Privacy Policy

Vow&Stone (hereinafter 'we') is committed to protecting the privacy of its website visitors. This privacy policy describes the personal data we collect, the purposes of processing and your rights as a user, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR — EU Regulation 2016/679).

The data controller is Vow&Stone, represented by Oceane Music. Contact: contact@vowandstone.com

We collect the following data:

• Newsletter: email address and language preference, with explicit consent via a checkbox.
• Comments: name (or pseudonym), email address, comment content. The IP address is temporarily collected for moderation purposes and deleted after 30 days.
• Browsing statistics: anonymized data (pages visited, session duration, scroll depth) collected only with your consent via our cookie banner. No personally identifiable information is used.

• Sending the newsletter (legal basis: consent — Art. 6.1.a GDPR)
• Publishing and moderating comments (legal basis: legitimate interest — Art. 6.1.f GDPR)
• Improving user experience through anonymous statistics (legal basis: consent — Art. 6.1.a GDPR)

• Newsletter data: retained until unsubscription, then deleted within 30 days.
• Comments: retained for the duration of the article's publication, then archived or deleted.
• Browsing data: retained for a maximum of 13 months, then automatically deleted.
• IP addresses (comments): deleted after 30 days.

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Right of access: obtain a copy of your personal data.
• Right to rectification: correct inaccurate data.
• Right to erasure ('right to be forgotten'): request deletion of your data.
• Right to data portability: receive your data in a structured format.
• Right to object: oppose the processing of your data.
• Right to withdraw consent: withdraw your consent at any time.

To exercise these rights, contact us at: contact@vowandstone.com. We will respond within 30 days.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the CNIL (www.cnil.fr) or your local data protection authority.

This website uses strictly necessary cookies for site functionality and, with your consent, audience measurement cookies. For more information, see our Cookie Policy.

• Google Fonts: loading web fonts. Google may collect your IP address when loading fonts. Google Privacy Policy: policies.google.com/privacy
• Unsplash: images are loaded from Unsplash servers. Unsplash Privacy Policy: unsplash.com/privacy

Some of our providers (Vercel, Google Fonts) may transfer your data outside the European Union. These transfers are governed by standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data against unauthorized access, modification, disclosure or destruction.

This policy may be updated. The date of the last modification is indicated at the top of this page. We invite you to consult it regularly.