Data controller
Personal data collected through this website is processed by NEXTMARQ, a French limited liability company (SARL) with a share capital of €100,000, registered with the Aix-en-Provence Trade and Companies Register (RCS) under No. 451 457 212, whose registered office is at 1a, rue Chabrier — 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France.
For any question about your data: info@nextmarq.com, or by post at the registered office.
Data collected
When you use the contact form, in French or in English, we collect the following information:
- first name and last name;
- email address;
- company, if you choose to provide it;
- subject of the inquiry and content of your message.
We also process the information you give us when you write to us or call us directly.
When you visit the website, the hosting provider records technical connection data (IP address, date and time, page viewed), which is necessary for the operation and security of the service.
Please do not send confidential documents or sensitive data through the form before our first discussion.
Purposes and legal bases
- Reviewing an inquiry about one of the firm's services, responding to it and preparing a proposal: steps taken at your request prior to entering into a contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR).
- Responding to other messages sent to us: the firm's legitimate interest in handling the inquiries it receives (Article 6(1)(f)).
- Managing client matters: performance of the contract (Article 6(1)(b)).
- Keeping accounts and complying with the firm's professional obligations: legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c)).
- Ensuring the security of the website and, where applicable, defending the firm's rights: legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f)).
Data collected through the form is not used for marketing purposes or for sending newsletters.
Recipients
The data is intended for the firm's attorneys and authorized staff, who are bound by professional secrecy.
It is also processed, solely for the technical purposes of hosting the website, receiving messages and running the firm's email, by the firm's service providers: Netlify, Inc. (website hosting and receipt of form messages) and Microsoft (Microsoft 365 business email).
It is neither sold nor rented to third parties.
Transfers outside the European Economic Area
Messages sent through the form are received by Netlify, Inc., a company established in the United States. This transfer is covered by the European Commission's adequacy decision of 10 July 2023 on the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework, Netlify, Inc. being on the list of certified organizations, and, failing that, by the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.
Retention periods
- Inquiries that do not lead to a professional relationship: three years from the last contact initiated by the person concerned, then deletion. This period applies both to messages received in the firm's email and to the copies kept by the provider that hosts the form.
- Client data: for the duration of the professional relationship, then archived for the limitation and retention periods laid down by the rules applicable to the firm.
- Data needed to defend the firm's rights: until the applicable limitation periods expire.
- Technical connection data: for the periods applied by the hosting provider.
Your rights
In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and the French Data Protection Act of 6 January 1978, as amended, you have the right to access, rectify and erase your data, the right to restriction of processing, the right to object, the right to data portability, and the right to give instructions on what should happen to your data after your death.
You can exercise these rights by writing to info@nextmarq.com or to NEXTMARQ, 1a, rue Chabrier — 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France. Proof of identity may be requested where there is reasonable doubt as to your identity.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL), www.cnil.fr.
Cookies and third-party services
This website does not set any cookies and uses no advertising or audience measurement tools.
The fonts are hosted on the website itself; no third-party service is called when you browse it.
Security
NEXTMARQ implements appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the confidentiality and integrity of the data entrusted to it.
Updates
This policy may be amended to reflect changes in the law or in the firm's organization. Last updated: 10 October 2026.
Language
This page is a translation of the French privacy policy. In the event of any discrepancy, the French version prevails. This does not limit the rights you have under applicable data protection law.