This page combines France-USA-Net.Com's legal, editorial, and technical framework with the personal data protection policy.
Last updated: June 2026 French and U.S. law legal@france-usa-net.com
Legal Notice
1 Website publisher
Name: France-USA-Net.Com Association
Legal structure: Nonprofit association under French law (Act of July 1, 1901), also recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States, carrying out community, cultural, and international partnership activities.
Headquarters: Statesboro, Georgia, United States of America.
Publication director: The legal representative of the France-USA-Net.Com association.
Design direction and platform evolution are led by Roger-Pierre LE GRASSE (RPLG). Development, application maintenance, and technical updates are delivered with HLG support as required by project scope.
The website's visual identity and graphic design were produced by Roger-Pierre LE GRASSE on a voluntary, non-billable basis, notably for the 2023 and 2026 iterations. The "RPLG" designation, the author's name, and the associated graphic works remain the exclusive property of their author and are protected by copyright (France: Intellectual Property Code; United States: U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C.).
3 Hosting and infrastructure
Primary host: LWS (Ligne Web Services), SARL.
Address: 4 rue Galvani, 75017 Paris, France.
Scheduled or corrective maintenance may cause temporary service interruptions. The team strives to minimize user impact and restore services as quickly as possible.
4 Institutional support and long-term assistance
HLG has supported France-USA-Net.Com for more than ten years across communication initiatives, event operations, logistical support, and the coordination of institutional and community receptions.
The "HLG" name, its logo, and associated distinctive elements are protected. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or association is prohibited and may result in legal action under trademark law and unfair competition rules (France and the United States).
5 Intellectual property and trademarks
All content on this website (texts, articles, visuals, photographs, infographics, logos, names, graphic charters, source code, structure, databases, and any other element) is protected by intellectual property law, in France and in the United States.
Rights holders
The marks, names, and distinctive signs "France-USA-Net.Com", "RPLG", and "HLG", along with their respective logos, are the exclusive property of their holders.
Graphic and editorial creations are protected by copyright (Intellectual Property Code, France; 17 U.S.C. (Copyright Act), United States), from creation and without formality.
The domain name france-usa-net.com is protected against any abusive use, cybersquatting, or typosquatting (notably under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d)) and ICANN's UDRP rules).
Prohibitions
Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, adaptation, extraction, or reuse, in whole or in part, of the website's elements, by any means and on any medium, without prior written authorization, is strictly prohibited and constitutes infringement punishable by law (in France: art. L.335-2 et seq. of the Intellectual Property Code; in the United States: civil and criminal remedies under the Copyright Act and the Lanham Act).
France-USA-Net.Com limits data collection to what is strictly necessary to process requests (contact, membership, technical follow-up). Processing relies on appropriate legal bases (consent, legitimate interest, performance of a request). Full details appear in the Privacy Policy below.
Your rights
European framework (GDPR): rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, and portability.
U.S. framework (e.g., CCPA/CPRA in California): right to know, delete, correct, and opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of data.
The website uses only cookies necessary for its proper functioning and, where applicable, audience-measurement cookies subject to your consent. You can configure your browser to refuse them.
The website publishes informational and educational material. Despite regular updates, some items may change over time (administrations, regulations, third-party services). Users must verify critical information with official sources before making any decision.
To the extent permitted by law, the association, RPLG, and HLG cannot be held liable for direct or indirect losses arising from use of the website, interpretation of content, third-party service unavailability, or cybersecurity events beyond their reasonable control. Users remain solely responsible for decisions made based on published information.
Indemnification: users agree to hold the publisher, RPLG, and HLG harmless against any claim resulting from use of the website contrary to this notice or to the law.
8 Hyperlinks
The website may contain links to external resources (notably official .gov and .fr sites). France-USA-Net.Com exercises no control over these sites and disclaims any responsibility for their content, availability, or data practices.
Creating a link to the website is permitted provided it does not harm the image of France-USA-Net.Com, RPLG, or HLG, and does not imply a nonexistent partnership or endorsement. Any misleading or defamatory link may be challenged.
9 Content reporting and DMCA procedure
To report unlawful content, an infringement of rights, or an intellectual property violation, contact legal@france-usa-net.com, specifying the URL concerned, the nature of the infringement, and your contact details.
DMCA notification (U.S. context)
In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512), any notification must identify the protected work, the disputed content, your contact details, a good-faith statement, and a statement under penalty of perjury. Official resource: U.S. Copyright Office, DMCA.
10 Governing law, jurisdiction, and dispute resolution
Unless mandatory law provides otherwise, this legal notice is interpreted under the law applicable to the association's headquarters. For users residing in the European Union, mandatory protective public-order rules (notably in consumer and data protection matters) remain applicable.
In case of dispute, amicable resolution is always prioritized before any litigation. Failing agreement, any dispute concerning access, use, content reproduction, or interpretation of these clauses falls, except where mandatory public-order rules apply, under the competent courts located in Statesboro, Georgia, United States, where France-USA-Net.Com is headquartered.
11 Legal service contact
For any question regarding this legal notice, intellectual property, data protection, or a report, please contact our legal service:
For general inquiries or partnerships, use the contact form. Volunteer applications are submitted through the Join us page.
We strive to respond as quickly as possible and always favor dialogue and amicable resolution.
Privacy Policy
France-USA-Net (a French nonprofit association and a U.S. Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization) processes your data through contact forms, volunteer applications, and institutional communications. This section provides transparent information consistent with EU GDPR requirements where EU law applies, and with transparency expectations outlined by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). It is not individualized legal advice.
1 Scope
This policy covers processing carried out by France-USA-Net through the public website, online forms, and communications tied to the nonprofit mission. It complements the Legal Notice above.
Third-party integrated services (hosting, email, analytics if enabled) are described in dedicated sections. France-USA-Net does not control third-party privacy policies linked from our pages.
The controller for processing through this site is the France-USA-Net association. Processing stays proportionate to its mission; the association does not sell personal information as a business practice.
Visual design was led voluntarily by Roger-Pierre LE GRASSE (RPLG) (2023 and 2026). The association alone remains responsible for the legal substance of this policy.
4 Hosting
Core infrastructure is provided by LWS (Ligne Web Services). Data processed there supports availability and backup.
5 Partners
HLG supports communications and events aligned with France-USA-Net's mission. Any data sharing in that context remains limited to what is necessary.
6 Data sources and categories
France-USA-Net primarily collects data you voluntarily submit through forms. Limited technical data may be generated automatically for security.
Where the GDPR applies: processing necessary for pre-contractual steps at your request, legitimate interests (security, service improvement), legal obligations, and consent via consent_rgpd on forms.
8 Cookies
The site uses strictly necessary cookies (PHP session, form CSRF token, storage of your consent choice). Audience measurement cookies (Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics) are placed only after you explicitly consent through the banner or the « Manage my cookies » link in the footer.
Google Consent Mode v2 is enabled: measurement signals stay denied by default and are updated only if you accept the « Audience measurement » category. If you decline or do not choose, Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics do not load.
The Google Tag Manager noscript fragment is not included: without JavaScript, no audience measurement runs, consistent with prior consent requirements.
Data submitted through our contact or volunteer forms is not governed by this cookie choice. See the Privacy Policy section for retention (deleted after your reply is sent).
Data is accessible to authorized representatives of France-USA-Net, technical vendors bound by confidentiality (hosting, email), and competent public authorities when required by law.
We do not sell your personal information.
10 International transfers
Because of the Franco-American mission, some data may be transferred outside the European Economic Area. Where the GDPR applies, France-USA-Net implements appropriate safeguards (standard contractual clauses or recognized mechanisms).
11 Retention
Form data is kept only as long as needed to prepare and send the email or postal response. Once the reply is sent, data is deleted from the server and from recipient mailboxes.
Retention periods
Data type
Period
Rationale
Contact and volunteer form data
Until the email or postal response is sent, then deleted
Data is removed from the server and recipient mailboxes after the reply
Rate-limit logs (hashed IP)
15 minutes maximum (sliding window)
Abuse prevention in data/contact-rate and data/volunteer-rate
Technical cookies (session, CSRF)
Session or minimum duration
Site operation and CSRF protection
Consent cookie (fun_consent)
6 months maximum
Stores your cookie preferences
Google Analytics cookies (via Google Tag Manager)
Per Google's policy, only if you accept audience measurement
Traffic statistics
12 Security
Measures include TLS encryption, access controls, per-session CSRF tokens, honeypot anti-bot field (website, data discarded), hashed IP rate limiting (15 minutes), and security updates.
13 Your rights
Depending on applicable law: access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, portability, and withdrawal of consent.
Online services are not directed at collecting data from children under 13 without appropriate parental consent where U.S. law (COPPA, FTC) requires it.
15 Updates
France-USA-Net may update this policy. The update date appears on this page (June 2026).
