Privacy Policy (GDPR) — VAINKEURZ

1) Data controller

The data controller is VAINKEURZ, a simplified joint-stock company with capital of €15,000, whose registered office is located at 21 avenue du Bois Saint Jean, 60560 Orry-la-Ville (France).
Contact: [email protected].

2) Personal data collected

Depending on your use of the site, VAINKEURZ collect the following categories of data:

Data provided directly

  • Account: email address, username, avatar (if provided);
  • Published content: top lists, rankings, titles, descriptions, comments, and any other content you choose to publish;
  • Support/Contact: content of your messages and exchanges with our teams.

Automatically collected data

  • Technical and browsing data: logs, IP address, device type, browser, cookie/tracker identifiers, pages viewed, events and interactions (in particular via Google Analytics);
  • Security data: information necessary for preventing abuse, detecting suspicious activity, and securing the site.

Marketing and advertising data

  • Information relating to campaigns and performance measurement (in particular via Meta Ads/Pixel), subject to your cookie preferences.

3) Purposes of processing and legal bases

VAINKEURZ your data for the following purposes:

  • Account creation and management/access to the service — Legal basis: performance of the contract (Terms of Service).
  • Publication, display, and moderation of content (UGC), management of reports, prevention of abuse — Legal basis: legitimate interest.
  • Audience measurement and website improvement (Google Analytics) — Legal basis: consent, when required via cookies/trackers.
  • Advertising, retargeting, and advertising performance measurement (Meta Ads) — Legal basis: consent (advertising cookies). These processing operations may involve advertising targeting mechanisms.
  • Sending newsletters and marketing communications — Legal basis: consent. You can unsubscribe at any time via the link in each email.
  • Security, fraud prevention, incident management, and evidence (logs) — Legal basis: legitimate interest.

4) Mandatory nature of data

Certain data is necessary to provide you with the service (e.g., email address for creating an account or sending a newsletter). Otherwise, access to certain features may be limited or impossible.

5) Recipients of the data

Your data may be accessible:

  • To VAINKEURZ authorized VAINKEURZ teams (support, moderation, technical);
  • To our service providers and subcontractors (hosting, analytics, advertising, emailing/newsletter), only to the extent necessary for the performance of their services and within the framework of confidentiality and security commitments.

Tools used (depending on configuration)

  • Hosting: Aquaray (see legal notices)
  • Analytics: Google Analytics
  • Advertising: Meta Ads (Pixel and/or other Meta trackers)
  • Emailing/newsletter: Instantly/Campaign Monitor

6) Transfers outside the European Union

Some service providers (notably Google/Meta) may involve data transfers outside the European Union. Where such transfers occur, they are governed by recognized mechanisms (e.g., adequacy decisions where applicable, or appropriate safeguards as appropriate).

7) Retention periods

VAINKEURZ only VAINKEURZ your data for as long as it's needed for the purposes we're after:

  • Account: for the duration of the account's existence, then limited archiving if necessary;
  • Published content: as long as it remains online, unless deleted/moderated;
  • Newsletters: until unsubscribing (then minimum retention of elements related to opposition/proof of consent);
  • Security logs: limited duration, proportionate to security needs;
  • Cookie preferences (consent/refusal): stored for a limited period (current recommendation: 6 months).

8) Your rights

In accordance with applicable regulations, you have the following rights: access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, portability (where applicable), and withdrawal of consent at any time for processing based on consent.
To exercise your rights: [email protected].

9) Cookies and consent management

You can manage your choices (accept/refuse/customize) and withdraw your consent at any time via the "Manage my cookies" module accessible on the website.

Legal references

These legal notices and related information are established in accordance with applicable laws, including:

  • LCEN: Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 on confidence in the digital economy, in particular Article 1-1 (I) (identification information to be made available to the public: publisher, publication director, host).
  • Intellectual property: Intellectual Property Code, in particular Article L122-4 (reproduction/representation/adaptation without authorization) and Article L341-1 (protection of database producers).
  • GDPR: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of April 27, 2016, in particular Article 13 (information to be provided when data is collected from the data subject).
  • Cookies/trackers: Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978, as amended ("Data Protection Act"), in particular Article 82 (regulating the placement/reading of trackers), and CNIL recommendations regarding consent and the possibility of easily withdrawing it.
  • Newsletter/email marketing: French Postal and Electronic Communications Code, in particular Article L34-5.

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