General Terms and Conditions of Use

1. Introduction

These general terms of use and these conditions apply to this entire website, including all its features, also including those to which you may not have access or incomplete access. You may be bound by additional contracts in connection with your relationship with us or any products or services you receive from us. If any provision of additional contracts conflicts with any item of these terms and conditions, the provisions of such additional agreements shall prevail.

2. Usage of this website

By accessing, registering, participating in, or otherwise using this site, you agree to be bound by these general terms and conditions set forth below. The mere use of this website implies knowledge and acceptance of these general terms and conditions. In certain special cases, we may also ask you to give your explicit consent.

3. Intellectual property

We own and control all copyright and other intellectual property rights in this website and the data, information and other resources displayed or accessible on the website.

3.1 Licence

Unless otherwise stated, the content of this website is published and made available under a Creative Commons – ShareAlike 2.0 licence.

4. Newsletter

We explicitly and not exclusively grant you the right to send our newsletter in electronic form to other persons who may be interested in visiting our website.

5. Third-party rights and property

Our website may include hyperlinks or other references to third party websites. We do not monitor or review the content of third party websites that are linked to this website. Products or services offered by other websites are subject to the applicable terms and conditions of those third parties. The opinions expressed or the elements appearing on these sites are not necessarily shared or endorsed by us.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites. You assume all risks associated with the use of these websites and any third party services. We will not accept any liability for any loss or damage, howsoever caused, resulting from the disclosure of your personal information to third parties.

6. Fair use

By visiting our website, you agree to use it only for the purposes provided and permitted by these general terms and conditions of uUse, by any additional contracts entered into with us, and by applicable laws and regulations, as well as by generally accepted online practices and industry guidelines. You must not use our website or services to use, publish or distribute any material that consists of (or is linked to) malware ; nor use the data collected on our website for any direct marketing activity, or conduct any systematic or automated data collection activity on or in connection with our website.

You strictly refrain from any activity that would cause, or could cause, damage to this website or that would interfere or could interfere with the performance, availability or accessibility of this website.

7. Registration

In the event that this website would give you the possibility, you can open an account on the site. During this process, you are asked to choose a password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of passwords and account information and you agree not to share your passwords, account information, or secure access to our website or services with any other person. You must not allow any other person to use your account to access the Website as you are responsible for all activities that occur through the use of your passwords or accounts. You must inform us immediately if you become aware of the disclosure of your password.

We retain at any time the possibility of taking the unilateral decision to close your account in case of non-compliance with these general conditions of use. In this case, you will not attempt to open a new account without our permission.

8. Your published data and content

This website may provide you with access to various communication tools, such as blog comments, blog posts, forums, message boards, ratings and reviews, and various social media services. We may not be able to screen or monitor all content that you or others may share or send on or through our website. However, we reserve the right to review content and monitor any use and activity on our website, and to remove or reject any content in our sole discretion. By posting information or using any other communication tool available as mentioned, you agree that your content complies with these terms of use, and is not illegal or unlawful, nor can it infringe the legal rights of any person.

9. Transmission of protected work

Please, do not send any ideas, inventions, works of authorship or other information that may be considered your own intellectual property that you would like to submit to us, unless we have previously signed an intellectual property agreement or a non-disclosure agreement. If you disclose it to us in the absence of such a written agreement, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, store, adapt, publish, translate and distribute your content in any existing or future medium.

10. End of use

We may, in our sole discretion, at any time modify or discontinue access, temporarily or permanently, to this website or any service on it. You agree that we will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of your access to or use of this website or any content you may have shared on the website. You will not be entitled to any compensation or other payment, even if certain features, settings and/or content to which you have contributed or relied on are permanently lost. You must not circumvent or misappropriate, or attempt to circumvent or misappropriate, any measures restricting access to our website.

11. Warranties and liability

This website and all of its content are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis and may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. We expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the availability, accuracy or completeness of the content. In particular, we do not guarantee:

• that this website or its content will meet your needs;
• that this website will be available on an uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free basis.

Nothing on this website constitutes or is intended to constitute legal, financial or medical advice of any kind. If you need advice, you should consult an appropriate professional.

In no event shall we be liable for any direct or indirect damages, including damages for loss of profits or revenue, loss or corruption of data, software or databases, or loss of or damage to property or data, suffered by you or any third party, resulting from your access to or use of our website.

Except to the extent that any additional agreement expressly states otherwise, our maximum liability to you for any damages arising out of or related to this website or any products and services marketed or sold through the website, regardless of the form of legal action that imposes liability (whether in contract,, equity, negligence, intentional, tortious or otherwise) will be limited to the total price you paid us to purchase such products or services or use the website. This limitation will apply globally to all your claims, actions and causes of action of every kind and type.

12. Confidentiality

To access our website and/or services, you may be asked to provide certain information about yourself as part of the registration process. You agree that all information you provide is always accurate, correct and up-to-date.

We have developed several policies to address all your privacy concerns. For more information, please see our policies regarding cookies management and privacy.

13. Accessibility

We are committed to making the content we provide accessible to people with disabilities. If you have a disability and are unable to access any part of our website due to your disability, we ask that you send us a notification with a detailed description of the problem you have encountered. If the problem is easily identifiable and can be resolved in accordance with industry standard IT tools and techniques, we are committed to making every effort to resolve it as quickly as possible.

14. Export restrictions / Legal compliance

Access to this website from territories or countries where the content or purchase of products or services sold on the website is illegal is prohibited. You may not use this website in violation of France's export laws and regulations.

15. Reassignation

You may not assign, transfer or subcontract any of your rights and/or obligations under these general terms and conditions of use, in whole or in part, to any third party without our prior written consent. Any assignment purported to be in violation of this section shall be null and void.

16. Violation of these terms of use

Without prejudice to our other rights, if you breach these general terms and conditions of use in any way, we may take such steps as we deem appropriate to address the breach, including temporarily or permanently suspending your access to the website, contacting your Internet Service Provider to ask them to block your access to the website, and/or take legal action against you.

17. Compensation

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us harmless from and against all claims, liabilities, damages, losses and expenses related to your violation of these general terms and conditions of use and applicable laws, including intellectual property rights and privacy rights. You will promptly reimburse us for any damages, losses, costs and expenses related to or arising out of such claims.

18. Dispensation

Failure to enforce any of the provisions set forth in these general terms and conditions of use and any agreement, or to exercise an option to terminate, shall not be construed as a waiver of such provisions and shall not affect the validity of these general terms and conditions of use or any agreement or any part thereof, nor the right subsequently to apply each of the provisions.

19. Entire agreement

These general terms and conditions of use, together with our policies regarding your privacy and the cookies management, constitute the entire agreement between you and PWI Consulting regarding your use of this website.

20. Update of these terms of use

We may update these general terms and conditions of use from time to time. The date indicated at the beginning of this document is the most recent revision date. If you have requested it, we will notify you in writing of any changes or updates, and the revised terms and conditions will be effective on the date we notify you. Your continued use of this website following the posting of changes or updates will be deemed notification of your acceptance to abide by and be bound by these terms and conditions. To request an earlier version of these general terms and conditions of use, please contact us.

21. Choice of law and jurisdiction

These general terms and conditions of use are governed by the laws of France. Any dispute relating to these general conditions of use will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of France. If any part or provision of these general terms and conditions of use is held by a court or other authority to be invalid and/or unenforceable under applicable law, such part or provision will be modified, deleted and/or enforced to the greatest extent possible in order to give effect to the intent of these terms and conditions. Other provisions shall not be affected.

22. Contact us

For any question and/or any comment about our general terms and conditions of use, please use the contact form available on this website.