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Privacy policy

Last updated: 30 April 2026

Continuum Identity (the publisher of Continuum Business) is committed to protecting your personal data in compliance with the GDPR (Regulation EU 2016/679) and the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (revised 2023). This policy explains what we collect, why, how we protect it, and what your rights are.

1. Data controller

Continuum Identity SAS Commercial brand: ContinuumID Legal form: Société par actions simplifiée (SAS, France) Registered office: 200 rue de la Croix Nivert — 75015 Paris, France Paris Trade and Companies Register: 943 177 006 SIREN: 943 177 006 DPO: dpo@continuum-business.com Publication director: Nicolas GARCIA

2. Data we collect

We collect data only when strictly necessary to deliver our service. • Account data — email, password (hashed), company name, locale, IP address, user agent, DPA acceptance timestamp. • Billing data — billing address, VAT number, payment-method tokens (held by Stripe; we never see your card number). • Usage data — login timestamps, feature events (pseudonymised) for product analytics. • Newsletter data — email + subscription timestamps. • Lead data — submissions to contact / demo / partner forms (email, company, role, message).

3. Purposes of processing

• Deliver and operate the CRM SaaS service (account creation, authentication, support). • Process payments and issue invoices. • Send transactional emails (welcome, expiration warnings, invoices). • Send marketing emails (newsletter — separate consent, double opt-in). • Detect and prevent fraud or abuse. • Respond to legal requests when legally compelled.

4. Lawful basis (GDPR art. 6)

• Performance of contract (art. 6.1.b) — service delivery, billing. • Legitimate interest (art. 6.1.f) — fraud prevention, B2B marketing to existing prospects (with opt-out). • Consent (art. 6.1.a) — newsletter subscription, optional analytics cookies. • Legal obligation (art. 6.1.c) — accounting record retention, legal requests.

5. Retention

• Account data — for the duration of the subscription + 5 years (commercial limitation period). • Billing data — 10 years (legal accounting requirement). • Newsletter data — until unsubscription, then 13 months for proof of consent. • Lead data — 3 years from last contact, then anonymised or deleted. • Logs — 12 months. • Backups — 30 days rolling retention.

6. Sub-processors

We rely on a limited list of carefully-vetted sub-processors. The current list is published at /sovereignty. Key sub-processors at launch: • Infomaniak (Switzerland) — primary hosting (compute, storage, backups). • Stripe (USA + Ireland) — payment processing. • Twilio SendGrid (USA) — transactional email. • Cloudflare (USA) — DDoS protection + Turnstile captcha. • Sentry (EU region) — error monitoring. Customers are notified 30 days before any change.

7. International transfers

Your CRM data resides in Switzerland by default. Some sub-processors operate from the USA — those transfers are governed by Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) + the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) where applicable. Enterprise customers can request EU- or France-only data residency.

8. Your rights

Under the GDPR, you have the right to: • Access your data. • Rectify inaccurate data. • Erase your data ('right to be forgotten') — subject to legal retention obligations. • Restrict processing. • Object to processing based on legitimate interest. • Data portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format. • Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (CNIL in France, FDPIC in Switzerland). To exercise these rights, email dpo@continuum-business.com. We respond within 30 days.

9. Cookies

We use only strictly-necessary cookies (session, cart) and a privacy-friendly analytics tool (Umami) that does not require consent under CNIL guidance. Full details at /legal/cookies.

10. Security measures

TLS 1.3 in transit, AES-256 at rest, role-based access control with hierarchies, audit logging, optional 2FA, encrypted backups. Detailed security capabilities at /security.

11. Changes to this policy

Material changes are notified by email at least 30 days in advance. Minor wording corrections are published with an updated 'last-updated' date and changelog at the bottom of this page.

Questions about this policy or your data? Contact our DPO at dpo@continuum-business.com.