Legal Information

1. Website Presentation

Pursuant to Article 6 of French Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 on confidence in the digital economy, users of the website www.lasa.fr are informed of the identity of the various parties involved in the creation and monitoring of the site :

Owner : Laboratoire d’Application des Sciences Acoustiques – 28, rue de Chambéry, 75015 PARIS – 01 43 13 34 00 – Limited Liability Company (SARL) 302 506 480 00110 with share capital of €235 698

Creator : LASA

Publication Manager : LASA – communication-ext@lasa.fr

The publication manager may be either a natural person or a legal entity.

Webmaster : LASA – communication-ext@lasa.fr

Hosting Provider : OVH – 2 rue Kellermann – BP 80157 59053 ROUBAIX CEDEX 1

2. General Terms and Conditions of Use

Use of site www.lasa.fr implies full acceptance of the terms and conditions of use described below. These conditions may be modified or supplemented at any time, and users of the website www.lasa.fr are therefore invited to consult them regularly.

The website is normally accessible to users at all times. However, interruptions for technical maintenance may be decided by Laboratoire d’Application des Sciences Acoustiques, which will endeavor to inform users in advance of the dates and times of such interventions.

The website www.lasa.fr is regularly updated by LASA. Likewise, the legal notices may be modified at any time; nevertheless, they remain binding on the user, who is encouraged to refer to them as often as possible in order to stay informed.

3. Description of Services Provided

The purpose of the websitewww.lasa.fr is to provide information concerning all activities of the company.

Laboratoire d’Application des Sciences Acoustiques strives to provide information on the website www.lasa.fr that is as accurate as possible. However, it cannot be held liable for omissions, inaccuracies, or failures to update information, whether caused by itself or by third-party partners supplying such information.

All information provided on the website www.lasa.fr sont données à titre indicatif, et sont susceptibles d’évoluer. Par ailleurs, les renseignements figurant sur le site www.lasa.fr is for informational purposes only and may change. Furthermore, the information appearing on the website is not exhaustive and is subject to modifications made since it was published online.

4. Technical Limitations

The website uses JavaScript technology.

The website cannot be held liable for material damage related to its use. In addition, users agree to access the site using up-to-date hardware free from viruses and with a modern, updated browser.

5. Intellectual Property and Counterfeiting

Laboratoire d’Application des Sciences Acoustiques owns the intellectual property rights or holds the rights of use for all elements accessible on the website, including text, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds, and software.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, or adaptation of all or part of the elements of the website, regardless of the means or process used, is prohibited without prior written authorization from Laboratoire d’Application des Sciences Acoustiques.

Any unauthorized use of the website or any of its contents shall be considered an infringement and prosecuted in accordance with Articles L.335-2 and following of the French Intellectual Property Code.

6. Limitation of Liability

Laboratoire d’Application des Sciences Acoustiques shall not be held liable for direct or indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment when accessing the website www.lasa.fr, resulting either from the use of equipment not meeting the specifications indicated in Section 4, or from the occurrence of a bug or incompatibility.

Laboratoire d’Application des Sciences Acoustiques shall also not be liable for indirect damages (such as loss of business or loss of opportunity) resulting from use of the website www.lasa.fr.

Interactive areas (such as the contact section allowing users to ask questions) are available to users. Laboratoire d’Application des Sciences Acoustiques reserves the right to delete, without prior notice, any content posted in these areas that violates applicable French legislation, particularly provisions relating to data protection. Where applicable, the company also reserves the right to hold the user civilly and/or criminally liable, particularly in the event of racist, abusive, defamatory, or pornographic content, regardless of the medium used (text, photograph, etc.).

7. Management of Personal Data

In France, personal data is notably protected by Law No. 78-87 of January 6, 1978, Law No. 2004-801 of August 6, 2004, Article L.226-13 of the French Penal Code, and the European Directive of October 24, 1995.

When using the website www.lasa.fr, peuvent êtres recueillies : l’URL des liens par l’intermédiaire desquels l’utilisateur a accédé au site www.lasa.fr, the following information may be collected: the URL of links through which the user accessed the website, the user’s internet service provider, and the user’s IP address.

In any event, Laboratoire d’Application des Sciences Acoustiques only collects personal information relating to the user for the needs of certain services offered by the website www.lasa.fr. Users provide this information knowingly, particularly when entering it themselves. Users are informed whether or not providing such information is mandatory.

In accordance with Articles 38 and following of Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 relating to data processing, files, and freedoms, every user has the right to access, rectify, and object to personal data concerning them by submitting a written and signed request accompanied by a copy of an identity document bearing the holder’s signature, specifying the address to which the response should be sent.

No personal information of users of the website www.lasa.fr is published without the user’s knowledge, exchanged, transferred, assigned, or sold to third parties by any means whatsoever. Only the acquisition of Laboratoire d’Application des Sciences Acoustiques and its rights would allow the transfer of such information to the potential purchaser, who would in turn be bound by the same obligations regarding the preservation and modification of data concerning users of the website www.lasa.fr.

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

8. Hyperlinks and Cookies

The website www.lasa.fr contains a number of hyperlinks to other websites, established with the authorization of Laboratoire d’Application des Sciences Acoustiques. However, the company has no means of verifying the content of the sites visited and therefore assumes no liability in this regard.

Browsing the website www.lasa.fr may result in the installation of cookie(s) on the user’s computer. A cookie is a small file that does not allow user identification but records information relating to a computer’s browsing activity on a website. The data obtained is intended to facilitate future browsing on the site and also to measure website traffic.

Refusing the installation of cookies may prevent access to certain services. Users may nevertheless configure their computers as follows to refuse cookies :

Internet Explorer : Tools tab (gear icon top right) / Internet Options. Click Privacy and choose “Block all cookies.” Confirm with OK.

Firefox : Click the Firefox button at the top of the browser window, then go to Options. Select the Privacy tab.

Set History rules to “Use custom settings for history,” then uncheck cookies to disable them.

Safari : Click the menu icon (gear symbol) in the upper right corner of the browser. Select Settings. Click “Show advanced settings.” Under “Privacy,” click “Content settings.” In the “Cookies” section, you can block cookies.

Chrome : Click the menu icon (three horizontal lines) in the upper right corner of the browser. Select Settings. Click “Show advanced settings.” Under “Privacy,” click “Preferences.” In the “Privacy” tab, you can block cookies.

9. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

Any dispute relating to the use of the website www.lasa.fr is subject to French law. Exclusive jurisdiction is granted to the competent courts of Paris.

10. Main Applicable Laws

Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978, notably amended by Law No. 2004-801 of August 6, 2004 relating to data processing, files, and freedoms.

Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 on confidence in the digital economy.

11. Glosssary

User : Internet user connecting to and using the above-mentioned website.

Personal Information : “Information which allows, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, the identification of the natural persons to whom it applies” (Article 4 of Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978).