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Terms of use

1. Presentation

AFNOR: Association Française de Normalisation
11, rue Francis de Pressensé 93571 La Plaine Saint-Denis France
Tel. : +33 (0)1 41 62 80 00. Fax: +33 (0)1 49 17 90 00

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AFNOR: Association Française de Normalisation, SIRET: 775 724 818 00205
RCS Bobigny, NAF Code: 841 3Z
Head office: 11, rue Francis de Pressensé 93571 La Plaine Saint-Denis France

Publication manager: Olivier Peyrat, Managing Director.

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AFNOR: Association Française de Normalisation, SIRET: 775 724 818 00205

RCS Bobigny, NAF Code: 841 3Z

Head office: 11, rue Francis de Pressensé 93571 La Plaine Saint-Denis France.

2. Credits

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  • Getty images
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  • AdobeStock
  • Istock photo agence OKO

3. Intellectual property

All content, pages, scripts and images on the https://www.afnor.org website are the exclusive property of AFNOR. Unless otherwise stated, the company names, logos, products and brands mentioned on this website are the property of AFNOR. Their mention in no way grants any license or right to use said trademarks, which may not be used without the prior written consent of AFNOR.

It is expressly forbidden for the Internet user to modify, improve, edit, translate, decompile, disassemble or create one or more derivative works from the https://www.afnor.org site and in particular its content, without the prior written consent of AFNOR.

Any reproduction, representation or use of any kind whatsoever and for any purpose whatsoever of all or part of the https://www.afnor.org website, and in particular its structure and/or content, is prohibited without the prior written consent of AFNOR.

All rights of reproduction or representation are reserved for all countries. The information made available to you on the https://www.afnor.org website is protected by copyright and the sui generis right of AFNOR or its assignees on databases.

The following are subject to AFNOR’s prior written approval:

  • extraction, by permanent or temporary transfer, of all or a qualitatively or quantitatively substantial part of the contents of the databases onto another medium, by any means and in any form whatsoever;
  • use by making available to the public all or a qualitatively or quantitatively substantial part of the content of the databases, in whatever form.

In general, any extraction or reuse of data for commercial purposes or for distribution to third parties is prohibited. The following are authorized: the extraction or reuse of a non-substantial part, assessed qualitatively or quantitatively, of the contents of the databases; however, this provision shall not be interpreted as authorizing the repeated and systematic extraction or reuse of qualitatively or quantitatively non-substantial parts of the contents of the databases.

In general, all base operations are authorized in accordance with the base’s purpose. Any other use not expressly authorized or any total or partial representation of this site, by any means whatsoever, is strictly forbidden without prior written authorization from AFNOR and would constitute an infringement punishable by articles L.335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code.

4. Warning

AFNOR reserves the right to modify, suspend, restrict or temporarily interrupt access to all or part of the https://www.afnor.org site, including in particular the content, functionalities or hours of availability, without prior notice. The services and data accessible on this website are provided for information purposes only.

Although every effort has been made to ensure the reliability of the information contained on this website, AFNOR assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracy or imprecision of the information provided on this website. Use of the information is at the user’s own risk.

5. Hyperlinks

This website may contain links to other websites. The sites to which these hypertext links refer are, unless otherwise stated, independent of the present site. These links do not constitute, in any case, an approval or a partnership between AFNOR and these sites. Consequently, AFNOR cannot be held responsible for the content, products, advertising or any other elements or services presented on these sites.

Any hypertext link, of any nature whatsoever, allowing access to this site or to any of its pages or elements, requires prior written authorization from AFNOR: https: www.afnor.org/en/contact/

This AFNOR site may also include features designed to enable data subjects to initiate interactions with third-party websites or third-party services, including third-party social networks. When using third-party websites, third-party services or third-party social networks, AFNOR invites the persons concerned to consult their privacy and personal data protection policies.

Diary management: By registering for an event offered by AFNOR via the online diary, the site user consents to the personal data he/she provides being used either jointly by AFNOR and a Partner, or by AFNOR and/or the third-party organizer of an event, in compliance with this purpose. Your personal data will be communicated to the event organizer so that he can take your request into account. The processing of personal data is necessary in order to process your registration.

6. Message confidentiality

Messages you send us over the Internet may be intercepted by third parties. Consequently, outside secure areas, the confidentiality of these messages cannot be guaranteed, and the indication of their origin may be falsified.

7. Cookies

This is a text file stored in a dedicated space on the hard disk of your terminal (computer, tablet or cell phone) when you view content or advertisements. This cookie file can only be read by its originator. It identifies the terminal in which it is stored, for a limited period of validity.

The AFNOR Group’s websites use cookies to facilitate navigation on the said websites, to measure the site’s audience and to enable the sharing of website pages. Cookies are stored on the terminal of the person concerned for a maximum period of 12 months from the date of consent. After this period, consent will be sought again.

Cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of AFNOR Group websites. Removing them may cause navigation difficulties. You can choose to deactivate all or part of the cookies at any time. Your browser can also be configured to alert you to cookies placed on your terminal and to ask you to accept them or not (on a case-by-case basis or in their entirety). Please note, however, that deactivating all cookies will prevent you from using our sites to the full.

TYPES OF COOKIES USED

 

Four types of cookies, meeting the purposes described below, may be stored in the terminal of persons visiting one of the AFNOR Group websites.

 

  • Technical cookies are necessary for browsing our websites and accessing our products and services. Technical cookies are used in particular to adapt the presentation of websites to the display preferences of the person’s terminal (language used, display resolution), to memorize passwords and other information relating to a form filled in on the websites (registration or access to the members’ area) and to implement security measures. These cookies cannot be deactivated or set, otherwise you will no longer be able to access the website and/or its services.

 

  • Audience measurement cookies are issued by the AFNOR Group or by its technical service providers for the purpose of measuring the audience for the various contents and sections of the websites, in order to evaluate and better organize them. These cookies may also be used to detect navigation problems and thus improve the ergonomics of AFNOR Group services. These cookies only produce anonymous statistics and traffic volumes, to the exclusion of any individual information.

 

  • Advertising cookies are issued by our advertising partners, in the advertising spaces of our websites. The use of these spaces contributes to the financing of the content and services that AFNOR Group makes available free of charge. These cookies are deposited by our partners in the context of advertising partnerships under which the advertising agencies may collect data concerning the content consulted on our site.

 

  • Social network” cookies allow you to share content from AFNOR Group websites with other people or to let these other people know about your consultation or opinion concerning content from AFNOR Group website(s). This is particularly true of “share” buttons from social networks such as twitter. The social network providing such an application button is likely to identify the person thanks to this button, even if the person has not used this button when consulting a site. The AFNOR Group invites you to consult the privacy protection policies of these social networks in order to learn about the purposes of use, in particular advertising, of the browsing information they may collect through these application buttons.

 

COOKIE MANAGEMENT

Manage my cookie consent

Individuals have the option of accepting or refusing cookies on a case-by-case basis, or of refusing them once and for all by configuring their browser. If the user chooses to refuse all cookies, navigation to certain pages of the various AFNOR Group websites will be reduced.

You can choose to deactivate all or part of the cookies at any time. Your browser can also be configured to alert you to cookies placed on your terminal and to ask you to accept them or not (on a case-by-case basis or in their entirety). Please note, however, that deactivating all cookies will prevent you from using our sites to the full.

By using the AFNOR Group websites, you consent to the use of the aforementioned cookies. You may, however, choose at any time to deactivate all or some of these cookies, with the exception of the technical cookies necessary for the site’s operation as indicated above. Your browser can also be set to notify you of cookies that are stored on your terminal and ask you to accept them or not.

  • If you’re using Explorer: click on Tools, then Internet Options. Under the General tab, Browsing history, click on Settings. Then click on Show files and select the Cookie(s) you wish to deactivate. Then close the window containing this list of cookies and double-click OK to return to the Internet.
  • If you use Firefox: click on the Firefox Menu icon, then on the Tools button, then on Options; in the window that appears, choose Privacy and click on Delete Specific Cookies. Select the Cookies you wish to deactivate, then delete them.
  • If you use the Safari browser: click on Settings, then Preferences. In the window that appears, choose Privacy/Security, and click on Show Cookies. Select the Cookies you wish to deactivate, then click on Delete or Delete All.
  • If you use the Chrome browser: click on the Google Chrome menu icon, then Settings. At the bottom of the page, click on Show advanced settings. In the Privacy section, click on Content settings. To disable cookies: select Prohibit all sites from storing data, click on Cookies and site data, then hover over the site that created the Cookie, and click on X in the right-hand corner, or click on Delete all.

For support on the various browsers, we recommend that you refer to the official documentation.

8. Collection of personal data

When you visit one of the websites published by AFNOR, you are likely to provide us with a certain amount of personal data in order to benefit from the services and/or products offered by the AFNOR group. The processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of the services requested. AFNOR undertakes, within the framework of its activities and in accordance with the legislation in force in France (Law No. 78-017 of January 6, 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms (known as the Loi Informatique et Libertés) and in Europe (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (RGPD), to ensure the protection, confidentiality and security of the personal data of Internet users browsing AFNOR websites.

All personal data entrusted to AFNOR will be protected as described in AFNOR’s charter on the protection of personal data and privacy.

AFNOR has appropriate physical, electronic and administrative security measures designed to protect personal information obtained from data subjects, customers and prospects in accordance with AFNOR’s charter on the protection of personal data and privacy.