other cloud providers
194- meeting our legal obligations (accounting, data protection etc.)
195- marketing data analysis
196- website data analysis
197- management of payment services
198- consulting or audit firms
199- the organization of events
200- security and identity control
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202Scaleway selects its data processors through a strict security control procedure to ensure that they only process data for the purposes for which they have been chosen. Scaleway also ensures that its data processors have technical and organizational security measures in accordance with the regulations relating to the protection of personal data.
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204## Transfer of data outside the European Union
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206Scaleway strives to minimize data transfers outside the European Union and only carries out such transfers as data controller for the purposes listed above. Data transferred as part of our services is governed by our [Data Processing Agreement (DPA)](https://www.scaleway.com/en/contracts/)
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208All transfers outside the European Union are subject to a strict control to ensure that the contracts entered into with our service providers comply with the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) updated by the implementing decision ( EU) 2021/914 of the Commission of 4 June 2021 on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text presenting interest for the EEA) and where possible, to supplement these clauses
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210## Requests from authorities
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212Scaleway may receive direct (administrative or judicial authorities) or indirect (lawyers, bailiffs, notaries, etc.) requests from competent authorities to transmit certain data relating to its customers.
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214In this case, and to the extent that Scaleway is legally entitled to do so, Scaleway may inform its customers in advance in order to enable them to assert their rights subject to compliance with applicable regulations. Scaleway cannot oppose such a request if it complies with French or European regulations, an international agreement (art. 48 of the GDPR) or with one of the exemptions provided for in art. 49 of the GDPR.
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216## Children
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218Scaleway does not provide services to children. Any children wishing to use our services must be accompanied and under the responsibility of an adult.
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220## Link to our partners
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222Our sites may contain links to our partners. We inform you that these links refer directly to the sites of these partners who have their own confidentiality policy for which Scaleway cannot be held responsible.
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224## Data Security
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226Scaleway implements technical and organizational security measures to guarantee the constant confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of its information systems and services. These measures meet the state of the art and are adapted to the type of data concerned. All of our staff are aware of IT security and data protection issues.
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228Our security measures specifically meet data protection regulations and in particular the following points:
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230- Information systems security policy (ISSP)
231- Physical protection measures for all of our data centers
232- Secure authentication of user accounts
233- Logging
234- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
235- Incident management procedure
236- Secure management procedure for data processors
237- Procedure for handling data breaches
238- Secure data backup
239- Anonymization of data when personal data is no longer necessary for processing in order to produce statistics or improve our services or marketing communication
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241In accordance with our general conditions of service, we remind you that the customer is solely responsible for the management and security of its content as well as the environments and systems that it deploys on the infrastructures made available to it as part of the services offered by Scaleway. It is also up to the customer to make any backups of their content (or other means aimed at ensuring their longevity) that he considers necessary in order to protect against possible deletion, alteration or modification of said content.
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243For more information regarding all of our security measures, you can consult our [Security and Resilience page.](https://www.scaleway.com/en/security-and-resilience/)
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245If you have identified a vulnerability or would like to send us a security question, please send it to us at: [security@scaleway.com](mailto:security@scaleway.com)
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247## Data subjects rights & contact
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249Scaleway informs you that you have the following rights depending on the purpose of processing:
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251- Be informed why we process your personal information
252- Access your data and obtain a copy of the personal data we process about you
253- Rectify incorrect, incomplete or outdated data
254- Limit the use of your data
255- Oppose the processing of your data if it is processed on the basis of legitimate interest
256- Withdraw your consent at any time if the processing is based on this legal basis
257- Delete data that is no longer necessary for processing or to meet a legal obligation
258- Exercise your right to portability
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260You can exercise your rights directly in the privacy section of your Scaleway account or via [privacy@scaleway.com](mailto:privacy@scaleway.com). If you believe that your rights have not been respected, you can also file a complaint [with the competent supervisory authority](https://www.edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_fr).
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262## Policy update
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264This privacy policy may be updated to reflect changes in regulations or services offered by Scaleway, as well as to improve the transparency of our practices. Any changes will take effect from the date of publication.
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266Last update : November 2025