1. Website Overview

Pursuant to Article 6 of French Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 on confidence in the digital economy, users of the website www.caribaea.ch are hereby informed of the identity of the various parties involved in its creation and maintenance:

Website name: CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE)

Site publisher: CARIBAEA INITIATIVE – SUISSE – Association – 14 rue du Village, 1294 Genthod (GE), Switzerland
Tel.: +41 21 331 40 50 / Email: contact@caribaea.org

Publication manager: Mr. Jean-Paul Paddack – contact@caribaea.org

Design and development:
DELTA FLASH – 3, rue Yvan Audouard, 13200 Arles – www.deltaflash.fr

Hosting:
OVH – 2 rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix – France

2. General terms of use of the site and services provided

Use of the website www.caribaea.ch implies full and complete acceptance of the general terms of use described below. The editorial team reserves the right to modify or update the content of this site and these legal notices at any time and without prior notice.

The website www.caribaea.ch is accessible 24/7, except in cases of force majeure, computer difficulties, issues related to telecommunications networks, or technical problems. For maintenance purposes, CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE) may temporarily suspend access to the site and will make every effort to notify users in advance.

CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE) shall not be held liable for any direct or indirect damage resulting from access to or use of the website, including inaccessibility, data loss, damage, destruction, or viruses that may affect the user’s computer equipment and/or the presence of viruses on the site.

3. Description of Services Provided

The website www.caribaea.ch aims to provide information about all the activities of the association.

CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE) strives to provide information on the website www.caribaea.ch that is as accurate as possible. However, it cannot be held liable for any omissions, inaccuracies, or shortcomings in updates, whether caused by itself or by third-party partners who provide such information.

All information on the website www.caribaea.ch is provided for informational purposes only and may change over time. Furthermore, the information provided on the website www.caribaea.ch is not exhaustive and is subject to any 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 any material damage related to its use. Additionally, users of the site agree to access it using up-to-date hardware that is free of viruses and with a modern, regularly updated browser.

5. Intellectual Property

CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE) owns the intellectual property rights or holds the rights of use for all elements accessible on the website, including but not limited to text, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds, and software.

Photo credits: all images, unless otherwise specified directly on the image, are the property of CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE) (© CARIBAEA INITIATIVE – SUISSE).
Images with a specified and different photo credit belong to their respective authors and are provided to CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE) for use on the website www.caribaea.ch exclusively.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, adaptation, and/or translation of all or part of the elements on the site, regardless of the method or process used, is prohibited without prior written authorization from CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE).

Any unauthorized use of the site or any of its contents will be considered as an infringement and prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of Articles L.335-2 and following of the French Intellectual Property Code.

6. Limitation of Liability

CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE) cannot be held liable for any direct or indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment when accessing the website www.caribaea.ch, whether resulting from the use of equipment that does not meet the specifications stated in section 4, or from the appearance of a bug or incompatibility.

CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE) shall also not be held liable for indirect damages (such as loss of market or loss of opportunity) resulting from the use of the website www.caribaea.ch.

Interactive spaces are available to users. CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE) reserves the right to delete, without prior notice, any content posted in these spaces that contravenes applicable French law, in particular regulations relating to data protection. Where applicable, CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE) also reserves the right to hold the user civilly and/or criminally liable, especially in the case of messages of a racist, offensive, defamatory, or pornographic nature, regardless of the medium used (text, photograph, etc.).

7. Management of Personal Data

The processing of personal data carried out on the website www.caribaea.ch is based on legitimate interest for the purpose of providing services to users and sending them information about activities relevant to their situation.

Users are informed that the information they voluntarily provide (such as name, first name, phone number, and email address) via the forms on the website is necessary to process their request. This data is intended for the departments responsible for handling the request, for the purpose of follow-up. Users are informed whether the provision of this information is mandatory or optional.

In accordance with Articles 39 and 40 of French Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 on Information Technology, Data Files and Civil Liberties (as amended), and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, which repeals Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), any user has the right to object at any time to receiving information by using the unsubscribe link provided in each message from CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE). Users may also request access to, portability of, rectification, or deletion of the data concerning them processed by CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE). Furthermore, users may object, on legitimate grounds, to the processing of their data, and without justification and free of charge, to the use of their data for marketing purposes.

To exercise these rights, users may write to the following address: contact@caribaea.org, or by post to CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE), 14 rue du Village, 1294 Genthod (GE), Switzerland, stating “Personal Data Rights” in the subject of the letter and including a copy of a valid form of identification.

To learn more about how personal data is processed and the rights of users, please consult the Personal Data Protection Policy.

No personal information of the users of the website www.caribaea.ch is published without the user’s knowledge, nor is it exchanged, transferred, assigned, or sold on any medium to third parties.

Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect, websites are no longer required to be declared to the CNIL. Therefore, this website has not been declared.

The databases are protected under the provisions of the law of July 1, 1998, implementing Directive 96/9 of March 11, 1996, on the legal protection of databases.

8. Hyperlinks and Cookies

The website www.caribaea.ch may contain a number of hyperlinks to other websites, set up with the authorization of CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE). However, CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE) is not responsible for the unavailability of such third-party websites, nor for their content, advertising, or any other elements available on or through these websites. CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE) therefore cannot be held liable for any third-party website that you may access through this site.

External websites may also include hyperlinks pointing to this website. Such links may not be created without the prior written consent of CARIBAEA INITIATIVE (SUISSE).

Browsing the website www.caribaea.ch may result in the installation of cookie(s) on the user’s device. A cookie is a small file that does not allow the user to be identified but records information about the browsing activity of a device on a website.

The data collected is intended to facilitate future navigation on the site. Additionally, if the user authorizes the use of cookies, they can also help generate anonymous website traffic statistics.

For more details on our cookie policy, please consult the Personal Data Protection Policy.

9. Applicable Law in Case of Dispute

Any dispute related to the use of the website www.caribaea.ch is subject to French law. Exclusive jurisdiction is granted to the competent French courts.