General conditions of usage and mandatory information for the Vinobilia Website

Website Editor

This Website is published by Vinobilia SAS, with corporate capital of 37,000 euros, registered in the Nanterre CCR (92) as 503 967 895 , head office address: 1 avenue Pierre Grenier, BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, and its legal representatives, domiciled at the aforementioned head office – phone: +33 (0)146212097

The Website is hosted by Rimuhosting – phone: +64 7 823 7468

Presentation of the vinobilia.com Website

The Vinobilia.com Website may be accessed free of charge and is open to all persons at least 16 years of age, for the purpose of joining a forum to share their opinions and experience about wine, it being specified that alcohol abuse is a health hazard.

Ownership of the Website and its content

The Website is owned by VINOBILIA, who operate it in compliance with current copyright legislation. Everything displayed on the Website (the "Content"), particularly the various photos and articles, are the property of VINOBILIA, with the exception of photos and/or articles directly posted by participants.

It is hereby specified that authorizations to reproduce and/or represent photos and/or articles granted by VINOBILIA are strictly limited and do not impinge on the ownership of Website Content of VINOBILIA or their suppliers.

VINOBILIA.COM users remain liable for any content (photos, videos, publications, articles, etc.) that they decide to post on the Website and will refrain from posting content for which they do not have copyright, which would infringe the copyright of third parties, or anything of an immoral character or contrary to law and order.

By accepting these general conditions, users who post content on the Website (publications, articles, videos, photos, etc.) expressly agree to grant VINOBILIA, free of charge, the right to represent the aforementioned content during the entire period they are active on the VINOBILIA Website and for a period of 3 years after they cease to be involved with the Website.

Usage rules for the Vinobilia Website

Each person wishing to contribute to VINOBILIA.COM must first register on the Website to obtain a username and password, to be used every time they wish to access advanced functions on VINOBILIA.COM.

• Registration conditions
• Open to individual users only
• Only one account permitted per person
• Sharing an account with third parties is prohibited

Acceptance of the registration conditions

• All data supplied must be valid
• Accounts are confirmed electronically

Expiry of your account

• After 24 months with no activity
• If the address for service messages is no longer valid

Participants are responsible for the confidentiality of their passwords. They are liable for any activity involving the use of their passwords. They agree to inform VINOBILIA immediately if they become aware of any unauthorized use of their passwords.

Participants agree to express only their personal opinions, it being specified that VINOBILIA do not intend to approve or disapprove their comments and may not be held liable for the content of messages posted by participants.

All participants agree to use the forum in a moderate, reasonable manner and to refrain, in particular, from posting messages that could be construed as any of the following:

• inciting hatred,
• insulting,
• obscene,
• discriminatory,
• libelous,
• threatening,
• divulging personal information,
• advertising, in view of the fact that direct or indirect for alcohol beverages is expressly prohibited in France since the law dated 10 January 1991, known as the "Evin law", with certain, strictly controlled exceptions, as specified in the provisions of L3323-2 and following of the Public Health Code,
• improper,
• dishonest.

VINOBILIA reserves the right to moderate, modify, move, or delete any messages that do not comply with the aforementioned usage rules.

VINOBILIA.COM users agree not to attempt to slow down or disturb the normal operation of VINOBILIA.COM.

VINOBILIA.COM users agree not to use the public services to carry out any private business activities.

VINOBILIA.COM users agree not to use VINOBILIA.COM as a source for setting up or contributing to the publication of a competing Website.

VINOBILIA reserves the right to exclude any participant who fails to comply with the above usage rules.

Hyperlinks

Links to the VINOBILIA.com Website homepage are authorized, provided that they are not used for commercial or advertising purposes, subject to posting the following acknowledgement: "from the Vinobilia Website", or any other equivalent or more specific credit, on or near the link, and subject to informing VINOBILIA in advance that the link is to be set up.

This authorization is not applicable to any Website publishing illegal, violent, controversial, pornographic, or xenophobic content, or content likely to shock most people.

All direct or deep links to a document other than a Webpage, irrespective of their form or content, are prohibited, without the express authorization of the Web portal publishers.

Any use or reproduction, even partial, of an element from the VINOBILIA.COM Website portal on a third-party Website via processes such as inclusion, frames, inlining, or any other similar process is strictly prohibited.

Protection of personal data

The VINOBILIA.com Website collects and processes personal data for the purposes of communicating and exchanging information with users, and enabling them to take part in the discussion forum.

All personal data are collected directly from the persons concerned, in order to permit them to access the Website and participate in the discussion forum.

Personal data collected by VINOBILIA via the Website are for internal use only and will not be communicated, transferred, or divulged to any third parties.

Personal data will be retained for 3 years after the closure of the account.

VINOBILIA guarantees the confidentiality of all information recorded on the Website. Addresses and personal data of users will not be displayed at any time, unless a user wishes to sign a contribution to a forum or a reaction to an article in the text of a message, or chooses his/her real name as the username on the discussion forum.

In compliance with French law n°78-17 on "Data Protection", dated 6 January 1978, all personal data collected by VINOBILIA on its Website have been declared to the French Data Protection Authority, recorded under the number 1271570.

In compliance with law n°78-17 on "Data Protection" dated 6 January 1978, all users have the right to access, correct, modify, oppose, and delete data concerning them and may require the anonymization of their contributions to the discussion forum.

Users may exercise this right by emailing VINOBILIA at the following address: contact@vinobilia.com or sending a letter to the following address: VINOBILIA, 1 avenue Pierre Grenier, 92100 BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT

Cookies

The option of registering a username and password to access the discussion forum may result in the use of permanent cookies (stored on the Website user's computer hard disk).

These cookies are not generated systematically; the only function of this file is to provide the user easier access to the Website by eliminating the need to input a username and password.

It is possible to delete cookies from your computer, using the following procedure, depending on the browser installed.

N.B.: This operation will remove all cookies used by the browser, including those used by other Websites, which may lead to the loss of certain information or settings.

Instructions for Windows Internet Explorer 7

1. Click on the "Tools" button on the menu.
2. Select "Internet Properties" on the drop-down menu.
3. Click on the "General" tab
4. Click on the "Delete" button under "Browsing history".
5. Click on the "Delete cookies" button in the dialog box.
6. Instructions for Windows Internet Explorer 6:
7. Click on the "Tools" button on the menu.
8. Select "Internet Properties" on the drop-down menu.
9. Click on the "Delete cookies" button in the center of the dialog box, on the left-hand side.

Instructions for Mozilla Firefox

1. Click on the "Tools" button on the menu.
2. Select "Options" on the drop-down menu.
3. Select "Privacy" in the dialog box.
4. Click on the "Cookies" tab and click the "Delete cookies" button.

Liability

VINOBILIA cannot be held liable for errors or omissions in the information displayed or technical problems encountered on the Website or on any other Website linked to Vinobilia.com, or any interpretation of information published on these Websites, as well as any consequences of their use.

VINOBILIA.COM agrees to delete any content if the editor is informed by users that it is not compliant with these usage rules.

The VINOBILIA.COM Website is accessible 24/7 under optimum performance conditions.

VINOBILIA.COM will not be held liable for any underperformance in Internet access.

VINOBILIA.COM will not be held liable for any loss of data due to an interruption in Internet service.

Modifications and improvements to Vinobilia.com

VINOBILIA.COM reserves the right to modify the general conditions of usage to reflect any possible modifications to the Website, including, in particular:

• The presentation and format of Web pages;
• The addition or elimination of functions;
• User-friendliness and data stream processing.

Users will be informed of all modifications to the Website by a notification displayed the next time they open a session.

Applicable law and jurisdiction

These general conditions of usage and any claims resulting from their application and/or interpretation are subject to French law.

The PARIS courts will have jurisdiction over any disputes concerning the performance and/or interpretation of these general conditions of sale that cannot be settled directly between the parties.