TERMS OF USE
These terms of use (hereinafter the ‘Terms of Use’) govern access to and use of the website accessible at the URL https://www.fondationetrillard.ch (hereinafter the ‘Website’) of the Fondation Etrillard, a foundation governed by Swiss law, by any user. Please read these Terms of Use carefully.
By accessing and using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read and understood these Terms of Use and agree to be bound by them without reservation. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use, please do not use our Site.
The Website is owned and operated by the Etrillard Foundation, 8 Rue Saint-Léger, 1205 Geneva, email address: contact@fondationetrillard.com (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Foundation”).
In these Terms of Use, the terms ‘you’, ‘your’ and ‘yours’ refer to visitors to our website, who are also referred to as ‘users’.
- Access to the Website
You may access the Website without registering or providing us with your personal data. Using the Website’s contact form and/or subscribing to receive our electronic communications may require you to complete a mandatory field with your email address. In this case, you must complete the field provided for this purpose. You acknowledge that the email address you provide, which is stored in our information systems, is your own.
Any inaccurate or incomplete registration will not be processed.
Although we endeavour to keep the Website accessible at all times, we cannot guarantee such access in all circumstances. Indeed, access to the Website may be interrupted, in particular for maintenance, updates or any other reasons beyond our control.
- Intellectual Property
The information, images and videos provided, presented or displayed on the Website, as well as the software used for the Website, may be protected by intellectual property rights, in particular copyright and trade mark law. Unless otherwise stated, all intellectual property rights relating to the Website or to the information, images and videos provided, presented or displayed on the Website are the exclusive property of the Foundation, with the exception of information, images and videos reproduced with an indication of their source and the intellectual property rights relating thereto.
It is prohibited to modify any software necessarily used in connection with the Website or to use modified versions of such software, in particular (though this list is not exhaustive) with a view to gaining unauthorised access to the service or accessing the Website by any means other than the interface provided to you by the Foundation for this purpose.
- Use of the Website
Firstly, we would like to remind you that use of the Website requires you to have the necessary hardware and software to access the Internet.
Furthermore, as the Internet cannot guarantee the security, availability or integrity of data transmissions, we cannot be held liable for any errors, omissions, deletions, delays, failures (particularly due to viruses), communication lines, computer hardware and software over which we have no control, or in the event of unauthorised use or damage to any content you may publish on this Website.
- Information contained on the Website
A. General provisions
We endeavour to provide you with accurate and up-to-date information. However, as the transmission of data and information over the internet is only of limited technical reliability, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of all the information contained on this Website.
Furthermore, we would remind you that inaccuracies or omissions may appear in the information available on this Website, and we do not undertake to update this information.
The content of this Website is provided without any warranty of any kind (whether express or implied by law). To the extent permitted by law, we exclude our liability, and that of our representatives, arising from your access to or use of the Website, or from a third party’s use of or access to it.
B. Hyperlinks
The hyperlinks provided on this Website may take you to websites operated by third parties over whose content we have no control. Consequently, and insofar as these hyperlinks have been included on this Website solely to facilitate your browsing of the internet, your decision to visit third-party websites is entirely at your own discretion and is your sole responsibility.
C. Cookies
Cookies are small files that are stored on your computer whilst you are browsing a website (such as the pages you have visited, the date and time of your visit, etc.) and which can be read during your subsequent visits to the same site. Cookies do not allow the user to be identified.
The Foundation reserves the right to collect data on users through the use of cookies. To make full use of the Site’s features, it is advisable to allow cookies to be stored. Please note that users may opt out of the storage of cookies by adjusting their browser settings (see also clause 6 of these Terms of Use).
- Data collected
We may need to collect personal data about you, in particular when you (i) use the contact form, (ii) subscribe to our electronic communications, or (iii) send us an email.
The personal data we may collect may include your name, your email address and your postal address. This personal data will be processed electronically exclusively for the Foundation’s purposes and may be used in the following ways:
– Provision of information: Unless you indicate otherwise, we will send you newsletters and updates relating to our activities to the email address you use to subscribe to these communications;
– Managing user relations: if you send us a message, the data will be retained and used to respond to your enquiry and follow it up;
– Statistical analysis: we compile and analyse your data to establish your profile and better tailor our services to your expectations. These statistical analyses are strictly confidential.
We also collect information regarding your use of the Website (for example, the URL of the page from which you arrived at our Website, your IP address, your browser type, the country of your server, and the pages of the Website you have visited).
In accordance with the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act of 19 June 1992 (LPD), as well as the applicable European provisions, you have the right to access, amend/object to, rectify and delete your personal data. To exercise this right, you must send us a request by email, accompanied by a photocopy of your identity card or passport, to the following address: contact[at]fondationetrillard.com.
- Analytics tools
The Foundation uses cookies to manage the services available on its online platforms (websites and apps). These are necessary to recognise the user and provide them with personalised and relevant content. The Foundation’s online presence also uses Google Analytics, the web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (hereinafter ‘Google’).
This tool also uses cookies stored on the user’s computer or mobile device, which enables the analysis of their use of the Foundation’s online platforms.
This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the United States, where it is stored. The anonymised data recorded may then be passed on by Google to third parties, provided that this is required by law or that such third parties process the data on Google’s behalf. It is possible, at any time, to prevent the collection and storage of data with future effect. ‘Opt-out’ tools are available online, such as https://thenai.org/opt-out or https://adtelligence.com/opt-out/.
To disable Google Analytics, simply add the relevant ‘add-on’ to your browser, available at the following address: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=fr. By using the Site’s online platforms, the user consents to the processing of their personal data as described in these General Terms and Conditions of Use and for the purposes mentioned above.
- Changes to the Website and the Terms of Use
We may need to amend the content and information contained on this Website, as well as these Terms of Use, in particular to comply with any new applicable legislation and/or regulations and/or to improve the Website. Any amendments will be incorporated into these Terms of Use without prior notice. Please remember to check this page regularly to keep up to date with any changes made to the Terms of Use.
- Jurisdiction and Governing Law
These Terms of Use are governed by Swiss law, to the exclusion of any conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Use or the use of the Website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, subject to any right of appeal to the Federal Supreme Court.