Privacy Policy & Data Protection

1. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for personal data collected through this website is:

Céline EMMA — Sole proprietor
Freelance graphic designer and illustrator
SIREN: 497 499 434
Email: celineemma.art@gmail.com

2. Data That May Be Collected

Depending on how the website is used, the following data may be processed:

first name and last name;
email address;
information submitted through the contact form;
information required to prepare a quote or manage a service;
technical data such as IP address, connection logs, or certain information relating to the browser and device;
data relating to cookies or other tracking technologies, where these are used.

Data submitted through the contact form is provided voluntarily by the user.

3. Purposes and Legal Bases for Processing

Personal data may be processed for the following purposes:

responding to contact and information requests: legitimate interest in responding to enquiries received;
preparing a quote or requested service: pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the data subject;
managing services, orders and client relationships: performance of a contract;
complying with accounting, tax or legal obligations: legal obligation;
ensuring the security and proper operation of the website: legitimate interest;
using certain non-essential cookies or third-party services: user consent where required.

4. Recipients of Personal Data

Personal data is primarily intended for Céline EMMA for the purposes of managing her professional activity.

It may also be accessible, strictly to the extent necessary for their role, to certain technical service providers involved in the operation and security of the website, including the hosting provider, tools required to receive messages, and services used to protect the website against abuse.

Personal data is not sold to third parties.

5. Data Retention

Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and, where applicable, for the periods required by law or regulation.

As a general guide:

contact enquiries that do not lead to a commercial relationship may be retained for up to 3 years from the last exchange;
data relating to a contractual relationship is retained for the period necessary to manage that relationship and may then be archived for the applicable statutory retention periods;
accounting records and supporting documents are retained in accordance with applicable legal retention periods.

6. Cookies and Third-Party Services

The website may use cookies or other tracking technologies necessary for its operation and, depending on the features enabled, services provided by third parties.

Tracking technologies that are strictly necessary for the operation of the website do not require prior consent.

Non-essential tracking technologies, including those that may be used by certain embedded content or social media features, are only activated after consent has been obtained where required by law.

Analytics

The website uses Independent Analytics to obtain general statistics about website traffic and page views. In its current configuration, this tool operates without tracking cookies, and analytics data is stored on the WordPress website.

Protection of Forms Against Abuse

The contact form is protected by Cloudflare Turnstile, a service designed to distinguish legitimate users from automated submissions and protect the website against spam and abuse.

In this context, certain technical information required for verification may be processed by Cloudflare, including information relating to the browser, device and connection. Turnstile is used for security and abuse prevention purposes.

For more information about how Cloudflare processes data in connection with Turnstile, you can consult the Cloudflare Data Processing Addendum and Cloudflare Privacy Policy .

Where consent is required, users may withdraw it as easily as they gave it using the cookie management tool available on the website.

7. Your Rights

In accordance with applicable data protection law, you may, depending on your situation, exercise the following rights:

right of access;
right to rectification;
right to erasure;
right to restriction of processing;
right to object;
right to data portability where applicable;
right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

To exercise your rights, you can contact: celineemma.art@gmail.com .

Proof of identity may only be requested where there is reasonable doubt regarding the identity of the person making the request and only where this is necessary.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL), including via www.cnil.fr.

8. Security

Céline EMMA implements reasonable measures designed to protect personal data against loss, alteration, unauthorized access or disclosure.

The website is hosted by o2switch. Certain third-party tools or services that may be used on the website may nevertheless process data according to their own terms and infrastructure.

9. Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated to reflect changes to the website, the tools used or applicable regulations.

The “Last updated” date shown at the top of this page indicates the version currently in effect.