This page describes the legal notices that apply to all Internet users visiting this site. By consulting it, you undertake unreservedly to comply with them. By accessing or using the website of the IHU ICAN, Foundation for Innovation in Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (hereinafter “IHU” or “ICAN” or “Foundation”), visitors accept the version of the conditions of use in force at the time of access. The Foundation reserves the right to modify these conditions of use freely and without prior notice. Visitors are responsible for informing themselves of the conditions of use in force at the time they access the website.
1. Legal provisions
1.1 Website publisher :
Foundation for Innovation in Cadiometabolism and Nutrition (ICAN)
47 – 83 boulevard de l’Hôpital 75013 Paris – e-mail: contact@ihuican.org
ICAN is a Foundation for Scientific Cooperation, created by decree on 27 November 2011 and registered under number 538 427 303 00010 (SIRET)
1.2 Publication Director and Editor :
Publication Director: Pr Stéphane Hatem, Managing Director
Editorial Manager (Webmaster): Communications Department
1.3 Website production:
Richard Rapenne – 44 Avenue Albert Pestour 24660 Coulounieix-Chamiers
SIRET 804 558 179 00011
Pauline Bailly: 3 Bis Rue du Chanoine Poupard – C304 Résidence Topaze – 44300 Nantes, France
SIRET 814 209 771 00017
1.4 Site hosting :
OVH
2 rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix – Tel 33 (0)8 90 10 93 07
SIREN NUMBER: 424 761 419
SIRET: 42476141900045
1.5 Photography :
Various assignments
2. Intellectual property rights
This site is owned and operated by ICAN. The presentation and each of the elements, including the structure of the site, the texts, graphics, trademarks, logos, domain names, images and sounds and their components, appearing on the www.ihiican.org site are protected by the laws in force on intellectual property and belong to ICAN, or are the subject of an authorisation for use.
In accordance with article L.122-4 of the French Intellectual Property Code, no part of the site may be copied, reproduced, modified, republished, loaded, distorted, transmitted or distributed in any way whatsoever, on any medium whatsoever, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of ICAN.
Only private copies are authorised for personal, private and non-commercial use on a personal computer. The following notice must appear on any authorised copy of all or part of the content of the site: “ICAN – All rights reserved”. Any authorised use of the elements making up or appearing on the site must be made without distortion, modification or alteration in any way whatsoever. Any unauthorised use may constitute a violation of the legislation and regulations applicable to copyright, trademarks, advertising and communication and the protection of privacy.
Nature of the information
The site contains information relating to the medical field, which is intended solely for the information of users and which may under no circumstances be used as a substitute for the advice of health specialists in the context of a medical diagnosis.
3. Links to other sites
ICAN may provide links to other sites. These sites are independent and ICAN does not edit or control the sources or content of these sites or their links with other sites. The links to these sites do not in any way constitute approval, validation or endorsement by ICAN of the content of these sites, nor an association of the IHU with the owners and/or authors, designers, moderators, managers or hosts of these sites.
The Institute may not therefore be held responsible for the content, products, services, advertising, cookies or any other element of these sites, nor for any damage or loss, whether proven or alleged, resulting from or in connection with the use of information, services or data available on these sites.
External sites may contain hypertext links pointing to the site. Such links may not be installed without ICAN’s express prior consent. In any event, ICAN is in no way responsible for the unavailability of such sites and does not examine, control, approve or accept responsibility for the content, advertising, products or other items available on or via these sites.
4. Site information including personal data
Visitors are not required to disclose their personal data as a condition of using this site. If visitors request information through the site and provide ICAN with their e-mail address or name and postal address, they agree that this data may be used for the purpose of providing the requested information. They also agree that ICAN may use this data in the future to provide other information about the ICAN HIF that may be of interest to visitors. In accordance with the French Data Protection Act of 6 January 1978, you have the right to access, modify, rectify and delete any personal data concerning you. To do so, simply make a request online: mesdonnees@ihuican.org
The site is not intended to receive confidential information from you. Consequently, and with the exception of the personal data referred to above, any information, in whatever form – document, data, graphic, question, suggestion, concept, remark or other – that you communicate to us on the site will under no circumstances be considered confidential. Consequently, the mere fact that you send it to us gives us the right to use, reproduce, distribute, modify or transmit it in order to process your request.
Lastly, certain information on this site may constitute forecasts concerning research programmes, scientific events and prizes and awards in the context of grants, for example. This information is based on assumptions that are subject to change: fluctuations or cancellations.
5. Limitation of liability
ICAN makes every effort to ensure, to the best of its ability, that the information published on the site is accurate and up-to-date, and reserves the right to correct the content at any time and without prior notice. However, the IHU cannot guarantee the accuracy, precision, updating or exhaustiveness of the information made available on the site.
Consequently, and with the exception of direct damage resulting from gross negligence or wilful misconduct, ICAN accepts no liability :
- for any imprecision, inaccuracy or omission relating to information available on the site;
- for any damage resulting from fraudulent intrusion by a third party leading to modification of the information or elements made available on the site;
- and more generally for any damage, direct or indirect, whatever the cause, origin, nature or consequences, even if ICAN has been advised of the possibility of such damage, caused by reason of: access by any person to the site or the impossibility of accessing it, use of the site, including any deterioration or any virus which may infect the visitor’s computer equipment or any other property, and/or credit given to any information coming directly or indirectly from the site.
The elements of the site or of any other site are provided “as is” without any guarantee of any kind, implicit or explicit.
6. Availability of the website
The user acknowledges that it is technically impossible to provide the site free of all defects and that the Institute cannot undertake to do so; that defects may lead to the temporary unavailability of the site; and that the operation of the site may be affected by events and/or elements that ICAN does not control, such as, for example, means of transmission and communication between the user and ICAN and between ICAN and other networks.
The IHU and/or its suppliers may, at any time, modify or interrupt, temporarily or permanently, all or part of the site in order to carry out maintenance operations and/or make improvements and/or modifications to the site. The IHU is not responsible for any modification, suspension or interruption of the site.
7. Cookie management
When you visit the iCAN website, information relating to your browsing on your terminal may be recorded in the cookie files installed on your terminal, subject to the choices you have made and which you may modify at any time. Only the sender of a cookie is likely to read or modify the information contained therein.
Your consent applies to the following domain: www.ihuican.org.
A cookie is a file that is installed on the visitor’s hard drive when they visit a website. With cookies, a visitor’s preferences can be reused or their browsing behaviour can be measured. These cookies are necessary for the operation of the website. With the help of cookies, the website can therefore be improved in terms of the services provided and the user experience.
The cookies we use:
- Cookies that are technically necessary for the website to function properly.
- Cookies used to measure and analyse the browsing behaviour of internet users. These cookies make it possible to compile statistics on the number of visits to and use of the various elements making up the site, thus making it possible to improve the interest and ergonomics of the content.
- Cookies used by the page sharing service on social networks. These cookies are used in particular to measure the use made of the various content sharing buttons.
- ICAN uses the following social networks or management tools: Google Analytics, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, YouTube, etc.
8. Personal data
Visitors are under no obligation to disclose their personal data in order to use this site.
Anyone wishing to make a donation, receive the newsletter, contact or apply for a job with ICAN must provide their personal details. This data will then be processed solely by ICAN. This personal data will be used for the purpose for which it is intended (questions, managing a donation, etc.).
Pursuant to the amended Act of 6 January 1978 and the European Data Protection Regulation no. 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, the person concerned by data processing has the right to access, rectify, limit and object to the data. Anyone wishing to exercise these rights may contact ICAN directly at mesdonnees@ihuican.org.
