Legal notes

Intellectual property and counterfeiting

Spes-international is the owner of the intellectual property rights or holds the rights of use over all the elements accessible on the site, including: texts, images, graphics, logo, icons…

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, or adaptation of all or part of the elements of the site, regardless of the means or process used, is prohibited without the prior written authorization of Spes-international.

Any unauthorized use of the site or any of the elements it contains will be considered an infringement and prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of Articles L.335-2 and following of the French Intellectual Property Code.

 Cookies and trackers

The website https://spes-international.org uses an audience measurement system as well as a social-network sharing function.

In accordance with the European directive known as the “Telecom package,” users must be informed and give their prior consent before cookies or other trackers are installed. Users must be able to choose not to be tracked when they visit a website or use an application. Website publishers are therefore required to obtain user consent beforehand.

Refusing cookies may make it impossible to access certain services. However, users may configure their browser to refuse cookies.

 Audience measurement

Audience measurement cookies are small files that enable the analysis of traffic statistics on the website: pages visited, number of visits, bounce rate, origin of visits… Audience measurement cookies are completely anonymous.

This site uses Google Analytics to measure audience.

 Social networks

Social-network cookies are linked to buttons that make it easier to share pages and articles on social networks.

 Contact form and comments

You may be asked to provide your email address when you fill out our contact form or leave a comment on one of the articles on the site https://spes-international.org.

Under no circumstances will your email address be shared with third parties.

 Comment moderation

The decision to publish a comment on the site https://spes-international.org is at the sole discretion of the publication director. Comments may be deleted, modified, or corrected for better readability (including spelling).

Users may sign their comments with their name, a pseudonym, or their company name. They may also provide a URL in the “website” field. This link may be removed if the comment does not bring added value to the article—even if the comment is approved.

Examples of cases where a comment may be moderated or deleted:

• It was deleted by the anti-spam system
• It does not provide real added value or usefulness to users
• It contains many spelling errors or is incomprehensible
• It appears to serve only self-promotional purposes
• The email provided is clearly false
• The comment is considered defamator

 Newsletter

You may subscribe to the website newsletter. You will then automatically and free of charge receive newsletters covering the topics of https://spes-international.org.

You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each newsletter.

Under no circumstances will your email address be shared with third parties.

 Hyperlinks

This website contains a number of hyperlinks to other sites. However, https://spes-international.org does not have control over or the ability to monitor these sites, and therefore assumes no responsibility for their content.

 RSS Feeds

RSS feeds are intended solely for visitors for personal use and may not under any circumstances be used to supply other websites without the prior written authorization of https://spes-international.org.