Terms of Use & Privacy Policy

Article 1 — Purpose and scope

These Terms of Use (hereinafter the “Terms”) govern access to and use of the GoBarth community platform, available at www.gobarth.com (hereinafter the “Platform”), published by CATTECH, a French single-shareholder simplified joint-stock company (SASU) with a share capital of 500 euros, whose registered office is at 9, rue Pitea, Gustavia, 97133 Saint-Barthélemy, registered under number 100 140 235.

GoBarth is a local community hub whose purpose is to connect the residents and businesses of Saint-Barthélemy, by enabling them to share information, publish deals and job offers, contact each other directly, sell items between individuals and browse a directory of local businesses.

Any use of the Platform implies full and unreserved acceptance of these Terms. Users who do not accept these Terms must refrain from using the Platform.

Article 2 — Registration and user account

2.1 Creating an account

Access to all of GoBarth's features requires an account. Users undertake to provide accurate, complete and up-to-date information when registering, in particular their full name, email address and role (Resident or Business). Each user may hold only one account. Creating multiple accounts or impersonating another person is strictly prohibited.

2.2 Minimum age

Registration on GoBarth is reserved for persons aged at least 16. By registering, users declare that they have reached the required age. CATTECH reserves the right to suspend or delete any account belonging to a person under the minimum age.

2.3 Account security

Users are solely responsible for keeping their login credentials confidential. They undertake to inform CATTECH immediately of any unauthorized use of their account at contact@gobarth.com. CATTECH cannot be held liable for any loss or damage resulting from a failure to comply with this obligation.

2.4 Business account

Access to the features reserved for businesses (publishing deals and job offers, managing a business listing) requires selecting the “Business” role when registering and the validation of the business profile by the GoBarth team. CATTECH reserves the right to refuse or revoke this status without prior justification.

Article 3 — Description of the services

The GoBarth Platform offers the following services:

• News feed — publication and browsing of posts by listed businesses
• Deals — time-limited commercial offers published by businesses
• Job offers — publication and browsing of local job offers
• Marketplace — posting and browsing classified ads for sales between individuals
• Direct messaging — private exchanges between users
• Business directory — browsing of geolocated business listings

These services are provided free of charge to users. CATTECH reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue all or part of the services at any time, without notice, without incurring any liability.

Article 4 — Rules of conduct and prohibited content

Users undertake to use the Platform fairly, in accordance with its purpose and with the laws and regulations in force. The following are prohibited in particular:

• Publishing content that is unlawful, defamatory, abusive, obscene, violent, discriminatory or that undermines human dignity
• Any content glorifying crime or inciting hatred
• Publishing false or misleading information
• Unauthorized commercial solicitation, spam or unsolicited advertising
• Any attempt to disrupt the operation of the Platform (hacking, injection, denial of service, etc.)
• Impersonation or the creation of fake accounts
• Collecting other users' personal information without their consent
• Reselling or sub-licensing access to the Platform

CATTECH reserves the right to remove without notice any content that breaches these rules and to suspend or terminate the account of the user concerned.

Article 5 — Content published by users

5.1 Editorial responsibility

Users are solely responsible for the content (text, images, information) they publish on the Platform. CATTECH does not exercise prior editorial control over such content and cannot be held responsible for its lawfulness, accuracy or relevance. By publishing content, users warrant that they hold all the necessary rights to it and that it does not infringe the rights of third parties.

5.2 License granted to CATTECH

By publishing content on the Platform, users grant CATTECH a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license, for as long as the content is kept, to use, reproduce, display and distribute that content for the operation and promotion of the Platform.

Article 6 — Marketplace — Classified ads

The Platform provides users with a space to publish ads for sales between individuals. GoBarth acts solely as a technical intermediary and is not a party to transactions between sellers and buyers. CATTECH does not guarantee the quality, safety, legality or accuracy of the ads published, nor the ability of users to complete a transaction. Any transaction is carried out under the sole responsibility of the parties concerned.

Users are reminded that certain transactions are prohibited by law (sale of stolen goods, dangerous products, weapons, illegal substances, etc.). Users undertake not to publish ads for such items.

Article 7 — Direct messaging

The Platform offers a messaging service allowing private exchanges between users. Users undertake not to use messaging for harassment, unsolicited commercial solicitation, fraud or any other use contrary to these Terms. CATTECH does not read the content of private messages, except where required by law or following a well-founded report by a third party.

Article 8 — Moderation, reporting and blocking

8.1 Reporting content or a user

Any user may report a post, deal, job offer, event, classified ad, business listing or conversation that they consider contrary to these Terms or to the law, using the “Report” button available on each of them, by selecting a reason (spam or abusive advertising, harassment or hate speech, shocking or inappropriate content, scam or fraud, other) and, if they wish, adding details. A report may also be sent to contact@gobarth.com.

8.2 Blocking a user

Any user may block another user from a private conversation or when making a report. Blocking prevents any exchange of messages between the two people and hides the blocked person's posts and group messages from the user. The list of blocked people is available in “My account”, where a block can be lifted at any time. The blocked person is not notified.

8.3 Handling of reports

Reports are reviewed by the GoBarth team as soon as possible, normally within 24 hours. CATTECH has broad moderation rights allowing it to remove any content and to suspend or terminate any account, without notice or compensation, where the reported content or behavior breaches these Terms or the law. Users who make abusive or bad-faith reports are liable to the same measures.

Article 9 — Intellectual property

The GoBarth Platform, its components (logo, interface, architecture, text, graphics) and the GoBarth brand are the exclusive property of CATTECH and are protected by intellectual property law. Any reproduction, representation, modification, adaptation, translation or exploitation, in whole or in part, by any means whatsoever, without the prior written authorization of CATTECH, is strictly prohibited and would constitute infringement.

Article 10 — Limitation of liability

CATTECH undertakes to use all reasonable means to ensure the availability and continuity of the Platform, without however guaranteeing them. CATTECH cannot be held liable for direct or indirect damage resulting from the use of, or inability to use, the Platform, from content published by users, from transactions concluded between users, or from service interruptions due to external causes (maintenance, outages, acts of third parties, force majeure).

In any event, CATTECH's liability may not exceed the amounts received from the user during the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the damage.

Article 11 — Suspension and termination

Users may delete their account at any time from the settings of their personal space or by sending a request to contact@gobarth.com. Deletion results in the erasure of personal data under the conditions described in Part II below.

CATTECH may suspend or terminate an account without notice in the event of a serious breach of these Terms, fraudulent behavior or infringement of the rights of third parties.

Article 12 — Changes to the Terms

CATTECH reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time. Changes take effect as soon as they are published online. Users will be informed by email of any substantial change. Continued use of the Platform after notification constitutes acceptance of the new Terms.

Article 13 — Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by French law. Any dispute relating to their interpretation or performance shall, failing an amicable agreement, be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the French courts. In accordance with the French Consumer Code, consumer users are informed that they may use a conventional mediation procedure or any other alternative dispute resolution method.

Article 14 — Data controller

The controller of the personal data collected on the Platform is:

Article 15 — Data collected and purposes of processing

15.1 Data collected at registration

• Email address — creating and managing the account, sending transactional notifications
• Full name — identifying the user on the Platform
• Chosen role (Resident / Business) — tailoring access to features
• Password (hashed, not readable by CATTECH) — secure authentication

15.2 Data collected through the services

• Published content (text, images of posts, classified ads, deals) — display and operation of the services
• Messages exchanged through private messaging — delivery of communications between users
• For Businesses: trade name, physical address, business category, description, GPS coordinates, booking URL, logo/photos — creation and display of the business listing
• History of deals and job offers — management and moderation of content

15.3 Data collected automatically

• Anonymized browsing data via Vercel Analytics — improving the Platform. This data is not associated with any personal identifier and does not require prior cookie consent.
• IP address and connection logs — security, fraud detection, compliance with legal obligations. Retention: 12 months.

15.4 Mobile apps, sign-in and notifications

• Sign in with Apple or Google — if the user chooses this sign-in method, CATTECH receives from that provider the user's name and email address (possibly a private relay address provided by Apple), solely to create and identify the account.
• Device notification identifier (token provided by Apple or Google, or browser subscription), together with the device's platform and language — sending the notifications the user has enabled (messages, invitations, activity of their business, GoBarth announcements). It is deleted on sign-out, when notifications are disabled or when the device can no longer be reached. Notification preferences are set in “My account”.
• The iOS and Android apps display the GoBarth website: they collect no data other than that described above, do not access the device's contacts, location or photos without action by the user (choosing an image to publish), and contain no advertising tracker.

Article 16 — Legal basis for processing

• Performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) — account management, messaging, publishing content, marketplace
• Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) — Platform security, fraud prevention, service improvement, moderation
• Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR) — retention of connection logs, responses to judicial requests

Article 17 — Recipients of the data and processors

The personal data collected is intended exclusively for CATTECH and its technical processors:

• Supabase Inc. (United States) — database hosting and authentication. Servers located in the AWS eu-west-3 region (Paris, France).
• Vercel Inc. (United States) — hosting and deployment of the web application through a global content delivery network (CDN).
• Resend Inc. (United States) — delivery of transactional emails.
• Apple Inc. (Apple Push Notification service) and Google LLC (Firebase Cloud Messaging) — delivery of notifications to the iOS and Android apps; Apple and Google for signing in with their account, at the user's choice.

No personal data is sold, rented or transferred to third parties for commercial or advertising purposes.

Article 19 — Data retention periods

• Account data (name, email, role) — for as long as the account is active, then 30 days after closure or after a period of inactivity of 3 years.
• Published content (posts, classified ads, deals) — deleted on account closure or on request, within 30 days.
• Private messages — deleted on account closure.
• Business data — for as long as the business is active, subject to legal obligations (accounting data: 10 years).
• Connection logs and IP addresses — 12 months, in accordance with French legal obligations.
• Anonymized browsing data (Vercel Analytics) — 90 days.

Article 20 — Rights of data subjects

In accordance with the GDPR and the amended French Data Protection Act (loi Informatique et Libertés), you have the following rights:

• Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR) — obtain a copy of your data
• Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR) — have inaccurate data corrected
• Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR) — request the deletion of your data
• Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR) — receive your data in a structured format
• Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR) — object to processing based on legitimate interest
• Right to restriction (Art. 18 GDPR) — request the temporary suspension of processing

To exercise these rights, send your request to contact@gobarth.com together with a copy of a proof of identity. CATTECH undertakes to respond within one month.

Article 21 — Cookies and trackers

The GoBarth Platform only uses cookies that are strictly necessary for its operation (authentication session management, language preferences), which do not require prior consent.

The Platform uses Vercel Analytics to measure its audience in an anonymized and aggregated way, without setting tracking cookies and without allowing visitors to be identified. No advertising or profiling cookies are used.

Article 22 — Data security

CATTECH implements appropriate technical and organizational measures, including: encryption of communications (HTTPS/TLS), password hashing (bcrypt), access control to data through row-level security policies (Row Level Security), access restricted to authorized personnel only, and regular database backups.

In the event of a data breach likely to result in a risk to your rights and freedoms, CATTECH undertakes to notify the CNIL within 72 hours and the persons concerned as soon as possible, in accordance with Articles 33 and 34 of the GDPR.

Article 23 — Changes to the privacy policy

CATTECH reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy. The version in force is permanently available on the Platform. In the event of a substantial change, users will be informed by email.

Article 24 — Complaint to the supervisory authority

If you consider that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the CNIL (the French data protection authority):

This remedy is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.