Terms of Use for the MEDIAPART Website

By accessing the website mediapart.fr to view or use our services, you agree to comply with the laws, particularly in France, and with the following terms of use :

Article 1. Intellectual property rights

All content on our website, including, but not limited to, the graphic charter, title, form, site map, texts, logos, trademarks or brands, images and databases accessible or made available in the ‘journal’ section, whether freely accessible or by subscription, as well as all programmes and/or technologies provided in connection with the site and, more generally, all or part of the site itself, are protected by the provisions of the Intellectual Property Code.

In particular, the headings ‘Le Meilleur de l'Info’, ‘Le Meilleur du Web’, ‘Le Meilleur du Débat’, the ‘Mediapart’ brand and the domain name are protected names belonging to our Company, which you may not use under any circumstances without our prior written consent.

In addition, all content published by our subscribers, made available as part of the participatory section of our website, are likely to be protected by intellectual property rights.

These terms and conditions do not entail any transfer of intellectual property rights to users of our website, for any reason whatsoever.

All users of the website, whether subscribed or not, undertake to use the content made available for lawful purposes only, in accordance with the legislation in force and in compliance with the general terms and conditions and these terms of use.

The violation of these terms subjects the offender, and any person responsible, to the criminal and civil penalties provided for by the laws in force, particularly in France.

Article 2. Limitation of Liability

You acknowledge and agree that, as a user, you use our website at your own risk. All content we publish is provided for informational purposes only.

Our website consists of two parts : aswell as the « journal » part, we also have a participatory and interactive part named the « Club », in which our subscribers can express themselves and publish content of any kind, provided they log in to their account and comply with Mediapart’s participation chart.

We are not liable or to be held responsable for any damage, wether it’s direct or indirect, that may result from errors, omissions and/or delays in the transmission and publication of information made available on our website, either freely or by subscription.

More specifically, we do not moderate the content of contributions published in the participatory sections of our website in advance, and content of any form or nature included in them (text, sound, images, video, hyperlinks, etc.) is published under the sole responsibility of each contributor, without our editorial responsibility being engaged as a result.

However, we will ensure that any content on our website that has been reported to us as illegal within the meaning and under the terms of Law 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy (known as the ‘LCEN’ in France) is made inaccessible. In particular, you may report any content that you consider illegal or harmful to us via our dedicated interface.

Article 3. Right of reply

In accordance with the applicable legislation, you have a right of reply, which you may exercise by sending your request by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by any other means that guarantees the identity of the applicant and provides proof of receipt of the request.

These requests may only concern content published in the Mediapart Journal section, in accordance with the legislation in force, and must comply with the terms set out in Articles 2 to 5 of Decree No. 2007-1527 of 24 October 2007 relating to the right of reply applicable to online public communication services and adopted for the application of IV of Article 6 of Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy.

However, this procedure for exercising the right of reply is excluded by the legislation in force when, due to the nature of the online public communication service, you are able to directly formulate the comments prompted by a message that implicates you.

Therefore, with regard to texts published in the participatory sections of our website, this formal procedure for exercising the right of reply does not have to be followed, provided that you are a subscriber and can post a contribution directly via your account. Of course, if you do not have this option because you are not a subscriber, you will need to follow the above process for this part as well.

In this regard, we would also like to remind you that we do not carry out any prior checks on user-generated content published in the club section of our website, as opposed to the news section, and that we therefore cannot be held liable for such content.

Article 4. Personal Data and Privacy Protection

We are committed to respecting the privacy of our subscribers and, as such, to strictly comply with the laws in force in France concerning the protection of privacy and individual freedoms.

We hereby inform you that the automated collection and processing of personal data that we carry out in connection with our services has been declared to the CNIL (French Data Protection Authority), in accordance with the amended Law 78-17 of 6 January 1978.

You acknowledge and agree that, in connection with your visit to or use of our website, for the purposes of ensuring the proper functioning of our services and for statistical purposes, we may collect and process information that directly or indirectly identifies you, including your IP address and the date and duration of your visit to our website.

Information collected for statistical purposes is made anonymous.

Furthermore, your web browser has a feature called ‘cookies,’ which stores a small text file on your computer when you visit our website. A cookie alone does not provide any information about you. It is a record of information relating to your computer's browsing activity on our site (the pages you have visited, the date and time of your visit, etc.).

The retention period for this information on your computer corresponds to the time spent on our website. Cookies are not retained after you close your session.

However, subscribing to a service and then viewing paid information as part of that subscription requires cookies to be enabled on your computer. Otherwise, the service may be inaccessible.

We collect and process personal data provided by users of our services only for purposes necessary for the proper performance of our services. This data is intended to enable us to communicate with you in connection with our services, respond to your request or comply with a legal obligation.

When collecting personal information via our contact forms, account creation forms, or subscription forms, we specify the data requested and whether it is optional or mandatory. You acknowledge and guarantee that the data you declare and transmit to us in connection with your subscription to and use of our services is your sole responsibility.

We promise to only share your personal info or the info you give us if the proper authorities ask us to.

In accordance with the provisions of current legislation on the processing of personal data, in particular Law 78-17 of 6 January 1978 as amended, You have the right to access, rectify and oppose information concerning you, which you may exercise at any time by contacting our company by email or post at the above address, or via our website, by logging in.

More specifically, we use your email address to inform you about changes to our services or commercial offers, and more generally to communicate with you in relation to your subscription (information, order confirmation, payment, renewal, etc.). It must be valid and up to date.

You may also request or refuse, without being a subscriber, via our website, to receive promotional messages and information by email at the address provided. Upon simple request, made by email via the account corresponding to this address, your email address may be changed or deleted from our database free of charge.

Article 5. Changes to the Terms of Use of our Website

The applicable terms and conditions of use of the website are those in force at the time of connection to our website and its use, which you declare to have read on our website and which you agree to comply with without restriction or reservation.

The terms and conditions of use of the website are subject to change or development, in particular to take into account any changes in case law, legislation or technology. Changes will take effect on the day they are published on our website.