Impressum

1. Website Presentation

In accordance with Article 6 of French Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004, for confidence in the digital economy, users of the Parfum France website are informed of the identity of the various parties involved in its creation and monitoring:

  • Owner: Michel HUYGHUES BEAUFOND

  • Creator: Michel HUYGHUES BEAUFOND

  • Publication Manager: Michel HUYGHUES BEAUFOND

  • SIRET: 89290618100011

  • VAT Number: FR892906181000119

  • Hosting Provider: Shopify – 150, rue Elgin, 8th floor, Ottawa (Ontario), Canada K2P 1L4

2. General Terms of Use of the Site and Services Provided

Use of the Parfum France website implies full and complete acceptance of the general terms of use described below. These terms of use may be modified or supplemented at any time; users of the site are therefore invited to consult them regularly.

The site is normally accessible at all times to users. However, an interruption due to technical maintenance may be decided by Parfum France, which will endeavor to communicate the dates and times of the intervention to users in advance.

The Parfum France website is updated regularly by Parfum France. Similarly, the legal notice may be modified at any time and remains binding on the user, who is invited to refer to it as often as possible.

3. Description of Services Provided

The Parfum France website is intended to provide information concerning all the company’s activities.

Parfum France strives to provide as accurate information as possible. However, it cannot be held responsible for omissions, inaccuracies, or deficiencies in updates, whether of its own making or that of third-party partners.

All information on the site is provided for guidance only and is subject to change. Furthermore, the information appearing on the site is not exhaustive and is subject to modifications made since it was put online.

4. Contractual Limitations on Technical Data

The site uses JavaScript technology.

The website cannot be held responsible for material damages related to the use of the site. In addition, the user agrees to access the site using recent hardware, free of viruses, and with an up-to-date, latest-generation browser.

5. Intellectual Property and Counterfeiting

Parfum France owns the intellectual property rights or holds usage rights to all elements accessible on the site, including texts, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds, and software.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, adaptation of all or part of the site’s elements, by any means or process, is prohibited, unless prior written authorization has been obtained from Parfum France.

Any unauthorized exploitation of the site or any element contained therein will be considered an infringement and prosecuted in accordance with Articles L.335-2 and following of the French Intellectual Property Code.

6. Limitations of Liability

Parfum France cannot be held liable for direct and indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment when accessing the website, resulting either from the use of equipment not meeting the specifications indicated in Section 4, or from the appearance of a bug or incompatibility.

Parfum France cannot also be held responsible for indirect damages (such as loss of market or loss of opportunity) resulting from the use of the site.

Interactive spaces (possibility to ask questions via the contact space) are available to users. Parfum France reserves the right to delete, without prior notice, any content posted in this space that contravenes applicable law in France, particularly provisions related to data protection. Where applicable, Parfum France also reserves the right to hold the user civilly and/or criminally liable, especially in cases of racist, offensive, defamatory, or pornographic messages, regardless of the medium used (text, photograph, etc.).

7. Personal Data Management

In France, personal data is protected by:

  • Law No. 78-87 of January 6, 1978

  • Law No. 2004-801 of August 6, 2004

  • Article L. 226-13 of the Penal Code

  • The European Directive of October 24, 1995

When using the Parfum France site, the following may be collected: the URL of links through which the user accessed the site, the user’s internet provider, and the user’s IP address.

In any case, Parfum France only collects personal information relating to the user for the needs of certain services offered by the site. The user provides this information knowingly, especially when entering it directly. Users are then informed whether or not they are required to provide such information.

In accordance with the provisions of Articles 38 and following of Law 78-17 of January 6, 1978 (Data Protection Act), every user has the right to access, rectify, and oppose personal data concerning them, by submitting a written and signed request, accompanied by a copy of an identity document with signature, and specifying the address to which the reply should be sent.

No personal information of the user is published without the user’s knowledge, nor exchanged, transferred, assigned, or sold in any medium to third parties. Only in the event of the acquisition of Parfum France and its rights would the transmission of said information to the potential buyer occur, who would in turn be bound by the same obligation to retain and modify data with respect to the user.

Databases are protected by the provisions of the Law of July 1, 1998, transposing Directive 96/9 of March 11, 1996, relating to the legal protection of databases.

8. Hyperlinks and Cookies

The Parfum France website contains a number of hyperlinks to other websites, set up with the authorization of Parfum France. However, Parfum France does not have the ability to verify the content of sites visited in this way and assumes no responsibility for them.

Browsing the Parfum France site may result in the installation of cookie(s) on the user’s computer. A cookie is a small file that does not allow the identification of the user but records information relating to browsing on a site. The data obtained is intended to facilitate subsequent browsing on the site and also enable various traffic measurements.

Refusing to install a cookie may make it impossible to access certain services. Users may, however, configure their computers as follows to refuse cookies:

  • Internet Explorer: Tools tab → Internet Options → Privacy → Block all cookies.

  • Firefox: Options tab → Privacy → Use custom settings for history → Uncheck to disable cookies.

  • Safari: Menu icon → Settings → Advanced settings → Privacy → Content settings → Block cookies.

  • Chrome: Menu icon → Settings → Advanced settings → Privacy → Preferences → Block cookies.

9. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

Any dispute related to the use of the Parfum France website is subject to French law. Exclusive jurisdiction is granted to the competent courts of Paris.

10. Relevant Laws

  • Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978, as amended by Law No. 2004-801 of August 6, 2004, relating to data protection.

  • Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004, for confidence in the digital economy.

11. Glossary

  • User: Internet user connecting to and using the aforementioned site.

  • 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).