Privacy Policy

Introduction

LE FRENCH NEWS LAB (Association W751279600) is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website and use our services.

Data Controller

The data controller for this website is LE FRENCH NEWS LAB, a registered French association (RNA W751279600, SIRET 108 676 511 00018) based at 16 rue du Pressoir, 75020 Paris 20e, France. For any questions regarding your personal data, please contact us at contact@lesfrench.news.

Data We Collect

We collect the minimum needed to publish our research and improve the site. Only the preferences below are processed without your consent:

• Usage data (pages visited, time spent, referring websites) — only if you accept audience measurement
• Technical data (browser type, device information, IP address) — only if you accept audience measurement
• User preferences (language, theme, your answer to the banner) — browser local storage, no consent required and never sent to a server

Legal Basis for Processing

We process data on two separate bases. Running the site — serving pages, remembering your language and theme, keeping it secure and meeting our legal obligations — rests on our legitimate interest. Audience measurement rests solely on your consent: nothing is loaded, read or written for that purpose until you give it, and declining changes nothing about how the site works.

Cookies and Local Storage

Until you accept audience measurement, the site sets no cookies at all. Your preferences (language, theme) and your answer to the banner are kept in your browser's local storage and are never sent to a server. If you accept, Google Analytics is loaded and sets its own cookies; if you decline, or until you answer, it is not loaded at all. You can change that choice at any time with the button below. Withdrawing consent prevents any further loading, but it cannot undo what has already loaded on the current page.

Your Rights

Under GDPR and French data protection law, you have the following rights:

• Right to access your personal data
• Right to correct inaccurate data
• Right to erasure ('right to be forgotten')
• Right to data portability
• Right to object to processing
• Right to lodge a complaint with the CNIL (French Data Protection Authority)

Data Retention

Where audience measurement is accepted, usage data is kept for a maximum of 12 months. If you decline, there is nothing to keep. You can request deletion of your data at any time by contacting us.

Third Parties

We do not sell, trade or transfer your personal information. Two third-party services load only with your explicit consent: Google Analytics (Google Ireland Limited), for audience measurement, which may transfer data outside the European Union under standard contractual clauses; and a measurement tool hosted at data.pushbots.com, which records anonymised sessions so we can find passages that are hard to read. If you decline, neither is loaded.

Security Measures

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

Contact Us

For any questions about this privacy policy or to exercise your rights, please contact us at contact@lesfrench.news or write to: LE FRENCH NEWS LAB, 75020 Paris 20e, France.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.