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Legal Notice

1. Site Publisher

The website gatto.city and the associated application Gatto are published by an individual.

For security and privacy reasons (individual activity, no established legal entity), the publisher's complete identity is available upon legitimate request, particularly for:

  • any judicial requisition,
  • administrative request,
  • intellectual property matter,
  • dispute concerning content.

Official contact: contact@gatto.city

2. Web Hosting

The site is hosted by:

Vercel Inc.
340 S Lemon Ave #4133
Walnut, CA 91789, United States
https://vercel.com

Static content and certain resources (images, assets) are distributed via:

Amazon Web Services (AWS) — CloudFront CDN
Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL
38 Avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg

3. Service Purpose

Gatto is a platform for discovering and analyzing Points of Interest (restaurants, cafes, bars, etc.) through:

  • aggregation of public data,
  • editorial signals,
  • data from official platforms,
  • automated analysis,
  • a proprietary scoring model (Gatto Score),
  • AI-generated editorial collections.

The information displayed does not constitute professional advice or formal recommendation.

4. Intellectual Property

The Gatto brand, its logo, interface, texts, design, associated algorithms (including the Gatto Score), and generated content (summaries, collections, classifications) are protected by applicable laws.

Any unauthorized reproduction, distribution, modification, or exploitation is prohibited.

5. Use of Third-Party Guide Names, Labels, and Brands

Gatto may mention names of guides, labels, or publications such as Michelin, Gault&Millau, Le Fooding, Time Out, Les Échos, etc.

These names and brands remain the exclusive property of their holders.

Gatto:

  • is not affiliated, validated, approved, or sponsored by any of these organizations;
  • does not use any protected logo, icon, pictogram, or graphic element belonging to these brands;
  • only uses generic, neutral icons that are not similar to official symbols;
  • limits itself to factual information (e.g., number of toques, stars, ratings, public mentions).

No protected visual element (Michelin logo, Gault&Millau toque, official favicon, specific star, etc.) is reproduced in Gatto.

6. Neutrality, Objectivity, and Non-Discrimination

The Gatto Score and associated rankings are produced automatically, based on public, objective, and measurable signals (editorial mentions, freshness, Google rating, review volume, confirmed awards, etc.).

Gatto guarantees that:

  • no establishment is favored or disadvantaged for sensitive reasons (origin, nationality, religion, cuisine type, social status, etc.);
  • no discrimination occurs in the algorithm;
  • no compensation, partnership, or commercial contribution influences the ranking;
  • the rankings do not express any personal or subjective opinion.

7. Compliance with robots.txt and Terms of Use

Gatto strictly respects:

  • robots.txt files,
  • third-party site terms of use,
  • official APIs used (Google Places API, Mapbox, etc.),
  • rate limits and access rules.

No protection bypass, prohibited scraping, or unauthorized access is performed.

All mention URLs displayed come exclusively from Google SERP, in accordance with authorized practices.

8. Data Accuracy

Information (ratings, hours, awards, prices, mentions, citations) comes from public sources subject to change. Gatto strives to ensure their accuracy, without being able to guarantee it at all times.

Establishments may request correction of factual data at: contact@gatto.city.

9. External Links

Gatto may contain links to third-party sites.

Gatto is not responsible for:

  • the content of these sites,
  • their availability,
  • their operation,
  • their privacy policies.

10. Service Availability

The site is accessible 24/7, except for interruptions due to maintenance or force majeure.

Gatto does not guarantee permanent availability or complete absence of errors.

11. Applicable Law

These legal notices are interpreted according to the law applicable to the user, with a preference for:

  • French law,
  • European law (GDPR) regarding data protection.

12. Personal Data

For information regarding the collection and processing of your personal data, please consult our Privacy Policy.

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