Mercury Copywriting — 18 Rue de la République, 69002 Lyon, France
Mercury Copywriting ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you use mercurycopywriting.com, why we collect it, how we process it, and your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and French data protection law (Loi Informatique et Libertés).
Mercury Copywriting, 18 Rue de la République, 69002 Lyon, France. For privacy enquiries: hello@mercurycopywriting.com. We respond within 30 calendar days per GDPR Article 12.
Contact information: name, email, phone, country, project details when you submit forms or complete purchases. Required to deliver services and communicate about your project.
Project materials: brand assets, credentials, customer data shared during engagements. Treated as strictly confidential under our contractual obligations.
Payment data: processed entirely by Stripe Inc. (PCI DSS Level 1). We never access your full card number, CVV, or banking details.
Usage data: anonymised IP, browser, pages visited, session duration — collected via Google Analytics to improve site experience.
We process your data to: deliver purchased copywriting services, process payments securely, communicate about project progress, improve our website, and comply with French and EU legal obligations including tax and accounting requirements.
Contract: delivering services you purchased. Legitimate interest: site improvement, relevant communications. Consent: marketing emails (withdrawable). Legal obligation: French tax law compliance.
Never sold. Shared only with: Stripe (payments), hosting provider, Google Analytics (anonymised). Disclosed to French authorities (CNIL, tax administration) only when legally required.
Contact data: 3 years post-last interaction. Project files: 1 year post-delivery. Payment records: 10 years per French commercial law (Code de commerce, Art. L123-22). Analytics: anonymised after 26 months.
Under GDPR you have rights to: access (Art. 15), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction (Art. 18), portability (Art. 20), and objection (Art. 21). Email hello@mercurycopywriting.com. Complaints may be lodged with CNIL (3 Place de Fontenoy, 75334 Paris).
TLS/SSL encryption, 2FA on internal systems, need-to-know access, encrypted backups in EU data centres, regular security audits.
Data stored in the EEA. Transfers outside EEA (e.g. Stripe US) protected by EU Standard Contractual Clauses.
See our Cookie Policy.
Material changes communicated via email. Last updated: March 2026