Legal notices

Legal Notices

The mandatory legal notices regarding www.pbt.nc are provided on this page in accordance with the Law for Confidence in the Digital Economy (LCEN) of June 2004 and the GDPR law of June 20, 2018, on data protection.




1. Website Publisher Identification

  • Company Name: Pacific Business Transaction
  • Registered Office Address: 7 Rue du Pasteur Marc Lacheret, Nouméa, New Caledonia
  • Phone Number: (+687) 75 35 85
  • Email Address: benoit@pbt.nc
  • Publication Director: Within the meaning of Article 93-2 of Law No. 82-652 of July 29, 1982: Mr. Benoît MARITAN




2. Hosting Provider

This site is hosted by:




3. General Terms and Conditions of Use

Use of the www.pbt.nc website implies full and complete acceptance of the general terms and conditions of use described below. These terms of use may be modified or supplemented at any time.

This site is normally accessible to users at all times. However, an interruption for technical maintenance may be decided by the Pacific Business Transaction team, which will then endeavor to communicate the dates and times of the intervention to users in advance.

The www.pbt.nc website is regularly updated by its team. Similarly, the legal notices may be modified at any time: they are nonetheless binding on the user, who is invited to refer to them as often as possible to stay informed.




4. Description of Services Provided

The purpose of the www.pbt.nc website is to provide information concerning all of the company’s activities.

Pacific Business Transaction endeavors to provide information on its site that is as accurate as possible. However, it cannot be held responsible for omissions, inaccuracies, or deficiencies in updates, whether caused by itself or by third-party partners who provide this information.

All information provided on the www.pbt.nc website is given for information purposes only and is subject to change. Furthermore, the information on the www.pbt.nc website is not exhaustive. It is provided subject to modifications that may have been made since it was put online.




5. Technical Data Limitations

The website cannot be held responsible for material damage related to the use of the site. Furthermore, the user of the site agrees to access the site using recent equipment, free of viruses, and with an up-to-date, latest-generation browser.




6. Intellectual Property

Pacific Business Transaction owns the intellectual property rights or holds the usage rights for all elements accessible on the site, including text, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds, and software.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, or adaptation of all or part of the elements of the site, by whatever means or process used, is prohibited, except with the prior written authorization of: The Management.

Any unauthorized use of the site or any of the elements it contains will be considered an infringement and prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of Articles L.335-2 and following of the Intellectual Property Code.




7. Limitation of Liability

Pacific Business Transaction cannot be held responsible for direct or indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment when accessing the www.pbt.nc website, resulting either from the use of equipment that does not meet the specifications indicated in point 4, or from the appearance of a bug or incompatibility.

Pacific Business Transaction also cannot be held responsible for indirect damage (such as loss of market or loss of opportunity) resulting from the use of the www.pbt.nc website.

Interactive spaces (possibility to ask questions in the contact area) are available to users. Pacific Business Transaction reserves the right to delete, without prior notice, any content posted in this space that contravenes applicable legislation in France, in particular provisions relating to data protection. If necessary, Pacific Business Transaction also reserves the right to hold the user civilly and/or criminally liable, particularly in the event of messages of a racist, insulting, defamatory, or pornographic nature, regardless of the medium used (text, photography, etc.).




8. Personal Data Management

In France, personal data is notably protected by Law No. 78-87 of January 6, 1978, Law No. 2004-801 of August 6, 2004, Article L. 226-13 of the Penal Code, and the European Directive of October 24, 1995.

When using the www.pbt.nc website, the following may be collected: the URL of the links through which the user accessed the www.pbt.nc website, the user’s access provider, and the user’s Internet Protocol (IP) address.

In any case, Pacific Business Transaction only collects personal information relating to the user for the purpose of certain services offered by the www.pbt.nc website. The user provides this information with full knowledge of the facts, particularly when they enter it themselves. At that time, it is specified to the user of the www.pbt.nc website whether or not they are required to provide this information.

In accordance with the provisions of Articles 38 and following of Law 78-17 of January 6, 1978, relating to information technology, files, and liberties, every user has a right of access, rectification, and opposition to the personal data concerning them, by making a written and signed request, accompanied by a copy of an identity document with the signature of the holder of the document, specifying the address to which the reply must be sent.

No personal information of the user of the www.pbt.nc website is published without the user’s knowledge, exchanged, transferred, assigned, or sold on any medium to third parties. Only the hypothesis of the buyout of Pacific Business Transaction and its rights would allow the transmission of said information to the eventual purchaser, who would in turn be bound by the same obligation of conservation and modification of data with respect to the user of the www.pbt.nc website.

Databases are protected by the provisions of the Law of July 1, 1998, transposing Directive 96/9 of March 11, 1996, on the legal protection of databases.




9. Hypertext Links and Cookies

The www.pbt.nc website contains a number of hypertext links to other sites, set up with the authorization of the management. However, Pacific Business Transaction does not have the possibility to verify the content of the sites thus visited and will therefore assume no responsibility for this fact.

Browsing the www.pbt.nc website is likely to cause the installation of cookie(s) on the user’s computer. A cookie is a small file that does not allow the identification of the user but records information relating to the navigation of a computer on a site. The data thus obtained is intended to facilitate subsequent navigation on the site and is also intended to allow various measures of frequentation.

List of cookies used on the site:

  • Google Analytics Cookies

Refusing to install a cookie may result in the inability to access certain services. The user can, however, configure their computer in the following way to refuse the installation of cookies:

  • In Microsoft Edge: Settings and more tab (three-dot icon at the top right) / Settings. Click on Cookies and site permissions then on Manage and delete cookies and site data. Enable the Block third-party cookies option. Confirm by closing the page.
  • In Firefox: At the top of the browser window, click the Firefox button, then go to the Options tab. Click on the Privacy tab. Set the Retention Rules to: use custom settings for history. Finally, uncheck it to disable cookies.
  • In Safari: Click at the top right of the browser on the menu icon (symbolized by a gear). Select Settings. Click on Show advanced settings. In the “Privacy” section, click on Content settings. In the “Cookies” section, you can block cookies.
  • In Chrome: Click at the top right of the browser on the menu icon (symbolized by three horizontal lines). Select Settings. Click on Show advanced settings. In the “Privacy” section, click on preferences. In the “Privacy” tab, you can block cookies.




10. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

Any dispute related to the use of the www.pbt.nc website is subject to French law. Exclusive jurisdiction is granted to the courts of common law, and to the courts of Nouméa in the event of a dispute with a professional.




11. Primary Laws Concerned

  • Law No. 78-87 of January 6, 1978, notably amended by Law No. 2004-801 of August 6, 2004, relating to information technology, files, and liberties.
  • Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004, for confidence in the digital economy.
  • Law No. 2018-493 of June 20, 2018, relating to the protection of personal data, known as GDPR.




12. Glossary

  • User: Internet user connecting to and using the aforementioned site.
  • Personal Data: “any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as ‘data subject’); an ‘identifiable natural person’ is deemed to be a natural person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.” (Article 4 of Law No. 2018-493 of June 20, 2018)