This English-language version of the legal notice below is a free translation of the original French version. It is not the governing version. In the event of a conflict of interpretation, reference must be made to the French version, which governs.

1) PUBLISHER OF THE SITE

The purpose of this institutional site "the Site", accessible at the address https://fondation.saint-gobain.com/, is to provide information on the Saint-Gobain Foundation and to present to current or former employees as well as the general public its actions.

The “Saint-Gobain Group” or “Saint-Gobain” refers to the group composed of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain and a large number of companies and other entities that are affiliated to it, which it directly or indirectly effectively controls, and which are hereinafter called the “Saint-Gobain Group Entities”.

This Site is published by the Fondation d’entreprise internationale Saint-Gobain Initiatives (below « la Fondation Saint-Gobain »).

Company form : Company Foundation

Corporate headquarters: Tour Saint-Gobain - 12 place de l’Iris, 92096 La Défense Cedex - FRANCE.

 Telephone: +33 (0) 1 88 54 00 00

Capital: 2 130 231 228 €

Company Registration Number: NANTERRE B 542 039 532 

Intra-Community VAT number: FR35 542039532

Publication Director: Fabienne Grall, Foundation chairman.

The information relating to the design and hosting of the Website are provided in Section-7) “Credits”. 

 

2) RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, owner of this Website, will on an ongoing basis use its best efforts to ensure the reliability of any and all information provided on this Website at the time it is displayed online, as well as while it is available online. 

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain reserves the right to modify and/or rectify the content of the information and documents published on this Website at any time, without notice. 

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (as well as any other Saint-Gobain Group Entity) may not be held liable for errors or omissions in the information disseminated or technical problems encountered on the Website and on all the other sites to which it establishes links, or any interpretation of the information published on these sites, or the consequences of their use. 

More generally, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (as well as any other Saint-Gobain Group Entity) shall not be liable for any and all damage, direct or indirect, whatever the cause, origin, nature or consequence, caused by the access of anyone to the Website or the impossibility of accessing it, or by the use of the Website and/or the credit given to any information available directly or indirectly from this Website as well as any website to which the Website refers or establishes a link. 

 

3) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Unless otherwise stated, the intellectual property rights in the documents on the Website and in each element created for this Website are exclusively owned by Compagnie de Saint-Gobain and/or the Saint-Gobain Group Entities, which grant no license or right other than the rights to visit and navigate on the Website. The reproduction of all documents published on the Website (notably, the photographs, films and animations) is solely authorized for information purposes, and only for personal and private use, any reproduction and any use of copies made for other purposes being expressively prohibited, except with the prior written permission of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. The corporate names, logos, products, brands and domain names mentioned on this Website are the sole property of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain and/or the Saint-Gobain Group Entities, and shall not be used without the prior and written authorization from the company or entity concerned. 

 

4) COOKIES

Use of Cookies

When you visit our company website, cookies may be automatically installed and temporarily saved in your computer’s memory or on its hard disk in order to make it easier for you to navigate around our site. Cookies do not enable us to identify you, but are used to record information about the pages you have viewed on our website, the date and time of your visit to the site, etc. 

Please find on this page the list of the cookies used by the site fondation.saint-gobain.com and their purpose.

General Cookie Settings

You can use the settings within your browser to control the cookies that are set on your computer or mobile device.

You can disable cookies in your web browser. However, this will disable all cookies used by your browser, including those from other websites, which may cause certain settings or information to be altered or lost. Disabling cookies may change your browsing experience on our website, or may make navigating around the site more difficult.

 

5) DATA COLLECTED ON THE SITE

Each visitor to this Site who provides information to Compagnie de Saint-Gobain grants the latter the totality of the transferable rights related to this information and authorizes it to make whatever use it wishes of it. The information thus provided by the visitors will be considered non-confidential, must be exact and lawful and must not prejudice the interests of third parties.

More specifically concerning the personal data collected on the Site, please go to the Privacy Policy page to learn more.

 

6) CONTRIBUTIONS

The Site allows current and retired employees of the Saint-Gobain Foundation to post comments and personal testimonials and external visitors to view them. In his publications, the collaborator undertakes to comply with the rules of law in force and not to publish any contribution with erotic, pornographic, racist, violent, defamatory, abusive, or deceptive content or any contribution that undermines respect for individuals, or is contrary to the public order or morality. The Site exercises a moderation on the contributions before publishing them and reserves the right to refuse to put them on line in case of illegal content, non-compliance with the principles of conduct and action of the Group or irrelevant content, without having to justify its decisions to the contributor.

 

7) CREDITS

Web hosting: Acquia Inc., 25 Corporate Drive – Burlington MA 01803 (USA), Tel : + (0) 1 781 238 8600

Website design and conception: Sidièse.

Web site development and design: GonnaEat.