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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy informs you about how Michaël Zingraf Real Estate collects, uses, protects, and processes your personal data in accordance with applicable regulations.

This privacy policy has been in effect since September 1, 2025. It is fully part of the contractual relationship we have entered into together in connection with your requests

Scope

This privacy policy applies to Michael Zingraf Real Estate

Respect for your personal data

Aware that the use and sharing of your personal data are at the heart of your concerns, we are committed to respecting your privacy, protecting your personal data, and using it transparently.
By browsing our website, completing the various contact forms, or through any other means of communication, you expressly agree that Michael Zingraf Real Estate may process, store, and use the personal information referred to below and in accordance with this policy.

Data controller

Michael Zingraf Real Estate, a simplified joint-stock company with a share capital of 253,200 euros, whose registered office is located at: (06400) CANNES, 53-54 bd de la croisette, and registered with the CANNES Trade and Companies Register under number 328 695 432, represented by its Chief Executive Officer Jean-Claude ANNAERT.

Categories of personal data collected and processed

Any personal data identifying you directly: in particular surname, first name, postal, email or telephone contact details, or indirectly; digital traces left by your browsing on the Site, IP address (computer virtual address), are considered personal data and are processed as such. Thus, we collect and process all information you provide to us via our website or by any other means, also when registering or making contact.

You may choose not to provide us with certain personal data. In this case, you may be deprived of services that we would not be able to provide without the data you choose not to share with us. As far as possible, we strive to preserve your full ability to use our services, even if you have not agreed to provide us with your personal data.

The collection of your personal data on our websites is possible in several sections or when you use our services.
In this context and in order to satisfy your requests, we may collect the data below:

  • Title, first name and surname,
  • Date and place of birth,
  • Postal address,
  • Email address,
  • Phone number,
  • Marital regime or property status,
  • Gender,
  • IP address of the device or SDK number (Software Development Kit) of the Application used
  • Information relating to browsing and interactions with the Services and the Website (search history, forms, cookies, etc.),

In addition to the above items and where applicable, if the natural person is also a professional and is likely to enter into, or does enter into, a contractual relationship with us:

  • VAT number
  • Bank details (RIB)
  • RSAC number
  • Family details concerning the natural person
  • Photo

Use of our company’s website and the transmission of your personal data requires that you be at least 16 years old. It is specified that it is impossible for us to determine the user’s age; in any event, if we identify that any personal data collected belongs to a minor under 16, we undertake to delete it.

Purposes of processing

The collection and processing of your personal data allow us to offer you an optimal, professional, and personalized service. Consequently, you agree that we may use your personal data for the purposes set out below:

  • Respond to, follow up on your requests, and better understand your needs,
  • Provide you with all our available services or those of partner companies,
  • Keep you informed about the Company’s news and any benefits you may receive via the newsletter or receive commercial information by electronic means,
  • Improve our services, as well as the use of our websites and services,
  • Managing your reviews of services or content,
  • Creating and managing client and prospect databases,
  • Establish statistics on traffic to its Site or more generally all commercial statistics and all studies relating to the real estate market,
  • Carry out prospecting-related operations such as managing technical prospecting operations, carrying out loyalty-building, prospecting, or surveying actions, or carrying out solicitation, survey, or satisfaction study operations,
  • Carry out any commercial actions with you
  • The transfer, assignment, rental, or exchange of client or prospect databases with group partners
  • Implement any communication, advertising, or targeted actions,
  • Personalize your experience and your needs by using any browsing-tracking technology, including automated decision-making,
  • Locate you in order to better ensure the requested services and the management of your request,
  • Comply with our legal and regulatory obligations,
  • Managing the recruitment process (responding to applications, conducting interviews, etc.).

Recipients of personal data

You are informed that the collected data may be communicated to the following persons, particularly if they are involved in the process for the purposes set out above:

  • To salaried or non-salaried staff of group companies who may process the data or intervene in the process, depending on your request;
  • To the companies and real estate agencies of the Group, and particularly the commercial agents composing them;
  • To IT service providers, particularly in connection with the provision of a specific service, or for managing behavior-tracking technologies,
  • To the Group’s business partners (real estate brokers, insurance brokers, banks, wealth management advisors) or to any real estate professional (real estate agency, property dealer, administrator) whose services may add value to your project or who may enable you to benefit from special advantages.
  • To authorized administrative or judicial authorities, upon request and exclusively to meet legal obligations.

Cookies

The group’s website is: www.michaelzingraf.com

When you visit this site, Cookies may be stored on your device (computer, tablet, etc.).

A Cookie is a small text file placed on your device when you visit a website or view an advertisement.
A Cookie cannot damage the device you are using.
The purpose of a Cookie is to store information relating to browsing on the Site (pages viewed, date and time of the visit, etc.).
This information may be read on subsequent visits by the issuer of the Cookie.
In no case do these cookies contain personal information.
Cookies are in no way intended to fraudulently collect personal data.
We use different types of Cookies because they serve different purposes.  
You may choose at any time to disable the storage of Cookies by configuring your internet browser.
Michael Zingraf Real Estate reminds you that disabling Cookies may impair your browsing experience on the Site and recommends that you configure your browser taking their purpose into account.

If you wish to configure your cookies, you can proceed as indicated below depending on the browser you use.

FIREFOX
From the "Tools" menu, then "Options," click the "Privacy" icon, then the "cookies" menu and select the options you want.

INTERNET EXPLORER 6 AND ABOVE
From the "Tools" menu, then "Internet Options," click the "Privacy" tab, and select the level by moving the slider.

SAFARI
From the Safari menu, go to "Preferences" and "Security" and select the options you want.

GOOGLE CHROME
Click the Chrome menu icon located in the upper-right corner of the browser window, then select “Settings.” At the bottom of the page, click Show advanced settings. In the Privacy section, check/uncheck the privacy settings as you wish. 

Regarding the management of third-party cookies: YOUR ON LINE CHOICES
The website www.youronlinechoices.com, set up by the European Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA), which brings together advertising professionals, allows you to accept or refuse the cookies used by the companies registered on this site when you visit their services. 

MEASUREMENT AND AUDIENCE COOKIES

To change your settings for the management of audience measurement and statistics cookies, you can visit the following address:
Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaopout?hl=fr
You can also disable cookies by installing the DoNotTrack extension available on Google Chrome and Firefox:
- https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/donottrackplus/
- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/do-not-track/
 
This list is not exhaustive and may change.

Links to sites not managed by Michael Zingraf Real Estate

The Michael Zingraf Real Estate website may offer you the option to click on hyperlinks leading to other websites, even if they are not managed by Michael Zingraf Real Estate or its subcontractors. Under no circumstances can Michael Zingraf Real Estate be held responsible for the content of these sites, which it does not publish or manage. Any redirection to a third-party site does not constitute a recommendation, and Michael Zingraf Real Estate is in no way responsible for the editorial content offered on any sites concerned.

Retention period

Your data will be retained for as long as necessary to meet the purposes stated above, in particular for the following periods:

  • Performance and monitoring of contracts: 1 year after the end of the business relationship
  • Recruitment: 2 years after the last contact

At the end of these periods, the data will, if necessary, be archived for a period not exceeding the applicable legal limitation periods or archiving obligations, and in particular for a period of 5 years from the last contact you had with the group. Once these periods have expired, the data will be destroyed.

Storage and transfer

We guarantee the confidentiality and integrity of your personal information through the use of secure exchange protocols.
If you access the website from a country that is not a member of the European Union, whose legislation regarding the collection, use, and transfer of data differs from European legislation, you agree to transfer your personal data to the European Union in the course of using the websites.
If Michael Zingraf Real Estate becomes aware that a third party uses or discloses your personal data without complying with this General Privacy Policy or in breach of applicable law, Michael Zingraf Real Estate would take all reasonable steps to prevent or stop such use or disclosure.
Michael Zingraf Real Estate may also be required to transfer your personal data to third parties outside the European Union if Michael Zingraf Real Estate considers such transfer necessary for technical reasons (for example, for website hosting), in the context of Michael Zingraf Real Estate’s legitimate interest, or to meet legal obligations. These transfers may be carried out securely, via the Internet, by mail, by fax, or by any other method that Michael Zingraf Real Estate deems appropriate and in compliance with applicable law.

Access to these documents is possible by submitting a request, in accordance with the procedure described below (“Exercise of your rights”). 
Storage location of your personal data: TAS France - 15 Traverse des Brucs, 06560 Valbonne, France

Your rights 

In accordance with the provisions of the French Data Protection Act of 6 January 1978, as amended by Decree No. 2019-536, and European Regulation No. 2016/679 of 27 April 2016, you have a right to:

  • Access to and obtaining a copy of your data,
  • Rectification,
  • Erasure,
  • The right to restriction of processing,
  • The right to data portability of your personal data,
  • Notification of updates to each recipient to whom the data has been disclosed in the event of rectification or erasure of such data,
  • Portability of only the personal data you have provided to us,
  • To withdraw your consent at any time,
  • To give instructions regarding your personal data after your death,
  • To lodge a complaint with the CNIL – Complaints Department – 3 Place de Fontenoy – TSA 80715 – 75334 PARIS CEDEX 07

Right to object

In addition to the above, you are expressly informed of the following rights to object that you have:

  • To object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data concerning processing for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company, including profiling
  • To object at any time to the processing of your personal data for commercial prospecting purposes, including profiling to the extent that it is related to such prospecting
  • To object to the disclosure of your personal data to a third party.

You are informed that in the event of an objection, we will cease processing the data concerning you for the matters set out in this paragraph.
However, if we were to demonstrate that there are one or more legitimate and compelling grounds for the processing, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, we would continue processing and would inform you that we cannot, in whole or in part, comply with the exercise of your right.

Exercising your rights

You may exercise your rights by contacting dpo@michaelzingraf.com or by post at:
Michael Zingraf Real Estate,
53-54 bd de la croisette,
(06400) CANNES,
stating in the subject line of the letter “Individuals’ Rights” and enclosing a copy of your identity document.

In accordance with Article 12.3 of the General Data Protection Regulation, you will receive a response within one month of receipt of your request. In certain cases, particularly due to the complexity of your request, this period may be extended by two months.
In the event of an unresolved difficulty, you may refer the matter to the CNIL.

Legal basis for processing

In application of Article 6.1 of the General Data Protection Regulation, you are informed that the various processing operations of your data referred to below are:

  • Based on your consent, which you may withdraw at any time without affecting the initial lawfulness of the use of your data, for the dissemination of communications, any regulated information and, more generally, the various communications of our company;
  • For the purposes of performing your contract or a contract concluded with the company you represent (performance of services, invoicing, monitoring of contract performance, after-sales service and complaints, etc.);
  • To process and respond to requests for pre-contractual measures made at your request (application management, information requests, etc.);
  • To comply with our legal, accounting and tax obligations (in particular the retention of supporting accounting documents);
  • Unless you object and within the limits of your interests and rights, to meet our legitimate needs

Protection of your data

Michael Zingraf Real Estate, as the controller of your personal data, undertakes to implement all necessary measures to ensure the security and confidentiality of the personal data transmitted or collected.

Information concerning data collected and processed by the company not obtained directly from the data subject.
Your personal data may have been communicated to us without our having collected it ourselves, but through other sources (for example, without this list being exhaustive: partners, service providers, clients…).
In accordance with the regulations, we will inform you:

  • As soon as possible on the day of the first contact and no later than one month thereafter, of this privacy policy containing all the information the Company must provide to you,
  • Of the source that provided your contact details to the Company.

Changes to the privacy policy

This policy may be amended at any time, particularly in light of legislative, regulatory and case-law developments. As such, we invite you to consult it regularly, but we reserve the right to inform you by any means.