Etoile Brocante (“Etoile Brocante”) operates etoilebrocante.co.uk and may operate other websites. It is Etoile Brocante’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Etoile Brocante collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Etoile Brocante’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Etoile Brocante’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Etoile Brocante may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Etoile Brocante also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on etoilebrocante.co.uk blogs/sites. Etoile Brocante only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Etoile Brocante’s websites choose to interact with Etoile Brocante in ways that require Etoile Brocante to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Etoile Brocante gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at etoilebrocante.co.uk to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Etoile Brocante are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Etoile Brocante collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Etoile Brocante. Etoile Brocante does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

Etoile Brocante may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Etoile Brocante may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Etoile Brocante does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Etoile Brocante discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Etoile Brocante’s behalf or to provide services available at Etoile Brocante’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Etoile Brocante’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Etoile Brocante will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Etoile Brocante discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Etoile Brocante believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Etoile Brocante, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Etoile Brocante website and have supplied your email address, Etoile Brocante may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Etoile Brocante and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Etoile Brocante takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Etoile Brocante uses cookies to help Etoile Brocante identify and track visitors, their usage of Etoile Brocante website, and their website access preferences. Etoile Brocante visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Etoile Brocante’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Etoile Brocante’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Etoile Brocante may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Etoile Brocante’s sole discretion. Etoile Brocante encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a etoilebrocante.co.uk account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.