Privacy Policy

1. Data controller

This website is published by Maison Ermina, which is responsible for the processing of personal data described in this policy, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation, "GDPR") and the French Data Protection Act of 6 January 1978 as amended.

For any question about your personal data or to exercise your rights, write to contact@maisonermina.com.

Given the nature and the scale of the processing, Maison Ermina has not appointed a Data Protection Officer.

2. Data we process

This website has no account, no contact form, no newsletter, no analytics, no advertising and no social media plugin. It processes the minimum required to work.

2.1 Browsing the website

• Data: IP address, date and time of the request, page requested, browser and operating system (technical server logs).
• Purpose: delivering the website, keeping it secure and preventing abuse.
• Legal basis: our legitimate interest in operating a secure website (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
• Retention: kept by our hosting provider for a limited period, no longer than 12 months.

2.2 When you write to us

• Data: your email address, your name and anything you choose to include in your message.
• Purpose: replying to your enquiry and, where relevant, preparing a proposal.
• Legal basis: steps taken at your request before entering into a contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR) and our legitimate interest in answering the people who contact us (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
• Retention: 3 years from our last exchange if no contract follows; for the duration of the contract and the applicable legal limitation periods if one does.

We never sell, rent or share your data for marketing purposes, and no decision about you is ever taken by automated means or profiling.

3. Cookies and local storage

This website does not set any advertising or tracking cookie and loads no third-party script. Fonts are served from our own server, so no request is sent to Google or any other third party when you visit. It stores only the following items in your browser:

Strictly necessary items do not require your consent (Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act). The optional item is only written if you accept, and is erased as soon as you decline.

You can change your choice at any time:

You can also delete this data from your browser settings at any time.

4. Recipients and hosting

Your data is only accessible to Maison Ermina and to the service providers strictly necessary to run the website and our email, acting as processors under a contract that complies with Article 28 GDPR:

• Website hosting: Hostinger International Ltd, 61 Lordou Vironos Street, 6023 Larnaca, Cyprus, hostinger.com.
• Email: the provider of the contact@maisonermina.com mailbox.

The links to Instagram and LinkedIn are simple links: nothing is loaded from these networks until you click them. Once on their pages, their own privacy policies apply.

5. Transfers outside the European Union

The website is hosted within the European Union. If a provider ever had to process data outside the European Economic Area, the transfer would be covered by an adequacy decision of the European Commission or by the Standard Contractual Clauses it has adopted.

6. Security

The website is served exclusively over an encrypted connection (HTTPS, HSTS), with strict security headers and a content security policy that forbids third-party scripts. Access to the data we hold is limited to the people who need it.

7. Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to:

• access the data we hold about you and obtain a copy of it;
• have inaccurate data corrected;
• have your data erased;
• restrict its processing;
• object to its processing, including at any time to processing based on our legitimate interest;
• receive your data in a portable format;
• withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting what was done before;
• give instructions on what happens to your data after your death (French law).

To exercise any of these rights, write to contact@maisonermina.com. We answer within one month. We may ask for proof of identity if there is reasonable doubt about who is making the request.

If you believe your rights are not respected, you may lodge a complaint with the French supervisory authority, the CNIL, 3 Place de Fontenoy, TSA 80715, 75334 Paris Cedex 07, cnil.fr, or with the authority of the EU country where you live.

8. Minors

Our services are aimed at professionals and adults. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 15.

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy, for instance if the website changes. The date at the top always shows the latest version.

10. Legal notice

In accordance with Article 6 of the French Law for Confidence in the Digital Economy (LCEN) of 21 June 2004:

• Contact: contact@maisonermina.com
• Host: Hostinger International Ltd, 61 Lordou Vironos Street, 6023 Larnaca, Cyprus.

All content on this website (texts, visual identity, layout) is protected by intellectual property law. Any reproduction without prior written permission is prohibited.