General Terms and Conditions

1. Website presentation.

Pursuant to Article 6 of Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy, users of the site http://www.joanne.fr/ are informed of the identity of the various parties involved in its creation and monitoring:
Owner : Maison Joanne – 45420080900027 – 141 route de Fargues 33 360 Carignan -de-Bordeaux – FRANCE
Design & creation of the site: CBA design
Publication director : Hugues Lechanoine
Development : CBA design
Hosting provider : Infomaniak
Photos credit : Alain Benoit, Marco Tassini, Théo Fattore, TY Studio, Savinien Tonelli, François Poincet, Cyril Mallen

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

Use of the site http://www.joanne.fr/ implies full and complete acceptance of the general conditions of use described below. These terms of use may be modified or supplemented at any time; users of the site http://www.joanne.fr/ are therefore invited to consult them regularly.

This site is normally accessible to users at all times. However, an interruption for technical maintenance may be decided by Maison Joanne, which will then endeavor to inform users in advance of the dates and times of the intervention.

The site http://www.joanne.fr/ is updated regularly. Similarly, the legal notices may be modified at any time: they nevertheless apply to the user, who is invited to refer to them as often as possible in order to become aware of them.

3. Description of the services provided.

The site http://www.joanne.fr/ is intended to provide information concerning all of the company’s activities.

Maison Joanne endeavors to provide on the site http://www.joanne.fr/ information that is as accurate as possible. However, it cannot be held responsible for omissions, inaccuracies, and shortcomings in the update, whether due to its own actions or to third-party partners who provide it with this information.

All the information indicated on the site http://www.joanne.fr/ is provided for informational purposes and is subject to change. Furthermore, the information appearing on the site http://www.joanne.fr/ is not exhaustive. It is provided subject to changes having been made since it was posted online.

4. Contractual limitations on technical data.

The site uses JavaScript technology.

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

5. Intellectual property and infringements.

Maison Joanne is the owner of the intellectual property rights or holds the rights of use on all elements accessible on the site, in particular the texts, images, graphics, logo, icons, sounds, software.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, adaptation of all or part of the elements of the site, whatever the means or process used, is prohibited, except with the prior written authorization of: Maison Joanne.

Any unauthorized use 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 et seq. of the Intellectual Property Code.

6. Limitations of liability.

Maison Joanne cannot be held responsible for direct and indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment when accessing the site http://www.joanne.fr/, 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 an incompatibility.

Maison Joanne cannot also be held responsible for indirect damage (such as, for example, loss of business or loss of opportunity) resulting from the use of the site http://www.joanne.fr/.

Interactive areas (possibility to ask questions in the contact area) are available to users. Maison Joanne reserves the right to delete, without prior formal notice, any content posted in this area that contravenes the legislation applicable in France, in particular the provisions relating to data protection. Where applicable, Maison Joanne also reserves the possibility of holding the user civilly and/or criminally liable, in particular in the event of a message of a racist, insulting, defamatory, or pornographic nature, whatever the medium used (text, photograph…).

7. Management of personal data.

In France, personal data is protected in particular by Law No. 78-87 of 6 January 1978, Law No. 2004-801 of 6 August 2004, Article L. 226-13 of the Penal Code, and the European Directive of 24 October 1995.

When using the site http://www.joanne.fr/, the following may be collected: the URL of the links through which the user accessed the site http://www.joanne.fr/, the user’s Internet service provider, and the user’s Internet Protocol (IP) address.

In any case, Maison Joanne collects personal information relating to the user only for the purposes of certain services offered by the site http://www.joanne.fr/. The user provides this information knowingly, in particular when entering it themselves. The user of the site http://www.joanne.fr/ is then informed whether or not they are required to provide this information.

In accordance with the provisions of Articles 38 et seq. of Law 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, data files and individual freedoms, any user has the right to access, rectify and object to personal data concerning them, by making a written and signed request, accompanied by a copy of an identity document bearing the holder’s signature, specifying the address to which the reply should be sent.

No personal information of the user of the site http://www.joanne.fr/ is published without the user’s knowledge, exchanged, transferred, assigned or sold on any medium whatsoever to third parties. Only in the event of the acquisition of Maison Joanne and its rights would such information be transmitted to the potential purchaser, who would in turn be bound by the same obligation to retain and modify the data with respect to the user of the site http://www.joanne.fr/.

The site is not declared to the CNIL because it does not collect personal information. Databases are protected by the provisions of the law of 1 July 1998 transposing Directive 96/9 of 11 March 1996 relating to the legal protection of databases.

8. Hyperlinks and cookies.

The site http://www.joanne.fr/ contains a number of hyperlinks to other sites, set up with the authorization of Maison Joanne. However, Maison Joanne is not able to verify the content of the sites thus visited, and will consequently assume no liability in this regard.

Browsing the site http://www.joanne.fr/ may result in the installation of cookie(s) on the user’s computer. A cookie is a small file that does not allow the user to be identified, but which records information relating to a computer’s navigation on a site. The data thus obtained is intended to facilitate subsequent navigation on the site, and is also intended to enable various traffic measurements.

Refusing to install a cookie may make it impossible to access certain services. The user may, however, configure their computer as follows to refuse the installation of cookies:

In Internet Explorer: Tools tab (gear-shaped icon at the top right) / Internet Options. Click Privacy and choose Block all cookies. Confirm with OK.
In Firefox: at the top of the browser window, click the Firefox button, then go to the Options tab. Click the Privacy tab.
Set the retention rules to: use custom settings for history. Finally, uncheck it to disable cookies.

In Safari: click the menu icon (represented by a gear) at the top right of the browser. Select Settings. Click Show advanced settings. In the “ Privacy ” section, click Content settings. In the “ Cookies ” section, you can block cookies.

In Chrome: click the menu icon (represented by three horizontal lines) at the top right of the browser. Select Settings. Click Show advanced settings. In the “ Privacy ” section, click preferences. In the “ Privacy ” tab, you can block cookies.

9. Applicable law and jurisdiction.

Any dispute relating to the use of the site http://www.joanne.fr/ is subject to French law. Exclusive jurisdiction is granted to the competent courts of Paris.

10. The main laws concerned.

Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended in particular by Law No. 2004-801 of 6 August 2004 relating to data processing, data files and individual freedoms. Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy.

11. Glossary.

User: Internet user connecting to and using the aforementioned site. Personal information: “information which, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, allows the identification of the natural persons to whom it applies” (Article 4 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978).