LEGAL NOTICE AND GENERAL TERMS OF USE OF THE GUINOT WEBSITE

PREREQUISITES

GUINOT welcomes you to its website https://www.guinot.com.
The user confirms having read, understood, and accepted in full the legal notice and general terms of use (hereinafter "General Terms of Use" or "GTU") before using the site and agrees to comply with them. In the case of minor users, their parents or legal guardians are deemed to have accepted these general terms of use on their behalf.

1. IDENTIFICATION

This website, accessible from the address https://www.guinot.com (hereinafter the "Site"), is published by the company GUINOT SAS, a simplified joint-stock company with a capital of 10,200,000 euros (€), whose registered office is located at 120, avenue Charles de Gaulle, 92200 NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, registered with the Nanterre Trade and Companies Register under number 632 041 877 (hereinafter "GUINOT").
The Director of Publication of the Site is Mr. Jean-Daniel Mondin, in his capacity as PRESIDENT.
The Site was designed and created by the company GUINOT. The website is the exclusive property of GUINOT.
The hosting of the Site is provided by the company: OVH SAS, a company whose registered office is located at 2, rue Kellermann - 59100 Roubaix - France, registered with the Lille Métropole Trade and Companies Register under number 424 761 419.

2. GENERAL INFORMATION - PRESENTATION AND CONTENT OF THE SITE

Access to the Site, its use, and its content are subject to these General Terms of Use. Any access and further navigation on the Site implies the express and unconditional acceptance of all these GTU by the person visiting and/or using the Site (hereinafter the "User").
The currently online version of these General Terms of Use is the only one applicable for the entire duration of use of the Site and until a new version replaces it. The General Terms of Use may be amended at any time and without notice by GUINOT. The General Terms of Use are deemed accepted without reservation when you connect to the Site.
The information, content, and features on the Site are provided for information purposes only and may be revised at any time and without notice. GUINOT is entitled, without prior notice to the User, to make any modifications it deems necessary.
GUINOT does not guarantee in any way that the content, data, and information accessible on the Site are accurate, precise, complete, or up-to-date. GUINOT also reserves the right, without prior notice to the User, to modify or improve, suspend or delete existing features, or add new features.
Access to the Site and its use are reserved for strictly personal use. The User undertakes not to use the Site and the information or data contained therein for commercial, political, advertising purposes, or for any form of commercial solicitation.
Users are not authorized to create a hyperlink to the Site and/or any page of the Site and/or a file therein without the prior written consent of GUINOT. In this case, GUINOT cannot be held responsible for the content of third-party websites with such a hyperlink. GUINOT reserves the right to request the removal of a link that it deems not in conformity with the purpose of its site.

3. CREATION OF A PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNT

By creating an account in our space reserved for professionals, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal data for purposes related to your request. The information collected is subject to computer processing intended to facilitate the connection between you and GUINOT.

4. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

GUINOT is the sole holder of all intellectual property rights related to the Site (such as all its content, models, and features, its general structure, software, texts, images, animated or fixed images, sounds, video sequences, know-how, creations, designs, illustrations, logos, graphic elements, trademarks, and other distinctive signs, presentations, articles, downloadable files, etc., and more generally, all elements reproduced or used on the Site) and to any document or element generated by the use of the Site or for which GUINOT has validly acquired the rights for such exploitation.
The User has an individual and private, non-exclusive and non-transferable right of use. The representation, reproduction, or exploitation in any way of all or part of the Site and/or its elements or contents, by any process and in any form whatsoever, as well as any use of the Site for purposes other than strictly individual and private consultation, without the express and prior authorization of GUINOT, is prohibited and constitutes an infringement sanctioned by the Intellectual Property Code and/or a fault liable to engage the civil and criminal liability of its author. The General Terms of Use do not entail any assignment or license of any intellectual property right to the User other than the right to use the Site in accordance with all the provisions of the General Terms of Use.
GUINOT's failure to take action upon becoming aware of unauthorized uses does not constitute acceptance of such uses and waiver of claims.

5. HYPERTEXT LINKS

It is possible to create a link to the presentation page of this Site without GUINOT's express authorization, provided that this Site is displayed in a new browser window and:
• Mention the source that will be pointed to directly by a hyperlink to the targeted content.
• Use the information for personal, associative, or professional purposes only. Any commercial or advertising use is excluded, unless GUINOT's prior written consent is obtained.
• The website linking to the content of this Site must not disseminate information that is polemical, pornographic, xenophobic, or could, to a greater extent, harm the integrity of GUINOT.
Thus, GUINOT reserves the right to request the removal of a link that it deems not in conformity with the purpose of its Site. GUINOT cannot be held responsible for the arrangement or content appearing on or obtained through these sites.

6. ACCESS TO THE SITE

To access the Site, the User must have internet access. GUINOT undertakes to implement all reasonable means at its disposal to ensure that the Site is accessible to Users at all times, except during maintenance periods or for any other reason beyond GUINOT's control. GUINOT does not guarantee uninterrupted access to the Site. Access to the Site may be slowed down or temporarily interrupted. GUINOT may at any time suspend, interrupt, or limit access to all or part of the Site, reserve access to the Site, or certain parts of the Site, to a specific category of Internet users, for technical reasons, failure, or disruption of telecommunication systems beyond GUINOT's control, or for service needs, including but not limited to ensuring the maintenance of GUINOT's servers, maintenance, and updating of the Site, etc., or when GUINOT identifies a security flaw likely to seriously compromise the security of data and/or GUINOT's server. GUINOT cannot be held liable for this.
GUINOT's liability cannot be engaged in the event of failure, breakdown, difficulty, slowdown, or interruption of operation preventing access to the Site or any of its features, and it does not guarantee uninterrupted access to the Site.

7. PERSONAL DATA

The data and information transmitted by the User to GUINOT, in particular by browsing the Site or in any form, include personal data, the collection and processing of which by GUINOT are presented in the personal data processing policy accessible on the Site (hereinafter the "Policy"). By accessing and continuing to navigate on the Site, the User declares to have read the Policy.
This can be consulted by clicking on the following link: Personal Data Protection
In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation, the User has, subject to compliance with the legal obligations imposed on GUINOT in the context of its activity, a right of access, limitation, erasure, modification, and rectification of information concerning him/her; he/she also has a right to object to the processing of his/her personal data. To exercise these rights, the User must send his/her request to the following address: dpo@guinot.com or the address of the registered office indicated above.

8. TRACKING FILES (COOKIES)

When a User visits the Site, a "Cookie Management" banner informs him/her of the presence of cookies and invites him/her to accept or refuse them, cookie by cookie. A cookie is a small text file deposited on the User's terminal (in particular computer, smartphone, or tablet) during the visit to a website. It allows, in particular, the identification of the browser during your visit and thus the retention of certain information. To find out more about the use of these cookies, we invite you to consult our Policy.

9. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

The Site may contain links, whether promotional or not, to third-party websites and links to social networks that do not belong to or are not controlled by GUINOT. These links are provided solely for the convenience of the User of this Site. They are activated under the sole responsibility of the User. GUINOT cannot be held liable for any material, immaterial, or moral damage, direct or indirect, for any cause whatsoever resulting from the activation of hypertext links available on the Site.
The existence of a link to or from the Site does not constitute an endorsement by GUINOT of the third-party website or its content. GUINOT assumes no responsibility for the content, offering, or any other element available, privacy policy, or practices of third-party websites and cannot be held responsible for any problems encountered on any other sites to which links are established, or any other information published on these sites, as well as the consequences of their use. By using the Site, the User agrees that GUINOT's liability cannot be engaged due to his/her use of third-party websites and third-party social networks. By clicking on a link to a third-party website, the User understands that he/she is leaving the Site governed by these General Terms of Use and agrees that GUINOT does not control these third-party websites. In particular, GUINOT cannot guarantee that a third-party website adheres to the same security and privacy practices as GUINOT's. GUINOT cannot therefore be held responsible for the use that may be made of Users' personal data by these sites. GUINOT recommends checking the privacy policies of all service providers that Users use.
Furthermore, the Site may highlight certain third-party products and/or services by inserting advertising banners or any other advertising or promotional element and may also carry out cross-marketing operations with any partner of its choice. GUINOT is not responsible for third-party products or services thus highlighted. The establishment of such links or the reference to any information, articles, or services provided by a third party cannot and should not be interpreted as an express or tacit endorsement, by GUINOT, of these sites and elements or their contents.

10. LIABILITY LIMITATION - USER OBLIGATIONS

GUINOT cannot under any circumstances be held liable to anyone for any direct or indirect damage caused to the User, third parties, and/or the User's equipment, including but not limited to, viruses, computer defects or malfunctions, fraudulent third-party intrusion, loss of customers or profits, revenues, opportunities, data loss, errors, omissions, losses, or delays, whether the damage occurs on the occasion, in connection with, or as a result of the use of the Site or any content or other element accessible or downloaded from the Site. GUINOT does not guarantee, in any way, that the Site is free from any malicious code, including but not limited to computer viruses. GUINOT's liability cannot be engaged in case of damage or data deletion caused by malicious computer codes.

The User is solely responsible for the use he/she makes of the Site, all its features, and all the data and information he/she communicates or transmits on the Site and any other action he/she takes on the Site, particularly when filling out any online form.

The User guarantees GUINOT that his/her activity carried out on and via the Site will not be contrary to any law or regulation in force, GUINOT cannot be held responsible for any activity of the User on or via the Site and/or any direct or indirect damage resulting from the User's use of the Site and all its data.

The User indemnifies GUINOT against any claim or action by third parties in this regard.

The User acknowledges and accepts that GUINOT has no obligation to monitor or control the data and information transmitted by him/her on the Site.

The User undertakes not to denigrate the Site and/or GUINOT's services directly or indirectly on social networks and any other means of communication. It is the responsibility of each User to take all measures to ensure the protection of data and software stored on his/her computer, in particular against contamination by viruses or spyware that may be introduced by third parties via the internet.

The User acknowledges that data circulating on the Internet is not protected, notably against possible diversions. The communication of any information deemed sensitive or confidential by the User is at his/her own risk.

The User declares to accept the characteristics and limits of the Internet, and notably acknowledges that GUINOT assumes no responsibility for services accessible via the Internet and exercises no control of any kind over the nature and characteristics of the data that may transit through its server center.

The User undertakes to use the Site's services as well as all the information to which he/she may have access only for purposes consistent with public order, morality, and the rights of third parties.

The User acknowledges in particular that data circulating on the Internet may be subject to regulations or protected by property rights.

The User is solely responsible for the use of the data he/she consults, queries, and transfers over the Internet.

The User undertakes not to commit any act that could compromise the Site's or other users' computer security.

The User undertakes not to interfere with or interrupt the normal operation of the Site. Any content downloaded is at the user's own risk and under his/her sole responsibility. Consequently, GUINOT cannot be held responsible for any damage suffered by the User's computer or any loss of data resulting from the download. Access to the Site may require the use of personal access codes. These authentication means are personal and confidential. You must keep them secret and you can of course change them at any time. GUINOT reserves the right to take legal action against any User who violates the terms and conditions to obtain compensation for the damage suffered by GUINOT.

Any warranty of quality or fitness for a particular purpose is expressly excluded.

The User is fully aware of the provisions of this article and in particular of the aforementioned limitations of liability, which are essential conditions of these general terms and conditions of use.

11. APPLICABLE LAW - DISPUTES

The law applicable to the General Terms and Conditions of Use is French law. They are written in French. In the event that they are translated into one or more languages, only the French text shall prevail in the event of a dispute. Any claim or dispute arising from the validity, interpretation, or execution of the General Terms and Conditions of Use shall be submitted to the competent courts of the Paris Court of Appeal, under the conditions of common law.

Litigation
These terms are governed by French law.
Any disputes or claims arising out of or relating to these terms and conditions that have not been resolved amicably shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts. The reference language, for the settlement of any disputes, is French.

Consumer Mediation
The consumer is informed of the possibility of resorting to consumer mediation for any disputes arising concerning the sale of our products.
As a consumer, you have the right to recourse to CMAP in accordance with articles L612-1 and following of the Consumer Code, at the following email address: consommation@cmap.fr or by post:
CMAP, Consumer Mediation Service
39 avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt
75008 Paris
Any consumer referring the matter to CMAP must be able to prove, beforehand, that he/she has attempted to resolve the dispute directly with our company GUINOT.

Consumer Complaints
As a consumer, you have the right, in accordance with Regulation 2023/988 on general product safety, to contact GUINOT directly either by:

GUINOT SAS
Consumer Complaints
CS 80069
120 avenue Charles de Gaulle
92522 Neuilly sur Seine cedex

Email address: contact@guinot.com
Subject of your email: Consumer Complaints

Tel: 01 58 58 41 00

12. MODIFICATIONS

These terms may be modified at any time by GUINOT, in order in particular to comply with all French and European legislative and regulatory developments.