Legal Notice (Mentions Légales)

Last updated: April 14, 2026

In accordance with French Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 (LCEN) on confidence in the digital economy, the following information is provided to users of the Heavy Buddy website.

1. Publisher (Editeur du site)

Company name: Heavy Buddy SAS

Legal form: Société par Actions Simplifiée (SAS)

Share capital: 10,000 EUR

Registered office: [Address to be completed], France

RCS: [Registration number to be completed]

SIRET: [SIRET number to be completed]

VAT number: [Intra-community VAT number to be completed]

Publication director: [Name of the legal representative]

Email: contact@heavybuddy.com

Phone: [Phone number to be completed]

2. Hosting Provider (Hébergeur)

Company name: Infomaniak Network SA

Registered office: Rue Eugne-Marziano 25, 1227 Les Acacias, Geneva, Switzerland

Phone: +41 22 820 35 40

Website: www.infomaniak.com

All data is hosted on servers located in Switzerland, which benefits from an EU adequacy decision for data protection purposes.

3. Intellectual Property

The entire content of the Heavy Buddy website (including but not limited to text, graphics, images, logos, icons, software, and their compilation) is the exclusive property of Heavy Buddy SAS or its content suppliers and is protected by French and international intellectual property laws.

The Heavy Buddy name, logo, and any associated trademarks are registered trademarks. Any unauthorized reproduction or use is strictly prohibited.
Content posted by users (ad descriptions, photos) remains the property of the respective users, who grant Heavy Buddy a non-exclusive license to display it on the Platform.
The source code, design, and architecture of the Platform are protected by copyright. Reproduction, modification, distribution, or reverse engineering is prohibited without prior written authorization.

4. Personal Data & Privacy

Heavy Buddy collects and processes personal data in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the French Data Protection Act (Loi Informatique et Libertés).

For complete details on data collection, usage, and your rights, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
Data Protection Officer: [DPO contact to be completed]
Supervisory authority: CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés) — www.cnil.fr

In accordance with GDPR Articles 15 to 22, you have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and objection regarding your personal data. To exercise these rights, contact us at privacy@heavybuddy.com.

5. Cookies

The Heavy Buddy website uses only strictly necessary cookies required for the proper functioning of the Platform:

Session cookie: Maintains your authentication state while browsing.
CSRF token: Security cookie that prevents cross-site request forgery attacks.

We do not use advertising, tracking, or analytics cookies. As these cookies are strictly necessary for the provision of the service, no consent is required under the ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC) and CNIL guidelines.

6. Hyperlinks

The Heavy Buddy website may contain links to third-party websites. We have no control over the content of these external sites and accept no responsibility for them.
Creating a hyperlink to the Heavy Buddy homepage is permitted without prior authorization, provided it does not use framing or deep-linking techniques that could mislead users.
Links to internal pages require prior written authorization from Heavy Buddy.

7. Limitation of Liability

Heavy Buddy strives to provide accurate and up-to-date information on its website. However:

We cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or currency of the information published on the site, particularly information provided by third-party users (ad content, seller descriptions).
The Platform may be temporarily unavailable due to maintenance, updates, or technical issues. Heavy Buddy shall not be held liable for any damages resulting from such interruptions.
Users are solely responsible for the use they make of the information and services available on the Platform.

8. Applicable Law & Jurisdiction

These legal notices are governed by French law. Any dispute relating to the use of the Heavy Buddy website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the French courts, without prejudice to mandatory consumer protection provisions.

9. Mediation

In accordance with Article L. 612-1 of the French Consumer Code, in the event of a dispute, the consumer has the right to resort to a consumer mediator free of charge. Heavy Buddy undertakes to designate a consumer mediator and will communicate the mediator's details here once appointed.

You may also use the European Commission's Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform.

10. Contact

For any questions regarding these legal notices:

Heavy Buddy SAS
Email: legal@heavybuddy.com
General: contact@heavybuddy.com