Legal Notice
Site publisher
This site flammeliberte.com is published by the association La Flamme de la Liberté.
Publication director
La Flamme de la Liberté
Hosting
OVH SAS — 2 rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix, France — ovh.com.
Intellectual property
All content published on this site (text, images, graphic elements) is the property of the association or its authors. Any full or partial reproduction is subject to prior authorisation, except as explicitly noted (short quotations with attribution, reproduction of public documents).
Personal data
This site collects only the data required to identify manifesto signatories (first name, last name, email) and to relay messages from users who request it (contact and reporting forms). No data is shared with third parties. You may exercise your right of access, rectification and deletion by writing to contact@flammeliberte.com.
Cookies
No analytics or advertising tracking cookies. Only technical cookies strictly necessary for the site's operation (authentication) are set.
Terms of Use
Purpose
These terms govern the use of flammeliberte.com and its services (reading the manifesto, signing it, contact and reporting forms, signing up for invitations).
Access
Reading the site is free and requires no registration. Manifesto signing and invitation features are reserved for users authenticated via a confirmation link received by email.
Expected conduct
Users undertake to provide accurate information when signing, not to impersonate a third party, and not to use the invitation system for solicitation or spam. Any misuse may result in account deletion without notice.
Third-party content
The site may link to external resources (articles, reports, public datasets). The association cannot be held responsible for the content of those resources, which is governed by their respective publishers.
Service evolution
The association reserves the right to modify the site's features and these terms. Users will be notified via a notice on the home page or by email for substantial changes.
Governing law
These terms are governed by French law. Any dispute will fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the French courts.
Privacy policy
Flamme Liberté collects only the minimum data needed to sign the manifesto and communicate with signatories. No data is shared with third parties, no ads are served on the site, no marketing trackers are used.
Data collected
When you sign the manifesto, we collect:
- Email address, first name, last name — strictly necessary for authentication and signature.
- Country, city, bio, social media handles, profile picture — optional, filled in voluntarily by the user in their profile.
- Signup date, signature date, preferred language — computed automatically.
Use of data
- Public signature: first name, last name, city, country and photo (if provided) appear on /signataires, unless you uncheck "Public visibility" in your profile.
- Transactional communications: site updates and manifesto changes. Enabled by default, can be disabled in your profile > My preferences > Important notifications.
- Newsletter: editorial news (campaigns, investigations, press releases). Disabled by default. You enable it explicitly in your profile or can unsubscribe at any time via the link in every email.
Tracking
When you invite a friend to sign ("Mobilise your network" feature), we record: the invitation send date, the click date (if any), and the date the invitee eventually signed. This information is used exclusively to measure the effectiveness of the system and to avoid contacting recipients who have already signed. No third-party trackers (Google Analytics, etc.) are used on the site.
Data sharing
Your data is shared with no third party. No sale, no rental, no commercial partner. The only technical third-party services we use are: OVH (hosting in France), our SMTP provider for email delivery (also OVH), and Google Tag Manager (for anonymized traffic statistics only, no advertising cookies).
Hosting and retention
All data is hosted on an OVH server located in France. Backups are encrypted (AES-256) and kept for 30 days locally. An encrypted copy may be stored on external storage for business continuity. Your data is kept as long as your account is active. Upon account deletion, all your personal data is permanently erased within 30 days.
Your rights
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights at any time:
- Right of access — all your data is visible and editable from your profile.
- Right of rectification — you can edit first name, photo, bio, city, country, social media handles from your profile (last name is locked once set, except on explicit request).
- Right to object — you can unsubscribe from communications at any time, from your profile or via the link in emails.
- Right to erasure — delete your account from your profile. Deletion is permanent and removes your signature.
- Right to portability — upon request to contact@flammeliberte.com, we provide an export of all your data in a standard format (JSON).
Contact and complaint
For any question regarding your personal data, write to us at contact@flammeliberte.com. In case of unresolved disagreement, you may file a complaint with the CNIL.
Credits
- Publisher
- La Flamme de la Liberté — an independent citizens' association defending free speech online against the DSA and administrative regulation by ARCOM.
- Design & development
- MXCOD.com
- Acknowledgements
- To all those who sign, share, document and defend free speech without asking anyone's permission.