Legal notice
Website Information
Pursuant to Article 6 of French Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy, users of the website https://www.carel-paris.com are hereby informed of the identity of the various parties involved in its design, development and operation:
Owner: CAREL – SAS, SIREN No. 542 109 756 – 2 rue Tronchet, 75008 Paris, France
Publication Director: FREDERIQUE PICARD – bonjour@carel.fr
The Publication Director may be either a natural person or a legal entity.
Design: Agence Symediane – 5 rue de Liège, 75009 Paris, France – contact@symediane.com – www.symediane.com
Hosting Provider: Shopify Inc – 150 rue Elgin, Suite 800, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1L4, Canada
General Terms of Use of the Website and Services
Access to and use of the website https://www.carel-paris.com imply the user's full and unconditional acceptance of these General Terms of Use.
These terms may be amended or supplemented at any time. Users of the website are therefore invited to consult them regularly in order to remain informed of the version currently in force.
The website is, in principle, accessible at all times. However, The CAREL House reserves the right to temporarily suspend access, in particular for technical maintenance purposes. Where possible, The CAREL House will endeavour to inform users in advance of the dates and times of such interventions.
The website https://www.carel-paris.com is regularly updated by The CAREL House. These Legal Notices may likewise be amended at any time. They shall nevertheless remain applicable to users, who are invited to consult them as frequently as necessary in order to remain informed of their contents.
Description of Services Provided
The website https://www.carel-paris.com is intended to present and provide information relating to the activities of The CAREL House.
The CAREL House endeavours to provide information on its website that is as accurate, reliable and up to date as possible. However, The CAREL House shall not be held liable for any omissions, inaccuracies or deficiencies in the updating of the information provided, whether attributable to The CAREL House or to third-party partners providing such information.
All information published on the website is provided for informational purposes only and may be subject to change at any time. Furthermore, the information available on the website is not exhaustive and is provided subject to any amendments that may have been made since its publication.
Contractual Limitations Relating to Technical Data
The website operates using Shopify technology.
The CAREL House shall not be held liable for any material damage resulting from the use of the website.
Users undertake to access the website using recent computer equipment, free from viruses, and a regularly updated Internet browser that complies with current technological standards.
Intellectual Property and Counterfeiting
The CAREL House owns the intellectual property rights relating to the elements comprising the website or holds the rights necessary for their use.
These elements include, without limitation, texts, photographs, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds, software and, more generally, all elements comprising the website.
Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication or adaptation, whether in whole or in part, of any of these elements, by any means or process whatsoever, is prohibited without the prior written authorisation of The CAREL House.
Any unauthorised use of the website or of any of the elements contained therein may constitute an act of counterfeiting and may be subject to legal proceedings pursuant to Articles L.335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code.
Limitation of Liability
The CAREL House shall not be held liable for any direct or indirect damage that may be caused to the user's equipment when accessing the website, where such damage results in particular from the use of equipment that does not comply with the specifications set out in the section relating to technical limitations, or from the occurrence of a bug or incompatibility.
The CAREL House shall likewise not be held liable for any indirect damage arising from the use of the website, such as loss of business or loss of opportunity.
Interactive areas, including an area enabling users to submit questions via the “Contact” section, may be made available to users.
The CAREL House reserves the right to remove, without prior formal notice, any content published in these areas that contravenes applicable French law, particularly provisions relating to the protection of personal data.
Where applicable, The CAREL House also reserves the right to hold the user civilly and/or criminally liable, particularly in the event of content of a racist, insulting, defamatory or pornographic nature, regardless of the medium used (text, photograph, etc.).
Personal Data Management
In France, personal data is notably protected by French Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, French Law No. 2004-801 of 6 August 2004, Article L. 226-13 of the French Criminal Code, as well as by the European Directive of 24 October 1995.
In connection with the use of the website https://www.carel-paris.com, certain information may be collected, including the URL of the links through which the user accessed the website, the user's Internet service provider, and the user's Internet Protocol (IP) address.
The CAREL House collects users' personal information solely for the purposes required by certain services offered on the website.
Users provide such information knowingly, particularly when they enter it themselves. Users are informed whether the provision of such information is mandatory or optional.
In accordance with Articles 38 et seq. of French Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties, every user has the right to access, rectify and object to the processing of their personal data.
Any such request must be made in writing and signed, accompanied by a copy of an identity document bearing the holder's signature, and must specify the address to which the response should be sent.
No personal information concerning users of the website is published, exchanged, transferred, assigned or sold to any third party without their knowledge, in any form whatsoever.
The sole circumstance of a sale or acquisition of The CAREL House and its rights could result in the transfer of such information to the potential purchaser, who would in turn be bound by the same obligations concerning the retention and amendment of users' data.
The website is registered with the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) under the following number: 1740926 v 0, insofar as it collects information falling in particular within category NS48 – Customer and Prospect Files.
Databases are protected under the provisions of the French Law of 1 July 1998 implementing Directive 96/9 of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases.
Hyperlinks and Cookies
The website https://www.carel-paris.com contains a number of hyperlinks providing access to other websites, established with the authorisation of The CAREL House.
As The CAREL House does not control the content of such third-party websites, it shall not be held liable for their content, information or any potential damage arising from their use.
Browsing the website https://www.carel-paris.com may result in the installation of cookies on the user's device.
A cookie is a small file which, in itself, does not identify the user, but records certain information relating to the browsing activity of a computer on a website.
The information collected is intended in particular to facilitate subsequent browsing on the website and to enable traffic and audience measurement.
Refusing the installation of certain cookies may, however, prevent access to certain services or features of the website.
Users may configure their device to refuse the installation of cookies.
Internet Explorer: select “Tools” / “Internet Options”. Click on “Privacy” and select the option allowing cookies to be blocked. Confirm by clicking “OK”.
Netscape: select “Edit” / “Preferences”. Click on “Advanced” and select the option allowing cookies to be disabled. Confirm by clicking “OK”.
Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
Any dispute relating to the use of the website https://www.carel-paris.com shall be governed by French law.
Subject to any mandatory legal provisions to the contrary, exclusive jurisdiction is attributed to the competent courts of Paris.
Principal Applicable Laws
- French Law No. 78-87 of 6 January 1978, as amended in particular by French Law No. 2004-801 of 6 August 2004 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties.
- French Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy.
Glossary
User: any person browsing and using the aforementioned website.
Personal Information: “information which, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, enables the identification of the natural persons to whom it relates” (Article 4 of French Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978).
Credits
Text produced via SubDelirium
Design and development: Agence Symediane
E-commerce platform: Shopify