LEGAL NOTICE AND PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated: September 27, 2026
This policy applies to the chycosimeon.com website. Purchases made on the alcusrecords.com store are governed by that store’s own privacy policy.
WHO WE ARE
ALCUS SAS publishes and manages the website chycosimeon.com, hereinafter referred to as “the Site.”
A simplified joint-stock company with a capital of 500 euros, registered with the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 831 147 954, with its principal place of business located at 60 rue de La Jonquière, 75017 Paris, France. Intra-Community VAT number: FR92831147954. Represented by its President, Jean-Michel Siméon, who also serves as the publisher.
ALCUS SAS is the data controller within the meaning of the GDPR.
The Site is hosted by PlanetHoster, 4416 Louis-B.-Mayer, Laval, QC H7P 0G1, Canada, on servers located in France and Switzerland.
CONTACT
Any questions, requests, or complaints regarding this policy may be sent to contact@alcusrecords.com, or by mail to ALCUS SAS, 60 rue de La Jonquière, 75017 Paris, France. We will respond within one month.
DATA COLLECTED AND PURPOSES
The Site does not sell any products and does not collect any payment information.
Browsing. During your visit, we collect technical information—IP address, connection information, browser type and version, operating system, time zone—as well as information related to your visit: pages viewed, duration, and navigation path. This data is used to ensure the Site’s proper functioning and security and to measure its audience. Legal basis: legitimate interest.
Newsletter. The sign-up form collects your first name, city, country, and email address so we can keep you informed about news from Chyco Siméon and the ALCUS label. Legal basis: consent.
Correspondence. When you write to us, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message, as well as any attachments you choose to include, in order to respond to your request. Legal basis: legitimate interest.
Data is neither sold, rented, nor transferred to third parties.
RETENTION PERIODS
- Browsing data: up to 13 months; visit statistics (aggregated figures, without personal data): up to 36 months.
- Newsletter subscription: until you unsubscribe.
- Validity: 3 years from the last exchange.
DATA RECIPIENTS
The Data is intended for the Company’s relevant departments and may be disclosed, to the extent necessary for the performance of their duties, to the following categories of recipients: the Website’s hosting provider, email service providers, web analytics providers, and administrative and judicial authorities when required by law.
To date, these recipients are:
- PlanetHoster, 4416 Louis-B.-Mayer, Laval, QC H7P 0G1, Canada — website hosting, servers in France and Switzerland;
- The Rocket Science Group LLC, doing business as Mailchimp, 405 N Angier Ave NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, United States — newsletter distribution;
- Google Ireland Limited — provision of fonts.
This list is updated whenever there is a change in service provider.
TRANSFERS OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION
The Site’s Data is hosted in France and Switzerland. Switzerland has been granted an adequacy decision by the European Commission, which was confirmed under the GDPR on January 15, 2024. Since PlanetHoster is a Canadian company, access to the Data from Canada is possible for administrative and support purposes; Canada also benefits from an adequacy decision for private entities engaged in commercial activities.
Email addresses registered for the newsletter are hosted in the United States by Mailchimp, which is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. In the event that this framework is invalidated, the company is contractually obligated to apply the standard contractual clauses adopted by the European Commission.
COOKIES AND TRACKERS
Cookies that are strictly necessary for the Site to function are placed without prior consent. The Site’s web analytics tool does not use any cookies.
The Site uses the following elements:
- Weglot — remembers the selected display language;
- Koko Analytics — cookie-free audience measurement, hosted on the Site’s servers. To distinguish between visitors, a fingerprint is calculated based on the IP address and browser, combined with a secret value that is refreshed every 24 hours; the IP address is not stored. Only aggregated figures are generated, for the publisher’s exclusive use;
- Google Fonts — when fonts are loaded from Google's servers, your IP address is sent to Google;
- jsDelivr — a content delivery network used to load certain display libraries;
- Elementor — accessibility widget loaded from the editor's servers.
You can delete cookies at any time through your browser settings.
YOUR RIGHTS
In accordance with applicable regulations, you have the rights to access, correct, delete, restrict the processing of, object to, and transfer your Data, as well as the right to provide instructions regarding the handling of your Data after your death. These rights may be exercised by contacting us at the address listed in the “Contact” section. You may be asked to provide proof of identity in cases of reasonable doubt.
When processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time, without this affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out prior to such withdrawal. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter by clicking the link included in each message.
If, after contacting us, you believe that your rights have not been respected, you may file a complaint with the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL): CNIL, 3 place de Fontenoy, TSA 80715, 75334 Paris Cedex 07 — www.cnil.fr.
CHILDREN
The Site is not intended for minors under the age of fifteen. In accordance with French law, the consent of a parent or legal guardian is required for any collection of Data from a person under the age of fifteen. ALCUS SAS does not knowingly collect such Data without this consent; if you believe that such collection has occurred, you may notify us at contact@alcusrecords.com, and the Data in question will be deleted immediately.
SAFETY
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your Data from loss, alteration, and unauthorized access: encryption of connections to the Site, restricted and protected access to administrative tools, and selection of service providers that offer sufficient safeguards.
Since data transmission over the Internet is never completely secure, we cannot guarantee absolute security. In the event of a data breach that could pose a risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify the CNIL within 72 hours and, when the risk is high, the individuals concerned.
LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY SITES
The Website and our newsletters contain links to third-party websites, including those of our partners, streaming platforms, social media sites, and ticket sales sites. These websites have their own privacy policies. We have no control over them and cannot be held responsible for how they process your data.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
Any significant changes will be posted on this page before they take effect. The date of the last update appears at the top of the document. This policy is updated whenever changes to the Site result in new data collection, a new purpose, or a new recipient. When a change involves processing based on your consent, you will be asked to provide your consent again, and the processing in question will not begin until you have given your consent.