FRENCH CURIOSITY CLUB, a simplified joint stock company with capital of €1,240, registered in the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 843 369 894 and whose registered office is located at 82, boulevard Barbès – 75018 Paris, publishes and operates the website www.curiosity-club.co.

The user, natural or legal person whatever his quality and his commercial activity, undertakes to carefully read these general conditions of use before using the Site.

These Terms of Use apply to all visits and uses of the Site and to the content, information, recommendations and/or services they provide to you. By accessing and using the Site, you signify your agreement to these Terms of Use in their entirety. Access to the various services of the site is thus strictly subject to the unreserved acceptance and compliance with these general conditions of use by any user. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use in their entirety, it is imperative that you refrain from using the Site.

The general conditions of use applicable are those in force at the time of each connection of the user to the site. It is understood that, at any time, French Curiosity Club SAS will be able to develop them freely. These modifications will be considered as brought to the knowledge of the User, by their only on-line.

Definitions

General terms and conditions of use: refers to the present rules of use of the Site.
Site: refers to the website www.curiosity-club.co.
Company: means French Curiosity Club SAS.
User: means any person who navigates and uses the Site.

 

Content on the Site

Objective of the proposed content

The Company uses the Site to provide the User with informative, inspirational and entertaining content on a regular basis as well as information about its activities.

Ownership and protection of the content of the Site

The Site is the exclusive property of the Company worldwide. All content presented or displayed therein, including, but not limited to, text, graphics, photographs, images, videos, programs, sounds, illustrations, logos, trademarks, domain names (hereinafter the “Content”) belong to the Company and are protected by copyright, trademark law and, more generally, by all intellectual property rights.

No part of the site, or element of the site or their Content may be copied or retransmitted by any means. The Site and its contents and, unless expressly agreed otherwise, all rights relating thereto, remain the exclusive property of the Company. Any unauthorised use of the Site or any of the Content shall be considered as an infringement and shall be prosecuted in accordance with the applicable provisions.

Lifestyle section

In particular, the User may access a Lifestyle section that corresponds to recommendations of products or services by the Company. In no case do these recommendations attest to any level of service.

Events Section

Around it, the Company has formed a network of “clubs” defending values under the same brand name, the registered trademark Curiosity Club. Under a license agreement, these independent entities organise events for which Users can take tickets. Independent entities are structured in the legal form of their choice: association, company or other.

Organization of events

Each entity organizes the events of its choice and defines the conditions: price, time, location modalities, etc. All the information is indicated on the page dedicated to the event.
Any request for information can be made via the contact section.

Role of the Corporation

The Company acts as an intermediary, under a contract by which it has the power to offer on its Site, events organized by other entities. It does not take part in the organization of events.

Online Ticketing and Registration System

In particular, the Site offers the possibility for Users to acquire tickets for events set up by organizers. The ticketing and payment service is carried out by the company WEEZEVENT whose general conditions of sale must be read and accepted by the User before the purchase of the tickets: CGV Weezevent.

Newsletter

The Company also operates a service to send newsletters to Users who have registered either:

  • via the Site,
  • through their registration for events,
  • via social networks.

The management of the personal data transmitted during their registration is subject to our privacy policy. Unsubscribes are managed at the bottom of each newsletter received.

Personal data and privacy policy

The User will find below a section dedicated to the management of his personal data and the measures put in place to protect his privacy.

Obligations of the User

The User agrees not to reproduce, modify, alter, copy, re-publish, transmit, sell or distribute in any way whatsoever, the programs and more generally the content distributed and accessible on the site, without the prior and express consent of the Company.

The User understands and accepts that it is expressly forbidden, whatever its quality or activity, to set up a systematic referencing mechanism of all or part of the content posted on the Site, in particular by means of deep hypertext links, for the purpose of offering on any other site, a referencing of said content for the public, and this, for all purposes including commercial.

Responsibilities

The use of the content of the Website and the newsletter is the sole responsibility of the User.

The Company declines all liability in the event of unavailability of the service resulting from a case of force majeure, in particular:

  • Any anomalies in the User’s computer equipment,
  • Unpredictable and insurmountable facts of a third party to the contract
  • Unavailability of the internet network
  • Force majeure under the conditions of Article 1218 of the Civil Code
  • any commercial relationship between a User and a legal or natural person discovered by the User via navigation on the Site,
  • any problems related to the organization of events or any accident that may occur during one of the events
  • if any informational content relayed on the Site is inaccurate or contains inaccuracies.

Applicable law and jurisdiction

Jurisdiction

The disputes to which these GCU may give rise, concerning both its validity, its interpretation, its execution, its resolution, its consequences and their consequences will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal of Paris.

Applicable Law

The GCU are governed by French law. The Contract is written in French. Where the provisions are translated into one or more languages, only the French text shall prevail in the event of a dispute.

 

PRIVACY PROTECTION POLICY

This Privacy Policy describes how the Company collects and uses the data of its Users and explains the options available to them regarding the use of such data. This policy applies to navigation on the Site.

By accessing the Site and providing us with information, Users agree to this policy. We recommend that you visit it regularly.

WHAT INFORMATION ABOUT ME IS COLLECTED BY THE COMPANY?

You may visit our Site, without providing us with any personal information such as your name, email address, mailing address, telephone number, date of birth, gender (all this information personally identifiable information being collectively referred to as “Personal Data »).

However, to register and take advantage of some of our services, you will be asked to provide certain personal data. In these cases, the disclosure of your personal data is entirely voluntary; however, if you do not wish to disclose this Personal Data, some of our services may not be available.

Specifically, we collect personal data when:

  • You sign up to receive our newsletter,
  • You register to participate in an event.

We collect the following data:

  • Name and surname,
  • Date of birth,
  • City of Residence,
  • E-mail address.

HOW IS MY PERSONAL DATA USED?

Personal data are the subject of computer processing by the Company for the purpose of performing the services, managing our customer relationship and sending personalized offers to improve your customer experience by making it more convenient and efficient.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we may use the personal data you provide to us to:

  • sending our newsletters to our community,
  • customization of our communications,
  • the processing of your requests and the use and management of our services,
  • inform you about our new services, special offers and information about the life of the company
  • improve our business to better meet your needs,
  • invite you to the experiences we organize in collaboration with our customers.

Legal basis of the processing : the consent of the data subjects.

HOW LONG IS MY PERSONAL DATA STORED?

The User’s personal data will be kept as long as necessary and for the duration necessary for the operations for which they were collected, and more generally throughout the applicable limitation period in order to allow the company to face a possible legal action.

HOW IS MY INFORMATION SHARED?

The personal data you provide to us are transmitted to the following recipients:

  • The technical service provider of the company or acting on its behalf for the management of our customer relationship tool and in particular the sending of emails and newsletters,
  • The technical service provider of the company managing the ticketing on our website (weezevent),
  • Public bodies, judicial officers, ministerial officers, in order to comply with any law or regulation in force, or to respond to any request from an authority legally empowered to access personal data.

Unless otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy or with your prior consent, we will not sell, market or lend personal data to other companies in the normal course of our business.
However, we may buy or merge or be bought by another company or dispose of all or part of our assets. In such a case, your personal data may be communicated to another company, but this communication will be subject to the applicable privacy policy.

No personal data is transferred by the Company to a state not belonging to the European Union.

Access to users’ personal data is strictly limited to:

  • shareholders of the Company, and subcontractors where applicable,
  • associations of the Curiosity Club network for the city for which the choice was made.

COOKIE MANAGEMENT POLICY

We use cookies to allow you to enjoy a good experience when you browse our site while allowing us to improve it. By using our site and accepting this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a series of letters and numbers) sent by an internet server to another internet server and stored by the browser. The ID is then sent back to the server each time the browser asks the server for a page. In general, cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information of a user, but personal information we store about you may be linked to information stored in cookies and obtained from them.

Cookies can be used by web servers to identify and track users when they browse different pages of a website and to identify users who return to a website.

This site uses cookies to improve your experience by memorizing your preferences and activating other functions based on cookies (for example, analytics) or for a single visit (via a “session cookie”: a temporary cookie that expires at the end of the session of use, once the internet browser is closed) or repeated visits (via “a permanent cookie”: a permanent cookie will be stored by an internet explorer and will remain valid until its established expiry date, unless it is deleted by the user before the expiry date).

OUR USE OF COOKIES

We use cookies for different purposes:

  • To remember the language you selected on the site and allow you to always get to the right interface when you return,
  • If you submit data through a form such as the one to subscribe to the newsletter or take a ticket for an event, cookies can be set to remember your user details for future correspondence,
  • To remember the closing of the popup “newsletter” until the next session,
  • To better control our advertising results,
  • To learn more about the users’ journey.

THIRD PARTY COOKIES

In special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties such as Google Analytics or Facebook Pixel. Third-party analytics are used to track and measure the use of this site so that we can continue to produce compelling content.

  • Google Analytics : We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Our analytical service provider generates statistical and other information about the use of the website using cookies. Analytical cookies used by our website have the following names: __ga. The information generated on our website is used to create reports on the use of our website. The privacy policy of our analytics service provider is available on:Politique de confidentialité Google.
  • Facebook Pixel : we use Facebook Pixel to benefit from their analysis. The privacy policy of our analytics service provider is available on: Politique de confidentialité Facebook

PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF CONSENT

The CNIL recommends that the period of validity of the consent to the deposit of cookies be increased to a maximum of 13 months. At the expiry of this period, the consent must be again collected.

MANAGEMENT OF COOKIES

When you first access our website, you will receive a message informing you that cookies are being used.

By clicking accept, closing the message or continuing to browse the site, you mean that you understand and accept the use of cookies. This is the system of the soft opt-in.

You can withdraw your consent at any time. Most browsers allow you to refuse or accept cookies. You can also delete cookies from your browser settings. Please be aware that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of this and many other websites you visit.

Please see the following links to learn how to manage, block or delete cookies for the most popular browsers:
Microsoft Internet Explorer

Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

Apple Safari

To learn more about how to manage and delete cookies, visit aboutcookies.org.

WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS TO MY PERSONAL INFORMATION?

In accordance with the Data Protection Act of 6 January 1978 as amended and European Regulation No. 2016/679/EU of 27 April 2016 (applicable from 25 May 2018), the User has a right of access, rectification, portability and erasure of personal data or limitation of processing.

The User may also, for legitimate reasons, object to the processing of personal data concerning him. Subject to the production of a valid proof of identity, he may exercise his rights by contacting : hello@curiosity-club.co.

The User remains entitled to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in France the CNIL.