Privacy policy

Updated : 12/05/2026

Pathé Films (hereinafter referred to as “We”) wishes to provide you, as a Client, Visitor and/or User (hereinafter “you”), with transparency regarding the processing of your personal data (your “Data”) and your rights under the applicable regulations.
This Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) applies to all services offered by Pathé Films, in particular when you create your account, download promotional material, or subscribe to our newsletter on our website www.pathefilms.com (the “Website”).
We may update the Privacy Policy by modifying this page. Therefore, we invite you to consult it regularly to ensure that you agree with any changes.

Summary of the Privacy Policy

Data Collected

When you subscribe to one of our services (creating an online account, downloading promotional material, or subscribing to our newsletter), we request certain Data from you.
In addition to this Data collected directly from you, other Data may be automatically collected or generated by our IT systems.

How We Use Your Data

How We Use Your Data

Collecting your Data allows us to provide the subscribed services and also to better understand you in order to offer personalized offers.

Recipients of the Data

Pathé Films is the recipient of your Data, as well as our authorized service providers who process your Data on our behalf to deliver the associated services.

Location and Transfer of Your Data

Managing Your Preferences

You can at any time on our Website.
If you have a professional account, you can manage your alert preferences at any time.
If you no longer wish to receive film news and promotional offers, you can also use the unsubscribe link included in every email we send you.

For any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:

Via the contact form available on our Website
- By email at: dpo@pathe.fr
- By post at: DPO PATHE, 1 Rue Meyerbeer, 75009 Paris (France)

Who Are We?

Pathé is a group of companies whose activities include the production, distribution, and exhibition of films in France and abroad.
Pathé Films is a subsidiary of Pathé, specializing in film production and distribution.

Who Is Responsible for Processing Your Data?

The data controller for your Data on the website www.pathefilms.com is Pathé Films, a simplified joint-stock company with a share capital of €5,545,420, registered with the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 780 077 921, with its registered office at 1 Rue Meyerbeer – 75009 Paris, France.

What Types of Data Do We Collect?

We offer various services for which we collect different types of information about you. We may collect the following Data:

When you create your professional Pathé account by completing the form on the Website: your first and last name, email address, professional category, job title/position, phone number, and your notification preferences for receiving promotional offers.
Automatically when you access the Website and/or log in to your Pathé account: your IP address, technical connection logs, technical information about your browser and device, as well as browsing data.
When you request a private screening for a festival: your first and last name, email address, phone number, postal address, city, and country.
When you contact us via the “Contact Us” form: your first and last name, email address (where applicable, from your Pathé account if you log in), and details of your request. We keep a record of our exchanges to process your request.
When you subscribe to our newsletter: your email address.

Why Do We Process Your Data / For What Purposes Do We Process Your Data?

We use and process your Data for several reasons:

Managing your Pathé online account (account creation, saving your preferences, recording and handling your information requests or complaints online with our customer service, etc.);
Securing the Website and improving your browsing experience;
Managing your private screening request;
Handling your inquiries via the contact form;
Sending information by email: offering promotional materials that may be useful for your professional activity;
Combating fraud (e.g., non-professional use);
Managing your GDPR rights requests.

In addition, we may retain and process your Data to protect our interests in the event of a dispute or legal action.

Are You Required to Provide Your Data?

There is no legal obligation requiring you to provide us with information about yourself.
However, we cannot provide the requested service if you do not provide the information marked as mandatory on our collection forms.
You are free to provide optional Data, which will help us improve the service offered.

How Do We Collect Your Consent?

Where required by applicable regulations, we only collect, process, and use your Data after obtaining your clear, explicit, and unambiguous consent.
We collect your consent in the following situations:

When you accept web browsing cookies (see section 8. Cookies);
When you subscribe to our newsletter.

How Long Do We Keep Your Data?

Your Data is retained for the entire duration of the contractual relationship or subscription to a service, and then for a period necessary to manage the termination of the contract or service and to protect our interests in the event of a dispute or legal action. We ensure that the retention period is reasonable in light of the purpose of such retention.
Below, we present the different retention periods for your Data by service offered.

Purpose	Legal basis	Retention period before deletion or anonymization
Managing your Pathé online account	Contract	For the duration of use, then 2 years from the last activity
Securing the Website and improving your browsing experience	Legitimate interest	6 months
Managing your private screening request	Legitimate interest	For the time necessary to resolve the request and organize the private screening
Managing your private screening request		For the time necessary to resolve the request and 5 years after the date of the request in case of claims
Sending information by email	Connsent	Until consent is withdrawn or up to 3 years from the last contact
Combating fraud	Legitimate interest	5 years after the last download
Managing your data subject rights requests	Legitimate interest	Proof of sending and receiving the response provided to you is kept for 5 years
Exercising or defending a legal claim	Legitimate interest	5 years from the date the disputed facts became known

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Pathé uses cookies and trackers on the pathefilms.com Website. This use involves the processing of personal data. To find out more, please consult the Cookie Policy, available here.
You can also configure your cookies .

With Whom Do We Share Your Data?

We share your Data with:

Our internal teams who need access to it.
Our processors, whose involvement is strictly limited to the services they perform on our behalf. We ensure that our processors provide sufficient guarantees to implement security and confidentiality measures for the Data they access in the course of their duties, as defined by applicable regulations.
Any potential joint controllers.

To Which Countries Do We Transfer Your Data?

We primarily store your Data within the European Union.
Some of your Data may be transferred outside the European Union for the optional functionality of viewing YouTube trailers. These data transfers are based on the “Data Privacy Framework” (DPF) adequacy decision adopted by the European Commission on July 10, 2023, allowing the transfer of data to YouTube, a self-certified organization listed on the Data Privacy Framework List maintained by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
To learn more about these features and our partners’ privacy policies, please refer to the links listed in Section 8 of this Privacy Policy.

What Measures Are Implemented to Ensure the Security of Your Data?

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to guarantee a level of security for your Data that is suited to the risks of loss, access, modification, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, or destruction.
Access to your Data is strictly controlled and limited to Pathé Films employees, our processors, and external advisors.
In accordance with applicable regulations, we implement physical and electronic backup procedures for the Data collected on the Website.
Please note that we do not control the risks associated with the functioning of the Internet, including occasional events that may result in Data loss or compromise the confidentiality of Data transmitted online.
We cannot be held liable in the event of an interruption of access to the Website due to force majeure or circumstances beyond our control.
In the event of a Data security breach, this violation will be reported to the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) and communicated to you when required by applicable regulations.

What Are Your Rights and How Can You Exercise Them?

What Are Your Rights?

Depending on your personal situation, you have the following rights:

Right of Access: You have the right to access the personal data we hold about you. This gives you the right to receive a copy of your Data and information regarding its processing.
Right to Rectification: You have the right to ask us to correct your Data if it is inaccurate or outdated.
Right to Erasure: You have the right to request the deletion of your Data. Please note that your Data can only be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which we collected it and when we have no other legal basis for processing it.
Right to Object: When we process your Data based on legitimate interest, you may object to this processing if your particular situation justifies it. In some cases, we may refuse your request if we demonstrate that our legitimate interest prevails.
Right to Restriction: You may request the restriction of the use of your Data, particularly when the Data is no longer necessary or if you have contested its accuracy, for the time needed to verify its accuracy.
Right to Data Portability: We will provide you, or a third party of your choice, with your Data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to Data we process automatically (i) with your consent or (ii) as part of a contract concluded with you.
Post-Mortem Data Rights: In accordance with Article 48 of Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 on Data Processing, Files, and Freedoms (the “French Data Protection Act”), you have the right to define instructions regarding the fate of your Data after your death. These instructions may be general or specific and can be modified or revoked at any time.

In the absence of instructions or unless otherwise stated in them, your heirs may exercise your rights after your death under the conditions provided in Article 85 of the French Data Protection Act.
Additionally, if the processing of your Data is based on your consent, you also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

How Can You Exercise Your Rights?

If you have a Pathé online account, you can directly exercise your right of access and rectification by logging into your Pathé account on the Website, under the “Privacy” section:

Request a copy of the data collected by Pathé Films;
Request the deletion of your account and all your personal data;
Modify your contact details in the “Contact Us” section.

You can manage your cookie consent settings at any time by clicking on the “” link available at the bottom of our Website.
If you have a Pathé online account, you can also manage your alert preferences for receiving our best offers at any time in the “My Alerts” section on our Website.
If you no longer wish to receive news about promotional offers, you can also use the unsubscribe link included in the email sent to you.

For any other request, you can contact us:

Via the contact form available on our Website (the “Contact Us” link at the bottom of the page);
By email at: dataprivacy@pathe.com
By post at: DPO Pathé Films, 1 Rue Meyerbeer, 75009 Paris (France)

In this case, to process your request efficiently, please provide your first and last name and email address. You should also indicate whether you would like to receive the response by post or electronically. Please note that if the information you provide does not allow us to confirm your identity or if reasonable doubt remains, we may ask you to provide additional information or documents.
We will respond as soon as possible and, in any event, within one month of receiving your request, which may be extended by an additional month depending on the nature of the request.

Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO), who can be reached at dataprivacy@pathe.com.

Filing a Complaint with the CNIL

If you believe that we have not processed your Data in accordance with data protection regulations, you have the right to file a complaint with the CNIL at: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/plaintes.