PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated: 26 October 2026
Meditations & Wisdom respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly and transparently.
This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, why we use it, the services that may process it on our behalf, how long it may be retained and the rights available to you.
1. Data controller
The data controller responsible for personal information processed through www.meditationsandwisdom.com is Sébastien Cauchois, Entrepreneur Individuel, trading as Meditations & Wisdom.
The business address is 5 Clos des Mailloles, 31360 Boussens, France.
SIRET: 90431060400015.
VAT identification number: FR31904310604.
Email: meditationsandwisdom@outlook.com.
For privacy-related requests, please contact meditationsandwisdom@outlook.com.
2. Who this Policy applies to
This Policy applies when you visit our website, create an account, access our free content library, purchase or download a digital product, subscribe to our newsletter, submit a form, contact us or otherwise interact with Meditations & Wisdom online.
Our account and ecommerce services are intended for individuals aged 18 or over.
3. Information we collect
The information collected depends on how you interact with Meditations & Wisdom.
When you create an account or make a purchase, we may collect information including your name, email address, account details and information associated with your order.
When you purchase a product, we may receive information including the item purchased, transaction date, price, currency, payment status and other information required to process or administer your purchase.
Meditations & Wisdom does not directly receive or store your complete payment-card information.
When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address and any information you voluntarily provide through the subscription form.
When you contact us, we may retain your email address, your message and any information you voluntarily include in your correspondence.
Technical information may also be collected when you use the website. Depending on your browser settings, cookie choices and the functionality you use, this may include your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, referral information, website interactions and other technical information.
4. Why we use your information
We use customer and order information to process purchases, deliver digital products, provide download links, administer customer accounts and deal with technical or customer-service requests.
The legal basis for this processing under the GDPR is normally the performance of a contract or steps taken at your request before entering into a contract.
We may process transaction and business records where necessary to comply with accounting, tax and other legal requirements. The legal basis for this processing is compliance with a legal obligation.
We may process information necessary to protect the website, prevent fraud, maintain security and defend legal rights. Where applicable, this processing is based on our legitimate interests in protecting Meditations & Wisdom and its users.
Where you voluntarily subscribe to the newsletter, we use your email address to send Meditations & Wisdom communications and updates. Where legally required, the legal basis for this processing is your consent.
You may withdraw consent to newsletter communications at any time.
5. Newsletter
Newsletter subscription is voluntary.
Purchasing a product does not automatically subscribe you to marketing emails.
Newsletter sign-up information is collected through forms available on the website. Meditations & Wisdom currently manages its newsletter directly rather than using a separate email-marketing platform.
Emails are managed through Microsoft Outlook. As a result, your email address and communications may be processed using Microsoft's services.
You may unsubscribe at any time using any unsubscribe mechanism provided or by contacting meditationsandwisdom@outlook.com.
6. Squarespace
The Meditations & Wisdom website is built and hosted using Squarespace.
Squarespace provides website hosting, ecommerce functions, forms, member accounts, the free content library, digital delivery, security, analytics and other functionality used on the website.
Information submitted through the website may therefore be processed by Squarespace and its authorised service providers as necessary to provide those services.
Squarespace may also process certain technical browsing information independently in accordance with its own privacy documentation.
7. Payments
Payments are processed through Squarespace Payments.
Information necessary to process your transaction, prevent fraud and administer payments may therefore be processed by Squarespace and the providers supporting the Squarespace Payments infrastructure.
Meditations & Wisdom does not directly store your complete card details.
The payment provider may process information under its own legal obligations and privacy terms in addition to processing undertaken on our behalf.
8. Microsoft Outlook
Meditations & Wisdom uses Microsoft Outlook for business communications and newsletter emails.
If you contact us by email or subscribe to communications managed through our mailbox, your email address, message and related communication data may therefore be processed and stored using Microsoft services.
9. Analytics and website usage
The website uses Squarespace's built-in analytics functionality.
Squarespace Analytics may collect information about how visitors interact with the website, including visits, traffic sources and ecommerce interactions.
Some analytics functionality relies on cookies or similar technologies.
Where applicable law requires prior consent for analytics or performance cookies, those technologies should operate only in accordance with the choices you make through our cookie controls.
Further information is provided in our Cookie Policy and Cookie Settings.
10. Sharing of personal information
Meditations & Wisdom does not sell personal information.
Personal information may be disclosed to Squarespace and its service providers where necessary to host and operate the website; payment-processing and fraud-prevention providers where necessary to process transactions; Microsoft where necessary to provide email services; professional advisers where reasonably necessary; and public authorities, regulators or courts where disclosure is required by law.
We disclose only information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
11. International transfers
Some of the technology providers used by Meditations & Wisdom operate internationally.
Personal information may therefore be processed outside France or the European Economic Area.
Where GDPR-protected personal data is transferred to a country outside the European Economic Area, the relevant organisation is required to rely on an appropriate legal mechanism where one is necessary. Depending on the destination and provider, this may include an adequacy decision, approved contractual safeguards or another transfer mechanism permitted by applicable data-protection law.
12. Data retention
Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, subject to any legal retention requirement.
Information necessary for accounting, invoicing and tax records may be retained for the period required by French law.
Customer information required to administer a purchase may be retained during the customer relationship and subsequently where necessary for legal, accounting, evidentiary or dispute-management purposes.
Newsletter information may be retained while you remain subscribed and for an appropriate period thereafter where required to maintain evidence of your communication preferences.
Account information may be retained while your account remains active. Inactive accounts may eventually be deleted or anonymised where appropriate.
Correspondence may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to the request and protect legitimate legal interests.
Cookie retention periods vary depending on the technology concerned. Certain Squarespace analytics cookies may remain on a user's device for up to two years unless they are removed earlier or their use is restricted.
13. Cookies
The website uses cookies and similar technologies.
Some cookies are necessary for the website to function, including functionality associated with account access, shopping carts, checkout, security and other services requested by the user.
Other cookies may be used for analytics or performance purposes.
Where consent is legally required for a non-essential cookie, the relevant cookie should only be used in accordance with the preference you have selected.
You can find further information and change available preferences through our Cookie Settings.
14. Your GDPR rights
Where the GDPR applies, you may have the right to request access to personal data relating to you, request correction of inaccurate information, request deletion in circumstances provided by law, request restriction of processing, object to certain processing, withdraw consent where consent is relied upon, and request portability of eligible personal data.
You also have an unconditional right to object to the use of your personal data for direct marketing.
These rights are subject to the conditions and exceptions provided by applicable law.
To exercise a privacy right, contact meditationsandwisdom@outlook.com.
We may request information reasonably necessary to confirm your identity before responding to certain requests.
15. Complaints about data protection
Because Meditations & Wisdom is established in France, the relevant French supervisory authority is the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés, commonly known as the CNIL.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the CNIL where applicable.
Information about exercising that right is available at www.cnil.fr.
You are welcome to contact us first so that we have an opportunity to address your concern directly.
16. International users
Meditations & Wisdom is available to an international audience.
Depending on where you live, privacy laws in your country or state may provide additional mandatory rights.
Where such laws legally apply to Meditations & Wisdom, nothing in this Policy is intended to remove rights that cannot lawfully be excluded.
You may contact meditationsandwisdom@outlook.com with a privacy request regardless of where you live.
17. United States users
Privacy legislation varies between individual US states and often applies only once specified statutory thresholds or other requirements are met.
Nothing in this Policy should be interpreted as claiming that every US state privacy statute applies to Meditations & Wisdom.
Meditations & Wisdom does not sell personal information for monetary consideration.
Where a mandatory US privacy right legally applies to your interaction with Meditations & Wisdom, we will respect that right as required by law.
18. Children's privacy
Our accounts, free library and online store are intended for persons aged 18 or over.
We do not knowingly invite anyone under 18 to create an account or purchase a product.
If you believe information has been submitted by someone under 18 contrary to this requirement, please contact meditationsandwisdom@outlook.com.
19. Security
We use reasonable organisational and technical measures appropriate to the nature and scale of Meditations & Wisdom to protect personal information.
We also rely on established providers for hosting, payments and email infrastructure.
No internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We therefore cannot promise absolute security.
20. External websites
Our website may link to third-party platforms or websites.
Those services operate independently and have their own privacy practices.
This Privacy Policy does not govern personal information that you provide directly to an independent third party.
21. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our website, services, technology or legal obligations change.
The date at the beginning of the Policy will be updated when a new version is published.
22. Contact
For questions concerning this Privacy Policy or your personal information, contact Meditations & Wisdom at meditationsandwisdom@outlook.com.
You may also write to Sébastien Cauchois, Meditations & Wisdom, 5 Clos des Mailloles, 31360 Boussens, France.
23. Use of artificial intelligence tools
Meditations & Wisdom may use artificial intelligence tools to assist with internal editorial, creative and administrative tasks, including proofreading, grammar and spelling correction, content organisation and visual creation.
We do not intentionally provide sensitive personal information to generative AI tools for general content-creation purposes.
Where an AI service is used in a way that involves personal data, we will assess the relevant privacy requirements and use the information only where there is an appropriate legal basis and suitable data-protection safeguards.
AI-assisted processing does not replace human responsibility for decisions concerning customers, accounts, purchases or privacy requests.