Legal notice
Dernière mise à jour le 29 March, 2021
Legal Information
The website groupe.sd-tech.com, together with its sub-domains (www.sd-tech.com, equipements.sd-tech.com), is published by GROUPE SDTECH, with a share capital of €168,052.00, registered with the Trade and Companies Register of Nîmes under number 532 599 909, with its registered office at 3 rue de la Bergerie, 30100 Alès, France.
Tel.: +33 (0)4 66 61 36 00 | contact@sd-tech.com
The Publication Director is Mr Abdeljalil BENABDILLAH, President of GROUPE SDTECH.
The Website is hosted on the servers of Agarta, 102 impasse André Brunel, 30360 Deaux, France.
Article 1 – Acceptance of the Terms and Conditions
These General Terms and Conditions of Use of the website www.sd-tech.com
(hereinafter referred to as the “General Terms and Conditions”) are intended to define the terms and conditions under which SD TECH GROUPE makes the Website and the services available thereon to its Users, whether individuals or legal entities, and, conversely, the manner in which the User accesses the Website and uses the services.
Access to and use of the Website are subject to compliance with these General Terms and Conditions by the Users.
Consequently, by simply accessing the SD TECH GROUPE website at groupe.sd-tech.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”), the User acknowledges and accepts these General Terms and Conditions together with all applicable laws and regulations.
Article 2 – Amendments to the General Terms and Conditions
SD TECH GROUPE reserves the right to amend and/or update, at any time and without prior notice, access to the Website, the provisions of these General Terms and Conditions, as well as any elements, products and/or services presented on the Website, without incurring any liability on its part, or on the part of the members of its network or its employees.
Such amendments shall be binding upon Users by virtue of their use of the Website, without any prior notice being required from SD TECH GROUPE.
Article 3 – Content
The information contained on this Website relates to the products and promotional activities of SD TECH GROUPE and reflects the situation as defined at the time of publication online or at the time of updates to the various pages of the Website.
SD TECH GROUPE shall not be held liable for typographical errors, nor for any interruptions, temporary or permanent modifications, or the deletion of this Website.
This Website may, at any time, be expanded, restricted or otherwise modified by SD TECH GROUPE in order to meet the needs of its Users, or for any technical or other reason, without prior notice or obligation to provide justification.
Article 4 – Changes to Technical Data
SD TECH GROUPE reserves the right to make changes at any time, without prior notice.
Article 5 – Your Computer
In order to access all of the content and functions of this Website, it may be necessary to upgrade or update your software or computer hardware.
SD TECH GROUPE shall under no circumstances be held liable for any failure to access the Website, whether attributable to the capacity of your computer, to Internet network issues, or to any other cause.
Article 6 – Cookies
When you visit our Website, cookies may be stored on your computer. Cookies do not allow us to identify you personally. They enable SD TECH GROUPE to track how Users navigate to and within the Website, in order to record Website activity and to evaluate and improve the Website solely to enhance its usefulness.
In general, cookies record information about your computer’s browsing on our Website (such as the pages visited, the date and time of the visit, etc.), which we may access during future visits.
Further information about cookies is available on the Website under our Cookie Policy.
Article 7 – Personal Use
Use of this Website is strictly limited to personal purposes, and you are prohibited from using or exploiting any part of this Website for any other purpose.
Article 8 – Use of the Website
When using the Website, the User shall not carry out any action likely to cause computer, functional or other failures that may affect the operation of the Website or any service accessible through it.
The User shall comply with all applicable national and international regulations, as well as the rights of third parties, and shall refrain from causing harm to SD TECH GROUPE and/or to third parties, or from causing damage to the Website in any way whatsoever.
The User acknowledges being fully responsible for their use of the Website, together with the direct and/or indirect, as well as material and/or non-material, consequences that may result therefrom.
In the event of a breach by the User of these General Terms and Conditions of Use, access to the Website shall be automatically blocked, without prejudice to any legal action that may be brought by SD TECH GROUPE, and to any damages that may be claimed from the User.
Article 9 – Intellectual Property
The presentation and content of this Website are fully protected under the laws relating to intellectual and industrial property rights.
A/ Intellectual and Industrial Property
In accordance with Articles L.111-1 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code, SD TECH GROUPE holds the intellectual property rights in the Website, which constitutes a work of authorship.
The photographs, texts, slogans, drawings, images, whether animated or not, as well as any other works incorporated into the Website, are the exclusive property of SD TECH GROUPE or of third parties having authorised SD TECH GROUPE to use them.
Reproduction by the User, on any medium whatsoever, of the Website and/or of the works reproduced therein, is permitted only where such reproductions are strictly and exclusively reserved for personal use, excluding any use for advertising, commercial or informational purposes, and provided that they comply with Article L.122-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code.
It is further recalled, in accordance with Articles L.335-2 and L.521-4 of the French Intellectual Property Code, that, except as provided above, any reproduction, representation, use or modification, by any means whatsoever and on any medium whatsoever, of all or part of the Website or of any of the works contained therein, without the prior authorisation of SD TECH GROUPE, is strictly prohibited and constitutes an infringement offence punishable by up to three years’ imprisonment and a fine of €300,000.
B/ Trademark Rights
The trademarks “SD TECH” and “SD TECH GROUPE”, together with the distinctive logos and marks of SD TECH GROUPE, are registered trademarks.
The trademarks and other logos displayed on the Website are the property of SD TECH GROUPE or of third parties who have authorised its use by SD TECH GROUPE. Any total or partial reproduction of such trademarks or logos, made from elements of the Website without the express authorisation of SD TECH GROUPE, is prohibited within the meaning of Article L.713-2 of the French Intellectual Property Code.
Other distinctive signs, including corporate names, trade names, business names and domain names reproduced on the Website, are the property of SD TECH GROUPE or of third parties, and any reproduction without express authorisation may constitute misappropriation, giving rise to the liability of its author under Article 1240 of the French Civil Code (formerly Article 1382).
Article 10 – Personal Data
The Website may be consulted without the User having to disclose their identity or any other personal information.
Any personal data provided by the User to SD TECH GROUPE in the course of using the Website is used solely by SD TECH GROUPE for the purpose of responding to User requests.
In accordance with the applicable regulations on the protection of personal data (namely the General Data Protection Regulation No. 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and French Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Information Technology, Data Files and Civil Liberties, as amended), SD TECH GROUPE, acting as data controller, informs the User that it processes personal data relating to them.
The information provided by the User via the forms available on the Website is intended for authorised personnel of SD TECH GROUPE, for administrative and commercial management purposes.
In accordance with the applicable regulations on the protection of personal data, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
the right to obtain information about the data we hold about you and the processing carried out;
in certain circumstances, the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time (please note that we may continue to process your data where we have a legitimate ground for doing so);
in certain circumstances, the right to receive your data in electronic format and/or to request that we transmit such data to a third party where this is technically feasible (please note that this right only applies to data you have provided to us – right to data portability);
the right to amend or correct your data.
You also have:
the right to set out general or specific directives as to how you wish these rights to be exercised after your death, by sending an email to contact@sd-tech.com
or by post to SD TECH GROUPE – 3 rue de la Bergerie, 30100 Alès, France, subject to the provision of proof of identity for verification purposes;
the right to obtain from the data controller the erasure, as soon as possible, of personal data concerning you where one of the following grounds applies:
– the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;
– the data subject withdraws the consent on which the processing is based;
– the data subject objects to the processing on legitimate grounds;
– the personal data have been unlawfully processed;
– the personal data must be erased in order to comply with a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member State to which the controller is subject (Article 17 of Regulation 2016/679).
Finally, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data on legitimate grounds, as well as the right to object to the use of such data for commercial prospecting purposes, by sending an email to contact@sd-tech.com
or by post to SD TECH GROUPE – 3 rue de la Bergerie, 30100 Alès, France, subject to the provision of proof of identity for verification purposes.
In accordance with Article L.223-1 of the French Consumer Code, any User who does not wish to be the subject of commercial prospecting by telephone may register free of charge on a list to block telephone solicitation with the organisation designated under the conditions laid down in Article L.223-4 of the French Consumer Code.
As from the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, namely the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), by sending a letter to the following address: CNIL – 3 Place de Fontenoy – TSA 80715 – 75334 Paris – Cedex 07.
Further information is available on the Website under our Data Protection Policy.
Article 11 – Hyperlinks
The creation of a hyperlink to the SD TECH GROUPE Website requires the prior written authorisation of SD TECH GROUPE.
In any event, any website containing a hyperlink to this Website is not under the control of SD TECH GROUPE. SD TECH GROUPE can in no circumstances be held liable for websites containing a hyperlink to this Website, and disclaims all responsibility for their content and use.
Article 12 – Limitation of Liability
SD TECH GROUPE disclaims all liability for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages arising in any way from the use of this Website. SD TECH GROUPE shall not be held liable for any virus or other damage to your system resulting from access to, downloading from, or any other use of this Website.
The User undertakes not to carry out any action likely to cause computer, functional or other failures that may affect the operation of the Website or any service accessible through it.
The use of the Website is provided without any warranty of any kind. Accordingly, the User acknowledges that SD TECH GROUPE gives no warranty whatsoever to Users regarding the use of the Website. In particular, no warranty is given as to the availability of the Website, or the reliability, accuracy, currency or completeness of the elements, information and features contained on the Website.
Consequently, and without limitation, SD TECH GROUPE shall not be held liable in the event of any modification, suspension and/or interruption of the Website. It is expressly stated that such events shall not give rise to any right to compensation from SD TECH GROUPE.
Article 13 – Governing Law
The Website and these General Terms and Conditions of Use are governed by French domestic law. Any dispute arising in connection with the interpretation and/or performance of these General Terms and Conditions of Use shall be submitted to the competent French courts.
It is understood that these provisions shall not prejudice any mandatory statutory provisions of public order.
Article 14 – Miscellaneous Provisions
If SD TECH GROUPE does not exercise, at any given time, one or more of the rights granted to it under these General Terms and Conditions of Use, this shall not be deemed a waiver of such rights for the future, and SD TECH GROUPE shall retain the full right to exercise all of its rights without exception.
In the event that one or more provisions of these General Terms and Conditions of Use are declared null and void or unenforceable by a final court decision, such nullity or unenforceability shall not affect the other provisions of these General Terms and Conditions of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect.