privacy policy

This privacy statement informs you about the type of personal data collected and received through our website https://miel-des-abeilles.com (“site” or “website”) and how we use, share, store and protect that personal data.

Who are we?

We are the French company: Frédéric Billard

Company name: Le rucher de Balou

How we get personal data.


We collect and receive personal data through the website. Personal data refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

We collect personal data that you choose to voluntarily provide to us for your use of the site. In addition, we temporarily collect certain personal data using cookies, using technologies such as local browser storage when you visit the website.

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer’s hard drive or on your mobile device when you visit certain websites. Cookies contain information that may be accessed by the party placing the cookie, either the website itself or a third party (third party cookies). You have control over cookies and can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate setting on your browser. Most browsers tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable or delete existing cookies. Please note, however, that by not accepting or deleting the use of cookies, you will not be able to use our online sales service on this website, the rest of the written information remaining accessible.

On the website, we use cookies to collect statistical data on the website to analyze how our users browse the website, including the pages visited, the duration of page visits and the paths taken by visitors to our website as they move from page to page. These cookies are placed by the honey-bees.com domain.

For this purpose, we use Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., which uses cookies to help you. The information generated by the cookie concerning your use of our website (such as your IP address, the URL visited, the date and time the page was displayed) will be transmitted and stored by Google on servers in the States-United or in any other country where Google maintains facilities. Your IP address will be masked by setting the last byte of your IP address to zero before it is stored by Google. Google will use this information to monitor your use of our website and to compile reports on site activity for us. Under our agreement with Google, Google is not permitted to use this information for its own purposes and may only transfer this information to third parties when required by law, or when such third parties process information on Google’s behalf.

The types of personal data we may obtain
We may collect and receive the following personal data from you:

Name and contact information (name, address, email, username);
Account details (such as username and password)
Information about your use of the site;
Traffic data.

We may collect other types of personal data if required by applicable law or if necessary for the purposes listed below. We will then inform you and ensure that there is a valid legal basis for doing so.

How we can use personal data
We may share the personal data we collect and receive on a need basis with the following third parties:

Online payment service providers when you make a purchase from our site via PayPal services or secure payment by credit card via our bank Le Crédit Mutuel (data transmitted at the time of payment and secured by HTTPS)
Competent public authorities or other third parties, if required by law or reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property and safety of ourselves or others.

We may also transfer your personal data in the event that we sell or transfer all or part of our activities or assets as required. In the event of sale or transfer, we will make reasonable efforts to order the assignee to use the personal data you have provided to us in a manner consistent with applicable law and this Privacy Statement.
We do not sell, rent or exchange your personal data.
Data transfers outside the EEA
We may transfer the personal data we obtain to third parties in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Laws in these countries may not provide an adequate level of data protection. In particular, personal data may be transferred to the United States.
When we transfer your personal data outside the EEA, we protect your personal data as described in this privacy statement and in accordance with applicable law.
How we protect personal data
We maintain appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect your personal data from accidental, illegal or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use. However, due to the inherent nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that communications between you and us or stored personal information are absolutely secure. We will inform you of any data breach that may adversely affect your privacy in accordance with applicable law.
How long we keep personal data
We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collect or receive personal data, unless required by applicable law. As a general rule, we will keep most of your personal data for the duration of your use of the website, until you have deleted your account, unless a longer legal retention period applies.

Your rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

The right to obtain, at reasonable intervals and free of charge, information on whether or not your personal data are processed and to receive the personal data processed in an intelligible manner;
The right to have your personal data corrected, blocked or deleted if your personal data is incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate, irrelevant, outdated or illegally processed.

The right to object for legitimate reasons to the processing of your personal data.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using our contact information below. We may ask you to provide a copy of your identity card or to prove your identity. We will respond to your request within the applicable legal deadlines.

Updates to this Privacy Statement
We may update this privacy statement from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes to this privacy statement on the website or through other appropriate communication channels. All amendments shall enter into force from the date of publication, unless otherwise provided in the notification.

How to contact us
If you have any comments or questions regarding the information contained in this privacy statement, if you would like us to update your personal data, or to exercise your rights, please contact us by email at Balou390(@)gmail.com
Last Revised: November 22, 2019