GENERAL CONDITIONS OF USE OF THE SITE

PREAMBLE

The purpose of these general terms and conditions of use (hereinafter referred to as the “GCU”) is to define the rules for using the www.grainedevie.org website.

Acceptance of the present terms and conditions of use is evidenced using the website. Where applicable, the GCU supplement the General Terms and Conditions of Sale available on the website, concerning the use of the website.

The General Terms of Use may be subject to subsequent modifications by Graine de Vie. They are opposable to the users of the website as soon as they are put online and cannot be applied to the previous period.

The General Conditions of Use are subject to Belgian law. In case of dispute, the Courts of Mons shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

ARTICLE 1: ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE

Any person may access the website as soon as he/she has an Internet connection.

As such, he/she benefits from access to certain free information (articles, newsletter).

The user declares that he/she is aware of the risks associated with the Internet, and in particular the risks of misappropriation and piracy.

The user assumes the costs that may be claimed by the mobile operator related to access to the connection services necessary to use the Website.

ARTICLE 2: AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE

Graine de Vie makes every effort to ensure the availability of the website on a permanent basis, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

However, access to the website may be interrupted, particularly in the context of maintenance operations, updates, emergency repairs, or in the case of circumstances beyond the control of Graine de Vie.

ARTICLE 3: USER’S OBLIGATIONS

It is the responsibility of the user of the website to ensure the compatibility of his equipment and tools with the website.

The identifiers and passwords used and/or communicated to the user are personal, confidential, and non-transferable.

The use of these identification elements is the sole responsibility of the user.

ARTICLE 4: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

4.1 All elements of the Site, whether graphic, visual or sound, including the underlying technology, are protected by intellectual and industrial property law, in particular copyright, trademarks or patents.

They are the exclusive property of Graine de Vie or its licensors.

Any total or partial reproduction of this content is strictly forbidden and is likely to constitute an infringement of copyright.

4.2 Users who have a personal website may place, for personal use, a simple link on their site to the home page of the Graine de Vie site, subject to prior approval by Graine de Vie.

Under no circumstances may the creation of this link be considered as an implicit agreement of affiliation with Graine de Vie.

Any other type of hypertext link to the www.grainedevie.org site using the “framing” or “in-line linking” technique is formally prohibited by Graine de Vie.

In all cases, any link must be removed on simple request from Graine de Vie.

4.3 In case of breach of the above obligations, the user will be solely responsible to Graine de Vie. The user undertakes to guarantee and compensate Graine de Vie for all the consequences, notably financial, of such breaches.

4.4 Furthermore, to ensure fair and responsible communication, any mention of the Graine de Vie brand and/or use of the logo is subject to agreement and validation by Graine de Vie.

Any use of content (notably photographs and video) from Graine de Vie is subject to the mention of credits © Graine de Vie.

The customer remains entirely responsible for respecting the laws and regulations in force within the framework of his activities and the use of Graine de Vie’s services, and his social, fiscal, and accounting obligations.

In this respect, users’ profile pages can be personalized with a photo and a short text.

Graine de Vie excludes all liability of any kind whatsoever relating to the Visual, to the files containing it and/or to the data transmitted; to the rights, whatever their nature, attached to the Visual, to the files and/or to the Customer’s data; as well as, without limitation, to the printing, reproduction, representation, downloading of the Visual, of the files and/or of the Customer’s data, by any process whatsoever and whatever the medium.

Similarly, Graine de Vie is not responsible for the conformity of the Visual, the files and/or any of the Customer’s data to the applicable legislation without limitation, to the legal provisions relating to sponsorship.

In general, Graine de Vie cannot be held responsible for the content of the pages personalized by the customers.

4.5 The Customer guarantees that the files, data and the Customer’s Visual do not infringe any intellectual and/or industrial property right or related rights, nor do they infringe on the right to image, privacy, or any other right of a third party.

The Visual, all files and/or data must not infringe any legislation or regulations in force.

The Visual, all files and/or data must not in any case reproduce any image of a public figure whose representation would be used for commercial, cultural, political, or religious purposes.

Graine de Vie cannot be held responsible for variations in colour or rendering of the Visual, given that the quality of the image reproduced depends on the quality of the Visual downloaded by the Customer.

ARTICLE 5: PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Graine de Vie’s personal data protection policy is available here.

ARTICLE 6 : IMAGE RIGHTS

Your contribution as a donor is by default anonymous. You can make it public by authorizing, within your personal space, the publication of your name and surname as entered as well as the photograph you have uploaded.

You can upload a photograph or your company logo to your personal space. The addition of such a photograph is optional and subject to your agreement. By consenting to this publication, you explicitly accept that your name and surname as well as the uploaded photograph may be used, in whole or in part, by Graine de Vie, for the sole purpose of publication in Graine de Vie media. You also acknowledge that you are fully entitled to your rights and cannot claim any remuneration for your image rights.

You can withdraw your consent at any time in your personal space.