Legal Information
Legal Information
1. Website Presentation.
In accordance with the laws and regulations applicable in Quebec and Canada, particularly the Act respecting the legal publicity of enterprises (RLRQ, c. P-44.1), the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (RLRQ, c. P-39.1), as amended notably by the Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (Bill 25), as well as any other legislation applicable to e-commerce and electronic communications, the users of the Folorenza website are hereby informed of the identity of the various parties involved in its creation and monitoring:
Owner: Folorenza – Canada
Publication manager: Folorenza–folorenza@gmail.com
The publication manager is a natural person or a legal entity.
Webmaster: Folorenza–folorenza@gmail.com
Host: Shopify – 150 Elgin Street, 8th Floor Ottawa (Ontario) Canada K2P 1L4
2. General Conditions of Use of the Website and Offered Services.
The use of the Folorenza website implies full and complete acceptance of the general conditions of use described below. These conditions of use may be modified or supplemented at any time, so users of the Folorenza website are invited to consult them regularly.
This website is normally accessible to users at all times. However, an interruption for technical maintenance may be decided by Folorenza, which will then endeavor to communicate the dates and times of the intervention to users in advance.
The Folorenza website is regularly updated by Folorenza. Similarly, the legal notices may be modified at any time: they are nevertheless binding on the user, who is invited to refer to them as often as possible to become aware of them.
3. Description of Provided Services.
The purpose of the Folorenza website is to provide information concerning all of the company's activities.
Folorenza strives to provide information on the Folorenza website that is as accurate as possible. However, it cannot be held responsible for omissions, inaccuracies, and deficiencies in the updating, whether by its own fault or by that of third-party partners who provide it with this information.
All information indicated on the Folorenza website is given for informational purposes only and is subject to change. Furthermore, the information on the Folorenza website is not exhaustive. It is given subject to modifications that may have been made since it was put online.
4. Contractual Limitations on Technical Data.
The website uses JavaScript technology.
The website cannot be held responsible for material damage related to the use of the website. Furthermore, the user of the website agrees to access the website using recent equipment, free of viruses and with an updated, latest-generation browser.
5. Intellectual Property and Counterfeits.
Folorenza owns the intellectual property rights or holds the rights of use on all elements accessible on the website, including texts, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds, and software.
Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, adaptation of all or part of the elements of the website, regardless of the means or process used, is prohibited, except with prior written authorization from: Folorenza.
Any unauthorized exploitation of the website or any of the elements it contains will be considered as constituting an infringement and pursued in accordance with the provisions of articles L.335-2 and following of the Intellectual Property Code.
6. Limitations of Liability.
Folorenza cannot be held responsible for direct and indirect damages caused to the user's equipment when accessing the Folorenza website, resulting either from the use of equipment that does not meet the specifications indicated in point 4, or from the appearance of a bug or incompatibility.
Folorenza cannot also be held responsible for indirect damages (such as, for example, a loss of market or loss of opportunity) resulting from the use of the Folorenza website.
Interactive spaces (possibility to ask questions in the contact area) are available to users. Folorenza reserves the right to delete, without prior notice, any content deposited in this space that would contravene the applicable legislation in France, particularly the provisions relating to data protection. If necessary, Folorenza also reserves the right to hold the user civilly and/or criminally liable, particularly in the case of messages of a racist, abusive, defamatory, or pornographic nature, regardless of the medium used (text, photography, etc.).
7. Management of Personal Data.
In Canada, personal data is notably protected by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) at the federal level for the private sector, as well as by the Privacy Act for federal institutions.
Depending on the provinces, equivalent provincial laws also apply, such as Bill 25 (Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector) in Quebec, the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) in British Columbia and Alberta, or specific laws for the health sector.
When using the Folorenza website, the following may be collected: the URL of the links through which the user accessed the Folorenza website, the user's internet service provider, the user's Internet Protocol (IP) address.
In any case, Folorenza only collects personal information about the user for the needs of certain services offered by the Folorenza website. The user provides this information with full knowledge of the facts, especially when they enter it themselves. It is then specified to the user of the Folorenza website whether or not they are obliged to provide this information.
In accordance with the applicable provisions regarding the protection of personal information, notably the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (RLRQ, c. P-39.1), as amended notably by the Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (Bill 25), any data subject has a right to access their personal information and a right to request its rectification when it is inaccurate, incomplete, or ambiguous.
Any request for access or rectification can be sent in writing to the company's personal information protection officer. In order to protect the confidentiality of personal information, the company may take reasonable measures necessary to verify the identity of the person making the request.
No personal information of the user of the Folorenza website is published without the user's knowledge, exchanged, transferred, assigned, or sold on any medium whatsoever to third parties. Only the hypothesis of the acquisition of Folorenza and its rights would allow the transmission of said information to the eventual acquirer, who would in turn be bound by the same obligation of conservation and modification of data vis-à-vis the user of the Folorenza website.
The databases are protected, insofar as they constitute compilations protected by copyright, in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act, R.S.C. (1985), c. C-42, particularly regarding the selection or arrangement of data.
8. Hypertext Links and Cookies.
The Folorenza website contains a number of hypertext links to other sites, set up with the authorization of Folorenza. However, Folorenza does not have the possibility to verify the content of the sites thus visited, and will therefore assume no responsibility for this fact.
Browsing the Folorenza website may cause the installation of cookie(s) on the user's computer. A cookie is a small file, which does not allow the identification of the user, but which records information relating to the navigation of a computer on a site. The data obtained in this way aims to facilitate subsequent navigation on the site, and is also intended to allow various measures of frequentation.
Refusal to install a cookie may result in the inability to access certain services. However, the user can configure their computer in the following way to refuse the installation of cookies:
Under Internet Explorer: tool tab (gear icon at the top right) / internet options. Click on Privacy and choose Block all cookies. Validate with Ok.
Under Firefox: At the top of the browser window, click the Firefox button, then go to the Options tab. Click on the Privacy tab. Set the Retention rules to: use custom settings for history. Finally, uncheck it to disable cookies.
Under Safari: Click on the menu icon (symbolized by a cogwheel) at the top right of the browser. Select Settings. Click Show advanced settings. In the "Privacy" section, click Content settings. In the "Cookies" section, you can block cookies.
Under Chrome: Click on the menu icon (symbolized by three horizontal lines) at the top right of the browser. Select Settings. Click Show advanced settings. In the "Privacy" section, click preferences. In the "Privacy" tab, you can block cookies.
9. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction.
Any dispute related to the use of the Folorenza website is subject to Canadian law.
10. Main Laws Concerned.
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), S.C. 2000, c. 5, as amended, particularly regarding the collection, use, disclosure, retention, and protection of personal information in the private sector.
The Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector, RLRQ, c. P-39.1, as amended notably by the Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (Bill 25), when the activities concerned are subject to Quebec law.
Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), notably integrated into federal legislation on commercial electronic communications, when applicable, particularly for sending commercial electronic messages, obtaining consent, and unsubscribe mechanisms.
11. Glossary.
User: Internet user connecting to and using the aforementioned website.
Personal information: "information which relates to a natural person and allows that person to be identified, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly" (translated from French as "les informations qui permettent, sous quelque forme que ce soit, directement ou non, l'identification des personnes physiques auxquelles elles s'appliquent")
