Terms and conditions

1. Website presentation.

Pursuant to article 6 of French law n° 2004-575 of 21st June 2004 on trust in digital economy, users of the website www.guillaumeverdier.com are informed of the identity of various parties involved in its creation and monitoring:
Owner: Guillaume Verdier
Webmaster : Sébastien Lauzeral (www.madein56.com)
Publications manager: Guillaume Verdier
Editorial contents credits: Cécile Guyard, Guillaume Verdier, Sabrina Millien, Anne-Laure Guilbaud
The publications manager is a physical or moral person.
Website Host: OVH – 2 rue Kellermann – 59100 Roubaix – France

2. Terms and conditions of use of the website and services offered.

The use of the website www.guillaumeverdier.com implies full acceptance of the terms and conditions of use as described hereunder. These terms and conditions may be amended or supplemented at any time; users of the website www.guillaumeverdier.com are therefore advised to check them regularly.
This website is normally accessible to users at all times. Access may however be interrupted for technical maintenance at any time by www.guillaumeverdier.com, who will strive to inform users of the dates and times prior to such interruptions.
The website www.guillaumeverdier.com is regularly updated by Guillaume Verdier. In the same way, the terms and conditions may be amended at any time: they are binding on users, who are therefore advised to check them as often as possible.

3. Description of services provided.

The purpose of the website www.guillaumeverdier.com is to provide information on all of the architect’s activities.
Guillaume Verdier strives to provide as accurate information as possible on the website www.guillaumeverdier.com. Nevertheless, he shall not be held responsible for any omissions, inaccuracies or deficiencies, whether of his own doing or of that of partner third parties providing the information concerned.
All the information provided on the website www.guillaumeverdier.com is purely of an indicative nature and is subject to change. Furthermore, the information provided on the website www.guillaumeverdier.com is not exhaustive. It is provided subject to any amendments that may have been introduced since its publication.

4. Contractual restrictions on technical data.

The website uses JavaScript technology.
The website cannot be held responsible for any material damages related to the use of the website. Furthermore, the user agrees to access the website using recent equipment, containing no viruses with an up-to-date latest generation browser.

5. Intellectual property and counterfeits.

Guillaume Verdier owns the intellectual property rights or holds the rights to use all the elements that can be accessed on the site, in particular the text, images, graphics, logo, icons, sounds and software.
Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication or adaptation of all or part of the elements on the website, by whatever means or process, is prohibited without prior express written authorisation from: Guillaume Verdier.
Any unauthorised use of the site or any of the elements it contains shall be deemed unlawful and sanctions shall be enforced in accordance with articles L.335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code.

6. Limits of liability.

Guillaume Verdier cannot be held responsible for indirect damages (such as loss of a market share or missed opportunities) subsequent to the use of the website www.guillaumeverdier.com.
Interactive areas (possibility of asking questions in the contact section) are made available to users. www.guillaumeverdier.com reserves the right to delete, without prior notice, any content in this area that may be in breach of the legislation applicable in France, in particular provisions relating to data protection. Where relevant, Guillaume Verdier reserves the right to invoke the civil and/or penal liability of the user, in particular in the case of any content which is racist, offensive, defamatory or pornographic, by whatever means (text, photographs…).

7. Personal data management.

In France, personal data is protected in particular by French law n°78-87 of 6 January 1978, French law n°2004-801 of 6 August 2004, article L. 226-13 of the Penal Code and the European Directive of 24 October 1995.
When the website www.guillaumeverdier.com is accessed, the following information may be collected: the URL of links via which the user has accessed the site www.guillaumeverdier.com, the user’s internet service provider and the user’s internet protocol (IP) address.
In all cases, Guillaume Verdier shall only collect users’ personal information for the requirements of certain services offered by the website www.guillaumeverdier.com. The user knowingly provides this information, in particular when he/she enters it him/herself. In this case, users of the site www.guillaumeverdier.com are informed of the specific information requirements.
In compliance with the provisions of articles 38 et seq. of French law 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on information technology, computer files and freedom, all users have the right to access, rectify or challenge any personal data concerning them, by sending a written and signed request, together with a copy of signed proof of identity, specifying the address to which the reply is to be returned.
No personal information on users of the site www.guillaumeverdier.com is published without the user’s consent, or is exchanged, transferred, delivered or sold on any medium to third parties. Only in the case of a buyout of Guillaume Verdier and its rights could this information be disclosed to the buyer, who would in turn be bound by the same obligations in terms of the conservation and amendment of data with regard to users of the site www.guillaumeverdier.com.
The site is not registered with CNIL because it does not collect personal data.
The databases are protected by the provisions of the French law of 1st July 1998 implementing the directive 96/9 of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases.

8. Hypertext links and cookies.

The website www.guillaumeverdier.com contains a certain number of hypertext links to external sites, used with the authorisation of Guillaume Verdier. However, Guillaume Verdier is unable to verify the content of the sites visited, and therefore cannot accept any responsibility for such content.
Browsing the site www.guillaumeverdier.com may cause cookie(s) to be installed in the user’s computer. A cookie is a small file which cannot be used to identify the user but which records information concerning browsing by a computer on a site. The data obtained is intended to facilitate subsequent visits to the site, as well as to enable various frequency measurements.
Refusal to install a cookie can result in the user not being able to access certain services. Users can however configure their computer as follows, to prevent the installation of cookies:
With Internet Explorer: Tools/Internet options. Select the Privacy tab and choose Block all cookies. Click on OK.
With Netscape: Edit/Preferences. Click on Advanced and choose Disable cookies. Click on OK.

9. Applicable law and jurisdiction.

Any dispute relating to the use of the website www.guillaumeverdier.com is governed by French law. Exclusive jurisdiction is attributed to the competent courts of Paris.

10. Main laws concerned.

French law n° 78-87 of 6 January 1978, amended by French law n° 2004-801 of 6 August 2004 on information technology, computer files and freedom.
French law n° 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on trust in the digital economy.

11. Glossary.

User: Internet user connecting to and/or using the above-mentioned website.
Personal information: “information that enables, in whatever form, directly or indirectly, the identification of the physical person to which it applies” (article 4 of French law n° 78-17 of 6 January 1978).