Privacy policy.
Last updated: 31 October 2026
HART Design Selection takes the protection of your personal data seriously. This page explains what data is collected on hartdesignselection.com, why, how long it is kept and how to exercise your rights, in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and French data protection law.
Data controller
EI Céline Vanier, Art des Étoffes
58 route d’Annecy, 74290 Veyrier-du-Lac, France
SIRET: 788 752 319 00038
For any question about your data: privacy@hartdesignselection.com
Data collected and purposes
Subscribing to the HART letter
When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address in order to send you the HART letter. This processing is based on your consent. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link included in every issue.
Email exchanges and collaboration requests
When you write to us (in particular at collab@hartdesignselection.com), we process the information you send: name, email address, company, the content of your message and any attachments. This data is used solely to answer your request and follow up on our relationship. This processing is based on our legitimate interest in responding to the enquiries we receive and, where applicable, on the performance of a contract.
Audience measurement
With your consent, we use Google Analytics 4 to measure site traffic and understand which content interests our readers: pages viewed, visit duration, country, device type, traffic source. These statistics are anonymised and are not used to identify you personally. This processing is based on your consent, collected through the cookie banner.
Running the website
Some technical data (IP address, browser type, connection logs) is processed by our hosting provider to keep the site secure and working properly. This processing is based on our legitimate interest and our legal obligations.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file stored on your device when you visit a website. On hartdesignselection.com, we use:
- Strictly necessary cookies, which do not require your consent: remembering your reading language (English or French) and your cookie choices.
- Audience measurement cookies (Google Analytics 4), set only if you accept them. They are kept for a maximum of 13 months.
You can accept, refuse or change your choices at any time through the cookie banner, available from the “Manage cookies” link at the bottom of every page. Refusing audience measurement cookies has no effect on your browsing.
Retention periods
- Newsletter: until you unsubscribe.
- Exchanges and collaboration requests: 3 years from the last contact, unless a contract is in progress.
- Contract and billing data: as required by law (10 years for accounting records).
- Audience measurement cookies: 13 months maximum; associated statistical data: 14 months.
Recipients and processors
Your data is never sold or rented. It is accessible only to the site’s publisher and to the technical providers that allow us to run the service:
- OVH (website hosting, France);
- Google Ireland Limited (Google Analytics audience measurement);
- MailPoet, published by Automattic (managing subscriptions and sending the HART letter).
Transfers outside the European Union
Some audience measurement data (Google) and newsletter delivery data (MailPoet, Automattic) may be transferred to the United States. These transfers are covered by the safeguards provided for by the GDPR: the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses.
Your rights
You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict and port your data, and the right to object to its processing. Where processing is based on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time. You may also set instructions regarding the handling of your data after your death.
To exercise these rights, write to privacy@hartdesignselection.com. We will reply within one month.
If you believe your rights have not been respected, you can lodge a complaint with the CNIL, the French data protection authority: www.cnil.fr.
Security
The site is served over a secure connection (HTTPS). We apply appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data against loss, unauthorised access or disclosure.
Changes to this policy
This policy may change, in particular when a new service is added or regulations evolve. The date of the latest update appears at the top of this page.