Legal information

1. Presentation of the website

Owner: Gsmart-Avocats – 91 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 PARIS

Publication manager: Gsmart Avocats – contact@gsmart-avocats.com

The publication manager is a legal entity.

Webmaster: Kärlek Studio – hello@karlek-studio.com

Host: Ionos – 7 Place de la Gare, 57200 Sarreguemines

2. General conditions of use of the site and the services offered

Use of the www.gsmart-avocats.com website implies full acceptance of the general conditions of use set out below. These conditions of use may be amended or supplemented at any time, and users of the www.gsmart-avocats.com website are therefore advised to consult them regularly.

This site is normally accessible to users at all times. However, Gsmart-Avocats may decide to interrupt the site for technical maintenance purposes, in which case Gsmart-Avocats will endeavour to inform users of the dates and times of the intervention in advance.

The Gsmart-Avocats website is regularly updated by Gsmart-Avocats. 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 in order to review them.

3. Description of services provided

The purpose of the www.gsmart-avocats.com website is to provide information about all of the company’s activities.

All information provided on the www.gsmart-avocats.com website is given for information purposes only and is subject to change. Furthermore, the information on the www.gsmart-avocats.com website is not exhaustive. It is subject to changes having been made since it was put online.

4. Contractual limitations on technical data

The website cannot be held responsible for any material damage linked to the use of the site. In addition, users of the site undertake to access the site using recent, virus-free equipment and with an up-to-date, latest-generation browser.

5. Intellectual property and counterfeiting

Gsmart-Avocats is the owner of the intellectual property rights or holds the rights of use on all the elements accessible on the site, in particular the texts, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds and software.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, adaptation of all or part of the elements of the site, whatever the means or process used, is prohibited, except with the prior written authorisation of : Gsmart-Avocats.

Any unauthorised use of the site or of any of the elements it contains will be considered as constituting an infringement and will be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of articles L.335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code.

6. Limitation of liability

Gsmart-Avocats may not be held liable for any direct or indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment when accessing the www.gsmart-avocats.com website and 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.

Gsmart-Avocats may also not be held liable for indirect damage (such as loss of market or loss of opportunity) resulting from the use of the www.gsmart-avocats.com website.

Interactive areas (possibility to ask questions in the contact area) are available to users. Gsmart-Avocats reserves the right to delete, without prior notice, any content posted in this area that contravenes the legislation applicable in France, in particular the provisions relating to data protection. Where applicable, Gsmart-Avocats also reserves the right to hold the user civilly and/or criminally liable, particularly in the event of messages of a racist, insulting, defamatory or pornographic nature, regardless of the medium used (text, photographs, etc.).

7. Management of personal data

In France, personal data is protected by law no. 78-87 of 6 January 1978, law no. 2004-801 of 6 August 2004, article L. 226-13 of the Criminal Code and the European Directive of 24 October 1995.

When using the www.gsmart-avocats.com website, the following information may be collected: the URL of the links through which the user accessed the www.gsmart-avocats.com website, the user’s access provider, the user’s Internet Protocol (IP) address.

In any event, Gsmart-Avocats only collects personal information relating to the user for the purposes of certain services offered by the www.gsmart-avocats.com website. Users provide this information with full knowledge of the facts, particularly when they enter it themselves. Users of the www.gsmart-avocats.com website are then informed whether or not they are required to provide this information.

In accordance with the provisions of Articles 38 et seq. of Law 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties, all users have the right to access, rectify and object to any personal data concerning them, by making a written and signed request, accompanied by a copy of the identity document bearing the signature of the bearer of the document, specifying the address to which the reply is to be sent.

No personal information of the user of the www.gsmart-avocats.com site is published without the user’s knowledge, exchanged, transferred or sold on any medium whatsoever to third parties. Only the assumption of the repurchase of Gsmart-Avocats and its rights would allow the transmission of the aforementioned information to the possible purchaser who would be in turn held of the same obligation of conservation and modification of the data with respect to the user of the www.gsmart-avocats.com site.

Databases are protected by the provisions of the law of 1 July 1998 transposing directive 96/9 of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases.

8. Hypertext links and cookies

The www.gsmart-avocats.com website contains a number of hypertext links to other websites, set up with the authorisation of Gsmart-Avocats. However, Gsmart-Avocats is not in a position to check the content of sites visited in this way, and consequently accepts no liability in this respect.

Browsing the www.gsmart-avocats.com website may result in the installation of cookie(s) on the user’s computer. A cookie is a small file which does not allow the user to be identified, but which records information relating to the browsing of a computer on a site. The data obtained in this way is intended to facilitate subsequent browsing of the site and is also used to measure visitor numbers.

Refusal to install a cookie may make it impossible to access certain services. However, users can configure their computer as follows to refuse the installation of cookies:

In Internet Explorer: Tools tab (wheel-shaped icon at top right) / Internet options. Click on Confidentiality and choose Block all cookies. Confirm with Ok.

Firefox: at the top of the browser window, click on the Firefox button, then go to the Options tab. Click on the Privacy tab. Set the Retention Rules to: use personalised settings for history. Finally, uncheck it to deactivate cookies.

On Safari: Click on the menu icon (symbolised by a cog) in the top right-hand corner of the browser. Select Settings. Click on Show advanced settings. In the “Confidentiality” section, click on “Content settings”. In the “Cookies” section, you can block cookies.

In Chrome: Click on the menu icon (symbolised by three horizontal lines) in the top right-hand corner of the browser. Select Settings. Click on Show advanced settings. In the “Confidentiality” section, click on preferences. In the “Confidentiality” tab, you can block cookies.

Privacy policy

As lawyers, we attach particular importance to secrecy and, more specifically, to the processing, confidentiality and security of your personal data, while respecting your privacy.

We collect your personal data (surname, first name, profession, email address, telephone number, date of birth, address) for the sole purpose of handling your case and sending you information and news about the firm and our practice areas. Your personal data may be accessed in this context by members of the firm, our service providers, collaborators and correspondents.

In accordance with the RGPD regulation, data is kept for as long as is necessary to process your case, and in accordance with our professional, ethical and accounting obligations.

If you wish to exercise your rights of access, portability or deletion, please contact the lawyer responsible for your case.