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GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OF THE ONLINE DESTINATION LOT-ET-GARONNE MEDIA LIBRARY

Consultation and use of images, videos and other data provided by the Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne and all other Lot-et-Garonne Tourist Offices on the website https://mediatheque.tourisme-lotetgaronne.com implies complete and entire acceptance of the present terms and conditions.

The general terms and conditions of use are subject to the provisions of the Intellectual Property Code.

The access to data is reserved only for persons whose intention is to promote the attractivity of Lot-et-Garonne and tourism activities within the region.

Photographs, videos or any other documents obtained from the media library shall in no case be used for commercial purposes.

Any full or partial reproduction of this website and its contents, by any process whatsoever, without clear prior authorisation of the Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne, is forbidden and would constitute an infringement sanctioned by articles L. 335-2 et seq. of the Intellectual Property Code.

ACCESS TO THE MEDIA LIBRARY

Users have free access to the media library.

The user can access the media library and certain elements of the content, as stipulated by the Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne, without creating an account, or access other elements of the content, as stipulated by the Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne, by creating an account, in the conditions set forth below :

Access without creating an account

Any user can access the media library without creating an account and view or download content with a mandatory watermark from the « Free access » area, for personal use, which includes a pre-defined, limited selection of photographs, chosen by the Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne.

Access with creation of an account

Any user who wishes to have a more extensive access, in the conditions set forth below, to the content of the media library must create an account. To do this, the user must make a registration request using the « Registration » thumbnail, by filling in all the fields on the form provided for this purpose. The creation of the account will only be effective after validation by the Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne of the registration request.

The Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne reserves the right to refuse any application for registration of its choice, without cause and with notification to the user.

There are different categories of user, as listed below, for the creation of an account :

  • Travel professional
  • Local press
  • National media
  • Institutional
  • External communications agency
  • Internal communications agency
  • Tourist business partner
  • CDT
  • TO (Tourist Office)
  • Other: any person not included in the above categories.

When creating an account, the user must choose the category they belong to.

The extent of the rights granted to the user varies according to the category of user they belong to, after creating an account, as detailed below.

If the Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne validates the registration request of a user, the account will be created and the user will receive confirmation of the registration by email, which then enables the user to access the content concerned, according to the user category to which the user belongs, through the media library.

The Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne reserves the right to close any account for which the information provided by the user appears to be false, incorrect or out of date.

ACCOUNT INFORMATION

The username and password are personal.

In order to respect the confidentiality of the username and password, the user agrees not to transfer, for whatever reason, the username and password to any third party and agrees to immediately inform the Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne in case of proven or suspected loss and/or theft of the username and password.

If the user loses his/her password, he/she should click on « Forgotten password ». The password will be sent by email to the address registered to his/her username as soon as possible.

The user is free to modify his/her personal details at any moment by consulting the « My Account » menu.

The user alone is liable for any information provided in his/her profile when an account is created. .

The user alone is responsible for any liabilities arising as a result of false, incomplete and/or misleading information provided when creating an account or omitting to update said information. The Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne will in no case be held responsible for this.

AUTHORISED USE OF MEDIA LIBRARY DATA – PHOTO CREDIT COMPULSORY

All images presented on the https://mediatheque.tourisme-lotetgaronne.com website are reserved exclusively for the illustration of all or part of the Lot-et-Garonne region in digital or paper communication media and tools distributed free of charge or in press articles.

Excluded are uses for commercial publications (postcards, commercial advertising, posters…) and poster campaigns with purchased advertising space.

Excluded rights: any other use must be subject to separate negotiations with the photographer, especially for: advertising with purchase of advertisement space.

The user agrees to display in all cases, in clearly visible characters on each image the credits « Destination Lot-et-Garonne » and the name of the owner of the image, in the following format: « © name of photographer / Destination Lot-et-Garonne ».

In addition, the user agrees to respect all the indications and restrictions specified in the photograph captions listed on the media library website.

The Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne holds the rights of use for photographs lent in this manner. However, it accepts no liability with respect to any legal proceedings, lawsuit, claim or request for damages from any person, in particular concerning image rights of persons in a photograph used for production, reproduction, publication, telecommunication and diffusion to the general public by the user, of a single or several photographs that he/she may have cropped or modified in any way.

The reproduction of duplicate photographs by the user or a third party is strictly forbidden.

It is strictly forbidden to modify, in any way whatsoever, the photographs, videos or any documents that are downloaded, unless a prior agreement has been made with the Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne and written permission provided by them.

Content (photographs, videos and other documents) obtained from the media library must only be used with respect to the granted rights. It is in particular forbidden for the user to redistribute to anyone or to republish downloaded photographs, unless prior written agreement is provided by the Comité Départemental de Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne.

PROOF OF PUBLICATION

The user agrees to send proof of publication to the Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne by email to: mediatheque@tourisme-lotetgaronne.com, indicating the link to the internet site using the photographs.

DURATION AND TERMINATION

Duration

The present GT&C are concluded for an unlimited period upon acceptance by the user

Termination

The user can terminate the present GT&C at any time and without prior warning by deleting his/her account and/or by not using the media library.

In case of non-compliance with one or several of the obligations in the present GT&C by a user and without prejudice to any civil or criminal sanctions applicable due to infringement of any third party rights that the user could incur, the Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne reserves the right to terminate immediately, ipso jure and without prior formal notice, the present GT&C with the user and therefore cancel the user’s access to the media library, including the immediate suspension or closure of the account and preventing access to the user concerned, without prejudice to any damages the Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne could claim.

UPDATING AND EVOLUTION OF THE GT&C

The Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne reserves the right to modify all or part of the present GT&C at any time and without prior notice.

In such cases, the Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne shall inform the user of the modifications to the present GT&C as soon as they are published on the media library site, by emal or via the media library.

If the user refuses to approve the new GT&C, he/she has twenty-four (24) hours from the date of notification to inform the Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne by email.

If the user fails to give notice of his/her disagreement within the above-mentioned time period, he/she is assumed to have accepted the modifications and any use of the media library by the user will be governed by the new GT&C.

GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a new Europe-wide regulation, came into force on 25th May 2018. Personal data shall mean « all information relating to an identified or identifiable individual ». « An identifiable individual » is defined as any « identifiable natural person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person ».

The personal data that the user will be asked to provide to the Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne on the media library site to comply with the request for details and information in order to open an account shall be collected and processed fairly and lawfully and will only be used for the management of the media library.

Any user therefore has the right, whenever he/she wishes, to download or delete his/her personal data, the Comité Départemental du Tourisme of Lot-et-Garonne having the obligation to delete all data pertaining to the user. To do this, the user can go to the « My account » menu, which is accessible when online.

APPLICABLE LEGISLATION, COMPETENT COURTS AND CONTRACTUAL DOCUMENTS

The present terms and conditions are governed by French law. Any use which does not comply with the terms and conditions of the Destination Lot-et-Garonne media library will be subject to legal action through the competent courts.