Privacy Policy

Last updated: 28 July 2026

Les Éditions de la Sorcière Blanche, an associative bilingual publishing house (French / English), are committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable French law.

This policy explains what data we collect, why, how it is used, and what your rights are. It applies to the website sorciereblancheeditions.com (hereinafter the “Site”).

1. Data controller

Les Éditions de la Sorcière Blanche
Publication director: Virginia Robilliard
Email: contact@sorciereblancheeditions.com

2. Data collected

Depending on your interactions with the Site, we may collect:

• Identification data: name, first name, email address, postal address (physical orders).
• Payment data: processed by secure providers (e.g. PayPal). We do not store bank card numbers.
• Browsing data: technical and statistical data (e.g. pages viewed), notably via privacy-friendly analytics tools (e.g. Goat Counter).
• Contact data: messages sent via the contact form or by email.
• User account: data needed to create and manage an account, where applicable.

3. Purposes of processing

Your data is used to:

• Process and deliver orders;
• Manage associative support and donations;
• Respond to your messages and requests;
• Send newsletters and information, only with your consent;
• Improve the Site and ensure its security;
• Comply with our legal and accounting obligations.

4. Legal bases

• Performance of a contract: processing of orders and deliveries.
• Consent: newsletters, certain non-essential cookies.
• Legitimate interest: Site security, anonymised statistics, service improvement.
• Legal obligation: retention of certain data for tax or judicial purposes.

5. Recipients and partners

As needed, your data may be shared with:

• Print and shipping providers (e.g. Gelato, Printful, Amazon KDP, IngramSpark);
• Payment providers (e.g. PayPal, partner platforms);
• Emailing / newsletter tools (when you are subscribed);
• Audience analytics tools (anonymised or aggregated data where possible).

We do not sell your data. Transfers outside the European Union, if any, rely on appropriate safeguards (standard contractual clauses, etc.).

6. Retention periods

• Orders: period needed for follow-up, then legal retention (including accounting / tax obligations).
• Newsletters: until unsubscription.
• Contact messages: period useful for handling the request, then reasonable archiving.
• Cookies: according to their nature (see Cookie Policy).

7. Your rights

Under the GDPR, you have in particular the following rights:

• Right of access;
• Right to rectification;
• Right to erasure;
• Right to object;
• Right to restriction of processing;
• Right to data portability (where applicable).

To exercise your rights: contact@sorciereblancheeditions.com.
You may also lodge a complaint with the CNIL (www.cnil.fr).

8. Security

We implement reasonable measures to protect your data (secure HTTPS connection, restricted access, trusted providers). As no system is infallible, we invite you to use strong passwords for your accounts.

9. Cookies

Cookie use is described in our Cookie Policy.

10. Changes

This policy may be updated. The last update date appears at the top of the page. Continued use of the Site after a change constitutes acknowledgement of the changes.

11. Contact

For any question relating to your personal data:
contact@sorciereblancheeditions.com