Legal Mentions & Privacy Policy
Legal Mentions
Rerum NovAIrum does not possess a legal personality of its own. It exists through its productions, its partners and the conventions that bind them. No actor can claim exclusive ownership over the initiative or its common productions.
The initiative is in the process of establishing a non-profit Foundation based in Geneva, which will become its permanent legal home. Pending its constitution, the domain name and the digital tools built for the initiative are held on a temporary, custodial basis by Aremus Création & Développement (SIREN 788 880 763), the personal structure of founder Etienne de Rocquigny. All costs advanced on this initiative, as well as all benevolent contributions of other personal contributors to the initiative, are self-funded, an in-kind contribution to be wholly transferred to the Geneva Foundation upon its constitution.
The associative partners include Espérance & Algorithmes, UNIAPAC, Les EDC, UCID, The Acton Institute, and NHNAI. They relay events, deploy training programs, and enrich the common content within their own contexts.
Unless otherwise stated, all content published on rerum-novairum.org is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY 4.0). Any person or organization may freely consult, share, adapt and exploit the content, including for commercial purposes, under the sole condition of crediting the initiative — in the spirit of the Universal Destination of Goods.
Where a contribution carries identified individual intellectual authorship, the contributor retains full ownership of their copyright. Authors retain their moral rights, and any substantial modification of their work requires their consent.
Site editor and publication director: Etienne de Rocquigny.
Hosting: The rerum-novairum.org website is hosted by Lovable AB, a company incorporated under Swedish law, registered at Roslagsgatan 25, Lgh 1101, 113 55 Stockholm, Sweden (Organisation number: 559043-2711). Lovable AB provides the technical infrastructure and data storage for the site through its partners Cloudflare and Supabase.
Contact: contact@rerum-novairum.org
Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 7th, 2026
1. Introduction
This privacy policy describes how personal data is collected, used and protected in connection with the Rerum NovAIrum initiative and its digital supports.
Rerum NovAIrum, as an initiative without legal personality of its own, cannot itself be a data controller under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Pending the constitution of a non-profit Foundation based in Geneva — the initiative's intended permanent legal home — the data controller is Aremus Création & Développement, acting solely as temporary custodian of the initiative's digital supports, not as an independent operator with its own interest in the data. References to Rerum NovAIrum in this policy designate the collective initiative whose digital supports are, for now, held on this transitional basis by Aremus Création & Développement.
2. Purpose of Processing
The initiative's digital supports — including the rerum-novairum.org website and the associated discernment platform (rerum-discern.org) — serve the animation of the community and the publication of the contents under Creative Commons license. This includes allowing access to free content and resources, informing users of new publications and events, inviting users to webinars or focus groups, providing access to the discernment paths, and analyzing usage to improve their relevance and quality.
The discernment platform is currently in an exploratory, early-stage phase, pending the constitution of the Foundation and the permanent governance it will bring. Its features, and the way usage data is analyzed to improve them, may evolve as that governance is put in place.
3. Data We Collect
We may collect the following personal data when you interact with us:
- First name, last name, and email address.
- Professional information (e.g., job title, organization).
- Information related to your interests and specific needs.
- Any other information you choose to provide voluntarily.
On the discernment platform, we also collect usage data: navigation paths, time spent, engagement metrics. These data do not contain substantive content produced by participants. They are held by Aremus Création & Développement solely in its capacity as temporary technical operator of the initiative, used exclusively to improve the discernment paths, and are neither shared nor published. They will be transferred, along with the platform itself, to the Foundation upon its constitution.
4. Three Categories of Contributed Content
When you participate in the initiative, for example by submitting a use case, a testimony, or contributing to a discernment path, your contributions fall into one of three categories. You are informed, at the beginning of a path, of the category applicable to your contributions.
- Creative Commons (CC BY). Contributions explicitly identified as commons. Freely consultable, shareable, adaptable and exploitable, including for commercial purposes, under the sole condition of attribution. This is the default regime for the productions of the initiative.
- Shared. Anonymized contributions shared with the collective to enrich the common discernment (aggregated use cases, field feedback). No commercial use without explicit consent.
- Private. Contributions falling under the business secret of client organizations (individual discernment paths, company data). Never shared.
Where a contribution carries identified individual intellectual authorship, the contributor retains full ownership of their copyright. The license granted to the initiative does not constitute a transfer of rights.
5. Sharing Your Data
We do not sell, rent or trade your personal data. Aremus Création & Développement does not use your data for any purpose of its own beyond operating the initiative on this transitional basis. We may share it only in the following cases, after implementing appropriate security measures:
- Associative Partners. When you register for a path operated jointly with an associative partner (such as Les EDC or UNIAPAC), the necessary data are shared with that partner for the operation of the path, in accordance with the bilateral convention between Aremus Création & Développement and the partner.
- Service Providers. For the management of our platform and services, we use technical or administrative providers (hosting, email services, analytics tools). These providers act on our behalf and are bound by strict confidentiality obligations.
- Legal Authorities. We may be required to disclose your data in the context of a legal obligation or at the request of an administrative or judicial authority.
6. Data Security
Aremus Création & Développement, in its capacity as technical operator of the initiative's digital supports, implements appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.
7. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for the time necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.
8. Your Rights
In accordance with the GDPR, you have several rights regarding your personal data. You may at any time:
- Access your data: Request to view the personal information we hold about you.
- Rectify your data: Request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Request erasure: Request the deletion of your personal data (right to be forgotten), including full erasure on demand.
- Restrict processing: Request the limitation of the processing of your data in certain circumstances.
- Object to processing: Object to the processing of your data, particularly for direct marketing purposes.
- Request portability: Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format, and request its transmission to another data controller.
- Withdraw your consent: Withdraw consent given for the processing of your data at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at the address below.
9. Cookies and Web Analysis
Our digital supports may use cookies and analytics technologies to improve user experience and understand traffic. You can manage cookie settings through your browser preferences.
10. Links to Third-Party Sites
Our digital supports may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these sites. We encourage you to consult their respective privacy policies.
11. Changes to the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, including to reflect the constitution of the Geneva Foundation and the transfer of data controllership to it. Any updates will be published on our website with a new effective date. We encourage you to consult it regularly.
12. Contact Us
For any question regarding this policy or to exercise your rights, please contact us:
Data controller (on a temporary basis, pending the Foundation's constitution): Aremus Création & Développement (SIREN 788 880 763)
Representative: Etienne de Rocquigny
contact@rerum-novairum.org