Legal Notice
1. Website Presentation.
Pursuant to Article 6 of Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 on confidence in the digital economy, the following information is provided to users of the website www.forgex.fr regarding the identity of the various parties involved in its creation and management:
Owner: FORGEX FRANCE
Siret: 527 615 397 000 17 – NAF Code: 2550A
Registered office address: 1 Rue André Compain, 08800 MONTHERME, France – Ardennes
Publication manager: Mr. Jean-Pascal Vial – jean-pascal.vial@forgex.fr
Data Protection Officer (DPO): Mr. Jean-Pascal Vial – jean-pascal.vial@forgex.fr
Design and Development: Agence de Communication Graphik Impact – Website: www.graphik-impact.com – E-mail: contact@graphik-impact.com
Hosting provider: OVH – 2 Rue Kellermann, BP 99985, 59100 ROUBAIX FRANCE
2. General Terms and Conditions of Use of the Website and Services Offered.
Use of the website www.forgex.fr implies full and complete acceptance of the general terms and conditions of use described hereinafter. These terms of use may be modified or supplemented at any time; users of the website www.forgex.fr are therefore invited to consult them on a regular basis.
This website is normally accessible to users at all times. An interruption for technical maintenance may however be decided by FORGEX, which will then endeavor to communicate the dates and times of the intervention to users in advance.
The website www.forgex.fr is regularly updated by FORGEX. Likewise, the legal notices may be modified at any time: they are nevertheless binding on the user, who is invited to refer to them as often as possible in order to take note of them.
3. Description of Services Provided.
The purpose of the website www.forgex.fr is to provide information regarding all the activities of FORGEX.
FORGEX strives to provide information on the website www.forgex.fr 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 who provide it with this information.
All information provided on the website www.forgex.fr is given for informational purposes only and is subject to change. Furthermore, the information on the website www.forgex.fr is not exhaustive. It is provided subject to any modifications that may have been made since it was posted online.
4. Contractual Limitations on Technical Data.
The website uses JavaScript technology.
The website cannot be held responsible for material damage related to the use of the site. Furthermore, the user of the site agrees to access the site using up-to-date equipment, free of viruses, and with a latest-generation, updated browser.
5. Intellectual Property and Counterfeiting.
FORGEX owns the intellectual property rights or holds the rights of use for all elements accessible on the website, including but not limited to texts, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds, and software.
Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, or adaptation of all or part of the elements of the site, by any means or process whatsoever, is prohibited without the prior written authorization of FORGEX.
Any unauthorized use of the site or any of its elements shall be considered as constituting counterfeiting and shall be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of Articles L.335-2 and following of the French Intellectual Property Code.
6. Limitations of Liability.
FORGEX shall not be held liable for direct or indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment when accessing the website www.forgex.fr, resulting either from the use of equipment that does not meet the specifications indicated in section 4, or from the occurrence of a bug or incompatibility.
FORGEX shall also not be held liable for indirect damage (such as, for example, loss of business or loss of opportunity) arising from the use of the website www.forgex.fr.
Interactive spaces (including the ability to ask questions in the contact section) are available to users. FORGEX reserves the right to remove, without prior notice, any content posted in this space that would contravene the legislation applicable in France, in particular provisions relating to data protection. Where applicable, FORGEX also reserves the right to hold the user civilly and/or criminally liable, particularly in the case of messages of a racist, abusive, defamatory, or pornographic nature, regardless of the medium used (text, photograph, etc.).
7. Management of Personal Data.
In France, personal data is protected in particular by Law No. 78-87 of January 6, 1978, Law No. 2004-801 of August 6, 2004, Article L. 226-13 of the French Criminal Code, and the European Directive of October 24, 1995.
When using the website www.forgex.fr, the following information may be collected: the URL of the links through which the user accessed the website www.forgex.fr, the user’s Internet service provider, and the user’s Internet Protocol (IP) address.
In any event, FORGEX only collects personal information relating to the user for the purposes of certain services offered by the website www.forgex.fr. The user provides this information with full knowledge of the facts, particularly when entering it themselves. The user of the website www.forgex.fr is then informed whether or not the provision of this information is mandatory.
In accordance with the provisions of Articles 38 and following of Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 relating to data processing, files, and civil liberties, every user has the right of access, rectification, and opposition to personal data concerning them, by submitting a written and signed request, accompanied by a copy of an identity document bearing the holder’s signature, specifying the address to which the response should be sent.
No personal information of the user of the website www.forgex.fr is published without the user’s knowledge, exchanged, transferred, assigned, or sold on any medium whatsoever to third parties. Only in the event of the acquisition of FORGEX and its rights would the transfer of said information to the potential purchaser be permitted, who would in turn be bound by the same obligation to preserve and modify the data with respect to the user of the website www.forgex.fr.
Databases are protected by the provisions of the Law of July 1, 1998 transposing Directive 96/9 of March 11, 1996 on the legal protection of databases.
Learn more about our privacy policy on the page https://www.forgex.fr/politique-de-confidentialite
8. Hyperlinks and Cookies.
The website www.forgex.fr contains a number of hyperlinks to other websites, set up with the authorization of FORGEX. However, FORGEX does not have the ability to verify the content of the websites thus visited and shall therefore assume no responsibility in this regard.
Browsing the website www.forgex.fr may result in the installation of cookie(s) on the user’s computer. A cookie is a small file that does not allow the identification of the user but records information relating to a computer’s browsing on a website. The data thus obtained is intended to facilitate subsequent browsing on the site and is also intended to enable various traffic measurements.
Refusing to install a cookie may result in the inability to access certain services. However, the user may configure their computer as follows to refuse the installation of cookies:
- In Internet Explorer: tools tab (gear icon at the top right) / Internet options. Click on Privacy and choose Block all cookies. Confirm by clicking OK.
- In Firefox: at the top of the browser window, click the Firefox button, then go to the Options tab. Click on the Privacy tab. Set the Retention Rules to: use custom settings for history. Then uncheck it to disable cookies.
- In Safari: Click on the menu icon at the top right of the browser (represented by a gear). Select Settings. Click on Show advanced settings. In the “Privacy” section, click on Content settings. In the “Cookies” section, you can block cookies.
- In Chrome: Click on the menu icon at the top right of the browser (represented by three horizontal lines). Select Settings. Click on Show advanced settings. In the “Privacy” section, click on Preferences. In the “Privacy” tab, you can block cookies.
9. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction.
Any dispute relating to the use of the website www.forgex.fr is subject to French law. Exclusive jurisdiction is granted to the competent courts of Paris.
10. Main Applicable Laws.
Law No. 78-87 of January 6, 1978, as notably amended by Law No. 2004-801 of August 6, 2004 relating to data processing, files, and civil liberties.
Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 on confidence in the digital economy.
11. Glossary.
User: Any Internet user connecting to and using the aforementioned website.
Personal information: “information which, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, enables the identification of the natural persons to whom it applies” (Article 4 of Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978).