Legal notice

Introduction

The mandatory legal information concerning the groupemai.nc website is provided on this page, in accordance with Act No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy (LCEN) and with the regulations on the protection of personal data — the French Data Protection Act (loi « Informatique et Libertés ») No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 as amended and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — as applicable in New Caledonia.

1. Publisher identification

The groupemai.nc website is published by GIE Groupe MAI, whose full contact details are set out below.

Company name: Groupe MAI
Legal form: GIE (groupement d'intérêt économique — economic interest grouping)
RIDET: 0 679 563.001 — APE code: 70.10Z
Registered office: 11 Rue du Docteur Guégan, Quartier Latin, BP 1514, 98800 Nouméa, New Caledonia
Publication director: Mr Christian Taupua
Telephone: (+687) 23 38 14 (standard-rate number)
Email: secretariat@groupemai.nc

The publication director is responsible for the editorial content published on the website.

2. Hosting, production and credits

The groupemai.nc website is hosted in New Caledonia by Stratos NC (Pacific Consulting group). The website was designed and produced by Pacific Consulting. The location map uses base map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright).

3. General terms of use

Use of the groupemai.nc website implies full and complete acceptance of the general terms of use described below. These terms may be amended or supplemented at any time.

The website is normally accessible to users at all times. Groupe MAI may nevertheless decide to interrupt it for technical maintenance, in which case it will endeavour to inform users in advance of the dates and times of the work.

The website is updated regularly. Likewise, this legal notice may be amended at any time; it is nevertheless binding on the user, who is invited to consult it as often as possible in order to stay informed.

4. Description of the services provided

The purpose of the groupemai.nc website is to provide information about all the activities of Groupe MAI and its companies, and to allow visitors to contact it via the dedicated form. The website offers no online sales, no customer-account creation and no newsletter subscription.

Groupe MAI strives to provide information on the website that is as accurate as possible. It cannot, however, be held liable for omissions, inaccuracies or shortcomings in updating, whether caused by itself or by third-party partners who supply this information. All the information provided is given for guidance only, is not exhaustive and is liable to change.

5. Contractual limitations on technical data

The website uses JavaScript technology. It cannot be held liable for any material damage related to its use. The user undertakes to access the website using recent equipment that is free of viruses and with an up-to-date, latest-generation browser.

6. Intellectual property and infringement

Groupe MAI owns the intellectual property rights, or holds the rights of use, in all the items accessible on the website, in particular the texts, images, photographs, graphics, logos and icons.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication or adaptation of all or part of the items on the website, by whatever means or process, is prohibited without the prior written authorisation of Groupe MAI's management. Any unauthorised use will be deemed to constitute infringement and prosecuted in accordance with Articles L.335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code.

7. Limitations of liability

Groupe MAI cannot be held liable for direct or indirect damage caused to the user's equipment when accessing the website and resulting either from the use of equipment that does not meet the specifications set out in Section 5, or from the appearance of a bug or an incompatibility. Nor can it be held liable for indirect damage arising from use of the website.

An interactive area (contact form) is made available to users. Groupe MAI reserves the right not to act on, and to delete without prior formal notice, any content submitted through it that would breach the legislation applicable in New Caledonia, in particular the provisions on data protection.

8. Management of personal data

The website collects personal data only through its contact form: surname, first name, email address, telephone (optional), company concerned, subject and message. This information is used solely to respond to users' enquiries; it is neither sold, transferred nor disclosed to third parties.

In accordance with Act No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 as amended and the GDPR, every user has a right of access, rectification, erasure and objection regarding the personal data concerning them, which may be exercised by email to secretariat@groupemai.nc or by post to the group's registered office. Data processing is detailed in our Privacy policy.

9. Cookies

The groupemai.nc website sets no advertising or tracking cookies of its own, and its fonts are self-hosted. Details of the technologies used and of your means of control can be found in our Cookies policy.

10. Hyperlinks

The website may contain hyperlinks to other websites, set up with the authorisation of the publication management. Groupe MAI is, however, unable to check the content of the sites thus visited and accordingly accepts no liability in this respect. The creation of hyperlinks to the groupemai.nc website is subject to the prior agreement of the publication director.

11. Applicable law and jurisdiction

Any dispute relating to the use of the groupemai.nc website is subject to French law as applicable in New Caledonia. In the event of a dispute, and failing an amicable settlement, the courts of Nouméa shall have sole jurisdiction.

12. The main applicable laws

• Act No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on information technology, data files and civil liberties, as amended in particular by Act No. 2004-801 of 6 August 2004;
• Act No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy (LCEN);
• Act No. 2018-493 of 20 June 2018 on the protection of personal data, implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as applicable in New Caledonia.

13. Glossary

User: any internet user who connects to and uses the aforementioned website.
Personal data: any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data or an online identifier (Article 4 of Act No. 2018-493 of 20 June 2018).

Last updated: August 2026.