General Terms of Use (GTU) — website, all audiences

GENERAL TERMS OF USE

Effective as of 02/08/2026

Identity of the publisher: En cours, trading as attoseconde, registered office 1 rue de la paix - 75001 Paris, registered with the trade and companies register under number 12312, SIRET qsdqsd, share capital 123123 euros, intra-Community VAT number qsdqsdq, telephone , website https://www.attoseconde.com/.

Article 1 — Purpose and acceptance

These General Terms of Use ("the Terms") set out how the site https://www.attoseconde.com/ ("the Site"), published by attoseconde ("the Publisher"), may be accessed and used by any person accessing it ("the User"). They are drafted in French and available at all times from the Site.

Acceptance of the Terms is collected through a tick box, before any account is created or any form is submitted. Where no account exists, continued browsing constitutes acceptance. A User who does not accept the Terms must refrain from using the Site.

Article 2 — Legal notice

Publisher: attoseconde, whose registered office is at 1 rue de la paix - 75001 Paris, registered with the trade and companies register under number [to be completed], with a share capital of [to be completed] euros, intra-Community VAT number [to be completed]. Telephone: . Contact e-mail: [to be completed].

Publication director: [to be completed].

Host: [name, address and telephone number of the host — mandatory disclosure under Article 6 III of French Act No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy].

Point of contact: pursuant to Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 on digital services, the Publisher designates a single point of contact reachable electronically at the contact address above, both for Member State authorities and for Users. Communications are conducted in French or in English.

Article 3 — Access to the Site

The Site is freely accessible to any User with an Internet connection, the cost of connection and equipment remaining payable by the User. The Publisher endeavours to ensure continuous availability without being bound to do so: no availability rate is guaranteed in the absence of a separately subscribed service level commitment.

The Publisher may interrupt access for maintenance, updates or security reasons; an interruption for security reasons may be immediate, others are announced as far as possible. Where a service is permanently discontinued, the User is informed within a reasonable period, which may not be less than thirty (30) days where the User holds an account, so that data can be retrieved.

Article 4 — User account

Where the Site offers account creation, the User provides accurate and up-to-date information and remains solely responsible for the confidentiality of the credentials and for operations carried out from the account. Credentials are strictly personal. Any fraudulent use must be reported to the Publisher without delay; the Publisher may suspend access as a precaution.

The User may delete the account at any time, without giving reasons, from the personal area. Any suspension or deletion decided by the Publisher follows the procedure and remedies set out in the article "Content moderation, decisions and remedies".

The Site is not intended for children under fifteen (15): under Article 45 of French Act No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 as amended, processing the data of a child under fifteen is lawful only where consent is given jointly by the child and the holder of parental responsibility. The Publisher deletes any account created in breach of this rule as soon as it becomes aware of it.

Article 5 — Content published by the User

The User must not publish or transmit through the Site any unlawful content, in particular defamatory, insulting, hateful, discriminatory, violent, pornographic, infringing, misleading or harassing content, or content infringing privacy, image rights or the rights of third parties.

The User warrants holding the necessary rights over published content and grants the Publisher, solely for the purpose of operating the Site and for the duration of publication, the right to host, reproduce and display it. This licence ends when the content or the account is deleted. Removal of content follows the article "Content moderation, decisions and remedies".

Article 6 — Reporting illegal content

Pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 on digital services and Article 6 of French Act No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004, any person may report content believed to be illegal by writing, electronically, to the contact address set out in the article "Legal notice".

The notice states the exact electronic address of the content, the reasons why it is believed to be illegal, and the name and e-mail address of the notifier, except where it concerns an offence against minors or of a sexual nature. The Publisher acknowledges receipt without delay, handles the notice diligently, in a non-arbitrary and objective manner, and informs the notifier of the decision taken and of the remedies available.

Article 7 — Content moderation, decisions and remedies

Pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, the Publisher informs the User of the restrictions it imposes on content. Moderation is based on the examination of notices received and on the Publisher's own checks; the possible measures are removal of the content, restriction of its visibility, suspension and then deletion of the account. Those measures are applied diligently, objectively and proportionately, with due regard for the User's fundamental rights, in particular freedom of expression.

Decisions are taken by people; no automated tool decides alone on a removal or a suspension, and any measure flagged by such a tool is subject to human review before being applied.

Every measure is notified to the person concerned by e-mail and reasoned in accordance with Article 17 of that Regulation: it states the measure and its scope, the facts and circumstances relied on, the legal or contractual ground, any use of automated processing, and the available remedies. The person concerned may challenge the decision at the contact address set out in the article "Legal notice"; the Publisher reviews the decision and gives a reasoned reply. Save in cases of urgency or manifest illegality, the User is invited to comment before any account suspension and in any event retains the ability to retrieve personal data.

Article 8 — Intellectual property of the Site

The structure of the Site, together with the texts, images, graphics, logos, trade marks, databases and software of which it consists, are the property of attoseconde or of its partners and are protected by the French Intellectual Property Code.

Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or exploitation, in whole or in part, without prior written authorisation is prohibited and constitutes infringement, save for private use and statutory exceptions (short quotation, parody, press review). Access to the Site confers no ownership right over its elements.

Article 9 — Personal data

Data collected through the Site (account creation, contact form, quotation request, newsletter) is processed by attoseconde as controller, in order to answer requests, provide the services, ensure the security of the Site and, with the User's consent, send commercial information. The legal bases are, as the case may be, performance of the contract, consent, the Publisher's legitimate interest or a legal obligation.

Account data is kept for the duration of use and then three (3) years after the last contact, prospecting data three (3) years from the last contact, connection logs one (1) year, and accounting records ten (10) years under statutory obligations. It is disclosed only to the providers strictly necessary for those purposes, bound by contract to confidentiality, and is not transferred outside the European Union; failing that, the transfer is governed by the European Commission's standard contractual clauses, a copy of which is provided on request. No decision producing legal effects is taken solely on the basis of automated processing.

Under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR") and French Act No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 as amended, the User has rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and portability, the right to withdraw consent at any time, and the right to give directions on the fate of personal data after death. Those rights are exercised at the contact address set out in the article "Legal notice" [where applicable: contact details of the data protection officer]; a reply is given within one (1) month. The User may lodge a complaint with the CNIL, 3 place de Fontenoy, TSA 80715, 75334 Paris Cedex 07. Processing is described in detail in the Site's privacy policy.

Article 10 — Cookies

The Site places cookies that are strictly necessary for its operation (session, security, load balancing), which do not require consent, and, once agreement has been obtained through a banner, audience measurement or personalisation cookies.

Refusing must be as easy as accepting: refusal is possible in a single click from the banner, and refusing non-essential cookies does not prevent browsing the Site. The User's choice, whether consent or refusal, is kept for six (6) months, after which consent is sought again; it may be changed at any time from the cookie management link. Trackers have a lifetime of no more than thirteen (13) months and the information collected through them is kept for no more than twenty-five (25) months.

Article 11 — Artificial intelligence

The Site provides a conversational assistant based on an artificial intelligence system. Pursuant to Article 50 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on artificial intelligence, the User is informed, from the first interaction, that they are dealing with a machine and not with a person.

The answers produced may be inaccurate or incomplete: they constitute neither professional advice nor a contractual commitment of the Publisher, and the User is invited to verify them before taking any decision. Human assistance remains available at the contact address set out in the article "Legal notice". Exchanges may be retained for service improvement and evidential purposes, under the conditions of the article "Personal data".

Article 12 — Digital accessibility

The Publisher strives to make the Site accessible to persons with disabilities, in accordance with Directive (EU) 2019/882 on the accessibility requirements for products and services, transposed by French Order No. 2023-859 of 6 September 2023 and applicable since 28 June 2025. Conformity is assessed against standard EN 301 549 and, for the web part, the French general accessibility improvement framework (RGAA).

The Site's accessibility statement, its conformity status and its multi-year accessibility plan are published at [to be completed: URL of the accessibility statement]. Any difficulty in accessing content or a feature may be reported to the contact address set out in the article "Legal notice": the Publisher replies within a reasonable time and, where appropriate, provides the requested content by an alternative means. Failing a satisfactory reply, the User may refer the matter to the French Defender of Rights.

Article 13 — Security and vulnerability disclosure

The Publisher implements appropriate technical and organisational measures to preserve the security of the Site and of the data it processes: encryption of communications, access control, logging, backups and up-to-date components. The User remains responsible for the security of their own equipment, for the strength of their credentials and for backing up their data.

Any vulnerability discovered may be reported in good faith to the contact address set out in the article "Legal notice". The Publisher undertakes not to bring proceedings against a person who, without intent to cause harm, reports a flaw without exploiting it, without accessing third-party data beyond what is necessary to demonstrate it and without disclosing the flaw before it is fixed. Penetration testing without prior written authorisation remains prohibited.

Article 14 — Hyperlinks

The Site may contain links to third-party sites over whose content and practices the Publisher has no control: consulting them is the sole responsibility of the User, under the terms of use and privacy policies specific to those sites.

Creating a link to the Site is free for fair, non-commercial use, provided that it does not harm the Publisher's image and creates no confusion as to the origin of the content.

Article 15 — Liability of the Publisher

Information published on the Site is provided for guidance and may be changed at any time. The Publisher implements reasonable means to ensure the accuracy of content, continuity of access and the security of the Site.

No provision of these Terms may have the effect of removing or reducing a consumer User's right to compensation where the Publisher fails to perform one of its obligations: clauses limiting or excluding liability against a consumer are deemed unwritten under Article R.212-1 of the French Consumer Code.

As regards professional Users only, the Publisher's liability is limited to direct and foreseeable damage, to the exclusion of indirect damage such as loss of business, data, turnover or reputation; that limitation applies neither in the event of wilful misconduct or gross negligence, nor in the event of personal injury.

Article 16 — Force majeure and suspension

Neither party is liable for a failure resulting from force majeure within the meaning of Article 1218 of the French Civil Code, in particular natural disaster, fire, epidemic, act of public authority, general failure of electronic communications networks or energy suppliers, or large-scale cyberattack.

The party prevented informs the other without delay. Performance is suspended for the duration of the event; if the impediment lasts more than three (3) months, either party may end the use of the Site without compensation, without prejudice to the User's right to retrieve their data.

Article 17 — Evidence agreement

The parties agree that the records kept by the Publisher — connection logs, time stamps of acceptances, ticked boxes, e-mails and successive versions of these Terms — are admissible between them and constitute evidence of the facts they record, until proof to the contrary.

Those records are kept under conditions ensuring their integrity, in accordance with Articles 1366 and 1367 of the French Civil Code. This agreement does not prevent the User from adducing evidence to the contrary by any means, nor does it affect mandatory rules of evidence applicable to consumers.

Article 18 — Amendments to the Terms

The Publisher may amend these Terms to adapt them to changes in the Site or in the applicable rules. Each version bears its effective date; earlier versions are archived and provided on request.

Account holders are informed of substantial amendments by e-mail at least thirty (30) days before they take effect and may, if they refuse them, delete their account free of charge before that date. For other Users, the applicable version is the one in force on the date of browsing.

Article 19 — Miscellaneous

Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held void, deemed unwritten or unenforceable, the remaining provisions retain full effect, unless the provision set aside was decisive.

No waiver. The Publisher's failure to rely on a breach of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of the right to rely on it later.

Assignment. The Publisher may assign or transfer these Terms in the event of a merger, contribution or sale of its business, provided that the assignee assumes the same obligations; the User is informed and may, where holding an account, delete it free of charge.

Language. These Terms are drafted in French. In the event of translation, only the French version is authoritative between the parties.

Entire agreement. These Terms, the privacy policy and, where applicable, the general terms and conditions of sale constitute the agreement of the parties relating to the use of the Site. In the event of conflict, the terms and conditions of sale prevail as regards orders, and these Terms prevail as regards access to and use of the Site.

Article 20 — Complaints, mediation and applicable law

Any complaint is addressed in writing to the Publisher, at the contact address set out in the article "Legal notice". The parties will seek an amicable solution before any legal action.

Pursuant to Article L.612-1 of the French Consumer Code, a consumer User may refer the matter free of charge to a consumer mediator with a view to the amicable resolution of a dispute, after a prior written complaint to the Publisher. The competent mediator is: [name, postal address and website of the mediator — to be completed].

These Terms are governed by French law, without that choice depriving the consumer User of the protection afforded by the mandatory provisions of the law of their habitual residence. No jurisdiction clause is stipulated against consumers: disputes fall within the courts designated by ordinary rules, and the User may in particular bring proceedings before the court of the place where they resided when the contract was concluded.

attoseconde — 1 rue de la paix - 75001 Paris — Tel: — https://www.attoseconde.com/