These general terms and conditions (the “Terms and Conditions”) govern the use of and access to the websites (the “Site(s)”) operated by Frontline Media SAS (“Mind”) by any person accessing them, whether or not they are a registered user with a personal account (the “User” or “You”).
Mind and the User are hereinafter referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”
Your use of the Site and, more specifically, any order placed on the Site constitutes full and unconditional acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
1. Use of the Site
1.1 Access to Content
Mind provides Users with access to premium information (“Content”), either freely available or accessible under subscription plans. This Content is produced by professional journalists and is offered in various news and analytical formats.
Our publications are primarily intended for:
the general public, researchers, and students; and
professionals in the communications, advertising, and online media sectors (B2B).
The Site is not intended for minors.
Whether You are a casual visitor, a registered user, or a subscriber, these Terms and Conditions of Use will apply. However, the Content available to You will depend on your status.
2. Intellectual Property
2.1 Mind’s Rights over the Content and the Site
Mind owns (or has been duly authorized by the rightful owner of) all intellectual property rights applicable to the elements that make up the Site, including the Content.
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed as transferring any of these rights to the User.
The User is authorized to access and view the Content strictly within the limits defined by these Terms and Conditions and, where applicable, the specific terms applicable to each type of Content (free, subscriber-only, or accessible via Credits), as well as by applicable intellectual property law.
2.2 Right to Use the Content
No Content may be downloaded, copied, modified, deleted, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, sold, leased, sublicensed, or otherwise exploited without Mind’s prior express written consent or that of its licensors.
Any unauthorized copying, dissemination, or transmission of Content in violation of this Section 2.2 constitutes an infringement of intellectual property rights, which may give rise to civil and criminal liability.
Artificial Intelligence
Mind strictly prohibits AI-based robots from crawling its paywalled Content. None of Mind’s Content may be used for training AI algorithms. Any request to use our Content for AI-related purposes must be addressed to scochard@groupe-mind.com or pyplatini@groupe-mind.com.
2.3 Right to Use the Site
Mind grants the User a non-exclusive right to use the Site solely for browsing, accessing Content, and using any additional features made available.
The User shall not, directly or indirectly, and shall ensure that any person using the Site (including employees, agents, partners, or subcontractors) does not, without Mind’s prior express written consent:
Decompile, disassemble, reverse-engineer, or attempt to discover or reconstruct the Site’s source code, underlying ideas, algorithms, file formats, or programming or interoperability interfaces;
Transfer, use, or export the Site in violation of applicable laws or regulations;
Make any use of the Site other than as permitted under these Terms and Conditions.
The extraction—whether permanent or temporary—of all or a qualitatively or quantitatively substantial part of the database content of the platform onto another medium, by any means or in any form, is strictly prohibited.
3. Personal Data Protection
The Sites are operated by FRONTLINE MEDIA SAS, with share capital of €2,842, registered office at 8 boulevard de Sébastopol, 75004 Paris, France, registered with the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 752 467 068, acting as the data controller within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data (GDPR).
3.1 Categories of Personal Data Processed
Mind processes, for its own purposes, Users’ personal data and professional information provided either (i) during registration or (ii) subsequently via their personal account on the Site.
Such data primarily includes:
Identity data: name, surname, title/civility;
Contact details: professional email address, postal address, phone number;
Professional details: company name, title or role, company address;
Payment data: payment information;
Connection/navigation data: connection logs, areas of interest.
3.2 Purposes of Processing
Mind processes collected personal data for the following purposes:
Access to the Site, including access to Content;
Sending by email information on products or services similar to those offered by Mind;
Sending newsletters, bulletins, or other updates by email;
Producing statistics and audience measurements to analyze Site traffic and Content usage, improve Site functionality, and/or any other service provided by Mind;
Customer relationship management and optimization;
Customizing editorial content;
With your consent: enabling our partner companies and associations to send You information about their offers, news, and events (newsletters, invitations, and other publications).
3.3 Your Rights and How to Exercise Them
Users have the right to access, restrict, rectify, port, delete, and object to the processing of their personal data by Mind.
To exercise these rights, Users may write to:
Frontline Media, 8 boulevard de Sébastopol, 75004 Paris, France
or email: abonnement@mind.eu.com, specifying their name, surname, and email address.
3.4 Data Retention
User data is retained for the duration of the relationship between the User and Mind and for one (1) year after the termination of the relationship for any reason.
At the end of this period, the closure of a User’s personal account results in the deletion of all personal data identifying the User, except for data that Mind is legally required to retain.
3.5 Data Transfers Outside the EU
We store your personal data within the European Union. Data collected during your use of the Site or our services may be transferred to subcontractors or business partners located outside the EU. In such cases, we ensure that processing is governed by the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, guaranteeing adequate protection of privacy and fundamental rights.
3.6 Data Recipients
Mind may share your personal data with:
(i) subcontractors for purely technical and logistical reasons (hosting and maintenance providers, payment processors, CRM providers);
(ii) joint controllers identified prior to each processing activity;
(iii) third parties in the event of a corporate restructuring, including asset sales, mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, or any other reorganization;
(iv) competent judicial authorities.
Your personal data, especially your email address, will not be rented, sold, exchanged, or shared with other controllers unless You have expressly agreed to receive promotional offers from them.
4. Cookies and Other Trackers
When browsing the Site, information may be stored in “Cookies” installed on your computer, tablet, or mobile phone.
The information below explains what a Cookie is, its purpose, and how it can be configured.
4.1 What is a Cookie?
A Cookie is a text file placed in a dedicated area of your device’s hard drive (computer, tablet, mobile phone, or any other Internet-enabled device) when you view online content or advertisements.
This Cookie file can only be read by its issuer. During its validity period, it enables the issuer to recognize the relevant device each time it accesses digital content containing Cookies from the same issuer.
The Cookie does not personally identify You, but rather the browser on your device.
4.2 What are Cookies used for?
Four types of Cookies, serving the purposes described below, may be stored on your device during your visit to the Site:
4.2.1 Technical Cookies
These are necessary for browsing the Site and accessing its various products and services.
Technical Cookies in particular allow us to recognize You, indicate your visit to a given page, and improve the user experience: adapting the Site’s display to your device preferences (language, display resolution), storing passwords and other information related to a form you have filled out on the Site (such as registration or member-area access).
They also allow for the implementation of security measures (for example, prompting you to log in again after a period of inactivity).
These Cookies cannot be disabled or configured without preventing access to the Site and/or its services.
4.2.2 Audience Measurement Cookies
These Cookies are issued by Mind or by our technical service providers for the purpose of measuring the audience of the various Content and sections of the Site, in order to assess and better organize them.
They also help detect browsing problems and consequently improve the ergonomics of our services.
These Cookies produce only anonymous statistics and traffic volumes, excluding any individual information.
The lifespan of these audience measurement Cookies does not exceed thirteen (13) months.
4.2.3 Advertising Cookies
The services offered by Mind on the Site are accessible by subscription and/or through the purchase of Credits.
The Site does not include advertising tags or platforms.
In general, advertising Cookies are issued by partner advertising agencies in the advertising spaces of other sites, the operation of such spaces helping to fund the content and services that we make available to you free of charge.
4.2.4 “Social Media” Cookies
These allow you to share content from our Site with others or to let those others know about your consultation or opinion of Site Content.
This includes “share” or “like” buttons from social networks such as Facebook or Twitter.
The social network providing such a button may identify You via the button, even if you have not used it while visiting our Site.
Mind invites You to consult the privacy policies of these social networks to learn about the purposes, particularly advertising-related, for which they may collect browsing information via these buttons.
The lifespan of these Cookies does not exceed thirteen (13) months.
4.2.5 Editorial Targeting Cookies
Mind may use technologies provided by third-party service providers or partners to display targeted content.
This targeting uses Cookies to pseudonymously collect your browsing habits and editorial preferences to offer relevant content selections.
These technologies are not used for advertising purposes but may sometimes be mistakenly identified as such.
Example of a partner used on the Site: Ownpage.fr.
4.3 Your Choices Regarding Cookies
By using the Site, You consent to the use of the aforementioned Cookies.
However, You may choose at any time to disable some or all of these Cookies, except for the technical Cookies necessary for the operation of the Site as stated above.
Your browser can also be configured to notify You when Cookies are placed on your device and to ask whether You wish to accept them.
4.3.1 Refusing a Cookie via Your Browser
You can choose to disable some or all Cookies at any time.
Your browser can also be configured to notify You when Cookies are placed on your device and ask whether to accept them (individually or all at once).
Please note, however, that disabling all Cookies will prevent You from using our Site under normal conditions, except for basic functions.
Browser-specific cookie management instructions can be found in your browser’s help menu:
Safari™: https://support.apple.com/fr-fr/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Chrome™: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=fr&hlrm=en
Firefox™: https://support.mozilla.org/fr/kb/protection-renforcee-contre-pistage-firefox-ordinateur
Opera™: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
Edge™: https://privacy.microsoft.com/fr-FR/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy
You may also configure your browser to send a “Do Not Track” signal:
Safari™: https://support.apple.com/fr-fr/guide/safari/ibrwe2159f50/mac
Chrome™: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/114836
Firefox™: https://support.mozilla.org/fr/kb/comment-activer-option-ne-pas-pister
Edge™: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy
4.3.2 Refusing an Audience Measurement Cookie
On the Site, audience measurement Cookies are set by Google Analytics.
If You do not want our Site to store such Cookies in your browser, You can follow this procedure:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=fr.
Please note that disabling these Cookies will prevent the collection of traffic and audience data and thus the provision of editorial content adapted to your browsing.
4.3.3 Refusing an Advertising Cookie
You can manage the use of advertising Cookies on the industry platform provided by advertising professionals:
http://www.youronlinechoices.com/fr/controler-ses-cookies/
This platform allows You to see which registered companies may place Cookies for advertising purposes and to accept or refuse them.
5. Registration – User Accounts
To register on the Site, the User must complete the registration form with complete and accurate information.
Fields that are mandatory for registration with Mind are identified as such at the time of registration.
In the event of an incomplete or inaccurate declaration, the User’s account may be temporarily suspended without prior notice and without further formalities.
Mind will contact the User in due course to resolve the situation.
In any event, the User agrees to indemnify and hold Mind harmless from any consequences that may arise from such incomplete or inaccurate declaration.
The User’s account is created using the email address provided to Mind and the password chosen by the User (for security and confidentiality reasons, Users are advised to select passwords composed of various character types and to change them regularly), or via one of the third-party login modules offered on the Site.
Each User’s personal account allows them to update their own personal data.
The username and password are unique and personal. They must not be disclosed to any third party.
Any use of the Site made using a User’s username and password will be deemed to have been made by that User.
In the event that the username and/or password are disclosed, the User must promptly contact [abonnement@mind.eu.com] so that the credentials can be deactivated.
6. User Obligations
Users agree to comply with all applicable laws.
Without prior written authorization from Mind, Users are prohibited from:
inserting false or irrelevant information on the Site;
publishing or transmitting on or through the Site any content that is unlawful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, hateful, pornographic, blasphemous, or otherwise inappropriate;
using the Site in a manner that negatively affects its performance or the experience of other Users;
uploading or transmitting viruses, Trojan horses, worms, or other harmful code.
Penalties for unlawful system access, obstruction, or fraudulent data alteration as per Articles 323-1 et seq. of the French Penal Code include up to five (5) years’ imprisonment and a fine of €150,000.
7. Termination
Mind reserves the right to suspend access to or terminate a User’s account without notice or compensation in cases including but not limited to:
unlawful use of the Site;
infringement of Mind’s or third parties’ intellectual property rights;
unauthorized or fraudulent use of login credentials;
failure to pay amounts due within the agreed timeframe;
any breach of these Terms and Conditions.
In the event of termination, the User’s account will be closed, and they will no longer have access to the Site.
8. Warranties – Liability
Mind provides no warranties regarding uninterrupted or error-free operation of the Site.
Users acknowledge the inherent risks of Internet transmissions.
If any financial liability is imposed on Mind for any reason, the Parties expressly agree that such liability shall not exceed the amount of the most recent purchase of Credits preceding the event giving rise to the liability.
Claims must be brought within one (1) year of the event giving rise to the claim.
9. Miscellaneous Provisions
9.1 Amendments: Mind may modify these Terms and Conditions and will require renewed acceptance by the User upon subsequent access.
9.2 Force Majeure: Neither Party shall be liable for failure to perform obligations due to unforeseeable, unavoidable events beyond their reasonable control (e.g., war, terrorism, natural disasters, strikes, pandemics, power or network outages).
9.3 Waiver: Failure by either Party to enforce any provision shall not constitute a waiver of that right.
9.4 Evidence: Electronic records maintained by Mind shall constitute proof of transactions and communications.
9.5 Severability: If any provision is found invalid, the remaining provisions shall remain in force, and the invalid provision shall be replaced by one as close as possible in intent and effect.
10. Governing Law – Jurisdiction
These Terms and Conditions are governed by French law.
The Parties expressly agree to submit any dispute related to these Terms and Conditions, including their formation, performance, or termination, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Paris, France, notwithstanding multiple defendants or third-party proceedings, including summary or ex parte proceedings.
