Privacy
We collect only what Build It Summit genuinely needs, and nothing we would not be comfortable having collected about ourselves. We never resell your data. We only share it with subprocessors acting on our behalf, never with third parties for their own use. This notice explains what we collect, why, on what legal basis, for how long, and the rights you have over it.
Data controller
Build It Summit SAS (company being incorporated), registered office at 229 rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 Paris, France, represented by Clément Garrigue.
For any question about your personal data, write to privacy@builditsummit.com or use the contact form. We answer every request.
What we process, why, and on what legal basis
We process personal data for distinct purposes, each with its own legal basis under the GDPR.
Updates and pre-registration (newsletter)
What: your email address and, if you give it, your first name.
Why: to keep you informed about the event, the program, the dates, and when key forms open.
Legal basis: your consent. Subscription relies on double opt-in, you confirm by clicking a link in the email we send. You can withdraw your consent at any time using the unsubscribe link in every email.
Partner, speak, press, ecosystem, crew, ambassador and contact forms
What: the details you enter in the form (such as your name, email, organization, and your message).
Why: to handle your request, review your application, and get back to you.
Legal basis: our legitimate interest in responding to a request you initiated, or pre-contractual steps taken at your request before a possible agreement. We only ever use what you submit for the request you sent.
Ticket pre-registration
What: your name, email, organization if given, your role and the pass you are interested in, and your country.
Why: to let you know when ticket booking opens on FOST Paris, with a link to your pass. No payment happens on this site.
Legal basis: pre-contractual steps taken at your request. If you also tick the optional updates box, that part relies on your consent.
Audience measurement (Plausible)
What: aggregated, non-identifying usage statistics (such as page views and referring sites).
Why: to understand how the site is used and improve it.
Legal basis: Plausible is active. It is cookieless, hosted in the European Union, and does not track you across sites or build a profile of you. Under CNIL guidance, this kind of measurement is exempt from consent, so there is no cookie banner.
Cookies and trackers
In short: this site uses no audience-measurement, advertising or tracking cookies. There is therefore no consent banner.
Cookieless audience measurement
We use Plausible Analytics (hosted in the European Union), a cookieless audience-measurement tool that collects no identifying personal data. Under CNIL guidance, this measurement is exempt from consent. No data is resold or cross-referenced for advertising.
No third-party trackers
No Google Analytics, no advertising pixel, no third-party social button loading scripts, no embedded third-party map or video. Fonts are self-hosted (no call to a third-party CDN).
Functional local storage
To remember your display preferences, the site stores a little information in your browser (local storage), strictly functional and never used for tracking or profiling:
- bis-discovery: your choice in the "Take a tour" guide and the personalized action it sets.
This information stays on your device, is not shared with third parties, and is reversible at any time (the "Reset" button in the "Find your place" block, or by clearing your browser storage).
Ticketing
Tickets are purchased on our partner's platform, FOST / apidays (external link). Any cookies set at that step fall under their own privacy policy, on their domain.
Changes
If we ever add a third-party service that sets non-essential cookies (for example an embedded video or a marketing tool), we will put a consent mechanism in place beforehand.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data only as long as needed for the purpose it was collected for. The periods below are our retention rules, currently being finalized with our counsel.
- Updates, pre-registration, prospects: up to 3 years after your last contact with us.
- Form requests (partner, speak, press, ecosystem, crew, ambassador, contact): up to 3 years after our last exchange, unless a relationship begins, in which case for its duration plus the legal limitation period.
- Participant and ticketing data: the duration of the event plus 12 months.
- Speaker submissions not selected: deleted after the edition closes.
- Photos and video from the event: kept for promotional use, with removal available on request (see the recording section).
After these periods, your data is deleted or anonymized.
Subprocessors
We work with a small set of subprocessors who act on our behalf, under contract, and only on our instructions. We chose them for keeping data in Europe and for being reversible, in line with our commitment to a sovereign European stack. None of them uses your data for their own purposes.
- n8n (European Union): runs our form automation pipeline.
- Baserow (European Union): stores form submissions, open source and self-hostable.
- Plausible (European Union): cookieless audience measurement.
- Proton (Switzerland and European Union): our email service for correspondence.
- Brevo (France and European Union): email delivery for updates, when this service is activated.
Switzerland is recognized by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of data protection. We keep data within the European Union or an adequate country, and we keep our setups reversible.
Your rights
Under the GDPR, you have the right to access your data, to have it corrected, to have it erased, to restrict its processing, to object to its processing, and to data portability. To exercise any of these, write to privacy@builditsummit.com or use the contact form. We answer every request.
You can also lodge a complaint with the CNIL (cnil.fr), the French data protection authority.
Every email we send includes an unsubscribe link. Pre-registration relies on double opt-in.
Photography and filming at the event
Build It Summit is photographed and filmed. We do this to document the event and to promote it and future editions, on stage, in the Builders Village, and around the venue.
Why and on what basis: we capture the event under our legitimate interest in documenting and promoting it. We inform you in advance, here and with signage on site, so you know what to expect before you come.
How to object: if you do not want to appear, you can tell us before the event (write to privacy@builditsummit.com), avoid filmed zones on site, or tell our crew during the event. If you appear in an image after the event and want it removed, write to privacy@builditsummit.com and we will act on your request. Where an image features you individually and prominently, we will seek your agreement before using it.
Changes to this notice
We may update this notice. The current version is always the one on this page.