Legal Notice GENERAL TERMS OF USE Please read the terms outlined below before using the www.advance-beauty.com website. Use of the site implies acceptance of these terms. Accordingly, by accessing the site, users browsing the site declare that they have read and agree to these terms of use without reservation and that they agree to comply with the rules defined herein under all circumstances. ARTICLE 1 – INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 1.1. The title, design, format, content (trademarks, text, color layout, illustrations, photographs, and pictures) of the www.advance-beauty.com website, its general architecture, and its layout, including any software, software compilation, source code, and generally any information and/or documents contained in the www.advance-beauty.com website, including any elements created for the website, are the property of either ADVANCE BEAUTY. (referred to herein as “ADVANCE BEAUTY”) and/or its affiliates and are protected under copyright. 1.2. The www.advance-beauty.com website is a creation protected in France by the French Intellectual Property Code (Code de la propriété intellectuelle) and internationally by treaties and conventions on Intellectual Property. Violation of the work’s copyright is an infringement punishable under Articles L.331-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code, without prejudice to the penalties provided for violations of French law no. 78-17, as amended, dated January 6, 1978, on Data Processing, Data Files, and Individual Liberties (called “Loi Informatique et Libertés”). Unless indicated otherwise, the entire contents of the website – including its text, images, graphics, and/or audiovisual files – are protected by law and may not be sold, modified, distributed, reused, repositioned, exploited, represented, or used, in full or in part, in any manner, whether for public or commercial use, regardless of the medium, without the prior written consent of ADVANCE BEAUTY. If ADVANCE BEAUTY expressly gives its prior consent, the authorized reproduction of the information contained in this site must indicate the source and properly identify its ownership. 1.3. ADVANCE BEAUTY does not allow users to electronically copy or create a paper copy of the documents and/or material contained in the site, regardless of the intended use. No license or right, other than the right to view the site, is granted to anyone with regard to intellectual property rights. 1.4. The signs ADVANCE BEAUTY, DUOLIFT, CAVITALYSE, US2A and ADM SKIN SCIENCE 3.0 are trademarks exploited and/or filed and/or filed registered in France and/or abroad by ADVANCE BEAUTY and/or on which ADVANCE BEAUTY holds rights. Also, the company names, trade names, brands, domain names, logos, slogans, products, trademarks, and generally any distinctive sign included in the site may not be used without the prior written consent of ADVANCE BEAUTY. In addition, the range of DUOLIFT, CAVITALYSE, US2A and ADM SKIN SCIENCE 3.0 are protected by authors’ rights and/or patents and/or designs and models. ARTICLE 2 – INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE SITE 2.1. This website is not intended to provide medical and/or paramedical advice. All of the information contained on the www.advance-beauty.com website is given purely for information only. ADVANCE BEAUTY does not guarantee that the information available on its website is complete and up-to-date. This information, which does not claim to be exhaustive, cannot be used as advice of any nature whatsoever and cannot take the place of professional opinion. This information may change at any time, without prior notice. 2.2. The information provided on this website relating to slimming, health, or lifestyle is general information given only as information. This information should not be considered to be exhaustive. The information contained in the website is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnoses, or generally any consultation or prescription issued by a doctor. ARTICLE 3 – LINKS – HYPERTEXT LINKS 3.1. Authorized links to the www.advance-beauty.com site: no one may create a link to this website without the express prior written consent of ADVANCE BEAUTY. If consent is given, clicking the link should cause a new browser window to open for the user, separate from the original window. 3.2. Links provided by the www.advance-beauty.com site: ADVANCE BEAUTY formally disclaims any responsibility for the content of websites to which it provides links, providing access to webpages other than those within its websites. Such links are offered as a service to the website’s users. The decision to activate links belongs exclusively to the site’s users. Under no condition may ADVANCE BEAUTY be held liable for: – Publications and the content of documents appearing on these other websites; – The use of trademarks, logos, and other distinctive signs, including pictures appearing on websites reproduced upon activation of the link; – The integrity and completeness of information provided by these other websites. Users and visitors must refrain from unfairly collecting or diverting personal information or committing any other act that may infringe upon anyone’s privacy or consideration. ARTICLE 4 – LIABILITY 4.1. ADVANCE BEAUTY does not guarantee the website’s availability and access time, and it cannot be held responsible for the timeliness, deletion, or failure to post or store information. The methods for performing maintenance, testing, and upgrades are freely chosen and performed by ADVANCE BEAUTY, at any time, regardless of the procedures and resources employed for such purpose. ADVANCE BEAUTY makes its best effort to maintain access to the www.advance-beauty.com site. However, ADVANCE BEAUTY may be required to temporarily or definitely interrupt access to the website, particularly for legal, technical, and maintenance reasons. 4.2. Neither ADVANCE BEAUTY nor any of its affiliates, officers, employees, or other representatives may be held liable for damages, loss of data, direct or indirect material or immaterial damages, such as loss of market share, customers, data, revenue, or profits suffered by a site user in connection with using the www.advance-beauty.com site, and generally any business trouble whatsoever that may result from the inability to access the site for any duration of time or the use of incorrect information and/or content. ARTICLE 5 – PERSONAL DATA 5.1. In accordance with French law no. 78-17, as amended, dated January 6, 1978, on Data Processing, Data Files, and Individual Liberties, called “Loi Informatique et Libertés”. ADVANCE BEAUTY hereby informs the user that ADVANCE BEAUTY saves the information (personal data) collected on this website for the purpose of managing business relationships. 5.2. In order to facilitate and monitor the user’s navigation on this website, ADVANCE BEAUTY may also use cookies to automatically collect information for the purpose of improving the personalized service intended for the user. The user may refuse to install cookies on his or her hard drive by configuring the browser (as explained in the online help). For technical reasons, the user is advised that some information and/or webpages may not be accessible if the user has refused to install cookies. 5.3. In accordance with the French “Loi Informatique et Libertés”, the user has a right to access, modify, correct, and delete his or her personal information. Under these terms, the user is entitled to access his or her personal data and to receive a copy of the information by sending a request either by email from the website’s “Contact” section or by postal mail. If sent by postal mail, the user should address the request to ADVANCE BEAUTY at the following address: ADVANCE BEAUTY – 5 rue Olivier de Serres, Rovaltain parc 45ème Parallèle, 26300 CHATEAUNEUF SUR ISERE (FRANCE). If the information is incorrect or incomplete, the user may request for it to be corrected, completed, or deleted by contacting the address indicated above. ARTICLE 6 – APPLICABLE LAW – SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES 6.1. This website and its terms of use are governed exclusively by French law, which is the only applicable law. These General Terms of Use are originally written in French. If they are translated into one or more other languages, only the French text would prevail in the event of a dispute. 6.2. Claims or disputes will be kindly accepted and given our highest level of attention. In the event of a dispute, the user may contact ADVANCE BEAUTY for an amicable solution by writing to the following address: ADVANCE BEAUTY – 5 rue Olivier de Serres, Rovaltain parc 45ème Parallèle, 26300 CHATEAUNEUF SUR ISERE (FRANCE). Any dispute regarding this website and its terms of use will be brought exclusively before the competent courts with jurisdiction where ADVANCE BEAUTY’s head office is located. INFORMATIONS GÉNÉRALES Publisher: ADVANCE BEAUTY, 5 rue Olivier de Serres, Rovaltain parc 45ème Parallèle, 26300 CHATEAUNEUF SUR ISERE (FRANCE). Phone: +33 (0)4 75 48 17 54 Fax: +33 (0)4 75 47 74 93 E-Mail: [email protected] N°TVA Intracommunautaire: FR73432524346 Graphic Design / Multimedia Production: AGENCE Kzn and MACOMAMOI.
