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Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions
Company
DIGITAL ESSENCE SAS
104 Avenue de la Résistance
93100 Montreuil / France
800 709 180 RCS Bobigny
VAT : FR55 800 709 180
Publisher : Etienne Mathé
The website www.heavym.net is hosted on the computer equipment of the company OVH. Its registered office is : 2 rue Kellermann - 59100 Roubaix - France.
The website is realized by Da Costa Romain.
Privacy Policy
1. Definition and nature of personal data
Whenever you use the platform, that can be accessed from Digital Essence’s website located at www.heavym.net (hereinafter referred to as the "Platform"), for the purposes of using the provided services that enable you (i) to download the intuitive projection mapping software called HeavyM, (ii) to buy the Olga Kit consisting of modules that can be assembled and disassembled that allow video-mapping surfaces to be created, on which Customers can project visual animations, (iii) to share the visual animations you’ve designed with the community of users’ of the HeavyM Software, and (iv) to access to the forum hosted on the Platform, we may request some personal information about you.
The term "personal data" refers to any and all information which enables an individual to be identified, more specifically your surname, first name(s), alias, photography, postal or email addresses, telephone number(s), IP address of the computer on which the software is downloaded and/or the IP address of any computer from which a post is send to the forum, data concerning transactions on the Platform, credit card number, as well as any other information about you which you may choose to provide us with.
2. Purpose of this Charter
The purpose of this charter is to inform you of the means by which we collect and process
your personal data, with the strictest respect for your rights.
In this regard, we would like to point out that when collecting and managing your
personal data, we comply with the current version of the French law No. 78-17 of 6
January 1978 on Information Technology, Data Files and Civil Liberties, and the General
data protection regulation n°2016/679.
3. Identity of the entity responsible for collecting and processing data
Responsibility for the collection and processing of your personal data lies with the company Digital essence, a simplified joint stock company, registered with the Registry of Trade and Companies of Bobigny under number 800 709 180, whose head office is located at 104 avenue de la Résistance – 93100 Montreuil, France (referred to within the framework of this charter as "Us" or "We").
4. Collecting and processing personal data
- To manage your access to and use of the services available on the Platform.
- To improve your customer experience and the services provided on the Platform,
- To carry out customer management operations relating to contracts, orders, deliveries, invoices, loyalty schemes, follow-up with customers, etc.
- To compile a list of registered members, users, customers and prospective customers.
- To issue newsletters, invitations and promotional advertisements. Should you not wish to receive these, we offer you the option to refuse them at the moment your data is being collected.
- To compile commercial and web traffic statistics for our services.
- To organize games and skill games and any other promotional activities, except gambling,
- To manage reviews on products, services or content.
- To manage unpaid invoices and potential disputes regarding the use of our products and services.
- To adhere to our legal and regulatory obligations.
Your personal data is collected and processed for one or more of the following purposes:
5. Recipients of the collected and processed data
Our company's staff, any authorities in charge of audits (external auditors in particular)
and our subcontractors will have access to your personal data.
Government agencies or representatives of the law, ministerial officers or organisations
responsible for the collection of debts may also be recipients of your personal data, for
the sole purposes of meeting our legal obligations.
6. Assignment of personal data
Your personal data will not be assigned to, rented to or exchanged with any third party, with the exception of the client for which you are registered, and to whom we provide data concerning you, in relation with your using of the services
7. Duration that personal data is retained
- Regarding data relating to customer and prospect management:
Your personal data shall not be retained any longer than is strictly necessary for the management of our business with you. However, data proving the existence of a right or a contract must be kept in order to adhere to legal obligations and shall be held for the term stipulated by the applicable law.
Regarding potential prospecting operations for customers, their data may be held for a period of three (3) years after the termination of the business relationship in question.
Personal data relating to a prospective customer, who is not already a customer, may be held for a period of three (3) years from the moment it is collected or from the last contact with the prospective customer.
At the end of this period of three (3) years, we may contact you again in order to find out if you wish to continue to receive commercial canvassing. - Provisions specific to identity documents:
When exercising your right of access or correction, data relating to identity documents may be stored for the time limit provided for in article 9 of the French Criminal Procedure Code, namely one year. When exercising your right of opposition, these data may be archived during the term of limitation provided for in article 8 of the French Criminal Procedure Code, namely three years. - Provisions specific to bank card data
Data relating to bank cards are stored no longer than the time necessary to allow the fulfillment of the transaction, except in the case of a subscription, to facilitate the payment of regular customers. In that case, bank card data are stored for the whole duration of your subscription and at least until the date at which you carry out your last transaction. Such storage is implemented by our secured payment service provider.
We don’t have access to these data.
By checking the checkbox provided on the Website to this end, you expressly agree to this storage.
Data relating to the visual cryptogram or CVV on the back of your bank card are not stored.
In the case of a payment by bank card, however, data relating to the bank card may be stored as intermediary archives for evidence purpose in the case of possible disputes regarding the transaction, for the duration provided by article L.133-24 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, i.e. 13 months from the debit date. This duration may be extended to 15 months, to take into account the possible use of delayed debit card. - Regarding the management of opt-out lists compiled during prospecting activities:
Information enabling recognition of your right to opt-out is retained for a minimum of three (3) years following the exercising of your opt-out right. - Regarding web audience tracking statistics:
Information stored in users' terminals, or any other means used to identify users and enabling them to be tracked or to measure the frequency of their visits, shall be retained for no longer than six (6) months.
8. Security
For your information, we take all necessary precautions and appropriate organisational and technical measures to maintain the security, integrity and confidentiality of your personal data, and especially to prevent it from being deformed or damaged and to prevent any third party from accessing it.
9. Hosting
We also hereby inform you that your data is stored solely on the servers of OVH Roubaix
located in the European Union.
Your data will not be transferred outside the European Union as part of our conditions of
use of the services we offer.
10. Cookies
Cookies are text files that are often encrypted and that your web browser stores. They are
created when a user's browser loads any given website: the site sends information to the
browser, which then creates a text file. Each time the user comes back to the same site,
the browser retrieves the file and sends it to the website server.
There are three types of cookie with differing purposes - technical cookies, social
network cookies and advertising cookies:
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Technical cookies are used throughout your browsing in order to facilitate and carry
out certain functions. A technical cookie can be used, for example, to memorise
responses submitted in a form or even user language or website presentation
preferences, whenever such options are available.
Social network cookies can be created by social networking platforms to allow web designers to share the content of their sites on these platforms. These cookies may in particular be used by social networking platforms to trace the browsing of Internet users on the website in question, whether or not they use these cookies.
Advertising cookies can be created not only by the website which the user is browsing but also by other internet websites displaying advertising, ad banners, widgets or other elements on the page that is being displayed. These cookies can be used to carry out targeted advertising in particular, that being advertising which is determined by user browsing.
We don’t use social network cookies. Nevertheless, if we were to use such cookies, we would provide you prior information. These cookies would only be stored on your computer if you gave your consent. You could learn more about them, accept them or refuse them.
We do not use advertising cookies. However, should we use them in the future, we will inform you and seek your prior consent. You will have the option to disable these cookies should you wish to.
We use Google Analytics, which is a statistical audience analysis tool that generates cookies to measure the number of visits to the Platform, the number of page views and visitors' activity on the Platform. Your IP address is also collected to determine the city you are connecting from. The storage duration of this cookie is indicated in Article 7 (iv) of this charter.
We would like to remind you that you may refuse technical cookies and cookies generated by Google Analytics by configuring your browser to this end. However, such a refusal may prevent the Platform from functioning correctly.
11. Consent
Providing your personal data, in order to avail of the services we offer, represents your express consent for the collection and use of this data, in accordance with the provisions set forth in this charter and in the applicable legislation.
12. Access to your personal data
In accordance with French law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Information Technology,
Data Files and Civil Liberties, and with the GDPR, you retain the right to obtain and,
where appropriate, correct or delete any data concerning you, via online access to your
account. You can also direct correspondence to:
- Email Address: [email protected]
- Postal Address: 104 avenue de la Résistance - 93100 Montreuil
By way of reminder, any individual may, on legitimate grounds, request limitation of the
processing of their personal data or oppose said processing.
You are informed that in case of correction or deletion of your data, and/or the limitation
of the processing of your personal data, we would notify those change to those to which
we have transferred your data, unless this notification is made impossible.
13. Notification of a personal data breach
When your personal data breach is likely to result in a high risk to your rights and freedoms, we will give you personal notification without any delay, unless this notification is made impossible and /or if we have implemented appropriate measures which ensure that the high risk is no longer likely to materialise.
14. Portability of your personal data
You have data portability rights regarding the personal data that you provide us,
understood as data that you have actively and consciously declared in order to access and
use our services, as well as data generated from your activity using the services. We
remind you that these rights do not relate to data collected and processed on any other
legal basis than the consent or implementation of the contract binding us.
These rights can be exercised free of charge, at any time, and in particular when closing
your account on the Platform, in order to recover and keep your personal data.
In this context, we will send you your personal data, through any pertinent channels, in a
commonly-used and machine-readable standard open format, in accordance with industry
standards.
15. Lodging a complaint with a supervisory authority
You are also hereby informed that you have the right to lodge a complaint with a
competent supervisory authority (e.g. the French National Commission for Information
Technology and Liberties in France - CNIL) in the Member State that your place of
residence or your workplace is located, or the place where your rights have been violated,
if you consider that the processing of your personal data within the context of this Charter
constitutes a violation of the applicable legal texts.
Such a complaint may be brought before an administrative or jurisdictional court without
prejudice to any other claim. In such a case, you also have the right to an effective
judicial and administrative redress if you consider that the processing of your personal
data within the context of this Charter constitutes a violation of the applicable legal texts.
16. Amendments
We reserve the right to amend this charter at any moment, at our sole discretion, either in its entirety or in part. Such amendments shall come into effect once the new charter is published. Your use of the Platform following the entry into effect of these amendments, shall constitute acknowledgement and acceptance of the new charter. Failing that, and if you are not in agreement with the new charter, you should refrain from accessing the Platform.
17. Entry into Effect
This charter came into effect on 2nd May 2018.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF HEAVYM SOFTWARE USE
1. PURPOSE
Digital Essence publishes an intuitive projection mapping software application called
HeavyM (hereinafter referred to as the "Solution"), which can be accessed from the
website www.heavym.net (hereinafter referred to as the "Website"), enabling anyone
who has downloaded the Solution (hereinafter referred to as the "User") to create visual
animations and project them onto different objects with one or more projectors, using a
hardware and software configuration of their choice (hereinafter referred to as
"Projects").
In addition, any User may also access a forum enabling them to avail of various
discussion threads, to share their Projects and provide help to other Users in the
production of their Projects, which can be accessed through the Website (hereinafter
referred to as the "Forum").
The purpose of these General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter referred to as the
"General Conditions") is to define the terms and conditions for the provision of the
services described above (hereinafter referred to as the "Services") as well as to define
the rights and obligations of the various parties within this framework.
Digital Essence and Users are hereinafter collectively or individually referred to as the
"Party" or "Parties".
The version of these General Conditions in force is the version that can be consulted
online on the Website through a direct link on the Website's home page. While using the
Services, Users may be subject to certain conditions of use, specific to certain Services.
These conditions are hereby incorporated into these General Conditions and, in the case
of any inconsistency between the General Conditions and these specific conditions, the
latter shall prevail.
2. ACCEPTANCE OF THE GENERAL CONDITIONS
Users declare that by registering for the Services, under the conditions provided for in the article hereunder "Registration Process", they are aware of and expressly accept the contents of these General Conditions. This acceptance can only be full and unequivocal, without modification of any nature whatsoever. Any qualified acceptance shall be considered null and void. Users who do not accept to be bound by these General Conditions must not use the Services.
3. ACCESS TO SERVICES
The Services can be accessed by:
- Any individual having the full legal capacity to be bound by these General Conditions in their own name and on their own account. Any User who does not have this full legal capacity can only access the Services with the agreement of their legal representative.
- Any legal entity acting through an individual having the authorisation to contract for and on behalf of the entity.
Access to the Services implies downloading the Solution. Digital Essence makes available to Users (i) a simplified version of the Solution, which Users can download free of charge (hereinafter referred to as the "Trial Version of the Solution"), or (ii) a more advanced version of the Solution, which Users may download after paying a subscription, under the conditions provided for hereunder in the article "Financial Conditions" (hereinafter referred to as the "Complete Version of the Solution").
Users hereby acknowledge and accept that the choice of one or other of the versions gives them access to certain features of the Solution, as described hereunder.
4. REGISTRATION PROCESS
In order to access the Services, Users must create an account with Digital Essence on the Website (hereinafter referred to as the "User Account") following the process described hereunder. Users are required to:
- Fill in a registration form, providing all required information. Users agree to inform Digital Essence without delay of any changes in the said information at the contact address indicated in the article "Identification" of these General Conditions. Users ensure Digital Essence that the information they provide in the registration form when creating their User Account is exact.
- Choose a login ID and a password. Users may change their password at any time in the "Settings" tab of their User Account. It is advised to change the password regularly.
- Choose the version of the Solution that they wish to download and, in the case where a User wishes to download the Complete Version of the Solution, choose the relevant subscription package.
Users hereby acknowledge and accept that they can access the Services by logging in to their User Account using their login ID and password, chosen at the time of registering.
Users download the Solution from their User Account and install it directly on their computer. Users access the features of the Solution from their computer through the Solution's interface (hereinafter referred to as the "Interface") by entering their login ID and password each time they log in.
Users who download the Trial Version of the Solution may, at any time, take out a subscription for the Complete Version of the Solution using the "upgrade" function which can be accessed in their Personal Space on the Website.
5. STRICTLY PERSONAL USE
A single User Account may be created per User. The person whose personal information
was provided on the registration form, as is required before use of the Services, is
considered to be the User of the Services, and this excludes any other third party.
Consequently, Users agree to use the Services themselves personally and agree not to
allow any third party to use them on their behalf, unless accepting full responsibility for
the consequences.
Users expressly acknowledge and accept that when an Account is opened on behalf of a
legal entity, it may be operated by an authorized person whose personal information
corresponds to those provided at the moment of registration for Services, as well as by
the members of its staff. Each User is solely responsible for the proper use of the
Services and the Account by the members of their staff, and this in compliance with
these General Conditions.
Each User is also responsible for keeping their login ID and password confidential and
expressly acknowledges that any use of the Services from their User Account shall be
deemed to have been carried out by the User in question. In the event that a User
discovers that their User Account was used without their prior knowledge, this User
undertakes to inform Digital Essence as quickly as possible, at the address indicated in
the Article "Identification" of these General Conditions.
6. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
Digital Essence provides Users with the Services described below under the following conditions:
6.1 Provision of the Solution's features
Digital Essence provides Users with the following features, through the Interface:
Connection to Projector
Digital Essence provides Users with a connection to a projector enabling them to project
the visual animations they have created onto real objects and/or any surface.
Users who use the Trial Version of the Solution may only use a single projector
connected to the Solution for the projection of the visual animations. Users who use the
Complete Version of the Solution may use several projectors simultaneously,
acknowledging that this is only limited to the technical capacity of the equipment used by
the Users in question, to project the visual animations.
Digital Essence provides Users, through the Interface, (i) with a black projection screen
enabling them to project the created animations onto objects and/or surfaces using one
or more projectors, and (ii) with a window enabling them to view the visual animation on
their computer screen as it is created.
Creation of Faces
Digital Essence provides Users with a design tool enabling them to draw geometric
shapes that mark off a space in which Users may insert a visual animation (hereinafter
referred to as "Faces").
A Face is drawn with the mouse, based on the shape of a real object, such as an item of
decoration, the façade of a building, or a piece of furniture, in order to match the
structure of the object with the shape that is automatically adapted to it using the black
projection screen.
Users may design one or several Faces enabling them to split an object into several
distinct sections.
Creation of Animations
Digital Essence provides Users with a module on the Interface, that enables them to
access the library of their computer and to import video files and/or images from their
computer to the Interface and to drag and drop them into the Faces to fill them.
Digital Essence also provides Users with a library of ready-to-use lighting visual effects
that can be accessed on the Interface (hereinafter referred to as "Effects").
Users may apply one or more Effects to the Faces and the videos and/or images they
have imported. Each Effect can be adjusted in accordance with the different
characteristics of each Effect enabling Users to vary the final result obtained once each
Effect is applied on one or more Faces.
Digital Essence also provides Users with a "Sequencer" feature on the Interface,
enabling Users to save of different Effects compositions and to apply them successively
on one or more Faces, following a set order decided by Users or randomly, at the Users'
discretion (hereinafter referred to as the "Sequence").
By applying Effects and/or Sequences to the Faces enables Users to create a projected
visual animation using one or more projectors onto an object and/or a surface
(hereinafter referred to as the "Visual Animation").
Audio Synchronisation
Users have the option to import sound files from their computer to the Interface using
media import tools provided by Digital Essence.
Digital Essence provides Users with a "Synchronisation" feature in the Interface,
enabling them to synchronise the various Effects and/or Sequences applied to the Faces
with sound.
The sound analysis feature enables Users to have Effects and/or Sequences triggered
depending on the volume of the sounds picked up by the Solution, determined by the
Users, and/or to synchronise the triggering of Effects and/or Sequences by low or high
frequencies.
Saving
Users have the option to save the Visual Animations to the library on their computer.
Sequences may also be saved directly to the computer's hard drive.
6.2 Provision of an Effects develepment tool
Digital Essence provides Users who have subscribed to the Complete Version of the
Solution with an image processing API that enables them to develop new Effects.
Effects that are created by Users are saved in the Effects library of the version of the
Solution downloaded to their computer. Effects created by Users are not made available
to the community of Users of the Solution.
Digital Essence provides Users with a "Share" feature enabling them to transfer the
created Effects to any other application and/or image processing or video mapping
solution.
6.3 Access to the Forum
Digital Essence provides Users with the following features:
Access to a discussion thread
Digital Essence provides Users with a Forum that can be accessed from the Website by
clicking on the "Forum" button. The Forum can be accessed by all Users of the Solution
whether they use the Trial Version of the Solution or the Complete Version of the
Solution.
Any User can access the various discussion threads that are published on the Forum,
organised by theme.
Users who wish to participate in the discussion threads on the Forum must create a
specific account directly on the Forum through the Website (hereinafter referred to as the
"Forum Account") in accordance with the procedure described hereunder. Users hereby
acknowledge that they have been informed that the Forum Account is a separate account
from the User Account. Users are required to:
- Fill in a registration form, providing all required information. Users agree to inform Digital Essence without delay of any changes in the said information at the contact address indicated in the article "Identification" of these General Conditions. Users ensure Digital Essence that the information they provide in the registration form at the moment they open their Forum Account is exact.
- Choose a login ID and a password. Users may change their password at any time in the "Settings" tab of their Forum Account. It is advised to change the password regularly.
Digital Essence offers Users the option to make personal comments reacting to Projects shared with the community of Forum Users, using the "Comments" feature available under each message posted in the discussion thread. Digital Essence shall solely decide on the most appropriate design and technical means for the provision of this Service.
Sharing Visual Animations
Digital Essence may provide Users of the Complete Version of the Solution, exclusively
initially, with Visual Animations created by Digital Essence, which may be downloaded in
the Solution for reuse.
The said Visual Animations shall only be provided for Users of the Trial Version of the
Solution (i) after a certain period following the provision of the said Visual Animations to
Users of the Complete Version of the Solution, and this at Digital Essence's sole
discretion and (ii) in return for payment of an amount that shall be indicated on the
Website.
Users are hereby expressly informed that they are authorised to combine the Visual
Animations provided by Digital Essence with any other Visual Animations created by
them or with videos, and may use said Visual Animations as part of a public event. Users
expressly agree not to make money from, sell, lease or exchange, or more generally,
trade the use of said Visual Animations.
Any User who wishes to share Visual Animations created with the Solution on the
Website must fill in the submission form that is provided for Users on the Website, in the
"Contact" tab. Users undertake to fill in all required information on the said submission
form and to attach a file containing the Visual Animation(s) that they wish to share with
the community of Users of the la Solution when submitting the form.
Users hereby acknowledge and accept that the Visual Animations that are attached to
the submission form shall be subject to validation by Digital Essence who shall solely
decide which Visual Animations shall be published on the Website.
Messaging Service
Digital Essence provides all Users with access to a private messaging service on the
Forum, enabling them to communicate in private with the other Forum Users. This
messaging service operates in a format, and according to the technical means, that
Digital Essence deems the most appropriate for providing this Service.
The messaging service can be accessed through the "Messaging" tab in the Forum once
a User has registered.
6.4 Support and Training
Digital Essence may provide Users with a specific support and/or training service for
using the Solution, in order to enable them to design Visual Animations.
These Services shall be provided through any means deemed useful by Digital Essence.
The conditions of these Services shall be defined specifically between the Parties by
mutual agreement. Users who wish to subscribe to these Services must fill in the
relevant online form, available on the Website through the "HeavyM Education" tab.
6.5 Creating Visual Animations
Digital Essence offers Users services for the design and creation of made-to-measure
turnkey Visual Animations for any type of event, such as fairs, conferences, exhibitions
and/or marketing or cultural operations.
- These Services shall be provided through any means deemed useful by Digital Essence.
The conditions of these Services shall be defined specifically between the Parties by
mutual agreement. Users who wish to subscribe to these Services must fill in the
relevant online form, available on the Website through the "HeavyM Experience" tab.
6.6 Other services
Digital Essence reserves the right to propose any other Service that it deems useful, in a format and according to the technical means that it deems the most appropriate for providing the said Service, whether free of charge or for payment.
7. TERM
If a User has downloaded the Trial Version of the Solution, the Parties agree that these
General Conditions are valid for the entire term of the User Account, until said account is
closed by either Party, for whatever reason, under the conditions provided for in the
Article "Closing a User Account" hereunder.
If a User has taken out a Subscription to the Complete Version of the Solution under the
conditions set out hereunder in the Article "Financial Conditions", the Parties hereby
agree that these General Conditions are valid for the entire term of the Subscription.
8. FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
- Forfeiture of the term of all amounts due by the User in question and the requirement of their immediate payment
- Immediate suspension of current Services until complete payment is made by the User in question of all amounts due
- Digital Essence’s invoicing of interest on late payments will be at the rate of five (5) times the legal interest rate, in addition to the total of all amounts due by the Customer and of a lump sum indemnity of forty (40) Euro in respect of recovery costs.
8.1 Prices
Use of the Trial Version of the Solution is free of charge.
Use of the Complete Version of the Solution requires payment. Digital Essence offers
different subscription packages depending on the duration of the subscription described
on the Website (hereinafter referred to as the "Subscription"). The applicable pricing
scheme shall be the pricing scheme in force at the date of registration, as indicated on
the Website. Prices are expressed in Euro and are inclusive of French taxes.
Digital Essence reserves the right, in its sole discretion and according to conditions that it
deems appropriate, to propose promotional offers or price reductions.
Access to the other Services shall be subject to specific negotiation between the Parties,
by mutual agreement and shall give rise to the signing of a specific Sales Order.
8.2 Terms of payment
Users agree to pay the Subscription fees on their due date as specified in the chosen
Subscription package and as indicated on the Website at the due dates also indicated.
Payment of the Subscription fee is made online, by banking card, using Stripe's secure
online payment service or by any other means that may be proposed on the Website at
the time of ordering.
To process an order, the User shall register its banking details which matches with the
bank account on which the amounts due shall be paid. Those banking details shall be
raised and stored by Stripe and shall be stored in a secured way for the duration of the
Subscription.
Users ensure Digital Essence that they dispose of the required authorisation to use the
chosen means of payment.
Digital Essence shall send Users an invoice, through any pertinent channels and at its
own convenience, within seven (7) days of the payment date.
8.3 Non-payment
Users are hereby informed and expressly agree that any lateness of payment of all or part of an amount at its due term, will automatically entail, without prejudice to the provisions set out in the Articles "Sanctions for Breaches" and "Termination", and this without prior formal notice:
9. EXPRESS WAIVER OF RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL
This article shall apply only to the Users who access to the Services for their personal
needs under a subscription, to the exclusion of any professional use.
Users are hereby informed that a right of withdrawal usually applies to service provision
contracts concluded online between a professional and a consumer, and this right must
be exercised within fourteen (14) days of the conclusion of the contract.
The User may exercise this right by contacting Digital Essence at the email address
indicated in the article "Identification" before the expiry of the aforementioned period by
completing the withdrawal form provided on the Website, or by sending Digital Essence
any other unambiguous statement expressing the desire of the former to withdraw from
the sale.
The exercising of the right of withdrawal does not require explanation or justification. The
User will not be liable for any penalties with respect to the exercising of their right of
withdrawal, the only exception being the return costs which remain at their expense.
The User acknowledges that the Services shall only be provided at the end of the
duration of the withdrawal period. Nevertheless, the User is informed he may ask for
immediate provision of the Services by checking the appropriate box at the date of the
order.
In this case, the User agrees that if he exercises his right of withdrawal, he shall
reimburse to Digital Essence the sums that are due for the provision of the services until
the date of the exercise of the withdrawal.
10. NON-COMMERCIAL USE
Users agree not to make money from, sell, lease or exchange, or more generally, trade all or part of their access to the Services, to the Website servers and/or the Forum, or to the Solution, or to the information and/or texts, images, or other content used by the Company and/or any other User on the Website and/or the Forum, directly or indirectly, within the framework of their use of the Services. Users agree not to include the Solution and / or the Services and / or the information, texts, images and other content used by the Company in any other product for the purpose of marketing said product including one or the other of these elements, without the prior and express agreement of the Company.
11. USERS' OBLIGATIONS
- Users agree, in their use of the Services, to respect and abide by all laws and regulations in force and not to violate public order or infringe the rights of any third party.
- Users acknowledge having read and understood the specifications and constraints, particularly of a technical nature, of the entire range of Services, as indicated on the Website.
- Users agree that the Services are for strictly personal use only. They therefore undertake not to transfer, assign or lease in any way all or part of their rights or obligations herein to any third party.
- Users agree to provide Digital Essence with all documents, elements, data and information necessary for the proper execution of the Services. More generally, Users agree to actively cooperate with Digital Essence for the proper execution of these General Conditions and to inform the latter of any difficulties in such execution.
- Each User is solely responsible for the Visual Animations and/or comments that they post, within the framework of the Services, to the Forum, after validation by Digital Essence.
- Content that is pornographic, obscene, indecent, shocking or unsuitable for a family audience, defamatory, slanderous, or of a violent, racist, xenophobic or revisionist nature
- Counterfeit content
- Content that is detrimental to the image of any third party
- Content that is false, misleading or proposing or promoting unlawful, fraudulent or misleading activities
- Content that could harm a third party's computer system (such as viruses, worms, Trojan horses, etc.)
- And more generally any content that is likely to infringe on the rights of others or cause harm to others in any manner or form.
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Without prejudice to other obligations provided for in these General Conditions, Users
undertake to respect the following obligations.
Each User guarantees Digital Essence that the former has all the necessary rights and authorisations for the publication of these Visual Animations and/or comments. Users agree that the said Visual Animations and/or comments are legal, do not disrupt public order, are not contrary to accepted standards of public decency, do not infringe any third party rights or legal provision and/or regulation, and, more generally, are in no way likely to bring the civil or criminal liability of Digital Essence into play.
Users therefore undertake to refrain from publishing, in particular, but not limited to:
12. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- Publishing the Visual Animations on the Forum
- Publishing the Visual Animations on any French or foreign Internet website, published by Digital Essence or by any other third party, and/or on any media, for the purposes of promoting the Solution and/or the Services.
- The right to reproduce all or part of the Visual Animations, in their original format or copies thereof, in any format and on any media, known or unknown, such as printed, electronic, digital or computer media, through any existing or future, foreseen or unforeseen, material or virtual means or process.
- The right to publicly represent or to publish, all or part of the Visual Animations, on any media and through any current or future, known or unknown channels of publication, of any nature, such as, but not limited to, communication networks including the Internet, mobile telephones, television broadcasting, cinema or posters, aimed at any audience.
- The right to associate the Visual Animations with any visual, audio and/or textual elements.
- The right to use all or part of the Visual Animations to incorporate them in or exploit them through, without this list being exhaustive, any products, multimedia, audio-visual media, websites, games or applications.
- The right to use the Visual Animations for promotional or advertising purposes. All or part of the rights described above may be exercised directly and/or indirectly by Digital Essence or transferred by Digital Essence to a third party, according to terms and conditions that Digital Essence would deem the most appropriate.
- The right to reproduce all or part of the Visual Animations, in their original format or copies thereof, in any format and on any media, known or unknown, such as printed, electronic, digital or computer media, through any existing or future, foreseen or unforeseen, material or virtual means or process.
- The right to publicly represent or to publish, all or part of the Visual Animations, on any media and through any current or future, known or unknown channels of publication, of any nature, such as, but not limited to, communication networks including the Internet, mobile telephones, television broadcasting, cinema or posters, aimed at any audience.
- The right to associate the Visual Animations with any visual, audio and/or textual elements.
12.1 Intellectual Property of Digital Essence
These General Conditions do not grant Users any intellectual property rights on the
Solution or the Website, or the logos or trademarks used by Digital Essence within the
Solution, the Website or the Forum within the framework of the provision of the Services,
which all remain the exclusive, full and unequivocal property of Digital Essence.
Digital Essence grants Users of the Trial Version of the Solution, for the term of these
General Conditions and worldwide, the non-exclusive, personal and non-transferable
right to use the Solution, in the version existing on the day of signing these General
Conditions, as well as to use the relating technical documentation, for the sole purposes
of creating Visual Animations.
If a User takes out a Subscription for the Complete Version of the Solution, Digital
Essence grants this User, for the Subscription Term, and this worldwide, the nonexclusive
and non-transferable right, to use the Solution, in the version existing on the
day of signing these General Conditions, as well as any future versions made available
to them on the Website, as well as to use the relating technical documentation, for the
sole purposes of creating Visual Animations, for a limited number of workstations as
stipulated in the chosen Subscription package, chosen at the time of taking out said
Subscription. Users acknowledge that in order to install the Complete Version of the
Solution on any additional workstations, they must take out a Subscription for an
additional licence for the number of desired workstations.
The current licence to use the Solution is granted to Users subject to full payment of the
Subscription fee, under the conditions provided for in the Article "Financial Conditions"
above.
In any case, Users expressly agree not to use the Solution for any other purpose than
that for which it was intended, and agree not to attempt to reproduce, adjust or adapt the
Solution, make it available to any third parties, create any product derived from all or part
of the Solution, sell or lease the Solution.
Any reproduction, representation, distribution, adaptation or sale of any of the elements
referred to in this Article by any User, not in compliance with the aforementioned
provisions, would constitute the offence of counterfeiting, in accordance with the
provisions of Article L.335-3 of the French Intellectual Property Code.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the copying and private representation of said elements
are authorised, provided that they are strictly reserved for the Users' private use and not
intended for collective use, and not for commercial purposes.
12.2 Intellectual Property of Users
Users authorise Digital Essence, non-exclusively and free of charge, worldwide and for the full legal term of copyright, to exercise the intellectual property rights that they hold on the Visual Animations, for the sole purposes of:
For this sole purpose, the authorisation granted to Users under the terms of these General Conditions shall cover:
Each User guarantees Digital Essence against any complaint, claim, grievance and/or action from any other User(s) and/or third parties claiming that the Visual Animations constitute an infringement on their rights, of any nature whatsoever and in particular their intellectual property rights, or their rights of publicity or privacy. Consequently, each User agrees to compensate Digital Essence and/or the other User(s) for any prejudice that Digital Essence or the other User(s) would be subject to and agrees to pay any damages, as well as any fees, charges or expenses that Digital Essence or the other User(s) could be ordered to pay, or which would be provided for in a settlement agreement signed by Digital Essence and/or the other User(s) after having obtained the prior agreement of the User in question.
13. TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Digital Essence offers Users support that is free of charge and that can be accessed
through the "Contact" tab on the Website or by email at the following address:
[email protected] enabling Users to obtain any information necessary relating to use of
the Solution.
Digital Essence undertakes to reply to any support request within a maximum of fortyeight
(48) hours from receipt of said request, calculated based on an intervention window
that runs from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, from 9 am to 6 pm
(hereinafter referred to as the "Support Window").
14. MAINTENANCE
14.1 Corrective Maintenance of the Solution
Digital Essence ensures, free of charge, the corrective maintenance of the Solution, this
being understood as diagnostics and correction of any anomaly affecting its operation.
Users undertake to report to Digital Essence any anomaly, this being understood as any
incident of a reproducible malfunction that reduces or prevents use of the Solution as
described in its technical documentation, and that cannot be attributed to misuse of the
Solution, and this notification shall be sent as quickly as possible to the email address
indicated in the Article "Technical Support". Users undertake to describe the difficulties
encountered and the circumstances under which they occurred as precisely as possible.
Digital Essence undertakes to carry out remote diagnostics of the anomaly, based solely
on the information provided by Users in the incident report.
Digital Essence undertakes to provide Users with any updates of the Solution monthly,
these updates being understood as a compilation of corrections of anomalies and
improvements brought to the Solution in relation to ergonomics, developed following
receipt of any declaration of anomaly during the previous month.
Digital Essence shall inform Users of the Solution, on the Website, when there is any
new version of the Solution, which can be downloaded from their User Account.
Digital Essence may also send Users a link where they may download the Solution
again. In this regard, Digital Essence shall not be held liable for any loss, destruction or
alteration of any Visual Animations.
It is hereby expressly agreed between the Parties that any failure to respect any
agreement in this Article shall not be considered as a breach of these General
Conditions and liability shall be limited under the conditions provided for in the Article
"Limitation of Liability and Guarantees" below.
Users shall install updates themselves, strictly following the instructions given by Digital
Essence and attached to the patch.
14.2 Evolutive Maintenance of the Solution
Digital Essence provides Users with evolutive maintenance services for the Solution, free
of charge, being understood as the provision of any new versions, which would include
the addition of new features to the Solution, enabling the improvement of the Solution's
existing features, as well as the development of new features.
These new versions shall be provided to and installed automatically for Users of the
Complete Version of the Solution and shall be made available on the Website for Users
of the Trial Version of the Solution. Digital Essence shall inform Users of the Trial
Version of the Solution, on the Website, when there is any new version of the Solution,
which can be downloaded from their User Account.
Digital Essence shall solely decide on the number of new versions that it shall provide
throughout the term of these General Conditions. Digital Essence may decide not to
provide any new version during the Subscription Term.
15. PERSONAL DATA
Digital Essence declares that it collects and processes data relating to Users and hosts
this data on the Website for the purposes of operating the Services. This data constitutes
personal data as understood in the French Law N° 78-17 of 6th January 1978 and the General data protection regulation.
Digital Essence hereby declares that it complies with all obligations and regulations it is
subject to with regard to the protection of personal data, aimed at ensuring the security
and the confidentiality of the collected and processed data. Digital Essence undertakes
to make all obligatory declarations to the French National Commission for Data
Protection and Liberties (CNIL).
Data thus collected and processed shall be used for the purposes of, and under the
conditions stipulated in, the Charter concerning the Protection of Personal Data, that
can be accessed from the home page of the Website and which the Customer is
expressly invited to read.
16. CUSTOMER REFERENCES
Users, when they use the Services as a professional within the framework of their business activity, expressly authorise Digital Essence to cite and reproduce the former's trade name and/or trade mark and/or logo as customer references, especially at trade fairs or promotional events, in its business documents and on its Internet website, in any form, for a period of five (5) years from the date of signing these General Conditions.
17. PROHIBITED BEHAVIOUR
- Carrying out activities that are unlawful, fraudulent or infringe on the rights or the security of others
- Violating public order or any local policies or laws
- Hacking into the computer system of a third party or any activity aimed to harm, control, interfere or intercept all or part of a third party's computer system, violating its integrity or its security
- Assisting or inciting, in any manner or form whatsoever, the carrying out of one or several of the actions or activities described above
- And more generally, any action that uses the Services for any other purpose than that for which they were intended.
It is strictly prohibited for Users to use the Services to the following ends:
18. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
Users hereby acknowledge and accept that Digital Essence shall in no way be held
responsible for the technical availability or unavailability of Internet websites and/or
mobile applications operated by third parties that Users may access through links on the
Website and/or the Forum and/or the Solution. Digital Essence shall not assume any
liability for content, advertising, products and/or services that are available on such third
party software, websites or mobile devices.
Digital Essence shall not be liable either for any potential transactions conducted
between Users and any advertisers, professionals or salespersons to which Users may
be oriented through the Website and/or the Forum and/or the Solution and shall not take
part in any disputes whatsoever with these third parties, particularly concerning the
delivery of products and/or services, guarantees, declarations or other obligations
whatsoever provided by these third parties.
19. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND GUARANTEES
Digital Essence agrees to provide the Services with diligence and in compliance with
trade practice, bearing in mind that it has an obligation to provide means, but this without
any obligation of result, and this is hereby expressly acknowledged and agreed by Users.
Users declare to have been informed that Digital Essence's role in these General
Conditions is limited to the provision of the Services described in the Article "Description
of Services". Users are hereby expressly informed and accept that the Solution is a
simple tool for the creation of Visual Animations.
Users hereby acknowledge that Digital Essence has no knowledge of the images and/or
videos that are used by Users for the creation of Visual Animations within the context of
the Services and posted to the Forum, and shall not moderate, select, check or monitor
in any way this content, and with regard to which, Digital Essence only intervenes within
its role of hosting provider.
Consequently, Digital Essence cannot be held liable for the Visual Animations, whose
authors are third parties, and any potential claims should be made firstly to the author of
the Visual Animations in question.
Digital Essence declines all responsibility in the event of potential loss or deterioration of
the Visual Animations stored by Users on their computers. Digital Essence also declines
all responsibility in the event of loss or deterioration of said Visual Animations during
maintenance operations on the Website and/or the Solution.
Digital Essence does not guarantee Users that the Services, which are subject to
constant research to improve their performance and their development in particular, shall
be totally free of errors, faults or defects.
In any event, any liability that could be incurred by Digital Essence from the use of the
Complete Version of the Solution is expressly and solely limited to direct actual damages
suffered by Users. Digital Essence shall not be held liable to Users for the payment of
direct, material, commercial, financial or moral damages, of any nature whatsoever,
caused during the Users' use of the Services, for an amount exceeding the amounts
invoiced by Digital Essence by way of compensation for the Services that gave rise to its
liability, at the time the alleged damages occurred. Moreover, Digital Essence's
responsibility can only be assumed if a User sends the former a claim, by registered
letter with acknowledgement of receipt, within a period of one (1) month following the
said occurrence.
In the case of use of the Trial Version of the Solution, Digital Essence shall not be held
liable to Users of this version for the payment of any damages of any nature, be they
direct or indirect, material, financial or moral, resulting from the Users' use of the
Services or of the Solution.
20. CLOSING A USER ACCOUNT
Users using the Trial Version of the Solution may end their subscription at any time using
the function "Deactivate your account", that can be accessed in the "Settings" tab of their
User Account on the Website. Deactivation of the User Account is immediate and causes
the immediate locking of the Solution.
In the case where a User has taken out a Subscription for the Complete Version of the
Solution, the User Account shall be automatically deactivated at the term of the
Subscription, which causes the immediate locking of the Solution. Users may no longer
use the Visual Animations saved on their computers.
In any case, any User may reactivate their User Account by logging in to the Website
using their login ID and password at any time for three (3) years from the date they
deactivated their User Account.
In order to continue to use the Solution and the Services, Users must (i) take out a new
Subscription, under the conditions detailed above to continue to use the Complete
Version of the Solution or (ii) download the Trial Version of the Solution from the
Website.
After this period of three (3) years, the User Account shall be definitively closed and the
data collected by Digital Essence at the moment of registering shall be destroyed by
Digital Essence, in accordance with the provisions set out in the French Law N° 78-17 of
6th January 1978 on Computer Processing, Filing Systems and Liberties.
Users who wish to use the Services after this period of three (3) years must register once
again, under the conditions set out above in the Article "Registration Process".
21. NON-COMPETITION
The User undertakes not to develop or have developed or to participate in the development, nor to market or have marketed any software being identical and/or similar to the Solution, for its own account and/or on behalf of a third party, on all territories, for the whole term of this Agreement and a period of three (3) years following the termination of this Agreement, for any reason whatsoever.
22. WAIVER
If either of the Parties fails to exercise any of their rights or powers pursuant to the provisions of these General Conditions, or exercises such rights or powers late, this will not be interpreted as a waiver of all or part of these rights or powers, and any unique or partial exercising of any right or power will not prevent subsequent implementation of such right or power.
23. FORCE MAJEURE
Digital Essence shall not be held liable to Users in the event that the former's
performance of their obligations is delayed, curtailed or prevented due to any
circumstances of force majeure. Cases of force majeure are those generally recognised
as such by jurisprudence and the French courts.
An event of force majeure shall initially suspend operation of the Services for a period
that shall not exceed two (2) months. In the event that the case of force majeure should
continue for a period longer than the aforementioned period, the Parties may terminate
these General Conditions ipso jure, without any judicial formality being required, without
notice and without any claim to compensation of any type whatsoever, by sending a
registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt having immediate effect.
24. MODIFICATION
Digital Essence reserves the right to amend these General Conditions at any time. Digital
Essence also reserves the right to amend and/or cease to provide all or part of the
Website’s services, at its sole discretion.
Users shall be informed of any amendments through all pertinent channels, at least
fifteen (15) days before their entry into force. The amended General Conditions shall be
immediately applicable for all Users once they are published on the Website.
If any User does not accept the amended General Conditions, this User must close their
User Account under the conditions stipulated in the Article "Closing a User Account"
above. Failing this, Users shall be deemed to have accepted the amended General
Conditions, and to which they shall be fully bound.
25. LANGUAGE
In the event that these General Conditions are translated into one or more languages, the language of interpretation shall be French in the event of any contradiction or dispute concerning the meaning of any one of their terms or provisions.
26. INVALIDITY
Should any provision of these General Conditions be deemed invalid or inapplicable due to a law or a regulation, or following a final judgement delivered by a competent jurisdiction, solely the provision in question shall be deemed invalid or inapplicable, and the other provisions shall remain in full force and retain their full scope.
27. IDENTIFICATION
Digital Essence is a simplified joint stock company, registered under number 800 709
180 with the Registry of Trade and Companies of Bobigny, and whose head office is
located at 104 avenue de la Résistance – 93 100 Montreuil.
Digital Essence may be contacted through any of the following channels:
Telephone: +33 (0)1 4465 1752
Email Address: [email protected]
28. MEDIATION
The stipulations of this article are only applicable to the non-professional User who uses
the Website for their private needs, excluding those using it in relation with their
professional business activity.
In the event of a dispute relating to these General Conditions, the non-professional User
has the option to contact a consumer ombudsman, free of charge, in accordance with
the provisions set out in Articles L612-1 of the French Consumer Code, and this prior to
undertaking any legal proceedings
In this respect, the non-professional User is informed that Digital Essence uses the
mediation services of FEVAD. The non-professional User also has the option to file a
complaint via the platform for Online Dispute Resolution, which can be accessed at the
following address:
webgate.ec.europa.eu
In the event of failure to appoint a mediator or in the mediation itself, the most diligent
party may refer the matter to a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with the
terms of the article below.
29. LAW AND JURISDICTION
These General Conditions are governed by French law.
In the event of any dispute concerning the validity, interpretation and/or application of
these General Conditions, the Parties hereby agree that the courts of Paris will be the
only competent jurisdiction capable of judging the dispute, save conflicting mandatory
rules of practice.
When the Customer is a consumer within the meaning of the introductory article of the
French Consumer Code, they may seize one of the territorially-competent courts in
accordance with the French Code of Civil Procedure or the local court of the location
where the Customer resided at the time the contract was concluded or at the time of the
occurrence of the damage-causing event, in accordance with the provisions of Article
R.631-3 of the same Code.
30. ENTRY INTO FORCE
These General Conditions become effective on 2nd May 2018
Legal Notice
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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This software uses libraries from the FFmpeg project under the LGPLv2.1.
GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SALE (OLGA KIT)
1. PURPOSE
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Digital Essence sells on its website www.heavym.net (hereinafter referred to as the
"Website"), to professional or private customers (hereinafter referred to as the
"Customers"), a kit consisting of modules that can be assembled and disassembled that
allow video-mapping surfaces to be created, on which Customers can project visual
animations (hereinafter referred to as the "Olga Kit").
The purpose of these General Conditions of Sale (hereinafter referred to as the "General Conditions") is to define the terms and conditions for the sale of the Olga Kit (hereinafter referred to as the "Sale") as well as to define the rights and obligations of the Parties within this framework.
Digital Essence and the Customer are hereinafter collectively or individually referred to as the "Party" or "Parties".
The version of these General Conditions in effect is the version that can be consulted online on the Website through a direct link on the Website's home page on the date of placing an order. These General Conditions express the entire agreement between the Parties and cancel and replace any other oral or written agreement, letter, proposal, or any other document with the same purpose that preceded these General Conditions.
They may be supplemented by special conditions of use, which may be added to these General Conditions and, in the event of contradiction, will prevail over the latter, subject to the prior agreement of the Customer under the same conditions as those stipulated in the article "Acceptance of the General Conditions” below.
2. ACCEPTANCE OF THE GENERAL CONDITIONS
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The Customer declares, prior to ordering under the conditions provided for in the article
hereunder "Ordering the Olga Kit", that they are aware of and expressly accept these
General Conditions.
These General Conditions can be accepted by checking a checkbox at the time of ordering, and this acceptance can only be full and unequivocal, without modification of any nature whatsoever. Any qualified acceptance will be considered as null and void. Any Customer who does not accept to be bound by these General Conditions must not place an order on the Website.
3. ACCESSING THE WEBSITE
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The Website and the Sale can be accessed by:
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Any individual having the full legal capacity to be bound by these General
Conditions in their own name and on their own account. Any Customer who does
not have this full legal capacity can only access the Website and benefit from a
Sale with the agreement of their legal representative.
Any legal entity acting through an individual having the authorisation to contract for and on behalf of the entity.
4. REGISTRATION PROCESS
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In order to place an order for an Olga Kit (hereinafter referred to as the "Order"), the
Customer must create an account with Digital Essence on the Website (hereinafter
referred to as the "User Account") following the process described hereunder.
The Customer is required to:
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Fill in a registration form, providing all required information. The Customer agrees
to inform Digital Essence without delay of any changes in such information at the
contact address indicated in the article "Identification" of these General
Conditions. The Customer ensures Digital Essence that the information they
provide in the registration form when creating their User Account is exact.
Choose a login ID and a password. The Customer may change their password at any time in the "Settings" tab of their User Account. They are advised to change their password regularly.
Check, on the registration form, the box "I have read and I accept the General Conditions".
5. STRICTLY PERSONAL USE
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Only one User Account may be created per Customer. The person whose personal
information was provided on the registration form is considered to be the user of the
Account, to the exclusion of any other third party. Consequently, the Customer agrees to
use the User Account themselves personally and agrees not to allow any third party to
use it in their stead or on their behalf, unless accepting full responsibility for the
consequences.
The Customer expressly acknowledges and accepts that when a User Account is opened on behalf of a legal entity, it may be operated by an authorized person whose personal information corresponds to those provided on the registration form, as well as by the members of its staff. Each Customer is solely responsible for the proper use of the Account by the members of their staff, and this in compliance with these General Conditions.
Each Customer is also responsible for keeping their login ID and password confidential and expressly acknowledges that any use of their User Account will be deemed to have been carried out by the Customer in question. In the event that the Customer discovers that their User Account was used without their prior knowledge, the former undertakes to inform Digital Essence as quickly as possible, at the address indicated in the Article "Identification" of these General Conditions.
6. TERM
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The Parties agree that these General Conditions are valid for the entire term of the User
Account, until said User Account is closed by either Party, for whatever reason, under
the conditions provided for in the article "Closing an Account" below.
7. ORDERING THE OLGA KIT
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The Olga Kit can be ordered online on the Website, by clicking on the corresponding tab.
The Customer must fill out the order form by completing all the required information
including their mailing address and telephone number, and by specifying the number of
Olga Kits they wish to purchase.
Upon receipt of the Order, Digital Essence undertakes to send the Customer an email confirming the Order within three (3) business days, to the address specified on the Order, and including a summary of the products making up the Order. If no email is sent to the Customer within this period, the Order will be deemed not to have been accepted, and this without Digital Essence having to justify itself or incur any liability as a result.
In particular, the Customer acknowledges and accepts that Olga Kits are offered within the limit of available stocks. In the event that the number of Olga Kits ordered is not available after the Order is validated, for any reason whatsoever, the Order will be automatically cancelled and the amount of the Order will not be debited from the Customer's banking card.
Any request for modification of the Order sent to Digital Essence after the validation of the Order will be considered by Digital Essence at its sole discretion. If Digital Essence rejects the request to modify the Order, only the Initial Order will be processed.
The transaction is considered as concluded when the confirmation email is received by the Customer. The Customer can no longer modify or cancel their Order, unless they wish to exercise their right of withdrawal, as described below.
8. ORDER DELIVERY
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Olga Kits will be delivered to the delivery address indicated by the Customer at the time
of ordering, within a period of fifteen (15) days from the date the Order was confirmed.
The Customer acknowledges and agrees that delivery is made by the postal service and not directly by Digital Essence, the latter cannot therefore be held liable for any failings in the delivery process, including any lateness in delivery.
The Customer acknowledges and accepts that delivery times are given for information purposes only. In this respect, the Customer cannot claim damages and/or cancel the Order for any lateness in delivery. In the event the delivery is late, Digital Essence will send the Customer an email to inform them of the new estimated delivery date of the Olga Kit(s).
Notwithstanding this, when the Customer is a consumer within the meaning of the 1st Article of the French Consumer Code and within this meaning only, they are informed that the Olga Kit(s) must be delivered no later than thirty (30) days following registration of the Order and its full payment. Otherwise, the Customer may request the cancellation of the Order by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt, if, after having unsuccessfully urged Digital Essence, under the same conditions, to deliver the product or products within a reasonable additional time.
If necessary, the Customer may obtain full and quick refund of the sums paid, at the latest within thirty (30) days of the request for cancellation of the Order. In the event that the Customer receives the product(s) after their request for cancellation, Digital Essence undertakes to refund the product(s) and refund the return costs.
In the event that Digital Essence is unable to deliver the Olga Kit(s) due to their unavailability, it must inform the Customer as quickly as possible and refund the Customer the sums paid no later than thirty (30) days after full payment of the Order.
Nevertheless, Digital Essence will in no case be held liable in the event that the delay is the consequence of force majeure and/or caused by the Customer, especially if the latter is not present on the dates and at the times agreed with the carrier for the delivery of the product(s) contained in the Order.
9. FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
9.1 Pricing
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The price of an Olga Kit is indicated on the Website at the time the Order is being placed.
It is indicated in Euro, all French taxes included, but excluding shipping costs which
remain at the Customer’s expense.
Shipping costs are indicated before the validation stage of the Order. In the case of delivery of Olga Kits outside the territory of Metropolitan France, the Customer is solely liable for all customs duties and/or other applicable local taxes, which the latter acknowledges and accepts.
Digital Essence reserves the right, in its sole discretion and according to conditions that it deems appropriate, to propose promotional offers or price reductions.
Digital Essence reserves the right to modify, at its own discretion, the prices of Olga Kits at any time. The Customer will be informed of such price changes by Digital Essence by way of notification on the Website, at least fifteen (15) days before the new rates apply.
If the Customer’s Account is not closed under the conditions set out below in the article "Closing an Account", the modified rates will apply immediately to any new Order as soon as they come into effect.
9.2 Terms of payment
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The payment of the price of the Olga Kits is due at the validation of the Order.
Payment of the price of the Olga Kits is made online, by banking card, using Stripe's secure online payment service or by any other means that may be proposed on the Website at the time of ordering.
For the purposes of placing the Order, the Customer must register their bank details corresponding to the bank account from which the sums due in connection with the Sale will be debited. This banking data will be collected by the payment service provider and will be stored by the latter securely for the duration of the transaction.
Digital Essence will send the Customer an invoice, through any pertinent channels and at its own convenience, within seven (7) days of the payment date.
10. RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL
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This article applies only to Customers who are physical persons requesting a Sale via
the Website for their private needs, to the exclusion of any professional business activity.
The Customer is hereby informed that a right of withdrawal essentially applies to contracts relating to the sale of goods concluded online between a professional and a consumer, and this right must be exercised within fourteen (14) days of receipt of their Order.
The Customer may exercise this right by contacting Digital Essence at the email address indicated in the article "Identification" before the expiry of the aforementioned period by completing the withdrawal form provided on the Website, or by sending Digital Essence any other unambiguous statement expressing the desire of the former to withdraw from the sale.
The exercising of the right of withdrawal does not require explanation or justification. The Customer will not be liable for any penalties with respect to the exercising of their right of withdrawal, the only exception being the return costs which remain at their expense.
The Olga Kit(s) must be returned to Digital Essence in their original packaging, with all of their accessories where appropriate, free of any signs of use. A copy of the corresponding purchase invoice must be sent back with the Products. The Customer is deemed responsible in the event the Olga Kits are damaged during their return to Digital Essence.
When the right of withdrawal is exercised in accordance with the terms above, the sums potentially received from the Customer as a result of the preceding Sale will be refunded directly to the bank account whose details were provided at the time of the Order, no later than fourteen (14) days after Digital Essence receives the withdrawal request.
11. NON-COMMERCIAL USE
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The Customer agrees not to make money from, sell, lease, exchange or more generally,
trade all or part of their access to their Account on the Website, or to the information
and/or texts, images, or other content used by Digital Essence and/or any other
customer on the Website, without prior express agreement. The Customer also agrees
not to make money from, sell, lease, exchange or more generally, trade their use of the
Olga Kit for any purpose whatsoever with a third party.
12. GUARANTEES OF NON-PROFESSIONAL CUSTOMERS
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Non-professional Customers are informed that they benefit from the legal guarantees
relating to non-conformity, as well those concerning hidden defects of sold goods in
accordance with the legal provisions mentioned below.
- Have a period of two (2) years from the delivery of the goods to avail of this guarantee
- May choose either the repair or replacement of the goods, subject to the cost conditions provided for in Article L. 217-4 of the French Consumer Code
- Are not required to provide proof of the lack of conformity of the goods during the twenty-four (24) months following their delivery, in accordance with the provisions of Article L217-7 of the French Consumer Code.
Any consumer may also decide to avail of the guarantee concerning hidden defects of sold goods as defined in Article 1641 of the French Civil Code. In this case, the Customer may choose either the cancellation of the sale or a reduction of the selling price in accordance with Article 1644 of the French Civil Code.
12.1 Product Conformity Guarantee
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Digital Essence will be held liable for any lack of conformity of the Olga Kits under the
conditions set out in Article L.217-4 et seq. of the French Consumer Code, according to
which (English translations for informational purposes only) "The seller is required to
deliver a product which conforms to the contract and is held liable for any lack of
conformity which exists upon delivery. They are also held liable for any lack of conformity
caused by the packaging or the assembly instructions, or the installation if they assumed
responsibility therefor or had it carried out under their responsibility".
- correspond to the description given by the seller and have the features that the seller presented to the buyer in the form of a sample or model
- have the features that a buyer might reasonably expect it to have considering the public statements made by the seller, the producer or his representative, including advertising and labelling
The Customer is further informed that in accordance with Article L.217-5 of the French Consumer Code, "To conform to the contract, the product must:
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1 ° Be suitable for the purpose usually associated with such a product and, if
applicable:
Finally, in accordance with the terms of Article L.217-12 of the French Consumer Code,
the Customer is informed that "Action resulting from lack of conformity lapses two years
after delivery of the product".
Thus, if the Customer finds that the Olga Kit that was delivered to them has a defect, is
non-compliant or is damaged, they may return it to Digital Essence in accordance with
the terms described below.
They must contact Digital Essence by email at the address mentioned in the article
"Identification", within seven (7) full days following receipt of the Olga Kit in question,
specifying the nature of the defect, the non-conformity or the damage found. Digital
Essence will then indicate whether or not it is necessary to return the Olga Kit. Should
return be required, the Customer will send the product back and will be able to obtain a
refund for the costs of returning the product on presentation of a receipt for same.
Products must be returned to Digital Essence in their original packaging, accompanied
by the corresponding invoice and the return number provided by Digital Essence.
Digital Essence will perform the necessary checks.
In the event that Digital Essence finds any damage or actual defects with the Olga Kit,
Digital Essence will refund the Customer or replace the product, within fourteen (14)
days from the date of receipt of the returned product.
The Customer acknowledges and accepts that they will not be entitled to claim any
refund for a product that they reject for any reason other than for its non-conformity due
to the presence of a visible defect, visible damage or if the product does not correspond
to the description presented on the Website, and this without prejudice to the exercise of
their right of withdrawal.
12.2 Guarantee against hidden defects
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Digital Essence is also bound to guarantee against hidden defects of the product sold, in
accordance with the conditions provided for in Article 1641 of the French Civil Code "The
seller is bound to guarantee against hidden defects in the product sold that render it unfit
for its intended use, or that so impair its use that the buyer would not have bought it, or
would only have given a lesser price for it if they had known of the defects".
The Customer is informed that according to Article 1648 paragraph 1 of the French Civil Code, "An action resulting from redhibitory defects must be brought by the buyer within two years from the discovery of the vice".
If the Customer decides to call into effect the guarantee against hidden defects of the product sold, they can choose between the cancellation of the sale or a reduction of the selling price in accordance with Article 1644 of the French Civil Code.
13. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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These General Conditions do not confer on the Customer any intellectual property rights
of any kind on the Olga Kit or any of its constituent elements, on the Website, or on any
of the texts, images, audio-visual content or other content, that is used by Digital
Essence on the Website, including these General Conditions, the trademarks, trade
names and logos, software, structures, infrastructures and databases used by Digital
Essence within the Website, all of which remain the exclusive, full and unequivocal
property of Digital Essence.
Any act of disassembly, decompiling, decrypting, extracting, reusing, and more generally any reproduction, representation, distribution, adaptation or marketing of the Olga Kit and/or the Website and/or the texts, images, or audio-visual content or other content used by Digital Essence on the Website by the Customer, that is not in accordance with the provisions of these General Conditions, is prohibited and could give rise to legal proceedings.
14. PERSONAL DATA
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Digital Essence declares that it collects and processes data relating to the Customer and
hosts this data on the Website for the purposes of conducting the Sale. This data
constitutes personal data as understood in the French Law N° 78-17 of 6 January 1978
and in the General Data Protection Regulation.
Digital Essence hereby declares that it complies with all obligations and regulations it is subject to with regard to the protection of personal data, aimed at ensuring the security and the confidentiality of the collected and processed data. Digital Essence undertakes to make all obligatory declarations to the French National Commission for Data Protection and Liberties (CNIL).
Data collected and processed in this way will be used for the purposes and according to the conditions detailed in the document Charter concerning the Protection of Personal Data, that can be accessed from the home page of the Website and which the Customer is expressly invited to read.
15. CUSTOMER REFERENCES
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The Customer, when they conclude a Sale on the Website as a professional within the
framework of their business activity, expressly authorise Digital Essence to cite and
reproduce their trade name and/or trade mark and/or logo as customer references,
especially at trade fairs or promotional events, in its business documents and on its
Internet website, in any form, for a period of five (5) years from the date of accepting
these General Conditions.
16. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
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The Customer hereby acknowledges and accepts that Digital Essence can in no way be
held responsible for the technical availability or unavailability of Internet websites and/or
mobile applications operated by third parties that the Customer may access through links
on the Website. Digital Essence will not assume any liability for content, advertising,
products and/or services that are available on such third-party websites or mobile
applications.
Digital Essence cannot be held liable for any potential transactions conducted between the Customer and any advertisers, professionals or salespersons to which they may be oriented through the Website and will not take part in any disputes whatsoever with these third parties, particularly concerning the delivery of products and/or services, guarantees, declarations or other obligations whatsoever provided by these third parties.
17. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND GUARANTEES
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Digital Essence's liability may only be incurred, under the conditions of common law, for
direct damages incurred by the Customer, resulting from a failure of the former to honour
its contractual obligations as set out in these General Conditions.
Therefore, the Customer waives their right to claim compensation from Digital Essence, for any reason whatsoever, for indirect damages, and in particular, for any loss of profits, loss of opportunities, any commercial or financial prejudice, any increase in overhead costs or losses whose origin can be linked to the execution of, or that can be considered a consequence of, these General Conditions.
In addition, the Customer acknowledges and agrees that Digital Essence does not guarantee the Customer that Olga Kits, being standard and not offered specifically to any one given Customer according to that Customer’s own personal constraints, will specifically meet the Customer’s needs or expectations.
Digital Essence strives to publish photographic representations of the Olga Kit on its Website that are as faithful as possible to the actual kit. The Customer acknowledges and accepts that despite this, and in view of the digital presentation of the product on the Website, it remains possible that the Customer's perception of the photographic representation of the product may not correspond exactly to the Olga Kit itself. Consequently, the photographs illustrating the product are not contractually binding, only serve informative and indicative purposes and cannot incur the liability of Digital Essence.
The products offered for Sale are available for as long as they are advertised on the Website and within the limit of available stocks. In the event that one or more products is no longer available after placing the Order, the Customer will be notified by e-mail. The amount of the Customer's Order will be recalculated and the latter will be charged the new amount, after subtraction of the unavailable product(s). If none of the Order is available, the Customer will be notified by e-mail and will not be charged the price of the Order. In any case, Digital Essence cannot be held responsible for any prejudice suffered by the Customer as a consequence and will not be liable for any damages.
Digital Essence is not responsible for any use of the Olga Kits made by Customers that does not comply with these General Conditions or with the documentation provided for the use of such Olga Kits.
18. CLOSING AN ACCOUNT
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The Customer may close their Account at any time using the function "Deactivate your
account", that can be accessed in the "Settings" tab of their Account on the Website.
This will cause the Account to be immediately deactivated.
The Customer may reactivate their Account by logging in to the Website using their login ID and password at any time for three (3) years from the date they deactivated their Account.
After this period of three (3) years, the Account will be permanently closed and any data collected by Digital Essence during the registration process will be destroyed by the latter.
Any Customer who wishes to conclude a Sale after this period of three (3) years must register once again, under the conditions set out above in the article "Registration Process".
Digital Essence also reserves the right to close the Customer's Account in the event of a breach by the Customer of any of their obligations hereunder, ipso jure and without any judicial formalities, immediately, without prior notice and without prejudice to any damages which Digital Essence could potentially be entitled to as a result of such a breach.
19. WAIVER
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If either of the Parties fails to exercise any of their rights or powers pursuant to the
provisions of these General Conditions, or exercises such rights or powers late, this will
not be interpreted as a waiver of all or part of these rights or powers, and any unique or
partial exercising of any right or power will not prevent subsequent implementation of
such right or power.
20. FORCE MAJEURE
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Digital Essence will not be held liable to the Customer in the event that the former's
performance of their obligations is delayed, curtailed or prevented due to any
circumstances of force majeure. Cases of force majeure, are those generally recognised
as such by jurisprudence and the French courts.
An event of force majeure will initially suspend the services of the Website for a period that will not exceed two (2) months. In the event that the case of force majeure should continue for a period longer than the aforementioned period, the Parties may terminate these General Conditions ipso jure, without any judicial formality being required, without notice and without any claim to compensation of any type whatsoever, by sending a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt having immediate effect.
21. MODIFICATION
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Digital Essence reserves the right to amend these General Conditions at any time. Digital
Essence also reserves the right to amend and/or cease to provide all or part of the
Website’s services, at its sole discretion.
The Customer will be informed of any amendments through all pertinent channels, at least fifteen (15) days before their entry into force. The amended General Conditions will be immediately applicable for all Customers once they are published on the Website.
If any Customer does not accept the amended General Conditions, this Customer must close their User Account under the conditions stipulated in the Article "Closing an Account" above. Failing this, the Customer will be deemed to have accepted the amended General Conditions, and to which they will be fully bound.
22. LANGUAGE
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In the event that these General Conditions are translated into one or more languages,
the language of interpretation will be French in the event of any contradiction or dispute
concerning the meaning of any one of their terms or provisions.
23. INVALIDITY
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Should any provision of these General Conditions be deemed invalid or inapplicable due
to a law or a regulation, or following a final judgement delivered by a competent
jurisdiction, solely the provision in question will be deemed invalid or inapplicable, and
the other provisions will remain in full effect and retain their full scope.
24. IDENTIFICATION
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Digital Essence is a simplified joint stock company, registered under number 800 709
180 with the Registry of Trade and Companies of Bobigny, and whose head office is
located at 104 avenue de la Résistance, 93 100 Montreuil.
Digital Essence may be contacted through any of the following channels:
- Telephone: 01 44 65 17 52
- E-mail address: [email protected]
24. MEDIATION
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The stipulations of this article are only applicable to the non-professional Customer who
uses the Website for their private needs, excluding those using it in relation with their
professional business activity.
In the event of a dispute relating to these General Conditions, the non-professional Customer has the option to contact a consumer ombudsman, free of charge, in accordance with the provisions set out in Articles L612-1 of the French Consumer Code, and this prior to undertaking any legal proceedings
In this respect, the non-professional Customer is informed that Digital Essence uses the mediation services of FEVAD.
The non-professional Customer also has the option to file a complaint via the platform for Online Dispute Resolution, which can be accessed at the following address: webgate.ec.europa.eu In the event of failure to appoint a mediator or in the mediation itself, the most diligent party may refer the matter to a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with the terms of the article below.
25. LAW AND JURISDICTION
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These General Conditions are governed by French law.
In the event of any dispute concerning the validity, interpretation and/or application of these General Conditions, the Parties hereby agree that the courts of Paris will be the only competent jurisdiction capable of judging the dispute, save conflicting mandatory rules of practice.
When the Customer is a consumer within the meaning of the introductory article of the French Consumer Code, they may seize one of the territorially-competent courts in accordance with the French Code of Civil Procedure or the local court of the location where the Customer resided at the time the contract was concluded or at the time of the occurrence of the damage-causing event, in accordance with the provisions of Article R.631-3 of the same Code.
26. ENTRY INTO EFFECT
- These General Conditions became effect ive on 05/02/2018.
Intellectual property
- This original Web-site was created and is maintained by Digital Essence SAS. Digital Essence SAS is the owner of all rights on the site and its content, including but not limited to the exclusive copyright on the logos, graphics, slogans, name and software, domain name, trade or service mark, design and model, patent, data base, etc., or has obtained permission to use the content on its Internet Web-site from the owner of the intellectual property in such content.
- Digital Essence, the Digital Essence logo, HeavyM and the HeavyM logo are trademarks of Digital Essence SAS. Windows™, the Windows logo and DirectX™ are trademarks and registered trade names of the Microsoft Corporation. Apple, the Apple Logo, Mac and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. All other product names, logos or symbols mentioned on our Internet site pages are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Condition of use
- Digital Essence SAS grants its users a personal, non sub licensable, non exclusive license to download one copy of each content component from our site to a single computer for purposes of viewing and browsing through the content.
- All other use, including but not limited to modification, publication, transmission, participation in the transfer or sale of, reproduction, creation of derivative works from, distribution, performance, display, incorporation into another Web-site, mirroring, or in any other way exploiting any of the content, in whole or in part, is prohibited without prejudice of Digital Essence SAS’s prior written consent.
- Digital Essence SAS reserves the right to make changes to the Web-site without notice.
- Digital Essence SAS is managing and maintaining this Web-site in the best way possible. Digital Essence SAS does not guarantee the quality, accuracy or completeness of any information on the Web-site. It shall not be liable to any party for damages or lost profits nor for any use of the Web-site or its content neither for any errors, inaccuracies, typographical errors or omissions that may exist within information’s included in the Web-site.
- In case of bug or any working problem detection, thank you to send an email to [email protected]
- The pages where the links to external Web-site are referring to are completely independent of Digital Essence SAS. Digital Essence SAS makes no representations whatsoever as to the accuracy, content, timeliness or quality of these pages. The link shall not be construed as an endorsement of said external page by Digital Essence SAS or as an acceptance of responsibility for the content, products or services provided by it or the site hosting it.