DEFINITIONS
Client: 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, who visits the Site subject to these general terms and conditions.
Services and Offerings: through the website https://dbcr-avocat.fr/ , the DBCR firm provides users with information regarding the services offered and related activities, as well as contact methods to benefit from them or to obtain further information.
Content: All the elements that make up the information available on the Site, including but not limited to texts, images, and videos.
Client Information: Hereinafter referred to as “Information,” meaning all personal data that may be held by the DBCR firm for the management of client relationships and the communication of information to clients or prospective clients.
User: An internet user connecting to or using the website https://dbcr-avocat.fr/
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 Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 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), as set out in the privacy policy.
PRESENTATION OF THE WEBSITE.
Pursuant to Article 6 of Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004, on confidence in the digital economy, users of the website https://dbcr-avocat.fr/ are hereby informed of the identity of the various parties involved in its creation and maintenance:
Owner: Me Drusilla Bret-Cunynghame-Robertson EI / trade name “Cabinet DBCR Avocat” – 1bis boulevard Berthier – 75017 Paris – SIREN No. 932873060 – ATTORNEY REGISTERED ON THE ROLL OF THE PARIS BAR ASSOCIATION – +(0)336 50 74 41 93
Publication Director: Me Drusilla Bret-Cunynghame-Robertson – drusilla.bret-robertson@avocat.fr
Webmaster: Me Drusilla Bret-Cunynghame-Robertson – drusilla.bret-robertson@avocat.fr
Hosting provider: IONOS Web Hosting – 7, place de la Gare, BP 70109, 57200 Sarreguemines (Moselle), France.
Data Protection Officer (DPO): Me Drusilla Bret-Cunynghame-Robertson – drusilla.bret-robertson@avocat.fr
The Site constitutes an intellectual work protected by the provisions of the French Intellectual Property Code and applicable international regulations.
The Client may not, under any circumstances, reuse, transfer, or exploit, for their own purposes, all or part of the elements or works of the Site.
Use of the site constitutes full and unconditional acceptance of the terms of use set out below. These terms may be modified or supplemented at any time; users are therefore encouraged to review them regularly.
This website is normally accessible to users at all times. However, access may be interrupted for technical maintenance, in which case the operator will endeavor to inform users in advance of the dates and times of the intervention.
The site is regularly updated by the Publication Director. Likewise, the Legal Notice may be amended at any time; it remains binding on the user, who is encouraged to consult it as often as possible to stay informed.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES PROVIDED
The purpose of the site is to provide information on all activities of the DBCR Law Firm and a means to contact the firm.
DBCR Law Firm strives to provide information on the site that is as accurate as possible. However, it cannot be held liable for omissions, inaccuracies, or failures to update, whether due to its own actions or those of third-party partners who supply such information.
All information provided on the site is for guidance only and may change. Moreover, the details appearing on the website are not exhaustive and are subject to modifications made since they were put online.
CONTRACTUAL LIMITATIONS ON TECHNICAL DATA
The website uses the IONOS platform.
Le site Internet ne pourra être tenu responsable de dommages matériels liés à l’utilisation du site. De plus, l’utilisateur du site s’engage à accéder au site en utilisant un matériel récent, ne contenant pas de virus et avec un navigateur de dernière génération mis-à-jour.
The site is hosted by a provider within the territory of the European Union, in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR: No. 2016-679).
The objective is to deliver a service that ensures the highest possible level of availability.
The hosting provider ensures the continuity of its service 24 hours a day, every day of the year. However, it reserves the right to interrupt the hosting service for the shortest possible periods, in particular for maintenance, to improve its infrastructure, in the event of infrastructure failure, or if the Services generate traffic deemed abnormal.
DBCR Law Firm and the hosting provider shall not be held liable in the event of malfunctions of the Internet network, telephone lines, or computer and telephony equipment, including in particular network congestion preventing access to the server.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INFRINGEMENT
DBCR Law Firm owns the intellectual property rights and holds the rights of use over all elements accessible on the website—including texts, images, graphics, logos, videos, icons, and sounds—subject to content belonging to the WordPress platform.
Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, or adaptation of all or part of the site’s elements, by any means or process, is prohibited without the prior written authorization of a responsible officer.
Any unauthorized use of the site or any of its contents will be deemed an infringement and prosecuted in accordance with Articles L.335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
DBCR Law Firm acts as the publisher of the site. Me Drusilla Bret-Cunynghame-Robertson is responsible for the quality and accuracy of the content published.
DBCR Law Firm cannot be held liable for any direct or indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment when accessing the DBCR Law Firm website, whether resulting from the use of equipment that does not meet the specifications set out in section 4, or from the occurrence of a bug or incompatibility.
DBCR Law Firm shall also not be liable for indirect damages (such as loss of business or loss of opportunity) resulting from use of the site.
A contact form is made available to users, who are requested not to include any irrelevant information and to limit themselves to the details necessary for an initial contact. Users must also refrain from entering any information of a personal-data nature that would contravene applicable provisions, in particular any irrelevant or inaccurate information about a third party that would constitute personal data. Any non-compliant content may give rise to liability on the part of the user who provided it.
DBCR Law Firm reserves the right to delete personal data as part of its compliance efforts and the implementation of personal data deletion procedures. Where applicable, DBCR Law Firm also reserves the right to pursue the user's civil and/or criminal liability, particularly in the event of messages of a racist, insulting, defamatory, or pornographic nature, regardless of the medium used (text, photographs, etc.).
MEDIATION, GOVERNING LAW, AND JURISDICTION
Any dispute relating to use of the site shall be governed by French law. Save where mandatory law provides otherwise, exclusive jurisdiction shall be vested in the competent courts of Paris.
In accordance with Articles L.612-1 et seq. of the French Consumer Code, in the event of a dispute you may, free of charge, refer the matter to the Consumer Mediator of the National Bar Council (CNB), whose contact details are: CNB, Consumer Mediator, 180 boulevard Haussmann – 75008 PARIS.
For more information, you can visit the platform: https://www.economie.gouv.fr/mediation-conso
