CGU | V STUDIOS

(last updated: October 2024)

1. Introduction and terminology

The publisher of this website is:

V STUDIOS, whose registered office is located at 1090 avenue des Bigos - 34740 Vendargues (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Publisher’), is responsible for processing the personal data collected and processed within the framework of the Site for the purposes set out below.

This privacy policy applies to all users of the Site.

For the purposes of these general conditions of use:

• “CGU or General Conditions of Use”: refers to the provisions set out herein, accepted by users, governing access to and use of the Site.
• “Contents”: refers, by extension, to the contents and constituent elements of the Site, in particular the photographs, images, texts, articles, illustrations, sounds, videos as well as the Player.
• “Player”: refers to the tool for broadcasting and playing video, audio and photo files.
• “Partner Services”: refers to services published by third-party partners accessible on and/or from the Site, in particular via hypertext links placed in different sections.

2. Scope of the general conditions of use of the Site

2-1. Acceptance of the General Conditions of Use of the Site

Any consultation of the Site and use of its content is carried out within the framework of these T&Cs, the purpose of which is to establish the terms of use of the Site. Any access to the Site automatically implies application and total acceptance of the rules and conditions defined in these T&Cs. In the event that a user refuses to adhere to these T&Cs, he or she must imperatively refrain from any access to the Site.

The applicable T&Cs are those in effect on the date of each user consultation of the Site. It is specified that the Publisher may freely change the T&Cs at any time. These changes are brought to the attention of users by the simple fact of their being posted online. From then on, they are deemed to be accepted without reservation by any user accessing the Site after they have been posted online. Consequently, the user is invited to refer to them during each visit in order to be aware of their latest version available on the Site.

2-2. Specific conditions

2.2.1. In the event of a contradiction between these T&Cs and said specific conditions, the specific conditions shall prevail over the T&Cs.

2-2.2 Partner Services

The length of time we keep your data depends on the purpose for which we collect and process it.
We will only keep your personal data in a form that allows you to be identified for as long as is strictly necessary for the purposes explained above.

The retention period for data collected directly or indirectly from you is usually based on a criterion of inactivity, such as the date of the last contact with you. For example, data collected directly from you when you fill in the contact form is kept in a form that allows you to be identified for as long as contact with you has been active over the last 24 months, after which time your personal data collected when you fill in the form will be deleted.

Another criterion we use to determine how long we keep your data is based on the applicable legal limitation periods. For example, we may retain some of your data if this is necessary to meet our legal obligations or to exercise, defend or assert our rights.
In addition, the retention period for your choices concerning cookies deposited on the terminal equipment you use to access the Site is mentioned in the Cookies policy.

3. System requirements and technical conditions

The system requirements to have the best experience on the Site are:

• Cookies enabled
• Javascript enabled
• Minimum resolution: 1280 x 800
• Plugins: None
• Browsers: Latest and penultimate versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari
• Operating systems: Latest and penultimate versions of Windows, Mac OS, Linux, iOS and Android

The Publisher may be required, without liability being incurred and for the sake of organization and proper functioning of the Site, to define constraints, particularly technical ones that the user accepts. Thus, the Publisher may in particular be required to remove videos at its discretion, without notifying the user.

4. Personal data

4-1. User rights

The personal data provided when completing the contact form are collected and processed for identification purposes allowing the Publisher to contact you easily and provide you with a response that is tailored to your situation.

In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (known as the "GDPR") and Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 (known as the "Data Protection Act"), the user has the right to access, rectify, erase, limit, oppose and port their personal data, as well as to define guidelines on their fate after their death, within the limits and conditions provided for by these texts and case law. The user also has the right to withdraw their consent at any time to future processing of their personal data when such processing is based on the legal basis of consent.

The user can exercise his rights by going to the “ Contact us ” tab, permanently accessible on the Site, by sending an email to the address dpo.ftvs@francetv.fr or by sending a letter to france.tv studio – Compliance Officer/DPO – 10 rue Lucien Bossoutrot – 75015 Paris.
To learn more about the processing of personal data carried out within the framework of the Site, the user is invited to consult the Privacy and Cookies Policy.

4-2. Cookies

The user is informed that, during his visits to the Site, cookies may be placed and/or read on his terminal equipment (computer, smartphone, tablet, connected TV, etc.), depending on the operating system or application software used, provided that he has previously consented. To find out more about the cookies used on the Site, the user is invited to consult the Privacy and Cookies Policy .

5. Using the player

The player available on the Site is the exclusive property of the Publisher. Any use is reserved for strictly personal and private use, excluding any commercial use. Therefore, the user may not, in any way other than those expressly proposed and authorized from the Site, reproduce, represent, distribute, alter, market, modify, grant all or part of one of the elements of the player.

The Site offers users the possibility of exporting the Player, only for non-commercial and personal use by individuals. Consequently, the user is prohibited from reproducing, copying, selling, reselling, modifying, exchanging or exploiting for commercial purposes or for any remuneration, profit or advantage, direct or indirect, all or part of the player, any use of the player, or any right of access to the player.

Users wishing to export the player to their website do not have the right to modify, create a service or a derivative work, or block all or part of the player's functionalities, in particular the links which refer to the Site.

The video content broadcast on the Site is authorized for broadcast, either on the sole site published by the Publisher, or through the player only. Consequently, users may not broadcast or view the video content offered by the Publisher outside of the player or the Site concerned, nor use any hardware or software intended to allow such unauthorized broadcasting.

6. Intellectual Property Rights

All elements of the Site (in particular the structure, all texts, photos, videos, data, posters, logos, brands and other elements reproduced) are reserved and protected by intellectual property law, in particular copyright, related rights, trademark rights.

The Publisher grants the user non-transferable, free, non-exclusive, personal and private authorization to use the Site for solely personal and private use, and in strict compliance with the conditions of use established by these T&Cs.

Any unauthorized use of all or part of the elements of the Site, in particular the videos (hacking, counterfeiting, circumvention of broadcast restrictions, etc.) may give rise to legal action.

It is expressly prohibited for any user, regardless of their status or activity, to set up a systematic referencing mechanism for all or part of the contents of the Site (videos, news, etc.), in particular by means of deep hypertext links, for the purpose of proposing, on any other site, service or application, a referencing of said contents intended for the public (in particular any program grid service or similar, etc.) and this, for any purpose, in particular commercial.