Cookies and personal data
Last updated: November 2026
Handling your data responsibly and lawfully matters to us. We comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, EU Regulation 2016/679) and the amended French Data Protection Act of 6 January 1978.
This page explains how Laguiole Export collects and processes personal data in connection with the operation of laguiole.store, and how we use cookies and similar technologies.
It supplements our privacy policy.
A. Privacy
1. Data controller
Laguiole Export, SASU with a share capital of €500
Registered office: 1B rue Mornay, 75004 Paris, France
Paris Trade and Companies Register (RCS) 832 161 392, EU VAT number FR 38 832 161 392
Contact: our contact form or by post to the registered office.
2. Data we process
Entering personal data on this website is voluntary. We mainly process the data you provide to us directly:
- Order data: surname, first name, delivery and billing address, email address, telephone number.
- Engraving data: the text and symbols you choose to have engraved.
- Contact data: information sent through our contact form, our live chat or our online withdrawal form.
- Browsing data: IP address, type of device and browser, date and time of visit, pages viewed, referring website, used only for the operation and security of the website.
If you provide us with a third party’s data, for example for delivery to another address, you must make sure that this person has been informed.
3. Purposes and legal bases
| Purpose | Legal basis (Art. 6 GDPR) |
|---|---|
| Processing and delivering your order, engraving, after-sales service | Performance of the contract |
| Invoicing and accounting records | Legal obligation |
| Answering your requests through our forms and live chat | Legitimate interest |
| Proof of an online withdrawal request | Legitimate interest |
| Website security and fraud prevention | Legitimate interest |
We do not use audience measurement or advertising tools on this website, and we do not send newsletters.
4. Retention periods
| Data | Period |
|---|---|
| Order and engraving data | 3 years from the last contact, then archived |
| Invoices and accounting records | 10 years (legal obligation) |
| Requests sent through the contact form or live chat | 3 years from the last contact |
| Proof of online withdrawal | 3 years |
| Proof of your cookie choice | 13 months |
5. Recipients of your data
We never sell or rent your data. It is shared only with the service providers needed to run the service, and only to the extent they need it:
- Hosting: our hosting provider makes the website available. The website’s data is processed on its servers.
- Carriers: DHL Express and Colissimo (La Poste). By choosing a carrier when you order, you agree that your contact details are passed on to it solely for delivery and tracking.
- Payment: Payplug for card payments, and PayPal. We never store your card details, which are entered directly on the provider’s secure interface.
- Live chat: our chat tool, to answer your questions during your visit.
Your data may also be disclosed to administrative or judicial authorities where required by law.
6. Your rights
You have the right at any time to access, rectify, erase, restrict, object to and port your data, as well as the right to set instructions regarding what happens to it after your death.
To exercise these rights, please contact us through our contact form or by post at 1B rue Mornay, 75004 Paris, France. We will reply within one month. If there is any doubt about your identity, we may ask you for proof of identity.
If you believe, after contacting us, that your rights have not been respected, you may lodge a complaint with the CNIL, the French data protection authority:
Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés
3 place de Fontenoy, TSA 80715, 75334 Paris Cedex 07, France
cnil.fr/fr/plaintes
7. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data against unauthorized access: SSL/TLS encryption of transmissions, access restrictions and regular updates of our systems.
B. Cookie policy
1. What a cookie is
A cookie is a small file placed on your device by your browser when you visit a website. It allows your browser to be recognized from one page to the next, or from one visit to the next.
We use session cookies, deleted when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, kept for a set period.
2. Your consent
No audience measurement or advertising cookie is used on this website.
Only the cookies strictly necessary for the website to work are active. They do not require your consent.
On your first visit, a banner asks for your choice. Your choice is kept for 6 months, whether you accepted or refused. After this period, you will be asked again.
To change your choice at any time, click the “Cookies” button on every page. The preferences panel opens again and your new choice applies immediately.
We keep proof of your choice, namely its date, the categories accepted and the version of this policy, for 13 months. Your IP address is never stored in plain text, only as a non-reversible fingerprint.
3. Cookies used
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
lag_consent |
Stores your cookie choice | 6 months | Necessary |
woocommerce_cart_hash |
Contents of your cart | Session | Necessary |
woocommerce_items_in_cart |
Number of items in your cart | Session | Necessary |
wp_woocommerce_session_* |
Identifier of your shopping session | 2 days | Necessary |
__cf_bm |
Distinguishes human visitors from bots, security | 30 minutes | Necessary |
4. Your browser settings
Independently of the banner, your browser allows you to block or delete cookies. Please note: blocking all cookies will prevent some features of the website from working, in particular the cart.
C. Changes
We may update this policy, in particular if our purposes or service providers change. If the purposes requiring consent change substantially, you will be asked for your choice again.
The version in force is the one published on this page. Last updated: November 2026.
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