This English version is provided for information. In case of discrepancy, the French version prevails.
The data controller
Cortex determines the purposes and means of the processing carried out on the consultancy's website. For the media, the controller is the Cortex_sciences association, described below.
- Company
- Cortex
- Registered office
- 15 rue des Halles, 75001 Paris
- Telephone
- 07 77 76 14 99
- contact@le-cortex.com
- Website
- www.le-cortex.com
What we collect, and why
We only collect data that you send us voluntarily, along with technical browsing data. No data is sold, to anyone.
| Processing | Data | Legal basis and retention period |
|---|---|---|
| Contact form | First name, surname, organisation, job title, work email address, optional telephone number, subject and content of the message | Consent. Kept for three years from the last contact |
| Six-question indicative diagnostic | Answers to the six questions, work email address and, if you provide them, name and organisation. This data is sent to Cortex's ICRI platform, which calculates the result, emails it to you with a link to book an appointment, and notifies the Cortex team | Consent. Kept for three years from the last contact |
| ICRI, the Invisible R&D Capital Index | Data declared by the organisation in the 26-indicator questionnaire | Performance of a contract. Kept for the duration of the engagement, then archived in accordance with accounting obligations |
| Newsletter | Email address | Consent. Kept until you unsubscribe |
| Audience measurement | IP address, pages viewed, referring page, browser, date and time of access | Consent collected through the banner. Kept for thirteen months |
Data submitted as part of the ICRI, the Invisible R&D Capital Index, is strictly confidential. It is used only to produce your index and the analysis that accompanies it. It is not passed on, used or disseminated outside this context.
Who has access to your data
Your data is processed by the Cortex team and by the following technical service providers, which act as processors and are not entitled to use it for their own purposes.
| Provider | Role | Hosting |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel Inc. | Hosting of the website and the media, transmission of the contact form | United States |
| OVH | Hosting of the ICRI platform, which receives the answers to the indicative diagnostic and the ICRI data | London, United Kingdom |
| Brevo | Sending the newsletter and routing messages from the contact form to Cortex's inbox | European Union |
| Google Ireland Limited | Audience measurement, if you consent | European Union and United States |
Transfers to the United States are governed by the European Commission's standard contractual clauses. The United Kingdom, where the ICRI platform is hosted, benefits from an adequacy decision of the European Union: your data is protected there at a level recognised as equivalent.
The media
The science communication media, available at www.le-cortex.com/media, is published by the Cortex_sciences association, which is responsible for the data collected on it. It runs on a technical platform separate from the consultancy's website. The data you leave there follows the rules on this page: same purposes, same retention periods, same rights.
- Association
- Cortex_sciences
- Head office
- 29 rue de l'Isle Adam, Méry-sur-Oise
- RNA number
- W953013210
- contact@le-cortex.com
To operate, the media relies on the following providers: Vercel for hosting, Google Firebase for content storage, Brevo for the newsletter, EmailJS for sending forms, Sentry for monitoring technical errors, Algolia for searching articles, Cookie Script for the consent banner, and Google Tag Manager for audience measurement, if you consent.
Cookies
Cookies are small files placed on your device by the websites you visit. Those that are necessary for the website to work are placed without your permission. All others require your consent, collected through the banner displayed on your first visit.
Strictly necessary cookies
They enable the basic operation of the website and the security of forms. The website cannot work properly without them.
Audience measurement cookies
They help us understand how the website is used, which pages are viewed and where visitors come from. They do not identify you directly. They are only placed with your consent.
The audience measurement tool used is Google Analytics. It is only loaded after you give your consent. Your choice, whether to accept or to refuse, is kept for six months. You can change it at any time using the “Manage cookies” link at the bottom of every page, or delete cookies already placed in your browser settings.
Your rights
In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the French Data Protection Act (loi Informatique et Libertés), you have the right to access your data, to rectification, to erasure, to restriction of processing, to object, and the right to data portability. Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw it at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out before.
To exercise these rights, write to contact@le-cortex.com. We respond within one month. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can lodge a complaint with the CNIL, the French data protection authority, 3 place de Fontenoy, TSA 80715, 75334 Paris Cedex 07.
Security
We implement technical and organisational measures to prevent the loss, alteration and misuse of the data you entrust to us. As no transmission over the internet is completely infallible, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Cortex is not responsible for the operation of websites run by third parties or for your interactions with them. When you leave this website, we encourage you to read the privacy practices of the websites you visit.
Changes to this policy
This policy may be amended to reflect legal, technical or organisational changes. The version in force is always the one published on this page.
Effective from: September 2026. Last updated: October 2026.