Table of Contents

  1. Presentation of the website.
  2. General terms and conditions of use of the site and services offered.
  3. Description of services provided.
  4. Contractual limitations on technical data.
  5. Intellectual property and counterfeiting.
  6. Limitations of liability.
  7. Management of personal data.
    7.1 Data controllers
    7.2 Purpose of data collected
    7.3 Right of access, rectification and objection
    7.4 Non-disclosure of personal data
  1. Incident notification
  2. Hyperlinks, “cookies” and internet tags
    9.1. “Cookies”
    9.2. Internet tags
  1. Applicable law and jurisdiction.
  2. Definitions
    . Client
    . Content
    . Client information
    . Personal information
    . GDPR
    . Site
    . User
    . Personal data, data subject, processor, sensitive data

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  1. Presentation of the website.

Pursuant to Article 6 of Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 on confidence in the digital economy, users of the website https://www.ufe-experts.fr are informed of the identity of the various parties involved in its creation and operation:

  • Owner: Union Française des Experts en objets d’art (UFE) – 7 BIS, VILLA SEURAT 75014 PARIS
  • Publication manager: Sylvie Buisson and the UFE Board – contact@ufe-experts.fr
  • Webmaster: Khammileon Designs – contact@khammileondesigns.com
  • Host: OVH – 2 rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix 1007
  • Data Protection Officer: Sylvie Buisson – sylvie.buisson@ufe-experts.fr

 

  1. General terms and conditions of use of the site and services offered.

The site constitutes a work of the mind protected by the provisions of the Intellectual Property Code and applicable international regulations. The Client may not in any way reuse, transfer or exploit for their own account all or part of the elements or works of the site.

Use of the site https://www.ufe-experts.fr implies full and complete acceptance of the general terms and conditions of use described below. These terms and conditions of use are subject to modification or completion at any time; users of the site https://www.ufe-experts.fr are therefore invited to consult them regularly.

This website is normally accessible to users at all times. An interruption for technical maintenance may however be decided by https://www.ufe-experts.fr, which will then endeavor to communicate the dates and times of the intervention to users in advance.

The website https://www.ufe-experts.fr performs regular updates. Similarly, the legal notice may be modified at any time: it is nevertheless binding on the user, who is invited to refer to it as often as possible in order to become aware of it.

 

  1. Description of services provided.

The purpose of the website https://www.ufe-experts.fr is to provide information concerning all activities of the Union Française des Experts en objets d’art (UFE).

The Union Française des Experts en objets d’art (UFE) endeavors to provide information on the site https://www.ufe-experts.fr as accurately as possible. However, it cannot be held responsible for omissions, inaccuracies and deficiencies in updating, whether these are its fault or the fault of third-party partners who provide this information.

All information provided on the site https://www.ufe-experts.fr is given for information purposes only, and is subject to change. The information appearing on the site https://www.ufe-experts.fr is not exhaustive. It is provided subject to modifications made since it was posted online.

 

  1. Contractual limitations on technical data.

The site uses JavaScript technology. It cannot be held responsible for material damage related to its use. The user of the site undertakes to access it using recent equipment, not containing viruses and with an updated latest-generation browser.

The site https://www.ufe-experts.fr is hosted by a service provider in the territory of the European Union in accordance with the provisions of General Data Protection Regulation No. 2016-679 (GDPR).

The objective is to provide a service that ensures the best accessibility rate. The host ensures the continuity of its service 24 hours a day, every day of the year. It nevertheless reserves the right to interrupt the hosting service for the shortest possible periods, particularly for maintenance purposes, improvement of its infrastructure, failure of its infrastructure or if the services generate traffic deemed abnormal.

https://www.ufe-experts.fr and the host cannot be held responsible in the event of malfunction of the Internet network, telephone lines or computer and telephone equipment, related in particular to network congestion preventing access to the server.

 

  1. Intellectual property and counterfeiting.

https://www.ufe-experts.fr owns the intellectual property rights and holds the rights of use on all elements accessible on the website, including texts, images, graphics, logos, videos, icons and sounds. 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 prior written authorization from: https://www.ufe-experts.fr.

Any unauthorized use of the site or any of the elements it contains will be considered as constituting counterfeiting and prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of Articles L.335-2 et seq. of the Intellectual Property Code.

 

  1. Limitations of liability.

https://www.ufe-experts.fr acts as publisher of the site. It is responsible for the quality and accuracy of the content it publishes.

 

https://www.ufe-experts.fr cannot be held responsible for direct and indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment when accessing the Site 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.

https://www.ufe-experts.fr cannot be held responsible for indirect damages (such as loss of market or loss of opportunity) resulting from the use of the site https://www.ufe-experts.fr.

Interactive spaces (with the possibility of asking questions in the contact area) are available to users. https://www.ufe-experts.fr reserves the right to delete, without prior notice, any content posted in this space that would contravene the legislation applicable in France, in particular the provisions relating to data protection.

Where applicable, https://www.ufe-experts.fr also reserves the right to engage the civil and/or criminal liability of the user, particularly in the case of messages of a racist, discriminatory, insulting, defamatory, or pornographic nature, whatever the medium used (text, photograph, video, etc.).

 

  1. Management of personal data.

The client is informed of the regulations concerning marketing communications, the law of June 21, 2014 on confidence in the digital economy, the Data Protection Act of August 6, 2004 as well as the GDPR.

 

7.1 Data controllers

For personal data collected in connection with the creation of the User’s personal account and their navigation on the site, the data controller is: the Union Française des Experts en objets d’art. https://www.ufe-experts.fr is represented by Sylvie Buisson, its legal representative

As the data controller for the data it collects, https://www.ufe-experts.fr undertakes to comply with the framework of legal provisions in force. It is particularly responsible for establishing the purposes of its data processing, providing its prospects and customers, from the collection of their consent, with complete information on the processing of their personal data and maintaining a register of processing that reflects reality.

Whenever https://www.ufe-experts.fr processes personal data, the site takes all reasonable measures to ensure the accuracy and relevance of the personal data with regard to the purposes for which https://www.ufe-experts.fr processes them.

 

7.2 Purpose of data collected

https://www.ufe-experts.fr may process all or part of the data collected and, in particular:

  • connection and site usage data, billing data, order history, etc., to enable navigation on the Site, management and traceability of services ordered by the user,
  • computer equipment used for navigation, IP address, password (hashed), to prevent and combat computer fraud (spamming, hacking, etc.),
  • connection and usage data, to improve navigation on the Site,
  • email address, to conduct optional satisfaction surveys on https://www.ufe-experts.fr,
  • telephone number, email address, to conduct communication campaigns (SMS, email).

https://www.ufe-experts.fr does not sell users’ personal data; it is therefore only used out of necessity or for statistical and analytical purposes.

 

7.3 Right of access, rectification and objection

In accordance with current European regulations, users of https://www.ufe-experts.fr have the following rights:

  • right of access (Article 15 of the GDPR) and rectification (Article 16 of the GDPR), updating, completion of user data, right to lock or erase users’ personal data (Article 17 of the GDPR), when it is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, outdated, or whose collection, use, communication or storage is prohibited,
  • right to withdraw consent at any time (Article 13-2c of the GDPR),
  • right to limitation of processing of user data (Article 18 of the GDPR),
  • right to object to the processing of user data (Article 21 of the GDPR),
  • right to portability of data that users have provided, when such data is subject to automated processing based on their consent or on a contract (Article 20 GDPR)
  • right to determine the fate of user data after their death and to choose to whom https://www.ufe-experts.fr must communicate (or not) their data to a third party that they have previously designated.

 

As soon as https://www.ufe-experts.fr becomes aware of the death of a user and in the absence of instructions from them, the site undertakes to destroy their data, unless their retention proves necessary for evidentiary purposes or to meet a legal obligation.

If the user wishes to know how https://www.ufe-experts.fr uses their personal data, request to rectify it or object to its processing, they can contact https://www.ufe-experts.fr in writing at the following address:

  • Union Française des Experts – Sylvie Buisson, 84 boulevard de Rochechouart, 75018 Paris.

 

In this case, the user must indicate the personal data they would like https://www.ufe-experts.fr to correct, update or delete, by identifying themselves precisely with a copy of an identity document (identity card or passport).

Requests for deletion of personal data will be subject to the obligations imposed on https://www.ufe-experts.fr by law, particularly with regard to the retention or archiving of documents. Finally, users of https://www.ufe-experts.fr may file a complaint with the supervisory authorities, and in particular with the CNIL. (https://www.cnil.fr/fr/plaintes).

 

7.4 Non-disclosure of personal data

https://www.ufe-experts.fr undertakes not to process, host or transfer the Information collected on its clients to a country located outside the European Union or recognized as “inadequate” by the European Commission without informing the client beforehand. However, https://www.ufe-experts.fr remains free to choose its technical and commercial subcontractors on the condition that they present sufficient guarantees with regard to the requirements of the GDPR.

 

https://www.ufe-experts.fr undertakes to take all necessary precautions to preserve the security of the Information and in particular to ensure that it is not communicated to unauthorized persons. However, if an incident affecting the integrity or confidentiality of the client’s information is brought to the attention of https://www.ufe-experts.fr, the site must inform the client as soon as possible and communicate the corrective measures taken.

Furthermore, https://www.ufe-experts.fr does not collect any “sensitive data”.

The user’s personal data may be processed by subsidiaries of https://www.ufe-experts.fr and subcontractors (service providers), exclusively in order to achieve the purposes of the policy set out in this text.

Within the limits of their respective responsibilities and for the purposes mentioned above, the main persons likely to have access to the data of users of https://www.ufe-experts.fr are primarily the members of the Board.

 

  1. Incident notification

Regardless of the efforts made, no method of transmission over the Internet and no method of electronic storage is completely secure. We cannot therefore guarantee absolute security. If we became aware of a security breach, we would notify the affected users so that they could take appropriate measures. Our incident notification procedures take into account our legal obligations, whether at national or European level. We undertake to fully inform our clients of all matters relating to the security of their account and to provide them with all the information necessary to help them meet their own regulatory reporting obligations.

 

No personal information of the user of the site https://www.ufe-experts.fr is published without the user’s knowledge, exchanged, transferred, assigned or sold on any medium to third parties. Only the hypothesis of the acquisition of https://www.ufe-experts.fr and its rights would allow the transmission of said information to the potential acquirer who would in turn be bound by the same obligation to retain and modify data with respect to the user of the site https://www.ufe-experts.fr.

To ensure the security and confidentiality of personal data, https://www.ufe-experts.fr uses networks protected by standard devices such as: firewalls, pseudonymization, encryption and passwords.

When processing personal data, https://www.ufe-experts.fr takes all reasonable measures to protect it against any loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.

 

  1. Hyperlinks, “cookies” and internet tags

The site https://www.ufe-experts.fr contains hyperlinks to other sites, set up with the authorization of https://www.ufe-experts.fr. However, https://www.ufe-experts.fr does not have the ability to verify the content of the sites visited in this way and will therefore assume no responsibility in this regard.

Unless the user decides to disable cookies, they accept that the site may use them.

The user may, at any time, disable these cookies free of charge using the deactivation options offered and recalled below, knowing that this may reduce or prevent accessibility to all or part of the services offered by the site.

 

9.1. “Cookies”

https://www.ufe-experts.fr may process the user’s information concerning their visit to the site, such as pages viewed, searches performed. This information allows https://www.ufe-experts.fr to improve the content of the site and the user’s navigation. This work may be performed using cookies.

 

According to the CNIL’s definition, a cookie is “a sequence of information, usually small in size and identified by a name, which can be transmitted to your browser by a website to which you connect. Your web browser will keep it for a certain period of time, and will send it back to the web server each time you reconnect to it. Cookies have multiple uses: they can be used to remember your customer identifier with a merchant site, the current content of your shopping cart, an identifier allowing your navigation to be tracked for statistical or advertising purposes, etc.”

Since cookies facilitate navigation and/or the provision of services offered by the site, the user can configure their browser so that it allows them to decide whether or not they wish to accept them so that cookies are stored in the terminal or, on the contrary, that they are rejected, either systematically or according to their issuer.

The user can also configure their browsing software so that the acceptance or refusal of cookies is offered to them on a case-by-case basis, before a cookie is likely to be stored in their terminal. https://www.ufe-experts.fr informs the user that, in this case, it is possible that the functionalities of their browsing software may not all be available.

If the User refuses the storage of cookies in their terminal or browser, or if the user deletes those stored there, they are informed that their navigation and experience on the site may be limited. This could also be the case when https://www.ufe-experts.fr or one of its service providers cannot recognize, for technical compatibility purposes, the type of browser used by the terminal, the language and display settings or the country from which the terminal appears to be connected to the Internet.

Where applicable, https://www.ufe-experts.fr declines all responsibility for the consequences related to the degraded operation of the site and services possibly offered by https://www.ufe-experts.fr, resulting from the refusal of cookies by the user or the impossibility for https://www.ufe-experts.fr to record or consult the cookies necessary for their operation due to the user’s choice.

For the management of cookies and user choices, the configuration of each browser is different. It is described in the browser’s help menu, which will allow the User to know how they can modify their preferences regarding cookies.

At any time, the user can choose to express and modify their preferences regarding cookies. https://www.ufe-experts.fr may also use the services of external service providers to help it collect and process the information described in this section.

Finally, by clicking on the icons dedicated to the social networks Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google Plus appearing on https://www.ufe-experts.fr or in its mobile application and if the user has accepted the deposit of cookies by continuing their navigation on the website or mobile application of https://www.ufe-experts.fr, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google Plus may also deposit cookies on your terminals (computer, tablet, mobile phone).

These types of cookies are only deposited on your terminals if you consent to them, by continuing your navigation on the website or mobile application of https://www.ufe-experts.fr. At any time, the user may nevertheless withdraw their consent to https://www.ufe-experts.fr depositing this type of cookies.

 

9.2. Internet tags

https://www.ufe-experts.fr may occasionally use internet tags (also called “tags”, or action tags, single-pixel GIFs, transparent GIFs, invisible GIFs and one-to-one GIFs) and deploy them through a web analytics specialist partner who may be located (and therefore store the corresponding information, including the user’s IP address) in a foreign country.

These tags are placed both in online advertisements allowing users to access the site, and on its various pages.

This technology allows https://www.ufe-experts.fr to evaluate visitors’ responses to the site and the effectiveness of its actions (for example, the number of times a page is opened and the information viewed), as well as the use of this site by the user.

The external service provider may collect information about visitors to the site and other websites through these tags, compile reports on site activity for https://www.ufe-experts.fr, and provide other services relating to the use of the site and the Internet.

 

  1. Applicable law and jurisdiction.

Any dispute in connection with the use of the site https://www.ufe-experts.fr is subject to French law. Except in cases where the law does not permit it, exclusive jurisdiction is granted to the competent courts of Paris.

 

  • Definitions

 

. Client: any professional or natural person with legal capacity within the meaning of Articles 1123 et seq. of the Civil Code, or legal entity, who visits the Site subject to these general conditions.

. Content: all elements constituting the information present on the Site, including texts, images, sounds and videos.

. Client information: referred to as “information“, it corresponds to all personal data that may be held by https://www.ufe-experts.fr for the management of your account, customer relationship management and for analytical and statistical purposes.

. 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 Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978).

. GDPR: Regulation No. 2016/679, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is the reference text of the European Union on the protection of personal data. Adopted by the European Parliament on April 14, 2016, its provisions have been directly applicable since May 25, 2018, in all 28 Member States of the Union.

. Site: this term refers to the website of the Union Française des Experts en objets d’art (UFE), https://www.ufe-experts.fr

. User: internet user connecting to and using the site https://www.ufe-experts.fr.

The terms “personal data“, “data subject“, “processor” and “sensitive data” have the meaning defined by the GDPR.