Privacy policy
1. General Information
The website artmajeur.com (hereinafter the “Site”) is operated by YourArt, a simplified joint-stock company registered with the Nanterre Trade and Companies Register under number 917 843 518. Its head office is located at 36-40 rue Raspail, 92300 Levallois-Perret, France.
Our Commitment to Privacy
The Company, concerned about individual rights, particularly regarding automated data processing, and committed to transparency with its customers, has implemented a policy that outlines all such processing, the purposes pursued by this processing, and the means available to individuals to best exercise their rights.
To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.
For more information on the protection of personal data, we invite you to consult the following website: https://www.cnil.fr/
2. Personal Data
2.1 Data Collected
When you use our site, we may collect certain personal information.
Member Profile
The member profile contains information that you yourself filled out upon registration/editing, including (but not limited to) the following:
Email address
Personal username and password
Postal code/City/Country
All other profile fields are optional and are directly accessible on your member profile when you edit it.
Other items may also be linked to your member profile:
All the content you created with your profile (works, blogs, articles, ads, etc.), contributions (comments, favorite collections, forum posts, etc.).
Most linked content is also directly visible on your profile
Your votes on content (forum polls, +1/-1 on forum messages or user reviews)
Data facilitating your use of the site (newsletter subscription, mailing-forums, notifications, last messages read in the forums, etc.)
Your exchanges with other members using our internal messaging
Your purchases and sales made on the platform
Your contacts with our hotline (exchange of messages with support)
Your “trust rating,” which is voted on by other members when you make transactions or receive testimonials on your guestbook
Additionally, we keep records of email views for messages sent by our platform (newsletters and other emails). The primary purpose is statistical (for instance, to determine the open rate of a newsletter), but for data integrity reasons, we keep raw data—namely who opened which email, at what time, and which links were clicked.
2.2 Purposes of Processing
This information is used to manage your account, provide our services to you, assist you if needed, process your orders, and ensure the security of the site. It may also allow us to send you commercial communications if you have consented, or to comply with our legal obligations.
In order to maintain harmony within the community, the ArtMajeur by YourArt team, including moderators, has access to moderation tools that help identify banned members attempting to return, in particular via the last use of each IP and cookie, as well as a moderation history.
2.3 Legal Basis for Processing
We process your data in the context of performing our contract with you (for example, to allow you to access the site’s services or to purchase a work). In other instances, we rely on our legitimate interest, such as improving the security of the platform or preventing fraud. Lastly, some data is used only with your consent, in particular data related to advertising or cookies.
2.4 Retention Period
Your personal data is retained as long as you use our services. After you close your account, certain data may be kept for up to 36 months so that we can fulfill our legal obligations, resolve potential disputes, or prevent abuse.
2.5 Data Recipients
Personal data may be shared with third-party companies exclusively within the European Union, in the following cases:
When the user uses payment services, to implement these services, the Company has agreements with third-party banking and financial institutions;
When the user posts information in free comment areas of the Site that is accessible to the public;
When the user authorizes a third-party website to access their data;
When the Site uses service providers to provide user assistance, such as the Iris conversational bot, advertising, or payment services. These providers have limited access to the user’s data in the context of performing their services, and are contractually obliged to use it in compliance with the regulations applicable to personal data protection;
If required by law, the Company may transmit data to respond to complaints concerning the Site and to comply with administrative and judicial procedures.
3. Your Rights
Under the regulations applicable to personal data, users have the following rights in connection with their use of the Site and, if applicable, the Iris conversational bot:
Right of access: They may exercise their right of access to find out what personal data about them is being processed, by writing to the email address listed below. In this case, prior to exercising this right, the Company may request proof of the user’s identity in order to verify its accuracy;
Right to rectification: If the personal data held by the Company is inaccurate, they may request that the information be updated;
Right to erasure: Users may request the deletion of their personal data, in accordance with applicable data protection laws;
Right to restriction of processing: Users may request that the Company restrict the processing of their personal data, in the cases provided for by the GDPR;
Right to object to data processing: Users may object to the processing of their data in the cases provided for by the GDPR;
Right to data portability: They may request that the Company provide the personal data they have supplied, in order to transfer it to a new platform.
To exercise any of these rights, you can contact us at [email protected] or use our contact form.
Proof of identity may be required to ensure the security of your information. If you wish, you may also file a complaint with the CNIL, the French data protection authority, via www.cnil.fr.
4. Data Security
We attach great importance to the security of your data. All communications between your browser and our servers are encrypted using the HTTPS protocol. Passwords are never stored in plain text but are encrypted with the latest technologies. Furthermore, our servers communicate with each other via a private network, inaccessible from the outside, which further strengthens data protection.
Our data is hosted by OVH, a French company in compliance with the GDPR.
5. Cookies and Trackers
The Website uses cookies. By using the Website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.
5.1 What is a Cookie?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow, for example, recognition on subsequent visits, easier navigation, or measurement of site traffic.
5.2 Why Do We Use Cookies?
On Artmajeur, we use different types of cookies: essential cookies for the proper functioning of the site, performance cookies to improve user experience, personalization cookies to remember your preferences, and advertising cookies that can offer content related to your interests.
When you use the Website, you may also send third-party cookies.
Our advertisers and service providers may send you cookies. They may use the information they gather from your use of their cookies to:
Track your browser across multiple websites
Build a profile of your web surfing
Target advertisements that may be of particular interest to you.
In addition to the information we provide in this cookie policy, you can find more information about your online choices at http://www.youronlinechoices.com/
Cookies come from third-party partners such as Google, Facebook, or Weborama.
5.3 Manage Your Preferences
You can block or delete cookies by modifying your browser settings.
Blocking Cookies
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. For example:
In Internet Explorer, you can block all cookies by clicking on “Tools,” “Internet Options,” “Privacy,” and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector;
In Firefox, you can block all cookies by clicking on “Tools,” “Options,” and checking “Accept cookies from sites” in the “Privacy” area;
In Google Chrome, you can adjust your cookie permissions by clicking on “Options,” “Under the Hood,” Content settings in the “Privacy” section. Click on the Cookies tab in the content settings;
In Safari, you can block cookies by clicking on “Preferences,” selecting the “Privacy” tab, and “Block cookies.”
Blocking all cookies, however, may negatively affect the usability of many websites. If you block cookies, you might not be able to use certain features on the site (logging in, accessing content, using the search feature).
Deleting Cookies
You can also delete cookies already stored on your computer:
In Internet Explorer, you must manually delete cookie files;
In Firefox, you can delete cookies by ensuring that cookies must be deleted when you “clear private data” (this setting can be changed by clicking on “Tools,” “Options,” and “Settings” in “Privacy Data”), then clicking on “Clear private data” in the “Tools” menu;
In Google Chrome, you can adjust your cookie permissions by clicking on “Options,” “Under the Hood,” Content settings in the “Privacy” section. Click on the Cookies tab in the content settings;
In Safari, you can delete cookies by clicking on “Preferences,” selecting the “Privacy” tab, and “Remove All Website Data.”
Obviously, this could have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.
6. Advertising and Third-Party Services
The advertisements you see on our site mainly relate to the content you view (for example, sculptures if you visit the “sculpture” section). In some cases, external providers such as Google or Facebook may display ads based on your profile, provided that you have given them your consent via their platforms.
We also use sharing buttons (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram...) and tools like Google Analytics to better understand our site’s audience. These services may collect technical information about your device or your browsing, but never your complete personal data without your explicit consent.
7. IRIS and Artificial Intelligence
How Does the Intelligent Iris Interface Work?
Reference is made to the Site’s general conditions for the description of the conversational bot, called “Iris,” made available free of charge to Visitors and Members and which interfaces with the ChatGPT4 artificial intelligence service provided by OpenAI, thus allowing Visitors and Members who wish to interact directly and anonymously with ChatGPT4.
Visitors and Members are informed and agree that:
By using Iris, they transmit to ChatGPT4 input data that they enter at their own discretion and responsibility, and that OpenAI may use such data to respond to them and as training data;
If they choose to use Iris, they are subject to the general terms and privacy policy of OpenAI, which they are required to comply with;
In this case, the Company acts as the data controller for the data they enter directly into Iris or data imported into Iris from their profile if they consent, and for the output data;
These data are then processed to provide them with a personalized experience and services according to the Iris features they choose to use (recommendations of reading material, films, museums, Works, assistance in choosing Works in the Site Catalog, help with content creation, etc.), without such processing being accompanied by automated decisions about them;
Graphic creations that may be generated by a Member using ChatGPT4 through the Iris interface can be stored by the Member in their account on the Site;
Apart from OpenAI and the Company for the proper functioning of Iris, Iris will not grant access to input or output data to any partner of the Company or any third party;
They can exercise their rights to this data through the Company as detailed below.
8. Useful References and GDPR Compliance
General Data Protection Regulation - https://www.eugdpr.org
Publishing Director: Laurence Bonicalzi Bridier
Head office address:
36-40 rue Raspail, 92300 Levallois-Perret, France - Siret: 91784351800015
Name and address of the host:
OVH SAS with a capital of €10,069,020
RCS Lille Métropole 424 761 419 00045
Head office: 2 rue Kellermann, 59100 ROUBAIX - France
Contacting the DPO (“Digital Protection Officer”)
You can contact the DPO regarding privacy at [email protected]
For more information on your rights or on the protection of personal data, you can consult the following websites:
CNIL: https://www.cnil.fr
GDPR: https://www.eugdpr.org
OVH: https://www.ovh.com/fr/protection-donnees-personnelles/gdpr.xml
Weborama: https://weborama.com/privacy/
Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding your personal data or our privacy policy, you can contact us by email at [email protected], by phone at +33 (0)95 095 9966, or through our secure form available at artmajeur.com/fr/contact-us. You can also contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) at [email protected].
Any request must be accompanied by a photocopy of valid, signed identification and must mention the address at which the Company can contact the requester. A response will be sent within one month of receiving the request.
Furthermore, and pursuant to law no. 2016-1321 of 7 October 2016, individuals who so desire have the option of arranging what will happen to their data after their death. For more information on this subject, you can consult the CNIL website: https://www.cnil.fr/.
Users may also file a complaint with the CNIL on the CNIL website: https://www.cnil.fr.
We recommend contacting us first before filing a complaint with the CNIL, as we remain at your disposal to resolve any issue you may have.
Reference Language and Legal Value of Translations
This contract is written in French. Any translation of this contract into another language is provided solely for informational purposes and may in no way be considered legally binding. In the event of a contradiction or difference in interpretation between the French version and any translation, the French version shall prevail.