This page is the English translation of the French privacy policy. In case of discrepancy, the French version prevails.
1. Data controller
The personal data collected on this website is processed by:
- Damien Oumanetz, sole trader (entrepreneur individuel), trading as Aardvarks Digital
- SIRET: 819 108 556 00062
- Address: 27 rue de la Gerbretière, 85000 La Roche-sur-Yon, France
- Email: contact@aardvarks-digital.com
- Phone: +33 6 61 44 06 34
2. Data collected
- Check request (form or email): first name, email address, phone number, website address, business and city, main need, budget and timeframe considered, message.
- Audience measurement (Google Analytics 4): pages viewed, visit duration, traffic source and device type, only if you accept it in the cookie banner.
- Website security: IP address and technical connection data, used to protect the website against attacks and spam.
I do not sell or rent your data.
3. Purposes, legal bases and retention periods
| Purpose | Legal basis | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Answering your request and preparing your check | Pre-contractual measures taken at your request | 3 years after our last exchange |
| Performing the services | Contract | Duration of the contract, then 5 years |
| Visit statistics (GA4) | Consent | Cookies: 13 months maximum |
| Website security | Legitimate interest | Limited retention of security logs |
| Accounting obligations | Legal obligation | 10 years |
4. Recipients and processors
I am the only person who processes your data. A few technical providers have access to it, solely to run the website and my email:
- O2Switch: hosting of the website and of form submissions (France)
- Google: Gmail, where your requests arrive, and Google Analytics 4 for audience measurement
- Wordfence (Defiant): protection of the website against attacks
- Anthropic (Claude): an artificial intelligence assistant that helps me prepare your check from the information in your request. I review every check before sending it to you.
5. Your rights
Under the GDPR (EU Regulation 2016/679) and the French Data Protection Act, you have the following rights:
- Right of access: obtain a copy of your data
- Right to rectification: correct inaccurate data
- Right to erasure: have your data deleted
- Right to restriction: restrict the processing
- Right to data portability: receive your data in a structured format
- Right to object: object to the processing
- Withdrawal of consent: at any time, for processing based on your consent
To exercise these rights, write to me at contact@aardvarks-digital.com, stating your request. I reply within one month. If there is reasonable doubt about your identity, I may ask you for proof of identity.
You can also lodge a complaint with the CNIL, the French data protection authority (www.cnil.fr), or with the data protection authority of your country of residence.
6. Cookies
- Technical cookies: needed for the website to work and load quickly (security, cache, remembering your choices). They do not require consent.
- Audience measurement cookies (Google Analytics 4): set only if you accept them. Duration: 13 months maximum.
You can accept, refuse or change your choices at any time from the cookie banner, or set your browser to block them.
7. Data security
I apply appropriate technical and organisational measures: encrypted connection (HTTPS), hosting in France, web application firewall, access to data limited to me alone, and regular backups.
8. Transfers outside the European Union
Google, Anthropic and Defiant (Wordfence) are US companies, so some data may be transferred to the United States. These transfers take place under the safeguards provided by the GDPR, in particular the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission.
9. Changes
This policy may change, for example if I add a new tool. The version in force is the one published on this page, with its update date.
10. Contact
For any question about your personal data: contact@aardvarks-digital.com, with the subject line “Personal data”.
