Terms of Use

of CASA Université Paris-Saclay

1 - Purpose

CASA Université Paris-Saclay, available at https://casa.universite-paris-saclay.fr/, is a housing platform made available by Université Paris-Saclay to enable its students to find accommodation, to facilitate connections between landlords and students, to give visibility to landlords' housing offers, to share opportunities, to find advice, and to allow a student to make available the accommodation they are leaving.

These terms of use are intended to govern access to and the conditions of use of the Site. We invite you to read them carefully.

By registering on CASA Université Paris-Saclay, whether as a landlord or a student, you acknowledge that you have read and accept these terms of use in their entirety.

2 - Definitions

Site means the CASA Université Paris-Saclay website accessible at https://casa.universite-paris-saclay.fr/ giving access to the housing platform dedicated exclusively to students of Université Paris-Saclay.

Users means both landlords and students who can access CASA Université Paris-Saclay.

Administrators means the natural persons employed by Université Paris-Saclay and authorised to use, for professional or management purposes, access to the CASA Université Paris-Saclay database: they have access to an Account allowing them to configure the services and to set up or carry out actions on Users' Accounts.

Account means a valid account giving access to the platform.

Content means any content that Users may enter on this platform.

Personal Data means all personal data relating to a natural person who is or could be identified;

Privacy Policy means the document drawn up by Université Paris-Saclay setting out its processing of Users' Personal Data and defining their corresponding rights;

Services means the support and assistance with entering offers on CASA by landlords.

3 - Scope of the Terms of Use

These terms of use ("ToU") apply to any use of and any access to the platform. They are accepted by the User when activating their Account and on each modification of the ToU. The ToU are accessible at any time on the Site.

Users acknowledge that they have read and understood the ToU and agree to be bound by them.

Université Paris-Saclay reserves the right to modify the ToU at any time by notifying any new version to Users by e-mail, who undertake to read these modifications.

4 - Description of the CASA features provided by Université Paris-Saclay

Université Paris-Saclay offers:

For landlords:

• Intuitive offer-entry interface with individual access
• Entry of an offer by housing type (room, studio, T1, T2, etc.) grouped within the same housing group called Address (house, residence)
• Publication of housing in on/off mode
• Entry of a url link to redirect students to the website, or the landlord's email or telephone number
• Possibility of targeting scholarship students and/or partner institutions with specific offers
• List of services, equipment and accepted deposits, adaptable and modifiable

For students:

• Practical advice related to the process of searching for accommodation
• Create a student profile linked to an institution
• Enter their situation and display the highlighted offers (scholarship holders on social criteria, reduced-mobility persons)
• Search and filter offers (rent, surface area, city)
• View the details of offers with photos and the geographical location on a map
• Add, view and remove an offer from favourites (saved profile)
• Fill in a contact form intended for institutions and landlords
• Create a listing to indicate that they are vacating or about to vacate their accommodation

All these features are intended to help and support students' search and to facilitate landlords' access to CASA while supporting them.

5 - Access to the platform

The User of the site acknowledges that they have the skills and means necessary to access this site and that they have checked that the computer configuration used does not contain any virus and that it is in perfect working order.

In order to benefit from access to CASA Université Paris-Saclay:

• the landlord must have registered and signed the partnership agreement validated by an administrator.
• The student must be enrolled at Université Paris-Saclay.

The User undertakes not to use a pseudonym or an email address that could infringe the rights of third parties (surname, trademark, etc.) or that would be insulting, offensive, obscene or defamatory, that would be violent or inciting racism, pornography, paedophilia or crimes and offences, or for purposes of propaganda, commercial canvassing or politics, nor to usurp a name, a company name or a registered trademark.

On their first login, the User must accept and validate the ToU, specify their password and update their profile information. Their Account may be deactivated if they do not comply with the terms of use.

5.1 - Administrators

The Administrator configures and validates landlord Users' access requests. The Administrator is able to block a User's access if necessary or if the ToU are not respected.

5.2 - User Accounts

The User will need to provide at least one active email and to specify the password to identify themselves at the first login. They can modify and update their email and password at any time from the management of their Account. They will then access their User menu to access the various services of the platform in line with the access authorised according to their type of User.

5.3 - Password

The password associated with each Account is strictly personal and confidential and must not be shared with third parties. Users are responsible for the loss or theft of their password. We recommend that Users regularly change their passwords and choose complex passwords of at least 8 characters including letters, numbers and special characters. Each User is free to change their password at any time from the management of their Account.

6 - Use of the services

The texts, photos, and any other work present on this site are protected by the intellectual property code. The User of the site undertakes not to reproduce them without the express consent of Université Paris-Saclay.

The User guarantees to Université Paris-Saclay that they have the necessary rights, including all intellectual property rights over the housing listings entered and photos published.

The listings and images posted are the responsibility of their author, who undertakes to assume all responsibilities and consequences relating thereto. In particular, the author of a message guarantees Université Paris-Saclay against any actions brought by third parties whose cause, basis or origin is the content of their message. They therefore undertake to bear the amount of the related convictions and defence costs, or any settlement compensation that would be due in the context of the dispute. The site's representatives decline all responsibility for the content of messages posted by users, whether for landlords or students.

The User is responsible for the Account assigned to them from the date of its activation. It is their duty to keep their Account secret and not to disclose it to any other person. The User is solely responsible for the use made of their Account, as well as for the Content published via their Account.

Out of respect and for the good of all, the following are prohibited: insulting, offensive, obscene or defamatory messages, content infringing the rights of others, violent remarks or remarks inciting racism, pornography, paedophilia or crimes and offences, the misuse of the site for purposes of propaganda, commercial canvassing or politics.

Users can report any disturbing message to the Administrator. The Administrator may delete without notice any message that does not comply with the conditions stated above.

Université Paris-Saclay reserves the right, without justification, to refuse access to the Site to any user who has not complied with these terms of use or the applicable law. It also reserves the right to make the appropriate reports in the event of behaviour that may be subject to criminal penalties.

Rules of good conduct

CASA Université Paris-Saclay is a platform made available by Université Paris-Saclay serving the professional network and students. Exchanges must take place with a sense of propriety. The platform's users undertake to make constructive and benevolent remarks. They must communicate with respect and politeness. Users can report any disturbing message to the administrator.

Université Paris-Saclay reserves the right, without justification, to delete content and/or to block access to the platform (and to its email address) to any user who has not complied with these terms of use or the applicable law, and to ban them.

The CASA Université Paris-Saclay team encourages users to use common sense on the platform, respecting the principles of its use.

Exchanges are cordial and must remain respectful. Tolerance, politeness and respect for everyone are the golden rules.

Each message and exchange must be as courteous as possible.

It may happen that some users give answers that do not directly address the question or that propose solutions that do not seem appropriate. In this case, it is recommended to respond politely, without violently rejecting the previous proposal and by rephrasing one's request.

Harassment is a repetition of remarks and actions having harmful consequences on the physical or psychological well-being of the victim. If a user does not respond to a message or a comment, it is possible to contact them again politely, but if this same person does not respond to the second follow-up message, it is appropriate to stop sending messages to them on the same subject. If a user does not respond, you should not take their non-response personally. It is possible that they do not have the answer, do not have time to respond, have forgotten to respond, etc.

Submission of housing offers

All Site Users who can submit a housing offer undertake not to use prohibited or discriminatory criteria, including the following criteria: origin, sex, morals, sexual orientation or identity, age, family situation or pregnancy, genetic characteristics, real or supposed belonging or non-belonging to an ethnic group, a nation or a race, political opinions, trade-union or mutualist activities, religious beliefs, physical appearance, etc.

7 - Warranty

Université Paris-Saclay undertakes to take particular care regarding the accuracy of the information exchanged on the Site and to keep it regularly updated. However, errors or omissions may occur. In this case, we thank you for kindly reporting them to us so that we can make the necessary corrections. During its checks and occasional interventions, the Site Administrator undertakes not to modify the Content in a way that could change its meaning.

Université Paris-Saclay does not guarantee uninterrupted access to the Site, in particular in the event of interventions for maintenance, repairs, or disruptions of internet connections. It cannot be held responsible for technical failures and the related data losses, nor for any other indirect damage occurring during or related to the use of the site.

8 - Applicable law

The ToU are governed solely by French law. Any dispute arising from the validity, interpretation and/or performance, termination, breach of these ToU and after the failure of any conciliation, will be submitted to the Versailles Judicial Court.