Privacy Policy

(GDPR – Personal Data Protection)

Who we are

The address of our website is:
https://elleandmuchmorestudio.fr

1. Data Controller

The personal data collected on this website are processed by:

Elea Vergne,
on behalf of elle and much more studio, sole trader
Email address: contact-emms@ik.me

2. Personal data collected

Personal data may be voluntarily provided by the user:

• when contacting us by email
• when contacting us by phone
• when filling out the contact form
• when leaving a comment on the website (if applicable)

In this context, the data that may be processed include:

• first and last name
• email address
• phone number
• message content

When comments are left on the website, certain technical data may also be collected:

• IP address
• browser user agent string

No other personal data are collected directly through the website.

3. Purpose of data processing

The data voluntarily provided by the user are used solely to:

• respond to contact requests
• communicate as part of an information request or support process

The data are not used for commercial purposes, not sold, and not shared with third parties.

4. Comments

When visitors leave comments on the website, the data shown in the comment form are collected, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, in order to help detect spam.

An anonymized string created from the email address (hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether the user uses this service.
The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here:
https://automattic.com/privacy/

After approval of the comment, the associated profile picture (if applicable) is visible to the public in the context of the comment.

5. Media

If images are uploaded to the website, it is recommended to avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS).
Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

6. Appointment booking via a third-party service

The website provides a link to book appointments via an external service: SimplyMeet.

Appointment booking and any associated collection of personal data are carried out directly on the SimplyMeet platform, which acts as an independent data controller.
Users are invited to consult SimplyMeet’s privacy policy when using this service.

7. Cookies

If a user leaves a comment on the website, they may choose to save their name, email address and website in cookies. These cookies are intended to make future comments easier and expire after one year.

If a user visits the login page, a temporary cookie may be set to determine whether the browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when the browser is closed.

When logging in, cookies may be used to save login information and display preferences.
These cookies have a limited duration and are removed when the user logs out.

The website does not use advertising cookies or cookies for marketing tracking purposes.

8. Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this website may include embedded content (for example: videos, images, articles).

Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor had visited those websites directly.
These websites may collect data about the visitor, use cookies, or embed third-party tracking tools.

9. Hosting and technical data

The website is hosted by Infomaniak.

Technical data (such as IP address, connection logs or security data) may be automatically collected by the hosting provider for security and maintenance purposes.
These data are not used by the website publisher.

10. Data retention period

Data resulting from email, phone, contact form or comment exchanges are retained only for the time necessary to process the request and to comply with any applicable legal obligations

11. Users’ rights

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), users have the following rights:

• right of access
• right to rectification
• right to erasure
• right to object

These rights may be exercised at any time by sending an email to:
contact-emms@ik.me

12. Data security

Personal data are processed confidentially and are protected against unauthorized access, loss or disclosure.