This English translation is provided for information only. In case of discrepancy, the French version prevails.
1. Introduction
This privacy policy explains how Beacon Mag, a sole proprietorship run by David Amadieu, collects, uses, protects and processes users’ personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the French Data Protection Act (loi Informatique et Libertés).
2. Data controller
- David Amadieu
- Address: 1 rue Fontaine des Cordeliers, 26100 Romans-sur-Isère, France
- Email: [to be completed]
3. Data collected
Beacon Mag may collect the following data:
- Identification data: last name, first name, email (via forms).
- Browsing data: IP address, pages viewed, time spent, browser type.
- Communication data: messages sent via forms or comments.
- Technical data: cookies, server logs.
- Questions asked to the help assistant: text typed in the help window (see section 12).
No sensitive data is collected.
4. Purposes of processing
The data is collected in order to:
- respond to requests sent via the forms,
- answer the questions asked to the website’s help assistant,
- improve the user experience and the website’s performance,
- analyse traffic and statistics,
- ensure the website’s security,
- send communications (if the user voluntarily subscribes).
5. Legal basis
Processing is based on:
- consent (forms, newsletter, cookies),
- legitimate interest (security, anonymised statistics, help assistant),
- legal obligation (minimum retention of logs).
6. Cookies
Beacon Mag uses cookies to:
- measure the audience,
- improve browsing,
- optimise technical performance.
Users can refuse or manage cookies through their browser.
7. Retention period
- Contact data: 3 years after the last exchange.
- Cookies: depending on their type, 13 months maximum.
- Technical logs: 12 months.
8. Data sharing
The data is never sold. It may only be shared with:
- technical service providers (the host, Hostinger),
- the provider of the help assistant (Anthropic), solely to generate the answers (see section 12),
- the authorities where required by law.
9. Users’ rights
In accordance with the GDPR, you have the right to:
- access,
- rectification,
- erasure,
- object,
- restriction,
- data portability.
Requests should be sent to: [email to be completed]
10. Security
Beacon Mag implements technical measures to protect the data: HTTPS, firewall, server protection, restricted access.
11. Changes
This policy may be updated at any time. The date of the last update will be shown on this page.
12. Help assistant
The website offers a help assistant, represented by the mascot at the bottom right of the screen, which answers navigation questions based on the website’s content. Using it is optional.
- Data processed: the questions typed in the help window and the latest exchanges of the conversation. No name or email address is requested: please do not enter any personal information.
- Provider: the questions are sent to Anthropic (United States), which provides the artificial intelligence model that generates the answers. [To be checked: contracting entity and safeguards for this transfer outside the European Union, as set out in Anthropic’s terms.]
- Retention: Beacon Mag does not store conversations on its servers; they stay in your browser until the tab is closed. Anthropic processes them under its own terms.
- Abuse prevention: to limit the number of questions per visitor, an encrypted, non-reversible fingerprint of the IP address is kept for 48 hours at most.
- Answers are generated automatically and may contain errors.
