Aricord General Conditions of Use :
1.Purpose
The website www.aricord.com (hereinafter the “Website”), published by the company Aricord (hereinafter “Aricord”), is Aricord’s corporate website, presenting in particular its solutions and services.
Access, consultation, browsing and/or use of the Website imply full acceptance of this document (hereinafter “General Conditions of Use”), which defines the terms of use of the Website by any person accessing, consulting, browsing or using all or part of the Website (hereinafter the “User”).
Therefore, before any use of the Website, the User is invited to read these General Conditions of Use. If the User refuses all or part of any of the provisions of these General Conditions of Use, he/she is requested not to use the Website or the services offered therein.
These General Conditions of Use are accessible at any time on the Website. The English version of these General Conditions of Use shall prevail over any other version or contradictory document.
Should you have any questions, you may directly contact Aricord by sending an email to [email protected]
2.Intellectual Property Rights
The Website and all its elements made available to Users, in particular trademarks, logos, photographs, programs, source codes, data, databases, animated or non-animated images, sounds, drawings, graphics, videos or texts, downloadable resources from the Website, layout, appearance, structure, as well as any other element not related to links towards third-party websites, are the property of Aricord or are subject to a license granted in its favor by the relevant rights holders.
All these elements are subject to the provisions of French and international regulations applicable to intellectual property and, consequently, are protected against any use not authorized by law or these General Conditions of Use. Failure to comply may result in legal proceedings for infringement and/or unfair competition and/or parasitism on the part of the rights holders. This is without prejudice to Aricord’s other rights, in particular the right to obtain compensation for damages.
Aricord grants to each User a personal, non-exclusive and royalty-free license to use the Website for their own use and solely for the purposes authorized herein. Subject to these rights of use granted to the User by Aricord, the use of the Website does not imply any license or transfer of rights relating to the elements of the Website to the User. In particular, any copy, reproduction, representation, adaptation, modification, distribution of all or part of the Website, as well as all or part of its content, by any process whatsoever and on any medium whatsoever is illegal unless prior, express and written authorization of Aricord or the holder of intellectual property rights is obtained
3.Website and Services Access
Access to the Website is technically possible twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days per week, unless in case of force majeure, possible breakdowns or any maintenance operation necessary for the proper functioning of the Website.
The User acknowledges having the skills and means necessary to access and use the Website and the services offered therein. In this respect, the User must have a computer or any other device with an Internet connection, the settings of which enable the proper functioning of the Website and the services offered on it.
In general, the User declares that he or she is aware of the risks associated with browsing websites and using online services and accepts them. In particular, the User acknowledges that the information that passes through or is stored there may be intercepted or altered independently of the will of Aricord.
As such, it is strongly recommended that the User take all necessary precautions to protect himself/herself against the effects of hacking, in particular by adopting a secure and appropriate computer configuration of his/her computer, cell phone or any other device, for example by installing regularly updated virus detection software
3.Services Offered on the Website
4.1. Conditions of Access to the Website’s Services
To benefit from all the services offered on the Website, the User must:
- Be of legal age;
- Have the required capacity to benefit from the services;
- Use the Website and the services offered on it in accordance with these General Conditions of Use.
To access the Website’s services, the User must also fill in the mandatory fields of the form attached to the service request. The User guarantees the truthfulness and accuracy of the information provided in the Website’s forms. To learn more about the use of his/her personal information by Aricord, the User is invited to consult the Website’s Privacy Policy.
4.2. Access to Resources Available on the Website
The Website provides the User with various downloadable resources (analyst reports, blog posts, brochures, case studies, eBooks, videos, white papers) on various subjects (B2B, B2C, Omni-Channel, Partners). The purpose of these resources is to provide the User with information on marketplace momentum and best practices from Aricord experts and industry analysts. The intellectual property rights granted to the User concerning these resources are those specified in Article 2 of these General Conditions of Use.
4.3. Registration for Aricord’s Organized Events
Throughout the year, Aricord organizes and participates in several events. The User can register for these events via the Website.
5.General Obligations of the User
The User undertakes to use the Website and the services offered therein in a manner consistent with these General Conditions of Use and in particular not to use them for commercial purposes, prospecting, solicitation, or advertising.
The User also agrees not to:
- Behave in a manner likely to undermine the integrity, functioning, or security of the information system on which the Website and the services offered on it are based;
- Intrude or attempt to intrude into Aricord’s information systems;
- Attack or attempt to attack the authentication and other security measures of the Website;
- Collect, extract or use, in any way whatsoever, information on the Website;
- More generally, act in a manner likely to infringe the rights and interests of Aricord.
In the event of any breach or fraudulent use of the Website observed by Aricord, the latter reserves the right to terminate this contractual relationship, ipso jure, without notice or compensation, as well as to block the User’s account and prevent any future access by the User to all or part of the Website and the services offered therein.
6.Disclaimer of Liability
The Website and the services offered therein are provided to the User free of charge. Despite the care taken in its design and the analysis of its content, the Website cannot be free of errors, periods of unavailability, faults or defects, and Aricord does not guarantee the accuracy, quality, legality, or suitability for a particular purpose of the Website, the services offered, and the content published therein.
The User is solely liable for the use he/she makes of the Website and for preserving the security and integrity of his/her data, hardware, and software when accessing the Website or services.
Thus, Aricord cannot be held liable for:
- Any dysfunction or poor condition of the User’s IT equipment during or after browsing the Website, as well as in the event of the impossibility of access, or poor User experience attributable to these devices, the Internet service provider, Internet network congestion, or any other reason beyond Aricord’s control;
- Electronic or phone communication expenses induced by the use of the User’s equipment, which shall be exclusively borne by the User;
- Any temporary, partial, or total unavailability of the Website, in particular due to maintenance, technical incidents, or events beyond Aricord’s control;
- Any consequences that may arise from the contents of third-party websites referred to by external links displayed on the Website;
- Any indirect damage that may be suffered by the User;
- Any damage suffered by the User or a third party resulting from the use of the Website or the services offered on it that does not comply with these General Conditions of Use.