General Sales Terms of Hyphenity

  1. Unless otherwise stipulated and agreed upon by the two parties, only bank transfer or payment through PayPal are applicable
  2. All invoices are payable to Hyphenity SARL.
  3. Payment of Membership Fees, Round Table and other events
    1. Memberships can be paid directly when subscribing to Hyphenity with Credit Cards through Pay Pal via www.hyphenity.com or by bank transfer
      Our invoices are to be paid within 30 days from date of invoice.
    2. Events and Round Table fees are to be paid before the events with subscription by credit cards through PayPal via www.hyphenity.com or via bank transfer.
      A Confirmation mail and a receipt will follow the payment as appropriate
  4. Cancellation policy: we will refund 100% of the subscription fee for cancellations received 4 weeks before the event, 50% of the registration fee for cancellations received 2 weeks before the meeting. After this date no cancellation is accepted. Names may be substituted at any time without charge
  5. Any claim relative to services must be forwarded to us by registered mail within 8 days of the reception of the invoice or it will otherwise be void
  6. According to the law of 92.1442 of January 31. 1992 any invoice exceeding by 8 days its payment term will bear, without previous notice, a late payment interest of 1,5% per month started plus a VAT
  7. An unpaid invoice within the payment term makes it mandatory to pay all due amounts whatever the payment terms agreed upon previously
  8. The customer, will indemnify Hyphenity for all invoice late payment recovery expenses (Lawyer’s fees, technical advice fees) that HYPHENITY should incur due to a lack of observation of the current payment terms by the customer.
  9. These payment terms are subject to the French law and any conflict will be resolved by the relevant court of justice of Paris (France)

Thank you for using Hyphenity !

Hyphenity.com (the “Site”) is a website owned by Hyphenity SARL, a French private company. By using the Site, you expressly acknowledge and agree that any use of the Site will be in accordance with these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. For all questions please contact us.You confirm equally having read and accepted our terms that you agree on our Policy of Cookies.

If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, you may not use the Site. The Site reserves the right to modify these Terms of Use at any time and will publish notifications of material modifications at its sole discretion. By continuing to access the Site after notice of such modifications has been published, you signify your agreement to be bound by them.

Terms of use of Video Conferencing of Hyphenity: This Video Conference Service includes a feature that allows video and audio and any documents and other materials exchanged or viewed during the session to be recorded. By joining this session, you automatically consent to such recordings. If you do not consent to the recording, discuss your concerns with the meeting host prior to the start of the recording or do not join the session. Please note that any such recordings may be subject to discovery in the event of litigation.

A. Who can use Hyphenity site

You may use our products only is you can form a binding contract with Hyphenity and only is compliance with these Terms and all applicable laws. When you create a Hyphenity account, you must provide us with accurate and complete information. Any use or access by anyone under the age of 18 is prohibited. If you open an account on the behalf of a company, organization, or other entity, then “you” includes you and that entity, and you represent and warrant that you are authorized to grant all permissions and licenses provided in these Terms and bind the entity to these Terms, and that you agree to these Terms on the entity’s behalf.

B. Allowed Licence

Subject to these Terms and our policies, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to use our products/services.

2. Your Content:

A. Publication of your content

By submitting content to Hyphenity.com you are granting the Site (or any of its assignees) a perpetual, royalty-free, and irrevocable right and license to use, reproduce, edit, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, transmit, publicly display, sublicense, create derivative works from, transfer, and sell any such information.

As a contributor you are responsible for the originality and accuracy of your submissions. Any contributor caught plagiarizing content will be banned. Furthermore, you agree that, if a third party claims that any material you have contributed to the Site is unlawful, you will bear the full burden of establishing that the material complies with all applicable laws.

All post publication & editing is done at the discretion of Hyphenity. We do not guarantee that we will be able to honor requests from contributors to edit or delete posts after they are published.

B. Sharing Content from Hyphenity.com

Hyphenity collaborates closely with its writers to produce content we believe will interest readers in the field of innovation. We are happy when users want to refer to our writers’ work but we ask you to respect fair use principles. While you may copy small segments or a paragraph or two for quotation purposes, we do not allow you to replicate the article for another web site without our written permission. Fair use principles also mean you should provide a link back to the original source on Hyphenity. Thank you for respecting our rights and those of our authors.

C. Using and Sharing videos and webcasts produced by Hyphenity

We apply the same guidelines for sharing videos and webcasts. You are very welcome to share them by posting a link to the video or webcast when they are on the public site of Hyphenity.

D. Your Comments

Please see below for the Policy of Comments:

Comments, which include offensive or inappropriate language, or considered by the owner and administrator to be rude and offensive, will be edited or deleted. A comment, which is off-topic, may be edited, moved, or deleted.

Links that are relevant to the subject are permitted.

In the interest of fair play, no personal attacks are permitted in this site´s comments. You may question or argue the content, but not attack the writer nor any other commenters. Failure to respect fellow participants on this site could result in removal and blocked access.

The owner of this site, administrator, contributor, editor, and/or author reserve the right to edit, delete, move, or mark as spam any and all comments.

All comments within this site are the responsibility of the commenter, not the site owner, administrator, contributor, editor, or author. By submitting a comment on our site, you agree that the comment content is your own, and to hold this site, [Hyphenity.com], and all subsidiaries and representatives harmless from any and all repercussions, damages, or liability.

E. How Long we keep your content

The Site reserves the right to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request. The Site may also edit, refuse to post, or remove any posting at the Site’s sole discretion. The Site reserves the right to restrict access by any users whom the Site believes, in its sole discretion, are engaged in inappropriate, unprofessional, or unlawful conduct.

The Site reserves the right to remove content, which, in its sole discretion, violates any of the rules, set forth herein of which it becomes aware, but is under no obligation to do so. If you are offended by any content of the Site, stop using the Site.

Following termination or deactivation of your account, or if you remove any User Content from Hyphenity, we may retain your User Content for a commercially reasonable period of time for backup, archival, or audit purposes. Hyphenity and its users may retain and continue to use, store, display, reproduce, re-pin, modify, create derivative works, perform, and distribute any of your User Content that other users have stored or shared through Hyphenity.

F. Your Feedback

Hyphenity is always interested to get feedback from its users and clients about ways we can make Hyphenity better. When you choose to submit comments, ideas or feedback, you agree that we are free to use them without restrictions or compensation to you. By accepting your submission, Hyphenity does not waive any rights to use similar or related Feedback previously known to Hyphenity, or developed by its employees, or obtained from source other than you.

3. Security

We are concerned about the security, while we work to protect the security of your content and account, Hyphenity cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security measures. We ask that you keep your password secure and please notify us immediately of any compromise or unauthorized use of your account.

4. Links, Sites and Services to third-party

There may be links to third-party websites, advertisers, services, special offers, or other activities that are not owned or controlled by Hyphenity. We do not assume any responsibility for any such third party sites, information, materials, products or services.

5. Disclaimer

The Site includes unmoderated information containing the personal opinions and other expressions of the persons who submit content or comments on a wide range of topics. Such entries are the opinions of the specific authors and are not statements of advice, opinion, or information of the Site or any or any Site-affiliated person or entity.

Neither the content of the Site, nor the links to other websites contained therein, are guaranteed to be moderated, screened, approved, reviewed, or endorsed by the Site or any Site-affiliated person or entity.

The Site does not warrant that the Site will operate in an uninterrupted or error-free manner or that the Site is free of viruses or other harmful components. Use of information obtained from or through the Site is at your own risk.

Hyphenity specifically disclaims any and all warranties and conditions or merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement, and any warranties arising out of dealing of trade.

6. Choice of Law

You agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or any content posted to the Site, will be governed by the laws of France excluding its conflicts of law provisions, whether based in contract, tort, statutory, or other law, will govern including copies and republication thereof.

7. Violations

If you believe that any content on the Site violates the Terms of Use, please notify the Site by sending an email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.