Terms of service

International Virtual Aviation Organisation (IVAO) - France division

By Membership - Updated on 10/09/2026 08:19 UTC

1 - Legal information

The France division is an operational structure of the IVAO network. The IVAO network (called IVAN) is a service provided by IVAO VZW, a non-profit organisation (NPO) registered in Belgium in 2007 and whose statutes are available here.

This website, entirely designed and developed within IVAO's France division, is hosted and published by OVH.

These general conditions of use are subject to French law.

2 - Intellectual property

As specified by the Intellectual Property Code of French law, the exclusive owners of all intellectual property rights concerning both the structure and the content of the site www.ivao.fr belong to their authors, and this holds worldwide. The same applies to the authors of the documents available on this site, such as the IvAc sector files, the documentation files, and any other accessible file, which belong exclusively to their authors. In addition, these authors may establish a contract of transfer of the rights of their works to an associative structure. It should be noted that, in accordance with the legislation in force in France, « toute représentation ou reproduction intégrale ou partielle faite sans le consentement de l'auteur ou de ses ayant droit ou ayant cause est illicite. Il en est de même pour la traduction, l'adaptation ou la transformation, l'arrangement ou la reproduction par un art ou un procédé quelconque » (any representation or reproduction, in whole or in part, made without the consent of the author or their successors in title is unlawful. The very same applies to translation, adaptation or transformation, arrangement or reproduction by any art or process).

This site gives the user the right to reproduce all or part of its content for storage in order to display on a single screen and reproduction, in one copy, for backup or print on paper. This right is granted for strictly personal, private, and non-collective use. Any networking, broadcasting, or marketing, in any form whatsoever, is strictly prohibited. This right is personal, reserved for the exclusive and non-collective use of the user, and is not transferable in any way. Any other use is subject to prior and express authorization. Violation of these mandatory provisions exposes the offender and all responsible persons to the criminal and civil penalties provided by law.

Notwithstanding the rights of reproduction and storage as strictly defined above, and with the exception of express prior authorization from the authors whose names and contacts are centralized by the directors of the IVAO France division, the user is prohibited from reproducing and/or using the trademarks and logos found on the site www.ivao.fr, as well as modifying, copying, translating, reproducing, selling, publishing, exploiting, and distributing in a digital or other format all or part of the information, texts, photos, images, videos, and data on this site. Violation of these mandatory provisions exposes the offender and all responsible persons to the criminal and civil penalties provided by law.

3 - Limitation of liability

This website contains information made available by external companies or hypertext links to other sites that have not been developed by its authors and partners. This content is provided exclusively for informational purposes. The existence of a link to another site does not constitute an endorsement of that site or its content.

The information and recommendations available on this website are offered in good faith and strictly within the framework of flight simulation. This information is assumed to be correct at the time of publication. However, the authors and their partners are neither representatives nor guarantors of the completeness and accuracy of this information. The user assumes full risk regarding the trust placed in it. In no event will the authors and their partners be liable for any damages that may result from the trust placed in such information, its use, or the use of a product to which it refers.

This information should not be considered recommendations for the use of information, products, procedures, equipment, or formulations that would conflict with a patent, copyright, or trademark. The authors disclaim all liability, express or implied, if the use of this information violates a patent, copyright, or trademark.

Under no circumstances do the authors and their partners undertake to update or correct information published on the Internet or on their web servers. Likewise, they reserve the right to modify or correct the content of their sites at any time without prior notice.

4 - Data protection

In order to ensure the accessibility and security of the services offered by the site, the authors and their partners collect personal data from IVAO members who connect to the website using their account. Data collection is carried out automatically via the IVAO Application Programming Interface (API) or by entering data associated with the member's participation in division activities (trainings, tours, events, etc.). In particular, the following are collected:

  • Last name and first name
  • IVAO Membership Number (VID)
  • Email address
  • History and site connection settings
  • History of activities carried out within the division (exams, trainings, tours, events, GCA, division transfers)
  • Discord ID

As part of the presentation and promotion of division activities, the following data associated with an IVAO member:

  • Last name
  • First name
  • IVAO Membership Number (VID)
  • Characteristics of the activity carried out by the member (e.g., date and location of a training session or exam, exam success)

may be published on the site. In this case, the visibility of personal data (exclusively last name and first name) on the site is restricted solely to IVAO members logged in through their account. However, the visibility of the IVAO Membership Number (VID) is not restricted.

In the same context and to ensure the necessary visibility of divisional organizational structures, the visibility of personal data (exclusively last name, first name, and email address of the ivao.aero domain) of IVAO France division staff members is not restricted. Likewise, the visibility of personal data (exclusively last name and first name) of IVAO France division animators is not subject to restriction. On the other hand, the visibility of the personal email address of animators on the site is restricted solely to IVAO members logged in through their account.

The owners and managers of this website ensure that the collection and processing of personal data carried out from the site www.ivao.fr comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the French "Informatique et Libertés" law.

Personal data collected as part of the services offered by IVAO France are hosted and processed in France using secure protocols.

Personal data is retained for a duration tailored to the purpose of each processing activity. Exceptionally, this data may be kept for longer periods to manage claims and disputes where applicable, and to comply with legal and/or regulatory obligations.

No personal information regarding site users may be transferred or sold to third parties, nor used for purposes unrelated to this website.

Users have the option to subscribe to automated email notifications for activities offered by IVAO France (participation in division tours, flight or ATC training sessions). This choice is voluntary and disabled by default.

As a website belonging to a non-profit organization, this site is exempt from declaration n°8 to the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) pursuant to Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 relating to computing, files, and civil liberties.

However, every user holds the right to object (Article 38 of the law), access (Articles 39, 41, and 42 of the law), and rectify (Article 40 of the law) this data. Accordingly, users may demand that information concerning them that is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, outdated, or whose collection, use, disclosure, or storage is prohibited, be rectified, completed, clarified, updated, or erased.

5 - Right of access

Each user may request access to data stored by IVAO and the divisions in which they have been active.

Submit your access request here: https://www.ivao.aero/ContactGDPR.asp

6 - Right of rectification

Each user can exercise their right of rectification and update by writing to the Membership department (fr-membership@ivao.aero) or to the directors of the IVAO France division (fr-hq@ivao.aero).

7 - Right to be forgotten

Any request for account deletion will lead the France division, an operational structure of IVAO, to take all appropriate actions as required by the GDPR.
Submit your deletion request here: https://www.ivao.aero/ContactGDPR.asp