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Personal data

What data OIMAP collects, why, for how long, and how to exercise your rights with the data protection officer.

Updated : October 28, 2026· 4 min read

Your data, your rights

The Dance at the Court of Herod, Israhel van Meckenem (c. 1500)
The Dance at the Court of Herod, Israhel van Meckenem (c. 1500)

OIMAP processes your personal data with transparency and restraint. It collects only the information necessary for its services and keeps it for a limited period. The data protection officer ensures compliance with these rules.

This page describes the data collected, your rights and how to make contact. It supplements the legal notice and the page on cookies.

  • Personal data
  • GDPR
  • DPO

Personal data in figures

1 monthTime to reply to a request (indicative)
3 yearsRetention of a contact form (indicative)
1Data protection officer
0Sale of data to third parties

Source: OIMAP General Secretariat.

Breakdown

Desk servicesCertification, registration
TrainingOIMAP Academy
Contacts and newslettersSite forms
ApplicationsCareers

Indicative breakdown of processing by purpose.

The data collected

Depending on the service, the Organisation collects identity data (name, position, organisation), contact details (email, telephone, address), professional data (qualifications, experience) and, for the Desk, documents proving ownership or provenance of a work.

No sensitive data in the strict sense is requested. If data of this nature appears in a file, it is processed with enhanced safeguards and limited to what is strictly necessary.

Sketch of the Labyrinth of the Villa Pisani, Francesco Guardi (1773–1778(?))
Sketch of the Labyrinth of the Villa Pisani, Francesco Guardi (1773–1778(?))
Farmhouse on the Slope of a Hill, Fra Bartolommeo (c. 1508)
Farmhouse on the Slope of a Hill, Fra Bartolommeo (c. 1508)
Capriccio: A Palace with a Courtyard by the Lagoon, Antonio Canaletto (c. 1750–55)
Capriccio: A Palace with a Courtyard by the Lagoon, Antonio Canaletto (c. 1750–55)

Why and on what basis

Each processing operation has a specific purpose: examining a certification request, enrolling an official in a training course, replying to a message, reviewing an application. The legal basis is, as the case may be, the performance of a public-interest task, compliance with a legal obligation or your consent.

For processing based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of operations already carried out.

Retention periods

Data is kept only as long as necessary. A message sent through the contact form is kept for three years (indicative). A certification file is kept for the validity period of the certificate, then archived for the period required by applicable law.

Unsuccessful applications are deleted after two years (indicative), unless the applicant agrees to be contacted about other offers.

Recipients and transfers

Only authorised staff access the data, within the limits of their duties. Technical providers act as processors and are bound by contract: they may use the data only on the Organisation's instructions.

Transfers outside the European Economic Area may take place, for example to the offices in New York, Singapore or Nairobi. They are governed by equivalent protection clauses.

The main processing operations

Main data processing operations
ProcessingPurposeRetention (indicative)
Certification fileExamination of a requestDuration of the certificate, then archiving
Training enrolmentManagement of trainees5 years
Contact formReply to a message3 years
ApplicationRecruitment2 years if unsuccessful

Milestones

  1. Statutes

    Confidentiality obligation of staff.

  2. GDPR alignment

    Appointment of an officer (indicative).

  3. Register of processing

    Publication of purposes (indicative).

  4. Current version

    Policy update.

Bidri Hookah Bowl with Roses (c. 1650s)
Bidri Hookah Bowl with Roses (c. 1650s)
The Doge's Palace, Venice, Richard Parkes Bonington (1826)
The Doge's Palace, Venice, Richard Parkes Bonington (1826)
The Victory Banquet: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems (c. 1765–74; poem dated 1760)
The Victory Banquet: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems (c. 1765–74; poem dated 1760)

Exercising a right

  1. Choose

    The right to exercise.

  2. Write

    At dpo@oimap.example.

  3. Prove

    Your identity.

  4. Receive

    A reply within one month.

  5. Refer

    The supervisory authority if needed.

Before writing

A Desk user

Architectural Conference (c. 1622)
« I was able to have an error in my file corrected within a few days, with a clear reply from the officer. »
Éric Dumont, Desk user (example)

Vocabulary

Legal basis
Legal foundation of a processing operation.
Processor
Provider that processes data on behalf of the Organisation.
Portability
Right to retrieve one's data in a reusable format.
Registry
List of data processing operations.

Exercising your rights

You may request access to your data, its rectification, erasure, restriction of processing and portability, and object to certain processing. Write to the data protection officer: dpo@oimap.example. Proof of identity may be requested to prevent impersonation.

If you consider that your request has not received a satisfactory reply, you may refer the matter to the data protection authority of your country of residence. In the event of a data breach, the Organisation informs the persons concerned as soon as possible.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the officer?

An independent official, reachable at dpo@oimap.example.

Is my data sold?

No, never.

How long is it kept?

Depending on the processing: see the table.

How do I refuse a cookie?

See Cookies.

Useful Documents

Contacts

Châteauvieux-sur-Suran, Antoine-Claude Ponthus-Cinier (1848)
Châteauvieux-sur-Suran, Antoine-Claude Ponthus-Cinier (1848)
General SecretariatParis — Headquarters+33 1 00 00 00 00secretariat@oimap.exampleMonday to Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Contact the officer

Lace Towel End (c. 1700s–1800s)

Write to dpo@oimap.example.

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