Terms and Conditions

A. Use of the Websites and the mobile application

By using the website “www.euronews.com”, any of its sub-domains, “www.africanews.com” or our mobile application, you agree to these terms of use. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please do not use our websites nor our mobile application. You may download one copy of the materials on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial home use only, provided that:

you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices;
you make no modifications to the materials;
you do not use the materials in a manner that suggests an association with any of our products, services, or brands;
you do not download quantities of materials to a database that can be used to avoid future downloads from this website. For purposes of these terms, the use of any such material on any other website or computer environment is prohibited.

The Euronews’ and Africanews’ websites and our mobile application contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, photos, video, graphics, music, sound and software.

The entire contents of Euronews’ and Africanews’ websites and our mobile application are copyrighted under the French copyright law. You may not modify, publish, translate, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part.

You may download copyrighted material for your personal use only. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under French copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted without the express permission of Euronews and Africanews and the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend or copyright notice shall be made.

You shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on Euronews, Africanews or our mobile application any material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right. You shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission.

Any unlawful use of the website can result in legal action.

B. The Feedback

The “Feedback” means the message board, or e-mail function offered as part of this Site. If you participate in the Feedback, you must not:

defame, abuse, harass or threaten others;
make any bigoted, hateful, or racially offensive statements;
infringe human rights;
advocate illegal activity or discuss illegal activities with the intent to commit them;
post or distribute any material that infringes and/or violates any right of a third party or any law;
post or distribute any vulgar, obscene, discourteous, or indecent language or images;
infringe copyright;
advertise or sell to or solicit others;
use the Feedback for commercial purposes of any kind;
post or distribute any software or other materials that contain a virus or other harmful component;
post material or make statements that do not generally pertain to the designated topic or theme of any chat room or bulletin board.
We reserve the right to remove or edit content from the Forum at any time and for any reason.

By submitting any materials to the Feedback, you automatically grant (or warrant that the owner of such materials expressly granted) us a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, nonexclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and display, create derivative works from and distribute such materials or incorporate such materials into any form, medium, or technology now known or later developed throughout the universe.

Information obtained in the Feedback may not be reliable. We cannot be responsible for the content or accuracy of any information, and shall not be responsible for any trading or investment decisions made based on such information.

If you are under 16, please get a parent’s or guardian’s permission before taking part in any Euronews’, Africanews’ discussion. Never reveal any personal information about yourself or anyone else (for example, telephone number, home address or email address).

C. Disclaimer

Euronews’, Africanews’ or our mobile app’s content, including the information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons regarding or relating to Euronews’, Africanews’ or our mobile app’s, it’s products and services (or to third party products and services), is provided “as is” and on an “is available” basis without any representations or any kind of warranty made (whether express or implied by law), including the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

We cannot ensure that you will be satisfied with any products or services that you purchase from a third-party site that links to or from the website or third-party content on our sites. We do not endorse any of the merchandise, nor have we taken any steps to confirm the accuracy or reliability of, any of the information contained in such third-party sites or content.

D. Limitation of Liability

1) Euronews undertakes to do its utmost to guarantee the truthfulness and accuracy of the information available on all the Sites and on our mobile application. However, Euronews and Africanews cannot be held responsible for the inaccuracy thereof, nor for the use or interpretation thereof by Users.

Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall we be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the sites, our mobile application or materials or functions on our sites and application, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

2) Websites and our mobile application also provide access to Partner Services, via clickable advertising elements (banners, videos, etc.) or via hypertext links integrated into various sections of the Websites and our mobile application and referring to sites, content and services published by said partners.

The User acknowledges that these Partner Services are totally independent of Euronews and Africanews. Consequently, any use of the Partner Services via the Sites and our mobile application will be subject exclusively to the conditions of use and/or sale specific to each Partner Service as well as to their personal data protection policy.

Euronews and Africanews may not be held liable for the content accessible, for all offers, information consulted or transactions carried out on the Partner Services. Similarly, Euronews and Africanews offers no guarantee as to the terms and conditions of application of the regulations in force by the publishers of the Partner Services, who are solely responsible for them.

3) The Sites, application and Services are accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Euronews and Africanews will use their best efforts to guarantee accessibility to the Sites, application and Services but Euronews and Africanews may not be held liable due to risks of interruption or malfunction related to connection, maintenance operations, editorial updates, congestion of networks and/or computer systems, intrusion by unauthorized third parties and contamination by any viruses circulating on said networks and services, internal or external strikes, incorrect configuration or use of the User’s computer, or any other cause whether or not dependent on the User’s will.

Euronews and Africanews shall not be held liable in case of interruption or deterioration in the quality of the Sites, application and Services is due to the occurrence of a case of force majeure. Any event of force majeure or fortuitous event, as defined by current French legislation, is considered to be a case of force majeure.

4) Users may comment on Content posted on the Sites or application (hereinafter referred to as “Comments”), and/or upload texts, videos, sounds, images and/or photographs (hereinafter referred to as “User Content”). These Comments and User Content may be viewed by any Internet user visiting the Sites and our mobile application.

Euronews and Africanews does not carry out any a priori control of the User Content and/or Comments posted online by Users, who thus remain responsible for the content of the Comments and/or User Content of which they are the authors.

Under no circumstances may Euronews or Africanews be held liable on the basis of Comments and/or User Content that may have been posted online by a User who does not hold the necessary rights for such posting.

Any User who posts Comments and/or User Content on the Sites or on our application expressly authorizes Euronews, free of charge and on a non-exclusive basis, to retain, reproduce and represent said Comments and/or User Content on the Sites or on our application for the entire duration of the intellectual property rights as of their publication.

5) Euronews and Africanews are not responsible for consequences of children under 16 years old’s access to the websites nor to the mobile application as they are not authorized to access it without their parents’ consent.

The holder(s) of parental authority is (are) responsible for compliance with all the provisions of these terms and conditions when using the Sites or the mobile application by the person under 16 years old’s User.

Parents (or holders of parental authority) are invited to monitor their children’s Use of the Services and to bear in mind that the Services are intended to reach a wide audience and that, in their capacity as legal guardians, it is the parents’ responsibility to determine which Web site is or is not appropriate for their child(ren) and to monitor their Use thereof.

E. Users

Access to the Sites or to the mobile app is free and does not require prior registration.

However, certain services offered on the Sites (such as the sending of newsletters) may require prior registration, identification and use of a User Account.

When creating a User Account, the User will be asked to choose a personal identifier and potentially an associated password, which are strictly personal and confidential. A registration form will be submitted to the User so that he/she may provide Euronews and Africanews with certain mandatory or optional personal information as indicated on the form. If the User fails to provide the information mentioned as mandatory, the User Account will not be validated.

This personal data is collected directly from the User to enable him/her to be easily identified on future connections, and to provide additional services and/or access. This personal data is stored with the User’s consent and will be processed as defined in paragraph F of these terms and conditions. It is retained from the date of creation of the User Account and for the entire period of use of the Services. The User data is kept for a maximum period of three years after the user’s last connection or it can be delete within a month on a request for deletion of the Account or by the User himself.

F. Privacy Policy

Euronews and Africanews invite their User to consult their Policy on the Protection of Personal Data and Respect for Privacy accessible via the following link:  Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy via the following link: CMP.

These policies explain the origin and nature of the data collected by Euronews and Africanews during the User’s browsing and/or use of the services offered on the Euronews Sites and applications, the purposes of their collection and the rights the User has over this data in accordance with the regulations on the Protection of Personal Data applicable in France and Europe.

G. Modifications of the Website / Termination

We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these terms at any time. Please check these terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of this website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.

Your access to the Sites or to the application may be terminated immediately without notice from us if in our sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or provision of these terms. Upon termination, you must cease use of the Site and destroy all materials obtained from such site and all copies thereof, whether made under these terms or otherwise.

H. General Provisions

These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of France.

Legal Notice

For Euronews

Corporate name: Euronews
Corporate form: Public limited liability company (Société Anonyme)
Address: 56, quai Rambaud, 69002 Lyon, France
Share capital: 986 700 €
Email address: accueil@euronews.com
Phone number: (+33) 4 28 67 00 00
Registration number within the Companies Register (RCS): 387 858 046
Intracommunity VAT number: FR 77 387 858 046
Publication Director: Claus Strunz

Web hosting company: Amazon Web Services Inc. 38 avenue John F. Kennedy, 1855 Neu dorf-Weimershof Luxembourg

Our Data are stored: in Ireland.

For Africanews :

Corporate name: Africanews
Corporate form: Société par actions simplifiées represented by Euronews
Address: 56, quai Rambaud, 69002 Lyon, France
Share capital: 163. 933  €
Email address: accueil@africanews.com
Phone number: (+33) 4 28 67 00 00
Registration number within the Companies Register (RCS): 907 756 860
Publication Director: Claus Strunz

Web hosting company: Amazon Web Services Inc. 38 avenue John F. Kennedy, 1855 Neu dorf-Weimershof Luxembourg

Our Data are stored: in Ireland.

1. Definitions

Personal Data

Any information that allows you to be identified directly or indirectly (e.g., name, email address, IP address, browsing history, etc.).

Data Processing

Any operation performed on personal data (collection, storage, use, transmission, deletion, etc.).

Data Controller

The entity (e.g., Euronews) that determines the purposes (“why”) and the means (“how”) of data processing.

Processor

A service provider that processes data on behalf of a data controller, following its instructions (e.g., hosting provider, email platform, etc.).

Legitimate Interest

A legal basis allowing an organization to process your data if it is necessary for its business activities and does not infringe on your rights.

Consent

Your clear and freely given agreement for a specific processing activity (e.g., accepting cookies, receiving a newsletter, etc.).

Cookies

Small files placed on your device during browsing, which can store information (preferences, advertising ID, etc.).

Profiling

Automated processing of your data to analyze or predict certain aspects of your behavior or preferences.

Data Protection Officer (DPO)

The person responsible for GDPR compliance within an organization, and your point of contact for exercising your rights.

Data Protection Law

Refers to the set of regulations applicable to the protection of personal data, including in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR), French Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 as amended (“Informatique et Libertés” law), Directive 2002/58/EC of 12 July 2002 (“ePrivacy Directive”), as well as any other relevant legislation, regulation or international standard in force aimed at protecting personal data and privacy, such as national or regional laws adopted outside the European Union, notably in countries where the company operates or targets individuals.

Site

Euronews services available online, including the Euronews website, programs, and/or software applications that allow you to access, watch, and/or listen to Euronews content on your device.

Supervisory Authority

An independent public body responsible for ensuring compliance with data protection rules (e.g., CNIL in France).

 

1. Who are we?

The controller of your personal data is Euronews SA, whose registered office is located at 56 Quai Rambaud, 69002 Lyon, France. This means that we determine the purposes (the objectives) and the means (the tools) of the data processing carried out on this Site.

For any questions, you can contact our DPO (Data Protection Officer) at: dataprotection@euronews.com

Postal address: Legal Department, 56 Quai Rambaud, 69002 Lyon, France

 

2. What data do we collect?

Depending on the services used and your consent, we may collect:

• Your identification data: name, email, profession, country, date of birth
• Browsing data: pages and videos viewed, devices used
• Your marketing preferences
• Your interactions with content (clicks, views, comments)
• Technical identifiers: IP address, login details, cookies

 

3. Why do we use your personal data (and on what legal basis)?

We use your data for different purposes, depending on the services you use and the choices you have made:

• To send you our newsletters (based on your consent)
  If you sign up for our newsletter, we use your email address to regularly send you news content. You may choose to receive a personalized version.
• To tailor our content to your profile (with your consent via our CMP)
  Through your consent given via our cookie management platform (CMP), we can personalize the content you see based on your preferences and browsing.
• To offer you personalized advertising (if you have consented)
  If you accept advertising cookies, we use your data to show you ads tailored to your interests.
• To manage comments and moderate discussions (with your consent)
  When you post a comment on an article, we collect your name, email address, and certain browsing information to enable publication and ensure moderation in a safe environment.
• To contact you
  If you interact with us in a professional context, we may use your contact details to get in touch with you as part of our B2B activities.
• To offer surveys or questionnaires (with your consent)
  We may invite you to complete surveys to better understand your expectations. The data you choose to provide (name, surname, email, gender, date of birth, profession, country) helps us improve our content, services, and advertising.
• To manage your user account (with your consent)
  When you log in to your account, we collect certain data (email, gender, date of birth) to secure access and offer you tailored services.

 

4. Additional information on certain processing activities

Cookies and similar technologies

We use cookies for several reasons:

• To ensure the Site functions properly
• To measure audience and performance
• To personalize content and advertising

You can change your preferences at any time via our Consent Management Platform (CMP). For more details, see our Cookie Policy.

Account creation

To access Euronews services (receive newsletters, join an event, post comments, etc.), we may ask you to create an account. Some information is collected to comply with regulations in your country of residence, to protect minors, or to personalize your experience.

At any time, you may access your account to update or delete your information.

Technical internal identifier

Euronews has created an internal technical identifier to improve the user experience, in particular consent management across our domains. With your consent, this identifier may also be used for content and advertising personalization.

External identifiers

Euronews may enter into agreements with external identity management providers such as Liveramp and ID5. If you give your explicit consent, we may use these identifiers to show you targeted advertising on our Site. In this context, your identifiers will only be shared with our contracted providers under agreements guaranteeing data protection in compliance with applicable regulations.

Newsletters

When you subscribe to our newsletters, you consent to the use of your email address to receive them. To prevent fraudulent subscriptions, we use a double opt-in procedure: you will receive an email asking you to confirm your subscription.

Newsletters may be personalized based on your behavioral data on the Site and/or mobile app, if you have consented to the use of cookies for this purpose in our CMP.

Targeted advertising

Free access to Euronews content is funded by advertising revenues on the Site and app.

If you have consented, the ads you see may be personalized using cookies or similar technologies.

These data mainly serve to build an advertising profile to deliver ads tailored to your interests.

Cookies for advertising purposes are only placed with your consent.

Refusing targeted advertising does not mean you will no longer see ads on the Site, but they will not be personalized based on your personal data.

Article comments

We allow you to comment on our articles. We use a third-party provider with whom you must create an account. If you consent, your personal data (name, email address, browsing and connection data) are collected by our provider, who acts as an independent controller.

Please note this provider is located outside the European Economic Area. Euronews has signed a data protection agreement and the new Standard Contractual Clauses of June 4, 2021 adopted by the European Commission with this provider.

Euronews has access to all data relating to the use of the commenting service to understand user reactions to our articles and may moderate comments.

We use the service provider Vuukle. You can view their Privacy Policy.

 

Comment Moderation Policy

Core principles

• Respect for others: Users are expected to interact courteously. Insulting, hateful, discriminatory, or harassing speech is not tolerated, regardless of grounds (origin, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected characteristic). As a French company, Euronews applies French law as a priority, even over conflicting local laws.
• Pluralism of opinions: Diversity of views is welcome, provided it is expressed respectfully and within applicable legal frameworks.
• Editorial independence: We do not allow partisan political, commercial, or propaganda comments. Any content inciting violence or illegal acts will be removed.

Prohibited content

The following are not allowed:

• Insulting, defamatory, hateful, or discriminatory remarks
• Any incitement to violence, terrorism, hatred, or unlawful behavior
• The deliberate spread of false information or manipulated content
• Advertising, commercial messages, promotions, or spam
• Explicit sexual content, shocking material, or anything harmful to minors
• Identity theft, fake profiles, or attempts to manipulate discussions

Euronews reserves the right not to publish comments that fall into these categories.

Reporting and handling

• A reporting tool is available under each comment, allowing any user to flag inappropriate or illegal content.
• Reports are handled diligently and fairly, although automated tools may be used for initial review.

Right to appeal

• Any user whose comment has been moderated (deleted, hidden, or whose account has been suspended) may appeal via  contact@euronews.com. To process your request, please provide your email address, the date and time of the comment, and the language in which it was posted.
• External appeal: If internal resolution is unsatisfactory, you may refer the matter to an EU-certified out-of-court dispute resolution body or take legal action.

Transparency of decisions

• For every moderation (deletion or restriction of a comment), the author has the right to request an explanation specifying the applicable rule.
• This moderation policy is publicly available and is part of our privacy policy.
• All comments are initially reviewed by automated tools. The automation tool, OpenAI, measures the level of toxicity and likelihood of spam. Publication depends on this evaluation.
• We regularly publish reports on the use of these tools, their performance, and error rates, in accordance with the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Sanctions

• In cases of repeated or serious violations of this policy, we reserve the right to ban users from commenting on our Sites. Such decisions are always preceded by clear notification and may be appealed.

 

Social Media

Share buttons for Facebook, X (Twitter), WhatsApp, LinkedIn, etc. trigger data collection by these platforms once clicked.

These platforms act under their own responsibility. We invite you to consult their privacy policies.

 

Videos

We use several video players, including YouTube (Google), Dailymotion, and JW Player:

• Once you accept cookies, the video player may collect personal data. Playing a video means that you accept their terms of use. Please read their privacy policy.
• Links to privacy policies:  for YouTube – Terms of Service, for Dailymotion – Privacy Policy – Dailymotion Legal, and for JW Player Privacy Policy.

These platforms are independent data controllers. Euronews only receives aggregated statistics, which are used for performance measurement purposes, based on our legitimate interest.

Direct Marketing

• If you have consented, we may send you promotional messages.
• You may unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of each email.
• If you are a professional, we may contact you based on our legitimate interest (in line with the ePrivacy Directive). In such cases, you have the right to object at any time, for any reason, to the processing of your data for this purpose.

 

5. Who do we share your data with?

Your data may be shared with:

• Our internal teams
• Our technical and marketing subcontractors (hosting, emailing, analysis tools)
• Our advertising partners, if you have given your consent

When these recipients are located outside the European Economic Area, we implement appropriate legal safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses, to ensure an adequate level of protection for your Data.

 

6. How long do we keep your data?

We only keep your personal data for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

Cookies

• Cookies used for advertising or audience measurement purposes generally expire within 13 months.

Your Account

• The data you shared when creating your account is retained for 3 years after your last contact with us.
• If you request to delete your account, we have a maximum of one month to anonymise the data you shared when creating your account.
• After 365 days of inactivity (no newsletter opens, no site visits), your data is deleted from our newsletter management platform and you will no longer receive communications from us.

Newsletters

If we notice that you are not opening any of our newsletters, we reserve the right to send you a reminder email to find out your intentions.

Comments

• Your data is retained for 30 days after you unsubscribe or request deletion.

Surveys and questionnaires

• Your data is retained for 3 years after your last interaction with us.

Account login

• Your data is retained for 13 months after your last interaction with your account.

After that, the data is deleted or anonymised in an irreversible manner.

 

7. Your rights

You have the right to:

• Request access to your personal data
• Correct or update your information
• Request the deletion of your data (in certain cases)
• Object to processing, in particular based on our legitimate interest
• Temporarily restrict the use of your data
• Retrieve your data in a machine-readable format
• Withdraw your consent at any time

To exercise your rights: dataprotection@euronews.com

Euronews SA – Legal Department, 56 Quai Rambaud, 69002 Lyon, France

We will respond within one month (three months in the case of complex requests).

 

8. Specific information for California residents (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you may:

• Know the categories of data collected and their use
• Request access to or deletion of your data
• Refuse the ‘sale’ of your data (including its use for advertising purposes)
• Exercise your rights without discrimination

Contact:dataprotection@euronews.com

 

9. Data after death Dados após o falecimento

In accordance with French law, you may send us instructions regarding the processing of your personal data after your death. In this case, these instructions will be carried out at the request of the person responsible for their execution.

10. Complaints

If you believe that your rights regarding the protection of your personal data have not been respected after contacting us at dataprotection@euronews.com, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority in your country of residence, work or the place where the alleged infringement occurred.

For your convenience, here is a list of supervisory authorities in the European Union:

• Germany: Der Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI)
• Belgium: Autorité de protection des données (APD)
• Spain: Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD)
• France: Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL)
• Greece: Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA)
• Hungary: Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság (NAIH)
• Italy: Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
• Poland: Urząd Ochrony Danych Osobowych (UODO)
• Portugal: Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD)

If you reside outside the European Union, you may also contact the competent data protection authority in your country or region, for example:

• United Kingdom: Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
• California: Attorney General – www.oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa
• Virginia: VCDPA – Virginia Attorney General
• Turkey: Kişisel Verileri Koruma Kurumu (KVKK) – Autorité de protection des données personnelles

This list is not exhaustive. For other regions, please consult the competent local data protection authority.