Privacy policy

1. Data controller

The controller responsible for personal data collected on antiquites-en-france.fr is the company publishing the site, whose contact details appear in the legal notice.

2. Data collected

We collect the following data depending on your use of the site:

• Buyer account: first name, last name, email address, password (encrypted), order history.
• Dealer account: the above, plus company name, SIRET, business address, banking details (managed by Stripe).
• Browsing: IP address, pages visited, session duration (via analytics cookies, with your consent).
• Contact forms: name, email, message content.

3. Purposes of processing

Your data is used to:

• Manage your account and secure your access.
• Process and track your orders and quote requests.
• Facilitate contact between buyers and dealers.
• Comply with legal obligations (accounting, fraud prevention).
• Improve the service through anonymised usage statistics.
• Send transactional communications (order confirmation, etc.).

4. Legal basis

Processing is based on contractual performance (account and order management), compliance with legal obligations, and your consent for non-essential cookies and any marketing communications.

5. Data recipients

Your data may be shared with:

• Stripe — payment processing (see Stripe's privacy policy).
• Hosting providers — secure data storage within Europe.
• AEF dealers — only data necessary to fulfil your order.

Your data is never sold to third parties.

6. Data retention

Account data is retained for the duration of your registration and deleted within 3 years of account closure. Accounting data is retained for 10 years as required by law.

7. Your rights (GDPR)

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights:

• Right of access — obtain a copy of your data.
• Right of rectification — correct inaccurate data.
• Right to erasure — request deletion of your data.
• Right to portability — receive your data in a structured format.
• Right to object — object to certain processing activities.
• Right to restriction — request suspension of processing.

To exercise these rights, contact us at: privacy@antiquites-en-france.fr. You may also lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority.

8. Cookies

The site uses strictly necessary cookies (session, cart, security) and, with your consent, analytics cookies to measure audience anonymously. You can manage your preferences at any time through your browser settings.