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Explain a French privacy concern to a non-specialist

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Explain a French privacy notice in plain language across four scenes covering purpose, identifying details, access and retention.

In short

Explain what the information is for, what identifies the person, who can access it and when it is removed. Replace abstract terms with the concrete details supplied: seules les deux coordinatrices y ont accès is clearer than leaving accès restreint unexplained.

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Conceptual privacy explanation diagram: a purpose target, identifying figure card, access key and finite retention hourglass as simple connected shapes.
Explain purpose, identifying information, access and retention. Illustration: Atelier

The notice for a workshop says that first names and email addresses are used only for feedback, accessed by two named coordinators and deleted one month after feedback is sent. Your task is to explain those terms faithfully. Keep only, the named access group and the starting point of the retention period.

1

Purpose

Terms: the list is used only to organise feedback.

Workshop participantÀ quoi sert cette liste ?What is this list for?
YouElle sert uniquement à vous envoyer votre retour après l’atelier.It is used only to send you feedback after the workshop.
Workshop participantElle sert aussi à la publicité ?Is it also used for advertising?
YouNon, ce n’est pas l’usage décrit dans la notice.No, that is not the use described in the notice.
2

Identifiable information

Terms: first name and email address are retained.

Workshop participantQuelles informations gardez-vous ?What information do you keep?
YouVotre prénom et votre adresse électronique.Your first name and email address.
Workshop participantLe document est donc anonyme ?So the document is anonymous?
YouNon. Ces informations permettent de vous retrouver dans la liste.No. That information allows you to be identified in the list.
3

Access

Terms: two named coordinators can access the list.

Workshop participantTout le groupe peut consulter la liste ?Can the whole group view the list?
YouNon, seules les deux coordinatrices indiquées dans la notice y ont accès.No, only the two coordinators named in the notice have access.
Workshop participantVous pouvez donc dire que l’accès est limité ?So you can say access is limited?
YouOui, limité à ces deux personnes.Yes, limited to those two people.
4

Retention

Terms: the list is deleted one month after feedback is sent.

Workshop participantCombien de temps gardez-vous la liste ?How long do you keep the list?
YouJusqu’à un mois après l’envoi des retours, puis elle est supprimée.Until one month after feedback is sent, then it is deleted.
Workshop participantUn mois après l’inscription ?One month after registration?
YouNon, le point de départ est l’envoi des retours.No, the starting point is when feedback is sent.

Make the wording simpler, not broader

Finalité becomes à quoi cela sert. Données identifiantes becomes the actual information kept. Durée de conservation becomes a time rule with a clear starting event. These changes help a non-specialist understand the arrangement. They should not replace “one month after feedback” with “one month after registration”, which would be a different period.

Question 1No account needed
Which wording preserves the stated access limit?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Les deux coordinatrices indiquées peuvent consulter la liste.. The notice limits access to the two named coordinators while retaining identifying information.

Question 2No account needed
When does the one-month retention period begin?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

When feedback is sent. The starting event is the sending of feedback, not registration or a later organisational event.

If the participant asks about a use the notice does not mention, say what you need to check: La notice ne précise pas ce point ; je vais demander une confirmation. A clear explanation can leave a precise question open rather than filling it with an unsupported reassurance.

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