These General Terms and Conditions of Use set out the terms and conditions for accessing, participating in, and using the website https://www.gaa.be/ by the User (hereinafter referred to as “the Website”).
By accessing the Website, you acknowledge that you have read these General Terms and Conditions, which you accept and agree to comply with without reservation.
We invite you to read them carefully before using the Website. If you do not agree with these General Terms and Conditions, please refrain from using or continuing to browse the Website. You may print these General Terms and Conditions and also download this document.
The legal notices are an integral part of these General Terms and Conditions of Use.
The Website is published and operated by General Automatic Amusement SA (hereinafter “GAA”), established at Avenue des Croix de Guerre 120, 1120 Brussels, registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under number BE 0407.052.085.
GAA is hereinafter referred to as “the Operator”.
The Website is hosted by OVH SAS, a company governed by French law, with share capital of €10,174,560, registered in the RCS Lille Métropole under number 424 761 419 00045, APE Code 2620Z, VAT No. FR 22 424 761 419, with its registered office at 2 rue Kellermann – 59100 Roubaix – France (Tel: +33 (0)8 92 98 04 60).
The design and development of the Website are carried out by Bizzbooster, a company governed by Belgian law, registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under number 0897.369.170, with its registered office at Chaussée de Louvain 88, 1380 Lasne, Belgium (+32 2 265 09 50).
The terms with an initial capital letter shall have the meaning set out below in these General Terms and Conditions.
The Website provides an overview of the products and services offered by GAA.
Article 3 – Liability
The Operator makes every effort to ensure the availability of the Website and its services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, access to the Website and its Services may be interrupted during maintenance work, hardware or software updates, urgent repairs to the Website, or due to circumstances beyond the Operator’s control (for example, failure of telecommunication links and equipment). In such cases, the Operator cannot be held liable.
Likewise, the Operator reserves the right to delete, interrupt, or suspend one or more of the Services offered on the Website, at any time and without notice, without having to provide any justification. In such a case, the Operator shall not be held liable, and Users shall not be entitled to any compensation of any kind.
The Operator shall not be liable if, for reasons beyond its control, one or more Services are modified, delayed, or cancelled.
The Operator does not guarantee that any defects on the Website will be corrected.
The Operator shall in no event be held liable for (non-exhaustive list):
The Operator shall not be held liable in the event of force majeure or for any other event beyond its control preventing the provision of its Services under the conditions set out in these General Terms and Conditions.
It is the responsibility of each User to take all necessary measures to protect their data and/or programs stored on their computer equipment against any attack (virus, spam, Trojan horses, bugs, etc.).
Any links to the homepage or any web page of the Website may not be established without the prior written consent of GAA.
The authorisation for establishing the links referred to in this article must be requested at the following address: info@GAA.be. The request must necessarily specify the address of the page (URL) where the link will appear on the third-party site.
Inclusions and use of frames: Any use or reproduction, even partial, of any element of the Website within a third-party site using inclusion, frames, inlining, or any other similar technique is strictly prohibited.
Links referenced on the Website: The Website may contain links to websites or web pages owned by third parties. Such sites are provided for your convenience and information only. The Operator is not responsible for the content of the links, the sites accessible via those links, or any changes or updates to those sites, and the inclusion of a link does not imply the Operator’s approval of the linked site or its content.
Access to these websites is at your own risk, and you acknowledge that such websites may be subject to different terms of use and different privacy provisions than those applicable to this Website.
The User is solely responsible, among other things, for:
If the Operator’s liability is sought due to a breach by the User of their obligations under these General Terms and Conditions, applicable laws, or regulations, the Operator may seek indemnification from the User.
The User may publish personal contributions online (in particular in the form of reactions or comments) and access contributions published by other Users.
This feature is ancillary, and GAA is free to make it subject to conditions or remove it at any time, without such a decision being challenged.
The User’s contributions must comply with the General Terms and Conditions and with rules of good conduct, in particular:
Contributions must be respectful, without personal attacks, and must respect the limits of freedom of expression: no defamation, no insult, no discriminatory, sexist, racist, or negationist remarks, no presumption-of-innocence breaches, and no incitement to hatred or violence.
The Website https://www.gaa.be/ also prohibits any contributions of a proselytising, promotional, or advertising nature.
The User may report a contribution by sending an email to info@GAA.be.
In the event of breaches of these rules, the Website reserves the right not to publish or to delete all or part of the contributions concerned, and/or to temporarily or permanently prohibit the User’s access to this feature, and/or to terminate the ongoing Contract, without the User being entitled to any compensation.
The User acknowledges and accepts that their username will be made public, so that their contributions are attributed to them.
The User is informed and accepts that they assume full responsibility for the contributions they make public by publishing them on the Website.
The trademarks are duly registered with the European Union Intellectual Property Office, and any use by third parties of the same trademark or any other similar identifying sign likely to cause confusion as to its origin or ownership is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of the Operator.
The domain name https://www.gaa.be is a registered domain name owned by the Operator. Third parties are prohibited from using these domains or trademarks without the prior written authorisation of the owner, in connection with other Products or Services that are not those of the Operator, in order to avoid creating confusion among Users or discrediting the Operator.
Golden Palace News holds all rights to the content, design, and source code of the Website, including but not limited to photographs, images, text, logos, designs, trademarks, trade names, and data on the Site.
The content of the Site is also considered computer software and is therefore subject to applicable Belgian and EU copyright laws.
The total or partial reproduction of the Site, including through hyperlinks, as well as of any or all of its content, without the prior, express, and written authorisation of the Operator, is strictly prohibited.
The contents of the Site are intended for strictly personal, private, and non-collective use, freely accessible for free content. The same applies to RSS feeds and newsletters.
It is therefore also strictly prohibited to copy, reproduce, adapt, modify, distribute, market, communicate to the public, and/or undertake any other action that would result in a breach of applicable national, EU, and/or international intellectual and/or industrial property laws, as well as to use the content of the Website without the Operator’s prior express written authorisation.
The Operator informs you that it grants no licence, right, or authorisation, express or implied, over any intellectual and/or industrial property rights or any other rights or property related, directly or indirectly, to the content of the Site, other than the right to view them on screen when browsing the Site, which remain its exclusive property or that of the third party which has granted it the right to use them.
The User undertakes not to infringe, in any way whatsoever, the Operator’s intellectual property rights and, in particular, not to reproduce, communicate, use (even partially) any of the Distinctive Signs or use all or part of the content of the Site without the prior written authorisation of the Operator.
To adapt to developments in the Site and/or its operation, the Operator reserves the right to unilaterally modify these Terms and Conditions without notice.
In such cases, the User may immediately express their refusal to be bound by these new provisions after publication of the notice of modification, which can be freely consulted on the Site.
The Operator will make every effort to inform Users of any major changes to these Terms and Conditions. However, it is the User’s responsibility to read these Terms and Conditions and keep informed of any updates.
The Operator reserves the right to modify these Terms and Conditions at any time, as well as any of the Services offered on the Site.
The Operator undertakes to inform the User in advance of such modifications by any method of its choice.
Any connection to the Site by the User after being informed of changes to the Site’s services or the Terms and Conditions shall constitute acceptance of those changes.
The version of the Terms and Conditions accepted by the User constitutes the entire agreement between the Operator and the User regarding the Services offered by the Operator. It cancels and replaces any prior statement, undertaking, oral or written communication, acceptance, contract, or agreement relating to the provision of the Services by the Operator.
Using their browser’s functionality, the User may access the Terms and Conditions at any time and print them.
Digitised records, stored under reasonable and secure conditions in the Operator’s computer systems, are considered proof of communications between the Parties.
Accordingly, and unless there is a manifest error, the Operator may rely upon, and have admitted in any legal proceedings, any act, fact, or omission, programmes, data, files, recordings, and other elements (such as tracking reports or other statements) in computer or electronic format, created, received, and stored directly or indirectly by the Operator, including within its computer systems.
If one or more provisions of these Terms and Conditions are found to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the Operator shall amend them only to the extent necessary to make them enforceable.
If one or more provisions are declared null and void, the remaining articles shall remain in full force and effect.
The User’s rights and obligations may not be assigned to a third party without the prior written consent of the Operator. The Operator is authorised to sell the Site without the User’s prior consent.
The fact that the Operator does not invoke a provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not be interpreted as a waiver of the right to enforce that provision in the future.
For any complaint, the User may email: info@GAA.be.
Unless mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which the User has their habitual residence apply, the performance and interpretation of these Terms and Conditions, as well as the relationship between the parties, shall be governed by Belgian law.
In the event of a dispute between the Operator and the User and if the parties cannot resolve the dispute amicably within 14 days of notification by either party, the courts of the judicial district of Brussels, Belgium, shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute relating to the application or interpretation of these Terms and Conditions.
8.6. Archiving and Evidence
Files, data, and documents stored by the Operator, in accordance with its data protection policy, on IT media in the Operator’s computer systems under reasonable security conditions, shall be considered proof of communications between the Parties.
The Services are available exclusively on the Site.
The Operator informs Users that third parties may fraudulently attempt to impersonate the Operator in order to obtain personal data from Users and engage in unlawful activities.
In the User’s interest, a list of fraudulent practices sometimes carried out by such persons is provided below:
Attempting to register domain names similar to those of the Operator, copying the logo and appearance of the Operator’s Website in order to confuse and mislead the User.
Sending an email to the User, pretending to be the Operator, and asking them to click on a link in the email.
Posting promotions on social media pretending to be the Operator and asking you to enter personal data or click on a link.
Such practices are known as phishing and aim to unlawfully obtain the User’s data (e.g., passwords or credit card numbers).
To avoid falling victim to such practices, it is important that the User:
Only accesses the Operator’s official Website;
Ignores emails or social media links asking you to click on a link and enter personal information.
In the above situations, the User must exercise the utmost caution and immediately report such behaviour to the Operator. The phone number and email address for contacting the Operator for this purpose are available on the Operator’s Website.
The Operator provides the above information to inform and raise awareness, but it does not constitute professional advice.
The Operator is not responsible for any fraudulent use of the Operator’s trademark by third parties.
Likewise, the Operator warns Users that it is unable to control programmes or files that may be placed on the User’s computer when browsing the Internet and recommends that they take necessary prevention and security measures (such as installing antivirus software and keeping security updates current) to protect against potential third-party attacks. If the User becomes aware of fraudulent activities, they may contact the Operator and follow the necessary measures indicated for that purpose.
The Data Protection Policy and Cookie Policy are published on the Site and apply to any use that the User and/or Visitor makes of the Site. We recommend that the User and/or Visitor read these policies carefully to understand their rights and obligations.
These Terms and Conditions of Use are governed exclusively by Belgian law.
Disputes arising from or relating to these Terms and Conditions of Use shall be submitted exclusively to the courts of the registered office of GAA.