The Website is operated and published by the following legal entity:

Schneider Electric Industries SAS

Registered office: 35, rue Joseph Monier, 92500 Rueil Malmaison - France
Legal form under French law: société par actions simplifiée
Share capital amount: 928.298.512, 00 Euros
Registered at Companies Register of Nanterre: RCS 954 503 439
VAT number: FR04954503439

To contact us in relation to the Website, please email to: SchneiderCommunity.Support@se.com

You may also use this email address if you wish:

• To report to us any content you think illegal on the Website, as further indicated in Section 12.1 of these Terms of Use,
• To request information about content moderation procedures, measures and tools implemented by Schneider Electric on the Website, as further detailed in Section 12.2 of these Terms of Use; and
• To be given access to Schneider Electric’s complaint-handling system as further detailed in Section 12.4 of these Terms of Use.

This email address shall also serve as single point of contact allowing for direct communication, by electronic means, with Member States’ authorities, the European Commission and the European Board for Digital Services for the application of the Digital Service Act Regulation (please email, in French or in English).

Publication director of the Website:

Michael HUGHES
Senior Vice President End to End Digital Customer Relationship

The Website is hosted by the following legal entity:

Khoros, LLC
Address: 7300 Ranch Road 2222 Building 1, Austin, Texas 78730,
United States of America
Phone Number: +1-512-201-4090

For the Website Users (as such term is defined below) having its registered office or principal place of business (for legal persons) or place of residence (for natural persons) in the European Union, Middle East and Africa, the data processed by the Website are localized in a data center in Ireland controlled by Amazon Web Services, Inc., 410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States of America - Phone Number: +1-206-266-1000.

For the Website Users having its registered office or principal place of business (for legal persons) or place of residence (for natural persons) in USA, Canada, and any countries of Asia Pacific Region, the data processed by the Website are localized in a data center in the USA controlled by Amazon Web Services, Inc., 410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States of America - Phone Number: +1-206-266-1000.

1. Acceptance of the Terms of Use

These Terms of Use are entered by and between any individual person accessing the Website and, as applicable, the legal entities employing such individual person (collectively, “You” or “the Website User”) and Schneider Electric Industries SAS (“Schneider Electric”, “we” or “us”). The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, these “Terms of Use”), govern Your access to and use of the Website, including any content, functionality and services offered on or through the Website. Please read these Terms of Use carefully before You start to use the Website. By using the Website, You accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use. If You do not want to agree to these Terms of Use, You must not access or use the Website.

By agreeing to these Terms of Use, You represent and warrant that You are of legal age granting to You in the country or state of Your residence the legal authority to enter into legally binding contracts, and in case You are acting on behalf of any legal entity employing You, You further represent and warrant that You are authorized by such legal entity to enter into the contract formed by Your agreement to these Terms of Use and that such legal entity agrees to be bound by these Terms of Use.

2. Purpose of the Website

The purpose of the Website is to provide its users with the access to and the ability to use a number of contents, functionalities and services intended to create a discussion area (“the Community”) where information and questions can be found, provided, asked and answered by Schneider Electric and/or by Website Users (as further detailed) in relation to energy management and industrial automation topics, the products, services, solutions and scope of business of Schneider Electric and its Affiliates (as defined below), and, as the case may be, in relation to products, services and/or solutions of third-party companies in the field of energy management and/or industrial automation.

The Website User will be a guest user when this person will visit the Website without authentication on Schneider Electric’s registration process available on other online interfaces of Schneider Electric group of companies. The Website User having a guest user status may only view and search for information publicly available on the Website.

The Website User will be a registered user when this person will log to the Website after having authenticated himself / herself via the Schneider Electric’s registration process available on other online interfaces of Schneider Electric group of companies.

A registered Website User will have the possibility to use all the features of the Website such as but not limited to view, search, download, create and post User Communications on the Website.

For the purpose of these Terms of Use, “Affiliates” means, with respect to Schneider Electric, any corporation, company or other legal entity that is directly or indirectly (i) controlling Schneider Electric, or (ii) controlled by Schneider Electric, or (iii) under common control with Schneider Electric, and the term “control” shall, for the purpose of this definition, mean the direct or indirect control of at least 50% of the stock capital and/or of the voting rights. Notwithstanding the aforesaid definition of Affiliate, AVEVA Group Plc. and all its subsidiaries shall not be deemed as Affiliates of Schneider Electric.

The Website is intended to provide community features such as but not limited to the following and any Website User making use of such features shall also be referred to as “Community Users”:

1. A blog space monitored by Schneider Electric, its Affiliates or Schneider Electric’s third-party service providers acting on behalf of Schneider Electric, where Community Users may publish posts relative to thought leadership on energy management and industrial automation or Schneider Electric products, services and solutions; and
2. A knowledge base with the ability (a) to search for technical information regarding Schneider Electric’s and its Affiliates’ products, services, solutions and scope of business, using dynamic search fields, as well as to filter within specific categories through the use of pre-defined labels, and (b) to find any other SE Contents that Schneider Electric and its Affiliates may elect to publish on the Website; and
3. A discussion forum categorized by topics and segments of business with the ability to (a) contact and ask questions to other Community Users, (b) find comments and answers posted by other Community Users, and c) reply to the answers and comments of other Community Users to the same or different question(s), in either case only in relation to energy management and industrial automation topics and the products, services, solutions and scope of business of Schneider Electric group of companies;
4. The ability to view and search for profiles of other Community Users, determine their online status, the date of last login and the date they first used any of the community features of the Website, to follow their Community User’s activity and to send direct private message to other Community Users; only those Community Users to whom a private message is sent by another Community User shall have access to such message;
5. A scoring system in which the participation in community features of the Website can be scored by Schneider Electric or third-party service providers acting on its behalf, by providing a score to Community Users with regards completion of certain activities on the Website such as liking or posting User Communications or liking Schneider Electric Content, responding to questions asked or approving solutions proposed on the discussion forum of the Website. No reward, award or any compensation is attached, granted or otherwise provided to any Community User in connection with said scoring. All Community Users can view the scoring status of the other Community Users and thereby see the most active Community Users both within the overall community features of the Website and within specific sub-areas of it if any.

The Website is not an online sale interface. No purchase of products, services, solutions, Website Content or any other element can be achieved on the Website.

3. Changes to the Terms of Use

We may revise these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. Any revision to these Terms of Use will be posted by Schneider Electric on the Website and, at its sole discretion, through any other electronic communication defined by Schneider Electric. All changes resulting from this revision are effective immediately when we post the revised Terms of Use on the Website and the revised Terms of Use shall apply to any subsequent access to and use of the Website by any Website User.

It is Your responsibility to check the then-current version of the Terms of Use at the time You access the Website, and Your continued use of the Website following the posting of the revised Terms of Use means that You accept and agree to such revised Terms of Use.

4. User account & Access to the Website

If You wish to access and use the Website as a registered user, You shall first create a user account and must complete the registration process by providing us with any information required by the registration form made available to You by Schneider Electric for the purpose of the creation or administration of Your user account, such as but not limited to names, usernames, phone numbers, and email addresses (“Account Information”). Any refusal to complete one of such required Account Information will prevent You from the possibility to create a user account. When creating Your user account, You are responsible for ensuring that the information You provide us are correct and complete and for informing us of any changes to Your Account Information.

You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of Your Account Information and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, You will bear responsibility and, as applicable, liability for all activities under Your user account and/or with Your Account Information.

Schneider Electric is not responsible for any losses arising out of the unauthorized use of Your user account or Your Account Information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of Your user account or Account Information.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for You to have access to the Website and ensuring that all persons who access the Website through Your user account are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.

Access to the Website to use its features defined under these Terms of Use is free of charge or any other fee payable to Schneider Electric. Schneider Electric reserves the right to decide that access to and/or the use of whole or part of the Website and its features, will be made against payment by Website Users of a fee or other consideration which Schneider Electric will notify to all Website Users by posting the information on the Website and/or at its sole discretion, through any other electronic communication defined by Schneider Electric.

5. Protection of Personal Information

You are advised to check the privacy notices and privacy policies made available to You by Schneider Electric on the Website.

You are responsible for any third-party Personal Information that You upload, store, create, use, share, modify, delete or otherwise process during Your use of the Website. You must comply with all applicable laws and regulations, obtain all required consents and make all required notifications in this respect.

For the purpose of these Terms of Use, Personal Information means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

6. Intellectual Property Rights

6.1 Definition. For the purpose of these Terms of Use, “Intellectual Property Rights” means any and all rights of any kind and any type arising under statute, regulation, ordinance, common law, treaty, convention or otherwise, and including, without limitation any patents, utility models, moral rights, copyright and neighboring rights, trademarks and trade dress rights, mask work rights, service marks, right in domain names, designs rights, rights in computer software, database rights, rights in confidential information (including but not limited to all rights in know-how and trade secrets) and any other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or not, including but not limited to applications and renewals, and all rights and forms of protection having equivalent or similar effect, recognized under the laws of each and every jurisdiction throughout the world.

6.2 Website Contents and User Communications. The Website, its domain name, its features including but not limited to the community’s features, the Schneider Electric Contents as well as the design, selection and arrangement of the Website (collectively “the Website Contents”) and the related Intellectual Property Rights, are owned by Schneider Electric, its Affiliates or its licensors, to the exception of User Communications whose rights including any Intellectual Property Rights are reserved to the Website User having published it on the Website or its licensors.

Any Schneider Electric Content is either copyrighted by Schneider Electric or otherwise the proprietary ownership of Schneider Electric, its Affiliates or its licensors under any applicable Intellectual Property Rights’ laws and international treaties.

Any rights to the Schneider Electric Contents which are not expressly granted in these Terms of Use, are reserved by Schneider Electric, its Affiliates or its/their licensors. Only the right to use the Schneider Electric Contents is provided to You on the Website. Your use of the Website and the Schneider Electric Contents made available on the Website does not grant, transfer or otherwise convey to You any title, copyright and other Intellectual Property Rights in the Schneider Electric Contents.

The Schneider Electric Contents may not be modified, copied, distributed, framed, reproduced, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted, transmitted, or sold in any form or by any means, in whole or in part.

No transfer or grant of rights under any Intellectual Property Rights applicable to the Website, its domain name(s) or the Schneider Electric Contents, is made or implied by any provision of these Terms of Use, and any use of the Website, its domain name(s) and/or the Schneider Electric Contents other than in strict compliance with these Terms of Use, is strictly prohibited.

User Communications and the related Intellectual Property Rights are owned by the Website User publishing it on the Website or any third-party licensors from which such Website User is deemed to have obtained any necessary rights, licenses and approvals.

6.3 Trademarks. The Schneider Electric name and all related trademarks, company or trade names, logos, products and services’ names, designs, logos, slogans (such as but not limited to “Life is On”) and other designations of Schneider Electric or its Affiliates on the Website or the Schneider Electric Contents or in connection therewith, are registered trademarks of Schneider Electric, its Affiliates or its/their licensors, or are otherwise protected under any applicable Intellectual Property Rights’ laws and international treaties, and may not be used or reproduced, in whole or in part, without prior written permission of Schneider Electric, its relevant Affiliate(s) or licensor(s). No transfer or grant of rights under any such trademarks, company or trade names, logos, products and services’ names, designs, logos, slogans and other designations and the related Intellectual Property Rights, is made or implied by any provision of these Terms of Use.

7. User Communications

The Website provides features that allow the Website Users to post, submit, publish, display or transmit on or through the Website, content or materials such as but not limited to text, audio, video, images, graphics, drawings, schematics, photos and literature (collectively, “User Communications”) to the attention of Schneider Electric and/or other Website Users. Any content or material posted or otherwise provided by Community Users through the blog space and the discussion forum of the Website, as well as messages sent by Community Users to other Community User(s) through electronic message or chat features (also designated on the Website as “private messages”), shall be deemed to form part of User Communications and shall be treated as such in accordance with the provisions of these Terms of Use.

All User Communications must comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.

Additionally, You represent and warrant that:

• You own or control all rights in and to the User Communications and have the right to grant the license granted above to us and our affiliates, licensors and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors and assigns.
• All Your User Communications do and will comply with these Terms of Use including, but not limited to, the Content Standards.

You understand and acknowledge that You are responsible for any User Communications You submit or contribute, and You, not Schneider Electric or its licensors, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy and appropriateness.

We do not provide any warranty and are not responsible or liable for any User Communications published on the Website by any Website User. All statements and/or opinions expressed in the User Communications, are solely the responsibility of the Community Users having published or otherwise displayed it on the Website, and not the opinions of Schneider Electric or its Affiliates.

8. Schneider Electric’s use of User Communications

You acknowledge that we may collect User Communications during the course of Your use of the Website. We will not use or disclose User Communications to any third parties except as provided in these Terms of Use and, as applicable, in the privacy notice and privacy policies made available to You by Schneider Electric on the Website.

You hereby expressly grant Schneider Electric, a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide and royalty-free license right, with Schneider Electric’s right to sublicense the same to its Affiliates and third-party contractors acting on its behalf, to store, upload, import, translate, copy, publish and display, use Your User Communications, and create and exploit derivative works (including data analytics) from Your User Communications, for the sole and following limited purposes:

1. making publicly available Your User Communications on the Website, and
2. using Your User Communications in developments by Schneider Electric of improvements to the Website including the Website’s user experience; and
3. using Your User Communications in developments by Schneider Electric of improvements to our products, services or solutions, our business models and/or our access to market in relation to our products, services or solutions, in all cases in accordance with and subject to data protection laws.

No compensation will be owed by Schneider Electric to You or any third-party with respect to the use of Your User Communications in accordance with these Terms of Use.

You warrant and represent that You have and will maintain all the rights, licenses and approvals necessary to make any User Communication available on the Website and to grant the foregoing rights at no charge to Schneider Electric, its Affiliates and contractors, for the duration of these rights and without further restriction or obligation on Schneider Electric.

In any case, including if the Website User publishing any User Communication on the Website is not the legal owner of any content, information and/or material forming part of said User Communication, the Website User represents that it has and will keep in effect all licenses and approvals necessary to grant the foregoing license rights, at no charge, to Schneider Electric. The Website User represents that it is not exceeding any specified entitlement or permitted use or violating applicable license agreements or applicable laws to grant the foregoing license rights. The Website User agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Schneider Electric from any third-party claims and any costs and other amounts that Schneider Electric, its Affiliates or contractors may incur or otherwise be subject to because of the Website User’s breach of this Section 8 of these Terms of Use.

9. Schneider Electric Contents.

9.1 Accuracy. Any content, such as but not limited to, any information related to Schneider Electric products, solutions and/or services, in whatever format such as text, audio, video, interactive services such as but not limited to polls, images, graphics, drawings, schematics, photos and literature, products or services’ descriptions and listings, page headers or footers, button icons or scripts, that is created or otherwise generated by or on behalf of Schneider Electric or any of its Affiliates and published, displayed or otherwise made available by Schneider Electric on the Website (“Schneider Electric Content”), are accurate to Schneider Electric’s reasonable knowledge.

Whilst we try and ensure that the information comprised in Schneider Electric Contents published on the Website are accurate, the Schneider Electric Content is not necessarily complete, error-free or up to date. Any of the Schneider Electric Content may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update Schneider Electric Content. If we discover material error(s) in any Schneider Electric Content, we will make our best efforts to update such information on the Website as promptly as possible upon our awareness thereof. Any Schneider Electric Content is subject to change without notice by Schneider Electric.

We take every care to ensure that the description and images of the Schneider Electric Contents we make available on the Website are correct. However, any such images and descriptions on the Website are not intended to be binding and are intended only to give a general description of the Schneider Electric Contents.

You should independently evaluate the accuracy and fitness for Your particular purpose or needs of any Schneider Electric Content made available through the Website. We disclaim all responsibility and liability arising from any reliance You may place on the Website Contents including but not limited to Schneider Electric Contents.

While using any Schneider Electric Content available through the Website, You shall fully comply with all specifications, general descriptions and warnings related to the functionalities, performances and use environments related to the Schneider Electric products, solutions and services to which the Schneider Electric Content relates. You acknowledge and agree that the Schneider Electric Content are intended to be used by users having sufficient technical qualification which You shall ensure, under Your responsibility to obtain and maintain through Your use of the Schneider Electric Content.

In case Schneider Electric publishes polls on the Website to measure Community Users’ satisfaction about their user experience of the community’s features, Community Users will freely decide to answer or not the poll. Answers provided by any Community Users participating to such polls shall be deemed to form part of Schneider Electric Contents and shall be treated as such in accordance with the provisions of these Terms of Use.

9.2 Downloads of Schneider Electric Contents. Some Schneider Electric Contents may be made available for download to Users through a download link. Subject to the paragraph below, we usually store the download link and related digital keys for downloadable Schneider Electric Contents for a reasonable time following the date we make them available on the Website, but do not promise to store them for any given length of time.

You also agree that we may stop supporting the storage of download links or keys for one or more Schneider Electric Content at any time and for any reason, including, by way of example, at the end of the Schneider Electric Content support life cycle, after which You will no longer have access to the download link or digital key. If we cancel or modify our program such that You will no longer have access to the download link or digital key, we will do our best efforts to inform You thereof by any means reasonably available to us.

Your use of any Schneider Electric Content downloadable or accessible from or through the Website, is governed by the end user license agreements, the terms of use or terms & conditions which may be applicable to such Schneider Electric Content. You agree that You will be required (i) to agree to such end user license agreements, terms of use or terms & conditions when You download, access and/or make use of such Schneider Electric Content and (ii) to abide by each and any end user license agreements, terms of use and other terms & conditions applicable to Schneider Electric Content; You further agree that in case of conflict for any Schneider Electric Content between these Terms of Use and any such end user license agreements, terms of use or other terms & conditions applicable to Schneider Electric Content, such end user license agreements, terms of use and other terms & conditions applicable to the concerned Schneider Electric Content shall control to the extent of the conflict and with respect only to Your use of that Schneider Electric Content.

Any use, reproduction or redistribution of any Schneider Electric Content not in accordance with the relevant end-user license terms, terms of use or terms and conditions of the concerned Schneider Electric Content, and/or in violation to any applicable law, is expressly prohibited and may result in severe civil and criminal prosecution to the extent of any law applicable thereto.

For some of Schneider Electric Contents You have downloaded from the Website, these may not be further used until You accept an update thereof. Some other Schneider Electric Contents that are entirely or partly hosted online, may be updated at any time and will not require Your permission to update.

9.3 Availability of the Website and Schneider Electric Contents. Schneider Electric makes all reasonable efforts to ensure that the Website is accessible at all times. The Website Users may however be prevented from accessing the Website or may experience access problems due to technical difficulties or during maintenance work or upgrades of Website Contents.

We shall use reasonable efforts to provide You with prior notice of any scheduled maintenance of the Website (except for emergency maintenance) and You agree to use reasonable efforts to comply with any requirements notified to You for allowing the conduct of such maintenance.

The Website may be corrected, amended or updated at any time without notice.

Schneider Electric reserves the right to modify the availability of Schneider Electric Contents on the Website at any time and without notice. Schneider Electric makes no representation, nor provides any warranty, that all features of the Website and all Schneider Electric Contents are accessible, available or appropriate in all geographic locations in the world.

10. Acceptable use of the Website

You may use the Website and Website Content only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use.

When accessing to and using the Website in any jurisdiction, You are exclusively and fully responsible for Your compliance with all laws and regulations applicable thereto in such country. Attempting to access and/or use the Website in any jurisdiction where such use would be unlawful or otherwise restricted (including but not limited to the case where such restriction would result from embargoes, international sanctions or other controls resulting from export control laws or regulations), is prohibited under these Terms of Use.

You agree not to use the Website or the Website Content:

• In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any export control laws and regulations applicable in the US, the European Union member states or any other country).
• For the purpose of exploiting, harming or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information or otherwise.
• To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.
• To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any “junk mail”, “chain letter” or “spam” or any other similar solicitation.
• To impersonate or attempt to impersonate Schneider Electric, its Affiliates, any of its/their employees, another user or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using e-mail addresses or screen names associated with any of the foregoing).
• To harvest or collect information about users of the Website.
• To cause injury to any person or entity.
• To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm Schneider Electric or users of the Website or expose them to liability.

Additionally, You agree not to:

• Use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the Website or restrict, inhibit or otherwise interfere with any other person’s use of the Website or Website Content, including, but not limited to, their ability to engage in real time activities through the Website.
• Use any robot, spider site search/retrieval application or other manual or automatic device, process or means to retrieve, index, “scrape,” “data mine” or otherwise access the Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the Website Content, or reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Website.
• Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the Website Content or for any other unauthorized purpose without our prior written consent.
• Use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website.
• Frame or mirror any portion of the Website, or otherwise incorporate any portion of the Website into any product or service.
• Make available through or in connection with the Website any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful or invasive or intended to damage or hijack the operation of, or to monitor the use of, any hardware, software, or equipment.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Website.
• Attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
• Interfere with or disrupt the operation of the Website or the systems, servers, or networks used to make the Website available, including by hacking or defacing any portion of the Website; or violate any requirement, procedure or policy of such servers or networks.
• Use the Website for any commercial purpose, or for any purpose that is fraudulent or otherwise tortious or unlawful.
• Reproduce, modify, adapt, download, translate, create derivative works of, sell, rent, lease, loan, timeshare, distribute, republish or otherwise exploit any portion of (or any use of) the Website or Schneider Electric Content other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use and without Schneider Electric’s express prior written consent.
• Reproduce, modify, adapt, download, translate, create derivative works of, sell, rent, lease, loan, timeshare, distribute, republish or otherwise exploit any portion of (or any use of) User Communications published or otherwise displayed on the Website by any Website User other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use and without such Website User’s express prior written consent.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any portion of the Website, except where such restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law.
• Remove any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notice from the Website or Website Content.
• Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website.

You will not attempt to do anything, or permit, encourage, assist, or allow any third party to do anything, prohibited in this section, or attempt, permit, encourage, assist, or allow any other violation of these Terms of Use.

In using the Website and the Website Contents, the Website User is solely responsible for any commitments it makes to its own partners, customers or any other third-party in relation with such use and any action it undertakes in pursuance of such use.

11.  Content Standards

These content standards (“Content Standards”) apply to any and all User Communications.

User Communications must in their entirety comply with all applicable federal, state, local and international laws and regulations.

Without limiting the foregoing, User Communications must not:

• Contain any material which is illegal or defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful or otherwise objectionable.
• Promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act.
• Promote discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
• Infringe or misappropriate any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other Intellectual Property Rights, privacy rights or other legal rights of any person.
• Contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms of Use and/or the privacy notice and privacy policies made available to You by Schneider Electric on the Website.
• Be likely to deceive or to harass any person.
• Impersonate any person or misrepresent Your identity or affiliation with any person or organization.
• Give the impression that they emanate from or are endorsed by Schneider Electric or any other person or entity, if this is not the case.
• Involve contests, sweepstakes, general sales promotions, barter or advertising, without prior written permission from Schneider Electric.
• Contain advertisements, solicitations or spam links to other web sites or individuals, without prior written permission from Schneider Electric.
• Be designed to cause harm, damage, disable, or otherwise interfere with the Website and/or Website Contents.

12. Notice mechanism for illegal contents, Moderation and Enforcement

12.1 Schneider Electric provides to the Website Users a notification mechanism whereby Website Users can notify Schneider Electric of the presence on the Website of specific items of information that Website Users consider to be violating any applicable law or regulation including, without limitation, any law or regulation applicable in one or several European Union member states. Such mechanism shall also be known as the illegal content notice mechanism.

To exercise such notification right, the Website Users shall send a written notice to the electronic mail address provided by Schneider Electric on the first page of these Terms of Use.

This written notice shall contain:

1. an explanation of the reasons why the Website User considers the information in question to be illegal content;
2. a clear indication of the electronic location of that information, in particular the exact URL or URLs, and, where necessary, additional information enabling the identification of the illegal content;
3. the name and an electronic mail address of the Website User submitting the notice, except in the case of information considered to involve one of these offences: offences concerning sexual abuse, offences concerning sexual exploitation, offences concerning child pornography, solicitation of children for sexual purposes;
4. a statement confirming the good faith belief of the Website User submitting the notice that the information and allegations contained therein are accurate and complete.

Where the notice contains the name and an electronic mail address of the Website User that submitted it, Schneider Electric shall promptly send a confirmation of receipt of the notice to the Website User.

Schneider Electric shall, without undue delay, notify that Website User of its decision in respect of the information to which the notice relates, and shall provide information on the redress possibilities (in the conditions provided in article 12.4) in respect of that decision.

Schneider Electric shall process this notice in accordance with the terms of this Section 12 and undertakes to take its decision in a timely, diligent and objective manner.

Website Users are hereby informed that Schneider Electric shall suspend the processing of notices submitted by any Website User that misuses the illegal content notice mechanism by frequently submitting notices that are manifestly unfounded. Manifestly unfounded notices shall be notices that have no legal ground and/or that relate to items of information or contents which are actually not violating any applicable law or regulation including, without limitation, any law or regulation applicable in one or several European Union member states.

Such suspension shall apply during a thirty (30) calendar days period from the date on which Schneider Electric has sent a written notification exposing to the concerned Website User the facts and circumstances which establish the misuse by such Website User of the illegal content notice mechanism. Such facts and circumstances that Schneider Electric will consider to establish such misuse, shall include at least the following:

1. the absolute numbers of manifestly unfounded notices submitted in the past year by the concerned Website User,
2. the relative proportion thereof in relation to the total number of notices submitted in the past year by the concerned Website User,
3. the gravity of the misuse and its consequences, and
4. the intent pursued by the concerned Website User.

12.2 We have the right (but not the obligation) to take or cause third-party contractors acting on behalf of Schneider Electric to take, any action with respect to any User Communication that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including:

1. to review and evaluate User Communications, and any use of and access to the Website, including to determine Website Users’ compliance with these Terms of Use and our corporate policies;
2. to moderate User Communications before it is published on the Website. For the purpose of moderating User Communications, Schneider Electric may use algorithmic decision-making resources of our subcontractors and human review by Schneider Electric’s dedicated employee(s). Upon written request by any Website User to the electronic mail address provided by Schneider Electric on the first page of these Terms of Use, Schneider Electric shall provide information about its content moderation procedures, measures and tools, to the extent legally required and subject to any confidentiality obligation that may be binding upon Schneider Electric to any subcontractor operating moderation activities on behalf of Schneider Electric; and
3. to refuse to post, any User Communications before it is published on the Website if we have objective elements inducing or establishing that such User Communication (a) violates whole or part of these Terms of Use and notably the Content Standards, (b) violates any applicable laws or regulations including, without limitation, any law or regulation applicable in one or several European Union member states, (c) infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, or (d) could create liability for Schneider Electric or our Affiliates. However, we do not undertake to review all User Communications before it is posted on the Website; and
4. To remove from the Website, or disable access for all Website Users on the Website to, any User Communication at any time after it is published on the Website if we have objective elements establishing that such User Communication (a) violates whole or part of these Terms of Use and notably the Content Standards, (b) violates any applicable laws or regulations including without limitation, any law or regulation applicable in one or several European Union member states, (c) infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, or (d) creates liability for Schneider Electric or our Affiliates beyond their commitments under these Terms of Use and/or under any applicable law or regulation.

However, we do not undertake to ensure automatic and immediate removal of the violating User Communications after it has been posted on the Website. Indeed, Schneider Electric has no general obligation to monitor the information which Website Users have posted, nor to actively seek facts or circumstances indicating illegal activity on or through the Website.

When Schneider Electric will remove, or disable any access to, any User Communication on the Website as aforesaid, Schneider Electric shall deliver, at the latest at the time of the removal or disabling of access, to the Website User having published it, a statement of reasons for its decision to remove or disable access to such User Communication. Such statement of reasons shall at least contain the information on whether the concerned User Communication has been removed or disabled, and if relevant, the territorial scope of the disabled access, as well as the facts relied upon by Schneider Electric in taking its decision, whether the decision was taken pursuant to a notice from another Website User submitted in accordance with this Section 12, information on the use made of automated means in taking the decision, a reference to the legal and/or contractual ground relied on and explanations as to why the information is considered to be illegal content on that ground, information on the redress possibilities available in respect of the decision in accordance with Section 12.4 below.

12.3 Schneider Electric shall issue a written prior warning to any Website User that frequently publish on the Website User Communications that violate any applicable laws or regulations without limitation, any law or regulation applicable in one or several European Union member states.

After issuance of such warning, Schneider Electric shall suspend the provision to such Website User of the services offered on the Website during a thirty (30) calendar days period. Such suspension may be implemented by any technical measures available to Schneider Electric in relation to the access and use of the Website such as, with respect to registered Website Users, by blocking their user account or disabling their Account Information.

Furthermore, Website Users are hereby informed that the implementation by Schneider Electric of the afore-mentioned blocking or disabling measure:

1. may cause inaccessibility for the concerned Website Users to other online interfaces of Schneider Electric or its Affiliates when other online interfaces are available to such Website User(s) with the same user account; and
2. shall not waive or affect any other right or remedies to which Schneider Electric may be entitled, nor any obligation and liabilities to which Website Users may be exposed, in either case at law or under other applicable legal grounds, in consequence of any of the events referred to under (a) to (d) of Section 12.2 (iv) above;
3. shall not affect any rights or remedies which, before such measure is implemented, may have accrued to the concerned Website User or Schneider Electric under these Terms of Use, at law or under other applicable legal grounds.

12.4 By sending a written request to the electronic mail address provided by Schneider Electric on the first page of these Terms of Use, all Website Users will be given access to a complaint-handling system allowing them to lodge complaints, electronically and free of charge, for a period of six (6) months following the decision referred to in this clause against Schneider Electric’s decisions in accordance with Sections 12.2 and 12.3 of these Terms of Use, to either (i) remove or disable access to User Communications, or (ii) suspend or terminate the provision of the services, in whole or in part, offered on the Website to certain Website Users such as, with respect to registered Website Users, by blocking their user account or disabling their Account Information.

In this framework, the Website User will be entitled to select any out-of-court dispute institution that will be certified in accordance with the Digital Service Act Regulation in order to resolve disputes relating to Schneider Electric’s decision above-mentioned, without prejudice to the right of the Website User to redress against the decision before a court in accordance with the applicable law.

12.5 Schneider Electric also has the right to take appropriate legal action for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website.

Without limiting the foregoing and within the limit of the applicable law, in case we suspect that any activity You make of the Website and/or Website Contents may violate or otherwise infringe any law or regulation, we may report it to any appropriate law enforcement authorities or any competent courts of justice, and we have the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities and to respond to court orders requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other appropriate information of Community Users posting User Communications on or through the Website.

13.  Links to the Website and social media features

You may create link(s) to the Website only from your own website and with our prior express written consent.

The link(s) to the Website you create in accordance with the foregoing (i) must comply with applicable laws and regulations, (ii) must not be created in a way that damage our reputation or take advantage of it or suggest any form of association between You and Schneider Electric or its Affiliates or any approval or endorsement of your own website by Schneider Electric or its Affiliates.

You must not establish a link to the Website or any Website Content from any website that is not your own website or cause whole or part of Website Contents to be displayed or appear to be displayed on any website other than your own website and without prior written consent of Schneider Electric.

Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Website provides certain social media features that enable You (i) to send by private message through the Website to other Website Users or to third-parties at their e-mail address you have obtained by your own means and under your sole responsibility, or (ii) to share on certain social media previously approved by Schneider Electric, a communication regarding Website Contents or links to Website Contents that are publicly available on the Website and which, to your reasonable appreciation, may present an interest to such other Website Users or such third-parties as potential future Website Users. The decision of any such communication shall remain under your own and sole responsibility.

You may use these social media features solely as they are provided by us and otherwise in accordance with any additional terms and conditions we may provide with respect to such features.

You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking to the Website or Website Contents to cease immediately.

We may at any time disable all or any social media features and withdraw permissions for any Website User to link to the Website, without prior notice in case one or several Website User(s) do(es) not comply with the provisions of this Section 13.

14. Links from the Website to third party websites

Where the Website contains links to other websites, platforms and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for Your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval, endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by us of those linked websites, platforms, their contents or resources.

Schneider Electric and its Affiliates have no control over those third-party websites or platforms, their contents or resources, and we accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from Your use of them nor any responsibility for the acts or omissions of any operator of any such website or platform.

If You decide to access any such third-party websites or platforms or their contents and resources, You do so entirely at Your own risk and subject to said third party’s terms and policies including its privacy policy.

15. Warranty and Disclaimer of Warranties

15.1 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC WARRANTS THAT IT IS ENTITLED TO GRANT YOU THE RIGHT TO ACCESS AND USE THE WEBSITE AND THE WEBSITE CONTENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THESE TERMS OF USE.

15.2 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY THAT THE WEBSITE AND THE WEBSITE CONTENTS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS, NOR DOES SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR WEBSITE CONTENTS, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION YOU MAY OBTAIN THROUGH THE USE OF THE WEBSITE, OR WEBSITE CONTENTS.

15.3 YOU ASSUME FULL AND SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND WEBSITE CONTENTS.

15.4 WHILE SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC TAKES REASONABLE CARE TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS KEPT UP TO DATE, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AS A RESULT OF ANY OF SUCH INFORMATION NOT BEING ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR UP TO DATE AT THE TIME YOU ACCESS THERETO.

15.5 ALTHOUGH SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC MAKES EVERY ENDEAVOR TO KEEP THE WEBSITE AND THE WEBSITE CONTENTS FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CONTAMINATION FEATURES, AND DUE TO THE INHERENT RISKS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSFER OF DATA OVER THE INTERNET, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC CANNOT WARRANT THAT THE OPERATION OF THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR THE WEBSITE CONTENTS WILL BE PROTECTED AGAINST ALL POSSIBLE SECURITY THREATS SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO CYBERSECURITY THREATS. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING AGAINST CYBERSECURITY THREATS YOUR COMPUTER NETWORKS, SERVERS, MACHINES, PROGRAMS AND DATA (“YOUR SYSTEMS”) THAT YOU USE TO ACCESS AND USE THE WEBSITE AND THE WEBSITE CONTENTS.

15.6 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC RESERVES THE RIGHT TO INTERRUPT THE OPERATION OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, AS NECESSARY TO PERFORM ROUTINE OR NON-ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, ERROR CORRECTION OR OTHER CHANGES. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ACCESS TO AND/OR USE OF WEBSITE OR THE WEBSITE CONTENTS MAY BE INTERRUPTED OR COMPLETELY UNAVAILABLE FOR PERIODS OF TIME DUE TO CERTAIN CAUSES WHICH MAY INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, MAINTENANCE WORK.

15.7 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC MAKES NO ADDITIONAL WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE WEBSITE AND THE WEBSITE CONTENTS, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO ANY STATUTORY WARRANTIES WHICH, AS THE CASE MAY BE, BENEFIT YOU UNDER THE LAW APPLICABLE TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR OTHER MANDATORY OR PUBLIC ORDER LAWS OR REGULATIONS APPLICABLE (ON BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE LEVELS, WHEN APPLICABLE) (1) IN THE COUNTRY OR STATE WHERE YOU HAVE (i) YOUR RESIDENCE IF YOU ARE AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON ACTING AS CONSUMER OR (ii) YOUR REGISTERED OFFICE OR PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IF YOU ARE A LEGAL PERSON OR AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF A LEGAL PERSON, AND/OR, AS RELEVANT IN THE CONTEXT, (2) IN THE COUNTRY WHERE YOU WILL ACCESS TO AND/OR USE THE WEBSITE AND THE WEBSITE CONTENTS. THESE TERMS OF USE MUST BE READ SUBJECT TO ANY SUCH STATUTORY PROVISIONS.

16. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

16.1 TO THE EXCLUSION OF (i) DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED TO YOU IN CONSEQUENCE OF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC CONTENTS, or (ii) SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC’s WILFULL MISCONDUCT OR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION, WHERE IN EITHER CASE NO LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY, IN NO EVENT SHALL SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF REVENUE, PROFITS, GOODWILL, REPUTATION, SAVINGS, DATA, DATA USE OR OTHER INTANGIBLE DAMAGES OR LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR ACCESS OR USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE, THE WEBSITE OR THE WEBSITE CONTENTS, REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL GROUND FOR THE CLAIM AND EVEN IF SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE OR LOSS.

16.2 TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY ANY CYBER ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR SYSTEMS OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, THE WEBSITE CONTENTS OR ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.

16.3 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, LOSS, PENALTY, SURCHARGES, INTEREST OR ADDITIONAL MONETARY LIABILITIES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACCESS TO OR THE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE WEBSITE CONTENTS, DUE TO (I) THE SUPPLY BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY NOT BEING UNDER CONTROL OF SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC OF INCORRECT OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS OR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE WEBSITE CONTENTS, (ii) THE FAILURE BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY NOT BEING UNDER CONTROL OF SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC TO SUPPLY ANY INFORMATION REQUESTED BY SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC FOR THE PURPOSE OF YOUR ACCESS OR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE WEBSITE CONTENTS OR OTHERWISE REQUIRED UNDER ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OR REGULATIONS, (iii) ANY ACT, OMISSION, NON-PERFORMANCE OR DELAY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OR CAUSED BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY BEING UNDER YOUR CONTROL, OR (iv) ANY OTHER MATTER BEYOND REASONABLE CONTROL OF SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC.

16.4 THE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY STATED IN THESE TERMS OF USE SHALL APPLY ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAW APPLICABLE TO THESE TERMS OF USE AND DO NOT AFFECT OR PREJUDICE STATUTORY RIGHTS WHICH, AS THE CASE MAY BE, BENEFIT YOU UNDER MANDATORY OR PUBLIC ORDER LAWS OR REGULATIONS APPLICABLE (ON BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE LEVELS, WHEN APPLICABLE) (1) IN THE COUNTRY OR STATE WHERE YOU HAVE (i) YOUR RESIDENCE IF YOU ARE AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON ACTING AS CONSUMER OR (ii) YOUR REGISTERED OFFICE OR PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IF YOU ARE A LEGAL PERSON OR AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF A LEGAL PERSON, AND/OR, AS RELEVANT IN THE CONTEXT, (2) IN THE COUNTRY WHERE YOU WILL ACCESS TO AND/OR USE THE WEBSITE AND THE WEBSITE CONTENTS. THESE TERMS OF USE MUST BE READ SUBJECT TO ANY SUCH STATUTORY PROVISIONS.

17. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Schneider Electric and its Affiliates , its licensors and subcontractors, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, successors and assigns, from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees), arising out of or in connection with: (a) Your use of the Website or any Website Content; (b) the breach of these Terms of Use, our policies or the violation of applicable laws and/or regulations by You or any person under Your control; (c) Your User Communications including but not limited to any claim involving alleged infringement or misappropriation of third-party’s Intellectual Property Rights by Your User Communications or by the use or the provision thereof on the Website; or (d) any other dispute or litigation between You and any third-party in connection with Your use of the Website or any Website Content.

18. Applicable law and settlement of disputes

These Terms of Use are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of France. The application of the United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded.

If You are a consumer, You additionally enjoy the protection afforded to You by mandatory provisions of any laws of Your country of residence for the protection of Your consumer rights.

If You are a consumer having Your residence in the European Union, You may bring a claim against us to enforce Your consumer rights in connection with these Terms of Use and/or the Website. You can bring this claim in either the courts of the country where Schneider Electric has its registered office or in the courts of the country where You have Your residence.

If You are a consumer having Your residence in the European Union, the European Commission provides for an online and out-of-court consumers disputes resolution platform, which You can access under the following link: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.

If You are a professional, You irrevocably agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Paris, France, although we retain the right to bring any suit, action or proceeding against You for breach of these Terms of Use in Your country where You have Your registered office or principal place of business or any other relevant country for enforcement of a court decision creating obligation on You.

19.  General

Entirety of these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use are the entire agreement between Schneider Electric and You regarding the subject matter of these Terms of Use.

Assignment. You may not assign transfer or otherwise dispose of these Terms of Use or any rights or obligations hereunder, by operation of law or otherwise, without Schneider Electric’s prior written approval and any such attempted assignment shall be void. Subject to the foregoing, these Terms of Use shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their successors and permitted assigns.

Severability. Each of the paragraphs in these Terms of Use operates separately. If a court finds any part of these Terms of Use to be unlawful, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.

No waivers. If we do not insist immediately that You do anything You are required to do under these Terms of Use, or if we delay in taking steps against You in respect of Your breaching these Terms of Use, that will not mean that You do not have to do those things and it will not prevent us taking steps against You at a later date.

Independent contractors. We and You are independent parties, and these Terms of Use do not create a partnership, joint venture, agency, or employment relationship.