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Privacy policy — GDPR

Last updated : 16 August 2026

STG Trade Partners pays particular attention to personal data protection. This policy explains which data may be collected, why it is used, how it is protected and what rights data subjects have.

1. Data controller

  • STG AETERNUM — sole proprietorship (EI)
  • Activity: STG Trade Partners
  • SIREN: 814759056

2. Data collected

Depending on your use of the website and your exchanges with us, we may collect:

  • identification data: last name, first name, role, company;
  • contact details: email, phone, business address;
  • project information: product, quantities, budget, country of origin, destination, preferred port, schedule, specifications, documents provided, commercial information;
  • technical data: IP address, browser type, operating system and data required for site security and operation.

3. Purposes

  • responding to contact requests;
  • reviewing sourcing requests and qualifying projects;
  • preparing commercial proposals;
  • communicating with prospects and clients;
  • managing services, files, documents and invoices;
  • ensuring website security;
  • complying with legal and accounting obligations.

4. Legal basis

  • pre-contractual measures;
  • performance of a contract;
  • compliance with a legal obligation;
  • legitimate interest of STG Trade Partners;
  • consent where required.

5. Sharing with partners

To study a sourcing request, certain information may be shared with commercial partners or potential suppliers, limited to what is necessary. Where the project requires it, information may be shared with partners located outside the European Union, with appropriate safeguards required by applicable regulations.

6. Artificial intelligence

Some requests may be analysed with AI tools to assist STG Trade Partners in qualifying and structuring projects (summarising a request, identifying missing information, preliminary feasibility analysis, suggesting supplier categories, flagging points of attention, structuring an internal report). AI outputs are analysis-support tools, not a guarantee or a final automated decision. STG remains responsible for validating the analyses used.

7. Recipients

  • STG Trade Partners;
  • technical and IT providers;
  • commercial partners involved in a request;
  • accounting or administrative providers;
  • competent authorities where required by law.

8. Retention

  • Prospects without follow-up: up to 3 years from last contact, subject to erasure requests or specific obligations.
  • Clients: for the duration of the commercial relationship, then applicable legal retention periods.
  • Accounting documents: applicable legal retention periods.

9. Your rights

Subject to applicable conditions you have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, portability where applicable, and withdrawal of consent. You may exercise them through the website contact form, and lodge a complaint with the CNIL.

10. Security

STG Trade Partners implements appropriate technical and organisational measures against unauthorised access, loss, destruction, alteration and unauthorised disclosure. No electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed entirely risk-free.

11. Forms

Information submitted through the website forms is used to process the relevant request. Mandatory fields are identified as such. Providing inaccurate information may prevent proper handling of a request.

12. External links

The website may contain links to external sites. STG Trade Partners is not responsible for their privacy practices; users should consult their respective policies.

13. Policy changes

This policy may be updated to reflect regulatory, technical or organisational changes. The applicable version is the one published on the website at the time of consultation.