Privacy policy

Last updated: July 30, 2025

The Overtype website is operated and edited by Inès Davodeau and Tim Vanhille, both registered as self-employed artists-authors in France.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you interact with our website or purchase our typefaces.

Overtype is a type design studio offering fonts and custom lettering services.
The data controllers are Inès Davodeau and Tim Vanhille, operating under the French “micro-BNC” regime, registered at: 14 Chemin du Lapin 13790, Rousset.

We may collect the following data:

— Your name and email address
— Your client's email, if you're purchasing on someone else’s behalf
— Your billing address
— Your IP address and browser data (via analytics)

Payment details are collected and processed exclusively by Paddle, our payment provider, acting as an independent data controller. Overtype has no access to your credit card details.

We use your data to:

— Process your orders and deliver your fonts
— Contact you in case of licensing issues or technical problems
— Send occasional updates about Overtype (only if you opted in)
— Provide customer support
— Manage accounting and legal compliance

No spam. No weird stuff. No hidden tracking.

We only share your data with services that help us operate:

• Paddle – for secure payment processing and invoicing
• We use Google Analytics with IP anonymization enabled, and only if you consent to non-essential cookies.
• Mailchimp

We never sell or rent your data.

This site uses cookies for:

— Functional purposes (like remembering your cart)
— Optional tracking (analytics)

You can choose to accept or reject non-essential cookies through our cookie banner. If you decline, Google Analytics is blocked.

Under the GDPR, you have the right to:

— Access and view the data we hold about you
— Correct or update your personal information
— Ask us to delete your data (unless we’re legally required to keep it)
— Withdraw your consent (for example, to stop receiving emails)

To make any of these requests, contact us at contact@overtypefoundry.com.

We keep:

Order-related data (name, email, billing info) for as long as we need to manage licenses, invoices, and legal compliance. Order-related data is stored for 10 years, as required by French tax and commercial law.

Support messages and correspondence for a reasonable amount of time.

We take data protection seriously.
Our website is encrypted (HTTPS), and we work only with trusted third-party providers who comply with strong security and privacy standards.
We also don’t collect more than we need.

We collect and process your personal data based on:

— The performance of a contract (when you purchase a license)
— Legal obligations (e.g. for tax and invoicing)
— Your consent (for things like cookies and newsletter)

Legitimate interest (to improve our services and communicate with our customers).

You also have the right to request data portability and to restrict certain processing, within the limits of the law.

If you have any question or request about your data, feel free to email us at:
📧 contact@overtypefoundry.com