TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
FRANCÊ Advogados (FA Website)
Version: 2.0.0. - 01/20/2024
Welcome to the Terms and Conditions of Use of the FRANCÊ Advogados law firm platform. The use of the Platform or the content exposed therein implies compliance, agreement and respect for the conditions presented here. Thank you for making use of our Platform.
Please, we recommend that you carefully read these Terms and Conditions of Use (Terms) before browsing our Platform and making use of our services. Also read our Privacy Policy.
Topics: i) Terms of Use | ii) Usage License | iii) Commercial Exploration | iv) Disclosure and Reproduction of Content | v) Disclaimer | vi) Use of the Platform | vii) User Registration | viii) Restricted Area | ix) Contact Forms | x) Publications & Articles | xi) Comments & Questions | xii) Electronic Messages | xiii) Billing Systems | xiv) Links | xv) Monthly Newsletters | xvi) Inactive Accounts | xvii) Changes to These Terms of Use | xviii) Final Provisions.
This is the “Platform” of the law firm FRANCÊ Advogados. We have, by Platform, the set formed by the following electronic addresses ("URLS"): “http://www.france.adv.br”, “http://france.adv.br”, “https://www.france.adv.br”, or “https://france.adv.br”. All the content of the FA Website is available at these addresses.
By accessing our Platform, the User agrees to comply with these Terms of Use, all applicable laws and regulations and agree that they are responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of the provisions contained in these Terms, it is recommended that you do not use or browse our Platform. If the User does not agree with our Terms of Use and/or disagrees with the Cookies and, even so, continues browsing and making use of any content on the Platform, it will be assumed that there has been tacit (not express) acceptance of the present Terms of Use.
We clarify to our Users that, regardless of the electronic address used, the database is unique, that is, the content is the same, regardless of the URL the User uses. For more information about our firm, read the About Us page.
All content displayed on the Platform (images, texts, audio, video, animations, illustrations, logos, software, etc.) is protected by copyright and intellectual property laws and has its exploitation rights reserved to the FA Website. Our Platform features technology seeking to prevent unauthorized copying of the exposed material, reiterating the prohibition of its misuse by third parties. When using the FA Website, you expressly agree to respect such mechanisms, not attempting to circumvent them.
The improper use of Content published on our Platform constitutes an infringement of Copyright laws. The texts and images displayed there may not be reproduced, disseminated, distributed (by physical or electronic means) or published (in physical or electronic means) without the prior express authorization of FRANCÊ Advogados, subject to the exceptions provided. in Brazilian copyright legislation and in these Terms of Use.
The commercial exploitation of our content is under no circumstances permitted or authorized and the use of content produced by Site FA for such purposes will subject offenders to legal penalties, without prejudice to possible legal measures aimed at compensation for possible losses or damage.
04. DISCLOSURE AND REPRODUCTION OF CONTENT
The dissemination and reproduction of content produced on the FA Website is only permitted, whether in full or in part, with prior authorization and provided that the source is cited (FRANCÊ Advogados), with the respective electronic address to the Website (https://www.france.adv.br). Any and all content originating from the FA Website, reproduced or cited on third-party websites, which does not comply with the rules of these terms, will subject offenders to applicable legal penalties, as applicable.
- The Site FA makes every effort to maintain the continuous and permanent availability of the Platform at the respective URLS. However, there may occasionally be some temporary unavailability resulting from necessary maintenance or even caused by reasons of force majeure, such as natural disasters, failures in communication systems and Internet access, invasive cyber attacks, or any acts of third parties that escape the sphere of surveillance and responsibility of the Site FA.
If this occurs, Site FA will do everything in its power to reestablish access to the Platform as soon as possible, within the technical limitations of its services and third-party services, on which it depends to stay online . For this reason, the User is aware that they will not be able to claim compensation or compensation for damages if the Platform remains offline, regardless of the reason.
- Furthermore, the Content on the Platform is delivered to the User as is, and the User is not permitted to make use of the Content set out here in Legal Documents or replicate it on another Website or Platform, or any other means.
In this sense, we do not offer guarantees, express or tacit, regarding the constant and permanent availability of the Platform, as well as regarding the accuracy of the Content exposed therein and the likely results or reliability of use, exempting us from all other guarantees, including , without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights.
Visitors and users agree to use the Platform in a manner compatible with all applicable laws and regulations and in accordance with these Terms of Use, without infringing the rights of others, nor restricting or inhibiting the use and enjoyment of the content of the Platform (including, without exception, through hacking).
When registering on our Platform, the User declares that they agree with these "Terms of Use" and are willing to complete all the information and requirements necessary for their registration. The user is also aware that accounts are opened on our Platform by verifying their email, both when signing up and periodically, being obliged to keep their data updated, under penalty of termination of their account without prior notice.
The FA Website may develop special features for its Users in a restricted area of the Platform. These functionalities will be subject to the signing of these Terms of Use by the User, made available to them when completing the registration on the Platform and in the restricted area. Such functionalities comprise a mere concession of the FA Website to its Users and do not, under any circumstances, constitute any type of obligation of the Platform towards them.
Access to information received from Users through Contact Forms is restricted. Only authorized members of the respective areas to which the form was sent are authorized to properly use and handle this information.
The FA Website makes available to its users informative texts produced by the firm's partners and lawyers. In addition, news is also published from different sources (always specified), in line with the interests of our community. Such texts should be considered as informative and educational material only and should not be taken as legal advice. The information displayed on the Platform and the use thereof by the User, under no circumstances, may generate any type of liability for the FA Website. Under no circumstances should the consultation or use of such texts be considered as the establishment of a relationship between Lawyers and Users of the Platform. The firm FRANCÊ Advogados does not provide legal services, or any other, however privileged, through the website or any other electronic means.
Part of the content available on our Platform (Articles and News) has a specific area for comments and questions, with the aim of adding information and enriching the respective content. Any questions, whose answers depend on technical study and aim to instruct or clarify the user, are considered Legal Consultations, as recommended in item 97 of the Fee Table, published by OAB/SP. Such Queries can be posted by our Users, as long as they are previously registered on the Platform and accept the conditions of these Terms of Use.
If such a situation is observed, the User will be contacted to take action regarding the payment of the Legal Consultation and, as soon as payment is confirmed, we will take the necessary measures to ensure that the Answer is forwarded following the Question, as soon as possible.
Queries or Comments, however, NOT may contain terms that represent offense, slander, defamation, insult, racism or any other type of prejudice towards our Users, visitors, or even the authors of the articles and/or or news. If such situations are verified, the comment will be summarily deleted or edited, as the case may be, its author may be banned from the Platform, with his IP address blocked, without any right to a refund of any amounts previously paid.
Our Platform has a specific form that allows visitors and users in general to send electronic messages to our care. This is the form CONTACT US (Legal Consultation).
In the same way as established in the Comments and Questions areas, the information generated through the Contact Us form is directed to the rightful person and, considering that it is a Legal Consultation, its use is charged, as recommended in item 97 of the Fee Table published by OAB/SP. The charge will be added to our customers' monthly invoice, or made via bank slip, when originated by non-customers.
All messages sent will be sent to their respective recipients or to those responsible for the indicated area. Messages that are not of interest to the organization are summarily discarded without any type of response or communication to the respective senders, as well as messages considered to be SPAM, whose senders will have their IP address blocked, preventing them from sending new messages.
The charges made for the services made available here are made for services offered by third parties, to which the User has previously signed and agreed. We do not use or capture any information that the user shares with the billing systems shared here, and it is your sole responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
If you do not feel safe using the security environment provided by third-party services, don't use them and contact us.
In the content of the FA Website there are several links to third party websites. We do not have any links with the sites indicated by the existing links or their publishers, therefore, we cannot offer guarantees or be responsible for the observance of privacy or security by these sites. Furthermore, the inclusion or disclosure of any link does not imply endorsement by FRANCÊ Advogados of the respective website or content. The use or use of any website linked through links in the content of our Platform must be at the User's own risk.
We do not carry out any type of analysis of the links, nor the content indicated through these links. Due to the speed of changes on the Internet, we are also not responsible for broken links. Links to websites supported, supported or linked to our Platform must have explicit information.
Every month we publish, in Portuguese (PT-BR), a new edition of our monthly electronic bulletin (“Monthly Bulletin”). Our Monthly Newsletter is available on our Platform and is sent via email to our customers and users, in full compliance with the ABEMD Code of Ethics. The user can choose to receive our newsletter monthly when registering on our Platform, or sign up to receive the respective newsletters at any time. If there is no longer interest in receiving the Monthly Newsletter, recipients have the option to unsubscribe in the message itself, or, on the Platform's home page, the option to Subscribe, Cancel, or Refer our newsletters to their friends.
The administration of the FA Website reserves the right to remove accounts that are inactive or unlinked from any functionality made available by the Platform for periods equal to or greater than 1 (one) year, without the need for any type of prior communication to the its owner, as well as, when checking the user's email, it is found that it has been extinguished or deleted.
17. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS OF USE
These Terms of Use may be revised and updated from time to time, without the need for prior notice. Our Platform will always contain the most current and current version of these Terms of Use. By using our Platform, you agree to be bound by the most current version of these Terms of Use that are in force.
These Terms of Use do not replace or restrict other specific terms that may have been agreed in writing with FRANCÊ Advogados. These Terms of Use are governed by Brazilian and foreign legislation, when applicable. Users of the FRANCÊ Advogados Platform submit to the Court of the District of the Capital of the State of São Paulo, to the exclusion of any other, however privileged or special it may be.
