This policy describes how the website westindiesregatta.com collects and processes personal data, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679) and the French Data Protection Act.
Data Controller
Collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy
Forecourt of the Collectivity, 97133 Saint-Barthélemy
E-mail : wirsbh@gmail.com
As a public authority, the Collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy has a data protection officer, whose contact details can be obtained from its services.
Data collected and purposes
Comments
When you leave a comment, the name and email address you provide, your IP address, and your browser ID are recorded. This data is used solely to publish and moderate the comment, and to detect spam. Legal basis: your consent, given by submitting the comment.
Connection logs
The hosting provider automatically records the IP address, date, time, and pages visited. These logs are used to ensure the security and proper functioning of the website. Legal basis: the publisher's legitimate interest in protecting its service.
Registration form
The form on the "Register for the next edition" page collects the information you enter: your contact details (phone number and email address, required) and, depending on the profile chosen, information about your boat, your stand, your musical group, or your company. This data is used exclusively to process your application and to contact you. Legal basis: the performance of pre-contractual measures taken at your request.
Responses are sent by email to the organization and stored on the website for the duration necessary to organize the relevant event, and then for three years from the date of last contact. They are not used for any other purpose and are not used for marketing purposes.
This site does not offer account creation, online payment, or newsletter subscription. No advertising profiling is carried out.
Cookies
This site does not use any advertising cookies or third-party audience measurement tools: no Google Analytics, no social media pixels, no advertising networks. Only cookies strictly necessary for the operation of the service are used.
- WordPress comment cookies, which remember your name and email address to save you from having to enter them again, are only placed if you check the box provided for this purpose (duration: 1 year); ;
- Technical cookies related to page caching and displaying the event countdown.
These cookies are necessary for the provision of the service and therefore do not require prior consent. However, you can delete them at any time from your browser settings.
Fonts
Some display fonts are currently loaded from Google Fonts servers. This loading transmits your IP address to Google LLC. A migration to local hosting of these fonts is underway to eliminate this transfer.
Recipients and subcontractors
Your data is neither sold, nor rented, nor transmitted to third parties for commercial purposes. Website hosting and data storage are provided by Hostinger International Ltd, whose servers are located within the European Union.
Shelf life
- Published comments: retained as long as they remain online, and deleted upon request.
- Connection logs: 12 months maximum.
- Registration requests: three years after the last contact.
Your rights
You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing of, object to processing of, and transfer your personal data. To exercise these rights, please write to wirsbh@gmail.com specifying your request.
If, after contacting us, you believe that your rights have not been respected, you can file a complaint with the CNIL — 3 place de Fontenoy, TSA 80715, 75334 Paris Cedex 07 — or via www.cnil.fr.
Security
The site is entirely served via HTTPS. The software components are kept up to date and regular backups are performed.
Update
Last updated: August 20, 2026. This policy may be modified to reflect changes to the site or regulations.