Last updated: 11/24/2025

This Privacy Policy is intended to inform users of the Auto-Mania website, accessible at
https://us.auto-mania.fr/ and its (multilingual) subdomains,
hereinafter the “Site”, about how their personal data is collected and processed.

Auto-Mania is based in France, and our processing of personal data is primarily governed by the GDPR and applicable French data protection laws.

1. Data Controller

The controller of personal data is:

Auto-Mania
France
Contact email address: contact@auto-mania.fr

In this Policy, “we”, “our”, or “us” refers to Auto-Mania.

2. Personal data we collect

We may collect the following categories of data:

  • Identification data: last name, first name, username, and possibly your company.
  • Contact data: email address, phone number (if applicable).
  • Browsing data: IP address, browser type, pages viewed, language, time spent on the Site, links clicked, etc.
  • Site usage data: comments posted on articles, messages sent via forms (contact, partnerships, advertisers, etc.).
  • Newsletter data: email address and communication preferences when you subscribe.
  • Data collected via cookies and trackers: cookie identifiers, consent information, advertising or analytics preferences.

3. Purposes and legal bases for processing

Your personal data is processed for the following purposes:

  • Providing the Site and its content (articles, news, online services).
    Legal basis: performance of a contract (the Site’s terms of use) and our legitimate interest in ensuring the proper operation of the Site.
  • Managing requests submitted via contact forms (questions, partnerships, advertising, etc.).
    Legal basis: taking steps at your request prior to entering into a contract and our legitimate interest in responding to you.
  • Sending the newsletter and informational emails (if you subscribed).
    Legal basis: your consent, which you may withdraw at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link.
  • Audience measurement, analytics, and Site improvement (for example via analytics tools such as Google Analytics or equivalent).
    Legal basis: your consent (where required) and our legitimate interest in better understanding how the Site is used.
  • Displaying advertising and monetizing the Site (banners, contextual or targeted advertising, where applicable via third-party partners such as Google).
    Legal basis: your consent for advertising cookies and our legitimate interest in funding the service.
  • Managing comments and moderation on the Site.
    Legal basis: our legitimate interest in maintaining a healthy space for discussion and complying with applicable laws.
  • Site security (attack detection, anti-spam, fraud prevention).
    Legal basis: our legitimate interest in keeping our services secure.

4. Data recipients

Your personal data is intended for authorized internal teams at Auto-Mania.
It may also be shared, to a limited extent, with technical service providers (hosting provider, email service provider, analytics solutions, ad networks, etc.) strictly for the purposes of performing their services.

We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

5. Processors and service providers

We may use service providers for:

  • Site hosting and maintenance;
  • sending newsletters and emails;
  • audience measurement;
  • serving advertisements;
  • cookie and consent management.

These service providers act in accordance with our instructions and the requirements of the GDPR.

6. Data retention periods

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described, then delete or anonymize it.
By way of example:

  • Contact data (forms): 3 years after the last interaction.
  • Comments published on the Site: retained as long as the article remains online, unless deletion is requested.
  • Newsletter data: until you unsubscribe or after 3 years of inactivity.
  • Browsing data and cookies: the duration indicated in our cookie banner, generally between 13 months and a maximum of 24 months.

7. Cookies and trackers

The Site uses cookies and trackers to improve your experience, measure audience, and, where applicable, offer personalized advertising.
A cookie management banner displayed during your first visit allows you to:

  • consent to or refuse the placement of certain cookies (analytics, advertising, etc.);
  • change your choices at any time via a “Manage my cookies” link or equivalent;
  • access detailed information about each cookie category.

For more information, please see our dedicated page: Cookie Policy.

8. Analytics, audience measurement, and advertising

We may use audience measurement tools (for example Google Analytics or equivalent solutions) to better understand how the Site is used and to improve content and usability.

These tools may place cookies subject to your consent.

The Site may also display ads via one or more advertising networks (for example Google Ads/AdSense or other partners).
These partners may place cookies or read cookies stored on your browser to deliver relevant ads, subject to your consent.

9. Transfers of data outside the European Union

Some of our service providers (for example analytics solutions or advertising networks) may be located outside the European Union.
In such cases, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place (adequacy decisions, Standard Contractual Clauses, or any other GDPR-compliant mechanism).

10. Data security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against loss, unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

11. Your rights

In accordance with applicable regulations (including the GDPR and applicable French data protection laws), you have the following rights regarding your data:

  • Right of access: obtain confirmation that data about you is being processed and receive a copy of it.
  • Right to rectification: request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”): request deletion of your data in certain cases.
  • Right to object: object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to certain processing based on our legitimate interests, as well as to direct marketing.
  • Right to restriction of processing: request a temporary halt to the processing of your data in certain cases.
  • Right to data portability: receive the data you provided to us in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format, and transmit it to another controller where processing is based on your consent or a contract.

You can exercise your rights by contacting us at: contact@auto-mania.fr

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority in your country or region, or with the authority where you normally live or work.

12. Data relating to minors

The Site is not specifically intended for minors. If you are a parent or legal guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal data, you may contact us to request deletion of such data.

13. External links

The Site may contain links to other websites (media outlets, partners, social networks, etc.).
We are not responsible for those sites’ privacy practices.
We encourage you to review their own privacy policies.

14. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes to the Site or applicable regulations.
The version in effect is always the one published on this page, along with the last updated date.