Privacy policy

Last updated: September 7, 2025

Virginie Geeraert EI (Vin Aventures) operates this store and this website, including all information, content, features, tools, products, and related services, in order to provide you, as a customer, with a personalized shopping experience (hereinafter referred to as the “Services”). Vin Aventures is a Shopify-powered store, which enables us to provide you with the Services.
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you access or use the Services, make a purchase or other transaction, or otherwise communicate with us.
In the event of a conflict between our Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy shall prevail with respect to the collection, processing, and disclosure of your personal information.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using our Services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and the ways in which we collect, use, and disclose your information as described herein.

Personal information we collect or process

When we use the term “personal information,” we refer to information that identifies you or can reasonably be linked to you or another individual. Personal information does not include information that has been anonymized or de-identified such that it cannot reasonably be used to identify you.
We may collect or process personal information, including inferences drawn from such personal information, depending on how you interact with the Services, your place of residence, and as permitted or required by applicable law, including:

  • Directly from you, including when you create an account, access or use the Services, communicate with us, or otherwise provide us with your personal information;

  • Automatically through the Services, including from your device when you use our products or services or access our websites, and through the use of cookies and similar technologies;

  • From our service providers, including when we engage them to implement certain technologies and when they collect or process your personal information on our behalf;

  • From our partners or other third parties.

How we use your personal information

Depending on how you interact with us or which Services you use, we may use your personal information for the following purposes:

Providing, customizing, and improving the Services.
We use your personal information to provide the Services to you, including to perform our contract with you, process your payments, fulfill your orders, remember your preferences and items of interest, send you account-related notifications, process purchases, returns, exchanges, or other transactions, create, maintain, and otherwise manage your account, arrange shipping, facilitate returns and exchanges, allow you to post reviews, and create a personalized shopping experience, such as recommending products related to your purchases. This may include using your personal information to tailor and improve the Services to be more relevant to you.

Marketing and advertising.
We use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as sending marketing, advertising, and promotional communications by email, SMS, or postal mail, and showing you online advertisements for products or services on the Services or on other websites, including based on items you previously purchased or added to your cart and other activities on the Services.

Security and fraud prevention.
We use your personal information to authenticate your account, provide a secure checkout and shopping experience, detect, investigate, or take action regarding fraudulent, illegal, harmful, or malicious activity, protect public safety, and secure our Services. If you choose to use the Services and create an account, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials. We strongly recommend that you do not share your username, password, or other access credentials with anyone.

Communicating with you.
We use your personal information to provide customer support, respond to your requests, deliver effective services, and maintain our business relationship with you.

Legal reasons.
We use your personal information to comply with applicable laws or respond to valid legal processes, including requests from law enforcement or government authorities, to investigate or participate in civil discovery, potential or ongoing litigation, or other legal proceedings, and to enforce our terms and policies or investigate potential violations thereof.

How we disclose personal information

In certain circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties for legitimate purposes in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including:

  • With Shopify, service providers, and other third parties that perform services on our behalf (such as IT management, payment processing, data analytics, customer service, cloud storage, order fulfillment, and shipping);

  • With business and marketing partners to provide marketing services and deliver advertising to you. For example, we use Shopify to support personalized advertising through third-party services based on your online activity across different merchants and websites. Our business and marketing partners will use your information in accordance with their own privacy notices. Depending on your place of residence, you may have the right to request that we do not share information about you for targeted advertising purposes;

  • When you direct us, request it, or otherwise consent to the disclosure of certain information to third parties, such as for product shipping or through your use of social media widgets or login integrations.

We may also disclose personal information in connection with a business transaction such as a merger or bankruptcy, to comply with legal obligations (including subpoenas, search warrants, or similar requests), to enforce applicable terms or policies, or to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.

Relationship with Shopify

The Services are hosted by Shopify, which collects and processes personal information about your access to and use of the Services in order to provide and improve the Services. Information you submit through the Services will be transmitted to and shared with Shopify and with third parties that may be located in countries other than your country of residence.

To protect, develop, and improve our business, we use certain enhanced Shopify features that integrate data from your interactions with our Store, other merchants, and Shopify. In these circumstances, Shopify acts as the data controller for the processing of your personal information for these purposes, including responding to your requests to exercise your rights.
For more information about how Shopify uses your personal information and your rights, please refer to Shopify’s Consumer Privacy Policy at https://privacy.shopify.com. Depending on your location, you may exercise certain rights via Shopify’s Privacy Portal.

Third-party websites and links

The Services may include links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to sites not affiliated with or controlled by us, we encourage you to review their privacy and security policies and terms of use. We are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites or the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of their content. Information you provide in public or semi-public areas, including on third-party social media platforms, may be visible to others without restriction.

Children’s data

The Services are not intended for use by children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of majority in your jurisdiction. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, you may contact us to request deletion.
As of the effective date of this Privacy Policy, we do not knowingly “share” or “sell” personal information of individuals under 16 years of age, as defined by applicable law.

Security and retention of your information

No security measure is perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee “absolute security.” Information you transmit to us may not be secure during transmission. We recommend that you do not use unsecured channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information.

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to manage your account, provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements and policies.

Your rights and choices

Depending on your place of residence, you may have some or all of the following rights regarding your personal information:

  • Right of access – request access to your personal information;

  • Right to deletion – request deletion of your personal information;

  • Right to rectification – request correction of inaccurate information;

  • Right to data portability – request a copy or transfer of your personal information;

  • Communication preferences – opt out of promotional emails via the unsubscribe link.

If you reside in the UK or the European Economic Area, you may also have the right to object to or restrict processing and to withdraw consent where applicable.

You may exercise these rights through the Services or by contacting us using the details below. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights and may verify your identity as permitted by law.

Complaints

If you have concerns about our handling of your personal information, please contact us. Depending on your location, you may also lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

International transfers

We may transfer, store, and process your personal information outside your country of residence. Where required, we rely on approved transfer mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent safeguards.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. The revised policy will be posted on this website with an updated “Last updated” date.

Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at:
Email: contact@vinaventures.fr

For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, we act as the data controller of your personal information.