Legal Notice & Terms of Use

1. Publisher

The website www.gatto.city, the Gatto iOS application (available on the App Store), and associated services 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. Hosting and Infrastructure

The website is hosted by:

Fly.io, Inc.
https://fly.io
support@fly.io

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

The backend API is hosted by:

Fly.io (Gatto API)

The iOS application is distributed via:

Apple Inc.. App Store

3. Service Purpose

Gatto is a platform. available as a website and an iOS mobile application. 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 service (website and mobile application) 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. Terms of Use

11.1 Service Access and User Account

Basic browsing (interactive map, search, place previews, rankings, collections) is accessible without creating an account, on all platforms (website and iOS mobile application).

Full access to place details is limited, however: free access is capped at about 5 place views per day. Unlimited access requires the paid premium pass (7-day pass, €5.99; see section 12).

Creating an account is optional for basic browsing. It is required to access account-based features (such as saving favorites) and to benefit from full daily access. These features require authentication because they involve storing personal data associated with a user identifier.

11.2 Acceptance

By accessing and using Gatto, you accept these terms in their entirety. If you do not agree, please do not use the service.

11.3 User Obligations

Users agree to:

  • use the service lawfully and in good faith,
  • not attempt to disrupt, hack, or overload the service,
  • not use automated tools to scrape or extract data,
  • not attempt to decompile, disassemble, or reverse-engineer the mobile application,
  • not impersonate another person or entity,
  • provide accurate information when creating an account.

11.4 Account Suspension or Termination

Gatto reserves the right to suspend or terminate any account that violates these terms, without prior notice. Users may delete their own account at any time.

11.5 Limitation of Liability

Gatto is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. We are not liable for:

  • inaccuracies in displayed information,
  • service interruptions or unavailability,
  • decisions made based on the information provided,
  • third-party content linked from the service.

11.6 Modifications

These terms may be updated at any time. Continued use of the service after changes constitutes acceptance of the new terms.

12. Paid Offering and Purchase Terms

12.1 Description of the Offering

Gatto offers a premium access in the form of a 7-day pass, priced at €5.99. This pass grants access to premium features for 7 days from the moment payment is confirmed. It is non-recurring: no automatic renewal or further charge takes place after the period ends.

12.2 Payment and Providers

Payment processing is handled by third-party providers depending on the platform.

On the website (www.gatto.city): payments are processed by Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd., a licensed financial institution. Gatto does not receive, store, or process any credit card data.

On the iOS application: payments are managed by Apple Inc. through the In-App Purchase system (StoreKit). Apple acts as the seller of record on this platform. Apple's own terms and conditions and refund policy apply to purchases made on iOS.

12.3 Access and Delivery

Premium access is activated immediately after payment is confirmed. The content is a digital service made available without delay, for a period of 7 days.

12.4 Right of Withdrawal and Refunds

You have 14 days from the date of purchase to exercise your right of withdrawal and request a refund.

To exercise this right, contact Gatto at contact@gatto.city, stating your login email address and the date of purchase. Refunds are processed manually. No self-service refund tool is available.

For purchases made through the iOS application, requests must be directed to Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.

13. 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.

14. Personal Data

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

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