Legal notice and privacy policy

Last updated: October 2026

1. Site publisher

[TO COMPLETE: name or company name], [postal address], email: [contact address]. Publication director: [name]. If you are an individual, you may publish only your name and identify yourself to the host.

2. Hosting provider

[TO COMPLETE: host name, address, phone or website].

3. Nature of the site

This site offers general information about bipolar disorder. It provides no diagnosis or personalised medical advice and does not replace consulting a health professional. In an emergency or if you have suicidal thoughts, call your local emergency number (112 in Europe, 911 / 988 in the US).

4. Data collected

Through the contact form: your name, email address and message, plus the site language, the date sent, your browser (user-agent) and an anonymised technical identifier derived from your IP address (an irreversible hash; the IP address itself is not stored). This data is used only to answer your request and to limit spam.

5. Legal basis and purpose

Your consent (the form’s checkbox) to handle your request; the publisher’s legitimate interest in site security and spam prevention. What you write may relate to your health: only share what you are comfortable with. Your information is never sold, passed on or used for advertising.

6. Retention period

Messages are kept for 12 months after receipt, then deleted, unless an ongoing exchange justifies keeping them longer.

7. Recipients

Only the publisher can read messages. Data is stored with the hosting provider named above, with no deliberate transfer outside the European Union.

8. Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to access, rectify, erase, object to, restrict and port your data. To exercise them, write to [contact address]. You may also lodge a complaint with your data protection authority (in France, the CNIL: www.cnil.fr).

9. Cookies

The site only uses a technical session cookie (form security) and a cookie remembering your language choice (1 year). They are not used for advertising or analytics tracking and need no consent banner.

10. Intellectual property

The site’s texts and elements are protected by copyright. Reproduction without permission is prohibited, except for short quotations crediting the source.