Privacy policy
Last updated: February 2026
The Paris Institute for Advanced Study (Paris IAS) is committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. This policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have.
1. Data Controller
The data controller is:
Paris Institute for Advanced Study (Paris IAS) Hôtel de Lauzun, 17 quai d'Anjou, 75004 Paris, France
2. Data We Collect
When you use our website, we may collect the following information:
- Navigation data: Only browser fingerprint data is collected, nothing more.
- Contact form data: name, email address, and any information you choose to include in your message.
- Newsletter subscriptions: email address and language preference.
- Fellowship applications: all information submitted through our application forms, including personal details, academic background, and research proposals.
3. Purpose and Legal Basis
| Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Website analytics and performance | Legitimate interest |
| Responding to contact requests | Legitimate interest / contract |
| Sending newsletters | Consent |
| Processing fellowship applications | Pre-contractual measures |
| Compliance with legal obligations | Legal obligation |
4. Cookies
Our website doesn't uses cookie, plain and simple. We rely on browser fingerprinting for analytics, which does not involve storing any information on your device.
5. Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal data. We don't share it either. We don't collect it in the first place.mpliance with applicable data protection law.
6. Data Retention
- Navigation data: 13 months
- Contact messages: 3 years from last contact
- Newsletter subscriptions: until unsubscription
- Application data: 5 years from the end of the fellowship, or 2 years from rejection
7. Your Rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data
- Erase your data ("right to be forgotten"), where applicable
- Restrict the processing of your data
- Object to processing based on legitimate interest
- Portability of your data in a structured, machine-readable format
- Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: contact@paris-iea.fr
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority:
Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) 3 place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris — www.cnil.fr
8. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure.
9. Changes to this Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised. We encourage you to review it periodically.