Legal Notice & Privacy Policy

Last updated: 8 August 2026

This page provides the legal information relating to Atelier Williams Studio and explains how personal data is collected, used and protected when you use this website.

This Privacy Policy has been prepared with regard to applicable French and European data protection legislation, including Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation — GDPR) and the French Data Protection Act (Loi Informatique et Libertés), as well as, where applicable, the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 and applicable UK privacy and electronic communications legislation.

Legal Notice

1. Publisher / Editor

2. Hosting

This website is hosted using:

Emergent — cloud platform
https://emergent.sh

Where legally required, additional information concerning the underlying infrastructure or hosting provider may be provided or updated as the production hosting configuration evolves.

3. Purpose of the Website

Atelier Williams Studio is a professional portfolio website presenting web development, digital design, digital strategy, consulting and related professional services.

The information presented on this website is provided for informational and promotional purposes.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, information displayed on the website does not constitute a binding contractual offer.

Any project, service, price, timeframe, scope or deliverable is subject to a separate quotation, proposal, agreement or contract between Atelier Williams Studio and the client.

4. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the structure, design, branding, written content, graphics, interfaces, animations, code, visual elements and other original content appearing on this website are owned by Atelier Williams Studio or are used with the appropriate authorisation or licence.

They are protected by applicable French, European and international intellectual property legislation.

No part of this website may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, modified or exploited for commercial purposes without prior written permission, except where expressly permitted by applicable law.

Portfolio projects, client logos, screenshots, company names, product names and other third-party materials may be displayed solely for the purpose of presenting professional work, experience or collaborations.

All trademarks, names and brand references mentioned on this site remain the property of their respective owners.

Their appearance on this website does not imply ownership, sponsorship or endorsement by Atelier Williams Studio unless expressly stated.

Privacy Policy

5. Data Controller

For the purposes of the EU GDPR, French data protection legislation and, where applicable, the UK GDPR, the data controller is:

Shaun Williams — Atelier Williams Studio
Entrepreneur Individuel
France
Contact: shaun@atelierwilliams.studio

Atelier Williams Studio determines why and how personal information collected through this website is processed.

6. Personal Data We May Collect

Depending on how you interact with the website, Atelier Williams Studio may process information including:

• your name;
• your email address;
• your telephone number, where provided;
• your company or organisation;
• information concerning your project or professional requirements;
• information included voluntarily within a contact form, email or other correspondence;
• technical information necessary for the secure operation of the website;
• browser and device information;
• approximate connection information;
• analytics or audience-measurement information where such services are used.

You should avoid providing confidential, sensitive or unnecessary personal information through general website contact forms.

7. Contact and Project Enquiries

When you contact Atelier Williams Studio through the website, email or another professional communication channel, the information you provide may be used to:

• respond to your enquiry;
• understand your project and requirements;
• discuss potential services;
• prepare quotations, proposals or project estimates;
• arrange meetings or follow-up communications;
• manage a prospective or existing professional relationship;
• maintain appropriate business records.

Depending on the circumstances, the legal basis for this processing may include:

• taking steps at your request before entering into a contract;
• performance of a contract;
• compliance with a legal obligation;
• Atelier Williams Studio's legitimate interest in responding to enquiries and managing professional relationships;
• your consent where consent is specifically required.

Submitting a project enquiry does not automatically subscribe you to marketing communications.

8. Data Retention

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

Information concerning prospective clients and enquiries that do not result in a contract may generally be retained for up to three years following the most recent meaningful contact, subject to applicable legal requirements.

Where an enquiry results in a contractual relationship, relevant information may be retained for the duration of that relationship and for any additional period required for accounting, taxation, contractual, evidentiary or legal purposes.

Invoices, accounting records and related business documentation may be retained for the applicable statutory retention periods required under French law.

When information is no longer required, it may be deleted, anonymised or securely archived where a legal retention obligation continues to apply.

9. Recipients of Personal Data

Personal information is accessible only where reasonably necessary.

It may be processed by Atelier Williams Studio and by service providers involved in operating the website or business, which may include:

• website hosting and cloud infrastructure providers;
• email providers;
• contact-form or communication providers;
• analytics providers, where applicable;
• accounting or administrative providers;
• legal or professional advisers where necessary.

Service providers may process personal data only to the extent necessary to provide their respective services and subject to applicable contractual and legal safeguards.

Atelier Williams Studio does not sell personal data to third parties.

10. International Data Transfers

Some technical providers used by Atelier Williams Studio may process or store information outside France, the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom.

Where an international transfer of personal data requires specific safeguards under applicable data-protection legislation, appropriate mechanisms may be relied upon, including:

• European Commission adequacy decisions;
• UK adequacy regulations;
• Standard Contractual Clauses;
• the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or UK Addendum where applicable;
• another legally recognised transfer mechanism.

11. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on the applicable legislation and circumstances, you may have the right to:

• access personal data held about you;
• request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
• request deletion of your personal data;
• request restriction of processing;
• object to certain processing;
• request data portability where applicable;
• withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
• object to direct marketing at any time.

To exercise your rights, contact: shaun@atelierwilliams.studio

You may be asked to provide sufficient information to identify the relevant data or correspondence and, where reasonably necessary, verify your identity.

Requests will be handled in accordance with the time limits imposed by applicable data-protection legislation.

12. Complaints — France and European Union

If you are located in France or your complaint relates to processing governed by EU or French data-protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with:

Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL)
3 Place de Fontenoy
TSA 80715
75334 Paris Cedex 07
France

13. Complaints — United Kingdom

Where UK data-protection legislation applies to the processing of your information, you may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the:

Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
United Kingdom

Information concerning complaints and data-protection rights is available through the ICO's official website.

14. Cookies and Similar Technologies

This website may use cookies and similar technologies for:

• essential website functionality;
• security;
• remembering user preferences;
• audience measurement and analytics;
• embedded third-party functionality, where applicable.

Strictly necessary technologies may be used without prior consent where permitted by applicable law.

Where cookies, pixels, scripts, local storage or similar technologies require consent under applicable French, European or UK law, they should not be activated until the visitor has made an appropriate choice.

Visitors should be provided with a clear mechanism allowing them to:

• accept non-essential cookies;
• refuse non-essential cookies;
• make granular choices where appropriate;
• subsequently change or withdraw their choices.

Refusing non-essential cookies should be as straightforward as accepting them.

Where an audience-measurement solution qualifies for a recognised exemption from consent, it may be used in accordance with the conditions imposed by the relevant regulatory authority.

A Cookie Settings control should remain accessible where consent-managed technologies are used.

15. Third-Party Services and Embedded Content

The website may include links to, or content provided by, third-party websites and services.

These services operate under their own terms and privacy policies.

Atelier Williams Studio does not control the privacy practices of independent third-party websites.

Where embedded content, such as videos, social-media content, maps or other external services, uses non-essential tracking technologies, such content should be configured so that legally required consent is obtained before those technologies are activated.

16. Security

Atelier Williams Studio takes reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal information against:

• unauthorised access;
• accidental loss;
• alteration;
• misuse;
• disclosure;
• destruction.

The website uses HTTPS encryption for data transmitted between visitors and the website.

However, no website, cloud service or internet transmission method can provide an absolute guarantee of security.

17. Automated Decision-Making

Personal information submitted through this website is not currently used to make decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects solely through automated processing.

18. External Links

This website may contain links to external websites.

Atelier Williams Studio is not responsible for the availability, security, accuracy, content or privacy practices of independent third-party websites.

Users access external websites at their own discretion and should consult the legal and privacy information provided by those third parties.

19. Liability

Atelier Williams Studio makes reasonable efforts to maintain accurate and current information on this website.

However, information may change and no guarantee is given that every page will at all times be complete, error-free or fully up to date.

Atelier Williams Studio cannot be held responsible for temporary interruptions, third-party service outages, external websites or circumstances outside its reasonable control, subject to applicable mandatory law.

Nothing within these terms excludes or restricts liability where such exclusion or restriction would be prohibited by applicable law.

20. Governing Law

Atelier Williams Studio is a French sole-trader business established in France.

This website and its legal notice are therefore primarily governed by French law.

French and European data-protection legislation applies where relevant.

The UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018 and applicable UK privacy legislation may additionally apply where their territorial scope extends to particular processing activities involving individuals in the United Kingdom.

Nothing in this policy is intended to remove mandatory legal rights that cannot lawfully be excluded under applicable French, European or UK legislation.

21. Changes to this Legal Notice and Privacy Policy

This Legal Notice and Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect:

• changes to the website;
• new technical service providers;
• changes to processing activities;
• changes to applicable legislation;
• regulatory guidance;
• changes to Atelier Williams Studio's services.

The revision date shown at the top of this page identifies the latest published version.