Legal Notice, Data Protection Policy and Cookie Policy

Legal Notice

Editorial Manager:

The website is owned by the company L’ATELIER FRANÇAIS DES MATIÈRES
SAS with a share capital of €57,200
Registered with the THONON-LES-BAINS Trade and Companies Register under No. 808 189 542 00026
EU VAT number: FR 94 808 189 542
Registered office: Bâtiment Actipro, 219 Rue Laszlo Biro, 74160 Archamps, France
Tel : +33 (0)4 50 95 55 46
Email : contact@lesindemodables-parfums.com
(« L’Atelier Français des Matières »)
Publishing Director: Rémi PULVERAIL, in his capacity as President

Website hosting:

The website is hosted by SiteGround Spain S.L.
Share capital: €3,000
C.I.F.: B-87194171, registered with the Madrid Commercial Registry
VAT number: ESB87194171
Registered office: Calle de Prim 19, 28004 Madrid, Spain
https://www.siteground.com/
For any questions you may wish to address to L’Atelier Français des Matières, please contact us at: contact@lesindemodables-parfums.com

No Warranties and Limitation of Liability

L’Atelier Français des Matières undertakes to make its best efforts to ensure that users can always access the Website. However, it cannot be held liable in the event of the Website being unavailable, for any reason whatsoever.

The user of the Website acknowledges having read this legal notice and agrees to comply with it.

The user acknowledges that they have the necessary skills and resources to access and use the Website and confirms that the computer configuration they are using contains no viruses and is in perfect working order.

L’Atelier Français des Matières cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information published on its Website, nor the continuous proper functioning or complete IT security of the Website.

L’Atelier Français des Matières makes every effort to provide users with available and verified information and tools, but cannot be held liable for errors, the unavailability of information, and/or the presence of viruses or other logical infections on its Website.

The information provided by L’Atelier Français des Matières is for indicative purposes only. L’Atelier Français des Matières cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the information published on the Website.

The user acknowledges that they use the information and tools available on the Website under their sole responsibility.

Intellectual Property Rights

The legal notice, privacy policy, and cookie policy below apply to your use of and browsing on the Website. Accessing and browsing the Website constitutes your unreserved acceptance of their terms.

L’Atelier Français des Matières and/or its affiliated companies worldwide are the holders of the domain name https://lesindemodables-parfums.com/mon-compte/

The Website is an intellectual work protected by intellectual property laws. The Website as a whole, and each of the intellectual property elements that compose it—taken individually—such as texts, structures, software, animations, photographs, illustrations, diagrams, logos, trademarks, designs, and models, are the exclusive property of L’Atelier Français des Matières and/or its affiliated companies worldwide and/or have been duly licensed to L’Atelier Français des Matières.

Any full or partial reproduction of the Website or any of its components without the express authorization of L’Atelier Français des Matières is prohibited and constitutes an infringement punishable under Articles L.335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code.

The databases appearing on the Website are protected under Articles L.341-1 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code, and any extraction or reuse of a qualitatively or quantitatively substantial part of their content is prohibited and subject to sanctions.

The trademarks and logos displayed on the Website are registered trademarks of L’Atelier Français des Matières or of third parties. Any reproduction, imitation, or use—whether total or partial—of such distinctive signs without express authorization and in violation of the prohibitions set out in Articles L.713-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code incurs the liability of the infringer.

Other distinctive signs, including corporate names, trade names, shop signs, and domain names reproduced on the Website, are the property of L’Atelier Français des Matières or third parties. Any reproduction without express authorization may constitute impersonation, incurring the liability of its author under Article 1240 of the French Civil Code.

L’Atelier Français des Matières and/or its affiliated companies worldwide are the sole entities authorized to use the related intellectual property rights.

Any use of all or part of the Website—particularly by downloading, reproduction, transmission, representation, or distribution—for purposes other than your personal and private use, whether commercial or not, is strictly prohibited. Violation of these provisions may expose you to the penalties provided by law.

When you use a “Share” function offered on the Website to share a product, event, or communication from L’Atelier Français des Matières, you acknowledge and agree that the content made available for sharing may only be used within the context of purely personal use, to the exclusion of any commercial use on websites, web pages, and/or any other digital media for commercial purposes.

Links

The creation of hyperlinks to the Website may only be done with the prior written authorization of L’Atelier Français des Matières, which authorization may be revoked at any time.

Deep links set up by L’Atelier Français des Matières on the Website directing users to other websites have been subject to the prior written authorization of the operator of the target website.

Links to third-party websites do not engage the liability of L’Atelier Français des Matières with respect to their access conditions or their content.

Any websites containing a hyperlink to the Website are not under the control of L’Atelier Français des Matières, and the latter therefore disclaims all responsibility (including editorial responsibility) regarding access to and content of such websites.

L’Atelier Français des Matières is free to modify the content of the Website at any time and without prior notice.

Consumer Mediation

The consumer client is informed of the possibility of resorting, in the event of a dispute relating to the general terms and conditions of sale, to a conventional mediation procedure or any other alternative dispute resolution method.

To this end, the consumer client is informed that, after first attempting to resolve the dispute amicably directly with L’Atelier Français des Matières, they may refer the matter to the consumer mediator: https://www.mediation-vivons-mieux-ensemble.fr/

For more information on the mediation process, the consumer client is invited to consult the website of the consumer mediator: https://www.mediation-vivons-mieux-ensemble.fr/

The consumer client is informed that the mediator cannot consider disputes for which the request is manifestly unfounded or abusive, or which has previously been examined or is currently being examined by another mediator or by a court. The same applies if the consumer client submits their request to the mediator more than one year after their written complaint to L’Atelier Français des Matières, if the dispute does not fall within the mediator’s jurisdiction, or if the consumer cannot prove that they first attempted to resolve the dispute directly with L’Atelier Français des Matières through a written complaint.

L’Atelier Français des Matières also informs the consumer client of the existence of an Online Dispute Resolution (“ODR”) platform to which they may resort. The user may access it via the following link: https://consumer-redress.ec.europa.eu/index_fr

Modification

L’Atelier Français des Matières informs you that the legal notice, data protection policy, and cookie policy may be modified at any time. These modifications are published online and are deemed to be accepted without reservation when you access the Website after they have been posted. We recommend that you consult this page regularly.

Entirety

In the event that any clause of the legal notice, data protection policy, or cookie policy is declared null due to a change in legislation, regulations, or a court decision, this shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other clauses.

Applicable Law and Disputes

The legal notice, data protection policy, and cookie policy are governed by French law.

In the absence of an amicable agreement, the Parisian courts in France shall have territorial jurisdiction over any dispute relating to the Website, without preventing you from bringing the dispute before any other competent foreign court of your choice.

Data protection policy

L’Atelier Français des Matières attaches great importance to protecting your privacy and personal data (the “Data”).

This article explains how L’Atelier Français des Matières collects and processes your Data in accordance with personal data protection regulations, such as the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

The categories of Data we collect about you depend on your activity and your interaction with L’Atelier Français des Matières. These may include:

Information you provide directly to us, collected online on our Website, for example when you send us questions regarding the Website or L’Atelier Français des Matières’ activities;
Information you provide when placing an order; or
Information about you that we obtain indirectly when you visit the Website, either because it is technically necessary for the proper functioning of the Website, to improve your browsing experience, or to allow L’Atelier Français des Matières to perform analyses that help us serve you better.

Fair and transparent collection of your Data

In the interest of fairness and transparency, L’Atelier Français des Matières takes care to inform the data subjects of each processing activity it implements through appropriate information notices.

These Data are collected fairly. No data collection is carried out without the knowledge of the individuals concerned and without informing them.

Legitimate and proportionate use of your Data

When L’Atelier Français des Matières processes data, it does so for specific purposes: each data processing operation pursues a legitimate, determined, and explicit purpose.

For each processing activity carried out, L’Atelier Français des Matières undertakes to collect and use only data that are adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.

L’Atelier Français des Matières ensures that Data are kept up to date and implements procedures to allow the deletion or correction of inaccurate Data.

The following Data may be collected by L’Atelier Français des Matières:

Categories of Data

Data collected

Identification Data

Title, first name, last name

Contact Data

Postal address, email address, phone number

Request-Related Data

Type of relationship with L’Atelier Français des Matières, type of request, details necessary to process your request, content of your request

Marketing Data

If you subscribe to a newsletter or any other marketing communication to receive information about products, services, or other events of L’Atelier Français des Matières, we collect marketing data through the subscription form, such as your consent to receive communications and data related to events

Candidate-Related Data

(Information collected when you apply for a job)

If you apply for a job with L’Atelier Français des Matières through the Website, we collect the following data related to your application: title, gender, first name, last name, nationality, place and city of birth, postal address, email address, phone number, education level, school/university, languages spoken, professional experience, certificates/diplomas, other information on your CV, preferred start date, and any other data you may provide

We collect this Data for the following purposes:

Purpose of Processing	Categories of Data Potentially Concerned	Legal Basis
Request-related purposes: To allow you to obtain information about our services, for example via the “Contact” section	– Identification Dataa – Contact Data – Request-related Data	– Consent – Contract
Regulatory purposes	– Identification Dataa – Contact Data Request-related Data	– Legal obligation
Marketing purposes: To keep you informed about our products, services, and other events by sending L’Atelier Français des Matières communications via email	– Identification Dataa – Contact Data – Marketing Data	– Consent
Order management via the “E-shop” section	– Identification Dataa – Contact Data	– Contract
Candidate-related purposes: To process your application, including reviewing open positions and maintaining a talent pool to match future positions with potential candidates	– Candidate Data	– Consent – Contract – Legitimate interests
Business contract management: To manage the relationship with our business partners	– Identification Dataa – Contact Data	– Contract

To Whom Might We Disclose Your Data?

The recipients of your Data, each within the scope of their responsibilities, are:

Authorized members of L’Atelier Français des Matières;
Any third party authorized to intervene for the provision of services by L’Atelier Français des Matières.

We ensure that only authorized persons have access to this Data. L’Atelier Français des Matières applies a strict authorization policy, ensuring that the Data it processes is transmitted only to persons authorized to access it.

L’Atelier Français des Matières may transfer personal data outside the European Union as part of the IT tools we use for our activities. These transfers can only be carried out after L’Atelier Français des Matières has taken measures to secure them, for example by implementing the standard contractual clauses defined by the European Commission to regulate data flows.

If you apply for a job through this Website, the Human Resources department of L’Atelier Français des Matières will process your application and may transmit your application to external recruitment agencies if necessary.

How Long Do We Keep Your Data?

L’Atelier Français des Matières ensures that Data is retained in a form that allows identification of the data subjects only for as long as necessary in relation to the purposes for which it is processed.

The retention periods we apply to your personal data are proportionate to the purposes for which they were collected.

L’Atelier Français des Matières complies with the retention periods imposed by applicable laws and regulations.

If your Data is no longer necessary to provide a service or if you no longer wish to be included in our newsletter mailing list, your Data will be deleted or archived in an anonymous or pseudonymized form to comply with the applicable regulations.

Category or Data / Purpose of Processing	Retention Period
Prospect or customer data for marketing purposes	3 years from the last contact with the prospect or customer
Personal data of customers	5 years from the date of the order
Cookie data (managed by the site https://lesindemodables-parfums.com/)	12 months
Candidate-related data	2 years after your application
Personal data of suppliers and business partners	During the duration of the contract, then kept in an archived database for 5 years from the termination of the contract

Cookie Policy

Which cookies do we use and how can you object?

Preamble

Cookies are pieces of information that a website can transfer to your browser and that are then stored on your computer system. For example, storing cookies improves your online experience by allowing us to remember your preferences.

We use cookies to compile statistics and determine traffic volumes in order to improve the relevance and usability of the services offered to you.

The recording of cookies during your visit to the Website is carried out based on the choices you have made or can make at any time in accordance with this Cookie Policy.

This policy is formulated in accordance with the following regulations:

Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978, as amended;
The GDPR (2016/679) of April 27, 2016, notably Article 7 regarding the conditions for obtaining consent;
Guidelines from the CNIL dated September 17, 2020;
Recommendations from the CNIL dated September 17, 2020.

Definition

When browsing our Website, information related to the navigation of your device (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.) on our Website may be recorded in text files called “cookies,” which are installed on your browser. Cookies are used to recognize your browser during the validity period of the relevant cookie.

A cookie is a file that can be read or written. On mobile devices, these trackers are device identifiers and advertising identifiers.

There are different types of cookies, for example:

Necessary/technical cookies essential for the proper functioning of the Website;
Analytical/functional cookies allowing, for example, the management of language or the duration of consent.

We specifically use the following cookies:

Cookie	Description	Duration	Type
ga*	Google Analytics uses this cookie to record and count page views.	1 year 1 month 4 days	Analytical
_ga	The _ga cookie, set by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session, and campaign data and tracks website usage for analytical reports. It stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated identifier to recognize unique visitors.	1 year 1 month 4 days	Analytical
__cf_bm	This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare bot management.	1 hour	Necessary
_cfuvid	Cloudflare uses this cookie to track users between sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services.	Session	Necessary
elementor	This cookie is used by the website’s WordPress theme. It allows the site owner to update or modify content in real time.	Never (persistent)	Necessary
cmplz_cookie_data	Cookie generated by the Complianz consent management tool.	Session	Other

We may also collect your IP address in an abbreviated and unreadable form that does not allow us to identify you.

Consent

During your first visit to our Website, you are given the option to accept or refuse the use of cookies requiring consent.

If you do not wish this cookie to be installed or read on your device, a refusal cookie will be placed on your device so that L’Atelier Français des Matières can record that you have opted out of the use of cookies.

Similarly, when you accept the use of this cookie, a consent cookie is installed on your device.

The consideration of your refusal to install a cookie relies on the placement of a cookie. Therefore, if you disable all cookies on your device or switch devices, we will no longer know that you have chosen this option.

Furthermore, if your device is used by multiple people or if the same device has multiple web browsers, we cannot guarantee that the service provided to your device corresponds solely to your own use of that device and not to the use by another person of the same device.

Sharing your device with others and configuring your browser settings regarding cookies and other trackers is entirely your choice and responsibility.

Managing cookies

If you do not wish us to use all or some of the aforementioned third-party cookies, you can disable the installation of cookies by configuring your browser accordingly, following the instructions below:

Mozilla Firefox: Select the “Tools” menu, then “Options.” Click on the “Privacy” icon, locate the “Cookies” menu, and select your preferred options.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and later: Select the “Tools” menu, then “Internet Options.” Click on the “Privacy” tab and use the slider to select the desired level.
Opera 6.0 and later: In the “File” menu, select “Preferences,” then click on “Privacy” and choose the desired options.
Safari: In the Safari menu, select “Preferences,” then click on “Security” and choose the desired options.
Google Chrome: Select the Chrome menu, then “Settings,” and click on “Advanced Settings.” Under the Privacy section, choose “Content Settings,” then in the “Cookies” section, you can select your options.

Please note that if you configure your browser to refuse cookies, certain features, pages, and areas of our website that require the use of cookies may not be accessible, for which we cannot be held responsible.

For more information on how to configure your web browsers, please visit the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) website: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies-les-outils-pour-les-maitriser.

Effective date

This policy comes into effect on the date it is published online. The same applies to any modifications.

Your rights and how to contact L’Atelier Français des Matières regarding privacy

You have the right to access, modify, correct, delete, and object to the processing of your personal Data. You can exercise these rights by contacting us via email at: contact@lesindemodables-parfums.com or by postal mail at: L’ATELIER FRANÇAIS DES MATIERES, Archamps Technopole – Batiment Actipro, 219 Rue Laszlo Biro, 74160 ARCHAMPS.

Your right of access to your Data

In this regard, you have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not your personal Data is being processed and, if it is, you have the right to request a copy of your Data and information regarding:

the purposes of the processing;
the categories of personal data concerned;
the recipients or categories of recipients, and, if applicable, the international organizations to which the personal data have been or will be disclosed, particularly recipients located in third countries;
where possible, the envisaged retention period for the personal data, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine this period;
the existence of the right to request from the data controller the rectification or erasure of your personal data, the right to request a restriction of the processing of your personal data, and the right to object to such processing;
the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
information regarding the source of the data when it is not collected directly from the data subject;
the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and in the latter case, useful information about the underlying logic, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

Your right to rectification of your Data

You may request that your personal Data be corrected or completed if it is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, or outdated.

Your right to erasure of your Data

You may request the deletion of your personal data in the cases provided for by law and regulations.

Please note that the right to erasure is not a general right and can only be exercised if one of the grounds provided for in the applicable regulations is met.

Your right to restrict the processing of your Data

You may request the restriction of the processing of your personal Data in the cases provided for by law and regulations.

Your right to object to the processing of your Data

You have the right to object at any time, for reasons related to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal Data when the legal basis is the legitimate interest pursued by the data controller (see the section above on the legal basis for processing).

If you exercise this right to object, we will ensure that your personal data is no longer processed for the relevant processing, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

Your right to Data Portability

You have the right to data portability of your personal Data. Please note that this is not a general right. Not all data from all processing activities are portable, and this right only applies to automated processing, excluding manual or paper-based processing.

This right is limited to processing activities where the legal basis is your consent or the performance of pre-contractual measures or a contract.

This right does not include derived or inferred data, which are personal data created by L’Atelier Français des Matières.

Your right to withdraw consent

When the processing of your Data is based on your consent, you may withdraw it at any time. We will then stop processing your personal data, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out prior to your withdrawal of consent.

In particular, you have the right to unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by simply clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of each newsletter.

Your right to lodge a complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the CNIL (3 Place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris) in France, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Your Right to Set Post-Mortem Directives

You have the possibility to set specific directives regarding the retention, deletion, and disclosure of your personal Data after your death, in accordance with the procedures outlined herein. These specific directives will only apply to the processing carried out by us and will be limited to this scope.

Last updated: December 9, 2025