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GDPR

Privacy policy

Last updated: 21 July 2026

In short

aurores.pulsar-si.com collects the bare minimum: no account, no profiling, cookie-free audience measurement (self-hosted Plausible). The only personal data we collect comes from the contact form - solely to reply to you. To keep the service free, the site may display Google AdSense ads, non-personalised by default in Europe (details below). You stay in control: a single email to app@pulsar-si.com is enough to exercise any GDPR right.

Data controller

PULSAR Space Intelligence SAS, 5 rue Gazan, 06130 Grasse, France. SIREN 988 868 808.
GDPR contact: app@pulsar-si.com (mention "GDPR" in the subject for priority handling).

Data collected

Contact form (/en/contact/)

  • Name (optional), email (required), subject, message content, timestamp.
  • The email is forwarded by our API to app@pulsar-si.com, via the SMTP service SendGrid (Twilio Inc., United States).
  • You automatically receive a confirmation email at the address you provide.

Server technical logs

  • IP address, user agent, pages visited, HTTP codes, timestamp.
  • Used solely for security and technical diagnostics. Stored on OVH servers located in the European Union (Roubaix).

Analytics

  • Plausible Analytics, self-hosted on our OVH infrastructure, used for aggregate audience measurement.
  • No tracking cookies: Plausible uses no cookies, does not identify visitors individually, and complies with GDPR without a consent banner (CNIL exemption).

Advertising (Google AdSense)

To fund the service and keep it free, some pages may display ads served by Google AdSense (Google Ireland Limited). In that context, Google and its certified partners may use cookies or similar identifiers to serve ads, measure their performance and prevent fraud. In Europe, without your explicit consent, only non-personalised ads are served: any cookies are then used for measurement and frequency capping, not for advertising profiling.

You can manage Google ad personalisation at adssettings.google.com, and read how Google uses data from partner sites at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

No other third-party tracking

Beyond the advertising described above: no Facebook pixel, no Google Analytics, no third-party audience-measurement scripts. The Cabin font is self-hosted - no request to Google Fonts.

Purposes and legal bases

  • Replying to contact messages: pre-contractual measures or consent (GDPR article 6.1.b or 6.1.a).
  • Technical logs: legitimate interest (system security, GDPR article 6.1.f).
  • Audience measurement: legitimate interest, anonymous processing (Plausible).
  • Ad display: legitimate interest for non-personalised ads; consent for any personalisation (GDPR article 6.1.f / 6.1.a).

Retention periods

  • Contact messages: 12 months, or until archived if the request leads to a commercial relationship.
  • Technical / security logs: 12 months maximum.
  • Plausible statistics (aggregate, non-identifying): retained without time limit, with no link to an identifiable visitor.

Transfers outside the European Union

The only EU-outside transfer concerns email delivery via SendGrid (Twilio Inc., United States). The transfer is governed by the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses and the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

The optional reverse-geocoding (looking up the name of a dark-sky observation spot) uses Nominatim (OpenStreetMap Foundation, United Kingdom) - data covered by the UK adequacy decision recognised by the European Commission.

Ad serving is operated by Google Ireland Limited (European Union); any transfers to Google LLC (United States) are governed by the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and Standard Contractual Clauses.

Your GDPR rights

You have the following rights over your personal data:

  • Right of access
  • Right of rectification
  • Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten")
  • Right to restrict processing
  • Right to object
  • Right to portability
  • Right to withdraw consent at any time
  • Right to issue post-mortem directives

To exercise any right, write to app@pulsar-si.com. Reply within 30 days maximum.

You may also lodge a complaint with the French data-protection authority (CNIL, cnil.fr).

Cookies and local storage

The site sets no tracking cookies of its own. Your browser may store a few technical preferences locally (e.g. language choice), with no link to your identity. Google AdSense ads may however rely on advertising cookies set by Google - see the "Advertising (Google AdSense)" section above for their purpose and your options.

Changes to this policy

This policy may evolve to follow legal or technical changes. The date of last update appears at the top of the page. Major changes will be flagged on the home page.

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