Privacy Policy

At Pauline Noirel, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and safeguard your personal data when you use our website, paulinenoirel.com, and our event management and creation services. This policy complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable laws.

1. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for your personal data is Pauline Noirel. You can contact us at contact@paulinenoirel.com for any privacy-related inquiries.

2. Data We Collect

We collect the following personal data:

• Contact Form: When you submit our contact form, we collect your name, surname, email address, phone number, and message content.
• Website Usage (Google Analytics): We collect anonymized data about your browsing behavior (e.g., pages visited, time spent) using Google Analytics, but only if you consent to analytical cookies.
• Technical Data (Google reCAPTCHA): When you use our contact form, Google reCAPTCHA may collect technical data such as your IP address and browsing behavior to verify you are not a bot.

3. Purpose and Legal Basis

We process your personal data for the following purposes and legal bases:

• To respond to your inquiries: We use the data from the contact form to reply to your requests or provide information about our event management and creation services. Legal basis: Consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)).
• To improve our website: Google Analytics data helps us analyze site performance and user experience. Legal basis: Consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)).
• To ensure security: reCAPTCHA protects our site from spam and abuse. Legal basis: Legitimate interest (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).

4. Data Sharing

We share your personal data with the following third parties:

• EmailJS: We use EmailJS to send emails from the contact form. Your data (name, email, etc.) is processed by EmailJS. See their Privacy Policy.
• Google (reCAPTCHA and Analytics): Google processes technical data for reCAPTCHA and browsing data for Analytics (if consented). See their Privacy Policy.

We do not share your data with any other parties unless required by law.

5. Data Retention

- Contact form data is retained only as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry, after which it is deleted unless further communication is required.
- Google Analytics data is retained for 26 months as per Google’s settings, unless you withdraw consent earlier.
- reCAPTCHA data is managed by Google and retained according to their policies.

6. Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to access your data.
• Right to rectify inaccurate data.
• Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”).
• Right to restrict processing.
• Right to data portability.
• Right to object to processing.
• Right to withdraw consent at any time (e.g., for Analytics).

To exercise these rights, contact us at contact@paulinenoirel.com. You may also lodge a complaint with the relevant Data Protection Authority.

7. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data against unauthorized access, loss, or alteration. However, no online transmission is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Cookies

We use cookies for functionality and analytics. For more details, see our Cookie Policy.

9. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please reach out to us at contact@paulinenoirel.com.

Last updated: March 18, 2025