Legal mentions

Welcome to the website vigilife.org (hereinafter referred to as the Site). By using this Site, you acknowledge that you have read the present legal mentions and that you undertake to abide by them. The purpose of these legal mentions is to inform you of the intellectual property rights that must be respected, and the procedures employed to collect and process information concerning you in the framework of the Site’s functioning. The contents of the present mentions may be modified; therefore, we recommend that you consult them very regularly.

The Global Life Observatory — Vigilife — is organised as an international alliance of public and private partners united around a mission, common goals, and shared operating procedures. The structure and content of the vigilife.org website, including texts, videos, photos and schematic illustrations, have been produced and/or designed by various contributors who are members of the Vigilife alliance or who have participated in the writing of content related to Vigilife (Vigilife Mag in particular), including: Camille ALBOUY (IFREMER), Benjamin ALLEGRINI (SPYGEN), Sébastien BROSSE (Université de Toulouse), Thomas BUSUTTIL (IMAGIN/ABLE), Philippe CHAVAREN (Vinci), Arnaud COLLIN (Vigilife), Delphine DEFRANCE (Alkios), Tony DEJEAN (SPYGEN), Geneviève FERONE (Prophil / Casabee), Denis GEFFROY (L’Occitane), Sylvie GILLET (Entreprises pour l’Environnement), Marie-Cécile GRISARD (IAGF), Mickael HEDDE (INRAE), Régis HOCDE (IRD), Pierre JORCIN (SPYGEN), Albane LOISEAU (Ekores), Arnaud LYET (WWF US), Stéphanie MANEL (EPHE), Claude MIAUD (EPHE), Séverine MILLET (Nature Humaine), Baptiste MORIZOT (Université d’Aix-Marseille), David MOUILLOT (Université de Montpellier), Baptiste MULOT (Beauval Nature), Loïc PELLISSIER (ETHZ / WSL), Andrea POLANCO F. (INVEMAR), Didier PONT (BOKU Vienna), Nicolas POULET (OFB), Franck PRESSIAT (CNR), Bruno RAKEDJIAN (Ministère de la Transition écologique), Renaud REYNES (Naturalia Environnement), Damien ROCHETTE (Here We Com), Wilfried THUILLER (CNRS), Vincent VIGNON (OGE), Estelle ZHONG MENGUAL (Sciences Po). The translation of the texts from French to English was done by Samantha King and Melissa Dawes. The management of the vigilife.org website is entrusted to SPYGEN (The “Website Manager”).

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

As a user of the Site you acknowledge that you have the competence and resources required to access and use this Site. You acknowledge that you have checked that the computer configuration of the Site does not contain any viruses and that it is in perfect working order. You acknowledge that you have been informed that the Site can be accessed 24h a day, 7 days a week, except in the case of force majeure, computer problems, or difficulties linked to the structure of telecommunications networks or other technical problems. The “Website Manager” may interrupt its site for maintenance reasons. It will do its utmost to forewarn the Site’s users.

WARNING

It is difficult to guarantee 100% security for the data transmitted on the Internet. Although the “Website Manager” does its utmost to protect information online on the Site or transmitted via the Site to the “Website Manager”, it cannot ensure or guarantee that this information will be totally secured.

THE SITE’S CONTENT

The information supplied is done so on an indicative basis. The exactitude, exhaustiveness and newness of the information disseminated on the Site cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, you acknowledge that you use this information under your exclusive responsibility. Everything is done to supply you with available and verified information and/or tools, but the “Website Manager” cannot be held liable for errors, a lack of information and/or the presence of viruses on its Site.

PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY

The processing of personnel data collected on the internet site vigilife.org is done by the “Website Manager”: SPYGEN, a simplified joint stock company with a capital of 30,000 euros, registered in the Chambéry Trade and Companies Register under number 529 756 108, whose registered office is located at 17 rue du Lac Saint André, 73370 Le Bourget du Lac – France.

In conformity with the law on “Computer Technology and Freedom”, amended, the collection and processing of your personal data by the “Website Manager” are necessary to process demands made by the general public for information. The legal basis for such processing is legitimate interest (cf. article 6.1.f of the European General Regulations on Data Protection). The data processed are: name, first name, email address, phone number. The “Website Manager”may also use browser data collected on its internet site and associate them with other data.

The addressees of these personal data are, in the strict framework of the purposes mentioned above: the duly authorised personnel of the “Website Manager”.

The data processed are kept only for the time required to perform the actions mentioned above, within the limit of the statutory periods in force. The data are kept for a maximum period of five (5) years counting from their collection or the last contact made by an individual.

The user of the internet site vigilife.org can, at any moment, refuse the deposit of cookies on their computer and deactivate the cookies possibly already deposited.

You have the right to access, correct and delete your personal data. You are entitled to withdraw them when consent is required for processing. Under certain regulatory conditions, you are entitled to request that such processing be limited or refuse it. You can exercise these different rights by contacting the “Website Manager” directly by letter sent to the following address:

SPYGEN
17 rue du Lac Saint André
73370 Le Bourget du Lac – France
contact@spygen.com

If you decide to make known your rights by letter, you must prove your identity by enclosing a copy of your national identity card with your letter.

You can also request the portability of the data that you have transmitted when necessary for the contract or when your consent was required.

You also have the right to issue directives relating to the fate of your personal data after your decease.

Claims affecting the collection or the processing of your personal data can be sent to the “Website Manager”, whose address was given above. In the case of persistent disagreement regarding your data, you have the right to contact the CNIL (the body competent in the matter) at the following address:

Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés
3 place de Fontenoy
75007 Paris

Contact the CNIL at https://www.cnil.fr/en/contact-cnil
+33 (0)1 53 73 22 22

COOKIE UTILISATION POLICY

When consulting the Site vigilife.org, cookies are deposited on your computer, smartphone or pad. Our Site is designed to be attentive to the needs and expectations of its users. That is why we use cookies for statistical purposes. To know more about this subject, discover our cookie utilisation policy.

YOUR OBLIGATIONS AS USER

RESPECT FOR OTHERS

As a user of the Site vigilife.org you are bound to conform to the laws applicable, notably the provisions of the law relating to the computers, files and civil liberties, whose violation may lead to penal sanctions. In particular, you must abstain from any collection or malicious use in particular of the nominative information that you access, and generally from any act liable to harm the private life, honour, feelings, brand image, or reputation of any physical or legal person, to the members of the Vigilife alliance, by avoiding any libellous, provocative, malicious, denigrating or threatening mention or text on any medium whatsoever.

CONFORMITY WITH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

The general structure, as well as texts, databases, animated or non-animated images, sounds, knowhow, and all the other elements composing the internet site vigilife.org are the exclusive property of the members of Vigilife alliance. Any total or partial representation of this Site by way of any process whatsoever, without the express authorisation of the “Website Manager” is prohibited and shall constitute an act of forgery liable to penal sanction according to articles L. 335-2 and pursuant of the Intellectual Property Code. Likewise, the domain name, the trademarks, and other distinctive signs such as the logos featuring on the Site are the property of SPYGEN, which makes them available to the Vigilife alliance and for which any use by unauthorized third parties is strictly forbidden. Any total or partial reproduction of these trademarks or logos without the express authorisation of SPYGEN is therefore prohibited, whatever the framework and medium employed for such use, and is liable to penal sanctions according to articles L. 716-1 and pursuant of the Intellectual Property Code.

HYPERTEXT LINKS

The hypertext links inserted in the website giving access to other resources on the Internet, in particular to Vigilife’s partners, have been subject to prior, express and written authorisation. The users and visitors of the website cannot insert a hyperlink on the website vigilife.org without the written, express and prior authorisation of the “Website Manager”.

LEGAL INFORMATION

The management of the vigilife.org website is entrusted by the Vigilife alliance to SPYGEN (the “Website Manager”), a simplified joint stock company with a capital of 30,000 euros, registered in the Chambéry Trade and Companies Register under number 529 756 108, whose head office is located at 17 rue du Lac Saint André, 73370 Le Bourget du Lac – France. The Vigilife domain name and trademark are the property of SPYGEN, which makes them available to the Vigilife alliance.

SPYGEN Intra-community VAT number : FR63529756108.

The director of the publication of the Site is Tony Dejean.

The publication of the Site is ensured by the agency Here We Com, whose office is located at 1014 Route de Plainpalais ST-ALBAN-LEYSSE 73230 – France. https://www.herewecom.fr/

Hosting is provided by OVH whose headquarters are located at 2 OVH – 2 rue Kellermann – 59100 Roubaix – France. www.ovh.com

To contact us, go to the Site contact page.