Privacy policy

The data controller is the Government of New Caledonia. Processing is carried out by the Direction des Entreprises, de la Consommation, de l’Attractivité et des Télécommunications (DECAT), BP M2, 98849 Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia.

The Government of New Caledonia has appointed a data protection officer, who can be contacted:

• by email: [email protected]
• by post: Délégué à la protection des données, Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, 08 route des Artifices, BP M2, 98849 Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia.

Personal data is processed in accordance with French Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on information technology, data files and civil liberties, as applicable in New Caledonia, and with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 (GDPR) as made applicable in New Caledonia. The GDPR also applies directly to individuals located in the European Union.

We only collect the data needed for the purposes described in this policy.

• “Register interest” form: first name, last name, email, country, profile and interests; and, if you provide them, phone number, company or organisation, job title and message. Fields marked with an asterisk are needed to handle your request. We also record the website language, the date of your consent, the page from which the form was sent and, where applicable, the campaign that brought you to the website (UTM parameters).
• Technical traffic statistics (Cloudflare Web Analytics): pages viewed, source of visits, device and browser type, country and page load times. These statistics are aggregated: no cookie is set and you are not tracked from one website to another.
• Google Analytics audience measurement, only if you accept it: pages viewed, duration and source of visits, device and browser type, approximate location (country, city). Google Analytics 4 does not log IP addresses.
• Technical data: on each visit, the server and the Cloudflare network, through which the website is delivered, record technical logs (IP address, date and time, page requested, browser) needed to keep the website secure and working properly.
• Bot protection (Cloudflare Turnstile): when the “Register interest” form or the back-office sign-in page is opened, technical data (IP address, browser and device characteristics) is analysed to check that the submission comes from a person. No cookie is set.
• Back-office accounts, reserved for authorised staff: name, email, date of last sign-in and log of actions carried out, with the IP address.

No automated decision-making or profiling is carried out using your data.

Your data is intended for the Choose New Caledonia team at the DECAT. Strictly within the scope of their duties, it may be shared with:

• the agency organising the Choose NC Summit, to follow up on event-related requests;
• our technical providers, acting solely on our instructions: ERIS (website development, maintenance and hosting, on OVHcloud servers), Postmark (confirmation and notification emails), Cloudflare (website delivery and protection, technical traffic statistics, bot protection for forms) and Google (audience measurement, if you accept it).

Your data is never sold or used for advertising purposes.

The website is hosted in Australia (OVHcloud, Sydney) and delivered through Cloudflare’s global network. The Postmark, Cloudflare and Google Analytics services may process data in the United States.

These transfers are subject to appropriate safeguards: standard contractual clauses adopted by the European Commission and, for providers certified under it, the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data: encrypted connections (HTTPS), back-office access restricted to authorised staff and protected by a strong password and an anti-bot check, regular backups and security updates.

You have the following rights over your data at any time:

• right of access and rectification;
• right to erasure;
• right to restriction of processing and right to object;
• right to portability of the data you have provided;
• right to withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting processing already carried out;
• right to give instructions regarding the use of your data after your death.

To exercise these rights, write to the data protection officer ([email protected], or by post at the address above), stating your full name and the purpose of your request. You will receive a reply within one month. If there is reasonable doubt about your identity, proof of identity may be requested.

If you believe your rights have not been respected, you may lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority (CNIL), 3 place de Fontenoy, TSA 80715, 75334 Paris Cedex 07, France (www.cnil.fr).

A cookie is a small file stored on your device when you visit a website. choosenewcaledonia.nc only uses:

• cookies that are strictly necessary for the website to work, which are exempt from consent;
• Google Analytics audience measurement cookies, set only if you accept them.

No advertising or social media cookies are used. Google Analytics advertising features and Google signals are disabled, and no Google script is loaded before you give your consent. The Cloudflare Turnstile bot check, loaded only when a form is opened, sets no cookie. Neither do the Cloudflare Web Analytics technical statistics.

When audience measurement is active, you can change your choices at any time using the button below or the “Cookie settings” link at the bottom of every page. You can also set your browser to block cookies, although some features of the website may then stop working.

This policy may change, in particular if the website or regulations change. The date of the last update is shown at the top of this page.