Your data.
Your rights.

Essential Bitcoin is operated as a sole trader (Studio LaFabrique registered in France. As data controller, we are responsible for the personal data collected through this website.

This Privacy Policy applies to all personal data collected through our website essential-bitcoin.com and is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and French data protection law (Loi Informatique et Libertés).

We only collect personal data that is strictly necessary to operate our store and provide our services. Here is an overview of what we collect and why:

We do not collect sensitive personal data (health, religion, political opinions, etc.).

Your data is used exclusively for the following purposes:

• Processing, fulfilling, and shipping your orders
• Communicating with you about your order status
• Sending newsletters if you have subscribed and consented
• Improving our website and measuring the performance of our advertising
• Complying with our legal and tax obligations as a French business

We never sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties for commercial purposes. Your data is yours.

To operate our store, we work with the following trusted third-party providers. Each acts as a data processor under a data processing agreement with us:

• Stripe — payment processing. Your card data is handled directly by Stripe and never stored on our servers. Stripe Privacy Policy →
• Bitcoin payments — Bitcoin transactions are pseudonymous by nature. No personal data is collected through this payment method beyond your wallet address.
• Mailchimp (Intuit) — newsletter management. Your email address is stored on Mailchimp's servers in the United States. Mailchimp is certified under EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Mailchimp Privacy Policy →
• Meta Pixel (Facebook/Instagram) — advertising measurement. This tool collects browsing data to measure the performance of our ads on Meta platforms. You can opt out via your Meta ad preferences or through our cookie settings.
• WooCommerce / WordPress — our e-commerce platform, which stores order and account data on our hosting servers located in the European Union.

We use cookies to make our website work properly and, with your consent, to measure the performance of our advertising. Here is a breakdown of the cookies we use:

You can manage or withdraw your cookie consent at any time via the cookie banner on our site, or through your browser settings. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of access — you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification — you can ask us to correct any inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right to erasure — you can request that we delete your personal data, subject to legal retention obligations.
• Right to restriction — you can ask us to limit the processing of your data in certain circumstances.
• Right to data portability — you can request your data in a structured, commonly used format.
• Right to object — you can object to processing based on legitimate interest, including direct marketing.
• Right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@essential-bitcoin.com. We will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority: CNIL — www.cnil.fr →

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law:

• Order data — retained for 10 years in accordance with French commercial and tax law.
• Newsletter subscription — retained until you unsubscribe, which you can do at any time via the link in any of our emails.
• Customer account data — retained for the duration of your account, plus 3 years after your last activity.
• Browsing data (cookies) — retained for a maximum of 13 months, in line with CNIL guidelines.

After the applicable retention period, your data is securely deleted or anonymised.

For any question, request, or complaint related to your personal data, please contact us at:

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. The date of the latest revision is indicated at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

Continued use of our website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.