Introduction
Users of this website acknowledge these terms and conditions of use of the website accessible at https://www.scottopartners.com (and also https://www.scottopartners.fr and https://www.scottopartners.eu) and agree to comply with them.
The publisher of this website undertakes to comply with all laws regarding the establishment and operation of a website.
Legal Information
This website is published by the law firm Scotto Partners (the “Firm“), operating in the form of a French société d’exercice libéral par actions simplifiée (simplified joint stock professional corporation) with capital of €1,000, registered in the Paris Trade and Companies Register with number 521 352 757 00053 and headquartered at 12/14 Rond-Point des Champs-Elysées, 75008 Paris, France (telephone: +33 (0)1 83 92 38 38).
The publications manager of this website is Isabelle Cheradame, a partner at the Firm.
The website’s webmaster is Cynthia Randriamialison.
The website was designed by WNP, What’s Next Partners – 4 place de l’Opéra, 75002 Paris, France (telephone: +33 (0)1 55 35 97 70).
The website is hosted by Gandi.net, 63-65 boulevard Massena, 75013 Paris, France (telephone: +33 (0)1 70 37 76 61).
Intellectual Property
The website and each of the elements of which it is formed, including but not limited to text, articles, press releases, images, photos, logos, graphical charters, software, search engines, and databases, are the exclusive property of the Firm, with the exception of third-party trade marks that may be used and identified with the ® sign.
The pictures of the Firm’s members are the work of Fabian Voizard, who has assigned the copyright in this work to the Firm.
In no way do these terms and conditions entail the transfer to the user of intellectual property rights of any kind regarding the elements belonging to the Firm.
Any full or partial representation, reproduction, modification, translation or adaptation, with or without charge, of this website and/or the elements of which it is formed by any user without the express permission of the Firm is prohibited.
Notwithstanding this, users are permitted to download documents, of which the Firm is the owner, which are made available free of charge by the Firm in the form of electronic files with the specific intention that they may be downloaded. In this case, the user is solely responsible for any use of the information provided and is prohibited from distributing these documents to third parties.
Data Protection
In accordance with the French Data Protection Act of 6 January 1978 (Informatique, fichiers et libertés), modified by law 2004-801 of 6 August 2004, the automatic processing of personal data carried out by the website has been declared to the CNIL, the French Data Protection Authority (Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés), which has issued a receipt under the number 1487913.
E-mail addresses and any other personal data included voluntarily by users in order to identify themselves in their electronic correspondence with the Firm as well as the IP (Internet Protocol) addresses that relate to their internet connection are the only pieces of personal data that may be collected through the website and processed by the Firm.
Users are informed of their rights to query, access, correct and object on legitimate grounds to any data relating to them by writing to the following address: Cabinet Scotto Partners, 12/14 Rond-Point des Champs Elysées, 75008 Paris, France, attaching a copy of an identity document.
Users are bound by the provisions of the French Data Protection Act, breach of which may lead to legal sanctions. Users shall, in particular, regarding the personal information to which they have access, abstain from any data collection, fraudulent use and, in general, any act that could harm people’s private lives or reputations.
It is hereby stated that cookies may be automatically installed in users’ browser software, allowing the Firm to collect data on how users browse the website for visitor traffic and statistical analysis only. Users may configure their browsers to refuse the installation of these cookies.
Other Provisions
The website is to be used for private use only.
The website and the information, documents and data it contains constitute general and non-exhaustive information and in no case can any element be considered legal advice, solicitation, or an offer of services.
The Firm strives to ensure that the information and the service it provides to users is verified and available. However, the Firm cannot be held liable for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies that the site may contain, information on web pages to which the site may link via hypertext links, unavailability of information or of the service, disruption or inability to use the website, IT attacks that may damage users’ IT equipment and their data, and, in general, any direct or indirect damage that may result from using the website.
As a result, users agree to take full responsibility for their use of the information.
Users agree to use the site services and the information to which they have access only for personal reasons and for purposes consistent with public order, morality and the rights of third parties.
Users agree not to disrupt others’ use of the site and not to interfere with or interrupt the normal operation of the website.
Applicable Law and Attribution of Jurisdiction
These terms and conditions are governed by French law. Any disputes arising from the application of these terms and conditions of use will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Paris Court of Appeal.