Terms of service

Adopte ma culotte is a web platform, accessible at www.adoptemaculotte.com (the "Site"), operated by CONNECTION SAS.

The purpose of these General Terms of Use (the "Conditions" or taken together, the "Contract") is to define the terms and conditions governing the relationship between the Users and the Company. Should these Conditions not be respected, the Company reserves the right to take any measure necessary to preserve its interests, particularly to ensure their enforcement.

The User undertakes, during each visit to the Site, to comply with all these Conditions without reservation. Consequently, the User acknowledges having taken note of the Conditions and agrees to be bound by these provisions. If the User accesses the Site on behalf of a company or any other legal entity, they are nevertheless personally bound by this Contract.

Article 1 – Site Access

The User may be a natural or legal person.

Article 2 – Ordering Items

The Site allows the User to order various items online.

The main characteristics of the items are displayed on the Site. The User is required to become familiar with them before placing any order.

Ordering items on the Site implies the acceptance of the general terms and conditions of sale. These general terms and conditions aim to govern the contractual relationship between the Company and the User who places an online order. They specify, in particular, the conditions for ordering, payment, delivery, and managing possible returns of items ordered by the User.

Article 3 – Use of Site Services

3.1 Right of Site Access

According to these Conditions, the Company grants Users a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, and non-assignable right of access to the Services for strictly personal use. Any use of the Site contrary to its purpose is strictly forbidden and constitutes a breach of these provisions.

Using the Site requires an internet connection and a web browser. To ensure proper functioning of the Site, it is specified that the Site is optimized for:

  • a screen resolution of 1280×768 pixels;
  • the latest versions of the Edge, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari browsers.

All hardware and software necessary to access the Site and use the Services remain exclusively the responsibility of the User.

The Company reserves the right, notably, to suspend or refuse access to the Site to one or more Users.

3.2 User Obligations

Users are prohibited from:

  1. transmitting, publishing, distributing, recording, or destroying any material, particularly the content of the Site, in violation of current laws or regulations concerning the collection, processing, or transfer of personal information;
  2. disseminating data, information, or content that is defamatory, insulting, obscene, offensive, violent, or inciting violence, or of a political, racist, or xenophobic nature, or generally any content contrary to current laws and regulations or good morals;
  3. linking to or creating links to any content or information available from the Company’s sites, except with the express, prior, and written agreement of the Company;
  4. using information, content, or any data present on the Site to offer a service considered, at the sole discretion of the Company, competitive with the Company;
  5. selling, exchanging, or monetizing information, content, or any data present on the Site or Service offered by the Site, without the express written agreement of the Company;
  6. performing reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling, decrypting, or otherwise attempting to obtain the source code related to any underlying intellectual property used to provide all or part of the Services;
  7. using manual or automatic software or devices, code robots, or other means to access, explore, extract, or index any page of the Site;
  8. endangering or attempting to endanger the security of the Company's website. This includes attempts to control, scan, or test the vulnerability of a system or network, or to violate security or authentication measures without prior express authorization;
  9. counterfeiting or using the products, logos, trademarks, or any other element protected by the Company’s intellectual property rights;
  10. simulating the appearance or functionality of the Site, for example, through a mirror effect;
  11. disrupting or disturbing, directly or indirectly, the Site, or imposing a disproportionate load on the Site’s infrastructure or attempting to transmit or activate computer viruses via or on the Site.

It is recalled that security breaches of the system or network may lead to civil and criminal prosecutions. The Company verifies the absence of such breaches and may appeal to judicial authorities to prosecute, where appropriate, Users who participated in such breaches.

Users undertake to use the Site fairly, in accordance with its professional purpose and legal, regulatory, these Conditions, and customary practices.

Article 4 - Use of Site Content

All content of the Site, including designs, texts, graphics, images, videos, information, logos, button icons, software, audio files, and other materials, belongs to the Company, which is the sole owner of all related intellectual property rights.

Any representation and/or reproduction and/or partial or total use of the content and Services provided by [the Company, by any means, without the prior written authorization of the Company, is strictly prohibited and is likely to lead to legal proceedings.

Article 5 – Personal Data

5.1 Collected Data

To allow any User to take full advantage of the Site's Services and features, the Company collects various data. It is recalled that by registering on the Site, the User expressly accepts that this data is collected, regardless of the country from which they connect.

This data is collected at different times and through various methods:

  • When the User places an order on the Site: first name, last name, delivery address, phone number, email address, and bank details;

  • Log files and Internet Protocol (IP) address: For every connection to the Site, the Company receives the link from which the User arrived and the link to which they proceed when leaving the Site. The Company also receives the User’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, as well as certain information related to their computer's operating system or internet browser;

  • Cookies: The Company uses cookie files which can be defined as text files capable of being saved on a terminal when viewing an online service with a browsing software. A cookie file allows its issuer, among other things, during its validity period, not exceeding 13 months, to recognize the terminal concerned every time that terminal accesses digital content containing cookies from the same issuer and to retain its preferences (language, currency, privacy preferences...) or to measure and analyze visitor traffic for the purpose of the Company establishing statistics. Nevertheless, it is possible to disable the use of cookies by modifying the User's preferences in their internet browser. In this case, some Site features may no longer function.

5.2 Retention of Collected Data

Personal data are stored by the Company on its host's servers for the purpose of processing them in the context of using the Services. They are kept for as long as necessary for the provision of the Services and functions offered by the Site, for a period not exceeding 36 months from their collection. After this period, the collected data will be erased by the Company and only retained for archival purposes for the purpose of establishing proof of a right or a contract, which may be archived in accordance with the provisions of the commercial code regarding the retention period of books and documents created during commercial activities and the consumer code regarding the conservation of contracts concluded electronically.

The User remains the owner of the information concerning them that they transmit to the Company. In accordance with Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978, and General Regulation on Data Protection No. 2016/679 (GDPR), the User has the right of access, rectification, and erasure of personal data concerning them, as well as the right to object to the communication of this data to third parties for legitimate reasons.

The User may exercise their rights by writing to the following email address: contact@adoptemaculotte.com.

A response to the User's request will be sent within 30 days.

To delete cookies, the User can also request the Company by following the procedure specifically provided on the Site.

5.3 Purposes of Data Collection

Personal data are collected from Users to (i) allow the User to take full advantage of the Services and functions offered by the Site, (ii) prevent fraud, (iii) for statistical purposes, and (iv) sending commercial newsletters.

The User has the option to unsubscribe from the Company's newsletter at any time by completing the form provided for this purpose in the said newsletter.

This data may be communicated by the Company to any third party responsible for the execution, processing, and management of the Services. The Company, therefore, uses various subcontractors, notably Facebook, Google, or Criteo, for the development of commercial statistics.

However, under different circumstances, the Company may disclose or share the personal data of a User with any other third party, including:

  • with the User's consent;
  • to comply with law, current regulations, any judicial procedure, court decisions, or any other mandatory disclosure; or to protect the rights, property, or security of the Site, its members, or the public.

Article 6 – Liability

It is recalled that data published by Users and information shared by them may be captured and exploited by other Users or third parties. In this sense, the Company does not guarantee the respect of the ownership of this data; it is the User's responsibility to take all necessary measures to preserve the ownership of their data.

The Company does not guarantee the uninterrupted or error-free functioning of the Services. In particular, the Company’s liability shall not be engaged in the event of site access interruption due to maintenance operations, updates, or technical improvements.

In any case, the Company shall not be liable for indirect or unforeseen losses or damages to the User or any third party, including, but not limited to, any lost profit, any unfortunate investment, inaccuracy or corruption of files or data, damage to image or trade, loss of revenue or profit, loss of clientele, or loss of opportunity, whatever the nature or basis thereof.

Furthermore, the Company shall not be liable for any delay or non-performance of this Contract justified by a case of force majeure, as defined by French court and tribunal jurisprudence.

Article 7 - Proof Convention

Computer systems and files are considered proof in reports between the Company and the User.

Thus, the Company may validly produce, within any procedure, as proof, data, files, programs, records, or other elements, received, issued, or preserved by means of the computer systems operated by the Company, on all digital or analog media, and rely upon them unless there is a clear error.

Article 8 - Severability

The fact that any of the provisions of the Contract is or becomes illegal or unenforceable shall not affect in any way the validity or enforceability of the other stipulations of the Contract.

Article 9 – Dispute Resolution

The conclusion, interpretation, and validity of this Contract are governed by French law, regardless of the User's country of origin or the country from which the User accesses the Company, notwithstanding the principles of conflicts of laws.

In the event of a dispute concerning the validity, execution, or interpretation of this Contract and brought before civil courts, it shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the court expressly assigned jurisdiction, even in the event of provisional remedies or multiple defendants.

The User is informed that they may at all times resort to conventional mediation or any alternative dispute resolution method (conciliation, for example) in case of dispute.