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Privacy Policy

Your data, your rights, our commitments

Last updated — May 2026
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Data Controller

In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and the French Data Protection Act (Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended), the data controller is:

Company
FALCON TRADING
Operating brand: The Pet Society
SIREN
450 573 712 R.C.S. Paris
Registered office
229 rue Saint-Honoré — 75001 Paris — France
Privacy contact
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Data We Collect
Data you provide directly
  • Identity: first and last name, salutation
  • Contact: email address, postal address, phone number
  • Payment: card details processed by certified PCI-DSS providers (we never store your card data)
  • Account: password (encrypted), preferences, wishlist
  • Communications: messages sent through our contact forms or customer support
Data collected automatically
  • Technical: IP address, browser, operating system, device type
  • Behavioural: pages viewed, time spent, click paths, referring URL
  • Cookies and similar trackers (see section 06)
Transactional data
  • Order history, delivery tracking, returns and refunds
  • Customer service interactions, claims and disputes
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Purposes & Legal Bases

Each processing operation relies on a specific legal basis under Article 6 of the GDPR.

Order processing
Performance of contract — Art. 6.1.b
Account management
Performance of contract — Art. 6.1.b
Newsletter & marketing
Consent — Art. 6.1.a
Analytics & advertising cookies
Consent — Art. 6.1.a
Fraud prevention & security
Legitimate interest — Art. 6.1.f
Accounting & tax records
Legal obligation — Art. 6.1.c
Customer service
Performance of contract — Art. 6.1.b
Service improvement
Legitimate interest — Art. 6.1.f
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Recipients & Sub-processors

Your data is shared exclusively with carefully selected sub-processors, each bound by a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) compliant with Article 28 of the GDPR.

E-commerce platform & hosting

Shopify International Limited (Ireland) and Shopify Inc. (Canada) — order management, hosting, payment processing.

Payment processors

Shopify Payments, Stripe, PayPal — all PCI-DSS Level 1 certified.

Order fulfilment partners

EPROLO and DSers — distributed fulfilment and dropshipping. Only the data strictly necessary for delivery (name, address, phone, order details) is shared.

Analytics

Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager (Google Ireland Ltd.) — only with your consent.

Advertising

Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. (Meta Pixel) — only with your consent.

Reviews & customer engagement

Judge.me — verified product reviews. PushOwl — push notifications (with consent).

Carriers

La Poste / Colissimo, DHL, FedEx, UPS, local carriers depending on destination.

No data sale

FALCON TRADING does not sell, rent, or trade your personal data with third parties for commercial purposes.

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International Data Transfers

Some of our sub-processors are based outside the European Economic Area (notably in Canada and the United States). Such transfers are framed by the safeguards required under Chapter V of the GDPR:

  • Adequacy decisions issued by the European Commission (e.g. Canada, EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework)
  • Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission
  • Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) where applicable
  • Supplementary measures (encryption in transit and at rest, access controls, audits)
06
Cookies & Similar Trackers

Non-essential cookies are placed only with your prior consent, in accordance with Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act and CNIL guidelines. You may accept, refuse, or withdraw your consent at any time through the cookie preferences panel.

Strictly necessary
Session, cart, security. No consent required. Up to 13 months.
Functional
Language, currency, preferences. No consent required. Up to 13 months.
Analytics
Google Analytics 4 (GA4), Google Tag Manager. Consent required. Up to 13 months.
Advertising
Meta Pixel, Google Ads. Consent required. Up to 13 months.

Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out beforehand (Article 7.3 GDPR).

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Retention Periods

Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

  • Customer accounts: duration of the relationship + 3 years from last activity
  • Order and invoice records: 10 years (French Commercial Code, Art. L123-22)
  • Marketing prospects: 3 years from the last contact
  • Cookies and trackers: maximum 13 months
  • Customer service correspondence: up to 5 years
  • Server logs and security data: up to 12 months
08
Your Rights

Under Articles 15 to 22 of the GDPR, you have the following rights:

Access
Obtain a copy of your data
Rectification
Correct inaccurate data
Erasure
Right to be forgotten
Restriction
Limit processing
Portability
Transfer to another provider
Objection
Refuse processing
Withdraw consent
At any time, free of charge
Post-mortem directives
Define the fate of your data

To exercise your rights, contact us at hello@thepetsociety.paris. We will respond within one (1) month, extendable by two (2) months for complex requests (Article 12.3 GDPR). No proof of identity is required by default; we may request it only if there is reasonable doubt about the requester's identity, in line with CNIL guidelines.

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Right to Lodge a Complaint

If you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the French supervisory authority (CNIL) or with the supervisory authority of your country of residence.

CNIL — Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés

3 place de Fontenoy — TSA 80715 — 75334 Paris Cedex 07 — France
www.cnil.fr

CM2C Médiateur
Consumer Mediation — CM2C

49 rue de Ponthieu — 75008 Paris — France
Tél : 01 89 47 00 14 — litiges@cm2c.net
cm2c.net/declarer-un-litige.php

EU Online Dispute Resolution Platform:
ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr

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Security

All transactions are secured through SSL/TLS encryption. Payments are processed exclusively by PCI-DSS Level 1 certified providers. Access to personal data is restricted to authorised personnel acting under strict confidentiality obligations. We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures (access control, encryption, regular backups, intrusion detection, staff training) to ensure a level of security commensurate with the risk (Article 32 GDPR).

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Children's Data

Our services are not directed at children under fifteen (15) years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors below this age threshold. If you believe a child has provided personal data without parental consent, please contact us immediately so we can delete the relevant data.

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Automated Decision-Making

FALCON TRADING does not engage in automated decision-making producing legal or similarly significant effects on individuals (Article 22 GDPR). Some technical operations (fraud scoring, recommendation algorithms) may be performed automatically but are subject to human review whenever a decision affects access to our services.

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Updates & Cross-references

This Privacy Policy may be updated to reflect legal, technical, or organisational changes. The current version is always available on this page. Material changes will be notified by email or through a notice on the website.

For more information, please refer to our Legal Notice, our Terms of Service, our Return & Refund Policy, and our Shipping Policy.

A FALCON TRADING DIVISION
229 rue Saint-Honoré — FR-75001 PARIS
© 2026 THE PET SOCIETY

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