Legal Notice

PRIVACY POLICY & SITE PRESENTATION

Website Presentation

In accordance with Article 6 of French Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 for Confidence in the Digital Economy, users of the website www.lalternative.paris are informed of the identity of the various parties involved in its creation and management:

Owner: L'Alternative – SASU – SIRET: 81294969100032 – 100 rue de la Folie-Méricourt, 75011 Paris, France

Editorial Director: Marc Pottier

Hosting Provider: Netlify – 512 2nd Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA

Website: Conception, Development & UI Design: Benoit Jollivet

General Terms and Conditions of Use

Use of the website www.lalternative.paris implies full and complete acceptance of the general terms and conditions of use described below. These terms of use may be modified or supplemented at any time; users of www.lalternative.paris are therefore invited to consult them regularly.

This site is normally accessible to users at all times. An interruption for technical maintenance may, however, be decided by L'Alternative SAS, which will endeavor to communicate the dates and times of the intervention to users in advance. The website www.lalternative.paris is updated regularly. In the same manner, legal notices may be modified at any time: they are nonetheless binding on the user, who is encouraged to refer to them as often as possible.

Description of Services Provided

The website www.lalternative.paris aims to provide information concerning all activities of the company. L'Alternative strives to provide information on www.lalternative.paris that is as accurate as possible. However, it cannot be held responsible for omissions, inaccuracies, or deficiencies in updates, whether caused by itself or by third-party partners providing this information.

Technical Limitations

The website uses JavaScript technology. The website cannot be held liable for material damage related to the use of the site. In addition, the user agrees to access the site using recent equipment, free of viruses, and with an up-to-date, modern browser.

Intellectual Property and Counterfeiting

L'Alternative owns the intellectual property rights or holds user rights to all elements accessible on the website, including texts, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds, and software.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, or adaptation of all or part of the elements of the website, regardless of the means or process used, is prohibited without prior written authorization from L'Alternative.

Any unauthorized use of the website or of any of the elements it contains will be considered as constituting an infringement and pursued in accordance with the provisions of Articles L.335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code.

Limitation of Liability

L'Alternative cannot be held liable for direct or indirect damage caused to the user's equipment when accessing www.lalternative.paris, resulting either from the use of equipment not meeting the specified requirements or from the appearance of a bug or incompatibility.

L'Alternative cannot also be held liable for indirect damages (such as loss of business or loss of opportunity) resulting from the use of www.lalternative.paris. Interactive spaces (such as the contact form) are available to users. L'Alternative reserves the right to delete, without prior notice, any content deposited in these spaces that contravenes applicable legislation in France, in particular data protection provisions. Where applicable, L'Alternative also reserves the right to hold the user civilly and/or criminally liable, particularly in the event of messages of a racist, injurious, defamatory, or unlawful nature, regardless of the medium used.

Personal Data Management & Privacy

In France and the European Union, personal data is protected by French Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978, French Law No. 2004-801 of August 6, 2004, European Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR), and Article L. 226-13 of the French Penal Code.

When using www.lalternative.paris, the following information may be collected: the URL of the links through which the user accessed the site, the user's internet service provider, and the user's Internet Protocol (IP) address.

In any event, L'Alternative only collects personal information concerning the user for the purpose of specific services offered by www.lalternative.paris (such as contact requests and newsletter subscription). Users provide this information knowingly, particularly when entering it themselves. Users are informed whether providing this information is mandatory or optional.

In accordance with GDPR provisions and the French Data Protection Act, every user has the right to access, rectify, delete, and object to personal data concerning them. To exercise this right, please send a written request to L'Alternative (100 rue de la Folie-Méricourt, 75011 Paris, France) or via our contact form.

No personal information of the user of www.lalternative.paris is published without the user's knowledge, exchanged, transferred, assigned, or sold on any medium to third parties. Only the assumption of the acquisition of L'Alternative and its rights would allow the transmission of said information to the eventual purchaser, who would in turn be bound by the same obligation of data preservation and modification.

Hypertext Links and Cookies

The website www.lalternative.paris contains hypertext links to other websites, set up with the authorization of L'Alternative. However, L'Alternative has no ability to verify the content of the sites thus visited, and consequently assumes no responsibility for this.

Browsing www.lalternative.paris may cause cookie(s) to be installed on the user's device. A cookie is a small file that does not identify the user, but records information relating to the navigation of a device on a site. The data thus obtained is intended to facilitate subsequent navigation on the site and also enables various traffic measurements.

Refusing cookie installation may result in the inability to access certain services. You can manage or modify your cookie preferences at any time using our cookie consent banner or via your browser settings.

Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

Any dispute relating to the use of www.lalternative.paris is subject to French law. Exclusive jurisdiction is attributed to the competent courts of Paris, France.

Primary governing legislation:
- French Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978, as amended (Information Technology and Freedoms).
- French Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 for Confidence in the Digital Economy.
- European Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR).