Your data, plainly explained

Privacy policy

What information may be collected when you read Le Journal de Ref, why it is used, and the choices available to you.

Effective
24 September
2026

Information we collect

We may receive information that you provide directly, such as your email address when you subscribe to a newsletter or contact us.

When you visit the website, our hosting, analytics, security, and advertising providers may automatically process technical information such as your IP address, browser and device type, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, approximate location, and timestamps. Cookies or similar technologies may be used to remember preferences and understand activity.

How we use information

  • To operate, secure, maintain, and improve the website.
  • To send communications you requested and respond to enquiries.
  • To understand readership and measure content performance.
  • To display, measure, and prevent abuse of advertising.
  • To meet legal obligations and protect our rights.

We do not sell personal information in the ordinary meaning of selling it for money.

Cookies and advertising

Le Journal de Ref may use Google AdSense and other advertising services. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a visitor's previous visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads based on visits to this site and other sites on the internet.

Advertising providers may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, IP addresses, and similar technologies to deliver and measure ads, limit repetition, detect fraud, and—where permitted by your choices—personalize advertising.

You can learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services on Google's Business Data Responsibility page. The providers used on the website may change over time; available vendors and purposes are shown through the site's consent controls where required.

Your cookie and ad choices

You can control or delete cookies using your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how the website works.

  • Manage or opt out of personalized Google advertising in Google Ads Settings.
  • Opt out of certain participating third-party vendors through YourAdChoices.
  • Where a consent control is shown on this website, use it to accept, reject, or revise optional cookie choices.

Retention and security

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described here, including legal, accounting, security, and dispute-resolution needs. We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards, but no internet transmission or storage system is completely secure.

Service providers may process information in countries other than your own. Where required, appropriate safeguards are used for international transfers.

Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, object to, or receive a copy of your personal information, and to withdraw consent. You may also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.

To make a request, email contact@journalderef.me. We may need to verify your identity before completing it.

Children's privacy

This website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Contact us if you believe a child has provided personal information so that we can review and delete it where appropriate.

Changes and contact

We may update this policy to reflect changes to the website, our providers, or applicable rules. The effective date at the top of the page will show the latest revision.

Questions or privacy requests can be sent to contact@journalderef.me.