1. Presentation of the website.

In pursuance of article 6 of Law nº 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy, users of the website paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr can verify the identities and credentials of the various stakeholders involved in its implementation and monitoring:

Owner: Association PaRaDis - Association – Department of Pancreatic Medicine and Gastroenterology, Hôpital Beaujon
Co-ordinator: Prof. Vinciane REBOURS
Publication Manager: Prof. Vinciane REBOURS - vinciane.rebours@aphp.fr
The publication manager is a natural person or a legal person.
Webmaster: Prof. Vinciane REBOURS - vinciane.rebours@aphp.fr
Host: OVH - 2 rue Kellermann - BP 80157 59053 ROUBAIX CEDEX 1

2. General conditions of use of the site and the services offered.

Use of the paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr site implies full acceptance of the general conditions of use described below. These conditions of use may be amended or supplemented at any time; users of the paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr website are therefore invited to consult them on a regular basis.

This website is normally accessible to users at all times. Interruptions due to technical maintenance may however be decided by Association PaRaDis, which will then endeavour to advise users beforehand of the dates and times of any interruptions.

The paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr site is regularly updated by Prof. Vinciane REBOURS. Similarly, legal notices can be modified at any time: they are nevertheless binding on the user, who should refer to them frequently in order to become aware of any changes.

3. Description of the services provided.

The purpose of the paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr website is to provide information on all of the organization’s activities.

Association PaRaDis strives to provide information as accurately as possible on the paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr website. However, it cannot be held responsible for omissions, inaccuracies and deficiencies in updates, whether their own or those of third party partners who provide this information.

All the information indicated on the paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr website is given as an indication only, and is likely to change. Furthermore, the information on the paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr website is not exhaustive. It is provided subject to modifications which may have been made since they were posted online.

4. Contractual limitations on technical data.

The website uses JavaScript technology.

The website cannot be held responsible for material damage linked to the use of the site. In addition, the user undertakes to access the site using recent equipment, containing no viruses, and with an up-to-date latest-generation browser.

5. Intellectual property and counterfeits.

Association PaRaDis owns the intellectual property rights or holds the rights of use on all the elements accessible on the website, in particular the texts, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds, software.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, adaptation of all or part of the elements of the site, whatever the means or process used, is prohibited without the prior written authorization of Association PaRaDis.

Any unauthorized use of the site or any of the elements it contains will be considered as constituting an infringement and prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of articles L.335-2 ff. of the Intellectual Property Code.

6. Limitations of Liability.

Association PaRaDis cannot be held responsible for any direct or indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment when accessing the paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr website, and resulting either from the use of equipment not corresponding to the specifications indicated in point 4, or the appearance of a bug or an incompatibility.

Nor can Association PaRaDis be held responsible for indirect damages (such as for example a loss of market or loss of opportunity) further to use of the paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr website.

Interactive spaces (questions option in the contact space) are available to users. Association PaRaDis reserves the right to remove, without prior notice, any content posted in this space that would violate laws applicable in France, in particular the provisions relating to data protection. Where applicable, Association PaRaDis also reserves the right to question the civil and/or criminal liability of the user, in particular in the event of a racist, abusive, defamatory or pornographic message, whatever the medium used (text, photography etc.).

7. Management of personal data.

In France, personal data is protected in particular by law nº 78-87 of 6 January 1978, law nº 2004-801 of 6 August 2004, article L. 226-13 of the Penal Code and the European Directive of 24 October 1995.

When using the paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr website the following may be collected: the URL of the links through which the user accessed the paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr site, the user’s access provider, and the user’s Internet Protocol (IP) address.

In any event, Association PaRaDis only collects personal information about the user for the needs of certain services offered by the paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr website. The user provides this information with full knowledge of the facts, in particular when he enters it himself. The user of the paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr site is then informed of his obligation or not to provide this information.

In accordance with the provisions of articles 38 ff. of the law 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms, any user has a right of access, rectification and opposition to personal data concerning himself, by making a written and signed request, accompanied by a copy of the identity document with signature of the bearer, and specifying the address to which the response must be sent.

No personal information of the user of the paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr website is published without the user’s knowledge, nor exchanged, transferred, assigned or sold on any medium whatsoever to third parties. Only the assumption of the repurchase of Association PaRaDis and its rights would allow the transmission of such information to the prospective purchaser who would in turn be bound by the same obligation to store and modify data with regard to the user of the site paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr.

The site is not declared to the CNIL (French Freedom of Information authority) because it does not collect personal information.

The databases are protected by the provisions of the law of 1 July 1998 transposing Directive 96/9 of March 11, 1996 on the legal protection of databases.

8. Hypertext links and cookies.

The paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr website contains a number of hypertext links to other sites, set up with the authorization of Association PaRaDis. However, Association PaRaDis is not able to verify content of the sites visited, and therefore cannot assume any responsibility for this fact.

Browsing the paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr website is likely to cause the installation of cookie(s) on the user’s computer. A cookie is a small file which does not allow identification of the user, but which records information relating to the navigation of a computer on a site. The data thus obtained are intended to facilitate subsequent navigation on the site, and are also intended to allow various measures of visit frequency.

Refusing to install a cookie may make it impossible to access certain services. However, the user can configure his computer as follows to refuse the installation of cookies:

Using Internet Explorer: Tool tab (pictogram in the shape of a cog at the top right) / internet options. Click on Privacy and choose Block all cookies. Validate on Ok.

Using Firefox: At the top of the browser window, click on the Firefox button, then go to the Options tab. Click on the Privacy tab. Configure the Conservation rules on: use personalized parameters for history. Finally, deselect it to disable cookies.

Using Safari: Click at the top right of the browser on the menu pictogram (symbolized by a cog). Select Settings. Click on Show advanced settings. In the “Privacy” section, click on Content settings. In the “Cookies” section, you can block cookies.

Using Chrome: Click at the top right of the browser on the menu pictogram (symbolized by three horizontal lines). Select Settings. Click on Show advanced settings. In the “Privacy” section, click on preferences. In the “Privacy” tab, you can block cookies.

9. Applicable law and attribution of jurisdiction.

Any dispute in connection with the use of the paradis-maladie-du-pancreas.fr website is subject to French law. Exclusive jurisdiction is attributed to the competent courts of Paris.

10. The main laws concerned.

Law nº 78-17 of 6 January 1978, in particular amended by law nº 2004-801 of 6 August 2004 relating to data processing, files and freedoms.

Law nº 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy.

11. Lexicon.

User: Internet user connecting and using the aforementioned site.

Personal information: “information which allows, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, identification of the natural persons to whom it applies” (article 4 of law nº 78-17 of 6 January 1978).