Terms of use
Last updated: 28 September 2026
Draft – to be validated. Text taken from the terms of use of the previous eRCF site (last updated 9 September 2016). It must be updated and validated before it becomes final.
Warning – please read carefully
By accessing this site, you implicitly accept its terms of use.
This site is intended exclusively for health professionals and students in medical training (obstetrics).
If you do not belong to either of these two categories, please leave this site, which is not intended for you.
Furthermore, this site cannot under any circumstances answer medical questions from the public.
1. General information
1.1. Hosting and funding of the site
The site is hosted and funded by the Université Catholique de Lille, designated as publisher. The authors of the site have no direct or indirect link with the pharmaceutical industry or other profit-making organisations.
1.2. Contributors
The medical staff taking part in the creation and updating of the medical content of the website are:
- Denis Houzé de l’Aulnoit, head of the Saint Vincent de Paul maternity unit and technical director of the Midwifery department of the Faculté Libre de Médecine
- Aline Delgranche, obstetrician-gynaecologist
- Agathe Houzé de l’Aulnoit, obstetrician-gynaecologist
- Romain Demailly, midwife
2. Access to the site
2.1. Free access and registration
The site is free. Pages are either freely accessible or accessible after registration.
2.2. Availability
For maintenance or technical reasons, the site may be partially or totally unavailable for variable periods. Information will be given through the social networks linked to the site. Given that the site is free, these interruptions of service cannot give rise to any claim for compensation by the user.
3. Notice to users
3.1. Quality and updating of the data
The contributors undertake to provide information based on recognised scientific publications or rigorous clinical observations. In addition, the patients’ authorisation was obtained beforehand for the tracings and clinical information, which were validated by a committee of 5 experts. Omissions or inaccuracies may be reported on the “Questions – Suggestions” page.
The data on the site may also be modified at any time, according to the development of knowledge and at the contributors’ discretion.
3.2. Use of the data
The site was designed for educational purposes, for the exclusive use of health professionals and students in training. The proposed management and the decisions to perform an extraction apply only to the cases presented as examples and must not be applied without the prior opinion of a health professional.
3.3. User’s responsibility
The user is solely responsible for the use of the data on the site. Consequently, the publisher cannot be held liable in the event of a misuse of the information having caused any direct or indirect harm or damage of any kind.
3.4. Advertising
The site contains no advertising; only the logos of the participating institutes are displayed.
4. Personal data and confidentiality
4.1. Confidentiality
All information provided at registration is strictly confidential and will under no circumstances be passed on to third parties, for advertising or other purposes, in accordance with the French regulations on data processing, files and freedoms (Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978).
The information may however be passed on to the judicial or administrative authorities entitled to request it.
4.2. Collection of personal data
The site offers a set of services accessible only after a prior free registration.
The user undertakes to provide accurate information when registering, and to report any change using the “Questions – Suggestions” page.
The login details (user name and password) are chosen by the user when registering. The user is therefore solely responsible for their confidentiality, and their communication or disclosure leading to a misuse of the site or a breach of its security may lead to the deletion of the user account.
4.3. User’s rights and protection
The publisher undertakes to comply with Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, files and freedoms.
In accordance with articles 39 and following of that law, anyone may obtain communication and, where applicable, rectification or deletion of the information concerning them, or object to it, by using the “Questions – Suggestions” page or by contacting the data protection correspondent at cil@univ-catholille.fr.
4.4. Statistics
Statistics of visits and use of the site are produced with software external to the site. These statistics are strictly anonymous and do not involve any processing of personal data.
This site uses Google Analytics to analyse its audience and improve its content. For more information on the privacy rules relating to the use of Google Analytics: support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
4.5. Cookies
This site uses cookies to remember your login, for the Facebook buttons and for Google Analytics. These services can be disabled in your browser, but their use to remember your login is necessary for the site to work.
5. Ownership of the site and its content
5.1. Protection of the content of the site
All intellectual property rights on the site and its content belong to the publisher. However, the publisher authorises the use of the courses and bibliographic references for teaching purposes, provided that the address of the “e.RCF” site is cited.
5.2. Use of the site
This site is intended exclusively for the personal and private use of the user. If the user wishes to reproduce or distribute any part of the content of the site, they must first ask the publisher for permission through the “Questions – Suggestions” page.
The use of the site within an official training structure must be reported to the publisher through the “Questions – Suggestions” page.
6. Miscellaneous
6.1. Complaints
Any complaint or report of any abuse must be made in writing to:
Faculté de Médecine et Maïeutique de Lille, 56 rue du Port, 59046 Lille Cedex, France
6.2. Applicable law and jurisdiction
The site was designed and is hosted in France. These terms are governed by French law.