TERMS OF USE | Cité du Train
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LEGAL NOTICES

 

ÉDITION

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The Website www.citedutrain.com is fully and entirely the property of the organisation Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF.

  • SIRET: 778 952 523 000 26

  • Activity code: 9103Z – Management of historical sites and monuments and of similar tourist attractions

  • Intra-community VAT number: FR 26 778 952 523

  • Address of the organisation: 2 rue Alfred de Glehn, 68200 Mulhouse (France)

  • Phone: +33 (0)3 89 42 83 33

  • Email: message@citedutrain.com

  • President / Publication manager: Philippe Mirville

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OBJECT

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The Website aims at giving information and help regarding the entire activities, products, services and offers of the organisation Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF.

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ACCESS

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The Website may be accessed via a computer, phone, PDA or nomad terminal connected to a telecommunications network in accordance with the communication protocols used on the Internet.

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The User is informed that the cost of access and browsing on the Website is at their sole expense.

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LEGAL DISCLAIMER

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To ensure the proper functioning of the Website, some technical restrictions must be respected by the Users. These may be modified.

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The User has to respect the following technical indications in order to access the Website and use the offered services in the best possible manner. Any action that might obstruct or prevent the proper functioning or the technical accessibility of the Website is forbidden.

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The User undertakes to access the Website using hardware that does not contain viruses.

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The Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF cannot guarantee that the servers hosting the Website are free from viruses and other dangerous components. The User should therefore take all necessary precautions to protect their own data and/or software against corruption by possible viruses circulating on the Internet.

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The User accepts that the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF may under no circumstances be held liable for any incidental, material and/or immaterial, direct and/or indirect damages which may result from the access or the use of the Website, including the inaccessibility, the loss of data, deteriorations, damages or viruses that could affect the User’s IT equipment, and/or for the presence of viruses on its Website.

 

Furthermore, any content, downloaded and/or otherwise obtained through the use of the Website is as the User’s own discretion and risk. The Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF is under no circumstances liable for damages and/or losses of data on their computer.

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DECLARATION FORMALITIES

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According to the French law relative to data protection and privacy Nr. 78-17 from the 6th of January 1978 (modified), we inform you that this Website has been the object of a declaration of automated treatment of direct or indirect normative information to the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) (verifiable under the address www.cnil.fr).

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SERVICE AVAILABILITY

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Access to the Website is possible 24/7, except in the case of force majeure or events beyond the control of the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF.

The Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF may, however, decide to fully or partially interrupt access to the Website and its contents without notice, due to technical maintenance or necessary update for the proper functioning of the Website of for any other reason.

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The Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF does not provide any warranting regarding the technical accessibility to the Website. The Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF may under no circumstances be liable for any interruption and possible consequences that may arise from it.

 

The User is informed that the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF may cease or change the nature of the services offered on the Website, at any time, without prior notice, and without the User having any recourse to claim against the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF.

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

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The personal information collected through forms is used for internal use only and to better meet your expectations.

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  • No personal information is collected without your knowledge.

  • No personal information is given to third parties (may change depending on the websites).

  • No personal information is used for unauthorised purposes.

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Providing personal information while placing on-line orders is compulsory because it is necessary for processing and dispatching orders as well as invoicing. This information is strictly confidential, and is retained for security purposes only in accordance with legal and regulatory obligations. Failure to provide such information shall lead to the order being automatically rejected.

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You have the right to access, modify, rectify and delete your personal information (Art. 34 of the French law relative to data protection and privacy of the 6th of January 1978). To exercise this right, you simply have to write:

 

  • By mail to the following address: Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF | 2 rue Alfred de Glehn, 68200 Mulhouse

  • By email to the following address: message@citedutrain.com

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PROVIDED INFORMATION

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The information published by the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF on the Website is non-binding and provided free of charge for information purposes only, without any obligation from the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF, which can modify it without prior notice.

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The Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF makes an effort to provide on the Website the most accurate information as possible. However, the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF cannot be held liable for any omissions, inaccuracies or deficiencies in updates, whether of its own doing or that of partner third parties providing this information. The User is invited to verify any information given on the Website through official sources.

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Interactive areas are made available to the Users. However, the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF reserves the right to withdraw, without prior notice, any content in these areas which conflicts with French legislation, particularly regarding data protection. In this case, the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF also reserves the possibility to involve the civil and/or criminal liability of the User, particularly in case of racist, offensive, slandering or pornographic messages, irrespective of the medium used (text, photography...).

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INTELLECTUAL INFORMATION

 

In general, the User agrees not to violate the rights of intellectual property (copyright, neighbouring rights, sui generis right of the creator of the databases, trademark right, domain right...) of the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF and/or any third party.

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Copyright – Neighbouring rights - Trademarks - Domain names

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The Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF holds the rights to all intellectual property concerning both the structure and the content of the Website (texts, logos, images, sound elements, software, icons, layout, databases...) or has legally acquired the rights to operate the structure and the content of the Website, without limitation.

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The Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF grants the User the right to use the Website strictly for their personal needs, to the exclusion of any lucrative use. In case of a professional use, the User must obtain prior and express written consent from the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF.

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Furthermore, the User cannot reproduce, represent, modify, translate, partially or fully transform or transfer elements from the Website, in any way and for any purpose, except in the case of prior and express written consent from the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF.

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The Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF may authorise to User to download certain elements, including texts, photographs or music. This function is at the sole and absolute discretion of the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF, which may modify or cancel it at any given moment. The User accordingly undertakes not to issue a contestation against the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF on this matter. Furthermore, any unauthorised download may result in appropriate sanctions being taken by the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF and/or any concerned third party, particularly in the case of violation of intellectual property rights.

 

The trademarks and logos reproduced on the Website are registered by the respective companies. Any reproduction of names or logos, in any way possible, is forbidden without prior consent from the relevant holder.

 

Non-compliance with these restrictions may constitute such an act of counterfeiting and/or unfair and prejudicial competition engaging the civil and/or criminal liability of the User.

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Hyperlinks

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  1. With the exception of websites publishing illegal and/or political, religious, pornographic information and/or content, a User can create a hyperlink on a website linking to the Website. In case they are using those websites, the User should consult the general conditions of use of the relevant website. However, by virtue of this authorisation, the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF reserves a right of opposition and declines any liability for any information contained on these websites that may be linked to its own Website by a hyperlink or any other means.
     

  2. On the other hand, hyperlinks contained on the Website may link to other websites by any means. Since the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF has no control over these outside websites and sources, the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF cannot be held liable for their availability, nor can it assume liability for the contents, advertisements, products, services or any other material available by or through such outside websites and sources. Furthermore, the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF may not be held liable for any actual or alleged damage occurring as a result of or in connection with the use of or reliance on the contents, goods or services available on these outside websites or sources. Finally, to the extent permitted by law, the Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF may not be held liable in cases where the content of such websites is contrary to the legal and regulatory provisions in force.

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COOKIES

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Browsing this Website may cause cookies to be installed on the computer of the User.

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A cookie is a small data which cannot be used to identify the User but which records information about the navigation of the User’s computer on the Website. The data thus obtained is intended to facilitate subsequent visits to the Website, as well as to enable various measurements of visit frequency.

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The User is, however, notified that most browsers can be configured to deny cookies or to indicate before a cookie is being copied or to delete the cookies from their hard drive. To learn more about these functions, the User should refer to the instructions of their browser.

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However, if the User prevents from cookies being saved or deletes them, the use of the Website may be altered, if not impossible.

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DROIT APPLICABLE & JURIDICTION COMPÉTENTE

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These general conditions of use are under French law.

 

Any dispute regarding the interpretation or execution of these general conditions of use shall be subject to the jurisdiction of French courts.

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CRÉDITS PHOTOS

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Olivier Benoin

JCS Photography

Jean-Jacques d'Angelo

Catherine Kohler

Nicolas Muguet

Christophe Recoura

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CRÉDITS VIDÉOS

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128 DB

Besoin d'R Productions

Carbone Café

Cité du Train - Patrimoine SNCF

Masi Productions

SNCF

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