Last updated: 7 October 2026
This policy explains how Black Mountain Films ("we", "us") handles personal data on blackmountainfilms.eu, in line with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and the French Data Protection Act (Loi n° 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended).
1. Who is responsible for your data
The data controller is Radu-Octavian Spulber of Black Mountain Films, 9 Rue de la Toupinarie, Massaguel, France, registered under SIRET 93270485100025.
Contact for privacy questions: hello@blackmountainfilms.eu
2. What data we collect, why, and on what legal basis
Contact form
- Data: name, email address, message.
- Purpose: to answer your request.
- Legal basis: our legitimate interest in replying to enquiries, or steps taken at your request before a contract (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f) and (b)).
- Providing this data is necessary to receive an answer.
Newsletter or mailing list
- Data: email address, name.
- Purpose: to send our news and updates.
- Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a)). You can withdraw it at any time using the unsubscribe link.
Technical data
- Data: IP address, browser type, device, pages viewed, date and time of access.
- Purpose: to operate and secure the website.
- Legal basis: our legitimate interest in the security and proper working of the site.
Audience statistics
- Tool: Google Analytics.
- Purpose: to measure visits to the site.
- Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a)). The tool is activated only after you accept it in our cookie banner.
3. Cookies and similar technologies
Cookies that are strictly necessary for the site to work do not need your consent. All other cookies and trackers, such as advertising cookies, social media trackers and most analytics, are placed only after you have given consent, and you can withdraw it at any time.
4. Videos and social networks
Our pages may link to or display content from YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn. When you click those links or load embedded content, those providers may collect data under their own privacy policies.
5. Who receives your data
Your data is accessible only to our team and to the providers that help us run the website:
- Hostinger (Hostinger International Ltd, Cyprus), which hosts the website on servers located in Lithuania (European Union). Hostinger's privacy contact is gdpr@hostinger.com.
These providers act on our instructions under a data processing agreement. We do not sell your data.
6. Transfers outside the European Union
Our website files are hosted in Lithuania. Our host, Hostinger, relies on sub-processors for some services, such as security, content delivery and email delivery, and certain of these are established outside the European Economic Area, for example in the United States. Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, it is protected by an adequacy decision of the European Commission or by the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, as described in Hostinger's data processing addendum (https://www.hostinger.com/legal/dpa). You can obtain a copy of the safeguards by writing to hello@blackmountainfilms.eu.
7. How long we keep your data
- Contact requests: 3 years after our last contact, then deleted or anonymised.
- Mailing list: until you unsubscribe, or 3 years without activity.
- Technical logs: 12 months.
- Cookies: no longer than 13 months from being set, and your consent is renewed at least every 6 to 13 months.
8. Your rights
You have the right to access your data, correct it, have it erased, restrict or object to its processing, and receive it in a portable format. Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw it at any time. You can also give us instructions about what happens to your data after your death (Art. 85 of the French Data Protection Act).
To use your rights, write to hello@blackmountainfilms.eu. We may ask for proof of identity. We reply within one month.
9. Complaints
If you believe we have not respected your rights, you may lodge a complaint with the CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés), www.cnil.fr, 3 Place de Fontenoy, TSA 80715, 75334 Paris Cedex 07, France.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. The date at the top shows the latest version.