Legal notice

The website www.supersonicimagine.com ("Website") is operated by SuperSonic Imagine, a company, registered in the commercial register of Aix-en-Provence, France under number 48158189000037 (SIRET number).

European VAT: FR37481581890

Head office:

SuperSonic Imagine - Les Jardins de la Duranne – bât E/F
510, rue René Descartes
F – 13857 Aix-en-Provence Cedex
France
Contact email: contact@supersonicimagine.fr
Tel : +33 (0)442 99 24 32
Fax : +33 (0)483 07 56 33

Acceptance of terms of use

Welcome to the SuperSonic Imagine internet site. The information provided on this Website is for general informational and educational purposes only.

Please be sure to read these terms of use before using or submitting any information to this Website.

By accessing and using this Website you acknowledge that you accept and agree to be bound by these terms of use, together with any additional terms and conditions appearing on this Website, from time to time, which apply to particular features, parts or content of this Website, where indicated.

If you do not agree to all these terms of use, you should not use this Website.

Access to the Website

It is your responsibility to ensure your computer system meets all the necessary technical specifications to enable you to access and use this Website and is compatible with this Website.

Super Sonic Imagine may, from time to time, restrict access to certain features, parts or content of the Website, or the entire Website, to users who have registered with SuperSonic Imagine. You must ensure that any registration details you provide are accurate. If you choose, or you are provided with, a log-on ID (such as a username and password or other identifier) as part of Super Sonic Imagine's security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential and must not reveal it to anyone else. You are responsible for all activities that occur under your log-on ID and must notify SuperSonic Imagine immediately of any unauthorised use or other security breach of which you become aware. Super Sonic Imagine reserves the right to disable any log-on ID, at any time, if in its opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms and conditions or if any details you provide for the purposes of registering as a user prove to be false.

SuperSonic Imagine cannot guarantee the continuous, uninterrupted or error-free operability of this Website. There may be times when certain features, parts or content of this Website, or the entire Website, become unavailable (whether on a scheduled or unscheduled basis) or are modified, suspended or withdrawn by SuperSonic Imagine, in its sole discretion, without notice to you. You agree that SuperSonic Imagine will not be liable to you or to any third party for any unavailability, modification, suspension or withdrawal of this Website, or any features, parts or content of this Website.

SuperSonic Imagine cannot and does not guarantee that any content of this Website, or communication sent via this Website, will be free from viruses and/or other harmful elements. It is your responsibility to implement appropriate IT security safeguards (including anti-virus and other security checks) to satisfy your particular requirements as to the safety and reliability of content and communications.

Purpose of the Website

SuperSonic Imagine has provided this Website as a general information service. You agree that your use of the Website is on an 'as is' and 'as available' basis and at your sole risk.

Whilst SuperSonic Imagine tries to make sure that all information contained on this Website (other than any user-generated content) is correct, it is not intended to amount to authority or advice on which reliance should be placed. You should check with SuperSonic Imagine or the relevant information source before acting on any such information.

In particular, product information and medical information are provided as general information. They are not a substitute for user manuals or other documentation supplied with SuperSonic Imagine products, nor a substitute for advice from a registered physician or other healthcare professional.

SuperSonic Imagines makes or gives no representation or warranty as to the accuracy, completeness, currency, correctness, reliability, integrity, quality, fitness for purpose or originality of any content of this Website and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all implied warranties, conditions or other terms of any kind are hereby excluded. To the fullest extent permitted by law, SuperSonic Imagine accepts no liability for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of you or anyone else using the Website or relying on any of its content.

Forums

The Website may, from time to time, make blogs, message boards, news groups and/or other public forums (collectively, "Forums") available to its users. SuperSonic Imagine does not control the material submitted to Forums (collectively, "Postings"), nor are Forums actively moderated. You are solely responsible for the content of your Postings as submitted by you and acknowledge that all Postings express the views of their respective authors, and not the views of SuperSonic Imagine.

If you participate in any Forum, you must:

keep all Postings relevant to the purpose of the Forum and the nature of any topic;
not submit any Posting that is unlawful, threatening, abusive, libellous, pornographic, obscene, vulgar, indecent, offensive or which infringes on the intellectual property rights or other rights of any third party;
not submit any Posting that contains any viruses and/or other code that has contaminating or destructive elements;
not submit any Posting containing any form of advertising; and
not impersonate, or misrepresent an affiliation with, any person or entity.

You agree that, by submitting any Posting, you grant SuperSonic Imagine and its affiliates a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free and fully sub-licensable right and licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such Posting (in whole or part) and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology, and you waive any moral rights you may have in, or to be identified as the author, of such Posting.

Whilst SuperSonic Imagine does not pre-screen Postings, it reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to delete, edit or modify any Posting submitted by you and/or to close any topic, at any time without notice to you.

Complaints about the content of any Posting must be sent to contactsUK@supersonicimagine.com and must contain details of the specific Posting giving rise to the complaint.

External links

SuperSonic Imagine does not endorse any linked website. SuperSonic Imagine provides such links only as a convenience to the user of this Website, and these inclusions do not imply endorsement by SuperSonic Imagine of the content of such websites. You are encouraged to read the terms of use and privacy policy of every website you visit.

Intellectual property rights

The whole of the contents on this Website is the subject of copyright, and other intellectual property rights, owned or licensed by SuperSonic Imagine. All rights are reserved, and except as expressly permitted by these terms of use, any unauthorised copying, storage, or reproduction in any form is strictly prohibited by the owner of the relevant intellectual property rights.

The trade marks and trade names appearing on this Website are protected. No use of any of these may be made without the prior, written authorization of Supersonic Imagine.

You may only use this Website for non-commercial use and only in accordance with these terms and conditions. You may retrieve and display content from the Website on a computer screen, print and copy individual pages and store such pages in electronic form, but not so as to create an electronic database by systematically downloading all or the majority of the pages of this Website.

Software made available for downloading from or through this Website is licensed subject to the terms of the applicable licence agreement, made available at the point of download. Except as set out in the applicable licence agreement, the software is made available for use by end users only and any further copying, reproduction or redistribution of the software is expressly prohibited. Warranties, if any, with respect to such software shall only apply as expressly set out in the applicable licence agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by law, all implied warranties, conditions or other terms of any kind are hereby excluded, including any implied terms as to quality or fitness for any particular purpose.

You must only use this Website and anything available from this Website for lawful purposes (complying with all applicable laws and regulations), in a responsible manner, and not in a way that might damage the name or reputation of SuperSonic Imagine or that of any of its affiliates. You must not remove or change anything on this Website or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Website.

All rights granted to you under these terms of use will terminate immediately in the event that you are in breach of any of them.

Geographical restrictions

This Website and its contents are intended to comply with laws and regulations in England and are subject to English law. Other countries may have laws, regulatory requirements and medical practices that differ from those in England. This Website includes information from SuperSonic Imagine which is based in France and may include information on behalf of affiliates of SuperSonic Imagine who may also be based outside of England. As such, this Website may contain information that is appropriate only to the relevant originating country.

The products described on this Website may not be available in all countries. SuperSonic Imagine reserves the right to limit provision of its products or services to any person, geographic region or jurisdiction and/or to limit the quantities or any products or services it provides. In any event, no products or services are available for ordering through the Website and the supply of all products and services (other than your use of the Website itself and access to the information it contains) is subject to separate terms of sale.

Personal data

SuperSonic Imagine may collect and process the following information about you:

information (such as your name, email address, postal address and telephone number) that you provide by completing forms on this Website, including if you subscribe to any service, upload or submit any material via this Website, request any information or enter into any competition or promotion from time to time;
communications you send, for example to report a problem or to submit queries, concerns or comments regarding this Website or its content;
information from surveys that SuperSonic Imagine may, from time to time, run on this Website for research purposes, if you choose to respond to them;
details of your visits to this Website, the resources you access and any data you download;
employment details if you apply for or enquire regarding an advertised job vacancy or employment opportunities with SuperSonic Imagine generally.

You are under no obligation to provide any such information. However, if you should choose to withhold requested information, SuperSonic Imagine may not be able to provide you with certain services.

SuperSonic Imagine will use the information you provide to:

enable SuperSonic Imagine it provide you with the services and information offered through this Website and which you request;
audit the downloading of data from this Website;
improve the layout and/or content of the pages of this Website and customise them for users;
identify visitors to this Website;
carry out research on users' demographics;
send you information SuperSonic Imagine thinks you may find useful or which you have requested, including information about SuperSonic Imagine's products and services provided you have indicated that you do not object to being contacted for these purposes.

You can tell SuperSonic Imagine not to contact you with information regarding its products and services, either at the point such information is collected on this Website (by checking or un-checking (as directed) the relevant box) or by following the unsubscribe instructions on any communications sent to you. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting SuperSonic Imagine using the contact details under the "Company details" section of these terms of use.

Non-personal data

When you visit this Website, SuperSonic Imagine may automatically collect non-personal information about you, such as the type of internet browser you use, the website from which you have come to this Website and your IP address (the unique address which identifies your computer on the internet) which is automatically recognised by SuperSonic Imagine's web server. You cannot be identified from this information and it is only used to assist in providing an effective service on this Website and to collect broad demographic information for aggregate use.

The Website uses cookies to store certain information. Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to your hard drive to store and sometimes track information about you. Although they do identify a user's computer, cookies do not personally identify users. Cookies are specific to the server that created them and cannot be accessed by other servers, which means they cannot be used to track your movements around the internet.

SuperSonic Imagine uses cookies to:

recognise you when you return to the Website;
allow you to navigate the Website more quickly and easily;
store your preferences;
estimate audience size and patterns;
improve and update the Website.

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but, if you prefer, you can change your browser to prevent that. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website if you do so.

Data sharing

SuperSonic Imagine may disclose aggregate statistics about visitors to this Website in order to describe its services to prospective partners, advertisers, sponsors and other reputable third parties and for other lawful purposes, but these statistics will include no personally identifiable information.

SuperSonic Imagine may disclose your personal information to any of its affiliates, or to its agents or contractors who assist SuperSonic Imagine in providing the services SuperSonic Imagine offers through this Website, fulfilling requests for information, receiving and sending communications, updating marketing lists, analysing data, providing support services or in other tasks, from time to time. Such agents and contractors will only use your information to the extent necessary to perform their functions.

In the event that SuperSonic Imagine undergoes re-organisation or is sold to a third party, you agree that any personal information SuperSonic Imagine holds about you may be transferred to that re-organised entity or third party.

SuperSonic Imagine may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or if SuperSonic Imagine believes that such action is necessary to prevent fraud or cyber crime or to protect this Website or the rights, property or personal safety of any person.

Except for your personal information, any communication or other material that you send to SuperSonic Imagine through the internet, or post on this Internet site by electronic mail or otherwise, such as questions, comments, suggestions or the like, is and will be deemed to be non-confidential and SuperSonic Imagine shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information. SuperSonic Imagine shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such communication for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products. In the event of any such usage, you agree that SuperSonic Imagine shall have no obligation to you, including those of a monetary nature.

Data security

Where personal information is collected, SuperSonic Imagine will make every reasonable effort to keep that information secure and will not disclose that information other than as set out in these terms of use.

However, SuperSonic Imagine cannot guarantee the total security of this Website and you should bear in mind that any sent information sent over the internet can be intercepted. You should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to SuperSonic Imagine via this Website.

Applicable law

These terms of use and your use of this Website shall be governed by the laws of England. You agree that any dispute regarding these terms of use or this Website will only be dealt with by the English courts, provided that, if you live in a part of the United Kingdom other than England, the applicable law of that part of the United Kingdom will govern and any dispute will only be dealt with by the courts there. Nothing shall prevent SuperSonic Imagine from bringing proceedings to protect its intellectual property rights before any competent court.

Updates

These terms of use are subject to revision by SuperSonic Imagine at any time without notice. SuperSonic. Modifications are effective upon posting on this Website. You are encouraged to review the terms of use published on this Website regularly to ensure that you are aware of all terms governing your use of this Website.

These terms of use were last updated on September 1^st 2009.