Terms of use & legal notice

These terms of use (the “Terms”) set out the legal framework governing the way Dotsland.com makes the website and its services available, and define the conditions under which the “User” may access and use those services.

These Terms are available on the website under “Terms of use & legal notice”.

Any use of the website implies acceptance of these Terms by the User, without reservation or restriction.

If the User does not accept the Terms set out in this agreement, the User must refrain from accessing the services offered by the website.

Dotsland.com reserves the right to modify the content of these Terms unilaterally and at any time.

Article 1: Legal notice

The Dotsland.com website is published by Mr Sasha El Mogherbi, sole trader (entrepreneur individuel), whose registered office is located at 54 boulevard Sérurier, 75019 Paris, France, registered under SIRET number 924 075 211 00012 (SIREN 924 075 211) and identified for VAT purposes under number FR80924075211.

Email address: contact@dotsland.com

The publication director is: Sasha El Mogherbi.

The Dotsland.com website is hosted by o2switch, whose registered office is located at chemin des Pardiaux, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France, a simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée) registered with the Clermont-Ferrand Trade and Companies Register under number 510 909 807.

ARTICLE 2: Access to the website

The Dotsland.com website gives the User free access to the following services:

The website offers the following services:
presentation of the services of Dotsland.com.

The website is freely accessible from any location to any User with internet access. All costs incurred by the User in order to access the service (computer equipment, software, internet connection, and so on) are borne by the User.

Any event caused by force majeure resulting in a malfunction of the website or server, and subject to any interruption or modification for maintenance purposes, does not engage the liability of Dotsland.com. In such cases, the User accepts that no claim will be made against the publisher for any interruption or suspension of service, even without prior notice.

The User may contact the website by email at the publisher’s email address given in ARTICLE 1.

ARTICLE 3: Collection of data

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the French Data Protection Act (loi Informatique et Libertés) of 6 January 1978 as amended, the User has, in respect of their personal data, a right of access, rectification, erasure, objection, restriction of processing and portability. Where processing is based on consent, the User may withdraw that consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out beforehand. The User exercises these rights:

· by email at: contact@dotsland.com

· through a contact form;

The User also has the right to lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority (Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, CNIL), 3 place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris, www.cnil.fr.

ARTICLE 4: Intellectual property

The trademarks, logos and signs, as well as all the content of the website (text, images, sound and so on), are protected by the French Intellectual Property Code and, more particularly, by copyright.

The Dotsland.com trademark is a trademark registered by Dotsland.com.

Any representation and/or reproduction and/or exploitation, in whole or in part, of this trademark, of whatever nature, is strictly prohibited.

The User must obtain the website’s prior authorisation for any reproduction, publication or copying of the various contents. The User undertakes to use the content of the website in a strictly private context; any use for commercial or advertising purposes is strictly prohibited.

Any representation, in whole or in part, of this website by any means whatsoever, without the express authorisation of the operator of the website, would constitute an infringement punishable under Article L. 335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code.

It is recalled, in accordance with Article L. 122-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code, that a User who reproduces, copies or publishes protected content must cite the author and the source.

ARTICLE 5: Liability

The sources of the information published on the Dotsland.com website are deemed reliable, but the website does not warrant that it is free from defects, errors or omissions.

The information provided is given for general guidance only and has no contractual value. Despite regular updates, the Dotsland.com website cannot be held liable for changes in administrative and legal provisions occurring after publication. Likewise, the website cannot be held liable for the use and interpretation of the information contained on this website.

The Dotsland.com website cannot be held liable for any viruses that may infect the computer or any other computer equipment of the internet user following use of, access to, or downloading from this website.

The website’s liability cannot be engaged in the event of force majeure or of the unforeseeable and insurmountable act of a third party.

ARTICLE 6: Hyperlinks

Hyperlinks may be present on the website. The User is informed that, by clicking on these links, they will leave the Dotsland.com website. The latter has no control over the web pages to which these links lead and cannot under any circumstances be held liable for their content.

ARTICLE 7: Cookies

The User is informed that, during visits to the website, a cookie may be installed automatically on their browser software.

Cookies are small files placed on the User’s device by their browser. Some are necessary for the website to function, the others are not and are subject to consent. A cookie contains a randomly generated unique identifier: that identifier makes it possible to recognise a device from one visit to the next and, as such, constitutes personal data under the GDPR, even though it contains neither a name nor an address. Some cookies expire at the end of the User’s visit, others remain.

The information contained in cookies is used to improve the Dotsland.com website.

Browsing the website does not constitute consent. Only cookies strictly necessary for the operation of the website are placed without prior agreement. All others, in particular those used for audience measurement and advertising, are placed only after an explicit choice by the User in the consent banner. Refusing is as easy as accepting, and consent may be withdrawn at any time through the preference management link, without this affecting access to the website. The details of the cookies actually placed, their purpose and their lifetime are set out in our cookie policy.

In the absence of acceptance, the User is informed that certain features or pages may be denied to them.

The User may disable these cookies through the settings available in their browser software.

ARTICLE 8: Publication by the User

The website allows the User to publish the following content:

blog comments and customer reviews.

In their publications, the User undertakes to comply with the rules of netiquette (rules of good conduct on the internet) and with the applicable rules of law.

The website may moderate publications and reserves the right to refuse to put them online, without having to justify this to the User.

The User remains the holder of all of their intellectual property rights. However, by posting a publication on the website, the User grants the publisher the non-exclusive and free right to represent, reproduce, adapt, modify, broadcast and distribute the publication, directly or through an authorised third party, worldwide, on any medium (digital or physical), for the duration of the intellectual property rights. In particular, the User grants the right to use the publication on the internet and on mobile telephone networks.

The publisher undertakes to display the User’s name close to each use of the publication.

Any content posted online by the User is the User’s sole responsibility. The User undertakes not to post content that may harm the interests of third parties. Any legal action brought by an injured third party against the website will be borne by the User.

The User’s content may be deleted or modified by the website at any time and for any reason, without prior notice.

ARTICLE 9: Governing law and competent jurisdiction

French law applies to this agreement. If no amicable settlement of a dispute between the parties is reached, the French courts shall have sole jurisdiction.

For any question relating to the application of these Terms, you may contact the publisher using the details given in ARTICLE 1.