Official Non-Profit Institution Official RNA Registration: W261001475 • SIREN: 909772659 • Prefecture of Drôme
Civic Service Conditions

Terms of Service & Public Portal Guidelines

These Terms of Service govern the access, consultation, and interactive civic features provided on the official website of the Association Médiathèque Communale de Grane. By browsing this public interest portal, you agree to adhere to the principles of respectful civic discourse, non-commercial use, and educational integrity.

Reference books and terms of service guidelines on a study table
Figure 11.1: Public consultation materials and service terms maintained in the reading room of Médiathèque Communale de Grane.

1. Purpose & Non-Commercial Nature of the Service

This digital portal is established exclusively to advance public literacy, facilitate civic document borrowing, and promote cultural life in Grane (Drôme).

Article 1.1: Free Public Interest Access

The digital services offered on this portal—including schedule lookups, workshop descriptions, educational toolkit downloads, and civic contact forms—are made available free of monetary charge. In strict alignment with French Law 1901 governing non-profit associations, the portal contains no e-commerce checkout mechanisms, paid advertisements, subscription paywalls, or commercial promotions.

The association reserves the right to modify, update, or temporarily suspend aspects of the digital service for technical maintenance, schedule revisions, or server updates without prior notice.

Article 1.2: Intellectual Property & Permitted Educational Reuse

All textual publications, curriculum guides, photographs, logos, and digital graphics published on this site are the exclusive property of the Association Médiathèque Communale de Grane or used under open educational licensing with appropriate attribution.

  • Permitted Reuse: Teachers, students, researchers, and village residents are granted a non-exclusive license to download, view, and print pedagogical guides and historical summaries for personal, scholastic, and non-commercial educational purposes.
  • Attribution Requirement: Any authorized reproduction must retain explicit attribution: "Source: Association Médiathèque Communale de Grane (RNA W261001475)".
  • Prohibited Exploitation: Reselling, relicensing, or commercially exploiting our educational toolkits, local history compilations, or photographic assets is strictly prohibited and subject to legal action under the French Intellectual Property Code.
Literary volumes and research texts organized in library stacks
Figure 11.2: Literary and educational works protected and shared under public lending rights at Médiathèque Communale de Grane.

2. User Conduct & Interactive Features

Users interacting with our digital contact forms, volunteer applications, or comment systems must maintain civil, respectful, and lawful behavior.

Article 2.1: Respectful Communications

When utilizing the contact, volunteer application, or workshop reservation forms, users agree to provide accurate and truthful contact details. The transmission of unlawful, defamatory, abusive, obscene, discriminatory, or unsolicited commercial messages (spam) is expressly prohibited.

Any abusive transmission will be discarded, and persistent violators may have their IP addresses blocked from communicating through our forms in accordance with our security policies.

Article 2.2: Protection of Public Technical Infrastructure

Users agree not to attempt unauthorized penetration, reverse engineering, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, or malicious code injection into the web server hosting this portal. Automated scraping bots that generate excessive server load and degrade service for legitimate citizens are strictly prohibited.

Patrons respectfully utilizing public digital workstations
Figure 11.3: Community members adhering to respectful usage guidelines at our public computer stations in Grane.

3. Disclaimers, Applicable Law & Dispute Resolution

Article 3.1: Accuracy of Published Information

While the volunteer editorial board makes every effort to ensure that schedules, workshop descriptions, and administrative guidelines are accurate and up-to-date, the association provides information on an "as-is" basis. In the event of weather-related closures or emergency schedule adjustments, visitors are encouraged to confirm by calling our reception desk at +33261014021.

Article 3.2: External Hyperlinks

This portal may contain links to official third-party portals, including the Mairie de Grane, the Médiathèque Départementale de la Drôme, and French national administrative services (Service-Public.fr, Ameli.fr). The association assumes no responsibility for the editorial content, availability, or data practices of these independent third-party websites.

Article 3.3: Applicable Law & Competent Courts

These Terms of Service are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the French Republic. In the event of any dispute arising from the interpretation or execution of these terms, the parties agree to seek an amicable resolution through direct dialogue with the Board of Directors. Failing amicable agreement, jurisdiction is conferred exclusively upon the competent civil courts of the judicial district of Valence (Drôme, France).

Civic governance documents and legal transparency records
Figure 11.4: Governance records and civic charters displayed for community review at Médiathèque Communale de Grane.