VAA Virtuel Air Alsace

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy of the “Virtuel Air Alsace” Virtual Airline

 

1. ABOUT

Registering with Virtuel Air Alsace and using its services constitutes acceptance of and compliance with all the terms of this Privacy Policy. If a user does not wish to accept all or part of the provisions of this Privacy Policy, they are asked not to register with our virtual airline.

Virtuel Air Alsace is a group of people who come together through various communication channels with the aim of exchanging and sharing a common passion. Our main focus is on the Microsoft Flight Simulator and X-Plane video games, which involve flight simulation as well as online gaming networks. This list is not exhaustive and may evolve over time.

These provisions comply with the applicable French legislation.

a. The website

The website is hosted on a private server located at the home of the creator and manager of Virtuel Air Alsace, Mr. Eric Baecher. It is hosted on a server and accessible through the following address: https://virtuelairalsace.org

The website's operating costs are fully funded by Mr. Eric Baecher, making all website services completely free of charge for Virtuel Air Alsace members. These costs cover the maintenance, operation, and development of the website.

b. The Discord server:

Our Discord server is restricted exclusively to members of Virtuel Air Alsace.
Administration of the voice server is carried out exclusively by members of the Staff.

2. DATA STORAGE

Below is an exhaustive list of the personal data stored by our various services.

a. The website:

  • Last name (only the first letter of the last name will be displayed to visitors and members after validation, except for the pilot concerned);
  • First name;
  • “VAA” identifier in the form VAAXXX, where XXX represents a three-digit number assigned automatically or requested by the member during registration in the comments field;
  • Date of birth;
  • VID (identification number on the IVAO™ network, if provided);
  • VID (identification number on the VATSIM network, if registered);
  • FSHub VID (identification number used by our tracker);
  • Country of residence;
  • City of residence;
  • Email address;
  • Password.

b. Discord server

  • “VAA” identifier in the form First Name / VAAXXX, indicating the virtual pilot's callsign.

c. FSHub

  • Identifier provided during your registration with FSHub;
  • Flight data transmitted by the third-party software FSUIPC.

3. RIGHT TO ERASURE

The General Data Protection Regulation, EU Directive 2016/680, applies only to European citizens. However, these provisions are extended to all members of Virtuel Air Alsace.

For reference: Article 17 – General Data Protection Regulation.

The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning them without undue delay and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:

  1. The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;
  2. The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based in accordance with Article 6(1)(a), or Article 9(2)(a), and where there is no other legal ground for the processing;
  3. The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2);
  4. The personal data have been unlawfully processed;
  5. The personal data have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject;
  6. The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1).

Where the controller has made the personal data public and is obliged pursuant to paragraph 1 to erase the personal data, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform controllers which are processing the personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data.

Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the extent that processing is necessary:

  1. For exercising the right of freedom of expression and information;
  2. For compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
  3. For reasons of public interest in the area of public health in accordance with Article 9(2)(h) and (i), as well as Article 9(3);
  4. For archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89(1), insofar as the right referred to in paragraph 1 is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing;
  5. For the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Each member may delete their account without prior request by entering their password.

All of their data will be permanently deleted, including their flight history and flight hours as a pilot.

4. DATA EXCHANGE

a. IVAO

IVAO™ is a registered name. The IVAO association is a non-profit organisation registered in Belgium in 2007.

This association provides a service known as “Whazzup”, which allows information to be exchanged concerning members who have provided their IVAO™ identifier during registration, as well as information exchanged with the servers of the IVAO NPO association.

b. The website

No personal information belonging to users of the website http://virtuelairalsace.org or any of its associated services is:

  • Collected without the user's knowledge;
  • Published without the user's knowledge;
  • Exchanged, transferred, assigned, or sold in any form to third parties, except in the event of a legal requirement or lawful request.

5. CNIL (French Data Protection Authority)

In accordance with Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and civil liberties, as amended by Law No. 2004-801 of 6 August 2004 relating to the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data.

Given that we are considered a personal website, we are, under exemption DI-006, exempt from the requirement to make a declaration to the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL).

However, you have the right to object (Article 38), the right of access (Articles 39, 41 and 42), as well as the right to rectification (Article 40) of this data. Accordingly, you may request that information concerning you that is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, outdated, or whose collection, use, communication, or retention is prohibited be corrected, completed, clarified, updated, or deleted.

6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Pursuant to the French Intellectual Property Code of 11 May 2018,
In particular Article L111-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code,
And Article L122-4 of the French Intellectual Property Code,

The following is hereby recalled:

  • The author of a work of intellectual creation enjoys, solely by virtue of its creation, an exclusive and enforceable intangible property right over that work. This right includes intellectual and moral rights as well as economic rights, as defined by Books I and III of this Code.
  • Any complete or partial representation or reproduction made without the consent of the author or their successors or assigns is unlawful. The same applies to translation, adaptation or transformation, arrangement, or reproduction by any means or process whatsoever.

Accordingly, the following are protected:

  • All artistic creations of Virtuel Air Alsace, including banners, logos, images, and advertisements;
  • All source code of the Virtuel Air Alsace website.

Therefore, the use of our data for reproduction, storage, or publication is prohibited in any context other than personal and individual use. This right applies exclusively to individual use and not to collective use.

It is prohibited to reproduce, modify, translate, publish, sell, distribute, or exploit any of the information contained on this website.

Regarding all works produced by members of Virtuel Air Alsace, or by any other person, for the benefit of Virtuel Air Alsace as a whole:

  • No remuneration may be claimed for the work;
  • The creator may not demand exclusive rights to their works, under penalty of immediate removal from our download platforms;
  • The creator accepts the storage, distribution, and retention of their work on our storage servers;

and therefore agrees to make their work available under an “Open Licence”.

 

 

Last updated on 08-09-2026 by the V.A. Manager
Eric / VAA068