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General Conditions of Use of the La French Touch site

1. Preamble

Bpifrance Investissement, a simplified joint stock company with a single shareholder with a capital of € 20.000.000, registered with the Trade and Companies Register of Créteil under number 433 975 224, whose head office is located at 27-31, avenue du Général Leclerc - 94710 Maisons-Alfort Cedex (hereinafter referred to as " Bpifrance ") publishes the website accessible at the URL address (https://www.la-frenchtouch.fr) (hereinafter " the site ») In order to manage communication around La French Touch.

These General Conditions of Use (hereinafter the " ToU ") Are intended to define the terms according to which users of the Site can access and use it (hereinafter referred to as" USERS "Or individually the" USER "). 

The Account is made available to Users free of charge, in a secure manner according to the rules of the art in force and uses Internet technologies.

2. Presentation of the site

The Site is a dedicated space whose purpose is to provide information on the French Touch. 

2.1. The Site allows the User to access the functionalities set out below.

2.1.1 Open part

Presentation 

The User can find general information concerning the French Touch, in particular a presentation of the movement, which companies are concerned, or even what is the role of the French Touch.

News

The User can consult the various content available on the Site under the News & Events section, which may include interviews, forums, studies, and other content. 

Support solutions 

The User can have access to the support solutions offered by Bpifrance. 

Membership of the movement 

The User can find out about the advantages of joining the French Touch community and submit a membership request on site, which will be subject to validation. 

2.1.2 Closed part

Document database

The User can consult the various content available on the Site under the Documentary section, which may include studies, downloadable documents and other content.

Communication kit

The User can download the various content available on the Site under the Communication Kit section, which may include in particular the logos, the presentation brochure, the graphic charter or even the email signature.

Business Directory

The User can consult the various information relating to the member companies of the French Touch and in particular by consulting the company sheets and member sheets as described below.

Member area

The User can consult, complete, modify his Member File and his Company File.

The "Company Sheet" functionality allows the User to enter, access and modify information relating to his company, in particular its name, description, logo, professional telephone number, location of its head office, its expertise, as well as the links to its professional social network accounts and its website.
It is up to the User to ensure the accuracy, veracity and completeness of the information provided and, if necessary, to update it.

The "Member Form" feature allows the User to enter, access and modify information relating to his activity, in particular his position, his photo, a presentation, as well as a link to his LinkedIn and Tribe account (if the User has consented to their registration on this site by Bpifrance).

2.2 Bpifrance may change the functionalities of the Site at any time, without this giving rise to any right to any compensation for the benefit of the User.

Thus, the User is expressly informed that the provision of all or part of the functionalities is at the discretion of Bpifrance. 

3. Acceptance of the T & Cs

3.1 Regarding the open part, the User declares to have read the General Conditions of Use which are accessible and searchable on the home page of the Site. The User undertakes to respect them at all times and in all circumstances as well as to be fully aware of his obligations.

3.2 Access and use of the closed part of the Site are subject to acceptance and compliance with these T & Cs. Thus, before accessing the closed part of the Site, the User must imperatively be aware of the General Conditions of Use which are accessible and consultable on the home page of the Site.

3.2.1 By checking the following box: "I acknowledge that I have read and accept the General Conditions of Use of the Site and have read the information notices relating to the processing of personal data collected and processed within the framework of this system, available in the article "Protection of personal data" of the General Conditions of Use ", the User acknowledges:
- have read them, and accept them expressly;
- respect them at all times and in all circumstances from the first use of the Site;
- be fully aware of your obligations.

3.2.2 In addition, by becoming a member of La French Touch, the User is also registered on the Bpifrance social network called “Tribu”.

By checking the following box: “I would like to join the movement and join the French Touch community on Tribu, the Bpifrance social network. "

4. Technical terms of access and use of the Site

4.1 The User is informed that the Site is compatible with standard market browsers. Consequently, the User is required to check that he is using a browser in an up-to-date version on the date of consultation of the Site. Otherwise, he could encounter difficulties in accessing or using the Site.

4.2 The device used by the User to access the Site must have an operating system and an Internet browser capable of working with web applications and HTML5 compatible. 

4.3 The User undertakes to check that the configuration of his browser and of his operating system allows him to access and consult the Site. The User is responsible for resolving any bug affecting his browser and / or his operating system. The same goes for the detection and management of any virus that may affect your device. The User takes all the necessary measures to ensure the protection of his hardware, software and data, in particular to prevent any contamination by a virus or other malicious computer program.

4.4 The User is informed that the Site could be interrupted or disrupted for any reason whatsoever and that Bpifrance can in no way be held responsible for these interruptions or disruptions. For any questions relating to the technical use of the Site, the assistance unit can be contacted by mail at the following address: Bpifrance - Communication Department - Digital Team - address: 27-31 avenue du Général Leclerc 94710 Maisons-Alfort Cedex, or via the following contact form: https://la-frenchtouch.fr/#modal-60df0dbd186e0.

4.5 Terms of access and use of the Closed Part

4.5.1 Any User with access to the Internet and the required technical equipment can access the closed part if he meets the cumulative conditions defined in this Article.

4.5.2. The User is informed that all the costs related to access to the Site, such as the costs of equipment and subscription to an Internet network access provider, and any taxes are his sole responsibility.

4.5.3. To access the private part, the following conditions must be met by the Users:
- Submit an application for membership and have accepted the General Conditions of Use,
- Have been accepted as a member of the community by an administrator of the Site,
- Proceed with his Authentication by entering his Username and Password on the page provided for this purpose on the Site.

4.5.4. The User acknowledges and guarantees that he has exclusive control over the Email Address and Password that he provides, both for his subscription to French Touch, and for access to the private part as a User. He remains solely responsible for the management of confidentiality and security, in particular the Password which allows him to access it.

The User acknowledges that it will be his responsibility to ensure, under his sole responsibility, that he will be able to receive and access the emails sent to him by Bpifrance.

4.5.5. In the event that the User is not able to enter his Password, Bpifrance provides a procedure allowing him to request the renewal of his Password.

4.5.6 The User receives an email with a connection link to the Closed Party as well as his login details. By clicking on the hypertext link, the User must enter their identifiers in order to access the Closed Part.

4.5.7. The User will receive a second email indicating his login details to Tribu, the Bpifrance social network.

5. Obligations of the User

By accessing and consulting the Site, the User refrains from:

  • Any consultation and use of the Site contrary to French, European and, where applicable, international laws and regulations, or detrimental to third parties;
  • Any use of the Site contrary to these General Conditions of Use, in particular by distributing content contrary to French, European and, where applicable, international laws and regulations (eg: pornographic, violent, defending offenses, etc. ) and / or defamatory, discriminatory or for any other prejudicial purpose;
  • Any action that may create any prejudice to Bpifrance and / or to other Users;
  • Any action that may infringe the rights of third parties;
  • To harm, hinder or distort the proper functioning of the Site;
  • To probe, scan, technically analyze the Site;
  • To bypass the means implemented by Bpifrance in order to guarantee the security of the Site.

6. Intellectual property rights

6.1 The Site and each of its components and in particular, but not exclusively, texts, photographs, brands, logos, sounds, music, layouts, designs and models, icons, computer codes, software, fonts and more generally, all visual or sound elements (hereinafter " Intellectual property elements »), Are protected by intellectual property rights of which Bpifrance is the holder or of which its service providers are holders or which have been licensed to Bpifrance by third parties.

The User consequently refrains from any act of reproduction or representation of the Intellectual Property Elements not expressly and previously authorized by Bpifrance, such reproduction and / or representation being able to constitute an act of infringement.

6.2 The User may not use the names Bpifrance, or mentioning the name Bpifrance, such as in particular Bpifrance, the brands, logos and all associated distinctive signs which are, depending on the case, the property of Bpifrance.  

6.3 It is strictly forbidden to establish hypertext links or to put the Site online under another URL. 

7. Responsibility

7.1 The User expressly acknowledges that in the event of non-compliance with these General Conditions of Use, the responsibility of Bpifrance, or of another User, cannot be engaged. As such, the User undertakes to indemnify Bpifrance for any costs, disbursements or damage in the event of all or part of them being called into question by another User and / or by a third party for an act attributable to the 'User.

7.2 The Site is provided as is. In view of this fact recognized and accepted by the User, Bpifrance cannot be held responsible for the temporary or definitive impossibility of the User to access the Site or all or part of the functions of the Site. 

Bpifrance's obligation to supply is limited to an obligation of means. Bpifrance does not guarantee the durability or performance of the functionalities accessible on the Site. Bpifrance cannot be held responsible for any damage to hardware, software or data (example: viral contamination) suffered by the User as a result of his access to the Site or his consultation of the latter. 

7.3 Bpifrance cannot be held liable in the event of force majeure as defined by law and French case law.

8. Protection of personal data

8.1. Bpifrance undertakes to comply with the regulations in force applicable to the processing of personal data and, in particular, the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of natural persons. with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data known as "RGPD" and the law n ° 78-17 of January 6, 1978 as amended relating to computers, files and freedoms said "Data Protection Act" and any subsequent regulations (hereinafter, the " Applicable regulations ").

8.2 Data controller, purposes and legal basis

The User's personal data are processed by Bpifrance, acting as data controller within the meaning of the GDPR to perform and manage the following operations:

- On the basis of its legitimate interest in allowing the User to access the services linked to the Site, Bpifrance collects the following User Data: name of the company, vertical to which it belongs, last name, first name, type of actor, function, email address, telephone, via the membership form on the Site: https://la-frenchtouch.fr/rejoignez-le-mouvement-de-la-french-touch/

A free field is also offered to the User so that he can provide the following information: 

  • Project display

- On the basis of the User's consent and in order to allow the User's contact to be made with Bpifrance, at the User's request, Bpifrance collects the following Data from the User: last name, first name of the User , name of the company, subject of the request, using the following form: https://la-frenchtouch.fr/#modal-60df0dbd186e0

A free field is also offered to the User so that he can provide the following information:

  • Subject of the request;

- Based on the User's consent and in order to allow the User to receive, at his request, the Bpifrance newsletter, Bpifrance collects the following User Data: User's email address. 

- On the basis of its legitimate interest in defending its rights and interests:
o Manage complaints and disputes relating to the execution of these General Conditions of Use, where applicable, traceability and proof of operations and due diligence carried out by the User.

8.3 Mandatory nature of Personal data

The mandatory nature of the provision of the Personal Data requested is indicated by Bpifrance by means of an asterisk on the forms for collecting such Data.

Without this Personal Data, Bpifrance will not be able to access the User's request.

8.4 Data Sources 

Data is collected directly from Users from information submitted by Users in forms and the newsletter. 

8.5 Data recipients

According to their respective needs, the recipients are:

  • Internal employees of Bpifrance Group companies involved in the organization of the French Touch,
  • Bpifrance service providers in charge of the technical management of the Site.

8.6 Data retention periods

Personal data will be kept for the legal and regulatory periods of limitation.  

8.7 Data protection officer, User rights and terms of exercise

Bpifrance has appointed a Data Protection Officer whom the User can reach using the contact details which appear in this Article.

In accordance with the RGPD and the national provisions relating to data processing, files and freedoms and subject to the conditions provided for by this regulation for the exercise of these rights, the User has a right of access, a rectification, a right to erasure, as well as the right to portability of personal data. 

The User also has the right to request the limitation of the processing which concerns him and the right to oppose, for reasons relating to his particular situation, the processing of his data, including profiling. Finally, the User has, in accordance with national provisions relating to data processing, files and freedoms, the right to organize the fate of his post-mortem personal data.

These rights can be exercised by sending a letter, either by post to Bpifrance, DCCP, Data Protection Officer, at 27-31 avenue du Général Leclerc, 94710 Maisons-Alfort Cedex, or by email at  personal data@bpifrance.fr.

Finally, the User has the right to lodge a complaint with the National Commission for Computing and Liberties (CNIL), if he considers that the processing operations described infringe his rights.

8.8 Data transfer outside the EU

Personal Data transmitted to Bpifrance may not be transferred to a country outside the European Union or to an international organization.

9. Cookies

When consulting the Site, information relating to the navigation of your terminal (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.) on our site may be saved in text files called "Cookies", installed on your terminal, under reserve your choices regarding Cookies, which you can modify at any time. Only the issuer of a cookie is likely to read or modify the information contained therein.  

To learn more about how cookies work and how to use the current tools to set them up, please click here.

10. Indivisibility of the general conditions of use

These General Conditions of Use constitute an inseparable contractual whole.

The User agrees that in the event of cancellation of a clause of the General Conditions of Use, he will remain subject to the application of the other stipulations.  

11. No waiver

The fact that Bpifrance does not invoke a breach by one (or more) User (s) of any of the stipulations of these General Conditions of Use cannot be interpreted as a tolerance or a waiver of its part in availing itself in the future of such a failure. 

12. Update of the general conditions of use

Bpifrance reserves the right to modify and update these General Conditions of Use at any time. Bpifrance will endeavor to inform Users thereof.

Users undertake to be aware of all new versions of the General Conditions of Use and to comply with them.

13. Law and jurisdiction of the courts

The General Conditions of Use are governed and interpreted according to the provisions of French law.

Failing to find an amicable solution within a reasonable time, disputes relating to the General Conditions of Use will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the French courts. 

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