User guidelines for the Dialogue section

Introduction

Given that energy conservation concerns everyone, discussion about it should not be taboo. The site http://www.areva.com offers users a platform for such dialogue. We invite you to take part in discussions on several related topics in this virtual space. For each topic, you can ask questions, express your thoughts and share your opinions as part of a constructive process. The section also features contributions from AREVA representatives from several domains of expertise. If you’re interested in a topic, just join in!

Our goal is to ensure the free exchange of ideas. Therefore, signing up and participating in the discussion forums requires your commitment to respect all of our user guidelines.

1/ Access

These discussion forums are governed by User Guidelines to ensure the best possible coordination of exchanges among users. As a virtual space managed by AREVA, it is subject to the group’s Charter of Values. For all users, any access and/or use of these forums, even occasional, requires compliance with all conditions, rights and obligations stated in the User Guidelines.

Whether your access to the forums is intentional or accidental, all participation is contingent upon your prior consent to the conditions described in the User Guidelines. No claim can be made that AREVA did not adequately inform forum users of these guidelines. Your tacit consent is assumed whenever you access or use this dialogue space.

2/ How to participate

Modes of participation:

• Post new responses to existing discussion topics and contribute to a conversation on a subject under debate. Please ensure your responses are limited to the subject at hand and avoid digressions, inflammatory or off-topic comments (trolling).
• Initiate new discussion topics, ensuring they haven’t been already covered in another thread. It is preferable to add to existing discussion threads rather than adding new ones, unless of course the topic hasn’t been addressed.
• Express an opinion that differs from other users’ views or those expressed by AREVA in the interests of encouraging dialogue.
• Ask questions directly to site contributors during live video chat sessions broadcast on occasions through the “Dialogue” section on AREVA’s website.

3/ Participation guidelines and rules for forum moderators

The aim of these discussion forums is to encourage constructive dialogue.

To generate a well-structured dialogue beneficial to all concerned, a moderator oversees all contributions. Essentially, a forum moderator makes sure participants follow the rules described below. User messages are only put online following a moderator’s approval. The moderator has the right to correct the syntax and language used, and remove or block messages that do not comply with the rules below, after informing the message author.

The moderator is responsible for applying the principles and guidelines in this document, and should refer to them systematically.

We therefore ask that you follow certain rules regarding both the form and content of your messages.

Your participation in these discussion forums is predicated on your tacit consent to adhere to the following rules:

Message form and format

• Avoid writing in capital letters, using SMS-type abbreviations, and phonetic language.
• Avoid redundancies and copying/pasting text already posted elsewhere.
• Limit your messages to 3,000 characters max.
• Re-read your messages to check for typographical errors, spelling and grammar mistakes before you submit a topic or a comment.
• Write clearly and correctly.

Message content

• Add something new to the debate by expressing a well-articulated and structured argument.
• Make sure your comments are relevant to the topic at hand and to the particular discussion thread you are contributing to. Avoid off-topic comments.
• Refrain from sending messages or posting articles that are merely gratuitous insults to other users’ responses to the topic. The discussion should remain focused on the topic in question and should not degenerate into personal attacks between participants.
• Respect other users’ opinions and contributions and the prior exchanges posted on the topic.
• Act responsibly and demonstrate tolerance in both the messages you send and those you receive. Do not send insulting messages, even if you are provoked.
• The following content and statements are forbidden:
  • Illegal content, including that of an offensive, obscene, sexually explicit, defamatory, threatening, racist or anti-Semitic nature. Similarly, that which condones crimes against humanity, or incites hatred or violence against individuals or entities, and attacks on human dignity is also forbidden. This particularly applies to content that is sexually abusive or concerns child pornography.
  • Statements that infringe on copyright laws, intellectual property rights, personal privacy, personal data protection, or those that violate current legislation or regulations.
  • Content of a pornographic nature, or that is contrary to accepted standards of good behavior and law and order.
  • Content with sales, advertising or sponsorship purposes.
• Do not insert hypertext links (URLs) in your messages to any site containing any of the prohibited content described above.
• Do not use the discussion forums for abusive or dishonest ends, in particular (though not limited to) by introducing a virus, Trojan horse, or other harmful or fraudulent computer program; or by reproducing messages with the intention of interfering with or disrupting the site’s operation.
• Do not use misleading aliases or usernames that may suggest erroneous sources of your messages such as, but not limited to, the use of pseudonyms associated with known individuals or groups.
• Do not forge statements on behalf of, or by assuming the identity of, another person.
• If your message is not posted by the moderator, it is because it violates the aforementioned rules and guidelines. In this case, do not re-submit the message; it will be refused once again.

Moderator rights and responsibilities:

• Rejecting messages in violation of the form and/or content guidelines described above after having informed their author.
• Reserving the right to correct spelling and grammar mistakes and typographical errors before posting messages, and asking those who post messages longer than 3,000 characters to shorten and resubmit them.
• Informing users as soon as their messages have been approved and posted online.
• Reformulating an idea expressed in a message for voting purposes.

The moderators assure the site’s objectives and remove all messages that violate the guidelines for message form and content described above, and can permanently deny any author of illicit messages the right to access and contribute to the discussion forums, after informing the author of the measure.

Contributors’ IP addresses are saved in the interest of encouraging compliance with these guidelines and ensuring an open and supportive discussion that benefits all concerned.

Moderators will remove all reprehensible statements, topics and comments from the site.

Nonetheless, if you observe any content in these discussion forums in violation of any of the prohibitions described above, please inform us by providing as many details as possible about the message in question (date, subject line, topic or thread the message was posted on, its author’s name or alias, etc.). Contact the forum moderators at the following address: webmaster@areva.com.

4/ Responsibility

• All messages posted on the site’s discussion forums express their authors’ personal point of view. AREVACOM neither supports nor condones the content of these messages, as long as they comply with the aforementioned guidelines and are publicly posted online. Forum moderators, AREVA experts, AREVACOM, AREVA and its subsidiaries, and the administrators of www.areva.com cannot be held responsible in any way for the content of messages posted on the site’s discussion forums.
• Users are responsible for keeping the information concerning their account up to date, and in particular for periodically changing their password.
• Users are responsible for managing their own account (username and password entered during registration to the site) and any action that can be carried out from their account and/or with their password. Users must make sure to log out at the end of each session. Users are responsible for the use of their account, including its use by third parties.
• Users agree to immediately inform the site’s moderator (webmaster@areva.com) of any incident of theft or misuse of their username and/or password, and more generally, of any unauthorized use of their user account.
• In no case can forum moderators, AREVA experts, AREVACOM, AREVA and its subsidiaries, or the administrators of www.areva.com be held responsible for any loss of data, or any damage resulting from a user’s negligence to fulfill these obligations.

5/ Personal data protection

By using these discussion forums, you consent to the publication of personal data (email address, first and last name, etc.) that you have voluntarily provided. This information is visible to other participants, community members, and potentially to all other Internet users.

Aside from this information you have voluntary provided, your personal data will not be transmitted nor divulged to third parties (other than potential suppliers, subcontractors and affiliates of AREVACOM that may need to have access to this information in order to ensure the operation of these forums), except in the case where it is required by judicial or legal authorities, including (but not limited to) a situation where AREVACOM is required to provide data to identify the authors of messages posted in the discussion forums in compliance with France’s digital economy law (Law no. 2004-575, Article 6-II of June 21, 2004).

Comments posted on the discussion forums will not be used for any sales or advertising purposes. This information will not be stored beyond the length of time required for necessary data processing, and under no circumstances longer than five years.

In compliance with the French Data Protection Act relating to personal data, privacy rights and computer files (Law no. 78-17 of January 6, 1978, revised and updated by Law no. 2004-801 of August 6, 2004), this website is registered as part of AREVA’s data processing reporting by Hélène Legras, AREVA’s liaison to CNIL, the French information technology and liberties authority. CNIL is created through Law no. 78-17 of January 6, 1978, revised and updated by Law no. 2004-801 of August 6, 2004, and its enforcement decree of October 20, 2005.

You have the right to access, correct and remove any data pertaining to you that has been gathered as part of your participation in these discussion forums. This right can be exercised by written request to the following address: AREVA - Communication Department – Internet Division. Tour AREVA, 1 place Jean Millier. F-92084 Paris La Défense Cedex, France), or by email: webmaster@areva.com.

6/ Contact

Please feel free to contact us. If you have any suggestions, questions, or specific requests, contact us by email: webmaster@areva.com. We will respond to your enquiry as soon as we can.