Who is responsible
This website is published by The Landlore, a private individual based in Paris, France, who is responsible for the processing of personal data described here. You can reach the publisher through the Contact page.
Hosting and server logs
The site is hosted by Hostinger International Ltd. (Larnaca, Cyprus), on servers in France [confirm the data-centre location chosen in Hostinger]. When you open a page, the server may record standard technical data: IP address, date and time, page requested, referring page and browser type. This is used only to keep the site running and secure. Legal basis: legitimate interest in a secure, working website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). [Retention period to be confirmed once logging is configured on Hostinger.]
Cookies and storage
The Landlore itself sets no tracking or advertising cookies. If you switch to dark mode, that choice is remembered in your own browser (local storage) and is never sent to us.
Reader counts
To show how many people read a page, the site counts each visitor once per page per day. When a page opens, your browser tells our server which page you are reading. The server combines your IP address and browser type with a random value that changes every day and keeps only the resulting one-way code, to recognise a repeat visit that day. Your IP address itself is not stored, nothing is placed on your device, and the codes are deleted the next day, so visits cannot be linked across days or to you. We keep only totals per page and day. Logged-in editors and known bots are not counted. These anonymous, first-party statistics are used only to see which pages are read; they are not shared or used for advertising.
Translation
If you choose another language from the globe menu, the page is translated by GTranslate using an external translation service. Only then are the page text and your IP address sent to that service, and a small cookie stores your language choice. If you never use the menu, nothing is sent. See GTranslate’s privacy policy at gtranslate.io.
Links to other services
Buttons such as “Buy me a coffee” (Buy Me a Coffee) and “Open in Google Maps” (Google) are plain links. No data is sent to those services unless you click them; after that, their own privacy policies apply.
Photographs and fonts
Fonts and a small number of hand-picked photographs are stored on our own server. Most place photographs are shown directly from Wikimedia Commons (upload.wikimedia.org) and some country photographs directly from Unsplash (images.unsplash.com), as Unsplash requires. When such a photo appears, your browser connects to that service, which receives your IP address and browser details like any website you visit. See the Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy (foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy) and Unsplash’s privacy policy (unsplash.com/privacy).
Messages
If you write to us, your contact details and message are used only to reply, and kept only as long as needed for that purpose.
Comments
If you leave a comment, we store the name, email address and text you enter, and the date. Your name and comment are published once approved; your email address is never published and is used only if we need to contact you about your comment. We do not store your IP address or browser details with comments, and the comment form sets no cookies. Comments are read before they appear; we remove spam and anything unlawful or abusive. You can ask us to correct or delete your comment at any time through the Contact page.
Your rights
Under the GDPR and the French Data Protection Act you have the right to access, correct, delete or restrict the processing of your data, to data portability, to object, and to give instructions about your data after death. To use these rights, write through the Contact page. You may also lodge a complaint with the CNIL (Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, 3 Place de Fontenoy, TSA 80715, 75334 Paris Cedex 07, www.cnil.fr).
Last updated: 31 October 2026.