1. Presentation of the website.

Pursuant to Article 6 of Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy, users of the https://www.oklein.fr/ website are informed below of the various participants in its creation and monitoring:

Owner: Olivier Klein – contact1@oklein.fr

Person responsible for publication: Olivier Klein – contact1@oklein.fr

The person responsible for publication is a natural or legal person.
Webmaster: Olivier Klein
Hosting provider: OVH 

2. General terms and conditions of use of the website and the services offered.

Use of the https://www.oklein.fr/ website implies full and complete acceptance of the general terms and conditions of use described below. These terms and conditions of use may be amended or supplemented at any time. Users of the https://www.oklein.fr/ website are therefore invited to consult them regularly.

This website is usually accessible at all times by users. Interruptions for technical maintenance may nevertheless be necessary without informing users of the dates and times of the maintenance beforehand.

The https://www.oklein.fr/ website is regularly updated. Likewise, the legal notices may be amended at any time. However, they shall continue to be applicable to users, who are invited to refer to them as often as possible to familiarise themselves with them.

3. Description of the services provided.

The purpose of the https://www.oklein.fr/ website is to post all of Olivier Klein’s articles and interviews. 

Olivier Klein endeavours to ensure that the information provided on the https://www.oklein.fr/ website is as accurate as possible. However, he may not be held liable for any omissions, inaccuracies or deficiencies in respect of updates, whether they are attributable to him or to the third-party partners that provide him with this information.

All of the information given on the https://www.oklein.fr/ website is provided on an indicative basis and is liable to change. In addition, the information on the https://www.oklein.fr/ website is not exhaustive. It is provided subject to changes that may have been made since it was posted.

4. Contractual limitations regarding technical data.

The website has been developed using WordPress.

Neither Olivier Klein nor the webmasters may be held liable for any material damage linked to use of the website. Furthermore, users of the website undertake to access the website using recent hardware that is free of viruses and has an up-to-date browser installed.

5. Intellectual property and infringements thereof.

Olivier Klein owns the intellectual property rights for the texts that he has produced and published himself and for the images the rights to which have been purchased.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication or adaptation of all or part of the items of the website, by whatever means or process, is prohibited without the prior written consent of Olivier Klein.

Any unauthorised use of the website or of any of the items that it contains shall be considered to constitute an infringement of intellectual property rights, and legal action shall be taken in accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code.

6. Limitations of liability

Olivier Klein may not be held liable for any direct or indirect damage caused to the user’s hardware when accessing the https://www.oklein.fr/ website, resulting either from the use of hardware failing to meet the specifications indicated in Point 4, or from the appearance of a bug or an incompatibility.

Neither may Olivier Klein be held liable for indirect damage (such as lost contracts or opportunities) following use of the https://www.oklein.fr/ website.

7. Personal data management.

In France, personal data are notably protected by Law No. 78-87 of 6 January 1978, Law No. 2004-801 of 6 August 2004, Article L. 226-13 of the French Criminal Code, and the European Directive of 24 October 1995.

The following information may be collected when the https://www.oklein.fr/ website is used:

  • The user’s last name and first name
  • The user’s email address

None of these data shall be used for commercial purposes; they are used solely for the purpose of entering into contact with Olivier Klein. 

They shall be stored for a maximum period of 3 years.

Users shall provide this information with full knowledge of the facts, especially if they enter the information themselves. Users of the https://www.oklein.fr/ website are therefore informed of whether or not they are obliged to provide this information.

In accordance with the provisions of Articles 38 et seq. of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data protection, all users have a right to access, amend and object to the processing of the personal data regarding them, by sending a written request to the following address: communication.institutionnelle@bred.fr

No personal information regarding users of the https://www.oklein.fr/ website shall be published without the users’ knowledge, or exchanged, transferred or assigned on any medium to third parties.

The databases are protected by the provisions of the Law of 1 July 1998 transposing Directive 96/9 of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google
Privacy Policy : https://policies.google.com/privacy
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8. Hypertext links and cookies.

The https://www.oklein.fr/ website contains a number of hypertext links to other websites, which have been added with Olivier Klein’s consent. Olivier Klein is nevertheless unable to check the content of the websites thus visited and as such shall assume no responsibility in this regard.

To ensure the proper functioning and optimization of our website, we may deposit cookies on the user’s storage space. These are information files that the site sends to the user’s hard drive, and then tracks them.

We only place cookies when the user has given explicit consent to do so. By refusing to accept cookies, the user runs the risk of not being able to access certain features and functionalities of our site. The user may refuse cookies at any time by adjusting the settings on their browser.

To ensure the collection of consents on the website https://www.oklein.fr/, we use Axeptio, a third party service that allows us to inform, collect and or signal a refusal regarding a cookie deposit. Cookies are presented and can be selected in a dedicated reading window at the arrival on the site, available at the bottom left of the site (on computer, central banner on mobile).

Thus, the visitor can at any time change his mind and decide to accept or refuse a cookie used on the site.

To learn more about cookies: https://www.cnil.fr/en/cookies-and-other-tracking-devices-council-state-issues-its-decision-cnil-guidelines

Users may, however, configure their computers to block the installation of cookies if they want to, as follows:

In Internet Explorer: click on the open menu button in the top right corner of the browser (gear icon) and select settings. Click on Privacy & Security and select Block all cookies. 

In Firefox: click on the open menu button in the top right corner of the browser. Click on Options. Click on Privacy & Security.
Under Enhanced Tracking Protection select Custom, Cookies, All cookies. 

In Safari: in the Safari menu click on the gear symbol in the top right corner. Select Preferences. In the “Privacy” section select Cookies and website data, where you can block cookies.

In Chrome: click on the three horizontal bars in the top right corner of the browser. Select Settings. Click on Privacy and Security. Select Site settings. Under Cookies and site data select Block third-party cookies.

9. Applicable law and assignment of jurisdiction.

Any disputes relating to use of the https://www.oklein.fr/ website shall be subject to French law. Jurisdiction is exclusively assigned to the competent courts in Paris.

10. The main relevant laws.

Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended particularly by Law No. 2004-801 of 6 August 2004 on data protection.

Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy.

11. Glossary.

User: Internet users logging into and using the aforementioned website.

Personal information: “information, regardless of its form, that directly or indirectly allows the identification of the individuals to which it applies” (Article 4 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978).