General Conditions

Welcome to Le Silicone Valley!

These terms and conditions define the rules and regulations for the use of the LE SILICONE VALLEY website, located at https://www.lesiliconevalley.ch.

By accessing this website, we assume you accept these terms and conditions. Do not continue to use Le Silicone Valley if you do not agree to all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.

Cookies:

This website uses cookies to personalize your online experience. By accessing Le Silicone Valley, you agree to the use of the required cookies.

A cookie is a text file placed on your hard drive by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

We may use cookies to collect, store, and track information for statistical or marketing purposes in order to operate our website. You have the option to accept or decline optional cookies. There are required cookies that are necessary for the operation of our website. These cookies do not require your consent as they always function. Please note that by accepting required cookies, you also accept third-party cookies, which may be used via services provided by third parties if you use such services on our website, for example, a video display provided by third parties and embedded in our website.

License:

Unless otherwise stated, LE SILICONE VALLEY and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on Le Silicone Valley. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access this material from Le Silicone Valley for your own personal use subject to the restrictions set out in these terms and conditions.

You must not:

Copy or republish material from Le Silicone Valley

Sell, rent, or sublicense material from Le Silicone Valley

Reproduce, duplicate, or copy material from Le Silicone Valley

Redistribute content from Le Silicone Valley

This agreement begins on the date hereof.

Parts of this website offer an opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas of the website. LE SILICONE VALLEY does not filter, edit, publish, or review Comments prior to their presence on the website. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of LE SILICONE VALLEY, its agents and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who posts their views and opinions. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, LE SILICONE VALLEY shall not be liable for the Comments or for any liability, damages, or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of the use and/or posting and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.

LE SILICONE VALLEY reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments which can be considered inappropriate, offensive, or otherwise in breach of these Terms and Conditions.

You warrant and represent that:

You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;

The Comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including, without limitation, copyright, patent, or trademark of any third party;

The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent, or otherwise unlawful material or material which is an invasion of privacy;

Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom, or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.

You hereby grant LE SILICONE VALLEY a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit, and authorize others to use, reproduce, and edit any Comments you post in any and all forms, formats, or media.

Hyperlink to Our Content:

The following organizations may link to our Website without our prior written permission:

Government agencies;

Search engines;

News organizations;

Online directory distributors may link to our Website in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Websites of other listed businesses; and

System-wide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Website.

These organizations may link to our home page so long as the link: (a) is not in any way misleading; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

If you are among the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must notify us by sending an email to LE SILICONE VALLEY. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Please allow 2-3 weeks for a response.

Approved organizations may link to our Website as follows:

By use of our corporate name; or

By using the uniform URL to which the link is being linked; or

Use any other description of our website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party’s site.

No use of LE SILICONE VALLEY’s logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking without a trademark license agreement.

Content Responsibility:

We will not be responsible for any content appearing on your website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims raised on your website. No link(s) should appear on any website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene, or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights.

Reservation of Rights:

We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or a particular link to our website. You agree to immediately remove all links to our website upon request. We also reserve the right to modify these terms and conditions and our linking policy at any time. By continuing to link to our website, you agree to be bound by and abide by these linking terms and conditions.

Removal of links from our website:

If you find any link on our website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact us and inform us at any time. We will consider requests to remove links, but we are under no obligation to do so or to respond directly to you.

We do not guarantee that the information on this website is correct. We do not warrant its completeness or accuracy, nor do we promise to ensure that the site remains available or that the material on the site is kept up to date.

Disclaimer:

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties, and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:

Limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury;

Limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;

Limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or

Exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

Term: All our contracts are flexible and without commitment to a term, with a notice period applicable according to the terms specified in each contract—please check before signing.

The limitations and prohibitions of liability set out in this section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, tort, and civil liability.

As long as the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.”