Privacy Policy
Last Updated: September 17, 2025
This Privacy Policy explains how EDGELINE (the "Site," "we," "our," or "us") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit, use our services, or make a purchase from edgelinemag.com (the "Site") or otherwise communicate with us about the Site (collectively, the "Services"). For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, "you," "your," and "yours" refer to you as the user of the Services, whether you are a customer, a website visitor, or another person whose information we have collected in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, particularly to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site, update the "Last Updated" date, and take any other steps required by applicable law.
How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information
To provide the Services, we collect and have collected over the past 12 months personal information about you from various sources, as described below. The information we collect and use varies depending on how you interact with us.
In addition to the specific uses set out below, we may use the information we collect about you to communicate with you, provide or improve the Services, comply with any applicable legal obligations, enforce the applicable terms of service, and protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.
Personal Information We Collect
The types of personal information we obtain about you depend on how you interact with our Site and use our Services. When we use the term "personal information," we mean information that identifies, relates to, describes, or can be associated with you. The following sections describe the specific categories and types of personal information we collect.
Information We Collect Directly From You
The information you submit to us directly through our Services may include:
Contact details: Including your name, address, phone number, and email.
Order information: Including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment confirmation, email, and phone number.
Account information: Including your username, password, security questions, and other information used for account security.
Customer service information: Including the information you choose to include in your communications with us, for example, when you send a message through the Services.
Certain features of the Services may require you to provide us with certain information about yourself directly. You can choose not to provide this information, but it may prevent you from using or accessing these features.
Information We Collect About Your Usage
We may also automatically collect certain information about your interaction with the Services ("Usage Data"). To do this, we may use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies ("Cookies"). Usage Data may include information about how you access and use our Site and your account, including device information, browser information, network connection information, your IP address, and other information related to your interaction with the Services.
Information We Obtain From Third Parties
Finally, we may obtain information about you from third parties, including from vendors and service providers who may collect information on our behalf, such as:
Companies that support our Site and Services, such as Stripe.
Our payment processors, who collect payment information (e.g., bank account information, credit or debit card information, billing address) to process your payment to fulfill your orders and provide you with the products or services you have requested, for the purpose of fulfilling the contract we have with you.
When you visit our Site, open or click on the emails we send you, or interact with our Services or advertisements, we, or third parties we work with, may automatically collect certain information using online tracking technologies such as pixels, web beacons, software development kits, third-party libraries, and cookies.
Any information we obtain from third parties will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Please also see the section below, Third-Party Websites and Links.
How We Use Your Personal Information
Providing Products and Services: We use your personal information to provide you with the Services to fulfill the contract we have with you, including to process your payments, fulfill your orders, send you notifications regarding your account, purchases, returns, exchanges, or other transactions, to create, maintain, and manage your account, arrange shipping, facilitate any returns and exchanges, and other features and functionalities related to your account. We may also improve your shopping experience by allowing Stripe to match your account with other Stripe services you may choose to use. In this case, Stripe will process your information as outlined in its Privacy Policy and Consumer Privacy Policy.
Marketing and Advertising: We may use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as to send marketing, advertising, and promotional communications via email, SMS, or postal mail, and to show you advertisements for products or services. This may include using your personal information to better tailor the Services and advertising on our Site and other websites. If you reside in the EEA, the legal basis for this data processing is our legitimate interest in selling our products, in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.
Security and Fraud Prevention: We use your personal information to detect, investigate, or take action regarding potential fraudulent, illegal, or malicious activities. If you choose to use the Services and create an account, you are responsible for ensuring the security of your account credentials. We strongly recommend that you do not share your username, password, or other access information. If you believe your account has been compromised, please contact us immediately. If you reside in the EEA, the legal basis for this data processing is our legitimate interest in ensuring the security of our website for you and other customers, in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.
Communicating With You and Improving the Services: We use your personal information to provide you with customer service and to improve our Services. This is in our legitimate interest to ensure our responsiveness, provide you with effective services, and maintain our business relationship with you, in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.
Cookies
Most browsers automatically accept cookies by default, but you can choose to configure your browser to delete or reject cookies through your browser controls. Please keep in mind that deleting or blocking cookies may harm your user experience and cause certain Services, including some features and general functionality, to malfunction or become unavailable. Additionally, blocking cookies may not completely prevent the way we share information with third parties, such as our advertising partners.
Our website also recognizes the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, which allows you to refuse certain uses or disclosures of your information. If you notify us of your preference via the GPC signal, we will treat that signal as a valid request to opt out of sharing or targeted advertising for the associated browser or device, and if we are able to associate the device sending the signal with a Shopify account, we will also apply this request to the account. To learn more about Global Privacy Control, you can visit https://globalprivacycontrol.org/. In addition to the Global Privacy Control signal, we do not recognize other "Do Not Track" signals that may be sent from your web browser or device.
How We Disclose Personal Information
In certain circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties for contract fulfillment, legitimate purposes, and other reasons subject to this Privacy Policy. This may include:
Vendors or other third parties who perform services on our behalf (e.g., IT management, payment processing, data analytics, customer service, cloud storage, order processing, and shipping).
Business and marketing partners to provide you with services and direct advertising to you. Our business and marketing partners will use your information in accordance with their own privacy notices.
When you request us to disclose or otherwise consent to our disclosure of certain information to third parties, for example, to ship products to you or through your use of social media widgets or login integrations, with your consent.
With our affiliates or within our corporate group, in our legitimate interest to operate a successful business.
In the context of a business transaction such as a merger or bankruptcy, to comply with applicable legal obligations (including to respond to subpoenas, search warrants, and similar requests), to enforce applicable terms of service, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or third parties.
Over the past 12 months, the following categories of personal information and sensitive personal information about users have been disclosed for the purposes described above in the sections "How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information" and "How We Disclose Personal Information":
Category Categories of Recipients
Identifiers such as basic contact information and certain order and account information Vendors and third parties who provide services on our behalf (such as internet service providers, payment processors, order processing partners, customer service partners, and data analytics providers)
Categories of personal information cited in the California Customer Records law, such as basic contact information and certain order and account information Business and marketing partners
Commercial information such as order information, purchase information, and customer service information Affiliates
Internet or other similar network activity, such as usage data
Geolocation data such as locations determined by an IP address or other technical measures
We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information without your consent or for the purpose of inferring characteristics about you.
With your consent, we share personal information for advertising and marketing activities, as follows.
We have "sold" and "shared" (as these terms are defined in applicable law) personal information over the past 12 months for the purpose of advertising and marketing activities, as follows.
Categories of Personal Information Categories of Recipients
Identifiers such as name, email, and phone number Business and marketing partners
Commercial information such as records of products or services purchased Business and marketing partners
Usage data Business and marketing partners
Third-Party Websites and Links
Our Site may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to sites that are not affiliated with or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions of use. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the information found on these sites. The information you provide on public or semi-public areas, including information you share on third-party social media platforms, may also be visible to other users of the Services and/or users of said third-party platforms, without our or a third party's use of it being limited. The fact that we include such links does not, in itself, imply an endorsement of the content of such platforms or their owners or operators, except in situations set out in the Services.
Children's Data
The Services are not intended for use by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you can contact us using the contact information below to request its deletion.
As of the effective date of this Privacy Policy, we do not have actual knowledge that we "share" or "sell" (as defined in applicable law) the personal information of individuals under the age of 16.
Security and Retention of Your Information
Please be aware that no security measure is perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee "absolute security." In addition, all information you send to us may not be secure during transit. We recommend that you do not use unsecured channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information to us.
The retention period for your personal information depends on various factors, such as whether we need this information to maintain your account, provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.
Your Rights
Depending on your place of residence, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in connection with your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute and may only apply in certain circumstances, and in some cases, we may refuse your request as permitted by law.
Right of access/to know: You may have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you, including details on how we use and share your information.
Right of deletion: You may have the right to request that we delete the personal information we hold about you.
Right of correction: You may have the right to request that we correct the personal information we hold about you.
Right of portability: You may have the right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party, in certain circumstances and with certain exceptions.
Right to opt out of sale, sharing, or targeted advertising: You may have the right to ask us not to "sell" or "share" your personal information or to refuse the processing of your personal information for purposes considered "targeted advertising," as defined in privacy laws. Please note that if you visit our Site with the Global Privacy Control opt-out preference signal enabled, depending on where you are, we will automatically treat this as a request to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of information for the device and browser you are using to visit the Site.
Restriction of processing: You may have the right to ask us to stop or restrict our processing of personal information.
Withdrawal of consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you may have the right to withdraw that consent.
Appeal: You may have the right to appeal our decision if we refuse to process your request. You can do this by responding directly to our refusal.
Managing communication preferences: We may send you promotional emails that you can opt out of receiving at any time by using the unsubscribe option displayed in our emails. If you unsubscribe, we may continue to send you non-promotional emails, such as those related to your account or the orders you have placed.
You can exercise any of these rights where indicated on our Site or by contacting us using the contact information below.
We will not discriminate against you if you exercise any of these rights. We may need to collect information from you to verify your identity, such as your email address or account information, before giving a substantive response to the request. In accordance with applicable laws, you may designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require the agent to provide proof that you have authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us. We will respond to your request as quickly as possible, as required by applicable law.
Complaints
If you have any complaints regarding how we handle your personal information, please contact us using the contact information provided below. If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, depending on your place of residence, you may have the right to appeal our decision by contacting us using the contact information below or to file your complaint with your local data protection authority. For the EEA, you can find a list of supervisory authorities responsible for data protection here.
International Users
Please note that we may transfer, store, and process your personal information outside of the country in which you live. Your personal information is also processed by employees and by third-party service providers and partners in these countries.
If we transfer your personal information outside of Europe, we will use recognized transfer mechanisms such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses or any equivalent contract issued by the competent authority of the United Kingdom, as the case may be, unless the data transfer is to a country deemed to provide an adequate level of protection.
Contact
If you have questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to exercise any of the rights you have, please email us at contact@edgelinemag.com or contact us at 58 rue de Monceau, 75008, Paris.
For the purposes of applicable data protection laws and unless otherwise explicitly stated, we are the data controller of your personal information.