Terms of use

These terms set out the rules for accessing and using the Le Recul website.

Read freely. Use clearly.

Reference version

Le Recul is published from France and these terms are governed by French law. This page is an English translation provided for convenience. In the event of any discrepancy, the French version is the one that applies.

Purpose

These terms of use govern access to and use of the Le Recul website, available at lerecul.com.

Browsing the site implies acceptance of these terms in the version then in force.

Access to the site

Le Recul is freely accessible, with no user account to create.

The publisher makes reasonable efforts to keep the site available, but does not guarantee continuous or uninterrupted access. Maintenance, technical incidents or changes to the service may make all or part of the site temporarily unavailable.

Published content

Le Recul publishes news, analysis, comparisons and fact-checking about artificial intelligence.

Articles, tests, rankings and other content are provided for information. They do not constitute personalised advice, an individual purchase recommendation, or any guarantee of results.

Information is based on the sources available on its date of publication or last update. Because prices, features, models, rankings and access conditions for AI tools can change quickly, some elements may become out of date after publication.

AI rankings

The rankings published on Le Recul rest on an editorial method and on selected public sources.

They are designed to compare AI tools, models or systems at a given moment. They do not replace an analysis of each reader's own needs, and they may change as updates, new sources or market shifts come in.

Reader accounts, reports and contributions

Readers may send accounts, reports or information through the forms provided on the site.

Sending something to Le Recul does not guarantee that it will be published. No reader account is published automatically. Any quotation or publication naming a person requires prior agreement where such agreement is required.

The information you send must be accurate, lawful, and must not infringe the rights of third parties.

Intellectual property

Unless stated otherwise, the content published on Le Recul — text, analysis, rankings, methods, graphic elements, editorial structure and visual identity — is protected by copyright.

Any reproduction, representation, adaptation, extraction or substantial reuse, in whole or in part, without prior authorisation is prohibited, except where the law provides otherwise and for short quotations accompanied by a clear link to the original source.

External links

The site may contain links to third-party sites or services.

Le Recul does not control the content, operation or policies of those external sites and cannot be held responsible for how they change, whether they remain available, or how they behave.

Where a piece of content contains an affiliate link or a partnership, this is stated clearly.

Using the site

Users undertake to use the site fairly and lawfully. The following are prohibited in particular:

any attempt to compromise the security or proper operation of the site;
mass or automated extraction of content without authorisation;
misleading reuse of the content or of the rankings;
any action infringing the rights of Le Recul or of third parties.

Liability

Le Recul takes particular care in checking its content, but cannot guarantee that everything published is absolutely accurate, exhaustive or permanently up to date.

Users remain responsible for what they do with the information available on the site.

Personal data

The rules on personal data, forms, the newsletter, cookies and users' rights are set out in the site's privacy policy.

Changes to these terms

These terms may be changed at any time to reflect changes to the site, to its services or to the applicable legal framework.

The version that applies is the one published on this page at the time you consult it.

Contact

For any question about using the site, use the Contact page.