Legal Notice

Company

This Website vdataservices.com is published by : V Data Services, simplified joint-stock company with the share capital of 4.169.317,24 euros, filed at the RCS NANTES under N° : FR61512883992

Our registered office is at 8 rue rainière, 44300 Nantes, France. For details of how to contact us, please refer to the contact us form.

  • N° intracomunnautaire: FR61512883992
  • Tel : 02 28 24 81 05
  • Email : contact@vdataservices.com
  • Publication Director: Antoine Guérin

Hosting

  • Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd.
  • One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown
  • Dublin 18, D18 P521
  • Ireland
  • +353 1 7063476

Please read this legal notice carefully before consulting this Website.

The companies belonging to the Michelin Group are legal entities in their own right and possess an independent legal status. However, with a view to facilitating the communication of information on this Website, the following terms may be employed: “Michelin,” “Group”, “Michelin Group” and “us”; these terms are used to designate all of the companies in the Group which each carry out their business independently.

ARTICLE 1: PURPOSE

The purpose of this legal notice is to set out the conditions under which Michelin makes this Website available to you and the terms and conditions governing your access to and use thereof. Your use of the Website is subject to your compliance with this legal notice, which Michelin reserves the right to amend or update at any given time. By accessing and using the Website, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this legal notice as well as of Michelin’s privacy and personal data protection policy.

ARTICLE 2: WEBSITE ACCESS

Michelin endeavors to ensure the Website remains available, without however being bound by any obligation to do so. Access to the Website may be modified or temporarily suspended for the purposes of maintenance, updating or any other reason, notably of a technical or legal nature. Michelin is on no account liable for these disruptions or any ensuing consequences for the user.

ARTICLE 3: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

The content (which shall include but not be limited to information, texts, graphs, data, images, photos, visuals, videos and sound tracks as well as the form of all said components and the actual Website itself) is protected by copyright and/or other intellectual property rights. The content is the exclusive property of its publisher. Any copy, reproduction, representation, use, adaptation, alteration, modification, translation or dissemination of the content, whether in full or in part, whether it belongs to Michelin or to a third party that has granted Michelin the rights thereto, by any process whatsoever, is unlawful, notwithstanding the limited rights granted to the user under Article 4 hereinbelow and/or any private copy reserved for the exclusive use of its holder. The content of this Website is subject to modification without notice and is published without any warranty whatsoever, whether express or implied, and may not give rise to any entitlement to compensation. The content is protected by copyright © 2018 Michelin or copyright of its partners. The logos are registered trademarks.

ARTICLE 4: USE OF CONTENT

Any tampering with content, modification thereof or use of the content for any purpose other than that for which it was authorized constitutes an infringement of the property rights of Michelin or third parties.

Michelin grants you the right to download and share the content subject to the following conditions: (I) if a download function is available, (II) if it is used for non-commercial purposes (III) and in good faith and (IV) if both the proprietary notices as well as the on-line publication date appearing in the content are left intact, where such information is shown. This right must in no way be interpreted as conferring a license, in particular pertaining to a brand or logo.

ARTICLE 5: ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION

To exchange information by e-mail with Michelin, you must fill in the e-mail forms available on the Website. Michelin’s responses to e-mails, and the provision of access to the Website and its content may not be deemed to represent or to constitute proof of any advertising, promotional or sales activity in the country where the user is located.

ARTICLE 6: PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

Cookies and other tracking technologies : This website doesn't use any. Please refer to Michelin Policy on confidentiality and protection of personal data, at the bottom of the page.

V DATA SERVICES implements a personal data process (via our contact form) for the sole purpose of managing your quieries. The treatments implemented to achieve these purposes are based on the legitimate interest of V DATA SERVICES. The data collected via this form are optional except those identified with an asterisk. They are intended for the personnel authorized to process the requests. They are only kept for the time needed to manage your request.

In accordance with the Data Protection Act of 6 January 1978 as amended and the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to access, query, limit, delete, modify or correct information about you. You also have the right to oppose the processing of your personal data, as well as a right to object to this data being used for commercial prospecting purposes. Finally, you have the right to define general and specific guidelines defining the manner in which you intend to exercise these rights after your death.

You can exercise these rights with the Data Protection Officer at the following address : dpo@vdataservices.com or via mail sent to V DATA SERVICES, 8, rue de la Rainière, 44339 Nantes (France) along with a copy of a signed identity document. Finally, you have the right to file a complaint with the National Commission for Informatics and Freedoms, the supervisory authority responsible for compliance with the obligations regarding the protection of personal data.

This Website may contain links to other sites. We inform you that Michelin does not share your personal data with these sites. You are advised that when you leave our Website, you may be subject to other practices in the protection of personal data, on which Michelin has no control and is not liable.

ARTICLE 7: WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY

The content published on the Website is provided “as is”, without any warranty, express or implied, of any nature whatsoever. Michelin reserves the right to amend, correct, suspend and/or delete the content or access to the Website at any given time, without prior notice. Michelin may not be held liable in the event of any contamination of your computer equipment resulting from the propagation of viruses or other IT infections. It is your responsibility to take all appropriate measures in order to protect your computer equipment.

Michelin, its employees, suppliers or partners mentioned on the Website may not in any event be held liable, under a contractual, tort or any other claim, for any damage, whether direct or indirect, incidental or consequential, or of any nature whatsoever, or for any loss, in particular of financial or commercial nature, resulting from the use of the Website or any information whatsoever obtained therefrom.

It is strictly prohibited to create a hyperlink to illegal content. The Website may contain simple or embedded links towards the websites of Michelin partners or of third parties, with the authorization of the latter for embedded links. Michelin does not have any control over these websites and accordingly bears no responsibility whatsoever as to their accessibility, relevance, availability, content, advertising, products and/or the services available on or from these websites. Consequently, Michelin shall not bear any liability whatsoever for any direct or indirect damage which might result from your access to or use of the partners’ websites or for failure by these websites to comply with any applicable laws and regulations.

ARTICLE 8: GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

Any dispute relating to the Website or to this legal notice shall be brought before the Courts of Clermont-Ferrand. The dispute shall be governed and construed in accordance with French law on the merits, independently of conflict of law. Use of the Website implies the user’s express consent to the application of this Article. In the event one of the terms of this legal information should be deemed to be illegal, null and void or inapplicable for any reason whatsoever, it shall be deemed to not be part of this legal notice and shall not affect the validity or application of the other terms.

PRIVACY POLICY

Michelin is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to and users of its websites.

This document describes Michelin’s practices concerning the personal data it may collect, the purposes for which they may be used, and the people for whom they are intended.

However, each Michelin website has a specific objective and its own unique characteristics. If a particular Michelin website needs to collect additional personal data, you will be so informed on that site.

CONSENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Use of this site signifies your consent to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Policy, please do not use this site or submit any personally identifiable information.

PERSONAL DATA

In general, you may visit Michelin’s websites without having to disclose your personal data.

Michelin may ask you to provide your personal data in order to better meet your needs, for example, for the purpose of correspondence, to process a request, etc.

Such data may include your contact information (name, address, telephone number, email address, etc.) and other specific information such as user name, password, or banking information.

COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

Michelin will collect your personal data only for specific, explicit, and legitimate purposes. It will not then process these data in a way that is incompatible with these purposes.

When Michelin collects personal data, it informs the person in question at the time of collection or prior thereto, and in any event before using them for the defined purposes.

Michelin shall only process personal data that are adequate, relevant, and non-excessive in relation to the purposes for which they are collected. Michelin will take all reasonable measures to ensure that the personal data that are processed are accurate and updated if necessary.

USE OF DATA COLLECTED ON MICHELIN’S SITES

Michelin’s use of your personal data is strictly limited to the purposes for which they were collected.

As an example, Michelin may request your personal data to:

Provide you with information on its products and services; Execute and monitor your transactions; Allow you to use its sites’ interactive functions; and Communicate and develop a business relationship with you. Michelin shall not use your personal data for marketing purposes without your prior consent.

RECIPIENTS OF PERSONAL DATA

The recipients of your personal data are limited exclusively to the people who have a need to know such information to perform their responsibilities.

Michelin may share your personal data with the suppliers or service providers that Michelin may use to process your request. These suppliers and service providers are contractually obligated to keep the personal data they may have received confidential and secure and to use your personal data only to provide the requested services.

Michelin will not sell, rent or transfer your personal data to third parties without your consent, except pursuant to a court or administrative ruling, to comply with applicable law, or to protect Michelin’s rights and property.

RETENTION PERIOD

Michelin will store your personal data no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or is required by applicable law.

RIGHT OF ACCESS, RECTIFICATION, DELETION AND OBJECTION

You may at any time ask Michelin for access to your personal data.

You also have the right to rectify or delete these data and a right to object to the processing of said data for legitimate reasons.

For commercial prospecting or subscription to one of our newsletters, you can use your right of opposition without any justification and directly in the mail you receive by clicking the link provided for this purpose.

To exercise these rights, please contact the webmaster of the website concerned MFPM, Place des Carmelites, 63040 Clermont Ferrand Cedex 9, DGMR Service / DC / IMET / or Privacy Officer (insert function counts).

No justification is required should you wish to exercise your right of objection as regards marketing.

Please contact the webmaster of the website concerned should you wish to exercise these rights.

DATA SECURITY

Michelin has implemented measures to protect the privacy, security and integrity of your personal data. Access to personal data is restricted to those employees and service providers who need to know this information and who have been trained to comply with rules on confidentiality.

On Michelin’s commercial sites, banking information will be collected for the purposes of effective, legal secure payment processes. These measures may consist of SSL encryption (intended to make the data unreadable to others) during the collection or transfer of confidential data. Said information will be used only for purposes of online payment and will not be retained.

Michelin ensures that your personal data are not altered, damaged or accessed by unauthorized third parties.

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF PERSONAL DATA

Michelin is an international group with databases in the various countries in which it operates. Michelin may transfer your personal data within the group to one of its databases or to its external partners located outside of your home country.

As levels of data protection vary worldwide, we do not transmit your personal data to Michelin group companies or to third-party companies outside of the European Union unless these companies offer the same or similar level of personal data protection as Michelin.

For transfers within Michelin, the company has adopted internal rules governing the transfer of personal data from the European Union or European Economic Area.

Transfers of data outside the group are governed by contracts containing the clauses of the European Commission for suppliers established outside the EU to guarantee a similar level of protection as that of your home country.

INTERACTIVE SERVICES

Certain Michelin websites contain interactive functions such as chat, forums, etc. You can, if you wish, use these interactive functions by filling out a registration form. This form requires that you disclose certain personal data such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, etc. These personal data are collected for the purpose of improving the interactive services and meeting your needs.

Users that have registered for these services may have access to the information provided at the time of registration, and may rectify or delete the information provided at any time.

MINORS

Michelin’s websites are generally not intended for minors under the age of eighteen (18). If you are a minor, please do not transmit personal information without your parents’ permission.

LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

Michelin’s websites may include links to third-party sites. Michelin does not control these sites and thus cannot be held liable for their privacy practices or their content. We encourage you to review these sites’ data protection policies before using them or providing them with your personal data.

TRADEMARK AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE

For further information, please refer to Article 3 above

CHANGES

This Policy was updated on September 27, 2018. We will post any changes on this page and they will be effective when posted. Please check this page periodically for changes.