General Terms and Conditions of Use (GTCU) of the Bella Storia website

1. Acceptance of the General Terms and Conditions of Use

1.1. Use of the Bella Storia website implies full and complete acceptance of these General Conditions of Use (hereinafter referred to as the «GCU»).

1.2 These Terms and Conditions may be amended or supplemented at any time, and users of the site are therefore advised to consult them regularly.

2. Access to the Site

2.1. Access to the site is possible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except in cases of force majeure or events beyond the control of Bella Storia and subject to any breakdowns and maintenance operations necessary for the proper operation of the site.

2.2. Bella Storia cannot guarantee the availability of the site, the reliability of transmissions or performance in terms of response time or quality.

3. Intellectual Property

3.1. Bella Storia is the owner of the intellectual property rights or holds the rights of use on all the elements accessible on the site, in particular the texts, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds and software.

3.2. Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, adaptation of all or part of the elements of the site, whatever the means or process used, is prohibited, except with the prior written authorisation of Bella Storia.

4. Limitations of liability

4.1. Bella Storia may not be held liable for any direct or indirect damage caused to the user's equipment when accessing the Bella Storia website.

4.2. Bella Storia declines all responsibility for the use that may be made of the information and content present on the site.

5. Management of Personal Data

5.1. When using the site, users may be asked to provide certain personal data. The provision of this information is necessary for the management of requests and the marketing of services.

5.2. Bella Storia undertakes to preserve the confidentiality of the information provided and to process it in accordance with current legislation on the protection of personal data.

6. Hyperlinks and Cookies

6.1. The site may contain hypertext links to other sites. Bella Storia is not in a position to check the content of sites visited in this way and consequently accepts no responsibility in this respect.

6.2. Browsing the site may cause cookies to be installed on the user's computer. A cookie is a small file which does not allow the user to be identified, but which records information relating to the browsing of a computer on a site.

7. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

7.1. Any dispute relating to the use of the Bella Storia website is subject to French law. Exclusive jurisdiction is granted to the competent courts of France.

7.2. The main laws concerned include Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended in particular by Law no. 2018-493 of 20 June 2018 on the protection of personal data.

8. Publications by the User

8.1. The site allows members to publish comments or other contributions. In these publications, each member remains responsible for his or her words.

8.2. Contributions must be legal and respect good morals and public order. They must not be offensive, defamatory, racist, homophobic, sexist or invade the privacy of others.

9. Security

9.1. Bella Storia undertakes to implement all necessary measures to guarantee the security and confidentiality of data. However, it does not provide a guarantee of total security.

9.2. The user undertakes to comply with security standards, in particular with regard to the management of their login details and passwords.

10. Modification of the GCU

10.1. Bella Storia reserves the right to modify the terms, conditions and mentions of these GCU at any time.

10.2 Users are therefore advised to regularly consult the latest version of the GTCU available on the site.

11. Liability and Force Majeure

11.1. The sources of the information published on the Bella Storia site are deemed reliable. However, the site does not guarantee that it is free of defects, errors or omissions.

11.2 In the event of it being impossible to access the site due to technical problems or problems of any other nature, the user shall not be entitled to claim any damages or compensation.

12. Interaction with Users

12.1. Bella Storia may interact with users to answer their questions, offer advice or provide information via the site or associated communication channels.

12.2. Bella Storia endeavours to provide information that is as accurate as possible and to make the necessary updates to the information published on the site, the content of which it reserves the right to correct at any time and without prior notice.

13. Contact

13.1. For any question or request for information concerning the site, or any report of illegal content or activities, the user may contact Bella Storia at the address indicated on the site.

14. Acceptance by the User

14.1. Use of the site implies full and complete acceptance of the above GTCU. The user may renounce use of the Bella Storia services and site at any time, but remains responsible for any previous use.