General terms of sale and use for customers
1. GENERAL TERMS OF SALE AND USE
ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONS
When used in these General Terms of Sale:
- GTS means the General Terms of Sale and Use which govern use of the Website and the sale of Products to Clients
- Website means the website available at the address www.valerievalentine.com
- Client means any individual aged 18 or over, or otherwise who has received parental permission authorising him to place an order on the Website, who places an order for nonprofessional purposes
The GTS do not apply to the Company's corporate clients who, if they wish to place an order, should contact the Company directly to receive a quote and a copy of the corresponding general terms of sale.
- Order means a purchase made by the Client over the Website in line with the conditions of Article 5 of these GTS
- Account means The Account opened by the Client via the Website in order to be able to order Products.
- Price means the price including VAT but excluding delivery costs and customs duties, set as per Articles 5 and 7 of these GTS.
- Products means the products advertised on the Website and sold by V.V. Diffusion to its Clients
- Personal Data means information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify a Client
- Cookie means a set of data allowing the Website or any third party partner to record information about how a Client uses the Website. You may disable the use of cookies by changing your browser settings, subject to the terms of Article 6.
ARTICLE 2 - SCOPE
These GTS set forth the conditions for accessing and using the Website www.valerievalentine.com (the Website), as well as the rights and obligations of V.V. Diffusion and any Client who browses and/or places an Order for Products via the Website (the Parties).
In particular, the GTS describe the procedure for placing an Order and for tracking and delivering Orders.
These GTS apply to and override any other stipulation issued by the Client. Any contractual condition to the contrary put forward by the Client will not, unless specifically accepted in advance by the Company, be enforceable against V.V. Diffusion.
By using the Website, opening a Client Account or placing an order for a Product advertised on the Website, the Client confirms its full agreement with these GTS.
The GTS that apply will be the version in force on the date the Order is placed.
The GTS are published on the Website and may be accessed by the Client at no cost. They are also displayed for the Client prior to confirming an Order, and the Client must confirm having read and agreed to them in full. A paper copy of the GTS will be sent with the invoice when the Order is delivered.
V.V. Diffusion reserves the right to change the GTS at any time. Any changes will take immediate effect and apply to any new Order placed by the Client.
ARTICLE 3 - PRODUCTS
Clients may only purchase Products which are shown on the Website on the day of the Order and which are marked as in stock, subject to availability.
Each Product is identified by a description which includes its features and Price.
V.V. Diffusion will make every effort to ensure the photographs and images displayed on the Website represent the Products available for sale on the Website as faithfully as possible. Every care will be taken to ensure the tint and colour shown in the photographs and images are faithful to the original Products, however, variations may occur in particular due to technical constraints. Such photographs and images can never be a perfect representation of the corresponding item. The photographs and images showing the Products available for sale on the Website are not contractually binding. V.V. Diffusion will not accept liability for any error or omission.
Only once the Client has received written confirmation of the Order from the Website will the availability of the Product(s) be guaranteed, subject to the conditions described below.
If a Product ordered by the Client is not available, the Company will send an email to the Client confirming either that a partial delivery of the Order will be made or that the Order will be cancelled, to be decided by the Company. The Client will be reimbursed the necessary amount within no later than thirty (30) days from when the Price of the Order is received by the Company. The Client may choose to receive the reimbursement by bank transfer to the account of its choice or by credit note. The Company will not accept liability for failure by the Client to indicate its choice.
V.V. Diffusion may in no way be held liable for any stock-out or unavailability of the Products.
ARTICLE 4 - PRICE
The Price will be the figure stated on the Website when the Order is placed and in the Order summary displayed prior to final confirmation, subject to the conditions described below.
Prices may be changed on the Website at any time without notice. V.V Diffusion also reserves the right to conduct promotions and/or reduce prices compared to a Product's list price.
The Prices of the Products offered for sale on the Website are stated inclusive of all taxes but exclude any customs duties and the cost of processing and delivering the ordered items; the Client will be informed of these additional costs before the Order is confirmed. VAT will be applied at the rate in force in France on the date the Client places the Order.
The Client must pay for the Order using a bank card (CB, Visa, Visa Electron, MasterCard, Maestro, Paylib, PayPal) via the secure platform provided by Societe Generale and its on-line payment solution, Sogenactif. This solution uses the secure technical feature 3D Secure. None of the Client's bank details will be processed by the Website. Only Societe Generale will have access to the Client's confidential information (card number, expiry date etc.) which will not be disclosed to any third party.
An invoice for each Order together with a summary of the Order and a copy of these GTS will be sent to the Client or its authorised agent when the Product is delivered. The Client may download and/or print a copy of the invoice from the Client Account.
ARTICLE 5 - ORDERS
The Client may place an Order for Products on the Website, subject to availability of stock and to the terms of Article 6.1 below, by selecting for each Product the desired quantity and model (if several models are available), then by clicking on the button "Add to Basket".
The Client may place up to a maximum of 20 identical Products, or 50 Products in total, in the shopping basket; the contents of the basket may subsequently be edited and will be available for 45 minutes after the last item is added. If the Client closes the browser, the basket will automatically empty.
The Client may see what Products have been added to the basket by clicking on the corresponding symbol, delete items or make changes, and then either continue adding more Products or place the Order by clicking on the button "Order Now".
Before placing an Order for Products on the Website, the Client must open a Client Account. The Client Account is free to open and carries no obligation to buy a Product; the Client must pay for all internet connection charges.
Each Client may only create one single Account, which can be accessed and edited via the "My Account" section of the Website.
In order to create a Client Account, the new Client must enter the information required and accurately fill out the form, in particular with their identification details including a valid email address and password (which must be personal and kept secret) which will be used to access the Account next time.
The password must contain at least 5 characters. The Client agrees to not share this password with any other person. V.V. Diffusion will not accept any liability for unauthorised use, loss or theft of a password.
All fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory to open an Account.
Registration will be confirmed in an email sent to the Client containing instructions on how to activate the Client Account.
All information collected and processed by the Website is information provided voluntarily by the Client via the Website, in particular via the registration forms.
If you use this information for other than its intended purpose, the Website reserves the right to close the Account without notice. You will be solely responsible for the use of your log-in details by a third party and for any actions or declarations made via your Account, and you guarantee to hold the Website harmless from any claims in this regard.
V.V. Diffusion is not able to verify the identity of people who sign up to its services and is therefore not responsible for any identity theft suffered by the Client. If you believe someone is using your account or your identity illegally, you must tell us immediately by sending an email to boutique@valerievalentine.fr
Once the Client has opened an Account, he must enter his email address and password before being able to place an Order. This can be done either when first entering the Website or at any point while browsing the Website, but no later than when the shopping basket is confirmed by clicking on the "Order Now" button.
The Client can access the Website at any time in order to view his Account and shopping basket, without any obligation to purchase.
The Client agrees that entering these two pieces of information when placing an Order shall serve as proof of identity.
Once the shopping basket has been confirmed and the Client has signed into his Account, a summary of the Order will be displayed, stating:
- Details of the Products;
- The total cost of the Order as well as a breakdown of the Price for each Product, before and after VAT;
- Delivery charges;
- The date by which V.V. Diffusion will deliver the Products;
- The Client's details (delivery and billing address, title etc.).
The Client will be solely responsible for any errors that are not identified and corrected at this stage.
Before proceeding with payment, by confirming the Order the Client is confirming he has read and agreed to the current GTS, which can be viewed via a link included in the Order summary.
By ticking the box "I agree to the General Terms of Sale", the Client confirms he has read and fully accepted the GTS.
He also agrees that the Order must be paid for and, by clicking on the box "I confirm my Order and my obligation to pay", the Order is confirmed.
Validating the Order summary serves as an electronic signature. This signature is as binding on the Parties as a handwritten signature and serves as proof of the correctness of the Order and the obligation to pay the corresponding amount of the Order.
V.V. Diffusion reserves the right to not validate an Order, in particular in the event of:
- an ongoing dispute with the Client;
- non-payment or partial payment by the Client of a previous Order;
- the bank card issuer's refusal to authorise the payment.
In all cases, the Order is not final and the contract of sale not made between the Parties until the payment is complete and all amounts owing have been received.
The payment order made by the Client using a bank card as per Article 4.2 cannot be cancelled. Payment of the Order is therefore irreversible, without prejudice to the Client's right to subsequently withdraw or cancel the Order.
Once the Order has been validated and payment received by the Company, a summary of the Order will be displayed on the Client's screen.
V.V. Diffusion will also confirm the Order immediately by sending an email to the email address connected with the Client Account. This email will include all the main details of the sale between the Parties, the address for sending any complaints, the procedure for withdrawing the Order, information about the after-sales service and all applicable warranties.
The details recorded by the Website constitute proof of all transactions between V.V. Diffusion and the Client. If the Parties disagree over a sale made via the Website, the details recorded by the Website shall constitute irrefutable proof of the contents of the transaction. As per Section L.134-2 of the French Consumer Code and the requirements of French Decree 2005-137 of 16 February 2005, if an Order is placed for a value greater than or equal to €120 including VAT, V.V. Diffusion will keep a written copy of the electronic contract of sale between V.V. Diffusion and the Client until the Products are Delivered and for a further 10 years. The Client may access this document by writing to 2 rue du Pas de la Mule, 75003 Paris, France, enclosing proof of identity.
Once the Order has been prepared and despatched, a confirmation email will be sent to the Client.
The Client can track the progress of the Order at any time by logging on to the Client Account and clicking on the section "My Orders".
The possible statuses of an Order are:
- "Order being prepared";
- "Order shipped";
- "Order delivered" or, if delivery was not possible "Order being returned to V.V.Diffusion".
ARTICLE 6 - DELIVERY
Products ordered by the Client may only be delivered to the following countries: France, South Africa, Albania, Germany, Algeria, Andorra, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, South Korea, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Spain, Estonia, United States Of America, Finland, Greece, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Gibraltar, Hungary, Mauritius, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Martinique, Mexico, Mongolia, Panama, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, French Polynesia, Portugal, Qatar, Dominican Republic, Reunion, Romania, United Kingdom, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, St Lucia, Dutch St Maarten, St Barthelme, French St Maarten, St Pierre And Miquelon, Seychelles, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Vatican, Venezuela, Vietnam.
Delivery costs will vary depending on the delivery address and weight of the Products and will be shown in the Order summary prior to final confirmation.
A guideline to these charges on the date of the Order can be found in the "Delivery Charges" section of the Website.
Since no professional Orders may be placed via the Website, if a Client wishes to place an Order for more than 60 Products, a special request for a quote must be made either via the "Contact" section of the Website or sent to the details stated at the start of the GTS.
The Products shall remain the property of V.V. Diffusion until the full price of the Order has been received and will not be despatched until V.V. Diffusion has been credited the full amount of the Order.
Valerie Valentine uses professional carriers to deliver its Products.
Products purchased via the Website will be delivered by either La Poste's Colissimo service or DHL's Express service. The Client may select one of the different delivery methods offered on the Website.
As per the final paragraph of Article 6.2 GTS, and since La Poste will not process packages weighing over 30 kilograms, Clients must place a new Order for every 30 kilograms of Products. If a single Order exceeds this weight, the Website will display a warning. The Products ordered by the Client will be prepared and despatched within 48-72 hours from when payment is received; however, Orders received via the Website on Friday afternoon, Saturday or Sunday (CET) will not be processed until the following Monday. Orders placed via the Website on a French national holiday that falls on a day other than Friday, Saturday or Sunday, which will be processed on the following working day in France. La Poste and DHL will deliver the Orders between 48-96 hours from when the Products leave the warehouse.
If a Product cannot be delivered and is returned to the Company (incorrect address, not collected etc.) either because the recipient is no longer at the address or if the Client has not collected it from the post office branch or collection point by the stated deadline, an email will be sent to the Client confirming the Product has been returned and why. At the Client's request and at its cost, the Website will issue a new Order, using the prices and delivery charges on the date the Website receives the Client's request. If the Client does not send instructions within 12 months from when an Order is returned, it shall be considered to have abandoned the Order and the Products shall be kept by the Company.
Deliveries will be made to the address stated by the Client in the Order, and as confirmed in the Order summary. The default delivery address is the address linked to the Client Account.
Unless stated otherwise before finalising the sale, V.V. Diffusion will deliver all Products ordered on the Website within a maximum of 30 (thirty) working days.
Unless a special request is sent to V.V. Diffusion in writing or by email stating that the delivery date is essential for the Client, V.V. Diffusion will not treat the delivery time as an essential condition of the contract.
Therefore, if the Order is not delivered within 30 working days (and unless a different delivery time was stated in the Order summary before final confirmation), the Client may not cancel the sale on the grounds of late delivery without first asking V.V. Diffusion to make the delivery within an additional reasonable time.
If the Order is not delivered by this new deadline, and except in a circumstance of Force Majeure, the Client may cancel the Order by sending a letter to V.V. Diffusion by recorded delivery. The Order will be cancelled upon receipt by V.V. Diffusion of this letter, unless V.V. Diffusion has in the meantime fulfilled the Order. If the Order is cancelled, V.V. Diffusion will reimburse the Client the full amount paid within 14 (fourteen) days from when the contract was cancelled.
However, if the Client had specifically informed V.V. Diffusion that the delivery time was an essential condition of the sale and the Order was not delivered within 30 working days (and unless a different delivery time was stated in the Order summary before final confirmation), the Client may cancel the Order in the manner stated above, without first allowing V.V. Diffusion to deliver the Order within a new reasonable deadline.
The risk of loss or damage to the Products is transferred to the Client whenever the Client or its authorised agent, other than the carrier offered by V.V. Diffusion, takes physical possession of the Products.
Upon reception of the Order, the Client must check that the Products received match the Order.
Any problem with the Order, such as damaged packaging, missing or damaged Products, must be reported to V.V. Diffusion within 3 (three) working days from receipt:
- by email using the "Contact" section of the Website;
- by email to boutique@valerievalentine.fr
stating the full name and address of the Client, the order number, delivery slip number and, if applicable, a photo of the incorrect or damaged items.
Claims received more than 3 (three) working days from receipt of the Products will be rejected and V.V. Diffusion will not accept any liability.
If an incorrect or damaged or broken Product has been delivered, the Client may be asked to return the Product in its original box and packaging at the cost of V.V. Diffusion. Upon receipt of the faulty Product, V.V. Diffusion will promptly inspect the Product and if the problem is confirmed, will reimburse the Order within 30 (thirty) days.
Products which are incomplete, damaged, broken, faulty, adapted or soiled at the fault of the Client will not be taken back, reimbursed or exchanged. V.V. Diffusion will not accept any Product if any of the delivery details are missing (full name, address, order number, delivery slip).
ARTICLE 7 - GRACE PERIOD
The Client has 14 (fourteen) working days within which to return a Product, at its own cost and in perfect condition, in its original box and packaging.
The grace period starts from when the Client or its authorised agent, other than the carrier, receives the Product; the date of return will be the shipping date stated on the return package, as confirmed by the La Poste or carrier's postmark/stamp.
The Client must return the Product at its cost and using the carrier of its choice, enclosing the invoice, the completed return form (see Appendix 1 GTS) or a clear and unambiguous statement confirming its wish to cancel the sale, together with any customs documents, to V.V. Diffusion, 2 rue du Pas de la Mule, 75003, Paris, France.
If the Client complies with these conditions, the price of the returned Product(s) will be reimbursed within fourteen (14) days from when V.V. Diffusion receives the returned Products, together with the standard delivery cost for the Product, excluding any additional charge should the Client have chosen a priority delivery method.
No reimbursement may be made to an expired bank card.
Products which are incomplete, damaged, broken, faulty, adapted or soiled at the fault of the Client will not be taken back, reimbursed or exchanged. V.V. Diffusion will not accept any Product if any of the delivery details are missing (full name, address, order number, delivery slip).
As per Section L.121-21-8(3) of the French Consumer Code, the grace period does not apply if the Product(s) were made to order to the Client's specifications or were clearly personalised.
ARTICLE 8 – GUARANTEES AND LIABILITY
V.V. Diffusion takes the greatest care when designing, making and producing its products and ensures they are of the highest quality.
V.V. Diffusion carefully selects its raw materials and has appointed Swarovski Elements as its exclusive partner for the supply of crystals’ raw materials.
All leathers are dyed and slight differences in colour may occur.
All Products are made in France.
As per Sections 1641 to 1648 and 2232 of the French Civil Code, V.V. Diffusion is liable for any fault in the products it sells, in the conditions set forth in those sections.
As per Sections L.211-4 to L.211-14 of the French Consumer Code, the Client has a legal guarantee of the Product's compliance with the contract, which expires two years from delivery of the Product.
If a Product is non-compliant, the Client may choose for it to be repaired or replaced. However, V.V. Diffusion shall not accept the Client's choice if that choice is clearly and disproportionately more expensive than the other option, given the value of the Product or the extent of the fault. V.V. Diffusion may in these circumstances, and unless unable to do so, apply the option not chosen by the Client.
If the Product cannot be repaired or replaced, the Client may return the Product and receive reimbursement of the price, or retain the Product and receive partial reimbursement of the price, as per Section L.211-10 of the French Consumer Code.
V.V. Diffusion will not accept liability for any damage of any kind, whether material, immaterial or personal injury, resulting from the malfunction or incorrect use of the Products sold.
V.V. Diffusion may however issue a recall for certain Products delivered to the Client. In these circumstances, the Client must make every effort to return the Products, at the cost of V.V. Diffusion.
As a Client, you must have the skills, equipment and software required to use the internet and you acknowledge that the features and constraints of the internet make it impossible to guarantee the security, availability and integrity of any data transmitted on-line. V.V. Diffusion cannot guarantee a non-interrupted or perfect service. In particular, one-off disruptions due to maintenance, updates or technical improvements or to change the content and/or presentation of the Website may occur and V.V. Diffusion will not accept any liability in this regard.
Likewise, V.V. Diffusion will not accept any liability for malfunction, unavailability or incorrect use of the Website caused by the use of unsuitable equipment, disruptions due to the Client's internet service provider, excessive network traffic and/or any other reason beyond the control of the Website and in particular any Force Majeure.
V.V. Diffusion will not accept liability for any indirect damage, in particular the loss of data (including copies) or records the Client may have made.
In all events and should V.V. Diffusion be found liable, its financial liability vis-a-vis the Client shall be limited to the amount actually received by V.V. Diffusion for the Order in question. However, no liability will be accepted for simple errors or omissions that could have persisted despite taking all reasonable precautions when presenting the Products.
As a Client, you agree without restriction or reserve to not try to disrupt the Website or use any device or software that could affect or attempt to affect its efficient operation. More generally, you will not:
- reverse engineer, disassemble, decipher or otherwise try to obtain the source code for the Website or any related software or computer system;
- create a user profile for any person whose identity you have stolen;
- use information, content or data that you have seen and/or obtained from the Website to provide service that will compete with V.V. Diffusion;
- create deep links to the Website for any purpose (e.g. links to a page of the Website other than the home page),
- use software or manual or automatic devices, coding robots or other means to access, explore, extract or index any page of the Website,
- use bots (automated software) other than those used by the Website to add or download contact details, send or redirect messages or for any other activity, other than using tools approved by the Website such as its own application interfaces and its own services;
- Reframe, mirror or otherwise simulate the appearance or function of the Website,
- try to or actually access the Website using a method other than the Website's own interface, and/or override any function of the Website
- Perform any action which directly or indirectly disrupts the Website or disproportionately overloads its technical infrastructure, including in the form of unsolicited messages or the use of viruses,
- Wrongfully and without permission collect, use or transfer any information, including viruses and other codes, files or software, that may disrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any software or computer equipment or telecommunications device of the Website and of any Client of the Website.
Failure by a Client to comply with the obligations of the GTS may result in the suspension or closure of his Client Account, without prejudice to any damages and interest that may be claimed by V.V. Diffusion.
In the interests of users, the Website may offer hypertext links to other websites not owned by V.V. Diffusion or not controlled by it. Use of these links is optional and at the sole responsibility of the Client. V.V. Diffusion provides no guarantees as to the content, availability or function of these external sites, and does not endorse any of the advertisements, products or other items featured on these sites or any external resources that may be accessed from them.
In addition, V.V. Diffusion will not accept liability for any alleged or confirmed damage or loss resulting from or in relation to a Client's use of or trust placed in the content, goods or services available from these external sites or sources.
ARTICLE 9 – AFTER-SALES SERVICE
The V.V. Diffusion After-Sales Service can be contacted on working days:
- by email: boutique@valerievalentine.fr
- by telephone: Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (CET) on +33 (0)1 4461 4101
V.V. Diffusion shall attempt to respond to all requests or complaints as soon as possible, and in all events within 15 (fifteen) days.
ARTICLE 10 - PERSONAL DATA
By submitting your personal data through the Website, you specifically authorise V.V. Diffusion to collect, process and host them on the Website in order to fulfil your Order of Product(s).
You declare and guarantee that you have the capacity and right to enter these details, that they are correct and do not infringe any contractual provision of any nature or any third party right.
Unless you state your objection when opening the Client Account or subsequently inform V.V. Diffusion to the contrary at any time, you agree to receive daily, weekly and special offers from the Website by email.
Likewise, and unless you specifically request otherwise, your personal details (address, email and telephone) may be sent to third parties in order to ensure the correct delivery of the Order and/or be shared with commercial partners. The Website's Clients may therefore receive commercial offers from third parties.
You may cancel this service at any time by sending a request by email or post to: boutique@valerievalentine.fr or 2 rue du Pas de la mule 75003 Paris, France. The Website has been registered with the CNIL (French national data protection commission) under number 1794588 v0.
You have the right to access, correct, edit and delete any information held about you by the Website, as per the French Data Protection Law of 6 January 1978, by writing to boutique@valerievalentine.fr. This right cannot be back-dated.
You know and agree that by using the Website, the following data will be collected automatically: your IP address (the address of your computer), the links from which you accessed the Website, your browser, your operating system and your service provider. The Website may also use an automatic tracking system (cookies) in order to improve its Client identification process and improve the information targeted at you by the Website or its partners. You may disable the use of cookies by changing your browser settings. However, by doing so some of the Website's functions may no longer work.
The internet is not completely secure and V.V. Diffusion cannot guarantee that the personal data you choose to provide will not be disclosed, accessible, modified or destroyed due to a technological fault. If you accidentally receive any personal data belonging to another Client, you may not abuse that information in any way, in particular for identity theft, for sending unsolicited marketing emails, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or any other form of solicitation, notably the other clients’ data you received accidentally.
The Website may decide to publish on the pages consulted by a Client either its own advertisements or those of other parties, which may be shown and targeted based on the Client's personal profile and order history. Tags may be placed on the pages from which Client accesses the Website in order to improve the relevance of these advertisements. You can disable the use of these tags by changing your browser settings.
ARTICLE 11 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The Website, every element of the Website and its content are protected by intellectual property rights (copyright, designs and models, trademark etc.).
Each constituent element of the Website (photographs, sound content, static and animated illustrations, text, graphical elements etc.) including the software and databases, are the exclusive property of V.V. Diffusion or are reproduced with the permission of the owners or copyright holders.
The Website and its constituent elements may not be reproduced, represented, published or used in any way whatsoever or in any medium whatsoever without prior permission from V.V. Diffusion.
In addition, no one may:
- copy, modify, create a derived work, assemble, decompile (except in the circumstances permitted by law), sell, assign, sub-licence or transfer in any way whatsoever any right relating to the Website or its content;
- modify all or part of the Website and its content in particular in order to obtain unauthorised access to the Website other than via the user interface provided by V.V. Diffusion for this purpose;
- extract any qualitatively and/or quantitatively substantial amount of information from the databases published on the Website.
All marks, logos and other distinctive signs that appear on the Website are the exclusive property of V.V. Diffusion or are reproduced on the Website with the permission of their owners.
Any use of these marks and/or logos or other distinctive signs featuring on the Website in any way whatsoever is therefore strictly prohibited.
The models of jewellery and accessories and their component elements represented on the Website are protected by industrial and/or intellectual property rights and as such are the property either of V.V. Diffusion or of a third party who has given V.V. Diffusion permission to use them.
The photographs representing such models are also protected by intellectual property rights.
These photographs as well as the elements and models shown in those photographs may not be reproduced in full or in part or used without prior written permission from V.V. Diffusion.
- framing, defined as a technique for inserting a page from the Website into another page without leaving that other page;
- deep-linking, defined as inserting a hypertext link to a secondary page of the Website;
- in-line linking, defined as a hypertext link for inserting an image from the Website into another page.
V.V. Diffusion reserves the right to request removal of any link to the Website which has not been or is no longer authorised, and to undertake all necessary legal proceedings without prejudice to its right to claim for damages and interests for the prejudice suffered.
ARTICLE 12 – FORCE MAJEURE
V.V. Diffusion will not accept liability for total or partial non-fulfilment of its obligations under these GTS if caused by an event of Force Majeure, in particular due to a total or partial disruption or strike by its delivery, transport and/or communication providers, flood or fire, state of war etc.
ARTICLE 13 - MISCELLANEOUS
13.1 Whole agreement
These GTS, the Order summary and the invoice sent to the Client together form a contract comprising the whole of the agreement between the Parties.
If at any time the Website does not enforce any of the terms of this GTS, it may still do so in the future and such forbearance shall not be construed as waiver of that term.
Likewise, failure to enforce any term or condition of the GTS shall never, regardless of the duration or frequency, be construed as an amendment or deletion of that term or condition. If any term of these GTS is found null and void, this shall not affect the validity of the other terms of the GTS which shall remain unchanged.
13.2 Non-compliance
If any term of these GTS is found null and void, deemed unwritten or declared as such in application of a law, a regulation or a final ruling of a competent court of last resort with authority of res judicata, the other terms of these GTS shall retain their effects and scope and shall remain valid.
13.3 Election of domicile
The parties elect domicile at the following addresses:
- For V.V. Diffusion: as stated in Article 1,
- For the Client: as recorded in the Client Account. No change in the Client's personal details will be enforceable unless correctly registered in advance by the Client.
13.4 Language
The GTS are written in French and Orders may be placed in French or English; however, the French version of the GTS shall prevail in the event of any conflict between the various language versions or in the event of any difficulty of interpretation or construction.
13.5 Titles and headings
If there is difficulty constructing the heading of any clause in light of the content of that clause, the heading shall be declared non-existent.
13.6 Governing law
The GTS are governed by and construed under French law.
In the event of a complaint, the Client may undertake mediation proceedings or any alternative dispute settlement method.
For any dispute arising in relation to these GTS, the Parties grant exclusive jurisdiction to the French courts, and specifically to the courts of Paris, to hear any case, subject to being permitted to do so by law.
2.LEGAL NOTICES
informations
The website available at the URL www.valerievalentine.com (the Website) is published by V.V. Diffusion (the Company, or V.V. Diffusion), 2 rue du Pas de la Mule, 75003 Paris, France, a French société à responsabilité limitée with a share capital of €10,000, registered in Paris, company number 528 428 882, EU VAT FR85528428832.
Any person wishing to contact the V.V. Diffusion customer service may do so:
- via the Website, by sending an email to boutique@valerievalentine.fr
- by telephone from France: +33 (0)1 4461 4102 (standard rate number).
The Website Editor is: Mrs Valérie Dassa.
The Website is hosted by OVH, a French société par actions simplifiée located at 2 rue Kellermann - 59100 Roubaix - France.
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This is the Cookie Policy for Valerie Valentine, accessible from https://www.valerievalentine.com
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.
For more general information on cookies, please read "What Are Cookies". Information regarding cookies from this Cookies Policy are from the Privacy Policy Generator.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies. This Cookies Policy was created with the help of the Cookies Policy Generator from CookiePolicyGenerator.com.
The Cookies We Set
- Account related cookies : If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
- Login related cookies : We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
- Email newsletters related cookies : This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
- Orders processing related cookies : This site offers e-commerce or payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.
- Site preferences cookies : In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
- This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
- We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; {List the social networks whose features you have integrated with your site?:12}, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
More Information
Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren't sure whether you need or not it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.
However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:
- By visiting this link: https://www.valerievalentine.com/en/content/27-contact-us