Legal Notice, Terms of Access & Privacy Policy

Preamble and European Normative Foundations

Pursuant to the combined and formal provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 (General Data Protection Regulation, hereinafter "GDPR"), Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of October 19, 2022 on a Single Market for Digital Services ("Digital Services Act - DSA"), Directive 2000/31/EC on electronic commerce, Directive 2002/58/EC as amended ("ePrivacy Directive"), Directive 2011/83/EU on consumer rights, and applicable French transposition legislation (including Act No. 2004-575 for Confidence in the Digital Economy "LCEN", Act No. 78-17 "Data Protection Act", and the French Consumer Code), this instrument sets forth the statutory, operational, contractual, and procedural rules governing access to and utilization of the digital platform hosted under the domain https://lionsforge.dev (hereinafter designated as the "Platform" or "Site").

Article 1. Statutory Identification and Single Points of Contact (DSA & E-Commerce Directive)

This Platform is published and operated under the exclusive legal responsibility of the French sole proprietorship trading under the commercial name and style LIONSFORGE (alternatively designated as LIONSFORGE Development Studio), registered under the national company directory SIREN number 103 258 695, whose principal establishment is registered under SIRET number 103 258 695 00016, operating under the primary French economic activity classification APE / NAF code 6201Z (Computer programming and mobile software engineering), located in Massy (postal code 91300), France, whereof the statutory publication direction and editorial responsibility are directly exercised by Arthur Delafin in his capacity as sole proprietor.

In compliance with the direct and rapid communication requirements established by Article 5(1)(d) of Directive 2000/31/EC and Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (DSA), the electronic mail address contact@lionsforge.dev is formally designated as the single point of contact enabling European Union Member State authorities, the European Commission, the European Board for Digital Services, and recipients of the service to communicate directly, rapidly, and electronically with the publisher. Official communication is accepted in French and English.

For matters specifically pertaining to personal data protection and the exercise of civil liberties, the dedicated privacy contact is reachable at: privacy@lionsforge.dev. It is further recorded that the publishing entity operates under the statutory base franchise tax exemption pursuant to Article 293 B of the French General Tax Code (CGI), exempting its direct operations from intra-community VAT assessment.

Article 2. Infrastructure Hosting and International Data Transfers (DPF & SCCs)

The technical infrastructure providing persistent static hosting, low-latency edge content delivery (Edge CDN), end-to-end cryptographic transport security via TLS/HTTPS protocols, and automated mitigation of distributed denial of service (DDoS) threats is entrusted to Cloudflare, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America, with principal corporate headquarters at 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (telephone: +1 (888) 993-5273 — https://www.cloudflare.com).

To the extent that technical routing necessitates the processing of connection metadata across infrastructure located outside the European Economic Area (notably in the United States), such data flows are legally structured and secured under the European Commission Adequacy Decision of July 10, 2023 regarding the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), under which Cloudflare, Inc. is actively certified, combined with adherence to the European Commission Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) integrated into the binding Data Processing Addendum (DPA).

Article 3. Institutional Showcase Purpose and Commercial Distribution via Google Play

This Site holds the exclusive legal qualification of an institutional, technical, and informational showcase. No direct electronic commerce, online checkout processing, subscription billing, or collection of bank account details or payment cards is conducted on or from the domain https://lionsforge.dev.

All mobile software products engineered by LIONSFORGE are published, licensed, and monetized exclusively through the official Google Play Store, operated by Google LLC (for non-European territories) and Google Ireland Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Ireland with registration number 368047, having its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (for all residents within the European Union and the European Economic Area).

In this capacity, Google serves as the official Merchant of Record and payment collection distributor. Consequently, all terms governing application licensing, localized pricing, value-added taxation, payment processing, as well as the 14-day statutory right of withdrawal under Directive 2011/83/EU and refund requests, are strictly governed by the Google Play Terms of Service binding the user directly with the Google corporate group.

Article 4. Intellectual Property and Proprietary Rights

All software codebases, markup structures, user interface assets, typography configurations, color tokens, icons, vectors, logos, application screenshots, photographic assets, animations, and editorial articles published on this Site are the exclusive intellectual property of LIONSFORGE or its licensors and are protected under French and international copyright, trademark, and database protection treaties.

Any unauthorized extraction, decompilation, reverse engineering, reproduction, public dissemination, translation, or secondary utilization, in whole or in part, without the prior express written authorization of Arthur Delafin on behalf of LIONSFORGE, constitutes an actionable infringement subject to civil and criminal sanctions. Google Play and Android are registered trademarks of Google LLC; other trademarks mentioned remain the property of their respective holders.

Article 5. Personal Data Governance and Privacy Policy (GDPR)

In accordance with the principles of lawfulness, transparency, purpose limitation, and data minimization prescribed by the GDPR, the designated data controller is Arthur Delafin, reachable at privacy@lionsforge.dev.

Data Processed and Purposes: Passive consultation of the Site does not trigger automated data collection. When users voluntarily transmit correspondence via email or through the modal contact interface, submitted personal details (email address, name or pseudonym, and message body) are processed exclusively to resolve the inquiry and provide technical support, based on the legal grounds of user consent and legitimate interest in administering professional communications (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a) & (f)).

Retention Period & Recipients: Inquiries are retained for a maximum duration of thirty-six (36) consecutive months from the last recorded user interaction before being permanently purged. Personal data is never sold, leased, or transferred to third parties for commercial or profiling purposes.

Absence of Automated Decision-Making and Profiling: Pursuant to Article 13(2)(f) of the GDPR, it is formally certified that no data processing on this Site involves automated decision-making or algorithmic profiling producing legal effects or significantly affecting data subjects.

Privacy by Design Architecture in Mobile Apps: Mobile applications published by the studio operate under a strict decentralized local-compute architecture (offline-first), ensuring that user data remains encrypted within the user's mobile device without replication to remote central servers.

Data Subject Rights: You hold the permanent rights of access (Art. 15), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction of processing (Art. 18), objection for legitimate grounds (Art. 21), and data portability (Art. 20). Furthermore, you retain the right to withdraw your consent at any time regarding voluntarily submitted data, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal (Art. 13(2)(c)). To exercise these rights, email: privacy@lionsforge.dev.

If you consider that your rights under the GDPR have been infringed, you hold the right to lodge a formal complaint with the competent supervisory authority in your EU Member State of habitual residence, or in France with the CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés, 3 Place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris, France — https://www.cnil.fr).

Article 6. Cookie Governance (ePrivacy Directive)

In compliance with the ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC as transposed, this Site deploys no marketing cookies, third-party analytics pixels, or behavioral tracking devices requiring prior user consent. Typography fonts are delivered locally from our domain in compressed woff2 format without external third-party requests. Solely technical tokens and security headers strictly necessary for network transport, DDoS mitigation, and load balancing (provided by Cloudflare) are utilized, which are legally exempt from consent requirements due to their imperative technical necessity.

Article 7. Limitation of Liability and Outbound Hyperlinks

Hyperlinks directing users to third-party digital environments (such as Google Play or technical repositories) are provided strictly for informational convenience. Having no ongoing editorial control over third-party platforms, the publisher disclaims all liability regarding their content, regulatory compliance, privacy standards, or damages arising from their utilization.

While reasonable care is taken to ensure the veracity of published materials, the publisher does not warrant the complete absence of temporary technical interruptions for maintenance or Internet routing contingencies. Nothing in these terms shall limit or exclude the publisher's liability for intentional misconduct, gross negligence, or violation of mandatory statutory public policy obligations.

Article 8. Alternative Dispute Resolution & Consumer Mediation

Pursuant to Directive 2013/11/EU and applicable consumer legislation, in the event of any dispute regarding the use of the Site that cannot be resolved through prior written amicable complaint to our support, consumers residing within the European Union are entitled to access free alternative dispute resolution (consumer mediation).

The European Commission provides an Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform for European consumers accessible at: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.

Article 9. Governing Law and Jurisdiction Compliant with European Law

These stipulations are governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of France.

Pursuant to mandatory consumer protection rules under Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 ("Brussels I bis") and Directive 93/13/EEC on unfair terms, consumers residing in a European Union Member State may bring proceedings, at their option, either before the competent courts where the publisher is domiciled (France) or before the competent courts of their own domicile. For users acting in a professional capacity, exclusive jurisdiction is attributed to the competent French courts having jurisdiction over the publisher's registered office.

Should any provision herein be held invalid or unenforceable by a competent court, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions, which shall remain in full force and effect.