The Musée culturel du Mont-Carmel is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Notice sets out which information is collected about you by the Musée, how we use it and the choices and controls you have.
We will never sell, rent or exchange your details with any other organization outside the Musée culturel du Mont-Carmel without your prior consent.
This Privacy Notice has been prepared to be as informative as possible, detailing how the Musée protects your privacy when visiting our website, participating in online webinars, shopping at the Musée’s Online Store, or utilizing our website to purchase a membership, make a donation, or submit an online inquiry form. If you require further information or explanation about our practices, have any general queries or concerns about this policy, or if you wish to make a complaint about the way your personal data is processed and utilized, please Contact the Musée directly.
Data Protection
The Musée culturel du Mont-Carmel will only use your personal information in accordance with this notice. This notice is subject to change if and when necessary, to which this page will be subsequently updated. Please visit this page on occasion to ensure you are happy with any and all changes made. This notice was last updated on 27 June 2026.
We do not automatically capture your personal information when you visit our website or utilize its services unless the information is volunteered and thus knowingly provided. Such information can include the following:
- Names and occupations.
- Contact information, including telephone, mailing or emailing addresses.
- Demographic information, such as post code, date of birth, etc.
- Motivations for visiting.
Disclosure & Usage of Your Information
The Musée culturel du Mont-Carmel will never sell, rent or exchange your details with any other organization outside the institution’s framework. Your information will therefore not be passed onto third parties unless you otherwise grant permission. The information will only be used for the purpose(s) it is collected for. These may include:
- Internal record-keeping.
- Product and service improvement.
- To notify you by email about events or activities that we believe may be of interest to you, or to alert you about sales, special offers, or other promotional periods concerning our Online Store.
- To, periodically, contact you for market research purposes.
We use this information to help us better understand our audience, which in turn allows us to better meet your needs and interests and make your experience of the Musée all the more enjoyable.
When you submit personal information to us, you are consenting to that information being used by us for the purpose of the service utilized. All of our employees and processors who have access to, or handle your personal data, are legally obliged to respect your confidentiality and prevent unauthorized access.
We will only disclose your personal information to third parties if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation(s), or to protect the rights, property or safety of the Musée, our visitors or others. We may also pass your details on to third party service providers who are contracted by us to deliver services on our behalf in the course of dealing with your request(s). These third parties are similarly obliged to keep your details secure and will use them only to fulfill the associated request(s). They will then dispose of the information at the appropriate time.
In cases of accidents occurring on the Musée’s estate, we may need to report the details of the accident to our insurers. This may involve disclosure of your personal data, notably in cases where a member of staff, a contractor, or visitor has suffered injury and may be in a position to claim damages.
If you wish for us to no longer use or retain your personal information for these purposes, you may contact us by Phone directly, providing your full name and email address to the Musée. We will then dispose of your personal information from our records in a secure manner.
Making Online Purchases
When you order a product from the the Online Store, purchase a membership or patronage scheme, or make an online donation, we will ask you to provide us with the information we need to process and properly acknowledge your contribution. This information includes your name, billing and mailing addresses, telephone number, email address, and credit card information. Your credit card information will be used only as needed to process your transaction, track your order, and retain your order information for our records.
Cookies & Non-personal Information
You can use our website without disclosing personal data. This may be done by not using any of our online forms or services, or by not sending us emails. We only use non-personal information to:
- Ensure the website behaves as responsively to your needs as possible.
- Better understand how you use the site, using cookies and page tagging techniques to help us improve the website.
Non-personal information is recorded automatically in two ways:
- By the web server that powers this website, which records the pages visited by an individual, the user’s IP address, the time of the visit, and the order of pages viewed.
- By Google Analytics, which uses ‘cookies’ to help analyze how individuals are using the website.
Cookies are small files of information that are stored on your computer’s hard drive by your web browser(s). The cookies we use do not contain any personal information.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies, to help analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. It will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.
Though most web browsers automatically accept cookies, you may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.