LEGAL NOTICE -- meshbay.org
Last updated: 8 September 2026

The French version ("Mentions légales") is the authoritative one.


1. PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SITE

   meshbay.org is published by a private individual, personally and
   on a non-professional basis, with no commercial purpose.

   Under article 6 III-2 of French law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004
   (LCEN), a natural person publishing an online service on a
   non-professional basis may withhold their name and address from the
   public notice, provided those details have been supplied to their
   host. They have been supplied to the host named below, who holds
   them at the disposal of the judicial authorities.

   Contact: contact@meshbay.org


2. HOST

   OVH SAS
   2 rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix, France
   Telephone: +33 9 72 10 10 07

   This identifies the host of the meshbay.org server. It does not
   concern users' data: see section 4.


3. WHAT THE SERVICE IS

   MeshBay is private-group software.

   Each group is hosted by one of its participants, on their own
   machine, by means of software called a "node". The features
   available within a group are chosen by whoever hosts it.

   The meshbay.org server only handles accounts, the group directory
   and the technical introduction between participants. It keeps none
   of the data exchanged within groups.

   Exchanges within a private group are end-to-end encrypted. The
   person responsible for the site holds no key giving access to them.


4. DATA HELD BY USERS

   Data exchanged within a group resides on the machine of the
   participant hosting that group. It does not pass through the
   meshbay.org server and is not kept there.

   Consequently, the person responsible for the site has neither
   possession of, nor technical control over, nor knowledge of that
   data, and is not in a position to delete it.

   The participant hosting a group is responsible for what they keep
   there and for the people to whom they grant access.


5. REPORTING

   Manifestly unlawful content may be reported to abuse@meshbay.org,
   together with the details needed to identify it.

   Reports are handled as provided by article 6 of the LCEN. Where the
   data concerned is held on a participant's machine, the report is
   passed to that participant, who alone is able to act. The account
   concerned may also be suspended and the group removed from the
   directory.


6. PERSONAL DATA

   Data processing is described in the Terms of Use, section 6.

   Requests concerning personal data: contact@meshbay.org
   You may lodge a complaint with the CNIL (www.cnil.fr) or your
   national supervisory authority.


7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

   The MeshBay software is distributed under LGPL.

   Data uploaded by users remains the property of its respective
   authors or rights holders.


8. GOVERNING LAW

   French law.