Privacy policy

The Banque de France is committed to protecting personal data and applies a privacy policy to all personal information that it collects.

The Banque de France manages the website www.banque-france.fr the purpose of which is to provide digital access to its content and services, based on its own legitimate interests and your consent. The Banque de France complies with the following legal and regulatory provisions: Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to data processing, computer records and civil liberties, and the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation EU 2016/679 of 27 April 2016).

The information you are asked to provide on this website is processed exclusively for navigation and communication purposes and is intended for use by the administration of the Banque de France and the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution. Only your email address is collected when you send us an email message or subscribe to one of our mailing lists. It is kept only for the time needed to process your request or until you unsubscribe.

To find out how cookies are stored and managed on the Banque de France website, please visit the Cookies page.

Your personal data can only be accessed by the department in charge of data processing, the departments responsible for handling your request, and the internal control and audit departments.

You have the following rights with respect to your data: information, access, rectification, opposition, erasure, portability, restriction and withdrawal of your consent. You can exercise these rights by writing to the Banque de France at the address below.

You can also submit a complaint to the CNIL (French Data Protection Agency). The contact details of the Data Protection Officer are provided below.

Management of relations with third parties

The Banque de France centralises information relating to its relations with third parties

As part of its public service remit and in accordance with the provisions of Articles  L. 142- 10 and L144 - 1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the Banque de France centralises information relating to its relations with third parties (company directors, banks, partners, Company Services Department contacts).

This information enables the Banque de France to improve its knowledge of the local economy, to maintain local relations in order to carry out its tasks with banks, businesses, consular bodies, local authorities and decentralised government departments, and to disseminate monetary and financial information :

• Offers of services to the economy.
• Company ratings and/or manager indicators.
• Information publicising the Banque de France’s services (direct mailings, invitations, etc.) and, more generally, any communication by the Banque de France.

This centralised information includes the identity and contact details of any person dealing with the Banque de France. In the case of company directors, it also includes the manager indicator and rating of all entities for which they are the legal representative.

The Banque de France complies with the legal and regulatory provisions in force : amended Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, computer records and civil liberties, and the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (UE) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016).

Only the following may have access to all or part of the centralised information, upon prior request or systematically, depending on their needs:

• Banque de France and IEDOM staff (Company Services Department, Companies Directorate, Regional Departments).
• Banque de France Internal Control and Audit Departments.
• DOCAPOSTE services for the delivery of postal mail.

The information is kept and centralised in this database for five years after the third party has ceased its functions.

You may exercise your rights to access, rectify and delete information, either in person or in writing, in Paris at the Companies Directorate of the Banque de France or, in the regions, at one of the Companies Directorate’s offices or, in the overseas departments, at a branch of the IEDOM, or using the following email address : entreprises@banque-france.fr.

You may also submit a complaint to the CNIL data protection officer.