1. Site presentation

In accordance with article 6 of French law no. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 on confidence in the digital economy, users of the www.globalyouthclimatepact.eu website are informed of the identity of the various parties involved in its creation and follow-up:

  • Owner: Espace Mendès France – Maison des sciences et des techniques Poitou-Charentes – Association Loi 1901 (SIRET : 32858198800016) – 1 pl. de la Cathédrale, CS 80964 86038 Poitiers cedex – France
  • Publication manager: Mario Cottron, president – contact@emf.ccsti.eu – 05 49 50 33 00
    The person responsible for publication is a natural person or a legal entity.
  • Webmaster: Thierry Pasquier – thierry.pasquier@emf.ccsti.eu – 05 49 50 33 00
  • Host: OVH – 2 rue Kellermann – 59100 Roubaix – France

2. General conditions of use of the site and the services offered

Use of the www.globalyouthclimatepact.eu website implies full acceptance of the general conditions of use described below. These conditions of use may be amended or supplemented at any time, so users of the www.globalyouthclimatepact.eu website are advised to consult them regularly.

This site is normally accessible to users at any time. Espace Mendès France may decide to interrupt the site for technical maintenance, in which case it will endeavour to inform users of the dates and times of the intervention in advance.

The www.globalyouthclimate pact.eu website is regularly updated under the responsibility of Mario Cottron, president of the association. In the same way, the legal notices can 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 www.globalyouthclimatepact.eu website is to provide information about the activities of the Global Youth Climate Pact.

Espace Mendès France – Maison des sciences et des techniques Poitou-Charentes strives to provide the most accurate information possible on the www.globalyouthclimatepact.eu website. However, it cannot be held responsible for omissions, inaccuracies and shortcomings in the updating, whether they are of its own making or of the making of third-party partners who provide it with this information.

All information on the www.globalyouthclimatepact.eu website is provided for information only, and is subject to change. Furthermore, the information provided on the www.globalyouthclimatepact.eu website is not exhaustive. They are given subject to changes that have been made since they were put online.

4. Contractual limitations on technical data

The site uses JavaScript technology.

The website cannot be held responsible for any material damage related to the use of the site. In addition, the user of the site undertakes to access the site using recent, virus-free equipment and with a last-generation, up-to-date browser.

5. Intellectual property and counterfeiting

Espace Mendès France – Maison des sciences et des techniques Poitou-Charentes is the owner of the intellectual property rights or holds the rights of use on the elements accessible on the site, notably the texts, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds and software.

The information is published under Creative Commons Attribution – Noncommercial – No Derivative Works (3.0 and subsequent versions) France (CC BY-NC-3.0 FR) licenses.

Any unauthorized exploitation of the site or of any of the elements it contains will be considered as constituting an infringement and will be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of articles L.335-2 and following of the Intellectual Property Code.

6. Limitations of liability

Espace Mendès France – Maison des sciences et des techniques Poitou-Charentes cannot be held responsible for any direct or indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment when accessing www.globalyouthclimatepact.eu, and resulting either from the use of equipment that does not meet the specifications indicated in point 4, or from the appearance of a bug or incompatibility.

Espace Mendès France – Maison des sciences et des techniques Poitou-Charentes cannot be held responsible for indirect damage (such as loss of business or loss of opportunity) resulting from use of the www.globalyouthclimatepact.eu website.

Interactive areas (information request forms) are available to users. Espace Mendès France – Maison des sciences et des techniques Poitou-Charentes reserves the right to delete, without prior notice, any content posted in this area that contravenes the legislation applicable in France, in particular provisions relating to data protection. If necessary, Espace Mendès France – Maison des sciences et des techniques Poitou-Charentes also reserves the right to hold the user civilly and/or criminally liable, particularly in the event of messages of a racist, insulting, defamatory or pornographic nature, whatever the medium used (text, photographs, etc.).

7. Personal data management

In France, personal data are protected by the law n° 78-87 of January 6, 1978, the law n° 2004-801 of August 6, 2004, the article L. 226-13 of the Penal Code and the European Directive of October 24, 1995.

When using the www.globalyouthclimatepact.eu site, the following information may be collected: the URL of the links through which the user accessed the www.globalyouthclimatepact.eu site , the user’s access provider, the user’s Internet protocol (IP) address.

In any case, Espace Mendès France – Maison des sciences et des techniques Poitou-Charentes only collects personal information relating to the user for the purpose of certain services offered by the www.globalyouthclimatepact.eu website. The user provides this information with full knowledge of the facts, particularly when he/she enters it by himself/herself. Users of the www.globalyouthclimatepact.eu website are informed whether or not they are required to provide this information.

In accordance with the provisions of Articles 38 et seq. of the French Data Protection Act 78-17 of January 6, 1978, all users have the right to access, rectify and object to any personal data concerning them, by sending a written and signed request, accompanied by a copy of the identity document bearing the signature of the holder of the document, and specifying the address to which the reply is to be sent.

No personal information about the user of the www.globalyouthclimatepact.eu site is published without the user’s knowledge, exchanged, transferred, ceded or sold on any medium whatsoever to third parties. Only in the event of the purchase of Espace Mendès France – Maison des sciences et des techniques Poitou-Charentes and its rights would the said information be transmitted to a future purchaser, who would in turn be bound by the same obligation to conserve and modify data with respect to the user of the site. www.globalyouthclimatepact.eu.

The above-mentioned site is registered with the CNIL under number 815940.

The databases are protected by the provisions of the law of July 1, 1998 transposing the directive 96/9 of March 11, 1996 on the legal protection of databases.

8. Hypertext links and cookies

The www.globalyouthclimate pact.eu website contains a number of hyperlinks to other sites, set up with the authorization of Espace Mendès France – Maison des sciences et des techniques Poitou-Charentes. However, Espace Mendès France – Maison des sciences et des techniques Poitou-Charentes is not in a position to check the content of sites visited in this way, and consequently accepts no responsibility in this respect.

Browsing the www.globalyouthclimatepact.eu website may result in the installation of cookie(s) on the user’s computer. A cookie is a small file, which does not allow the identification of the user, but which records information relating to the navigation of a computer on a site. The data thus obtained is intended to facilitate subsequent navigation on the site, and is also intended to allow various measures of frequentation.

Refusal to install a cookie may make it impossible to access certain services. However, the user can configure his computer in the following way, to refuse the installation of cookies:

  • Internet Explorer: Tools tab (cog-shaped icon at top right) / Internet options. Click on Privacy and choose Block all cookies. Validate on Ok.
  • Firefox: at the top of the browser window, click on the Firefox button, then go to the Options tab. Click on the Privacy tab.
    Set Retention rules to: use custom settings for history. Finally, uncheck it to disable cookies.
  • In Safari: Click on the menu icon (symbolized by a cog) at the top right of the browser. 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 (symbolized by three horizontal lines) at the top right of the browser. Select Settings. Click on Show Advanced Settings. In the “Privacy” section, click on preferences. In the “Privacy” tab, you can block cookies.

No authorization is required to place a hyperlink to our site, on the home page or an internal page. As far as possible, we try to maintain stable page addresses.

The presence of hypertext links to other websites does not commit the Maison des sciences et des techniques to the content of these sites.

9. Applicable law and jurisdiction

Any dispute relating to the use of the www.globalyouthclimatepact.eu website is subject to French law. Exclusive jurisdiction is granted to the competent courts of Poitiers.

10. The main laws concerned

Act no. 78-87 of January 6, 1978, as amended by Act no. 2004-801 of August 6, 2004 on data processing, data files and individual liberties.

Law no. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 on confidence in the digital economy.

11. Lexicon

User: Internet user connecting to and using the above-mentioned site.

Personal information: “information which enables, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, the identification of the natural persons to whom it applies” (article 4 of law no. 78-17 of January 6, 1978).

Credits

The legal notices have been adapted from a text generated and offered by Subdelirium from information provided by Espace Mendès France.

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