Terms of use
This document covers the use of the site aicitationsfrance.com and the citation-case contact channel of Atelier Source Clair. The site is informational: it publishes research cases about how AI engines cite and attribute French business sources. The lab does not sell visibility services, advertising, or brand diagnostics.
1. Use of the site
The content published on aicitationsfrance.com reflects, in good faith, the lab's observations at the time of publication. Each case describes observable citation behavior under defined conditions — it is not legal, regulatory, or commercial advice, and it is not a verdict on any company, source or engine. If you use the site's content to make decisions, you do so at your own risk.
Industrial collection of the site's content is not permitted, nor is republishing long extracts without attribution. Linking and quoting with a stated source is, as a rule, allowed.
2. Citation-case form
Sending a citation case is neither an offer, a contract, nor a promise from either party. It is only a structured way to send a prompt, an answer excerpt, a cited page and a suspected original source. Atelier Source Clair reviews a case when the public trail allows a useful answer. The submission itself does not create a right to a particular reply, a response time, or a piece of research.
A case may be declined if the subject falls outside the scope of the lab, if current capacity does not allow it, or if it cannot be reviewed from public evidence. A refusal is not a judgement on your business.
3. Liability
For use of the site, liability is limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The lab's materials describe citation behavior in AI answers, which depends on factors no one fully controls: engine updates, third-party platform policy, browsing access, citation rules and time. There is no guarantee about how an AI engine will cite or attribute any source. Liability is not excluded for wilful misconduct, fraud, gross negligence, or any other case where the law does not permit exclusion.
4. Applicable law and jurisdiction
French law applies, with jurisdiction of the courts of the operator's place of residence, unless consumer protection legislation imposes a different jurisdiction in the user's favour.
5. Changes to these terms
These terms are updated as the working model evolves. The "Updated" date at the top marks the version in force. Changes that concern only the site are reflected here.
Contact
Questions about these terms: hello@aicitationsfrance.com.