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Last updated: 16 February 2026

1. Data controller

Personal data on this site is processed by The Friends of the Priory of Saint Leonard (Les Amis du Prieuré saint Léonard), French non-profit association (1901 Act), with headquarters at Prieuré saint Léonard, 50300 Vains, France.
For any question, please write to contact@prieure-saint-leonard.fr.

2. Data collected and purposes

We only collect data strictly necessary for the following purposes: membership management, event registration, Sheepfold/Stay requests, newsletter (consent-based), donations (legal compliance), contact form (legitimate interest).

3. Data recipients

Your data is never sold. It is accessible to the association's organisers (under confidentiality) and to our processors strictly necessary: Brevo (emails), SumUp (ticketing), Stripe (donations), Qonto (banking), Emergent (hosting).

4. Retention period

Active members: duration of membership + 3 years. Event registrations: 3 years. Accounting records: 10 years (legal). Newsletter: until unsubscribe.

5. Your rights

Under GDPR (EU Regulation 2016/679), you have the right to access, rectify, erase, port, restrict, object, and withdraw consent at any time. Write to contact@prieure-saint-leonard.fr — we respond within one month.

6. Complaint to the CNIL

If you believe your rights are not respected, you may file a complaint with the French data authority — CNIL, 3 place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris — www.cnil.fr.

7. Cookies

This site only uses cookies strictly necessary for operation (language preference, authentication session, registration cart). No advertising or profiling cookies.

8. Security

Data is stored in EU-hosted databases, encrypted at rest and in transit (HTTPS). Passwords are bcrypt-hashed. Automated encrypted backups are performed regularly.
Vains · Manche · Normandy
The soul of these places is imbued with peace, attentive listening, and inner freedom. Between sky and shore, the last stone before the sea and the first promise of the Mont, At the crossroads of the Dukes' route through Caen and the Via Angelica from Monte Sant'Angelo in Italy, sacred voices rise, From sunrise to sunset, as the course of a life, From the East, at the priory, saint Léonard frees us from all our prisons before the crossing of the waters of Death toward the Heavenly Jerusalem, Toward the West, at Mont Saint Michel, the Archangel weighs our souls and sets us on the path of the Resurrection.

Priory of Saint Léonard, Vains — a thousand-year-old Romanesque landmark (1027) on the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, a stage on the historic route of the Abbeys of Normandy, from Caen to the Mont. Charming stays, bay crossings, concerts, artist residencies and the 2027 Millennium Feasts in Normandy.

© 2026 The Friends of the Priory of Saint Léonard. Non-profit association under French law (1901), recognised as serving the public interest.
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