Legal Notice

These Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) define the legal framework governing access to and use of the Sites. Access to and use of the Sites are subject to your acceptance of these Terms of Use, as they may be amended from time to time by Stormshield. In this regard, by accessing or using, the Sites, you agree to be bound automatically by these Terms of Use as well their amendments in force at the time of your access to the Sites, and you agree that such acceptance shall have the same legal value as a written express acceptance. If you do not accept these Terms of Use, please do not (and you are not permitted to) access or use the Sites. Please read carefully these Terms of Use, as well as our GDPR Privacy Notice here: GDPR Privacy Notice, before using the Sites. You should read there Terms of Use every time you use the Sites.

Information on company

The "Stormshield technical documentation" et "MyStormhsield Documentation" sites accessible at https://documentation.stormshield.eu (the "Sites") are owned and operated by Stormshield, a French simplified stock corporation (société par actions simplifiée), with a share capital of €2 793 881,60, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry of Nanterre (France) under No. RCS 428 173 975, identified by the individual identification number FR19 428 173 975 and having its registered office at 2-10 Rue Marceau, 92130 Issy Les Moulineaux, France (“Stormshield” or “we” or “us”).

The Director of Publication is Xavier Prost.

Hosting service provider: Stormshield, https://www.stormshield.com/

Credits: Stormshield, https://www.stormshield.com/

To contact us, please send an e-mail at the following email address: documentation@stormshield.eu.

Use of the Sites

Subject to your full and perfect compliance with these Terms of Use, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, free of charge and revocable right of access and use of the Sites. Any other rights are expressly excluded except otherwise provided in a specific written agreement.

Therefore, you shall not, and shall not authorize a third party to, without limitation, (i) modify, reproduce, represent, adapt and/or translate all or any part of the Sites and/or related content; (ii) extract, all or any part of the Sites and/or their contents, or create any derivative work from all or part of the Sites and/or their contents; (iii) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or transform, in any way the object code of the Sites into source code; (iv) distribute, sublicense, assign, share, sell, rent, lease or loan in any way the Sites or the right to use the Sites; (v) delete or modify any droit d'auteur, copyright, trademark or any other proprietary rights relating to the Sites which we or our licensors own; or (vi) use the Sites for purposes other than those expressly authorized by these Terms of Use.

In addition, it is strictly prohibited to (i) extract, by permanent or temporary transfer, or re-use all or part of the content of our Sites to another medium, by any means and in any form; (ii) bypass or circumvent any measures employed to prevent or limit access to our Sites; (iii) link to any portion of our Sites for any purpose; and (iv) use any device, software or routine that interferes or attempts to interfere with the normal operation of our Sites or take any action that imposes an unreasonable load on our equipment.

You recognize that an Internet connection is necessary to use the Sites. Traffic or access fees charged to you due to the use of the Sites are subject to the general terms concluded with you Internet service provider or mobile network operator. You understand the risks associated with the use of Internet, including, without any limitation, unavailability of the Sites, non-confidentiality or loss of integrity of the data transmitted, potential virus attacks, etc.

Stormshield Proprietary Rights

The Sites, their contents, including, without limitation, their distinctive names, designations, logos and product and service marketing and all, trademarks, trade names, drawings, pictures, copyrights, droits d’auteur, patented information and databases and any other intellectual property rights in and to the Sites are the property of Stormshield or its licensors. Stormshield’ logos and product and service designations are protected trademarks of Stormshield. Access to and use of the Sites shall not be construed as assigning nor granting any license in respect of any kind of these proprietary rights. We reserve any rights related to the Sites that are not expressly granted to users hereunder.

Liability

Unauthorized use of these Sites may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence. In addition, in the event you breach these Terms of Use or engage in any activity that is harmful to us or our users, we reserve the right to terminate your access to our Sites or take any other actions that we believe to be in our interest and of our users as a whole.

You expressly agree that your use of the Sites is at your sole risk. Stormshield, its officers, employees, contractors or content providers shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from or otherwise in connection with your use of these Sites or any information, services or content on these Sites.

You will be responsible for any loss we suffer as a result of your violation of these Terms of Use or any instructions given by Stormshield, including information given during the installation process of the Sites or instructions related to all security requirement communicated by Stormshield to you. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Stormshield and the Affiliates, and their respective affiliates, successors, assigns, employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders, managers, licensors and insurers, from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation by you of these Terms of Use or any breach by you of your representations and warranties hereunder.

To the extent permitted by applicable laws, the Sites and their contents are made accessible on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Stormshield gives no warranty nor represents, without limitation, that (i) the Sites and its supporting elements will meet your requirements, (ii) the result that may be displayed through the Sites will be accurate, up to date or reliable, (iii) the quality of any data, information or other material obtained will meet your expectations and that such data, information and other material will be default and error free, or that any errors will be corrected. We reserve the right to correct any errors or omissions on our Sites. Although we intend to take reasonable steps to prevent the introduction of viruses, worms, “trojan horses” or other destructive materials to our Sites, we do not guarantee or warrant that our Sites or materials that may be downloaded from our Sites do not contain such destructive features. We are not liable for any damages or harm attributable to such features. If you rely on our Sites and any materials available through our Sites, you do so solely at your own risks. You shall be responsible for backing up your own system, including any content downloaded through the Sites.

Our Sites may contain various combinations of text, images, audiovisual productions, opinions, statements, facts, articles or other information created by us or by third-parties. Due to the number of sources from which content on our Sites is obtained, and the inherent hazards of electronic distribution, there may be delays, omissions or inaccuracies in such content. Accordingly, such content is for your reference only and should not be relied upon by you for any purpose. Information created by third parties that you may access on our Sites or through links is not adopted or endorsed by us and remains the responsibility of such third parties.

We reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, our Sites (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Stormshield shall not be liable to you or any third party for any such modification, suspension or discontinuance of our Sites.

Links to Third-Party Websites

The Sites may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than Stormshield. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference only. We are not responsible for (i) the availability or the content of other services that may be linked to our Sites, or (ii) the privacy or other practices of such websites.

Because we have no control over such services, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of such external services, and that we do not endorse or approve and are not responsible or liable for any content, accuracy, quality, advertising, products, services or other materials on or available from such services. You further acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, goods or services available on or through such service.

We are not responsible for hypertext links from any and all third party web sites to the Sites and forbid anybody to establish such a link without Stormshield prior written authorization.

Data Protection and Privacy

When you access and use the Sites, we may collect, use and process, to the extent permitted by law, your personal data provided by you (such as your name, your email address, your company, etc.) or generated as a result of your access and use of the Sites. For more details on how your personal data is used, please consult our GDPR Privacy Notice here: GDPR Privacy Notice.

You are entitled to a right of access, modification and deletion as to your personal data. To this effect, please contact Stormshield by e-mail at the following address: dpo@stormshield.eu.

Modification of the Terms of Use

We may modify or adapt these Terms of Use at any time, for the future. We will inform you of any substantial modification by placing a notice on the Sites. Your continued access and use of the Site after a modification or adaptation of these Terms of Use will be deemed as your acceptance of any modified terms.

Term and Termination

As long as you use the Sites, these Terms of Use shall be applicable between you and us.

We can terminate these Terms of Use at any time and prevent you from accessing the Sites.

In case of termination of these Terms of Use, for any reason whatsoever, the rights granted to you hereunder shall be terminated and you will no longer be authorized to use the Sites.

Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms of Use are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of France, subject to any local applicable non derivable public policy rule.

In case of dispute, we encourage you to contact us on documentation@stormshield.eu, in order to find an amicable solution. If no amicable solution can be reached, any dispute arising in connection with these Terms of Use shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of France. We inform you that you can use a mediation procedure or any other alternative dispute resolution methods, prior to litigation.

 

Miscellaneous

These Terms of Use form the entire agreement between you and us with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede the terms of any other communications or advertising with respect to the Sites. These Terms of Use shall coexist with, and shall not supersede, our GDPR Privacy Notice here: GDPR Privacy Notice.

If any provisions hereof are determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, in whole or in part, by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these provisions are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction in which such provisions are illegal, invalid or unenforceable, they shall be severed and deleted from these Terms of Use and the remaining provisions shall survive and continue to be binding and enforceable.

Failure by any party to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

Nothing herein shall be construed as granting, directly or indirectly, any rights to any third parties, and third parties are not allowed to enforce any of the provisions herein against us.

 

Last updated: May 2022