Privacy Policy

Definition of terms used in the Privacy Policy

The following will be identified:

“Personal data” means “any information related to an identified natural person or that may be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identification number or to one or more elements of its own”, in accordance with the Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978.

“Service” means the www.colorsanddrops.com service and all of its content.

«Editor» or «We» means Colors and Drops, legal or natural person responsible for the editing and content of the Service.

“User” or “You” means the user visiting and using the Service.

Section 1 - Introduction and Role of the Privacy Policy

The purpose of this policy is to inform you of the Service’s commitments regarding the respect of your privacy and the protection of Personal Data concerning you, collected and processed for your use of the Service.

It is important that you read this Privacy Policy so that you are aware of why we use your data and how we do it.

By registering with the Service, you agree to provide us with real information about you. Providing false information is contrary to the terms and conditions on the Service.

Please note that this Privacy Policy may be amended or completed at any time, in particular to comply with any legislative, regulatory, jurisprudential or technological developments. The date of its update will be clearly indicated, if applicable.

These changes apply to you as soon as they are posted online, and we therefore invite you to consult this Privacy Policy regularly to become aware of any changes.

You will also find a description of your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

Should you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to exercise your rights as described in Section 10 of this Privacy Policy, please contact us by E-mail to: hello@colorsanddrops.com or by mail to: 302 rue des Roques 85220 Saint Pantaléon

Section 2 - Data collected on the Website

The Data collected and thereafter processed by the Service are those that you voluntarily transmit to us by filling in the various forms present within the Service. For some operations on the content, you may be required to transmit Data about you to third-party partners through their own services, more specifically when you make payments. We will not dispose of the data; their collection and processing being governed by the conditions specific to these stakeholders. We invite you to consult their conditions before submitting your Data in this context.

Your IP address (identification number assigned on the Internet to your computer) is automatically collected. You are informed that the Service may implement an automatic tracking process (Cookie), which you may interfere with by modifying the relevant settings of your internet browser, as explained in the terms and conditions of this Service.

Generally speaking, you can visit the www.colorsanddrops.com Service without disclosing any personal information about yourself. Either way, you have no obligation to provide this information. However, in the event of refusal, you may not be able to benefit from some information or services.

We also collect, use, and share aggregate data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. The aggregated data may come from your personal information but are not concerned as such by law as this data does not directly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your usage data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific feature of the Service.

To provide better content and services, the www.colorsanddrops.com Service uses Google Analytics’ service. Google Analytics does not track your browsing habits on third-party services. The information about you that Google Analytics has access to does not contain any personal data about you.

We do not collect “sensitive” data.

The contact details of the Users of the Service who have registered on it will be saved, in compliance with the French Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978. In accordance with the latter, they have a right of access, withdrawal, modification, or rectification of the Data they have provided. To do so, they simply need to send a request to the following e-mail address: hello@colorsanddrops.com, or by post: 302 rue des Roques 84220 Saint Pantaléon

Collecting Users’ Personal Data by the Editor does not require a declaration to the French Authority for the Protection of Personal Data (National Commission for Information Technology and Individual Freedom – CNIL).

Section 3 - Identity of the data controller

The data controller is the company Colors and Drops, with its head office at the following address: 302 rue des Roque 84220 Saint Pantaléon

Section 4 - Purpose of the Data collected

The Data identified as mandatory on the Service’s forms are necessary to be able to benefit from the corresponding functionalities of the Service, and more specifically operations on the contents offered within it.

The Service may collect and process the Data of its Users:

To provide you with the information or services you have subscribed to, including sending newsletters, commercial offers...
To collect information that allows us to improve our Service, our products, and features (by using cookies).
To be able to contact you about our development plans of our marketplace.

Section 5 - Recipients and use of the collected Data

The Data we collect are processed for the purposes of carrying out operations on the Service’s contents.

You may receive e-mails from our Service, including through newsletters that you have accepted. You may request that you no longer want to receive these e-mails by contacting us at hello@colorsanddrops.com or via the link provided in each email sent to you.

Colors and Drops is the only recipient of your Personal Information. These are never transmitted to a third party, notwithstanding the subcontractors that Colors and Drops uses. Neither Colors and Dropsnor her subcontractors sell visitors’ and users’ personal data.

Your personal data may be shared with the parties listed below for the purposes defined in this Privacy Policy.

We require that all third parties guarantee the security of your personal data and process it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your data.

Section 6 - Legal basis for data processing

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Colors and Drops only processes personal data in the following situations, with your consent:

Where a contractual obligation exists (a contract between Colors and Drops and you)
To meet a legal obligation (under EU or national legislation).

Section 7 - Data Security

You are informed that your Data may be disclosed pursuant to a law, regulation, or decision of a competent regulatory or judicial authority or, if necessary, to preserve Editor’s rights and interests.

We set up appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, modified, disclosed, or accessed without permission. Furthermore, access to your personal data is subject to a well-defined and documented security procedure.

Section 8 - Data retention length

The Data are stored at the Service Provider, whose contact details appear in the Service’s legal notice, and are kept for the strictly necessary time to fulfill the purposes referred to above and may not exceed 24 months. Beyond this period, they shall be kept solely for statistical purposes and shall not give rise to any exploitation whatsoever.

Section 9 - Authorized service providers and transfer to a third country of the European Union

Colors and Drops informs you that she uses qualified service providers to facilitate the collection and processing of the data that you have communicated to us. These providers may be located outside the European Union and collect data through the various forms displayed on the Service.

In advance, Colors and Drops has ensured that her service providers give appropriate guarantees and comply with strict conditions regarding confidentiality, use and data protection. Vigilance is focused on the existence of a legal basis for any data transferred to a third country. As such, some of our service providers are subject to internal corporate rules (or "Binding Corporate Rules") that were approved by the CNIL in 2016 when the others conform not only to Standard Contractual Terms but also to the Privacy Shield.

Section 10 - Computer rights and freedoms

In compliance with Data Protection legislation, rights that you may exercise are detailed below, as indicated in Article 1 of this Privacy Policy, by writing to the postal address mentioned above (302 rue des Roques 84220 Saint Pantaleon) or by sending an e-mail to hello@colorsanddrops.com.

Right to information: We have the obligation to inform you about how we use your personal data (as described in this Privacy Policy).
Right of access: It is your right to request access to your personal data and receive a copy of the personal data we hold; However, as Colors and Drops has security and confidentiality obligations in processing personal data, you are informed that your request will be processed if you show evidence of your identity, for example with a scan or photocopy of your valid identity document.
Right to rectification: The right to ask us to modify your personal data that are incomplete or inaccurate. Under this right, the law allows you to request the rectification, updating, locking or erasure of your data that may be inaccurate, erroneous, incomplete, or obsolete.
Right to erasure, also known as the "right to oblivion": In some cases, you can ask us to delete the personal data we have concerning you (except if there is a compelling legal reason that leads us to keep them).
Right to limitation of processing: You have the right in some cases to ask us to stop processing your personal data,
Right to data portability: You have the right to ask for a copy of your personal data in a common format (for example a .csv file).
Right to object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data (for example, by forbidding us to process your data for direct marketing purposes).

However, the exercise of this right is only possible in one of the following two situations: Where the exercise of this right is based on legitimate reasons or where the exercise of this right is intended to prevent the data collected from being used for commercial prospecting purposes.

Contact us if you wish to exercise any of the rights described above by writing us at 302 rue des Roques 84220 Saint Pantaléon or by e-mail at hello@colorsanddrops.com

You will not have to pay any fees to access your personal data (or for the exercise of any other rights). However, we may charge you a reasonable fee if your request is manifestly unfounded, repetitive, or excessive. In this case, we may also refuse to respond to your request.

Colors and Drops shall have the right, where appropriate, to raise objections to abusive requests on the grounds of their systematic, repetitive nature or number.

We may ask you for specific information to confirm your identity and to ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any other right). This is a security measure to ensure that this personal data is not delivered to an unauthorized person. We may also contact you to get more information about your request, to give you a faster response.

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within a month. This period of one month may be exceeded if your request is particularly complex or if you have made more than one. In this case, we will notify you and keep you informed.

Section 11 - Complaint to the Data Protection Authority

If you consider that Colors and Drops does not comply with her obligations regarding your Personal Information, you may address a complaint or request to the competent authority. In France, the competent authority is the CNIL to which you can send an online request at the following address: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/plaintes/internet.

Section 12 - Cookie policy

When you first use the www.colorsanddrops.com Service, you are notified by a banner that information about your browsing is likely to be stored in alphanumeric files called "cookies". Our cookie policy allows you to better understand the actions we implement when browsing our Service. It informs you about all the cookies featured on our Service, their purpose, and gives you the instructions to set them.

a) General information about the cookies on the site

Colors and Drops, as the publisher of this Service, may install cookies on the hard drive of your device (computer, tablet, mobile, etc.) to give you smooth and optimal navigation on our Service.

“Cookies” are small and limited size text files that allow us to recognize your computer, tablet or mobile to personalize the services we provide you.

The information collected using cookies does not in any way identify you personally. They are used exclusively for our own purposes to improve the interactivity and performance of our Service and to deliver contents specific to your interests. None of this information is disclosed to third parties except if Colors and Drops has obtained your prior consent or if disclosing this information is required by law, by order of a court or any administrative or judicial authority empowered to know about them.

To inform you better about the information that cookies identify, you will find a table listing the different types of cookies that may be used on Colors and Drops’s Service, their name, their purpose, and their storage time at the address TO COME.

b) Setting your cookie preferences

You can accept or decline the deposit of cookies at any time.

When you use the www.colorsanddrops.com Service for the first time, information about the deposit of cookies and similar technologies appears in a banner at the bottom of your screen. This banner warns you that by continuing your browsing on the Service of Colors and Drops (by loading a new page or by clicking on various elements of the Service for example), you accept the deposit of cookies on your device.

Depending on the type of cookie involved, collecting your consent to the deposit, and the reading of cookies on your device may be mandatory.

c) Cookies excluded from consent

In accordance with the recommendations of the National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties (CNIL), some cookies are excluded from collecting your consent as that they are strictly necessary for the Service or have the exclusive purpose of allowing or facilitating communication in electronic format. These include cookies for session ID, authentication, load balancing session and cookies for customizing your interface. These cookies are fully subject to this policy as they are issued and managed by Colors and Drops.

d) Cookies requiring your prior consent

This requirement applies to cookies issued by third parties that are qualified as “persistent” as they remain on your device until their deletion or expiry date.

Since such cookies are issued by third parties, their use and deposit are subject to their own privacy policies, for which you will find a link below. This kind of cookie includes audience measurement cookies, advertising cookies, which Colors and Drops uses, as well as social media sharing cookies (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.). Social network sharing cookies are issued and managed by the publisher of the relevant social network. Subject to your consent, these cookies allow you to easily share some of the content published on the Service, via a sharing application “button” according to the social network concerned.

Audience measurement cookies compile statistics about traffic and use of various elements of the Service (such as content/pages you have visited). These data help improving the usability of the Service. An audience measurement tool (Google Analytics) is used on the www.colorsandddrops.com Service; Its privacy policy is available in English at the following web address: https://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html

e) Cookie settings tools

Most Internet browsers are set by default to allow cookies storage. Your browser allows you to modify these standard settings so that all cookies are rejected systematically or only part of the cookies is accepted or refused depending on their issuer.

ATTENTION: We point out that refusing cookies deposit on your device is likely to affect your user experience as well as your access to some services or features of this Service. If applicable, Colors and Drops declines all responsibility for the consequences of altering your browsing conditions that could occur due to your choice to refuse, delete or block the cookies required for the operation of the Service. These consequences cannot constitute damage and you will not be entitled to any compensation for this fact.

Your browser also allows you to delete existing cookies on your device or to notify you when new cookies may be placed on your device. These settings do not affect your browsing but make you lose all the benefit brought by the cookie.

Please read the various tools available below so that you can set the cookies stored on your device.

f) Setting up your internet browser

Each Internet browser offers its own cookie management settings. To find out how to change your cookie preferences, below you will find links to help you access your browser’s menu:

Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-websites-storing-cookies-site-data-firefox
Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/en/cookies.html
Safari https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocal=en&local=en_EN

For more information on cookie control tools, please visit the CNIL website: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies-les-outils-pour-les-maitriser.

If you have any questions or require additional information regarding this Cookie Policy, please contact us.

g) List of cookies

The detailed list of cookies used on the Service www.colorsanddrops.com is available at: