Privacy Policy
Last updated: March 2026 — GDPR compliant (EU Regulation 2016/679)
1. Data Controller
The data controller for personal data collected on energynews.pro is the site publisher (see Legal Notice). For any questions regarding your data: [email protected]
2. Data Collected
We collect the following data, depending on the services used:
Registration & User Account
- Email address (required)
- First name, last name
- Password (stored encrypted, not accessible)
- Company, job title (optional)
- Sector preferences
Browsing
- Pages visited, reading time
- IP address (anonymised after 24 hours)
- Device type, browser, language
Subscription & Billing
- Billing details
- Payment data (processed by our payment provider — not stored on our servers)
- Transaction history
Forms
- Data entered in the contact form
- Job applications (CV, cover letter)
3. Purposes and Legal Bases
| Purpose | Legal Basis |
|---|---|
| Account management and access to services | Performance of contract |
| Newsletter delivery | Consent |
| Personalised alerts | Consent |
| Billing and accounting | Legal obligation |
| Service improvement (analytics) | Legitimate interest |
| Fraud prevention | Legitimate interest |
| Commercial communications (subscribers) | Legitimate interest / Consent |
4. Data Retention Period
- Active account data: duration of subscription + 3 years
- Billing data: 10 years (legal obligation)
- Newsletter data: until unsubscription + 3 years
- Browsing data: 13 months maximum
- Job applications: 2 years from submission
- Connection logs: 12 months
5. Data Recipients
Your data may be shared with:
- Our hosting provider (OVHcloud, France) — storage and infrastructure
- Email service provider — newsletter and alert delivery
- Payment provider — secure transaction processing
- Analytics tools — audience measurement (anonymised data)
We never sell your personal data to third parties.
No transfer outside the EU is made without adequate safeguards (EU standard contractual clauses).
6. Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:
- Right of access: obtain a copy of your data
- Right to rectification: correct inaccurate data
- Right to erasure: delete your data ("right to be forgotten")
- Right to data portability: receive your data in a structured format
- Right to object: object to certain processing
- Right to restriction: restrict the use of your data
- Withdrawal of consent: at any time, without prejudice to past processing
To exercise your rights: [email protected] or via your personal account. Response within 30 days.
You may also lodge a complaint with the CNIL (www.cnil.fr), the French data protection authority.
7. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data: TLS encryption in transit, password hashing, restricted database access, access logging.
8. Cookies
For cookie management, see our Cookie Policy.