These conditions of use apply to the SMS alert system and to use of the “SMS EXPRESS" chat service (with or without prior sign-up) offered by the e-covoiturage.ch association.

These conditions are expressly subject to approval by the user, whoever they may be, of the terms, conditions and warning notices contained in the “user conditions” section of the www.ecovoiturage.ch website, and are a condition of access to it. They may be changed at any time by the ecovoiturage.ch association.

Responsibility of the user
The user certifies that they are 18 years old or have their parents’ permission to use the service (with or without prior sign-up). In the second case, the parents are responsible for the minor’s use of the service, as well as any contacts resulting from exchanging SMS messages using the SMS EXPRESS service. The user has full responsibility for sharing their mobile number with other users, with the exclusion of the e-covoiturage.ch association.

Use
The user reserves the right to use the information and services offered in the SMS EXPRESS section and accepts sole, full responsibility for this. The SMS EXPRESS service is intended for personal and private use.

Content
The user has sole responsibility for the creation, production, administration and circulation of content passing through the SMS EXPRESS service. The e-covoiturage.ch association accepts no responsibility for the content of messages exchanged or the status of message recipients. It is the user’s responsibility to take all precautions that may result from exchanging messages by mobile phone with unknown persons. The e-covoiturage.ch association must be notified of any abusive use.

The user undertakes to respect the privacy of others and to refrain from disclosing any illicit content. The nature of this content is explained in detail in the “User conditions” section of this site.

In the event of any breach of these compulsory provisions, the offender and all responsible parties shall incur criminal and civil penalties in accordance with the Law.

The e-covoiturage.ch association may ban and blacklist a member at any time, should any illicit content appear in a message. The user undertakes to only use access to the SMS EXPRESS section to send and receive messages and information relating to the subject or to the section concerned by or connected to it.

The user notes that their advertisements featuring in the SMS EXPRESS section shall be deleted once the journey date has passed, as the SMS EXPRESS service is designed for putting interested parties in contact quickly, for individual journeys.

The user is informed of the cost of SMS messages and given user instructions. The association accepts no responsibility for the following:

1. A message sent to a wrong or inexistent number
2. Any errors in a message sent to the centre
3. Forgetting to deactivate the service, leading to unwanted replies

The user has sole responsibility for keeping their account and password confidential, along with any actions that may be performed on their account and/or with their password.

The user undertakes to inform the association immediately of any unauthorised use of their account and/or password and/or any security breach.

The user is responsible for any negligence on their behalf when using this SMS service such as may be harmful to the site owner or any third parties.

The association may not be held responsible for any loss or damages that may arise in the event of any failure to fulfil the obligations set out in this paragraph.

The association undertakes to refrain from disclosing users’ mobile phone numbers to any third parties. It undertakes to inform the user and provide them with an e-mail address to contact for support in the event of any problems with the mobile services offered, or any malfunctions noted during the use of the aforesaid services that may be harmful to the users concerned.

The association has no responsibility:

• for advertisement content
• in the event of temporary disruption to the SMS service
• for the quality and number of replies after an enquiry by SMS

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