Legal Notice

1. Presentation of the website.

Pursuant to Article 6 of the French law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy, users of the https://www.cttc.fr/ website are hereby informed of the identity of the various parties involved in its implementation and monitoring:

Owner: Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques – Parc d’ESTER – 7 Rue Soyouz – 87068 LIMOGES CEDEX
Web design: Proximit Agency
Editor: M Etchegoyen – contact@cttc.fr
The editor is a natural or legal person.
Webmaster: Proximit Agency – 33+ (0)5 87 02 01 18
Host: OVH  – 2 rue Kellermann – 59100 Roubaix – France
Credits: the legal notices were generated and offered by Subdelirium Legal notices

2. General conditions of use of this website and the services offered.

The use of the https://www.cttc.fr/ website implies full and complete acceptance of the general terms and conditions of use described below. These terms of use may be modified or completed at any time, so users of the https://www.cttc.fr/ website are invited to consult them regularly.

This site is normally accessible to users at any time. However, an interruption for technical maintenance reasons may be decided by the Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques, which will then endeavour to inform users in advance of the dates and times of the intervention.

The https://www.cttc.fr/ website is updated regularly. Similarly, 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 be kept informed.

3. Description of the services provided.

The purpose of the https://www.cttc.fr/ website is to provide information about the organisation’s activities.

The Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques strives to provide as accurate information as possible on its https://www.cttc.fr/ website. However, it cannot be held responsible for omissions, inaccuracies and deficiencies in their update, whether caused by itself or by third party partners who provide it with this information.

Any information provided on the https://www.cttc.fr/ website is given for information purposes only, and is subject to change. In addition, the information on https://www.cttc.fr/ is not exhaustive. The information provided is subject to modifications that may have occurred since they were put online.

4. Contractual limitations on technical data.

This website uses JavaScript technology.

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

5. Intellectual property and counterfeiting.

Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques owns the intellectual property rights or holds the user rights to all the elements accessible on the site, in particular texts, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds, software.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, adaptation of all or part of the elements of this website, whatever the means or process used, is prohibited, except with the prior written authorisation of Centre de Transfert deTechnologies Céramiques.

Any unauthorized use of the site or any of the elements contained therein will be considered as an infringement and prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Act.

6. Limitations of liability.

Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques cannot be held liable for direct or indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment when accessing the https://www.cttc.fr/ site, resulting either from the use of equipment that does not meet the specifications indicated in point 4, or from the occurrence of a bug or incompatibility.

Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques can neither be held liable for indirect damages (such as loss of a business/contract or loss of opportunity) resulting from the use of the https://www.cttc.fr/ website.

There are interactive spaces (possibility to ask questions in the contact area) available to users. Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques has the right to delete, without prior notice, any content posted in this area that contravenes the legislation applicable in France, in particular the provisions relating to data protection. If necessary, the Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques also reserves the right to hold the user liable under civil and/or criminal law, in particular in the event of racist, insulting, defamatory or pornographic messages, regardless of the medium used (text, photography, etc.).

7. Management of personal data.

In France, personal data are protected by the French Act No. 78-87 of 6 January 1978, Act No. 2004-801 of 6 August 2004, Article L. 226-13 of the Criminal Code and the European Directive of 24 October 1995.

When using the https://www.cttc.fr/, website, the following data may be collected: URLs of the links through which the user accessed the https://www.cttc.fr/ website, user’s access provider, user’s Internet Protocol (IP) address.

In any case, Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques collects personal information relating to the user only for the purpose of certain services offered by the https://www.cttc.fr/ website. The user provides this information in full knowledge of these facts, in particular if he/she fills in the data personally. In any case, it is specified to the user of the website https://www.cttc.fr/ whether or not he/she is required to provide this information.

In accordance with the provisions of articles 38 et seq. of the French law 78-17 of January 6, 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedom, any user has a right of access, rectification and opposition to his/her personal data, by written and signed request, accompanied by a copy of an ID document with signature of the holder of the document, specifying the address to which the answer has to sent.

No personal information of the user of the https://www.cttc.fr/ site is published, exchanged, transferred, assigned or sold on any medium whatsoever to third parties without the user’s knowledge. Only in the event of the change of ownership of the Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques and its rights would allow the transmission of this information to the potential purchaser, who would in turn be bound by the same obligation in terms of data storage and the right to access and modify data with regard to the users of the https://www.cttc.fr/ website.

The site is not registered with the CNIL because it does not collect personal data.

Databases are protected by the provisions of the French law of 1 July 1998 transposing Directive 96/9 of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases.

8. Hypertext links and cookies.

The https://www.cttc.fr/ website contains a number of hypertext links to other websites, set up with the authorization of the Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques. However, Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques does not have the possibility to verify the content of the sites thus visited, and will therefore not assume any responsibility to that extent.

Browsing the https://www.cttc.fr/ website may cause cookies to be installed 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 website. The data thus obtained are intended to facilitate subsequent navigation on the aforesaid site, and are also intended to allow various measures of attendance and traffic.

Refusal to install a cookie may result in the inability to access certain services. However, the user can configure his computer as follows to refuse the installation of cookies:

Under Internet Explorer: Go to tool tab (pictogram in the shape of a gear wheel in the top right corner) / internet options. Click on Privacy and choose Block all cookies. Confirm with Ok.

Under 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 the Retention Rules to: Use the custom settings for the history. Finally, uncheck it to disable cookies.

Under Safari: Click on the menu pictogram at the top right of the browser (symbolized by a gear wheel). Select Settings. Click Show Advanced Settings. In the “Privacy” section, click on Content Settings. In the “Cookies” section, you can block cookies.

Under Chrome: Click on the menu pictogram at the top right of the browser (symbolized by three horizontal lines). Select Settings. Click 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 related to the use of the https://www.cttc.fr/ website is subject to French law. The competent courts of Paris shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

10. The main laws concerned.

French law n° 78-17 of 6 January 1978, notably amended by French law n° 2004-801 of 6 August 2004 relating to data processing, files and freedom.

French law n° 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy.

11. Glossary.

User: Internet user connecting, using the above-mentioned website.

Personal information: “information that allows, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, the identification of the natural persons to whom it applies” (article 4 of French law n° 78-17 of 6 January 1978).

12. Crédits

Photographs: J.C. DUPUY – European Ceramics Cluster – CTTC

Video : Jean Desmaison