I-LEGAL INFORMATION AND CONTACTS

The Somfy Foundation, located at 50 avenue du Nouveau Monde, 74300 Cluses, France, registered with the Préfecture de Haute-Savoie, declares that it is the owner of this Internet site. The Somfy Foundation is part of the Somfy Group.

The Managing Editor of this Internet site is Mr Vincent Defrasne.
If you have any comments to make about this site, please contact the Managing Editor at the address fondation@somfy.com

This site is hosted by the company Claranet France, 24, rue du Chêne Germain, 35510 Cesson Sévigné, France.

 

 

II. PURPOSE AND RESPONSIBILITY

This site is intended and exclusively reserved for natural persons or legal entities seeking to obtain information of a general nature concerning the Somfy Foundation or more specifically its activities and projects.

By using this present site, the Internet user confirms that they are aware of, have accepted and abide by the present legal notices and conditions of use.

The Somfy Foundation employs every care and implements all necessary resources in order to be able to distribute information of quality via its Internet site "www.fondation-somfy.com".
The Somfy Foundation cannot, however, absolutely guarantee the accuracy or exhaustiveness of this information and its conformity to the legislation of each country. The Somfy Foundation is only subject in this regard to a best endeavors obligation.

Thus, in no case may the responsibility of the Somfy Foundation or of any of the entities of the Somfy Group be invoked for direct or indirect damages that may arise from access to the present site, or the use of the information it presents (e.g. errors, omissions, inaccessibility, loss of data, deterioration, destruction or viruses that may effect the user’s computer equipment).

In consequence, users acknowledge that they are using this information under their exclusive responsibility and are invited to carry out all appropriate verifications and in particular to protect themselves against any element that may risk destroying or damaging their equipment or the data it contains.

III. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONDITIONS OF USE

3.1 Protection of author’s rights

This internet site is the result of the collaboration between the Somfy Foundation, 50 avenue du Nouveau Monde, 74300 Cluses, France, and WIDE | Switzerland, Route des Acacias 45B / CH-1227 Les Acacias Genève, Suisse.

The presentation and content of the present site (architecture, graphics, photographs, illustrations, software, information, images, data, database and all its sound, visual, fixed or animated elements etc…) constitute a creation that is protected by the laws in force governing intellectual property, and of which the Somfy Foundation is the sole owner.

Furthermore, the brands and logos liable to be cited and published on this present site are:

- either the property of Somfy ACTIVITES SA and, in this regard, the use of any of these brands or logos is prohibited, unless expressly authorized by Somfy ACTIVITES SA. Certain of our brands are not used in all countries. We cannot be held responsible for the violation of the rights of third parties on the basis of the brands present on this site,

- or the property of partners. We do not claim or grant any right to these brands or logos owned by third parties. The absence of the reference of the name of their owner on this Internet site cannot be interpreted as an appropriation on the part of the Somfy Foundation.

3.2 Conditions of use

The information delivered on the Somfy Foundation Internet site may only be used for strictly personal purposes.

Any use made for commercial purposes or for any other purpose is purely and simply forbidden.

In addition, the elements appearing on the present site are protected by provisions relating to the protection of author’s rights. Thus, any modification, representation and reproduction in full or in part, for any use other than private use, is formally prohibited. This prohibition applies, regardless of the reproduction procedure, of the representation and/or modification, and regardless of duration.
Furthermore, any copy of this information that is made, that is compliant with the provisions set out above, must mention our author’s rights and our rights of ownership.

We reserve the right to update or to modify the information contained in the present site, including in these present legal notices, without notice.

 

 

IV. HYPERTEXT LINKS

4.1. Links that we make available to you

We may suggest hypertext links to other Internet sites, in particular those of partners. However, we do not represent or verify these sites, and we cannot be held responsible for their content or for their non-accessibility.

4.2. Links that you create

The creation of a link to another Internet site requires our prior written authorization, unless you fulfill the following cumulative conditions:

- you are a partner of the Somfy Foundation or a client of Somfy SAS,
- you are making use of this link in good faith, and there is no confusion regarding your relationship with us,
- you are creating a link solely to the home page of our site, making it clear that the site to which it leads belongs to us. In no circumstances shall you create a link to a sub-page or reproduce any part of our site,
- you declare the creation of a link in writing to our Managing Editor within five working days of its creation, by sending an email to the address fondation@somfy.com.

We reserve the right to require that a link is deleted immediately, if we consider that it compromises our interests.

V. APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION

In the case of a dispute arising from access to, or use of, this Internet site, French legislation shall apply, and the Courts of Annecy (74000, France) shall alone have jurisdiction, unless there is some imperative legal provision to the contrary.