Legal Notice

Legal Information

1. Site Presentation.

Pursuant to Article 6 of Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004, on confidence in the digital economy, the identity of the various parties involved in the creation and monitoring of the website www.kourvia.com is specified to its users:

Owner : kourvia
Creator : Kourvia
Publication Manager : kourvia
The publication manager is a natural person or a legal entity.
Webmaster : kourvia kourvia@gmail.com
Host : Shopify – 150 Elgin Street, 8th Floor Ottawa (Ontario) Canada K2P 1L4

2. General Conditions of Use of the Site and Services Offered.

Use of the www.kourvia.com website implies full and complete acceptance of the general conditions of use described below. These conditions of use may be modified or supplemented at any time, so users of the www.kourvia.com website are invited to consult them regularly.

This site is normally accessible to users at all times. However, Kourvia may decide to interrupt access for technical maintenance. Kourvia will then endeavor to inform users in advance of the dates and times of the intervention.

The www.kourvia.com website is regularly updated by Kourvia. Similarly, the legal notices may be modified at any time: they are nevertheless binding on the user, who is invited to refer to them as often as possible to become aware of them.

3. Description of Services Provided.

The purpose of the www.kourvia.com website is to provide information regarding all of the company's activities.

Kourvia endeavors to provide information on the www.kourvia.com website that is as accurate as possible. However, it cannot be held responsible for omissions, inaccuracies, and deficiencies in the updates, whether caused by itself or by third-party partners who provide this information.

All information provided on the www.kourvia.com website is given for informational purposes only and is subject to change. Furthermore, the information on the www.kourvia.com website is not exhaustive. It is provided subject to modifications that may have occurred since it was put online.

4. Contractual Limitations on Technical Data.

The site uses JavaScript technology.

The website cannot be held responsible for material damage related to the use of the site. Furthermore, the user of the site agrees to access the site using recent, virus-free equipment and a latest-generation, updated browser.

5. Intellectual Property and Counterfeiting.

Kourvia is the owner of intellectual property rights or holds usage rights over all elements accessible on the site, including texts, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds, software.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, adaptation of all or part of the elements of the site, regardless of the means or process used, is prohibited without prior written permission from: Kourvia.

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

6. Limitations of Liability.

Kourvia cannot be held responsible for direct and indirect damage caused to the user's equipment when accessing the www.kourvia.com website, resulting either from the use of equipment that does not meet the specifications indicated in point 4, or from the appearance of a bug or incompatibility.

Kourvia cannot also be held responsible for indirect damages (such as, for example, a loss of market or loss of opportunity) resulting from the use of the www.kourvia.com website.

Interactive spaces (possibility to ask questions in the contact area) are available to users. Kourvia reserves the right to delete, without prior notice, any content posted in this space that would violate applicable law in France, in particular the provisions relating to data protection. If necessary, Kourvia also reserves the right to hold the user civilly and/or criminally liable, particularly in the event of a message of a racist, insulting, defamatory, or pornographic nature, regardless of the medium used (text, photograph, etc.).

7. Management of Personal Data.

In France, personal data is notably protected by Law No. 78-87 of January 6, 1978, Law No. 2004-801 of August 6, 2004, Article L. 226-13 of the Penal Code, and the European Directive of October 24, 1995.

When using the www.kourvia.com site, the following may be collected: the URL of the links through which the user accessed the www.kourvia.com site, the user's internet service provider, the user's Internet Protocol (IP) address.

In any case, Kourvia only collects personal information relating to the user for the need of certain services offered by the www.kourvia.com site. The user provides this information with full knowledge of the facts, particularly when they enter it themselves. It is then specified to the user of the www.kourvia.com site whether or not they are obliged to provide this information.

In accordance with the provisions of Articles 38 and following of Law 78-17 of January 6, 1978, relating to data processing, files, and freedoms, any user has a right of access, rectification, and opposition to personal data concerning them, by making a written and signed request, accompanied by a copy of the identity document with the signature of the holder of the document, specifying the address to which the reply should be sent.

No personal information of the user of the www.kourvia.com site is published without the user's knowledge, exchanged, transferred, assigned, or sold on any medium whatsoever to third parties. Only the hypothesis of the acquisition of Kourvia and its rights would allow the transmission of said information to the eventual acquirer who would in turn be bound by the same obligation of conservation and modification of data with respect to the user of the www.kourvia.com site.

Databases are protected by the provisions of the law of July 1, 1998, transposing Directive 96/9 of March 11, 1996, on the legal protection of databases.

8. Hypertext Links and Cookies.

The www.kourvia.com website contains a number of hypertext links to other sites, set up with the authorization of  Kourvia. However,  Kourvia does not have the possibility to verify the content of the sites thus visited, and therefore assumes no responsibility for this fact.

Browsing the www.kourvia.com website may cause the installation of cookie(s) on the user's computer. A cookie is a small file, which does not allow the identification of the user, but which records information relating to the navigation of a computer on a site. The data thus obtained are intended to facilitate subsequent navigation on the site, and are also intended to allow various measures of attendance.

Refusal to install a cookie may result in the inability to access certain services. However, the user can configure their computer in the following way to refuse the installation of cookies:

Under Internet Explorer: tool tab (gear icon top right) / internet options. Click on Privacy and choose Block all cookies. Validate with Ok.

Under Firefox: at the top of the browser window, click the Firefox button, then go to the Options tab. Click on the Privacy tab. Set the Retention Rules to: use custom settings for history. Finally, uncheck it to disable cookies.

Under Safari: Click the menu icon (symbolized by a cogwheel) at the top right of the browser. Select Settings. Click Show Advanced Settings. In the "Privacy" section, click Content Settings. In the "Cookies" section, you can block cookies.

Under Chrome: Click the menu icon (symbolized by three horizontal lines) at the top right of the browser. Select Settings. Click Show Advanced Settings. In the "Privacy" section, click Preferences. In the "Privacy" tab, you can block cookies.

9. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction.

Any dispute relating to the use of the www.kourvia.com website is subject to French law. Exclusive jurisdiction is granted to the competent courts of Paris.

10. Main Laws Concerned.

Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978, notably amended by Law No. 2004-801 of August 6, 2004, relating to data processing, files, and freedoms.

Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004, on confidence in the digital economy.

11. Glossary.

User: Internet user connecting to, using the aforementioned site.

Personal information: "information that allows, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, the identification of the natural persons to whom it applies" (Article 4 of Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978).