LEGAL NOTICE
BF Goodrich is pleased to welcome you to its Internet Site dedicated to the results of BF Goodrich in competition.
This Site is published by:
Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin
Place des Carmes Dechaux
63040 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 9
France
Téléphone : (33)4 73 32 20 00
Société en commandite par actions au capital de 304 000 000 €.
855 200 507 R.C.S. Clermont-Ferrand
Please read this legal notice carefully before consulting this Site.
The companies in the Michelin Group have their own corporate existence and an autonomous corporate personality. However, to simplify communication of the information presented on this Site, the following terms may be used: "Michelin", "Group", "Michelin Group" and "we"; these terms are used to refer to all the companies in the Group, each of which does business independently.
ARTICLE 1 : PURPOSE
The purpose of the present notice is to define the conditions in which BF Goodrich is making its www.bfgoodrich.com/racing is subject to compliance with the present legal notice which BF Goodrich reserves the right to modify or update at any time. Access to and use of the site www.bfgoodrich.com/racing imply your agreement with the present legal notice. If you do not agree with the clauses below, you are advised not to use this Site.
ARTICLE 2 : ACCESS TO THE SITE
BF Goodrich strives to keep the Site accessible, without however being subject to any obligation to achieve this. It is specified that access to the Site may be interrupted for the purposes of maintenance, updating or any other reason, particularly of a technical nature. Under no circumstances shall BF Goodrich be liable for these interruptions and the consequences which could result from them for the user.
ARTICLE 3 : COPYRIGHT - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The contents (notably data, soundtracks, information, illustrations, logos, brands, etc.) which appear or are available on the www.bfgoodrich.com/racing site are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights and are the exclusive property of their respective publishers. No part of the contents of the BF Goodrich site in general, even if it belongs to a third party, may be copied, reproduced, represented, adapted, altered, modified or circulated fully or partially by any means whatever, with the exception of a single copy, stored on a single computer and reserved exclusively for the private use of the copier. The elements presented in this site are liable to modification without notice and are presented without any express or tacit guarantee and are not considered as giving any rights of compensation. The information and images contained in the Internet site are protected by copyright © 2006 BF Goodrich or covered by its partners' copyright. The logos are registered trade marks.
ARTICLE 4 : USE OF THE DOCUMENTS
None of the documents from the www.bfgoodrich.com/racing site can be copied, reproduced, published, downloaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any manner, except for the case of a simple recording of documents on your personal computer for your own use and without any commercial aim. In this case, you should ensure that the indications of property are kept intact. Alteration and modification of these documents or use of them for another purpose constitutes an infringement of the property rights of BF Goodrich or of a third party.
ARTICLE 5 : E-MAIL
To correspond with BF Goodrich by e-mail, internet users must fill in the electronic correspondence forms proposed on the site.
ARTICLE 6 : LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
The documents and information supplied on www.bfgoodrich.com/racing are provided 'as they stand', without any express or tacit guarantee of any kind. BF Goodrich reserves the right to modify or correct the site's contents at any time, without notice. BF Goodrich cannot be held responsible in the event of contamination of users' computer equipment as a result of the propagation of a virus or other computer 'infections'. The site user is responsible for taking all appropriate measures to protect the user's own data and/or software from any possible contamination by computer viruses circulating via Internet. BF Goodrich, its employees, suppliers or the partners mentioned on the BF Goodrich site cannot be held responsible in any case, for claims involving contractual responsibility, criminal responsibility or any other claims, for all indirect or direct damage, incidents and accessories of whatever nature or for any prejudice, particularly of a financial or commercial nature, resulting from the use of its site or any item of information obtained from its site.
The information, particularly of a financial nature, provided on the Site cannot be considered an incitement to invest or to make transactions of any legal form whatsoever involving BF Goodrich shares. Under no circumstances should it be interpreted as a solicitation or distribution of shares to the public and it does not constitute an offer involving the purchase, sale or exchange of shares or other BF Goodrich securities, listed or otherwise.
The Site www.bfgoodrich.com/racing may contain simple or complex links to BF Goodrich or third-party partner sites. BF Goodrich has no control over these sites and therefore cannot be held responsible for the availability of these sites, their content, advertising material, products, and/or services available at or through these sites. Thus, BF Goodrich shall not be liable in any way for direct or indirect damage that may occur when the user access the partner site or uses this site, and it shall not be liable for any non-compliance of the contents and services with any regulations or for any information that infringes the rights of a third party. BF Goodrich disclaims any responsibility concerning the information, materials and software on the sites linked by hypertext links to the Site www.bfgoodrich.com/racing.
Certain information presented on the Site is supplied by information providers outside BF Goodrich. The aforementioned content providers have exclusive liability regarding the contents and services provided by them on the www.bfgoodrich.com/racing. Consequently, BF Goodrich shall not be held liable for errors, interruptions or delays in the transmission of information, or for their consequences.
ARTICLE 7 : LEGAL JURISDICTION AND APPLICABLE LAW
Any disputes relating to the Site or to the present legal notice shall be brought before the court at Clermont-Ferrand and will be governed and analyzed according to French law, on their merits, independently of the rules concerning conflicting legislation. Use of the Site www.bfgoodrich.com/racing indicates your express agreement with the application of the present jurisdiction clause. In the event of one of the elements of these conditions of use being judged illegal, null or inapplicable for whatever reason, it will no longer be considered part of the conditions of use and will not affect the validity or application of the other elements.
Publisher of the Site : Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin.
Publication director : Jacques Jordan
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