Terms of use

Acceptance of the General Terms of Use

These General Terms of Use (« Terms of Use ») set out the terms and conditions governing your use of and your access to the IAA website (the « Site »). By accessing and browsing the Site or by using and/or downloading any content from it, you fully accept the Terms of Use as defined below.

If you are a private individual, you represent and warrant that you have reached the age of majority in the jurisdiction in which you reside.

If you are a natural person accessing the Site or using it in the name or for the benefit of a company, a partnership or another entity with which you are associated (an « Organisation »), you accept these Terms of Use in your own name and in the name of that Organisation, and you represent and warrant that you have the legal authority to bind that Organisation to these Terms of Use. References to « you » and « your » in these Terms of Use refer both to the person using the site and to the Organisation concerned.

If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, you must not access or use the Site.

Your agreement with IAA consists of these Terms of Use, together with any additional terms published on the Site or made available to you by IAA.

Informatique Associés Afrique reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to amend or delete all or part of these Terms of Use at any time and without further notice. In that case, we will indicate at the bottom of this page the date of the last revision of these Terms of Use. Your use of the Site after such amendments constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms of Use.

These Terms of Use apply to https://www.ia-afrique.com and any other website of IAA, or accessible via this domain (hereinafter collectively referred to as the « IAA Sites »). The IAA Sites are operated by Informatique Associés Afrique.

Certain IAA Sites may be subject to different or additional terms. By accessing any of those IAA Sites, you agree to be bound by the additional terms that govern the use of each of those IAA Sites.

Purpose of the site

All items appearing on the Site are provided for information only and must not be construed as a commercial offer, a licence, or an advisory, fiduciary or professional relationship between you and IAA. No information provided on this Site is to be regarded as a substitute for your own enquiries.

The information provided on this Site may relate to products or services that are not available in your country and/or that will not be available at all times.

Links to third-party websites

Links to third-party websites are provided for convenience only and in no way imply approval of, or support by, IAA for the linked sites, even if they may contain the IAA logo, because those sites are outside the control of IAA. Accordingly, Informatique Associés Afrique cannot be held liable for the content of any linked site or for any link contained in it. You must therefore protect yourself against viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other potentially destructive programs that may be present on third-party sites. It is your responsibility to check and to comply with the terms of use applicable to those third-party websites.

You acknowledge that framing the Site or any similar process is prohibited.

Information that you publish on the site

Informatique Associés Afrique disclaims any obligation to monitor information that you may publish on its Site.

You warrant that any information, any Content (the term « Content » means all projects, files or other attachments that you send us) or any comment, other than personal data, that you may transmit to IAA through the Site does not infringe intellectual property rights or any other applicable law. That information, Content or those comments shall be treated as non-confidential and non-exclusive. You warrant that the information, Content or comments that you may transmit to IAA via the Site do not impair the integrity and/or the security of the Site and, in particular, contain no virus, worm, Trojan horse or other potentially destructive program.

By submitting information or Content, you grant IAA an unlimited and irrevocable authorisation to use, copy, perform, show, display, modify and transmit that information, that Content or those comments, including any underlying idea, concept or know-how, in whole or in part, in any manner and on any medium whatsoever. Informatique Associés Afrique reserves the right to use that information as it sees fit.

The processing of your personal data is described in our privacy policy.

Rules for use of social networks

We want our social networks to be a pleasant experience and our communities to be positive, constructive and supportive. To that end, we reserve the right to remove any publication that breaches our internal rules and to block any person who breaches them repeatedly.

We will remove comments that:

• Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others.
• Are racist, sexist, homophobic, sexually explicit, abusive or otherwise objectionable.
• Contain swear words or any other language likely to cause offence.
• We know or suspect that they may break the law or tolerate or encourage unlawful activities. This includes the publication, display, distribution or dissemination of any content or information that is defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, misleading or unlawful.
• Advertise products or services for profit.
• Are made to appear as if they had been posted by someone else.
• Repeatedly publish the same message, or have no connection with IAA and its brands — « spam ».

We reserve the right to amend these rules if necessary and to remove content for other reasons not mentioned in this list.

By using our social networks, you agree to comply with these internal rules and with the general terms of the platform.

Comments and other items published by users of our social networks do not reflect the views of IAA, and Informatique Associés Afrique does not confirm their accuracy.

If you wish to report to us any inappropriate use of this Site, please contact: [email protected].

Intellectual property

This Site is protected by intellectual property rights, including without limitation trademarks, copyright, designs and models, databases and the like, and is the exclusive property of IAA.

Any content, including without limitation texts, data, graphics, images, sounds, videos, logos, icons or HTML code, is protected by intellectual property law and remains the property of IAA or of third parties.

You may copy, download and print this content for personal and non-commercial purposes only, and in accordance with the principles governing intellectual property laws. You must not modify content copied, downloaded or printed from the Site in any way. Any other use of the content of the Site without the prior written authorisation of IAA is prohibited.

Failure to comply with the above prohibitions may constitute an act of infringement and/or unfair competition engaging your civil and/or criminal liability.

The registered trademarks of IAA include, without limitation, the following:

• IAA
• The IAA logo

All other trademarks not owned by IAA that appear on the Site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to or sponsored by the Company. You must request specific authorisation in order to use, for any purpose whatsoever, any trademark belonging to IAA or to a third party.

Warranty and liability

All items contained in the Site are provided « as is » and without warranty of any kind, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Although IAA makes reasonable efforts to provide reliable information through its Site, Informatique Associés Afrique does not warrant that this Site is free from inaccuracies, errors and/or omissions, or that its content is appropriate to your particular use or up to date, and reserves the right to modify the information at any time without notice. Informatique Associés Afrique does not warrant the results arising from the use of any content. You alone are responsible for the use of the items contained in this Site. Any use of the Site is at your sole responsibility. You must comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.

The information contained in this Site neither extends nor modifies the warranty that may apply to you by reason of a contractual relationship with IAA. For commercial relations, please refer to our General Terms and Conditions of Sale.

Informatique Associés Afrique shall not be liable for damage of any kind, including indirect, consequential or incidental damage, loss of profits or of revenue, business interruption, loss of clientele, stoppage of work, security breaches, viruses, computer failures or malfunctions, or loss of data arising out of or in connection with the use of, the inability to use, or reliance placed on any item contained in this Site or any linked site, even if one of the parties to these Terms of Use has been informed of the possibility of such losses.

Invalidity of a provision

If a provision or part of these Terms of Use is, for any reason whatsoever, held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the other provisions of these Terms of Use.

No waiver

The fact that IAA does not exercise, or is late in exercising, a right or remedy provided for by these Terms of Use or by law does not constitute a waiver of IAA's right or remedy. If IAA waives the right to assert a breach of these Terms of Use, that does not constitute a waiver of the right to assert a subsequent breach of the Terms of Use.

Applicable law and jurisdiction

Any dispute or claim arising out of the Terms of Use or relating to them shall be governed by Senegalese law. The courts of Dakar, Senegal, shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

Updated on 15/02/2023.

See also:

• Legal notice
• Terms of Sale
• Privacy policy