PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

NIKITA is the holding company of the Acolad Group, composed of different subsidiaries (altogether herein after “ACOLAD”). ACOLAD is specialised in the provision of linguistic services to professionals, including but not limited to, translations, proofreading, interpreting, localization, optimization, subtitling, DTP, post-editing and copywriting

The following Terms and Conditions of Use (herein after the “T&Cs”) govern all the use of the ACOLAD’s website, www.acolad.com (hereinafter the “Website”), as well as all contents, services and products available at or through the Website. 

By accessing or using any part of the Website you agree to be bound by the following T&Cs. 

The T&Cs may be amended by ACOLAD at any time, users are therefore invited to consult these T&Cs regularly. 

ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE

Access to the Website is open to persons who have reached the age of majority. Any access or use of the Website by minors shall be entirely under the responsibility of their parent(s) or legal guardian(s).  

To ensure proper management of the Website, ACOLAD may at any time, without notice:

• suspend, interrupt or restrict access to all or parts of the Website.

• suspend the Website in order to carry out updates or maintenance operations linked to technological changes or necessary for the Website’s continuity of service.

• to develop, improve, modify, add to or remove all or part of the Website, its contact forms, its services and/or its functionalities. 

In the event of suspension of the Website and/or all or some of its services, the user shall be notified by an information screen when accessing the Website or the service(s) in question. 

PERSONAL DATA

Our Privacy Policy – Website and Cookies, accessible on the Website, explains the way we handle and protect your personal data in relation to your use and browsing of the Website. By accessing and/or using the Website and to be able to use its services, you also agree to our Privacy Policy – Website and Cookies.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 

The Website and its content (such as but not limited to, any trademark, logo, design, photographs, texts, animated and static images, video sequences, etc.) and, more generally, all elements reproduced or used on the Website, are protected by applicable intellectual property laws and regulations, and are the exclusive, full and entire property of ACOLAD or its partners which are granting ACOLAD permission to use them.   

Any reproduction, representation, exploitation, modification, distribution, use or adaptation, in full or in part, in any form whatsoever, of the Website and/or any of its elements, is forbidden unless priorly and expressly agreed by ACOLAD in writing. Only the reproduction for personal and exclusively private use is permitted.   

Any breach of this provision shall constitute an infringement of intellectual property rights and gives right to civil and/or criminal prosecution. The fact that ACOLAD may not initiate proceedings as soon as it becomes aware of such unauthorised use should not be construed as acceptance of that use or waiver of the right to initiate proceedings.  

NO WARRANTIES 

All information and documents accessible via the Website are provided and accessible “as is”.  ACOLAD makes no express, implied or otherwise, warranty nor representation as to the accuracy, reliability, completeness, performance, merchantability, or fitness for any purpose of the Website or its content. 

Although ACOLAD intends to take reasonable steps to prevent the introduction of viruses, worms, “trojan horses” or other destructive materials to the Website, ACOLAD does not guarantee or warrant that the Website or any material that may be downloaded from it, do not contain such destructive features. 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

In consequence, ACOLAD shall not be held liable for any, direct or indirect, damages or loss of any kind, resulting from: 

• any failure, breakdown, difficulty or interruption to the functioning or temporary or permanent inaccessibility of the Website and/or its content, 

• the access or use of the Website and/or its content,

• any infection of the hardware of any person using or accessing the Website, by a virus worms, “trojan horses” or other destructive materials, 

• any error, omission, imprecision, or any other kind of default of the information contained on the Website, 

• any type of information, modification or other content published on the Website by any user of the Website.

In any case, ACOLAD shall not be held liable for any special, punitive, indirect, incidental or consequential damages, including without limitation lost profits or lost revenues, resulting from the use, access or inability to use or access all or part of the Website and its content. ACOLAD’s liability shall be limited to the maximum liability permitted under applicable law, except for cases of gross negligence or intentional misconduct.

This Website may contain links to other websites belonging to third parties. ACOLAD does not exercise control over those websites and declines any and all liability regarding the availability or contents of those websites. Users shall be liable for their own accessing and use of these websites.

APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION

These T&Cs are governed by French law. Any dispute relating to this Website shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of France.  

CONTACT US 

For any question or information about the services and/or products presented on the Website, concerning the T&Cs and /or the Website itself, please send a message to the following address: hello(@)acolad.com.