Ownership, Liability and Use

1. Unless otherwise indicated, this Website and its contents are the property of ECPB, whose administrative offices are at Pole de l’Aiguillonne, 33680 Lacanau. The copyright in the material contained on this Website belongs to ECPB. The trademarks appearing on this Website are protected by the laws and by international trademark laws.
2. The information placed on this Website by ECPB has been prepared solely for the purpose of providing information about ECPB, and organisations with which it is associated; and about the respective services which they offer.
3. ECPB does not make any warranty that information contained on this Website, or on any site linked to this Website, is complete, accurate or up-to-date; and ECPB is not responsible for the results of reliance on any such information.
4. ECPB does not make any warranty that use of the Website will be uninterrupted, virus-free or error-free; or that use of the Website will not affect other software or operating systems used to access the Website. Any warranties provided under the general law are expressly excluded to the fullest extent possible. In particular, ECPB does not warrant that use of the Website will not infringe the rights of any other person or organisation; nor that the Website is of reasonable quality or fit for any particular purpose, even if ECPB has received notice of an intention to use the Website for that purpose.
5. Unless they are contained in ECPB Information, or unless expressly stated otherwise, opinions given on this Website are those of the individuals making them, and not those of ECPB which is not responsible for such opinions or any claims resulting from them.
6. To the extent permitted in law, ECPB accepts no liability for any loss or damage which may be suffered by other parties as a direct or indirect result of using this Website (including loss of profit, loss of opportunity, loss of business, and consequential loss).
7. Persons submitting material other than ECPB Information to this Website are solely responsible for the material and for any claims relating to its content, whether made against ECPB or otherwise. ECPB reserves the right at its sole discretion to remove any content which it has been notified is objectionable, whether or not the objection is substantiated, and otherwise to review, edit or delete any comments posted by users that it deems defamatory, unlawful, threatening or otherwise objectionable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and to the extent permitted in law, ECPB accepts no responsibility or liability for any material communicated by third parties via the Website.
8. Subject to the above, those gaining access to this Website are authorised to make use of the Website for any lawful purposes. The following is a non-exclusive list of uses which are expressly prohibited:
       a. using the Website to commit or encourage unlawful acts, including unlawful copying of copyright material;
       b. misrepresenting the user’s identity or authority;
       c. distributing any type of virus or other device intended to cause nuisance, loss or corruption of any information on the Website or accessed through it, or of any systems used to operate the Website or any systems accessed through it;
       d. tampering with communications which are not the user’s, or making any alteration to any information on the Website;
       e. accessing or attempting to access other parties’ user accounts;
       f. hacking or attempting to hack any part of the Website, or any system used to run it, or any system accessed through the Website;
       g. disrupting the flow of communications in interactive areas;
       h. storing personal data derived from the Website;
       i. posting material which:
           i. infringes intellectual property rights;
           ii. defames or threatens other people or organisations;
           iii. is offensive, obscene or hateful, or which other users of the Website are likely to consider offensive, obscene or hateful.
9. ECPB collects e-mail addresses and other contact details, together with any comments provided voluntarily via this Website. ECPB also collects information on what pages are visited. This information is used to improve the content of the Website and to make contact for marketing purposes and for the supply of information.
10. These terms are governed by European laws. In case of use of a national court, the courts of France will be competent.
11. If any of these terms is found to be illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the term(s) in question will be severed; but the remaining terms will continue in force.