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Privacy Policy

In accordance with the provisions of current legislation on the protection of personal data, we inform you that your data will be integrated into the processing system belonging to INST JEUNES AVEUGLES DEFICIENTS VISUELS (CTRE EDUCATION DEFICIENTS VISUELS), whose registered office is located at ESAT – Ateliers des Eaux Bleues, Domaine Des Eaux Bleues – 54460 LIVERDUN.

Within the meaning of Article 4.7 of the GDPR, M Samuel ISAMBERT, manager of Fondation assumes the role of data controller for personal data collected on the website ateliersdeseauxbleues.com M Samuel ISAMBERT determines the purposes and the means of the processing carried out.

INST JEUNES AVEUGLES DEFICIENTS VISUELS (CTRE EDUCATION DEFICIENTS VISUELS) collects data for several needs explained below: analysis of website browsing behavior, sales operations, after-sales service, and commercial prospecting. Some data is collect ed automatically. You are then scrupulously informed beforehand. Other collections are required by law and/or regulations (for example, for invoice preparation), while others are of strategic and commercial importance and require your prior consent.

INST JEUNES AVEUGLES DEFICIENTS VISUELS (CTRE EDUCATION DEFICIENTS VISUELS) ensures in each case to comply with regulations, which range from simple information to prior collection of your agreement.

  1. Automatically collected data

    In accordance with current legislative and regulatory provisions, we automatically collect certain information when you browse our site. This data includes:
  • the device and browser used
  • the IP address
  • the date and time of your browsing
  • your browsing history


For this data collection to be authorized by regulations, we provide you with the opt-out mechanism by updating your contact preferences in the “my account” section of our website or by contacting customer service. This option is available on all browsers and all types of devices (including smartphones and tablets). Contact us via this link if you experience difficulties using this mechanism.

In accordance with regulations, we further inform you that:

  • The collected data is not cross-referenced with other processing (customer files or website traffic statistics of other sites, for example).
  • The data collected by this means only results in the production of anonymous statistics
  • We do not track your browsing on other websites.
  • The collected IP address does not allow for geolocation more precise than the scale of a city:
    • This data is not kept for more than 13 months from your first visit.
    • Raw traffic data associated with an identifier should also not be kept for more than 13 months.

Any data collection beyond that aimed at feeding these statistics requires your prior consent if it is not based on another legal basis.

2. Data collected when creating your customer account and during an order

To create your account and access the ordering process, you will need to provide your company information as well as contact information, considered personal: your name, your contact details (email and postal address and phone number), your banking information. The legal basis for this collection and processing is based on Article 6.1.b of the REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation or “GDPR”).

3. Data collected when you contact customer service

You may provide us with personal data when you contact customer service, so that we can process your requests. Again, the legal basis is constituted by Article 6.1.b of the GDPR. The legal basis for this collection and processing is based on Article 6.1.b of the REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation or “GDPR”).

In accordance with current regulations, INST JEUNES AVEUGLES DEFICIENTS VISUELS (CTRE EDUCATION DEFICIENTS VISUELS) informs you that the data will be retained for the period strictly necessary for their processing, in accordance with local regulations. For example, in accordance with French law, we are required to retain payment and billing information for a period of 10 years.

INST JEUNES AVEUGLES DEFICIENTS VISUELS (CTRE EDUCATION DEFICIENTS VISUELS) informs that it will process the data in a legal, fair, transparent, adequate, relevant, limited, precise, and up-to-date manner. Therefore, INST JEUNES AVEUGLES DEFICIENTS VISUELS (CTRE EDUCATION DEFICIENTS VISUELS) commits to taking all reasonable measures to ensure that they are deleted or rectified without delay when they are inaccurate. An agent INST JEUNES AVEUGLES DEFICIENTS VISUELS (CTRE EDUCATION DEFICIENTS VISUELS) may contact you by phone to ensure the accuracy of the information provided.

INST JEUNES AVEUGLES DEFICIENTS VISUELS (CTRE EDUCATION DEFICIENTS VISUELS) will process your data to fulfill its contractual obligations for printing your order and managing your customer account. Without this data, we may not be able to invoice the ordered services.

In accordance with Articles 15 to 22 GDPR, regarding the data we hold about you, you have the following rights:

– right of access (Article 15 of the GDPR)
– right to rectification (Article 16 of the GDPR)
– right to erasure (Article 17 of the GDPR)
– right to restriction of processing (Article 18 of the GDPR)
– right to data notification: rectifications, erasures, restriction (Article 19 of the GDPR)
– right to data portability (Article 20 of the GDPR)
– right to object (Article 21 of the GDPR)
– right not to be subject to profiling (Article 22 of the GDPR)

You can exercise these rights by sending your request to the following postal address: INST JEUNES AVEUGLES DEFICIENTS VISUELS (CTRE EDUCATION DEFICIENTS VISUELS), ESAT – Ateliers des Eaux Bleues, Domaine Des Eaux Bleues – 54460 LIVERDUN or to the email address contact@ateliersdeseauxbleues.fr. Any request for the “exercise of” a right must be accompanied by “a copy of valid proof of” identity to allow us to ensure that the request is indeed made by the legitimate holder of the concerned data. You can also contact the competent supervisory authority (CNIL) to file the complaint you deem appropriate.

INST JEUNES AVEUGLES DEFICIENTS VISUELS (CTRE EDUCATION DEFICIENTS VISUELS) informs that it may proceed with a data transfer when necessary (for example to subcontractors such as graphic designers and/or workshops or carriers such as DHL, TNT, UPS, and La Poste).

This data transfer will be carried out in compliance with the guarantees, measures, and rights provided for by the legislation in force on the protection of personal data and in accordance with this privacy policy.

The retention periods of your data vary depending on the state of the law and when constraints are lesser, based on CNIL recommendations and our needs. Thus, we are legally required, for example, to retain invoices for a period of 10 years. Billing data is therefore retained for 10 years.

8.1. Information about cookies:

For statistical and display purposes, this site uses cookies. These are small text files stored on your hard drive to record technical data about your navigation. Some parts of this site may not function without the acceptance of cookies.

8.2. Purpose of the cookies used:

We use cookies from the following services: Google Analytics. The data and statistics we collect through these cookies are used solely for the purpose of improving the quality of our services.

  • Google Analytics: is used anonymously to improve the user experience on our website and provide you with intuitive navigation.
  • Zendesk: is a software that facilitates exchanges with you by displaying a dialog window in the lower right corner of our page.

This data is not shared with any third parties.

8.3. Your choices regarding cookies:

You can choose at any time to express and modify your wishes regarding cookies, by the means described below.

You can configure your browser software so that cookies are stored in your device or, on the contrary, rejected, either systematically or according to their issuer. You can also configure your browser software so that the acceptance or rejection of cookies is offered to you on a case-by-case basis, before a cookie is likely to be stored in your device. For more information, see the section “How to exercise your choices, depending on the browser you use?”

8.4. Acceptance of cookies:

The recording of a cookie in a device is subject to the will of its user, expressed and modified at any time free of charge through the choices offered by their browser software. If you have accepted in your browser software the recording of cookies in your device, the cookies integrated in the pages and content you have consulted may be temporarily stored in a dedicated space on your device. They will only be readable by their issuer.

8.5. Rejection of cookies:

If you refuse to record cookies on your device, or if you delete those that are recorded, you may no longer be able to benefit from a certain number of features. This would also be the case when we – or our service providers – cannot recognize, for technical compatibility purposes, the type of browser used by your device, its language and display settings, or the country from which your device appears to be connected to the Internet. If applicable, we decline any responsibility for the consequences related to the degraded functioning of our services resulting from the impossibility of recording or consulting the cookies necessary for their operation and which you would have refused or deleted.

How to exercise your choices depending on the browser you use?

For cookie management and your choices, the configuration of each browser is different. It is described in your browser’s help menu, which will allow you to know how to modify your preferences regarding cookies.

We invite you to click on the name of your browser to access the corresponding help menu:

You can also set your browser to send a code indicating to websites that you do not wish to be tracked. (“Do Not Track” option).

We invite you to click on the name of your browser to access the corresponding help menu:

This privacy policy was last updated on 02 mai 2025. From time to time, INST JEUNES AVEUGLES DEFICIENTS VISUELS (CTRE EDUCATION DEFICIENTS VISUELS) may make changes to its privacy policy and update it on its website. Any update to this policy will be indicated by the presence of easily identifiable notices on our website and/or by sending informational emails.