terms of use
These Terms and Conditions of Use (hereinafter “T&Cs”) define the terms and conditions of use for the “le défilé renault ® the carwalk” website.
Access and use of the Website imply the unconditional acceptance of the T&Cs by the User.
1 – Definitions
For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions of Use:
“Website” refers to the “ledefile.renault.com” website, published by Renault SAS and providing access to the Elements. The Website includes the Content, software, programs, tools (programming, navigation, etc.), databases, operating systems, documentation and all other elements and services constituting it, as well as updates and new versions that may be added to the Website by RENAULT.
“Content” includes, but is not limited to, the structure of the Website, the editorial content, drawings, illustrations, images, photographs, graphic charters, brands, logos, insignia, trade names, audiovisual works, multimedia works, visual content, audio and sound content, as well as any other content present on the Website.
“Elements” shall mean the various features and elements of information offered on the Website.
“Renault Group” refers to the various legal entities of the Renault Group, whose parent company is Renault SAS, a Société par Actions Simplifiée (simplified joint-stock company) whose registered office is at 122-122 bis avenue du Général Leclerc - 92 100 Boulogne-Billancourt, entered in the Nanterre Trade and Companies Register under No. 780 129 987.
“User” shall mean a physical person of legal age navigating on the Website for their own needs, strictly for personal use only and not commercial use, and not for direct or indirect profit.
2 – Purpose of the Website
The Website accompanies the opening of the physical Renault shop located at 53 avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France, which aims to provide a platform for information, ticket reservations for events and redirection to the online services of the Renault Group. In particular, it enables the User to:
discover the concept of the Renault shop and its world;
access editorial content on the history and concept of the venue;
consult a calendar of in-store events;
reserve tickets for events;
be redirected to Renault’s official websites and marketplaces, such as Renault.fr and theoriginals-store.renault.com to access additional services.
This list is not exhaustive and may be modified at any time by RENAULT without incurring any liability as a result.
3 – Website Access
The Website can be accessed from the Internet at the following address: ledefile.renault.com
4 – Website User Licence
RENAULT grants to the User a personal, non-exclusive, revocable, non-assignable and non-transferrable right to use the Website, the Content and the Elements thereof free of charge.
This licence is granted to the User solely for their own needs, excluding any commercial use or use for profit of all or part of the Content and/or the Elements.
The User shall not acquire any other right over the Website, Content and/or Elements than those granted hereunder.
5 – Obligations of the User
The User undertakes to use the Website according to national and international regulations.
The User undertakes in particular to:
read these T&Cs and comply with them,
refrain from replicating, even temporarily and/or partially, the Website and/or its Content, by any means and in any format,
refrain from accessing and/or using the software components of the Website,
refrain from using software or procedures intended to copy the Content and/or that may disrupt the functioning of the Website,
not to proceed with any adaptation, modification, translation, transcription, compilation, decompilation, assembly, disassembly of all or part of the Website, Elements and/or Content,
refrain from exporting the Website and/or merging it with other computer programs,
inform RENAULT if it becomes aware of an act of piracy and/or the illicit or non-contractual use of the Website and/or its Content,
refrain from any manipulation of the Website and/or introducing any virus or malware, which may lead to computer and/or operational breakdowns that may affect functioning of the Website or any Elements that are accessible through the Website,
not to hinder functioning of the Website in any manner whatsoever,
refrain from using the Website to display, upload or transfer any content that is immoral or against good public order (such as, but not limited to, racial, political, religious, pornographic or sexual content).
Only the User is responsible for use of the Website. The User therefore acknowledges that RENAULT may not be held responsible for direct or indirect damage, and in particular tangible damage, intangible damage, loss of data or programs or financial damage, resulting from access to or use of the Website, or as a result, in particular, of the interruption, suspension, modification or discontinuation of the Website or one of its Elements.
6 – Availability of the Website
RENAULT undertakes to make every effort to secure the access, consultation and use of the Website.
The Website is permanently accessible, except in the case of force majeure or the occurrence of an event outside of RENAULT’s control, and subject to possible breakdowns and maintenance required for the proper functioning of the Website.
7 – Liability - Warranty
Within the limit of applicable laws and regulations, neither RENAULT nor the dealerships in its commercial network shall assume any responsibility for use of the Website by the User, or provide any warranty, either express or implied, in respect of the speed and performance of the Website. In particular, access to the Website may be temporarily and periodically suspended for technical reasons; where necessary, the technical teams shall make their best efforts to resolve any problem as quickly as possible.
RENAULT reserves the right to amend the information on the Website at any time and without warning. Neither RENAULT nor the members of its distribution network nor its subsidiaries may be held liable in this regard.
Access to and use of the Website shall be at the User’s own risk. It is the User’s responsibility to take all appropriate measures to protect their own data and/or software stored on their telephone and computer equipment against any attack.
In any event, RENAULT shall be released from any liability:
in the event that the User does not comply with these T&Cs;
in the event that the Website malfunctions due to a cause, whether intentional or otherwise, that is attributable to a User, a third party or to a malicious act, a software, a smartphone/tablet, an interface or any other product or provision of the User;
in the event of the malfunctioning and/or failure of the User’s computer and/or communications network for any reason whatsoever.
RENAULT does not guarantee that the Website shall be free of errors or bugs or that it might not be subject to attacks, particularly by viruses, which may lead to malfunctions, disruptions, breakdowns or losses of data or information.
8 – Personal data
Use of the Website may require the collection of personal data by RENAULT allowing direct or indirect identification of the User.
The Information Notices accessible on the Website describe in detail the processing of personal data by RENAULT during use of the Website. To find out more about the processing of your personal data, click here.
9 – Intellectual and Industrial Property
The Website and its Content are protected with regard to intellectual and/or industrial property rights.
The photographs, texts, slogans, drawings, images and animated sequences, with or without sound, including any works integrated into the Website, are the property of RENAULT or a third party that has assigned their rights to RENAULT or authorised RENAULT to use them.
The models of Vehicles presented on the Website are protected under copyright and Articles L.511-1 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code regarding the protection of registered patents.
The name RENAULT, the names of the Vehicles in the RENAULT range, the names of the products and services associated therewith, and the slogans and logos accompanying these brands are, unless otherwise indicated, registered trademarks of RENAULT or other Renault Group companies.
Other brands that may also be mentioned are used by RENAULT either with the authorisation of their owner, or as a simple indication of products or services offered by RENAULT.
The reproduction of the Content, on paper or in electronic form, is permitted provided that it is strictly limited to personal use, excluding any use for advertising and/or commercial and/or informational purposes, and that it complies with the provisions of Article L.122-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code.
Without prejudice to the foregoing provision, the reproduction, imitation, use or apposition, by any procedure and on any medium, of all or part of the Content without prior authorisation from RENAULT or the rights holder(s) is an infringement that is punishable by four years in prison and a fine of €400,000.
10 – Applicable Law
The Website and these T&Cs are governed by French law, subject to the mandatory rules of the User’s country of residence.
An amicable settlement shall be sought for any dispute that may arise regarding the interpretation and/or the performance of these T&Cs.
If no amicable settlement can be reached, the dispute shall be submitted to the courts in the jurisdiction of the courts of Paris to which the Parties award exclusive jurisdiction, not withstanding any appeals or claims for compensation from third parties.
11 – Updating of the T&Cs
RENAULT reserves the right to modify and update these T&Cs without prior notice at any time and without informing Users.
Where appropriate, modifications and updates are binding on the User as of their publication on the Website, it being the User’s responsibility to consult the T&Cs in force each time they connect to the Website.
12 – Miscellaneous provisions
12.1 No waiver
The fact that one of the parties does not invoke one of the clauses of these T&Cs shall not be interpreted as a temporary or definitive waiver of the benefit of the provision in question, which shall remain applicable.
12.2. Nullity of a clause
If one or several stipulations of these T&Cs is declared null, void or unwritten when applying current regulations or a change, or following a definitive decision from a competent jurisdiction, the other stipulations shall retain all their force and scope, and the parties commit to setting up, as soon as possible, a valid substitute provision with an equivalent scope, which is as close as possible to the spirit of these provisions.
12.3 Force Majeure
The following are expressly considered to be cases of force majeure, in addition to those which are customarily considered as such by the case law of the French courts: adverse weather conditions, legal or governmental restrictions, computer breakdown, interruption of telecommunications, the failure of the RENAULT servers and any other case outside of the express control of RENAULT.