Privacy Policy

The site Le journal de Lessien is a personal blog dedicated to sharing stories, images, and content related to video games, especially The Sims. By browsing this site, certain information may be collected automatically or voluntarily by you. This page explains which data is collected, why it is collected, and how it is used.

Data Controller

The data controller is the editor of the website Le journal de Lessien, known under the pseudonym Lessien.

1. Comments

When you leave a comment on the website, the data entered in the comment form, your IP address, and your browser’s user agent are collected to help detect spam comments.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. The privacy policy of the Gravatar service is available here : https://automattic.com/privacy/.

After your comment is approved, your Gravatar profile picture will be publicly visible next to your comment.

This data is used solely for display, moderation, and spam prevention purposes. It is never sold or shared.

2. Direct contact

No automated contact form is currently provided. If you contact me by email, your message and email address are kept only for the time necessary to reply. They are never shared with third parties.

3. Cookies

The website uses only technical cookies that are necessary for the proper functioning of WordPress, including:

• session cookies for navigation,
• cookies related to comments (if you select “remember me”),
• cookies from the TranslatePress translation plugin to remember the language you selected.

No advertising or marketing tracking cookies are used. These cookies do not require prior consent, as they are strictly necessary for the operation of the website.

4. Embedded content (YouTube)

Embedded YouTube videos function as if you were visiting the YouTube website directly. Google may collect certain data such as your IP address, device type, browser, and interactions.

The site Le journal de Lessien has no control over the data collected by YouTube through these embedded contents.

5. Statistics and audience measurement

The website uses an internal audience measurement tool provided by WordPress (Jetpack Stats). This tool allows the collection of anonymized global statistics (such as number of visits and pages viewed), without using advertising cookies.

6. Data sharing

Personal data collected on this blog is not sold, exchanged, or shared with third parties. The only data transmitted automatically is handled by the integrated services you choose to use (such as YouTube or Gravatar).

7. Data retention period

Comments : kept for as long as they remain published.
Emails : kept only for the time needed to reply.
Cookies : with variable durations depending on WordPress and the plugins used, generally between a few days and one year.

8. Your rights

In accordance with applicable regulations, you may request at any time:

• access to your data,
• rectification,
• deletion,
• or the export of that data.

To exercise these rights, you may contact me at the following address:
lessienf@gmail.com

9. Hosting

The website is hosted by o2switch, a web hosting provider based in France.

10. Contact

For any question regarding this privacy policy, you can contact me at:
lessienf@gmail.com