I.-Personal data collected by the persons mentioned in articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 in accordance with the procedures set out in the same articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 are processed automatically by the issuing company for the purpose of identifying the owners of its shares and communicating with these owners to facilitate their participation in general meetings, their access to any information concerning the company’s business and, in general, the exercise of their rights.
II.-Personal data collected by the persons mentioned in articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 in accordance with the procedures set out in the same articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 and by the issuing company pursuant to I of this article may only be retained for twelve months after the data controllers have become aware that the person whose personal data was recorded no longer owns the securities.
During the same period, where the owner of the securities is a legal entity, the latter shall have the right to obtain, as soon as possible, from any person processing the information collected in accordance with the procedures laid down in Articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 that inaccurate information concerning it be rectified and incomplete information be completed, including by providing a supplementary declaration.