EDF PULSE AFRICA WEBSITE LEGAL INFORMATION

LEGAL NOTICES

The "EDF Pulse Africa" https ://africa-pulse.edf.com portal is the property of Electricité de France :

  • swith share capital of € 1,443,677,137
  • registered on the Trade and Companies' Register of Paris, under the number 552 081 317 T and
  • with an intra-community VAT number : VAT EU FR 03552081317

The company's head office is located at :

22-30, avenue de Wagram
75008 Paris
Tél. : 33 (0)1 40 42 22 22
email : masteredfcom@edf.fr

The Publishing Director of the africa-pulse.edf.com portal is Christ Anderson AHOUA BOUA, project manager in the EDF International Division.
The "EDF Pulse Africa" portal has been designed by Razorfish, with registered office located at 57 boulevard de la Villette, 75010 Paris.
The africa-pulse.edf.com portal operates from a server platform provided by EDF-DSP, 32 avenue Pablo Picasso, 92000 Nanterre.

GENERAL CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION

The user acknowledges that he read this notice and undertakes to respect it . EDF reserves the right to change this notice at any time. Therefore, the user undertakes to consult it regularly.
In the event that the user is accessing the EDF Pulse Africa site from a different country than France, the user undertakes to respect that state's legislation.

CONTENT ON THE SITE

https ://africa-pulse.edf.com portal is the website of EDF Pulse Africa Awards. It contents the regulations and application rules. The portal can give access to other EDF or EDF Group company sites, likely to have their own legal notices, which should be consulted and respected.
EDF Group companies have their own legal existence and an independent legal entity.
The information available on the africa-pulse.edf.com portal is provided for informational purpose. EDF can not guarantee the exact, complete or up-to-date nature of the information issued on the site. Users are adviced to proceed further analysis.

EDF will not be held liable for any errors or omissions, or for the unavailability of information and services.
Consequently, the user acknowledges that he or she uses this information under his or her sole responsibility.
EDF will not be held responsible for any direct or indirect damage resulting from accessing or using the intranet.edf.fr portal, including, among others, inaccessibility, data losses, and/or the presence of viruses on the site.

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Users of the africa-pulse.edf.com portal acknowledge that:
  • They have the appropriate skills and ressources to access and to use this site :
    • screen : minimal resolution: 1024 X 768
    • browsers : Microsoft Internet explorer 11+ ; Mozilla Firefox (v.32+) ; Google Chrome (V.37+) ; Apple Safari 5.1.7+ ; Opera (V.24+)
  • They have thouroughly checked that their computer contains no virus and that it is operating smoothly;
  • They have been informed that the africa-pulse.edf.com portal is reachable on a 24 hours/7 days basis, except in cases of force majeure like, data processing difficulties, technical difficulties or anything beyond EDF’S control. EDF may have to interrupt access to the portal to carry out maintenance, but will take measures to keep the users informed;
  • They are entirely charge the fees to access the africa-pulse.edf.com portal.

Users will find additional technical information in the section FAQ ( Frequently Asked Question).

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

All personal data gathered on the africa-pulse.edf.com portal are exclusively for EDF's internal use. The data collected will not be alienated, exchanged or rented. In case the user would not provide these information, EDF would be unable to process the corresponding files. The personal data gathered on the africa-pulse.edf.com portal are exclusively for EDF's internal use. The data collected in this way will not be transferred, exchanged or rented. If the user were not to provide this information, EDF would be unable to process the corresponding files.

According to the amended Act n°78-17 of 6 January 1978 relative to information technology, files and freedom, the users can object the use of their personal data for prospective purpose. They are also entitled to the right to access, to amend or to delete any of their data. This right may be exercised by mailing to :

EDF
Corporate and Commercial Communication Division
Plurimedia Department
22 - 30, avenue de Wagram
75008 Paris - FRANCE

Or sending an e-mail to the site Webmaster at africa-pulse@edf.com

Should the user fail to respect the provisions of the aforementioned law, he or she is liable to be penalised.

The user must abstain, in particular, in the case of personal data, to which he or she has access, from any collection, misappropriate use and, generally speaking, from any action likely to interfere with the private lives or reputation of people.

CHIEF PRIVACY OFFICER

EDF has decided to appoint a Chief Privacy Officer, in charge of personal data protection and compliance with all legal requirements in the company. As part of this mission, he maintains the list of personal information processed and stored by EDF SA since 1 January 2007. This list remains at the disposal of anyone who wishes to have access to his personal data.

If you wish to obtain a copy of this register, please address your request to:

EDF Mission informatique et libertés - Correspondant informatique et libertés
Tour EDF – 20 place de la Défense 92050 LA DEFENSE CEDEX

or send an email to informatique-et-libertes@edf.fr

In case the user would like to have information on personal information processed before January 1st, 2007, the user should contact the French national commission for information technologies & liberties (CNIL).

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The brands and logos (semi-figurative trade name) of EDF and of EDF Group companies visible on the site are trademarks. Any partial or full reproduction or representation, whether separate or included with other items, without prior permission from EDF is strictly forbidden.

The general structure, software, texts, images, videos, sound features, know-how, animations, and more generally, all of the information and content shown in the africa-pulse.edf.com portal are the property of EDF or are subject to a licence agreement. The foregoing items are subject to legislation protecting copyright.
Any representation, modification,reproduction, misrepresentation, whether partial or total, of all or part of the site or its content, via any kind of process or medium, would constitute an infringement punishable under articles L 335-2 and the following of the Code of Intellectual Property.

EDF reserves the right to immediately and without prior notice delete any content (message, text, image, graphics) which contravenes prevailing laws and regulations, and notably the regulations mentioned above.

If the user wish to use part of the content of the site (e.g. text,image), he or she must obtain the prior written consent of EDF, by writing to the address mentionned in "Legal information" or by sending an email to the Webmaster.

APPLICABLE LAW

The law applicable to the africa-pulse.edf.com site is the french law.
The content and services on the africa-pulse.edf.com portal are displayed in French and English. In case of dispute, the French version will prevail.