Legal Notice & Privacy Policy

Glossary

Customer: any professional, natural person of legal capacity or legal entity who visits the Website to which these general terms and conditions apply.
Services: gautieranneceline.com provides Customers with:
Content: All elements constituting the information available on the Website, in particular text, images and videos.
Customer information: Hereinafter referred to as ‘Information’, this refers to all personal data that may be held by gautieranneceline.com for the purposes of customer relationship management, analysis and statistics.
User: An internet user who logs in to and uses the aforementioned website.
Personal information: ‘Information which, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, enables the identification of the natural persons to whom it relates’.
The terms ‘personal data’, ‘data subject’, ‘processor’ and ‘sensitive data’ have the meanings defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR: No. 2016-679).

1. About this website

Owner: Gautier Anne-Céline,
Status: self-employed as a sole trader, registered for VAT under number BE 1010.270.143.
Contact: gautieranneceline@gmail.com
Creator: Anne-Céline Gautier
Webmaster: Anne-Céline Gautier gautieranneceline@gmail.com
Host: The website is hosted by HOSTINGER INTERNATIONAL LTD, at 61 Lordou Vironos Street, 6023 Larnaca, Cyprus.
Credits: Anne-Céline Gautier
Copywriting, photos, design & illustrations: Anne-Céline Gautier
Mock-ups: Freepik, Mockupworld, Mockups-design.com, Envato

Anne-Céline Gautier is committed to complying with the legislation in force in Belgium and across Europe and takes every possible measure to prevent any unauthorised or unlawful use of your personal data. To this end, she employs appropriate procedures and systems to ensure that only authorised persons can access your information. Furthermore, Anne-Céline Gautier would like to remind you that these individuals are bound by a duty of confidentiality in the course of their duties.

2. Terms and Conditions of Use for the website and the services offered

This Website constitutes an intellectual work protected by the provisions of the Intellectual Property Code and applicable international regulations. The Customer may not, under any circumstances, reuse, transfer or exploit, for their own benefit, all or part of the elements or works contained on the Website.

Use of the gautieranneceline.com website implies full and unconditional acceptance of the terms and conditions of use set out below. These terms and conditions of use may be amended or supplemented at any time; users of the gautieranneceline.com website are therefore advised to review them regularly.
This website is normally accessible to users at all times. However, Anne-Céline Gautier may decide to suspend access for technical maintenance purposes, in which case she will endeavour to notify users in advance of the dates and times of such maintenance. The gautieranneceline.com website is updated regularly by the site manager, Anne-Céline Gautier. Similarly, the legal notices may be amended at any time: they are, however, binding on the user, who is advised to refer to them as often as possible in order to keep abreast of any changes.

3. Description of the services provided

The purpose of the gautieranneceline.com website is to provide information about all the company’s activities. The aim of this website is to showcase Anne-Céline Gautier’s work as a graphic designer and illustrator. Through this site, she aims to explain the stages involved in each project, attract new clients and develop her business.

Anne-Céline Gautier endeavours to provide information on the gautieranneceline.com website that is as accurate as possible. However, she cannot be held liable for omissions, inaccuracies or failures to update the information, whether caused by her or by third-party partners who provide her with this information.

All information provided on the gautieranneceline.com website is for guidance only and is subject to change. Furthermore, the information on the gautieranneceline.com website is not exhaustive. It is subject to any changes that may have been made since it was published online.

4. Contractual restrictions on technical data

The website uses JavaScript technology. The website cannot be held liable for any material damage arising from the use of the website. Furthermore, users of the website undertake to access the website using up-to-date equipment that is free from viruses and with a latest-generation, up-to-date web browser. The website gautieranneceline.com is hosted by a service provider within the European Union in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR: No. 2016-679).
The aim is to provide a service that ensures the highest possible level of accessibility.

The hosting provider guarantees the continuity of its service 24 hours a day, every day of the year. It nevertheless reserves the right to interrupt the hosting service for the shortest possible periods, in particular for maintenance purposes, to improve its infrastructure, in the event of infrastructure failure, or if the Services generate traffic deemed to be abnormal.

Anne-Céline Gautier and the hosting provider shall not be held liable in the event of a malfunction of the internet network, telephone lines or IT and telephony equipment, in particular where network congestion prevents access to the server.

5. Intellectual property and counterfeiting

Anne-Céline Gautier is the owner of the intellectual property rights and holds the rights to use all elements accessible on the website, including text, images, graphics, logos, videos, icons and sounds. Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication or adaptation of all or part of the website’s content, by any means or process whatsoever, is prohibited without the prior written authorisation of Anne-Céline Gautier.

Any unauthorised use of the website or any of the elements it contains will be deemed to constitute an infringement and will be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of Articles L.335-2 et seq. of the Intellectual Property Code.

6. Limitation of liability

Anne-Céline Gautier acts as the website’s publisher and is responsible for the quality and accuracy of the Content she publishes. However, she cannot be held liable for any direct or indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment whilst accessing the gautieranneceline.com website, resulting either from the use of equipment that does not meet the specifications set out in point 4, or from the occurrence of a bug or incompatibility.

Anne-Céline Gautier shall also not be held liable for any indirect damages (such as, for example, loss of business or loss of opportunity) arising from the use of the gautieranneceline.com website. Via the Contact page, the user may interact with Anne-Céline Gautier on her various social media platforms. Anne-Céline Gautier reserves the right to remove, without prior notice, any content submitted that contravenes the legislation applicable in Belgium, in particular the provisions relating to data protection. Where applicable, Anne-Céline Gautier also reserves the right to hold the user liable under civil and/or criminal law, in particular in the event of messages of a racist, abusive, defamatory or pornographic nature, regardless of the medium used (text, photographs, etc.).

7. Management of personal data

Gautier Anne-Céline respects your privacy and ensures that the personal information you provide to us remains confidential. In this privacy policy, you can find out what data we collect when you use our services and/or products, the purposes for which we collect this data, and how we use it.

We explain what your rights are, who has access to your data and how long we retain it. If you still have any questions about our privacy policy after reading this statement, please contact us at gautieranneceline.com.

Purposes of processing and retention period
Gautier Anne-Céline collects and processes your personal data for the purposes described below. In this regard, we use both the data you provide to us and the data we collect ourselves (for example, regarding your visit to our website). We retain personal data for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out or for the period prescribed by law (e.g. the obligation to retain accounting records).

Processing your order
To process your order, we need your name, email address, address, delivery address, payment details and, in some cases, your telephone number and/or date of birth. This enables us to deliver your order and
keep you informed of the delivery status. We are required by law to retain data relating to your order for seven years.

Legal grounds for processing
Gautier Anne-Céline processes personal data on the following legal grounds:

  • necessary for the performance of a contract (to fulfill your order…);
  • necessary to comply with a legal obligation;
  • necessary to protect our legitimate business interests.

When personal data is processed based on the legal ground of consent, you always have the right to withdraw your consent.

Disclosure to Third Parties

Gautier Anne-Céline does not sell your personal data to third parties. We share your data internally with our staff (employees or independent contractors). In addition, we share your data with third parties only for the following purposes:

  • to fulfill your order;
  • to host the website;
  • to set up the IT infrastructure;
  • create (and distribute) newsletters and invitations.

Our staff and the third parties we engage are required to respect the confidentiality of your data. We guarantee that they have taken the necessary protective measures to this end.

Some of our suppliers are located outside the European Economic Area. We will only share your data with third parties outside the EEA if they have signed a data processing agreement and can guarantee the protection of your data based on an adequate decision by the European Commission (e.g., EU-U.S. Privacy Shield).

8. Hyperlinks, “cookies,” and web beacons (“tags”)

The gautieranneceline.com website contains a number of hyperlinks to other websites, which have been included with the permission of Anne-Céline Gautier. However, Anne-Céline Gautier is unable to verify the content of the websites accessed through these links and, consequently, assumes no liability in this regard.
Unless you choose to disable cookies, you agree that the website may use them. You may disable these cookies at any time, free of charge, using the opt-out options provided and described below; please note that doing so may reduce or prevent access to all or part of the Services offered by the website.

8.1 Cookies


When you visit our website, small text files called cookies are stored on your computer or mobile device. Cookies allow us to recognize your device during a subsequent visit, so you don’t have to enter or upload the same information each time. Cookies also give us insight into how you use our website and how we can improve the user-friendliness of our services.
You can configure your web browser to block cookies, to receive a warning when a cookie is set, or to delete cookies after your session. If cookies are disabled in your browser, some graphics may not display correctly, or you may not be able to use certain applications.

We use the following cookies:
ssr-caching: The ssr-caching cookie is set by Wix and indicates how a site was displayed (necessary).
hs: The Wix platform sets this cookie for security purposes (necessary).
svSession: The Wix platform uses this cookie to identify unique visitors and track a visitor’s session on a website (required).
XSRF-TOKEN: This cookie enhances the security of visitors’ browsing by preventing cross-site request forgery (required).

Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data
You have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, and you may have it corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete. You may also request that your personal data be deleted, have its processing restricted, and object to the processing (of part of) this data by us or by one of our processors.
You also have the right to request a copy (in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format) of your personal data and to have it sent to another party.

You have the right to object, free of charge, to any processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
To exercise the above rights, simply:

  • change your account settings yourself; and/or
  • send an email to gautieranneceline.com.

To prevent abuse, we ask that you also send us a copy of your ID (with your photo obscured, if necessary).


8.2. “TAGS” INTERNET

gautieranneceline.com may occasionally use web beacons (also known as “tags,” or action tags, single-pixel GIFs, transparent GIFs, invisible GIFs, and one-by-one GIFs) and deploy them through a partner specializing in web analytics that may be located (and therefore store the corresponding information, including the User’s IP address) in a foreign country.

These tags are placed both in the online advertisements that allow users to access the Site and on the Site’s various pages.

This technology enables gautieranneceline.com to evaluate visitors’ responses to the Site and the effectiveness of its initiatives (for example, the number of times a page is viewed and the information accessed), as well as the User’s use of the Site.

The third-party service provider may collect information about visitors to the Site and other websites using these tags, compile reports on the Site’s activity for Anne-Céline Gautier, and provide other services related to the use of the Site and the Internet.

Governing law and jurisdiction

Complaints
Do you have any questions or complaints regarding your personal data and the protection of your privacy? Please contact us using the contact details provided at the top of this privacy statement.
You always have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority (contact@apd gba.be, +32 (0)2 274 48 00, www.autoriteprotectiondonnees.be, Rue de la Presse 35, 1000 Brussels).
Changes to the Privacy Policy
Gautier, Anne-Céline may amend its Privacy Policy. Any such amendments will be published on our website. This Privacy Policy was last updated on: 21 June 2024