Viridien Website and Virtual Event Terms of Use
These Terms of Use are in addition to the Viridien Privacy Policy (Viridien: Privacy & Cookies) and apply to the virtual event and associated demonstrations, presentations, videos, case studies, sessions, discussions, interactions, games, training, webinars and materials available on the Viridien website and all pages within this website (“Virtual Event”).
By accessing or using the Virtual Event, or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use, you represent that you have read and understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you may not use or access the Virtual Event.
1. Who we are and how to contact us.
1.1 This site is operated by Viridien Services SAS ("we/us"). We are registered in France under registration number 403256944 and have our registered office at 27 Avenue Carnot, 91300 Massy, France.
1.2 To contact us, please email events@cgg.com.
2. By using our Virtual Event you accept these Terms of Use.
2.1 By using our Virtual Event, you confirm that you accept these Terms of Use and that you agree to comply with them.
2.2 You are fully responsible for ensuring that all details which you use to register for the Virtual Event are complete, accurate and correct and shall not provide false or misleading details.
2.3 If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you must not use the Virtual Event.
2.4 We recommend that you print a copy of these Terms of Use for future reference.
3. We may make changes to these Terms of Use and Virtual Event.
3.1 We amend these Terms of Use from time to time. Every time you wish to use our Virtual Event, please check these Terms of Use to ensure you understand the Terms of Use that apply at that time.
3.2 We may update and change our Virtual Event from time to time to reflect changes to our products, our users' needs and our business priorities.
4. We may suspend or withdraw our Virtual Event.
4.1 Our Virtual Event is made available free of charge.
4.2 With respect to the Virtual Event you are granted a non-exclusive, limited, revokable, non-sublicensable license only to access and use, subject to the restrictions provided in these Terms of Use, for purposes of viewing and interacting with the content and material contained on the Virtual Event as documented herein.
4.3 We do not guarantee that our Virtual Event, or any content on or in it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our Virtual Event for any reason including business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.
4.4 You will be fully responsible for all persons who access our Virtual Event through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
5. We may transfer this agreement to someone else.
5.1 We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms of Use to another organization. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under these Terms of Use.
6. You must keep details safe.
6.1 If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, or if we disclose any information to you which is marked “confidential” or disclosed orally as “confidential” you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party. Portions of the Virtual Event are available only to users who have registered and have valid user identification codes and passwords and any unauthorized access is strictly prohibited.
6.2 We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use or for any other reason at our absolute discretion.
6.3 If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us.
7. How you may use the Virtual Event.
7.1 We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Virtual Event; such intellectual property does not transfer to you and will remain with us or our third party suppliers.
7.2 Unless specified in these Terms of Use, you may not modify, copy, reproduce, distribute, sell or publish the Virtual Event or material without written permission of us.
7.3 The Virtual Event material and information is strictly confidential and you shall not disclose any such material or information to any third party.
7.4 You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our Virtual Event for your own personal use only.
7.5 You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any Virtual Event materials or information you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
7.6 Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our Virtual Event must always be acknowledged.
7.7 You are restricted from using our Virtual Event for:
a) selling, sublicensing and/or otherwise commercializing any Virtual Event material or information;
b) publishing in any form of media;
c) modifying, reverse engineering, merging, separating or making derivative works from any Virtual Event material or information;
d) using the Virtual Event in any way that is, or may be, damaging to us;
e) using the Virtual Event in any way that impacts any user access to the Virtual Event;
f) using the Virtual Event contrary to applicable laws and regulations, or in a way that causes, or may cause, harm to the Virtual Event, or to any person or business entity;
g) engaging in any data mining, data harvesting, data extracting or any other similar activity in relation to the Virtual Training;
h) using the Virtual Event to engage in any advertising or marketing.
7.8 If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately
7.9 You must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials and information you have made.
7.10 You shall furnish and maintain, at your sole cost and expense, all equipment, including terminals, personal computers, peripherals, modems, printers, hardware and software used by you to connect to or gain access to the Virtual Event. You will provide your own communication line(s), internet service provider, and any other equipment and technology necessary in order for you to access and use the Virtual Event.
8. Do not rely on information on this site.
8.1 The content of our Virtual Event is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our Virtual Event.
8.2 Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information of our Virtual Event, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content of our Virtual Event is accurate, complete or up to date, reliable, suitable for use including any future use or will be fully functional. The Virtual Event is provided “as is”.
8.3 You acknowledge and agree that you shall be solely and exclusively responsible for the use of and decisions made from the Virtual Event, materials and information obtained from your use of the Virtual Event and any losses resulting therefrom.
8.3 We are not responsible for websites or platforms we link to.
8.4 Where our Virtual Training contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites, platforms or information you may obtain from them.
8.5 We have no control over the contents of those sites, platforms or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from use of them.
9. Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you.
9.1 We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
9.2 We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our Virtual Training or any content on it.
9.3 We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
a) use of, or inability to use, our Virtual Training; or
b) use of or reliance on any content displayed on or in our Virtual Training.
9.4 In particular, we will not be liable for (whether direct or indirect):
a) loss of profits or anticipated profit, sales, business, or revenue;
b) business interruption;
c) loss of anticipated savings;
d) loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
e) any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
9.5 You assume all risk of loss or damage to all your equipment or property used by you to connect to or gain access to the Virtual Event.
9.6 We shall not be liable for unavailability of or interruption or delay in telecommunications or third party services, failure of third party software or hardware, scheduled and emergency maintenance and upgrades, and any other issues that affect your ability to access the Virtual Event.
10. How we may use your personal information.
10.1 We will only use your personal information in compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulations under the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.
11. Uploading content to our site.
11.1 You warrant that any content you upload to our site does not infringe any third party’s intellectual property rights. You will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.
11.2 Any content you upload to our Virtual Event will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you are required to grant us a limited licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties.
11.3 We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our Virtual Event constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.
11.4 We have the right to remove any posting you make on our site if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with our internal policies.
11.6 You are solely responsible for securing and backing up your content.
11.7 We do not store terrorist content.
12. We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them.
12.1 We do not guarantee that our Virtual Event will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
12.2 You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs and platform to access our Virtual Event. You should use your own virus protection software.
12.3 You must not misuse our Virtual Event by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our Virtual Event, the server on which our Virtual Event is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our Virtual Event. You must not attack our Virtual Event via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our Virtual Event will cease immediately.
13. Rules about linking to our site.
13.1 You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.
13.2 You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
13.3 You must not establish a link to our Virtual Event in any website that is not owned by you.
13.4 Our Virtual Event must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our Virtual Event other than the home page.
13.5 We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
14. Games linked to Virtual Events.
14.1 The game liked to the Virtual Event (if applicable) is free to enter and is voluntary. It involves completing actions outlined on the Virtual Event game page. The rules for the game will be posted on the Virtual Event website and will be accessible to all.
14.2 Participation in the game linked to the Virtual Event is not confidential. The leaderboard is visible to all registered participants and organizers of the event and is automatically updated in real time.
14.3 The winner shall be the person who accumulates the most points at the end of the Virtual Event and a prize shall be awarded to the winner.
14.4 You confirm that you are a registered participant of the Virtual Event and can accept the main prize awarded should you be named as the winner, however, should your company’s policy prohibit you from accepting any prizes at this Virtual Event, it is understood that it is your responsibility to communicate this to us and the prize will be automatically be awarded to the person with the next highest point score.
14.5 If the advertised prize is no longer available at the time of awarding the prize, we will substitute a prize of equal value.
14.6 Any images displayed are for illustrative purposes only and actual prizes may differ in content, depending on availability.
14.7 The winner shall be contacted and shall provide further details to us to enable the prize to be sent within seven (7) days of any request, otherwise the prize will be automatically awarded to the person with the next highest points. Any unclaimed prizes shall be deemed void.
14.8 Prizes are non-transferrable and cannot be sold or exchanged for cash, goods or services.
14.9 Should technical issues or other matters beyond our control lead to prizes being incorrectly awarded, we reserve the right to decline awarding the relevant prizes to those persons.
14.10 We shall have the final decision on all matters relating to the games and prizes arising from the Virtual Event.
15. Which country's laws apply to any disputes?
15.1 These Terms of Use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law, as may be amended from time to time. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
16. Our trademarks are registered.
16.1 "Viridien" and “GeoVerse” are registered trademarks of Viridien. You are not permitted to use them without our approval.
17. Compliance requirements.
17.1 You agree to comply with all applicable laws relating to import and export requirements.
17.2 We may be prohibited from participating in or supporting boycotts of certain foreign countries if such boycotts are unsanctioned, discriminatory or unlawful under laws applicable to us; for this reason, neither you or us shall take (or be required to take) any action that is impermissible or penalized under the laws of an applicable jurisdiction.
17.3 You represent and warrant that, in connection with your use of the Virtual Event that you will comply with all applicable laws, statutes, regulations, and codes relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, money laundering, trade sanctions, financial sanctions and criminal matters including but not limited to the UK Bribery Act 2010; the US Foreign and Corrupt Practices Act 1977; the Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act 1998; legislation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Transactions; legislation implementing the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and all such legislation as the same may be modified, supplemented or replaced. You shall promptly notify us of any violation of this section.
17.4 You represent and warrant that neither you, nor any person or entity owning or controlling you, is an entity and/or person on the US, EU or other applicable sanctioned, denied party, specially designated national or restricted party lists.