TERMS OF SERVICE FOR THE WEBSITE open-simulation-center.org

Last updated: Jully 28, 2025

Article 1 – Legal Information

Publisher: SIMVIA – SAS with capital of €500,000
Registered office: 7 boulevard Gaspard Monge, 91120 Palaiseau – France
SIREN: 937 651 065 – RCS Evry
VAT No.: FR58 937 651 065
Email: contact@simvia.tech
Publication director: Lucas Sovre

Host: Scaleway SAS
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Phone: +33 (0)1 84 13 00 00
Website: https://www.scaleway.com

Article 2 – Purpose and Acceptance of Terms

This document aims to define the conditions under which users (hereinafter "You") may access and use the Site. Access to the Site constitutes unreserved acceptance of these Terms of Service.

Article 3 – Site Access

The Site is freely accessible to any person with Internet access. The costs related to this access (hardware, software, connection) remain your responsibility. Certain features may require creating a user account.

Article 4 – Personal Data

SIMVIA processes your data in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR"):

Data controller: SIMVIA (contact details above)
Purposes and legal bases:
- Site operation: legitimate interest (art. 6-1-f GDPR).
- Response to form requests: execution of pre-contractual measures (art. 6-1-b).
- Commercial prospecting by email: prior consent (art. 6-1-a).
Recipients: internal teams, contracted service providers (article 28 GDPR): Scaleway (hosting), Brevo (emailing).
Transfers outside EEA: None; servers hosted in Europe.
Retention periods:
- Prospects: 3 years after last active contact.
- Technical logs (IP addresses, timestamps, URLs, user agents...): 13 months maximum.
- Proof of consent: 5 years for evidentiary purposes.
Your rights: access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, portability.
To exercise them, write to contact@simvia.tech. Proof of identity may be requested.
Complaints: You may contact CNIL if necessary.

Article 5 – Intellectual Property and Usage Licenses

5.1 Site Content

All elements appearing on the Site (texts, images, logos, videos, code, database, etc.) are protected by intellectual property law and are the exclusive property of SIMVIA or its duly credited partners.

5.2 User License

Navigation: You have a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and worldwide license authorizing you to consult the Site for your own needs, excluding any commercial exploitation.
Downloadable resources (white papers, fact sheets, templates, etc.): unless otherwise stated, these contents are made available under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution – Non-Commercial – No Derivatives).
You may: share the file as-is, cite SIMVIA as author.
You may not: modify, adapt, sell or commercially exploit these resources.
Any partial or total reproduction of the Site or its content outside the above licenses is strictly prohibited without prior written agreement from SIMVIA.

Article 6 – Liability

SIMVIA strives to provide accurate and up-to-date information, but cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of content. SIMVIA disclaims all liability in case of:

Site interruption (maintenance, force majeure);
occurrence of bugs or incompatibilities;
damage resulting from fraudulent intrusion by a third party;
more broadly, any direct or indirect damage arising from Site access.

Article 7 – Hyperlinks

The Site may contain links to third-party sites. SIMVIA exercises no control over these sites and disclaims all responsibility for their content or security. If you discover a link leading to illegal content, please inform us at contact@simvia.tech.

Article 8 – Cookies and Trackers

The Site uses cookies strictly necessary for its operation and these are completely anonymous. No session tracking or audience tracking via cookies is implemented.

Article 9 – Applicable Law and Competent Jurisdictions

These Terms of Service are governed by French law. Any dispute relating to their interpretation or execution will be submitted to the competent courts of the jurisdiction of the Paris Court of Appeal, except for mandatory provisions to the contrary.

Article 10 – Contact and Illegal Content Notification

For any questions or reporting of illegal content (art. 6 I-5 LCEN), write to contact@simvia.tech or by mail to SIMVIA's registered office.