Terms & Conditions

General conditions of use of the WEB application Identification of local Bee Class subspecies of wings 

Article 1: Purpose 

These TOS or General Terms of Use legally frame the use of the services of the Bee-Class web application (hereinafter referred to as "the site" or "the application" or "Bee-Class"). 

Constituting the contract between the POLLINIS Association, the publisher, and the User, access to the site must be preceded by acceptance of these GTCU. Access to this platform signifies acceptance of these TOU. 

Article 2: Legal notice 

The GeoNest site is published by the POLLINIS association, registered with the RCS under number 75297592000014, whose head office is located at 10 Rue Saint Marc, 75002, France Métropolitaine. 

The host of the GeoNest site is the company PLANETHOSTER, located at 4416 Louis B. Mayer Laval (Greater Montreal), Quebec H7P 0G1 Canada 

Article 3: Access to the site 

Bee-Class provides free access to the following services: 

● Loading of royalty-free photos of bees or bee wings and associated information ● Classification of subspecies of bees from royalty-free photos 

● Downloading of information from selected queries or reports 

● General information about the defense of local bees 

The site is accessible free of charge from anywhere by any user with Internet access. All the expenses necessary for the access to the services (computer equipment, Internet connection...) are at the charge of the user. 

Access to the services dedicated to members is done with a login and a password. 

For maintenance or other reasons, access to the site may be interrupted or suspended by the publisher without notice or justification. 

Article 4 : Data collection 

For the creation of the User's account, the collection of information at the time of registration on the site is necessary and mandatory. In accordance with the law n°78-17 of January 6 relating to data processing, files and liberties, the collection and processing of personal information is carried out in the respect of private life. 

According to the French Data Protection Act dated January 6, 1978, articles 39 and 40, the User has the right to access, rectify, delete and oppose his personal data. The exercise of this right is carried out by :

sending an email to contact@bee-class.org 

Article 5: Intellectual Property 

The brands, logos and the contents of Bee-Class (graphic illustrations, texts...) are protected by the Intellectual Property Code and by copyright. 

The reproduction and the copy of the contents by the User require a preliminary authorization of the site. In this case, any use for commercial or advertising purposes is prohibited. 

Article 6: Responsibility 

Although the information published on the site is reputed to be reliable, the site reserves the right not to guarantee the reliability of the sources. 

The information published on the GeoNest site is presented for information purposes only and has no contractual value. In spite of regular updates, the responsibility of the site cannot be engaged in case of modification of the administrative and legal provisions appearing after publication. The same applies to the use and interpretation of the information communicated on the platform. 

The site declines all responsibility concerning possible viruses that may infect the User's computer equipment after use or access to this site. 

The site cannot be held responsible in case of force majeure or the unforeseeable and insurmountable fact of a third party. 

The total guarantee of security and confidentiality of data is not ensured by the site. However, the site undertakes to implement all methods required to do so to the best of its ability. 

Article 7: Hypertext links 

The site can be made up of hypertext links. By clicking on these, the User will leave the platform. The latter has no control and cannot be held responsible for the content of the web pages related to these links 

Article 8: Cookies 

During visits to the site, the automatic installation of a cookie on the User's browser software may occur. 

Cookies correspond to small files temporarily deposited on the hard disk of the User's computer. These cookies are necessary to ensure accessibility and navigation on the site. These files do not contain personal information and cannot be used to identify a person. 

The information contained in the cookies is used to improve navigation performance on the GeoNest.org site. 

While browsing the site, the User accepts cookies. Their deactivation can be done via the parameters of the navigation software. 

Article 9: Publication by the User

The GeoNest site allows members to post comments. 

In his publications, the member is required to respect the rules of Netiquette as well as the rules of law in force. 

The site has the right to exercise a priori moderation on the publications and can refuse to put them online without having to provide justification. 

The member retains all his intellectual property rights. However, any publication on the site implies the delegation of the non-exclusive and free right to the publishing company to represent, reproduce, modify, adapt, distribute and diffuse the publication anywhere and on any support for the duration of the intellectual property. This can be done directly or through an authorized third party. This applies in particular to the right to use the publication on the web and on mobile telephone networks. 

At each use, the publisher undertakes to mention the name of the member in the vicinity of the publication. 

The User is responsible for any content he puts online. The User undertakes not to publish any content that may harm the interests of third parties. Any legal proceedings initiated by an injured third party against the site shall be borne by the User. 

The deletion or modification by the site of the User's content may be carried out at any time, for any reason and without prior notice. 

Article 11: Duration of the contract 

This contract is valid for an indefinite period. The beginning of the use of the services of the site marks the application of the contract with regard to the User. 

Article 12: Applicable law and competent jurisdiction 

This contract is subject to French law. The absence of amicable resolution of cases of dispute between the parties implies recourse to the competent French courts to settle the dispute.