User: Any professional or natural person with legal capacity within the meaning of articles 1123 et seq. of the French Civil Code, or any legal entity, visiting the Site covered by these terms and conditions.
Services: https://www.thestrategist.media/ makes available to users all the elements making up the information on the Site, including texts, images and videos.
User Information: hereinafter referred to as “Information”, meaning all personal data that may be held by https://www.thestrategist.media/ for the management of your account, customer relationship management, and for analysis and statistical purposes.
Personal information: “Information which, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, allows the identification of the natural persons to whom it applies” (article 4 of French Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978).
The terms “personal data”, “data subject”, “processor” and “sensitive data” have the meaning defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR: no. 2016-679).
1. About the website
Pursuant to article 6 of French Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy, users of the website https://www.thestrategist.media/ are informed of the identity of the various parties involved in its creation and operation:
Owner: SAS Vapress, share capital €40,000, VAT number: FR69537423766 – 98 bd de la Reine, 78000 Versailles, France
Publication director: Ludovic François – [email protected]
The publication director is a natural person.
Webmaster: [email protected]
Hosting provider: CampusPlex – 12, rue Général Fiorella, 20000 Ajaccio, France – +33 9 72 52 49 97
Data protection officer: contact@augustinmadelin
2. Terms of use of the website and services
The Site is a work protected by the provisions of the French Intellectual Property Code and applicable international regulations. The Client may not in any way reuse, transfer or exploit for their own account all or part of the elements or works of the Site.
Use of the website https://www.thestrategist.media/ implies full acceptance of the terms of use described below. These terms of use may be amended or supplemented at any time; users of https://www.thestrategist.media/ are therefore invited to consult them regularly.
This website is normally accessible to users at all times. However, https://www.thestrategist.media/ may decide to interrupt it for technical maintenance, in which case it will endeavour to inform users of the date and time of the intervention in advance. The website https://www.thestrategist.media/ is regularly updated by its managers. Likewise, this legal notice may be amended at any time: it is nonetheless binding on users, who are invited to refer to it as often as possible.
3. Description of services
The purpose of the website https://www.thestrategist.media/ is to provide information on all of the company’s activities. https://www.thestrategist.media/ strives to provide information on the site that is as accurate as possible. However, it cannot be held responsible for omissions, inaccuracies or failures to update, whether caused by itself or by the third-party partners providing this information.
All information on https://www.thestrategist.media/ is given for information purposes only and is subject to change. Furthermore, the information on https://www.thestrategist.media/ is not exhaustive. It is provided subject to any changes made since it was published online.
4. Contractual limitations on technical data
The site uses JavaScript technology. The website cannot be held liable for material damage related to the use of the site. In addition, users of the site undertake to access it using recent equipment free of viruses and an up-to-date, latest-generation browser. The site https://www.thestrategist.media/ is hosted by a provider located within the European Union, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR: no. 2016-679).
The aim is to provide a service with the best possible availability. The hosting provider ensures continuity of service 24 hours a day, every day of the year. It nevertheless reserves the right to interrupt the hosting service for the shortest possible periods, in particular for maintenance, improvement or failure of its infrastructure, or if the Services generate traffic deemed abnormal.
https://www.thestrategist.media/ and the hosting provider cannot be held liable for malfunctions of the Internet, telephone lines or computer and telephone equipment, in particular due to network congestion preventing access to the server.
5. Intellectual property and infringement
https://www.thestrategist.media/ owns the intellectual property rights and holds the rights of use for all elements accessible on the website, including texts, images, graphics, logos, videos, icons and sounds. Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication or adaptation of all or part of the elements of the site, by whatever means or process, is prohibited without the prior written authorisation of https://www.thestrategist.media/.
Any unauthorised use of the site or of any of the elements it contains will be considered an infringement and prosecuted in accordance with articles L.335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code.
6. Limitation of liability
https://www.thestrategist.media/ is responsible for the quality and accuracy of the Content it publishes.
https://www.thestrategist.media/ cannot be held liable for direct or indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment when accessing the website https://www.thestrategist.media/ resulting either from the use of equipment that does not meet the specifications set out in section 4, or from the appearance of a bug or incompatibility.
https://www.thestrategist.media/ likewise cannot be held liable for indirect damage (such as loss of business or loss of opportunity) resulting from the use of the site https://www.thestrategist.media/.
Interactive areas (the possibility of asking questions in the contact area) are available to users. https://www.thestrategist.media/ reserves the right to delete, without prior notice, any content posted in these areas that breaches the law applicable in France, in particular data protection provisions. Where applicable, https://www.thestrategist.media/ also reserves the right to bring civil and/or criminal proceedings against the user, in particular in the event of racist, abusive, defamatory or pornographic messages, whatever the medium used (text, photograph, etc.).
7. Personal data management
The Client is informed of the regulations governing marketing communications, the French Law of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy, the French Data Protection Act of 6 August 2004 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR: no. 2016-679).
7.1 Data controllers
As controller of the data it collects, https://www.thestrategist.media/ undertakes to comply with the applicable legal provisions. In particular, it is the Client’s responsibility to determine the purposes of its data processing, to provide its prospects and customers, upon collecting their consent, with complete information on the processing of their personal data, and to keep an accurate record of processing activities. Whenever https://www.thestrategist.media/ processes Personal Data, https://www.thestrategist.media/ takes all reasonable steps to ensure that the Personal Data is accurate and relevant to the purposes for which https://www.thestrategist.media/ processes it.
7.2 Purposes of data collection
https://www.thestrategist.media/ may process all or part of the following data:
- to enable browsing of the Site and the management and traceability of services ordered by the user: Site connection and usage data, invoicing, order history, etc.
- to prevent and combat computer fraud (spamming, hacking, etc.): computer equipment used for browsing, IP address, password (hashed)
- to improve browsing on the Site: connection and usage data
- to conduct optional satisfaction surveys on https://www.thestrategist.media/: email address
- to run communication campaigns (SMS, email): telephone number, email address
https://www.thestrategist.media/ does not sell your personal data, which is used only where necessary or for statistical and analysis purposes.
7.3 Right of access, rectification and objection
In accordance with applicable European regulations, Users of https://www.thestrategist.media/ have the following rights:
- right of access (article 15 GDPR) and rectification (article 16 GDPR), updating and completion of Users’ data; right to block or erase Users’ personal data (article 17 GDPR) where it is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, out of date, or where its collection, use, disclosure or storage is prohibited
- right to withdraw consent at any time (article 13-2c GDPR)
- right to restriction of processing of Users’ data (article 18 GDPR)
- right to object to the processing of Users’ data (article 21 GDPR)
- right to portability of the data provided by Users, where such data is subject to automated processing based on their consent or on a contract (article 20 GDPR)
- right to give instructions on what happens to Users’ data after their death and to choose whether https://www.thestrategist.media/ should communicate their data to a third party they have previously designated
As soon as https://www.thestrategist.media/ becomes aware of the death of a User, and in the absence of instructions from them, https://www.thestrategist.media/ undertakes to destroy their data, unless its retention is necessary for evidential purposes or to meet a legal obligation.
If Users wish to know how https://www.thestrategist.media/ uses their Personal Data, request its rectification or object to its processing, they may contact https://www.thestrategist.media/ in writing at the following address: Vapress – DPO, 98 bd de la Reine, 78000 Versailles, France.
In this case, Users must state which Personal Data they would like https://www.thestrategist.media/ to correct, update or delete, identifying themselves precisely with a copy of an identity document (identity card or passport).
Requests for the deletion of Personal Data will be subject to the obligations imposed on https://www.thestrategist.media/ by law, in particular regarding the retention or archiving of documents. Finally, Users of https://www.thestrategist.media/ may lodge a complaint with the supervisory authorities, in particular the CNIL (https://www.cnil.fr/fr/plaintes).
7.4 Non-disclosure of personal data
https://www.thestrategist.media/ undertakes not to process, host or transfer the Information collected on its Clients to a country outside the European Union or recognised as “not adequate” by the European Commission without first informing the client. However, https://www.thestrategist.media/ remains free to choose its technical and commercial processors provided they offer sufficient guarantees with regard to the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR: no. 2016-679).
https://www.thestrategist.media/ undertakes to take all necessary precautions to preserve the security of the Information and in particular to ensure that it is not disclosed to unauthorised persons. However, if an incident affecting the integrity or confidentiality of the Client’s Information comes to the attention of https://www.thestrategist.media/, it must inform the Client as soon as possible and communicate the corrective measures taken. Furthermore, https://www.thestrategist.media/ does not collect any “sensitive data”.
The User’s Personal Data may be processed by subsidiaries of https://www.thestrategist.media/ and by processors (service providers), exclusively for the purposes of this policy.
Within the limits of their respective responsibilities and for the purposes set out above, the main persons likely to have access to the data of Users of https://www.thestrategist.media/ are the agents of our customer service.
8. Incident notification
Whatever efforts are made, no method of transmission over the Internet and no method of electronic storage is completely secure. We therefore cannot guarantee absolute security. If we became aware of a security breach, we would notify the users concerned so that they can take appropriate action. Our incident notification procedures take into account our legal obligations, whether at national or European level. We undertake to keep our customers fully informed of all matters relating to the security of their account and to provide them with all the information they need to help them meet their own regulatory reporting obligations.
No personal information of users of https://www.thestrategist.media/ is published without their knowledge, exchanged, transferred, assigned or sold on any medium whatsoever to third parties. Only the acquisition of https://www.thestrategist.media/ and its rights would allow such information to be transferred to the prospective acquirer, who would in turn be bound by the same obligation to retain and modify data with regard to users of https://www.thestrategist.media/.
9. Security
To ensure the security and confidentiality of Personal Data and Personal Health Data, https://www.thestrategist.media/ uses networks protected by standard devices such as firewalls, pseudonymisation, encryption and passwords.
When processing Personal Data, https://www.thestrategist.media/ takes all reasonable steps to protect it against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.
10. Hyperlinks, cookies and internet tags
The site https://www.thestrategist.media/ contains a number of hyperlinks to other sites, set up with the authorisation of https://www.thestrategist.media/. However, https://www.thestrategist.media/ is unable to check the content of the sites visited and accordingly accepts no liability in this respect.
Unless you decide to disable cookies, you agree that the site may use them. You may disable these cookies at any time, free of charge, using the options offered to you and described below, bearing in mind that this may reduce or prevent access to all or part of the Services offered by the site.
10.1. COOKIES
A “cookie” is a small information file sent to the User’s browser and stored on the User’s device (e.g. computer, smartphone) (hereinafter “Cookies”). This file contains information such as the User’s domain name, the User’s Internet service provider, the User’s operating system, and the date and time of access. Cookies cannot in any way damage the User’s device.
https://www.thestrategist.media/ may process information about the User’s visit to the Site, such as the pages viewed and the searches carried out.
As Cookies facilitate browsing and/or the provision of the services offered by the Site, Users can configure their browser to decide whether or not to accept them, so that Cookies are stored on the device or, on the contrary, rejected, either systematically or according to their issuer. Users can also configure their browser so that they are offered the choice of accepting or refusing Cookies on a case-by-case basis, before a Cookie is stored on their device. https://www.thestrategist.media/ informs Users that, in this case, not all the features of their browser may be available.
If Users refuse Cookies on their device or browser, or delete those stored there, they are informed that their browsing and experience on the Site may be limited. This may also be the case when https://www.thestrategist.media/ or one of its service providers cannot recognise, for technical compatibility purposes, the type of browser used by the device, the language and display settings, or the country from which the device appears to be connected to the Internet.
Where applicable, https://www.thestrategist.media/ declines all liability for the consequences of the degraded operation of the Site and of any services offered by https://www.thestrategist.media/ resulting from (i) the User’s refusal of Cookies or (ii) the impossibility for https://www.thestrategist.media/ to store or read the Cookies necessary for their operation because of the User’s choice. Cookie management and User choices are configured differently in each browser; this is described in the browser’s help menu, which explains how Users can change their Cookie preferences.
Users may at any time express and change their Cookie preferences. https://www.thestrategist.media/ may also use the services of external providers to help it collect and process the information described in this section.
Finally, by clicking on the social media icons for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google Plus on the https://www.thestrategist.media/ Site or its mobile application, and if the User has accepted cookies by continuing to browse the https://www.thestrategist.media/ website or mobile application, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google Plus may also place cookies on your devices (computer, tablet, mobile phone).
These types of cookies are only placed on your devices if you consent to them by continuing to browse the https://www.thestrategist.media/ website or mobile application. Users may nevertheless withdraw their consent to https://www.thestrategist.media/ placing this type of cookie at any time.
10.2. INTERNET TAGS
https://www.thestrategist.media/ may occasionally use Internet tags (also known as “tags”, action tags, single-pixel GIFs, clear GIFs, invisible GIFs and one-to-one GIFs) and deploy them through a web analytics partner that may be located (and therefore store the corresponding information, including the User’s IP address) in a foreign country.
These tags are placed both in online advertisements that allow Internet users to access the Site and on the Site’s various pages.
This technology allows https://www.thestrategist.media/ to assess visitors’ responses to the Site and the effectiveness of its actions (for example, the number of times a page is opened and the information viewed), as well as the User’s use of this Site.
The external provider may collect information about visitors to the Site and other websites through these tags, compile reports on the Site’s activity for https://www.thestrategist.media/, and provide other services relating to the use of the Site and the Internet.
11. Governing law and jurisdiction
Any dispute relating to the use of the site https://www.thestrategist.media/ is subject to French law. Except where the law does not permit it, exclusive jurisdiction is given to the competent courts of Versailles.
