Privacy Policy & Data Governance

At Viewvillagelistlom ("we", "our", "us"), operated by Viewvillagelistlom Publications SAS (RCS Paris B 892 411 029), we respect your right to privacy and are committed to maintaining transparent data practices. This policy details our legal basis for collecting personal information, the categories of data we process, our data retention periods, and your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

1. Scope of Data Collection

We restrict our data collection to the minimum required to provide our editorial and bibliographic resources. Information is gathered through direct interactions and automated technical tools:

• Direct Inquiries: When you complete our contact form, we collect your full name, email address, message contents, and any professional affiliation you provide voluntarily.
• Technical and Device Metadata: When you access our static pages, our web servers record standard server log information, including masked IP addresses, browser user agent strings, referring URLs, and timestamps.
• Cookie and Local Storage Preferences: We record your consent choices regarding non-essential cookie tracking within your browser's local storage environment.

2. Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR Art. 6)

We process personal data only when an established legal framework permits it:

• Legitimate Interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): Maintaining site security, preventing automated bot abuse, debugging server errors, and monitoring aggregate editorial traffic.
• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): Running non-essential functional customization and aggregate analytics cookies, which you may grant or withdraw at any time via our Cookie Preferences modal.
• Contractual and Pre-Contractual Steps (Art. 6(1)(b)): Responding to professional inquiries, syndication requests, or literature research partnerships submitted through our contact form.

3. Third-Party Data Processors

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data. We engage a limited number of vetted data processors who operate under strict Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) compliant with GDPR requirements:

• Infrastructure Hosting: Secure European web hosting centers that store site code and encrypted server logs.
• Corporate Email Gateway: Secure mail server infrastructure for processing inquiries sent to [email protected].

4. Data Retention Schedules

We retain your information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected:

• Contact Inquiries: Retained for a maximum of 24 months following the resolution of your inquiry, after which messages are securely purged.
• Server Access Logs: Automatically rotated and permanently deleted every 30 days.
• Cookie Consent Choices: Stored locally on your device for up to 12 months, unless you clear your browser storage earlier.

5. Your Rights Under GDPR and CCPA

Depending on your location, you have specific statutory rights concerning your personal data:

• Right of Access & Portability: You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Right to Rectification: You may request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
• Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You may request the deletion of your personal data where retention is no longer legally warranted.
• Right to Restrict or Object: You may object to data processing based on legitimate interests, or request that processing be temporarily frozen.
• Non-Discrimination: Under the CCPA, California residents will not face altered pricing or reduced service levels for exercising their privacy rights.

6. Data Protection Officer (DPO) Contact

To exercise your rights or submit a question regarding our privacy architecture, contact our Data Protection Officer: