Privacy policy

For those of you who don't want to have to read all the lengthy and off-putting legal text, please note :

- that we collect your data when you create an account, when you purchase a product on our website or when you subscribe to our newsletter.
- that you have the right to ask us to modify or delete this data.
- that we do not sell or give this data to anyone. We promise!
- that we have no access to your bank details, which are encrypted.
- that we use cookies to improve navigation on our website.

For the rest of you, happy reading:

A. Introduction

The privacy of visitors to our website www.baskinthesun.fr is very important to us, and we are committed to protecting it. This policy details what we do with your personal information.
Consenting to our use of cookies in accordance with this policy on your first visit to our website allows us to use cookies each time you visit our site.

B. Collection of personal information

The following types of personal information may be collected, stored and used:
Information such as your e-mail address, which you provide when you register with the site;
Information you enter when you create a profile on our website, such as your name, postal address and telephone number;
Information such as your name and e-mail address, which you enter to subscribe to our e-mails and/or newsletters;
Information you enter when using our website services;
Information relating to purchases you make, services you use or transactions you carry out on our site, including your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and bank details;
Information contained in any communications you send us by e-mail or on our website, including their content and metadata;
Any other personal information you provide to us.
Before disclosing personal information about another person to us, you must obtain that person's consent to the disclosure and processing of that personal information under the terms of this policy.

C. Use of your personal information

Personal information provided to us through our website will be used for the purposes described in this policy or on the relevant pages of the site. We may use your personal information to:
Administer our website and our business;
Personalize our website for you;
Enable your use of the services offered on our website;
Send you goods purchased on our website;
Provide you with services purchased from our site;
Send you statements, invoices and payment reminders, and collect your payments;
Send you e-mail notifications that you have expressly requested;
Send you our newsletter by e-mail, if you have requested it (you can inform us at any time if you no longer wish to receive our newsletter);
Process requests and complaints relating to your website made by you or concerning you;
Maintain the security of our website and prevent fraud;
Verify compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of our website.
If you submit personal information to our website for the purpose of publication, we will publish it and may use the information in accordance with the permissions you grant us.
Without your explicit consent, we will not provide your personal information to third parties for their direct marketing or that of other third parties.

D. Disclosure of your personal information

We may disclose your personal information to any of our employees, officers, insurers, professional advisors to the extent reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.
We may disclose your personal information:
To the extent that we are required to do so by law;
In connection with any current or future legal proceedings;
To establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for fraud prevention and credit risk reduction purposes);
To the purchaser (or potential purchaser) of any business or assets in our possession which we wish to (or are considering) selling; and
To any person whom we reasonably consider to be an integral part of a court or other competent authority for the disclosure of such personal information if, in our opinion, such a court or authority would be likely to require disclosure of such personal information.
Except as otherwise provided in this policy, we will not pass on your personal information to third parties.

E. Security of your personal information

We will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
We will store all personal information you provide on secure servers (password and firewall protected).
All electronic financial transactions made through our website will be protected by encryption technologies.
You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the Internet is inherently insecure, and that we cannot guarantee the security of your data sent over the Internet.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password you use to access our website; we will not ask you for your password (except when you log in to our website).

F. Amendments

From time to time we may update this policy by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page regularly to ensure that you are aware of any changes to this policy. We may notify you of changes to this policy by e-mail or through our website's private messaging service.

G. Your rights

You may ask us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you; the transfer of such information will be subject to the following conditions: the presentation of sufficient proof of your identity (for these purposes, we generally accept a notarized photocopy of your passport plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address).
We may retain the personal information you request to the extent permitted by law.
You may ask us at any time not to process your personal information for marketing purposes.
In practice, you will expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes or we will provide you with an opportunity to decline the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.

H. Third-party websites

Our website contains hyperlinks to third-party websites and information about them. We have no control over these sites, and are not responsible for their privacy policies or practices.

I. Information update

Please let us know if the personal information we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

J. Cookies

Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) sent by a web server to a web browser and stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies can be "persistent" or "session": a persistent cookie is stored by the browser and remains valid until its expiry date, unless deleted by the user before that date; a session cookie expires at the end of the user session, when the browser is closed. Cookies generally do not contain any personally identifiable information, but the personal information we store about you may be linked to information stored in and obtained by cookies.
Most browsers allow you to refuse or accept cookies. For example, with
with Internet Explorer (version 10), you can block cookies by using the alternative cookie management settings available by clicking on "Tools", "Internet Options", "Privacy" then "Advanced"; with Firefox (version 24), you can block all cookies by clicking on "Tools", "Options", "Privacy" then selecting "Use custom settings for history" from the drop-down menu and unchecking "Accept cookies from sites"; and with Chrome (version 29), you can block all cookies by accessing the "Personalize and control" menu, then clicking on "Settings", "Show advanced settings" and "Content settings", then selecting "Prevent sites from setting data" in the "Cookies" header.
Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact on the use of many websites. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features of our website.
You can delete cookies already stored on your computer. For example: with Internet Explorer (version 10), you need to delete the cookies file manually (you can find instructions on how to do this here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835); with Firefox (version 24), you can delete cookies by clicking on "Tools", "Options", and "Privacy", then selecting "Use personalized settings for history" and clicking on "Show cookies", then on "Delete all cookies"; and
with Chrome (version 29), you can delete all cookies by accessing the "Personalize and control" menu, then clicking on "Settings", "Show advanced settings" and "Delete browsing data", then "Delete cookies and module data from other sites" before clicking on "Delete browsing data".
Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the use of many websites.