Privacy & Cookie Policy
Last updated: August 2026
La Vaquerie Farm is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information responsibly and transparently.
This Privacy & Cookie Policy explains how Karuna Education SAS, trading as La Vaquerie Farm (“La Vaquerie Farm,” “we,” “us”) collects, uses, stores, and protects personal data when you visit https:lavaqueriefarm.com (the “Site”), contact us, submit an enquiry, or otherwise interact with us through the Site.
1. Who We Are
The data controller for this Site is:
Karuna SAS, trading as La Vaquerie Farm
17 Le Lude
50580 Saint-Jacques-de-Néhou
France
Email: andrea@lavaqueriefarm.com
Cooking & Culture is operated at La Vaquerie Farm in partnership with Berridge Programs. Where you proceed with an application or enrollment through Berridge Programs, your information may also be processed by Berridge Programs in accordance with its own privacy practices.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect personal information that you provide directly to us, including:
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your name;
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email address;
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telephone number;
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mailing address, where relevant;
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information submitted through contact, enquiry, newsletter, or other forms; and
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correspondence you send to us.
When you use the Site, certain technical information may also be collected, including:
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IP address;
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browser and device information;
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pages visited and interactions with the Site;
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date and time of visits; and
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referring website or source.
We do not ask you to provide sensitive health or medical information through general website contact or enquiry forms. Information required in connection with an application or enrollment is collected separately.
3. How and Why We Use Your Information
We may use your personal information to:
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respond to enquiries and requests;
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provide information about La Vaquerie Farm and Cooking & Culture;
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administer website forms and communications;
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manage applications or enquiries you initiate;
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operate, maintain, secure, and improve our Site;
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understand how visitors use our Site;
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send marketing communications where you have requested or consented to them; and
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comply with legal and regulatory obligations.
Depending on the circumstances, we process personal data on the basis of your consent, our legitimate interests in operating and improving our services, taking steps at your request before entering into a contract, performing a contract with you, or complying with a legal obligation.
You may withdraw consent to marketing communications at any time.
4. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share information when reasonably necessary with organizations that help us operate our website and services, including website hosting, technology, analytics, communications, and administrative service providers.
Information may also be shared with Berridge Programs when necessary to respond to an enquiry or administer an application, enrollment, or academic partnership connected with Cooking & Culture.
Service providers are permitted to process personal information only as necessary to provide their services and are expected to protect that information appropriately.
We may also disclose information where required by law or where reasonably necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal rights.
5. International Transfers
Some of our technology providers or program partners may process personal information outside the European Economic Area, including in the United States.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, we take appropriate steps to ensure that the transfer is made in accordance with applicable data-protection law and that appropriate safeguards are in place where required.
6. How Long We Keep Your Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including to respond to enquiries, provide services, meet legal or accounting requirements, and establish or defend legal claims.
Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information and our relationship with you.
7. Your Data Protection Rights
Under applicable European data-protection law, you may have the right to:
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access personal information we hold about you;
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request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
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request deletion of your information;
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request restriction of processing;
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object to certain processing;
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request portability of your information where applicable; and
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withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
To exercise these rights, contact andrea@lavaqueriefarm.com. We may request information necessary to verify your identity before responding.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), the French data-protection authority.
8. Security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.
No method of transmitting or storing information electronically is completely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Links to Other Websites
Our Site may contain links to third-party websites. Those websites operate under their own privacy policies and practices. We encourage you to review their privacy information before providing personal information.
Cookie Policy
10. What Are Cookies?
Cookies and similar technologies are small files or pieces of information stored on or accessed from your device when you visit a website. They can be used to make a website function properly, remember preferences, understand how visitors use a site, and support analytics or marketing.
11. Cookies We Use
Our Site may use the following categories of cookies and similar technologies:
Essential cookies are necessary for the Site to function securely and properly. These may be placed without your consent where permitted by law.
Functional cookies enable additional functionality and preferences.
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the Site, such as which pages are visited and how visitors navigate the Site.
Marketing cookies may be used to measure advertising effectiveness or provide relevant advertising where such services are enabled.
The specific cookies used on the Site may change as we update our website or the services we use. Current information about cookies and their purposes is available through our cookie settings.
12. Cookie Consent
When you first visit the Site, you will be given the opportunity to accept, refuse, or manage non-essential cookies.
Non-essential cookies requiring consent will not be placed until you have made an affirmative choice to accept them.
You can change or withdraw your choices at any time using the Cookie Settings link available on the Site.
Refusing non-essential cookies will not prevent you from accessing the Site, although certain optional features may function differently.
13. Analytics
We may use Wix Analytics, Google Analytics, or similar services to understand how visitors use our Site.
Where these services use cookies or similar technologies that require consent, they will only be activated after you have consented to the relevant category of cookies.
Information about the particular analytics and other cookies currently in use can be viewed through the Site's Cookie Settings.
14. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy & Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes to our Site, services, technology, or legal obligations.
When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this policy.
15. Contact Us
If you have questions about this policy, our use of personal information, or your data-protection rights, please contact:
La Vaquerie Farm
Karuna SAS
17 Le Lude
50580 Saint-Jacques-de-Néhou
France