Legal notice
Site publisher
The poni.co website is published by PONI, a French simplified joint-stock company (SAS) with share capital of €2,000, whose registered office is at 173 rue de Courcelles, 75017 Paris, France.
- SIREN (company number)
- 109 811 125
- Trade and companies register (RCS)
- Paris
- contact@poni.co
- Publication director
- Matthieu Somekh
- Hosting provider
- To be completed (name, address and phone number of the hosting provider)
Intellectual property
All content on this website, including text, graphics, logos, illustrations and brand elements, is protected by applicable intellectual property law.
Unless PONI has given prior written permission, any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use of the site’s content, in whole or in part, is prohibited.
Trademarks, logos and content belonging to third parties remain the property of their respective owners.
Liability
PONI strives to provide accurate and up-to-date information on this website. This information is provided for guidance only and may change at any time.
To the extent permitted by law, PONI cannot be held liable for any damage resulting directly or indirectly from the use of the website or the information it contains.
Privacy policy
PONI pays particular attention to protecting your personal data. This policy explains what data we may collect when you use our website poni.co, how we use it and what your rights are.
1. Data controller
The controller of the data collected on this website is PONI, a French simplified joint-stock company (SAS), whose registered office is at 173 rue de Courcelles, 75017 Paris, France. Email: contact@poni.co.
2. Data collected
When you use our contact form, or ask to be contacted after the assessment, we may collect the following information:
- first and last name;
- company or organization, and job title if you provide it;
- work email address;
- phone number, if you choose to provide it;
- the information in your message.
When you complete the maturity assessment, we record your answers to the questionnaire. If you do not give us your contact details, these answers are stored without any data that could identify you.
We may also collect certain technical data needed for the website to work and stay secure.
3. Why do we use your data?
Data sent through our forms is used to:
- respond to your request;
- discuss your needs, your projects or your assessment results with you;
- follow up on our relationship with you.
Assessment answers may also be used, in aggregated and anonymous form, to produce statistics on companies’ innovation practices.
Depending on your request, this processing is based on steps taken at your request prior to entering into a contract, on your consent, or on PONI’s legitimate interest in responding to enquiries and developing its business relationships.
4. Who has access to your data?
The data collected is accessible only to authorized people at PONI and to the technical service providers needed to run the website and our tools, within the limits of their tasks. PONI does not sell your personal data.
5. How long do we keep your data?
Data about a prospect may be kept for up to three years from collection or from the prospect’s last contact, unless a legal obligation requires a different period.
If a contractual relationship is entered into with PONI, some data may be kept for different periods to meet our legal, accounting or contractual obligations.
6. Your rights
Under applicable data protection law, and depending on the situation, you have the following rights:
- right of access to your data;
- right to rectification;
- right to erasure;
- right to restriction of processing;
- right to object to the processing of your data;
- right to data portability where applicable;
- right to withdraw your consent at any time, where processing is based on consent.
To exercise your rights or ask a question about how your personal data is used, contact us at contact@poni.co.
If, after contacting us, you feel your rights have not been respected, you can lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority (CNIL).
7. Cookies, trackers and audience measurement
The poni.co website may use cookies and other trackers that are strictly necessary for it to work and stay secure. These trackers do not require prior consent when used solely for these purposes.
To measure traffic on the website, we use an audience measurement tool that sets no cookies and cannot identify you.
PONI does not use advertising cookies or trackers that follow visitors for marketing purposes.
If new tools requiring consent-based cookies are added to the website, this policy will be updated and a consent mechanism will be put in place in line with applicable regulations.
8. Data transfers outside the European Union
Some technical service providers used by PONI to host and run the website may process personal data outside the European Economic Area.
Where such transfers take place, they are governed by applicable regulations, in particular on the basis of a European Commission adequacy decision or appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses.
9. Data security
PONI implements appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against loss, unauthorized access, disclosure or alteration.
10. Changes to this privacy policy
PONI may update this policy to reflect changes in its services, its tools or applicable regulations.
Last updated: October 14, 2026