PRIVACY

 

1. Managing Your Information Preferences

You can review, correct, or update your personal data and manage marketing preferences by emailing contact@minime-paris.com or (if applicable) via your account settings and unsubscribe links in emails or SMS.

You may opt out of marketing at any time. We may still send essential service messages (e.g., order or booking confirmations, policy updates).

 

2. Information We Collect

Categories of Personal Data

  • Contact details: name, email, phone, billing/shipping address.
  • Account/order data: login details (hashed), order history, booking history, customer service interactions.
  • Payment data: payment method details processed by our payment partners (we do not store full card numbers).
  • Device & usage data: IP address, device identifiers, browser type, pages viewed, clicks, referring/exit pages, timestamps.
  • Geolocation data: approximate location derived from IP or with your consent.
  • Marketing & preferences: newsletter/SMS opt-in status, interests, wishlists.
  • Media & UGC: photos or content you submit (e.g., tagging us, contest entries).
  • Events/Workshops: date/time of attendance, optional photography/video consent.
  • Inferences: preferences or segments derived from the above (e.g., style interests).

 

Sources

  • Directly from you: when you browse, purchase, book workshops, contact support, or subscribe.
  • Automatically: via cookies, pixels, SDKs, and similar technologies (see Cookies & Online Tracking).
  • Third parties: payment processors, analytics/ads partners, anti-fraud providers, social networks (when you interact with our pages or ads), booking, or email/SMS platforms.

 

3. How We Use Your Information (Purposes & Legal Bases)

 

    

Purpose

Examples

Legal Basis

Provide Services

Process orders & bookings, deliver products, manage

Contract performance; legitimate interests

Payments & Fraud Prevention

Payment processing, chargebacks, anti-fraud checks

Contract; legitimate interests; legal obligation

Communications

Service emails/SMS (order/booking status), policy

Contract; legal obligation; legitimate interests

Improvement & Analytics

Site performance, bug fixes, usage analytics, A/B testing

Legitimate interests; consent where required (e.g; analytics)

Marketing

Newsletters, offers, lookalike/retargeting

Consent (email/SMS/ads cookies) legitimate interests

Compliance

Tax/accounting, responding to authorities, enforcing terms

Legal obligation; legitimate interests

 

 

 

4. When We Share Your Information

 

We share only what is necessary, under contracts that require appropriate security and GDPR compliance.

  • Service providers (processors): hosting/CDN, payment processing (e.g; Stripe, PayPal), booking platforms, email/SMS tools (e.g; Mailchimp, Klaviyo), analytics (e.g; GA4), ad/retargeting partners, logistics/shipping, customer support tools.
  • Professional advisors & authorities: auditors, legal counsel, regulators, law enforcement where required.
  • Business transfers: in case of merger, acquisition, or restructuring, your data may transfer under equivalent protections.

 

We do not sell your personal data.

 

5. Cookies & Online Tracking

We use cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Enable core functionality (e.g; basket, checkout)
  • Measure performance and improve the site.
  • Personalize content and ads (with your consent).

 

When required by law, we display a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or refuse non essential cookies. You can change your preferences anytime via our Cookie Settings (link to CMP).Analytics: e.g; Google Analytics. You can opt out with your browser add on or via our cookie settings.
Advertising: we may use pixels/IDs for retargeting or lookalike audiences (only with consent where required).
Do Not Track: we honor consent choices via our consent tool; browser DNT signals are not consistently supported.

 

6. Advertising & Social Media

With your consent (where required), we may use your interactions to show you relevant ads on our site and third-party platforms (e.g; Meta, Google). You can opt out via our cookie settings, the platform settings, or industry pages (e.g; YourOnlineChoices.eu).

 

7. User Content & Public Areas

If you post content (e.g; reviews, tagged photos) that is public, it may be visible to others. Only share what you are comfortable making public and ensure you have rights to share it.

 

8. Workshops, Events & Media Capture

At select workshops or events, we may photograph or film for brand documentation and marketing. We will inform you on site; where required, we will obtain consent or offer opt out seating/marking. If you wish an image of you to be removed, contact contact@minime-paris.com with details.

 

9. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data (encryption in transit, access controls, least privilege). No system is 100% secure; please use unique, strong passwords and keep them confidential.

 

10. International Transfers

Your data may be processed outside the EEA/UK (e.g; by global providers). When we transfer data internationally, we use approved safeguards such as EU Standard Contractual Clauses and, where applicable, the UK IDTA/Addendum, plus transfer risk assessments.

 

11. Data Retention

We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes above, including:

  • Orders/bookings & invoices: 10 years (accounting/legal retention, FR).
  • Marketing data: until you withdraw consent or we detect inactivity per our retention rules.
  • Support tickets: up to 5 years after resolution (legal/statistical).
  • Cookies: per their stated lifetimes in our Cookie Settings.

We then securely delete or anonymize the data.

 

12. Your Rights (EU/UK GDPR)

You have the right to:

  • Access your data.
  • Rectify inaccurate data.
  • Erase data (right to be forgotten).
  • Restrict processing.
  • Object to processing (including direct marketing).
  • Portability of data you provided to us.
  • Withdraw consent at any time (for consent-based processing).
  • Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (in France: CNIL, cnil.fr).
  • To exercise your rights, email contact@minime-paris.com. We may need to verify your identity.
  • Children’s data (France): if you are under 15, consent must be given or authorized by your parent/guardian where consent is the legal basis.

 

13. Third-Party Links

Our site may contain links to third-party websites or services. Their privacy practices are not governed by this policy. Review their policies before providing personal data.

 

14. Changes to this Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We will post the new version with an updated Effective Date. Material changes may also be notified by email or on-site notice.

 

 Contact Us

Questions, requests, or concerns:
MiniMe Paris
contact@minime-paris.com
25 Rue de Turbigo, 75002 Paris

 

Optional Supplemental Notices (only if applicable)

US State Privacy: If we later sell to or target residents of these states, we will provide a state-specific notice and opt-out mechanisms (Do Not Sell or Share, targeted advertising opt-out) consistent with those laws.