Only the French "Conditions Generales d'utilisation" applies. The text below is an automatic translation.

Terms of service

The general conditions of use have been designed to reassure you: the principle of our site being to prevail over good conduct, we would find ourselves very stupid not to follow our own precepts! Therefore, we have summarized, simplified the main concepts so that they are understandable to all, great humanitarians that we are

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The legal document has been provided in French, therefore in case of legal doubt, the French version will prevail.

Rate A Company, what is it ? (Legal Notice)

The online referencing and rating site is managed by Rate A Company, a simplified joint-stock company with capital of 45,000 euros, whose registered office is 66 rue Cuvier, 69006 Lyon, France, registered in the Trade and Companies Register. de Lyon under the number 808 980 569, Tel. : 04.72.74.18.12 - Fax: 01.42.78.80.61 - contact@rateacompany.com Intracommunity VAT number FR 70 808980569.

The Rate A Company site allows individual and professional users to rate their experience with a company or entity by judging in particular the criteria specific to Corporate Social Responsibility. Rate A Company has the ambition to believe that dynamism and economic growth can rhyme with environmental protection and the well-being of economic actors, whatever their position and contribution to an economic chain that has become global.

Rate A Company also allows companies or entities to communicate on their needs and offers by acquiring one or more communication spaces, sold as a service managed by Rate A Company and whose conditions of sale are detailed under the chapter of the same name. The communication space can be used for the publication of announcements, special offers, job offers, calls for tenders or various press releases. The content posted must comply with common law relating to the media. Rate A Company carries out a partial check before authorizing the publications mentioned above but Rate A Company would not be held legally responsible for the content posted.

The website, the published content (excluding sold communication spaces), the texts and the questions belong to Rate A Company.

Private and professional users are referred to as "users" and professionals who rent communication spaces as "purchasers".

In accordance with the legislation on the protection of personal data, the information may be deleted at any time at the request of the user.

Version updated on April 16, 2018

1 - Definitions

• Rate A Company or RAC: designates the internet structure and all the services set up by the company Rate A Company.

• User: means the Internet user who enters the site or visits the pages of Rate A Company. It is also the user registered on the Rate A Company site.

• Professional user: This is an individual, registered under a simple user profile or not, who acts in his professional capacity, representing a company, in particular when purchasing communication space on the site or in its communication with Rate A Company. To become a professional user, the Internet user agrees to be at least 18 years old and to be responsible in the eyes of the law.

• Commentary: means the written experience of users or professional users published on the Rate A Company site

• Response: Refers to a user's response posted to a posted comment.

• Database: refers to all information held on companies or entities, images and texts, whether extracted from official data or added by a user or a professional user.

• Company card or page: The company card or page designates all the information held on a particular company or entity, images and texts, comments and answers included, all profiles combined.

• Search result page: The pages qualified as search result page correspond to the lists of companies displayed on the rateacompany.com site when the user informs or selects one or more keywords in the search fields provided for this purpose .

• Buyer: means a business user who has purchased a communication space for a given duration on the Rate A Company site.

• Communication Area: means image areas identified as such on Rate A Company pages. They are temporarily made available to the professional user buyer by granting him the right to download text or image content, for remuneration, for commercial or professional purposes.

• Purchase or rental of space: refers to the principle of temporary service purchase concerning the communication space. Reference may be made to the expressions “rental of space” or “purchase of advertising space” regardless of the nature of the service offered by Rate A Company.

• Illegal or offensive content: means messages and images that are illegal, contrary to good morals or not authorized under the provisions of law, regulation or contract. These include images or messages of a sexual or offensive nature or which would directly harm a third party.

• Quality Commitment: Refers to the editorial instructions given to users in the About section or in the Terms of Use and the actions of moderators with respect to the comments published, to maintain a relevant and professional quality of content.

• The values ​​of Rate A Company: Contribute to economic growth by providing a tool of transparency and information to the various actors in the chain. Encourage companies or entities to develop the principles of corporate social responsibility.

• Identifier: defines the user name chosen by the professional or non-professional user for identification on the site and access to his protected profile in the area reserved for members.

• Password: This is confidential information, which the User must keep secret allowing him, used in conjunction with his Identifier, to prove his identity and to access his protected profile in the area reserved for members on Rate A Company.

2 - Object

These Rate A Company Terms of Use detail the terms by which users are permitted to use the site and Rate A Company's commitments to protect the rights of users and buyers, as well as those of businesses or entities. referenced, to prevent false opinions.

By using this site, you acknowledge having read the terms of use and understand them. You acknowledge becoming bound by these Terms. If you do not accept the conditions, you cannot access the member area or use the site. If you use this site on behalf of a legal or real person, you guarantee that you have the right to bind the said legal or natural person.

3 - Duties and Obligations

3.1 – In the context of simple use

3.1.1 – For Rate A Company

A - Respect for private information: Rate A Company undertakes to protect and not to transmit your personal data to a third party. In addition, the retention of your data will be automatically destroyed soon after the closure of your account on Rate A Company. Rate A Company undertakes that the collection and processing of personal information, carried out within this site, is carried out in accordance with law n ° 78-17 of January 6, 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms, known as the “Informatique et Libertés” law. As such, the rateacompany.com site has been declared to the CNIL under number 1847012v0. If all means of protection are regularly put in place to ensure maximum security, Rate A Company will not be held responsible in the event of theft of this data and subsequent misuse. In accordance with European Regulation No. 2016/679, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which is the reference text for the protection of personal data, the user may at any time request the deletion of his data. personal information by contacting Rate A Company or directly deleting their account.

B - Ownership of information: Rate A Company is the owner of the opinions filed and of all the text or image data hosted on its site apart from the elements downloaded from the communication spaces. In accordance with the law, Rate A Company authorizes a right of rectification on personal data.

C - Rate A Company grants you the right to share and print the information contained in its website, provided that this is done in a private, personal, non-commercial purpose and to the extent of reasonable use. All graphic elements such as colors or the Rate A Company logo belong to Rate A Company and may not be reproduced or copied under penalty of criminal prosecution. For any other use, it will be requested to send a written request, sent by registered mail to the address of the headquarters and to wait for written authorization. The absence of a response does not give rise to any rights and the response must be considered negative.

D - Ownership of information: Rate A Company is the owner of the opinions filed and of all the text or image data hosted on its site apart from the elements downloaded from the communication spaces. In accordance with the law, Rate A Company authorizes a right of rectification on personal data.

E - Any comment will be published as recorded by the Internet user or deleted if it does not respect the quality commitment required by Rate A Company. Under no circumstances will the comment be modified and the Rate A Company site cannot in any way directly or indirectly influence the ratings and comments of users.

3.1.2 – For the user

A - The User agrees to use the site, whether in consultation or participation, to respect the criteria of use of Rate A Company and not to publish illegal and offensive content, within the framework of the law. applicable and in accordance with the provisions of the Rate A Company Terms of Use.

B - The user undertakes to use the site and to publish information, comments, notes and answers in accordance with moral values ​​and without benefiting from financial compensation or compensation of any kind. The user agrees to use the site, publish information, comments, notes and answers in accordance with a personally experienced experience and without any intention of directly harming.

C - The user undertakes to be as precise and honest as possible in the publication of information, comments, notes and answers.

D - When registering, the user agrees to inform his personal data honestly and without fraud or identity theft. The user certifies to be over 16 years old at the time of registration on the Rate A Company site. The User agrees not to take an identifier with illegal or offensive content or an identifiable name with a registered trademark or recognizable entity.

E -The user undertakes to create only one account, administered by himself and falling under his responsibility and not to create an account on behalf of a third party. Failure to comply with this rule may result in the immediate deletion of the account and all associated items.

F -The user who registers agrees to provide accurate information about his identity, email address and other data necessary to access the Rate A Company platform and to update any changes to this information. The user will be responsible for the effective receipt of the emails sent to him by Rate A Company, in particular by setting up his email so that the emails sent from an address in <@rateacompany.com> are perfectly routed in his inbox.

G - Any unauthorized reproduction of the trademarks, logos and distinctive signs of Rate A Company constitutes an infringement liable to criminal penalties. The offender is liable to civil and criminal penalties and in particular to the penalties provided for in Articles L. 335.2 and L. 343.1 of the Intellectual Property Code.

3.2 – In the context of professional use

3.2.1 – For Rate A Company

A - The professional user as a user is subject to the same conditions as the simple user and as described above. He has read the provisions, rights and duties as applicable and defined in paragraphs 3 and 4 detailing respectively, the obligations and duties of Rate A Company in the context of simple use, the limitation of liability and the disclaimer of Rate A Company warranties and user duties and obligations.

B - Rate A Company undertakes to provide a Communication Space that meets the expectations of professional users and to maintain the maintenance of the site as soon as possible. However, Rate A Company cannot be held responsible for malfunctions that do not fall under its authority and competence.

C - Rate A Company undertakes to put in place clear and detailed conditions of sale.

D -In accordance with the law, Rate A Company undertakes to put all the necessary means so that the control of the images, texts or texts and images published in the communication space do not contain illegal or offensive content.

3.2.2 – For the Professional User

A - The professional user active on Rate A Company undertakes to update his professional information registered on his professional profile on Rate A Company as soon as he becomes aware of it. Any breach of this principle may be sanctioned and give rise to legal proceedings in the context of a purchase of service.

B - L’Utilisateur professionnel s’engage à attribuer une note, télécharger des images, rédiger des commentaires et réponses de façon désintéressée, honnête et le plus fidèlement à l’expérience vécue dans le cadre des valeurs de Rate A Company.

C -When renting communication space, the professional user undertakes to serve the economic development and sustainability of the company or entity for which he works or the company or entity he represents. He is informed that any breach of this duty could lead to legal proceedings. Rate A Company cannot be held responsible for any breach of this principle.

D -The user is warned that during a change of professional information on his professional profile, his rights to modify the image, text, or text and image in connection with the rental of the communication space will be temporarily suspended. The user understands that he will have to request the restitution of his rights by contacting Rate A Company directly via the website. Rate A Company undertakes to return the rights within a reasonable time but cannot be held responsible for the consequences of this temporary suspension of the right to modify the communication space.

4 - Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer of Warranties

A - By the very nature of its business, Rate A Company cannot be held responsible for the comments of Internet users and the economic consequences resulting therefrom. In the event of a contentious situation, Rate A Company will decide the fate of the publication of the contentious comment according to the elements of explanation which will have been provided by both parties and according to the principles of good morality. Both parties therefore undertake to provide the necessary conclusive documents within the time limit or to waive their rights of recourse vis-à-vis Rate A Company.

B - Rate A Company cannot be held responsible for the relevance or veracity of the comments or answers published on the site.

C - Rate A Company cannot be prosecuted for the use of its site or the information contained on its site by a third party, for malicious use.

D - Given the participatory concept of the site, the means of verification put in place and the means made available to correct and complete the information, Rate A Company cannot be held responsible for the accuracy and automatic updating of the information. contained in the database and links to the sites of companies or entities registered on the company file.

5 - Hypertext links

RateACompany.com offers hypertext links to websites published and/or managed by third parties. Insofar as no control is exercised over these external resources, the User acknowledges that Rate A Company assumes no responsibility relating to the provision of these resources, and cannot be held responsible for their content.

6 - Force majeure

Rate A Company cannot be held liable in the event of force majeure or events beyond its control.

7 - Disputes and conflicts

In the event of a dispute or conflict, the two parties undertake to seek an amicable solution to any dispute that may arise from the performance of the services or from any other conflicting situation. In the event of failure of an amicable agreement, mediation will then be preferred. If the two parties do not reach an amicable solution or if mediation fails, the parties will submit the dispute or conflict to the court of Lyon, France, which will then have sole jurisdiction.

8 - Evolution of this contract

Rate A Company reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices of this Agreement at any time. The User is therefore advised to regularly consult the latest version of the Terms of Use available on the website www.rateacompany.com.

General conditions of purchase or rental of space

Rate A Company (RAC), a simplified joint-stock company with capital of 45,000 euros, whose registered office is 66 rue Cuvier, 69006 Lyon, France, registered with the Lyon Trade and Companies Register under number 808 980 569, Such. : 04.72.74.18.12 - Fax: 01.42.78.80.61 - contact@rateacompany.com, Intracommunity VAT number FR 70 808980569, offers communication spaces on its website.

1 - Entirety

These general conditions express the entirety of the obligations of the parties. They constitute the sole basis of the commercial relationship between the parties, and, in this sense, the buyer is deemed to accept them without reservation.

These general conditions of sale prevail over any other document, and in particular over all general conditions of purchase. They apply, without restriction or reservation, to all services rendered by the service provider to purchasers of the same category.

The service provider and the buyer agree that these general conditions exclusively govern their relationship. The service provider reserves the right to modify its general conditions from time to time.

They are applicable as soon as they are put online.

If a condition for the provision of services were to be lacking, it would be considered to be governed by the practices in force in the distance selling sector whose companies are headquartered in France.

These general conditions of sale are available online at any time for the user who requests them, in order to allow him to place an order.

The general conditions of sale and the advertising price prevail over any document emanating from the buyer except for express conditions agreed by mutual agreement between the publisher and the advertiser. The service provider reserves the right to derogate from certain clauses herein, depending on the negotiations carried out with the buyer, by establishing special conditions of sale.

The services are described and presented with the greatest possible accuracy. However, if errors or omissions may have occurred in this presentation, the service provider cannot be held liable.

 

2 - The purchase or rental of communication space

The purpose of these general conditions is to define the rights and obligations of the parties in the context of the online sale of the services offered by the service provider to the buyer. They concern the sale of a service that makes available one or more communication spaces identified as such on the Rate A Company site, for a fixed period.

Reference may be made to the expression "rental of space" to qualify the purchase of the advertising service on the Rate A Company website, the two expressions being able to be used interchangeably due to the nature of the service offered by Rate A Company.

The purchase of communication space can be done directly via our website www.rateacompany.com on the professional pages. The buyer, once identified and after having guaranteed his professional information, can enter the bank identifiers and quickly position himself on the communication space(s) that interests him. The payment validated, he will then be free to modify the communication spaces as he wishes within the framework of a preliminary verification of the visuals downloaded by the RAC team and within a period of up to 72 hours.

For the order to be validated, the buyer must accept, by clicking on the place indicated on the site, these general conditions. Its acceptance will result in the sending of a confirmation email from the service provider, in accordance with the conditions described below.

Payment is made by direct debit.

The amount of rental space relating to companies or entities must respect the limit of reasonableness and Rate A Company reserves the right to forgo a sale if the quantity rented, the message or the purpose of the campaign does not respect its values.

The purchase of advertising space is reserved for companies or entities represented by an individual identified as having authority in terms of communication and marketing to represent the entity for which they work.

The purchase of space on the pages relating to companies or entities is done through the creation of a professional profile on the Rate A Company site.

No purchase of space can be accepted by telephone unless it is followed by written confirmation. Confirmation by Rate A Company or publication on the site constitutes acceptance of the prices and services offered. Rate A Company being the owner of the site, the company authorizes any company or entity registered in the commercial register to acquire a communication space available on any company file or page of the Rate A Company site having provided space for this purpose. effect and this in the context where the principles of respect for third parties and the commercial regulatory framework are respected. A company or entity will always have priority over the communication space or spaces that are directly assimilated to it within the framework of the measures provided for in article 7 of this document.

If it is impossible to carry out the service, the buyer will be informed by e-mail. The cancellation of the order for this service will then be carried out, the rest of the order remaining firm and definitive. For any questions relating to the follow-up of an order, the buyer must contact Rate A Company at the email address provided on the site or on order@rateacompany.com. Rate A Company undertakes to respond within 3 working days of receipt of the email.

3 - Electronic signature

The online provision of the buyer's bank details and the final validation of the order will be worth proof of the buyer's agreement and will be worth the payment of the sums due under the order form as well as signature and express acceptance of all the operations performed.

4 - Order confirmation

The contractual information will be confirmed by email, to the address indicated by the buyer in the order form. The buyer will also be able to consult his purchases on his dedicated professional account.

5 - Proof of transaction

The computerized registers, kept in the service provider's computer systems under reasonable security conditions, will be considered as proof of the communications, orders and payments made between the parties. Archiving of purchase orders and invoices is carried out on a reliable and durable medium that can be produced as proof.

6 - Price

6.1 Purchasing a business listing

The price is displayed in amount excluding tax (HT) on the Rate A Company site and displayed before the transaction. It is payable in euros by bank transfer.

The price depends on the duration of the rental of communication space and the number of company files. By default, it is set at €6.30 excluding tax per company file per week for access to all the tabs relating to the different user profiles. On this basis, the price benefits from a reduction of 10% on the initial rate for any rental of space during the period of one (1) month, a reduction of 15% on the initial rate for any rental of space for three (3) months and a reduction of 20% on the initial rate for any space rental for six (6) months.

6.2 Purchasing search result pages
The purchase or rental of pages qualified as search result pages correspond to the lists of companies displayed on the rateacompany.com site when the user informs or selects one or more keywords in the search fields provided for this purpose.

The price is fixed at 800€ HT per week. The advertisement appears according to a principle of rotation displaying the texts and images downloaded by the buyer randomly between a maximum of five advertisers.

7 - Special pricing conditions

The buyer will always have priority to communicate on the communication spaces available on Rate A Company which relate to information, notes and comments relating to the company or entity for which he works and which he represents.

The buyer will also have priority over the communication spaces present on the Rate A Company sheets dealing with information, notes and comments relating to the points of sale or branches directly affiliated legally with the company or entity for which he works and that 'it represents.

On the other hand, if the communication space of the company file and possibly of its points of sale or branches were not available because rented by another buyer, the purchase price of the rental will be set at 130% of the initial price. to encourage the exchange between the parties and to compensate Rate A Company for the internal management costs associated with a change of buyer.

Also, by default and within the framework of the purchase of space rental of one or more of the sheets undertaken by the company or the entity directly assimilated to the information, notes and comments of the said sheet, the initial buyer agrees to waive its rights and access to the said company file(s), immediately upon notification by Rate A Company. The initial buyer compensated up to 110% of the initial purchase price.

Rate A Company reserves the right to negotiate the price directly with the buyer in the event of a purchase exceeding the limit of one hundred (100) company listings and at the request of the buyer. In this event, the buyer will contact Rate A Company customer service and a contract will be established between the two parties to establish a new agreement.

8 - Rules

Rate A Company reserves the right not to execute the contract in the event of non-payment or absence of payment authorization from accredited financial institutions. Rate A Company, through its banking partner BNP Paribas guarantees that no banking information will be communicated to a third party, nor used by Rate A Company other than for the payment of the requested service.

For security reasons, the buyer may be asked to provide one or more proofs of legal existence.

Payment is made in full upon acceptance of the quote by the advertiser and before the communication space is made available on Rate A Company.

In the event of non-payment, Rate A Company will be required to inform the buyer. As long as the payment has not been accepted by Rate A Company, the communication space(s) concerned by the intention to purchase are considered available for rental and may be acquired by a third party.

9 - Billing and information

The buyer will receive proof of payment by email upon confirmation of payment by the partner banking institutions. In addition, the buyer may also consult the information relating to space rentals and download the invoice(s) relating to his rentals on his dedicated professional account.

10 - Termination of contract

The contract between the two parties will end automatically at the end of the rental period chosen by the buyer. The contract may not be terminated during its execution unless the use by the buyer is contrary to the provisions of the other articles of this document. In a case contrary to the provisions of this text, Rate A Company reserves the right to suspend the contract immediately without there being any reimbursement.

If the service was not performed on time, the buyer may request a refund of the service. The request will be sent by registered letter to the head office of Rate A Company. Reimbursement will be made in proportion to the duration that could not be honored. This article becomes void in the event of force majeure or any reason beyond Rate A Company's control and/or competence.

Will be considered as cases of force majeure all irresistible facts or circumstances, external to the parties, unforeseeable, inevitable, beyond the control of the parties and which cannot be prevented by the latter, despite all reasonably possible efforts. Expressly, are considered as force majeure or fortuitous events, in addition to those usually retained by the jurisprudence of French courts and tribunals: the blocking of telecommunication networks, means of transport, earthquakes, fires, storms, floods , lightning, or other exceptional situation.

11 - Withdrawal

The buyer being a professional buying within the framework and for the needs of his profession, there is no need to apply the right of withdrawal provided for by the consumer code.

12 - Obligation and Liability of Rate A Company

The texts or images intended for communication and delivered to Rate A Company are published in their entirety provided that they respect the general conditions of sale here present, the graphic constraints of Rate A Company in terms of digital format and the law relating to the media content. Rate A Company cannot be held liable in the event of delay or inability to receive the communication medium due to the responsibility of the buyer or in the event that the dissemination of this message could not be carried out for reasons independent of his will.

13 - Purchaser's Warranties and Obligations to Rate A Company

The buyer undertakes to respect the legal rules that exist in matters of image rights, respect for others and good morals. Therefore, the text or images must not undermine the moral order or encourage crime or misdemeanor.

The buyer is informed that the image(s) or text(s) published on the order are visible on the internet, i.e. worldwide.

The buyer releases Rate A Company from any civil liability it may incur as a result of the advertising inserts it has published on order. The buyer will indemnify him for all damages he may suffer as a result of the text and/or images published by the buyer and will guarantee him against any trouble, claims and all actions of third parties with regard to these insertions, of which the buyer at name of his company or entity will do his business alone.

The buyer undertakes to provide the service provider, on simple request, with complete and accurate information concerning the company or entity for which he works and which he represents and without Rate A Company being required to verify the accuracy. of this information. The buyer, representative of the client company or entity, undertakes to act in accordance with the hierarchy of his company or entity and to designate one or more interlocutors who will act in their capacity as decision-maker in their field of expertise.

14 - Intellectual property

The buyer agrees to be the holder of the rights relating to his communication media, in terms of texts, images and concepts which will be transmitted to Rate A Company as part of a purchase of space.

Both parties may mention or use the name, denomination, trademarks and logos or other designations, commercial or not, in the context if this mention does not affect the image and values ​​of the other party.

15 - Location and Release Dates

Acceptance of a purchase order gives the buyer the right to occupy the reserved space. The buyer will then have the possibility of modifying the communication medium downloaded at any time, according to the duration and the number of company files defined during the quote, and this, for all the user profiles concerned by the said company file. Any updates to the advertisement or communication by the buyer will be subject to a compliance check by the RAC team. This verification will be done within 72 hours and the previous publication will be maintained during this compliance period. The time limit for the purchase or rental will begin to run upon notification by Rate A Company of the publication of the text and/or image provided by the buyer. Rate A Company cannot guarantee that a competing company or entity will not acquire the communication space of a page or file relating to a company or entity operating in the same segment, in the same geographical area, as that relates to the entity, the company, its branches or neighboring locations. Article 7 of this document and its terms making it possible to buy back space rental by the company or entity directly concerned by the information, notes and comments. The dates of display of the text or image concerned by the space rental(s) are communicated by the publisher for information purposes only.

16 - Refusal of insertion

In accordance with the practices and within the framework or Rate A Company allows the professional user to change himself and at any time his communication within the framework of a partial monitoring, Rate A Company can refuse an insertion immediately if the persons in charge of rate A Company believe that the content does not comply with applicable law or the moral values ​​of the site. This refusal does not give rise to any right to compensation and does not give rise to any right to reimbursement. This refusal of insertion will be notified to the buyer by email within 24 hours of the finding. In accordance with the provisions set out below, Rate A Company cannot be held responsible for a failure to notify a refusal of insertion beyond its control.

17 - Technical constraints

All technical elements provided by the buyer must comply with the specifications defined by Rate A Company. Rate A Company will respect the quality of the display to the best of its ability without guaranteeing absolute fidelity in color reproduction.

18 - Mandate

If the buyer intends to go through an agency, the latter must have received a written mandate in accordance with the provisions of law 93-122 of January 29, 1993. Orders placed by this intermediary are subject to compliance with these Terms of Sales. The agent is bound by the same provisions as those incumbent on the buyer. The advertiser is solely responsible for the actions of its agent.

19 - off-site contracts

Space rental is mainly done online. In certain cases and when the contract between the two parties does not allow online rental for technical or financial reasons, such as in the context of the purchase of several spaces over several durations and beyond a certain amount, the purchase will go through Rate A Company's sales department.

In the context of an off-site purchase, the provisions herein are still valid, unless otherwise clearly stated in the new contract. The contract established between the two parties: the RAC sales department and the buyer and may contain additional provisions, in particular in the event of late payment penalties in the event of non-payment.

20 - Confidential Information

The buyer and the service provider undertake not to disclose to a third party information relating to their internal functioning, transactions and exchanges of any kind, verbal or written, without time limit. A derogation may be provided for with the explicit and prior agreement, in writing, of the other party concerned. Terms and conditions applicable to this disclosure will then be set.

The obligations and restrictions set out above do not apply to information which is in the public domain, which would be made public by a third party not affiliated with the buyer or the service provider or within the framework of a legal or professional obligation under judicial or regulatory authority empowered to receive this type of information.

Subject to its confidentiality obligations, the service provider reserves the right to perform services for companies or entities competing with those of the buyer.

The buyer and the service provider acknowledge that the parties may correspond or transfer documents by e-mail circulating on the Internet network as part of the service and unless expressly requested otherwise by the other party in writing and without the parties being responsible for reliability, access or security of such emails.

In general, the parties undertake to comply with the regulations applicable to the protection of personal data in accordance with the provisions of law 78-17 of January 6, 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms and the European system on regulation general on data protection, adopted in France since May 14, 2018.

21 - Disputes

By express agreement between the parties, it is stipulated that in the event of a dispute, the Commercial Court of Lyon has sole jurisdiction and after a mediation solution has been attempted between the two parties.

22 - Partial non-validation

If one or more stipulations of these general conditions are held to be invalid or declared as such pursuant to a law, a regulation or following a final decision of a competent jurisdiction, the other stipulations will retain their full force. and their scope.

23 - Applicable law

These general conditions are subject to the application of French law. They are written in French. In the event that they are translated into one or more languages, only the French text shall prevail in the event of a dispute.

In accordance with the general conditions of use, the parties undertake to seek an amicable solution to any dispute that may arise from the performance of the services or from any other conflicting situation. In the event of failure of an amicable agreement, mediation will then be preferred. If the two parties do not reach an amicable solution or if mediation fails, the parties will submit the dispute or conflict to the court of Lyon, France, which will then have sole jurisdiction.

Version updated on October 1, 2018