Owner and Publisher of the Site :

Elisabeth Staels, 9 Rue Pierre Le Grand, 75008 Paris - SIRET : 813 670 643 00010

Hosting :

This site is hosted on servers located in the European Union by Amazon Web Services Ireland Ltd - Burlington Plaza, Burlington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Publication Director :

Elisabeth Staels 

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This website (hereinafter, the Website) is governed by these Terms of Use (hereinafter, Terms of Use). By accessing and browsing this Site, the user acknowledges having read these Terms of Use and agrees to respect them in full without reservation.
The Terms of Use are supplemented by the privacy and personal data protection policy (hereinafter, the Privacy Policy) which forms an integral part of the Terms of Use.

Intellectual Property 

The Website and its content are the exclusive property of Elisabeth Staels.

By accessing the Website, the user is granted a personal and non-exclusive right to use the Website. Subject to the Content Licence below, no licence or any other right, other than a right to access the Website, is granted to any person in relation to intellectual property rights.

All the elements displayed and/or available on the Site, including without limitation the graphics, images, layouts, documentation, guides, manuals, texts, illustrations, graphics, photographs, organisational diagrams, videos and logos, whether downloadable or not, as well as their formatting and underlying architecture, constitute works within the meaning of the Intellectual Property Code and are the exclusive property of Elisabeth Staels.

Accordingly, their presentation, reproduction, modification, intermingling, distribution or redistribution, in whole or in part and by any process and/or method whatsoever, without the express authorisation of Elisabeth Staels, are prohibited in accordance with the provisions of article L.122-4 of the Intellectual Property Code.

Any person who proceeds to do so without being able to establish prior and express authorisation from the holder of these rights will incur the penalties applicable to the offence of intellectual property rights infringement provided for in Articles L.335-2 ff of the Intellectual Property Code.

In addition, any representation, reproduction, intermingling, distribution and redistribution, in whole or in part, of the database on the Website, if any, is prohibited under the provisions of Law No. 98-536 of 1 July 1998 on the legal protection of databases.

Furthermore, the corporate and/or commercial names, brands and logos appearing on the Website are the property of Elisabeth Staels or her partners and may not be used without the express authorisation of Elisabeth Staels or their legitimate owner. As such, any person who proceeds with their representation, reproduction, intermingling, diffusion and rebroadcasting will incur the sanctions provided for in articles L.713-2 ff of the Intellectual Property Code.

Content Licence

Elisabeth Staels may make available for users free content that can be downloaded from the Website (the Content). By downloading Content, the user is granted a non-assignable, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and non-exclusive licence to use the Content (the Content Licence). By downloading Content, the user accepts the terms of this Content License in full and without reservation.

For the purposes of this Content Licence, ‘use’ means to copy, reproduce, modify, edit, synchronise, produce, display, broadcast, publish or otherwise make use of.

The Content License is granted for personal use only and, unless otherwise specified, for the duration of the applicable copyright. The Content License terminates automatically if the user ceases to use the Content and/or deletes or destroys all copies of the Content. Elisabeth Staels may terminate the Content Licence at any time at her sole discretion or if the user fails to comply with any of the terms of use, in which case the user must immediately (a) cease using the Content; (b) delete or destroy all copies of the Content; and (c) upon request, confirm to Elisabeth Staels that he/she has complied with these requirements.

Elisabeth Staels reserves the right to remove or modify the Content at any time at her sole discretion.

Elisabeth Staels gives no warranties of any kind with respect to the Content, whether express or implied, including but not limited to implied representations, warranties or conditions of merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. Similarly, Elisabeth Staels does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information in or any metadata provided with the Content.

The user is solely responsible for the use he or she makes of any Content. Where applicable, it is the user’s responsibility to determine whether any authorisations are required to use and/or exploit the Content or any elements displayed in the Content; obtaining any such authorisations is the sole responsibility of the user.

All licensed Content is the property of Elisabeth Staels and/or her partners. All rights not expressly granted by the Content License are reserved by Elisabeth Staels, and her partners where applicable.

Elisabeth Staels is not liable to the user or any third party for any direct or indirect damage resulting from the downloading and/or use of the Content, including special, indirect or consequential financial or commercial damage, such as loss of data, loss of profit, increase in overheads, business disruption, loss of profits, customers or anticipated savings, etc., even if Elisabeth Staels has been informed of the possibility of such damage, costs or losses.

Regardless of the nature of the Content, and except with prior and express authorization, it is strictly prohibited to:

• Claim authorship of the Content;

• Modify or decompile the Content;

• Create a derivative work from all or part of any elements of the Content;

• Delete, hide, modify or alter the intellectual property notices of Elisabeth Staels;

• Use the Content for commercial, promotional, advertising or marketing purposes of any kind;

• Distribute the Content on social networks;

• Make the Content available to third parties, in particular to direct or indirect competitors of Elisabeth Staels;

• Use or re-use the Content in a manner that is obscene, abusive, defamatory, pornographic or, in general, illegal and/or contrary to public morality and/or applicable laws.

Any unauthorised and/or improper use of the Content is strictly prohibited and will be deemed to constitute an infringement liable to the penalties provided for in Articles L.335-2, L.713-2 and following of the Intellectual Property Code.

Any requests for permission should be addressed to elisabeth@elisabethstaels.com. Elisabeth Staels reserves the right to refuse permission and/or withdraw any permission previously given, in her sole discretion and without having to give reasons.

The Content Licence is governed by French law. Except as otherwise provided by law, any dispute arising from the downloading or use of the Content is to be brought before the competent courts of Paris.

Hypertext Links

Limitation of liability

The information available on this Website is provided in good faith and without any warranty.

Elisabeth Staels accepts no liability, express or implied, if the use of this information infringes any patent, copyright or trademark.

Elisabeth Staels reserves the right to modify the Website at any time and without prior notice and cannot guarantee the accuracy, precision or completeness of the information updated on the Site.

Accordingly, Elisabeth Staels accepts no liability for any imprecision, inaccuracy or omission in the information available on the Website, for any damage resulting from unauthorised intrusion by a third party resulting in a modification of the information or elements made available on the Website and, more generally, for any damage, whether direct or indirect, whatever the cause, origin, nature or consequences, caused by (i) access to the Website or the impossibility of accessing it, and/or (iii) reliance on any information obtained directly or indirectly from the Website, its use or the use of a product to which it refers.

In addition, the Website may contain information provided by external parties or hyperlinks to other websites that have not been developed by Elisabeth Staels. The presence of a link from this Website to another website does not constitute an endorsement of that website or its content by Elisabeth Staels. Consequently, Elisabeth Staels accepts no liability for the information, opinions and recommendations made by third parties.

Elisabeth Staels does not guarantee that this Website will be accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Elisabeth Staels reserves the right to suspend access to the Website, in particular for maintenance, without incurring any liability as a result. Elisabeth Staels will make every effort to inform users in advance of any suspension of this Website and/or its resources and will endeavour to restore access as soon as possible.

Modification

Elisabeth Staels reserves the right to update the Terms of Use at any time, without prior notice. The amended Terms of Use will come into force as soon as they are published online. Elisabeth Staels therefore recommends that users regularly read these Terms of Use. The user is deemed to accept the latest version of the Terms of Use each time he/she connects to the Website.

The most recent version of the Terms of Use can be viewed by clicking on the "Terms of Use" hypertext link at the bottom of our Website pages.

Categories of data collected and processed  

Elisabeth Staels may process the following data:

1. User Data

Elisabeth Staels processes your personal data, either collected directly from you or resulting from the use of this Website and/or our products or services.

We collect personal data from users who wish to know more about our activities and/or our services (via the contact form), sign up for our solutions and services, receive our news, apply for jobs, etc.

Signing up for and using our products and services involves in particular the collection and processing of identification data (surname, first name, identifier, SIREN, etc.), contact data (postal address, email, telephone number, etc.), usage data (IP address, photograph, video, etc.) and, where applicable, the collection of economic and financial data (means of payment, payment history, solvency index, etc.).

Access to and use of the contact form available on this Website involves the collection and processing of your personal data, in particular your surname, first name, telephone number, e-mail and postal addresses, etc. Information followed by an asterisk (as indicated in the contact form) is mandatory; information not followed by an asterisk is optional.

• Session cookies: These cookies are attached to the holder of a customer or user account. They allow the user to access his/her client space and back office. This data is kept for a period of 3 months.

• Analytical cookies: These cookies allow us to analyse the use of our Website and services and to improve our user experience by establishing statistics and volumes of traffic and use (sections and content visited, browsing history, etc.). This data is kept for a period of 3 months.

• Social network cookies: These cookies enable the use of features of these networks and in particular the sharing of content accessible on the Website and with other users of these networks. Elisabeth Staels does not have control over the cookies of these social networks and encourages each user to consult the privacy policies of each of these social networks so as to be aware of the purposes for which the browsing information they may collect through these buttons and modules is used.
  
  User may configure their browser to decline cookies or delete them. However, Elisabeth Staels notifies you that such configuration may result in an impaired browsing experience on this Website. If this is the case, Elisabeth Staels accepts no liability for the consequences of impaired functioning of our services resulting from the inability to save or consult the cookies necessary for them to function and which the user has declined or deleted.
  
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• Setting cookies on Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge

• Setting cookies on Safari

• Setting cookies on Chrome

• Setting cookies on Firefox

  
  

  Purpose  

  No personal information of the user is collected and published without his/her knowledge, nor exchanged, transferred, assigned or sold on any media to third parties.

  Elisabeth Staels only collects personal information for the purposes of the services offered on this Website, with the following aims: (i) to provide and manage our services and solutions; (ii) to manage contact requests; (iii) to improve the quality of our services, solutions and customer relations; (iv) to analyse the use of our solutions and services; (v) to generate statistical and research reports on the basis of anonymised data; (vi) to manage complaints; (vii) to manage cancellations; (viii) to manage invoicing and collection; (ix) managing unpaid invoices and disputes; (x) managing requests relating to the rights of data subjects; (xi) offering identification and/or location services; (xii) organising training courses and/or webinars and/or MOOCs; (xiii) organising direct marketing operations and/or commercial promotions; (xiv) preventing fraud; (xv) managing requests for information from competent authorities.

  Elisabeth Staels does not carry out any processing that is incompatible with the purposes listed above, and expressly undertakes not to publish, disclose or transmit any information concerning a user without the user's prior consent.

  Any use of personal data for purposes other than those set out above will require the prior and express consent of the user.

  Retention period  

  Your data is retained for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes mentioned above, and in any event within the limits imposed by law.

  Information sharing  

  The personal data collected and processed by Elisabeth Staels are stored on servers located in the European Union, under conditions of security and accessibility that comply with the GDPR. Elisabeth Staels does not transfer any personal data of users outside the European Union.

  The data processed is intended for the internal services of Elisabeth Staels and her subcontractors (technical and hosting service providers, customer care and satisfaction surveys, managing security incidents or fraudulent activity, etc.), in the context of providing our services and in compliance with this Privacy Policy. Personal data collected through the use of our services and solutions may also be communicated to the operator of the Website and/or the holder of the corresponding user and/or operating licence, in its capacity as data controller.

  The processed data may also be transmitted to the competent legal, administrative and judicial authorities, or to a third party, if Elisabeth Staels is required to do so by law, regulation or court order, or if such disclosure is necessary for the purposes of any enquiry, injunction or legal proceedings, on national territory or abroad.

  Security  

  The processed data may also be transmitted to the competent legal, administrative and judicial authorities, or to a third party, if Elisabeth Staels is required to do so by law, regulation or court order, or if such disclosure is necessary for the purposes of an investigation, injunction or legal proceedings, on national territory or abroad.

  The information and personal data that you provide to us will under no circumstances be transferred or sold to third parties without your prior express consent. However, Elisabeth Staels cannot guarantee that your communications and other personal data will not be intercepted or disclosed by a third party.

  Under the Terms of Use, the user is solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of his/her password and its use.

  Respecting user rights  

  In accordance with the French Data Protection Act of 6 January 1978, as amended, and Regulation No. 2016/679, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to access, rectify, transfer or delete information concerning yourself.

  You also have the right, on legitimate grounds, to object to the processing of your data, particularly in the context of our marketing or promotional activities.

  You can exercise your rights and obtain information regarding your personal data by writing to us at the following address: Elisabeth Staels, 9 Rue Pierre le Grand - 75008 Paris or by email to elisabeth@elisabethstaels.com.

  The user must provide proof of identity, specify the nature of the request and the data involved in the request. Elisabeth Staels will endeavour to reply to the request within one month of receiving a valid and complete request, without incurring any costs and subject to any abuse of rights.

  Further information: for all information on the protection of personal data, you can consult the website of the French Data Protection Authority (http://www.cnil.fr/).

  Amendment

  Elisabeth Staels reserves the right to update this Policy at any time without prior notice. The amended Policy will come into effect as soon as it is posted online. It is recommended that you consult this Policy regularly by reference to the date of the last amendment.

  The most recent version of this Privacy Policy can be viewed by clicking on the "Privacy" hyperlink at the bottom of our Website pages.