Privacy policies

1. Introduction

Welcome to the Terms of Use section of the Biological Resource Center of Institut Pasteur (“CRBIP”), “we”, “us”, or “our”) Site(s) (the “Site”).

The aim of this Site is to provide access to information about the products and services provided.

These Terms of Use describe the terms and conditions applicable to your use of our Site. By using this Site, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you may not use this Site.

We may modify these Terms of Use at any time by posting the modified version on our Site and revising the “last updated” notice at the top of this web page. Modifications to these Terms of Use will be automatically effective upon posting on our Site. Please check these Terms of Use periodically for changes. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of any such changes constitutes acceptance of those changes.

2. Other procedure and agreements Relating to the Site

These conditions of use are not intended to govern the conditions relating to biological material deposit or biological material transfer, which are governed by specific procedures and agreements.

3. Access

Access to the Site is permitted on a temporary basis, and INSTITUT PASTEUR reserves the right to withdraw or amend the service it provides on the Site without notice.

From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Site, or the entire Site, to users who have registered with us. Certain parts of the site are only accessible to employees of Institut Pasteur.

If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party.

We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions.

4. Scope of use

This Site and its entire content are protected by intellectual property rights.

You may download portions of the material descriptions, FAQs, other data, text and graphics on this Site (“Content”) for your individual, informational, non-commercial use only, provided you acknowledge CRBIP as the source and also comply with all copyright, trademark, and other proprietary notices contained in such Content. Please note that exercising the foregoing rights in order to evaluate your interest in requesting a material deposit agreement or a material transfer agreement with CRBIP shall not constitute commercial use.

You are not permitted, without INSTITUT PASTEUR's permission to:

  • store the Site, or any part of the Site, for any other purpose;
  • print copies of the Site, or any part of the Site, for any other purpose;
  • reproduce, copy or transfer the Site, or any part of the Site, in any way, for any other purpose or by any other transfer means.

All other rights which are not specifically granted are reserved.

5. Prohibitions

Site users are strictly prohibited from :

  • using this Site in any way that impacts user access to this Site ;
  • using this Site contrary to applicable laws and regulations, or in a way that causes, or may cause, harm to the Site (including, without limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data) , or to any person or business entity;
  • engaging in any data mining, data harvesting, data extracting or any other similar activity in relation to this Site, or while using this Site
  • using this Site to engage in any advertising or marketing.

6. Limitation of liability

This Site and its content are provided “as is,” and INSTITUT PASTEUR makes no express or implied representations, warranties or undertaking about:

  • any of the content of the Site (including, without limitation, any as to the quality, accuracy, performance, completeness or fitness for any particular purpose of such content); or
  • any content of any third party Site referred to or accessed to by link through the Site. Links to third party Sites are for your convenience only. Such Sites are operated and controlled by third parties and their inclusion does not imply any endorsement or approval by INSTITUT PASTEUR of the materials on such Sites.

Nothing contained on this Site shall be construed as providing consult or advice to you. The content of the Site is for your general information and use only.

Moreover, INSTITUT PASTEUR makes no guarantee that this Site is free from computer viruses.

It is strongly recommended that you check for such viruses before downloading it or its content.

INSTITUT PASTEUR accepts no liability for any claims, penalties, loss or expenses arising from any reliance placed on the content of the Site; the use or inability to use the Site; the downloading of any materials from the Site; or any unauthorised access to or alteration to the Site.

7. Severability

If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such unenforceability or invalidity shall not render these Terms and Conditions unenforceable or invalid as a whole, and such provisions shall be deleted without affecting the remaining provisions herein.

8. Changes

INSTITUT PASTEUR reserves the right to amend or replace the Terms and Conditions at any time, and by using this Site you are expected to read such Terms and Conditions on a regular basis.

9. Assignment, Transfer and suncontract

INSTITUT PASTEUR shall be permitted to assign, transfer, and subcontract its rights and/or obligations under these Terms and Conditions without any notification or consent required. However, you shall not be permitted to assign, transfer, or subcontract any of your rights and/or obligations under these Terms and Conditions.

10. Entire agreement

These Terms and Conditions, including any legal notices and disclaimers contained on this Site, constitute the entire agreement between INSTITUT PASTEUR and you in relation to your use of this Site.

11. Law and jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of France and any disputes that may arise shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Paris (France) courts.

12. Contacts

The department authorized to carry out controls on the Site’s content and use is the CRBIP.

Any question regarding the use of the Site should be adressed to: crbip-pmo@pasteur.fr