1. General conditions of use of the www.spade.be website

Spade scrl, owner of the www.spade.be website, reserves the right to modify the present provisions. In the event of a modification, visitors will be informed of these via a message on the home page of the site. No compensation whatsoever may be claimed by users of the site.

Any consultation or use of the www.spade.be site implies the implicit acceptance by the user of the following conditions of use:

1.1. Intellectual property

Consultation or use of the www.spade.be website does not confer any rights whatsoever on users. These rights remain the exclusive property of the respective authors.

Therefore, all data/information (i.e. texts, photos, videos, posters, logos and other brands reproduced on the www.spade.be website) are protected by copyright and/or any other provision in force and applicable to intellectual property matters.

In this respect and in accordance with the provisions applicable under Belgian law in matters of intellectual property, national regulations and international conventions in force, only use for strictly private purposes is authorised. Any other use, including reproduction, will be considered as counterfeiting, infringement of trademark rights, copyright and/or any other applicable and current provisions relating to intellectual property.

The user may not therefore reproduce, represent, grant, distribute, market or modify all or part of the elements (texts, images, photos, etc.) represented on the site.

However, Spade scrl reserves the right to derogate from this provision and will provide a prior written agreement to any person sending a reasoned request.

Consequently, any illicit use of any element (text, images, photos, logos, etc.), in any way whatsoever, will be considered as an act of reproduction, counterfeiting or piracy, and may give rise to legal proceedings.

1.2. Limitation of liability

Subject to the applicable legal or regulatory provisions, Spade scrl cannot be held responsible for any direct or indirect damage, loss of profits, customers, data or intangible assets that may occur as a result of the use or impossibility of using the site.

Furthermore, Spade scrl shall not be held liable for any reproduction, counterfeiting or piracy, even partial, of the content supplied by its information providers, nor for any damage arising from such abuse.

1.3. Implicit responsibility for consultation and use of the www.spade.be website

In application of the present provisions, the responsibility for consulting and/or using the www.spade.be website lies entirely with the user. The information and services included on the site may contain technical inaccuracies or errors. All this information is provided “as is” without guarantee of any kind. Spade scrl shall therefore under no circumstances be held liable for any loss or damage incurred by a user as a result of the inaccuracy of the content of the www.spade.be website. The obtaining of advice and information, both written and oral, from Spade scrl shall not create a context of guarantee.

1.4. Respect for privacy and personal data

Unless explicitly stated, the www.spade.be website does not collect any personal data without the user’s explicit consent.

The contact, jobs and internships pages offer forms whose data processing is documented on these pages.

Any request for information can be sent to privacy@www.spade.be. In accordance with the law, you will receive a reply within 30 days.

1.5. Cookies

The www.spade.be website makes use of anonymised technical cookies, which do not allow users to be identified.

However, we are transparent about the type of cookies used and their purpose.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small file consisting of letters and numbers, which is a source of information stored in your browser or on your computer’s hard drive. This information is used to make your navigation on our site more flexible, to process your requests more easily and to improve our services overall.

Why do we use cookies?

To manage the content of its website, Spade sets essential and functional cookies. These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of this website. It is not possible to refuse these cookies if you want to visit our website.

Spade also uses “MATOMO” for analytical purposes. This analysis tool installs cookies that we use to quantify visits (and therefore measure traffic) on our site only. This allows us to know how many times a page has been read. We use this information only to improve the content of our website (not to track your browsing elsewhere!). The use of these cookies for analysis purposes is subject to your prior consent. These cookies will therefore only be installed on your device with your consent.

These cookies are used to enable us to maintain your language choices, to ensure that our servers are sized appropriately and that the content offered is relevant.

1.6. Applicable law – Disputes

The www.spade.be website is subject to Belgian law and in the event of a dispute only the courts of the district of Brussels shall be competent.

2. Special conditions applicable to the content and certain sections of the www.spade.be website

2.1. Links and audiovisual content

Within the framework of the activity of Spade scrl, the www.spade.be website offers its users audiovisual content (i.e. the listening or viewing of productions). This content is offered in agreement with the authors’ societies concerned or the right holders.

2.2. Links to other third party sites

In order to provide quality information to its users, the www.spade.be website contains links to other websites that are not the property of Spade scrl. Any hyperlink proposed to third party sites has been checked at the time the information was put online. Spade scrl shall therefore not be held liable in any way whatsoever if any of the information sources referred to no longer comply with the Belgian or European legal provisions in force. At no time can the consequences of this non-compliance be imputed to Spade scrl.

2.3. Use of the blog

The user may be asked to write comments in response to certain content published by Spade scrl in the blog of the www.spade.be website. A posteriori moderation is applied on the blog of the www.spade.be website. Spade scrl reserves the right to delete comments on the basis of the following criteria: offensive, racist or sexually explicit comments. Spade scrl also reserves the right to delete any comment that is not signed or that does not allow the author to be easily contacted.

By posting a comment you give Spade scrl the right to publish your comment, your name and an avatar representing you.

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