Legal notice

Legal Information

1. Website Presentation

Pursuant to the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 and other applicable UK legislation relating to online services, users of the website brooch-addict.co.uk are informed of the identity of the various parties involved in its creation and management:

  • Owner: Florian Boggio – 90227729200014 – 36 Avenue de Toulon, 13006 Marseille

  • Creator: Florian Boggio

  • Publication Manager: Florian Boggio – contact@brooch-addict.co.uk
    The publication manager can be either a natural or legal person.

  • Webmaster: Florian Boggio – contact@brooch-addict.co.uk

  • Host: Shopify – 150 Elgin Street, 8th Floor, Ottawa (Ontario), Canada K2P 1L4

2. General Terms of Use for the Site and Services Offered
Use of the brooch-addict.co.uk website implies full and complete acceptance of the general terms of use described below. These terms of use may be modified or supplemented at any time; users of brooch-addict.co.uk are therefore invited to consult them regularly.

This site is normally accessible to users at all times. However, an interruption for technical maintenance may be decided by brooch-addict.co.uk, which will then endeavor to communicate the dates and times of the intervention in advance to users.

The website brooch-addict.co.uk is regularly updated by the company. Likewise, legal notices may be modified at any time; they are nonetheless binding on the user, who is invited to refer to them as often as possible in order to stay informed.

3. Description of Services Provided
The purpose of the website brooch-addict.co.uk is to provide information concerning the company’s activities.

brooch-addict.co.uk strives to provide information on the site that is as accurate as possible. However, it cannot be held responsible for omissions, inaccuracies, or deficiencies in updates, whether caused by itself or by third-party partners providing such information.

All information on the site is provided for indicative purposes and may evolve. Furthermore, the information on the site is not exhaustive and is given subject to modifications made since it was put online.

4. Contractual Limitations on Technical Data
The website uses JavaScript technology.

The website cannot be held responsible for material damage related to its use. Moreover, the user agrees to access the website using recent hardware that is free of viruses and with an up-to-date, modern browser.

5. Intellectual Property and Counterfeiting
brooch-addict.co.uk is the owner of the intellectual property rights or holds the rights to use all elements accessible on the site, including text, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds, and software.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, or adaptation of all or part of the site elements, regardless of the means or process used, is prohibited unless prior written authorization is obtained from brooch-addict.co.uk.

Any unauthorized use of the site or any of its elements will be considered an infringement and may be prosecuted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and other applicable UK intellectual property laws.

6. Limitation of Liability
brooch-addict.co.uk cannot be held liable for direct or indirect damage to the user's equipment when accessing the site, resulting either from the use of equipment that does not meet the specifications described in section 4, or from the appearance of a bug or incompatibility.

brooch-addict.co.uk also cannot be held liable for indirect damages (such as loss of market or loss of opportunity) resulting from use of the site.

Interactive spaces (such as the contact form) are available to users. Brooch-addict.co.uk reserves the right to remove, without prior notice, any content posted in these spaces that violates applicable UK law, particularly regarding data protection. Where appropriate, Brooch-addict.co.uk also reserves the right to hold the user civilly and/or criminally liable, especially in the case of messages that are racist, offensive, defamatory, or pornographic in nature, regardless of the format used (text, images, etc.).

7. Personal Data Management

In the UK, personal data is protected by the UK Data Protection Act 2018, the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), and other applicable UK legislation relating to the protection of personal data.

When using the website brooch-addict.co.uk, the following may be collected: the URL of the links through which the user accessed the site, the user's Internet service provider, and the user's IP address.

In any case, brooch-addict.co.uk only collects personal information about the user for the purpose of certain services offered on the site. The user provides this information knowingly, particularly when entering it themselves. The user of brooch-addict.co.uk is informed whether or not they are required to provide this information.

In accordance with the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), every user has the right to access, rectify, and object to the processing of their personal data by submitting a written request, including proof of identity, and specifying the address or email to which the response should be sent.

No personal information of the user of brooch-addict.co.uk is published without the user’s knowledge, nor exchanged, transferred, assigned, or sold on any medium to third parties. Only in the event of the sale of brooch-addict.co.uk and its rights would such information be transferred to the potential buyer, who would then be bound by the same obligations regarding data conservation and modification.

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

8. Hyperlinks and Cookies
The website brooch-addict.co.uk contains a number of hyperlinks to other websites, set up with the permission of brooch-addict.co.uk. However, brooch-addict.co.uk does not have the ability to verify the content of the sites thus visited and will not assume any responsibility as a result.

Browsing the brooch-addict.co.uk website may result in the installation of cookie(s) on the user's computer. A cookie is a small file that does not allow the identification of the user but records information about the navigation of a computer on a website. The data obtained is intended to facilitate subsequent navigation on the site and also to enable various traffic measurements.

Refusing to install a cookie may make it impossible to access certain services. However, the user can configure their computer to refuse the installation of cookies as follows:

  • Internet Explorer: Tools tab (gear icon at the top right) > Internet Options. Click on Privacy and select "Block all cookies." Confirm with OK.

  • Firefox: At the top of the browser window, click the Firefox button, then go to Options > Privacy tab. Set "Use custom settings for history." Finally, uncheck to disable cookies.

  • Safari: Click the menu icon (gear) at the top right of the browser. Select Settings > Show advanced settings. In the "Privacy" section, click Content settings. Under "Cookies," block cookies if desired.

  • Chrome: Click the menu icon (three horizontal lines) at the top right. Select Settings > Show advanced settings. In the "Privacy" section, click Preferences. Under the "Privacy" tab, you can block cookies.

9. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

Any dispute in connection with the use of the site brooch-addict.co.uk is governed by the laws of England and Wales. Exclusive jurisdiction is granted to the courts of England and Wales.

10. Main Laws Concerned

  • The UK Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), governing the processing, storage, and protection of personal data.

  • The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 and other applicable UK legislation relating to online services and consumer protection.

11. Glossary

  • User: Internet user accessing and using the above-mentioned site.

  • Personal information: “Any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual” (as defined under the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation, UK GDPR).