Privacy Policy

Last updated: February 2025

This privacy policy will be reviewed by a legal professional before the website is officially launched.

1. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data through this website is:

La Jolie Guinguette
Auto-entrepreneur: Christina Pegler
Address: 2 Route de Cussac, La Chapelle Montbrandeix, 87440, France
Email: info@lajolieg.com
Phone: +33 7 49 21 99 61

2. Overview

La Jolie Guinguette operates a restaurant in La Chapelle Montbrandeix, France. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data when you visit our website at https://lajolieg.com. This policy applies to all visitors of our website, regardless of their country of residence.

We are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR) and applicable French data protection law, including the Loi Informatique et Libertés.

3. What Personal Data We Collect

3.1 Table Reservations

When you make a table reservation through our online booking system (powered by VikRestaurants), we collect the following personal data:

  • Full name – to identify your reservation
  • Email address – to send you a reservation confirmation
  • Phone number – to contact you regarding your reservation if necessary

You also provide the date, time, and party size for your reservation. This information is necessary for us to fulfil your booking request.

3.2 Contact Form

When you submit an enquiry through our contact form, we collect:

  • First name and last name
  • Email address
  • Subject and message content

This information is used solely to respond to your enquiry.

3.3 Website Analytics

We use Rybbit, a self-hosted and privacy-focused analytics tool, to understand how visitors use our website. Rybbit does not use cookies, does not collect personal data, and does not track individual visitors across sessions. It provides us with aggregate, anonymous statistics such as page views and referral sources. No personal data is shared with third parties through our analytics.

3.4 Embedded Content

Our website embeds Google Maps on the Contact & Location page and in the site footer to help you find our restaurant. When a page containing a Google Maps embed loads, Google may collect data about your visit, including your IP address, and may set cookies. This data is processed by Google in accordance with Google's Privacy Policy.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

Under the GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases for processing your personal data:

  • Performance of a contract (Article 6(1)(b)) – Processing your reservation data is necessary to fulfil your booking request.
  • Legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f)) – Processing data submitted through our contact form is necessary for our legitimate interest in responding to enquiries from current and prospective customers.
  • Legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f)) – The use of anonymous, self-hosted analytics to understand website usage and improve our services.

5. How We Use Your Data

We use the personal data we collect for the following purposes:

  • To process and manage your table reservations
  • To send you confirmation of your reservation
  • To contact you if there are changes to your reservation or if we need to clarify any details
  • To respond to enquiries submitted through our contact form
  • To understand how our website is used and to improve our services (using anonymous analytics only)

We do not use your personal data for marketing purposes, and we do not send unsolicited communications.

6. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to any third parties. Your data may be accessible to the following categories of recipients as part of the normal operation of our website:

  • Hosting provider – Our website is hosted by Ethernet Servers on their shared web hosting infrastructure. As our hosting provider, they may have access to data stored on their servers as part of their service. Data is processed in accordance with their terms of service.
  • Google – Through the embedded Google Maps feature, Google may receive data about your visit as described in section 3.4.

We do not use any other third-party services that process your personal data.

7. International Data Transfers

Your data is primarily stored on servers managed by our hosting provider. The Google Maps embed may result in data being transferred to Google's servers, which may be located outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Google relies on Standard Contractual Clauses and other safeguards approved by the European Commission to ensure an adequate level of data protection for international transfers. For further details, please refer to Google's data transfer framework.

8. How Long We Keep Your Data

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected:

  • Reservation data – retained for a minimum of five years from the date of your reservation, in accordance with French legal requirements for commercial record-keeping (Article L123-22 of the Code de Commerce).
  • Contact form submissions – retained for a minimum of five years from the date of your enquiry, in accordance with the same legal obligations.

After the applicable retention period has expired and the data is no longer required for any legal purpose, your personal data is securely deleted.

9. Cookies

Our website uses a limited number of cookies that are necessary for its operation:

  • WordPress functional cookies – These are technical cookies set by our content management system (WordPress) that are necessary for the website to function correctly. They do not track you or collect personal data for advertising purposes.
  • Google Maps cookies – When pages containing a Google Maps embed are loaded, Google may set cookies on your device. These are third-party cookies governed by Google's cookie policy.

Our analytics tool (Rybbit) does not use cookies.

10. Your Rights Under the GDPR

As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR. You may exercise any of these rights by contacting us at info@lajolieg.com.

  • Right of access (Article 15) – You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification (Article 16) – You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
  • Right to erasure (Article 17) – You have the right to request that we delete your personal data, subject to any legal obligations we may have to retain it.
  • Right to restriction of processing (Article 18) – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
  • Right to data portability (Article 20) – You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
  • Right to object (Article 21) – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data where we rely on legitimate interest as our legal basis.

We will respond to your request within one month. If your request is complex, we may extend this period by a further two months, in which case we will inform you of the extension and the reasons for it.

11. Data Security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our website uses SSL/TLS encryption (HTTPS) to protect data transmitted between your browser and our servers.

12. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed at children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe that a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will take steps to delete that information.

13. Right to Lodge a Complaint

If you believe that your data protection rights have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority:

CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés)
3 Place de Fontenoy, TSA 80715, 75334 Paris Cedex 07, France
Website: https://www.cnil.fr

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, regulatory, or operational reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

15. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us:

Email: info@lajolieg.com
Phone: +33 7 49 21 99 61
Address: 2 Route de Cussac, La Chapelle Montbrandeix, 87440, France

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