As part of our website’s features and how it operates, Forward Global places great importance on your privacy as well as the protection of your personal data and takes all reasonable precautions to ensure their protection. We have drafted two documents intended to inform you about how we collect, use, and protect your personal data as part of our various services:

• a document specifically about the cookies we use (this cookie management policy)
• a policy dedicated to data collected via our website

These policies are intended to inform you about what we do with the personal data and information you entrust to us, the reasons why we collect them, and the security measures we apply.

The terms “we” or “our” used in this Privacy Policy refer to the company Forward Global.

In the remainder of this document, we use the terms “personal data,” “personal information,” and “personally identifiable information” interchangeably to refer to information that personally identifies you (first and last names, business addresses, etc.) or, as applicable, data linked to you (answers provided in our forms), as well as connection or browsing data on our site (where applicable, IP address, date and time of connection).

1. Who are we?
2. What are the main regulations governing the placement and use of cookies?
3. What is a cookie and which cookies are used and placed on this website?
4. How can you manage your cookies?
5. What are your rights?
6. How can I exercise my rights?
7. Updates to the cookie management policy
8. Additional information available in our Privacy Policy

1 – Who are we?

Forward Global is a simplified joint-stock company with share capital of €36,965,432, registered with the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 835004094, with its registered office at 17 Avenue Hoche, 75008 PARIS.

We are the data controller within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter the “GDPR”), for the collection and processing of cookies carried out on the website europe.forum-incyber.com.

2 – What are the main regulations governing the placement and use of cookies?

Several European and national texts govern the use and placement of cookies. Although not exhaustive, the following list is intended to inform you about the main applicable regulations and, where appropriate, allow you to access and read these regulatory texts.

• Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (ePrivacy Directive), as amended by Directive 2009/136/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services
• Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (“GDPR”). This European regulation aims to ensure a high and consistent level of protection for natural persons and to remove obstacles to the flow of personal data within the European Union, while allowing EU Member States some discretion to clarify its rules
• French Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on information technology, files and civil liberties. This French law reflects the main principles of the above-mentioned regulation while providing rights and obligations specific to France regarding personal data protection, in accordance with the margins of discretion provided by the regulation. It also sets out the missions and powers of the CNIL (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés)
• CNIL Deliberation No. 2020-091 and Recommendation No. 2020-092 of 17 September 2020 adopting guidelines on the application of Article 82 of the Law of 6 January 1978 as amended to read/write operations on a user’s terminal (notably cookies and other trackers)

3 – What is a cookie and which cookies are used and placed on this website?

A “cookie” is a small information file sent to the user’s browser and stored on the user’s device (e.g., computer, smartphone). Information stored by cookies includes, in particular, pages visited, the type of browser you use, your IP address, and even information you have entered on a site in order to avoid re-entering it. Cookies cannot damage the user’s device. They are created for a limited period when a user’s browser loads a given website: the site sends information to the browser, which then creates a text file. Each time the user returns to the same site, the browser retrieves this file and sends it to the website’s server.

Cookies may be session cookies, stored in your browser only during your browsing session, i.e., until you leave the site, and deleted thereafter.
Some of them may also be persistent: they remain in your browser after the session (unless you specifically delete them).

Our use of cookies may be based on our legitimate interest: they are intended to ensure the proper functioning of the site.

By exception, certain cookies will only be placed with your consent, in accordance with CNIL recommendations.

We have classified our cookies into two main categories as follows:

• Cookies exempt from consent. These are cookies that enable the proper functioning of the site. They may include trackers for user interface customization (for example, language choice or presentation of a service) where such customization is an intrinsic and expected element of the service. They may also include storing your cookie choices. For this reason, if you refuse the storage of cookies on your device or delete those stored there, your browsing and experience on the site europe.forum-incyber.com may be degraded.
• Audience measurement and statistical analysis cookies, enabling statistical or performance tracking to understand site performance, establish statistics, traffic volumes, and content usage (time spent on the site, etc.). They require your consent because they are not strictly necessary for the provision of the service.

Type of cookies	Purpose	Recipients	Retention period
Site features	Cookie management tool	CookieYes	1 year
Site features	Saving the selected language version	Polylang	1 year
Audience measurement and advanced statistics	YouTube video embedding	YouTube	2 years
Indexing	Google Search Console	Forward Global and Google	13 months
Social networks	Sign-in and sharing with LinkedIn	LinkedIn	According to LinkedIn policy
Social networks	Sign-in and sharing with X (formerly Twitter)	X (formerly Twitter)	According to X (formerly Twitter) policy
Social networks	Sign-in and sharing with YouTube	YouTube	According to YouTube policy

Google cookies and trackers may result in data transfers outside the European Union. These transfers are covered by the legal mechanisms provided for by the European Regulation on the Protection of Personal Data. Link to Google’s privacy policy.

Other Google tools used on the website:

Tags enabling cookies provided by Google	Tag Manager
Font library	Fonts.googleapis
Content loading	gstatic

Finally, by clicking the social media icons dedicated to X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, and YouTube appearing on the site europe.forum-incyber.com — and if you have specifically consented—X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, and YouTube may also place cookies on your devices (computer, tablet, mobile phone).

These types of cookies are only placed on your devices if you specifically consent to them with the social networks you visit.

4 – How can you manage your cookies?

We provide a specific screen dedicated to this purpose, accessible from all pages of the site via a link titled “Cookie Management.”

You can also adjust settings directly in your web browser. Your browser’s help menu will tell you how to express or modify your cookie preferences, noting that you can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and configure most browsers to prevent them from appearing. In that case, however, you may have to manually adjust certain preferences each time you visit a site, and some services and features may not function.

For more general information about cookies and how to disable them in your browser, visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

In addition, your browser’s help menu will tell you how to express or modify your cookie preferences:

For Safari™;
For Chrome™;
For Firefox™.

For mobile devices, you can consult the following links:

For Safari™;
For Chrome™;
For Firefox™.

For more information on cookies, please consult the CNIL information page: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies-les-outils-pour-les-maitriser.

5 – What are your rights?

In accordance with Article 13 and Articles 15 to 22 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we will strive to enable you to exercise your rights over the personal data you entrust to us. To this end, and within the limits provided by law, you have the right:

• to be informed in an understandable way about the processing of your data
• to request access to your data
• to request that data which are inaccurate or incomplete be rectified
• to request the erasure of your data
• to object to or request the restriction of the processing of your data
• to exercise your right to data portability regarding connection information linked to “Analytics” and “Advertising” cookies under our control
• to set instructions regarding the retention, erasure, and communication of your personal data after your death
• to withdraw your consent to data processing at any time insofar as consent is the legal basis for the processing in question, i.e., “Analytics” and “Advertising” cookies.

You may lodge a complaint with the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL), 3 Place de Fontenoy TSA 80715 75334 PARIS CEDEX 07, or on its website: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/plaintes.

6 – How can I exercise my rights?

Data protection is a fundamental right, and you can contact our Data Protection Officer at any time by email (dpo@forwardglobal.com) or, failing that, by post addressed to our DPO and sent to the following address: 17 Avenue Hoche, 75008 PARIS.

To protect your privacy and security and in case of doubt, we may ask you to verify your identity.

7 – Updates to the cookie management policy

We may update this Cookie Management Policy at any time to reflect any new practices and service offerings. In that case, the update date of the Cookie Management Policy will be amended to indicate the day on which the changes were made.

8 – Additional information available in our Privacy Policy

Please note that it is in our Privacy Policy relating to our site that you will find details of your rights over your personal data, how to exercise those rights, to whom your data are transferred, and the level of security we apply.