Legal information

I. Presentation

1. Editor

The website chateau-cheval-blanc.com, (otherwise known as the « Site »), is published by Château Cheval Blanc, a Société Civile under French law, whose registered office is located at Château Cheval Blanc 33330 Saint-Emilion – FRANCE. The company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » is registered under the number 781 985 759 in the Register of Commerce and Companies of Libourne and has a share capital of 2 500 Euros.

Tel. : +33 (0)5 57 55 55 55

2. Subject of the Site

The website chateau-cheval-blanc.com is a corporate website dedicated solely to the presentation of « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » and is not intended to make electronic commerce.

II. Intellectual property

1. Ownership

The company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » is the owner of the domain name of the Site.

The Site as well as all software used in connection with the Site may contain confidential information or information protected by existing intellectual property right legislation or any other law. Hence, unless otherwise indicated, intellectual property rights relating to documents contained on the Site and to each of the elements created for the Site are the exclusive property of the company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc », given that the company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » did not grant any license nor any other right except that of consultation to Internet user.

In particular, trademarks and other intellectual property rights mentioned on the Site are owned by the company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc ». The reproduction of all documents published on the Site is authorized solely for personal and private use with a non-commercial aim. All reproductions and all use of photocopies for other purposes are explicitly forbidden. In terms of software, it is forbidden to copy, modify, create a derived work, reverse engineer its conception or assembly, or attempt, in any way, to find the source code (except when this is allowed by law), to sell, to grant, to sublicense, to modify or to transfer the software’s property rights.

It is also forbidden to modify the software or to use a modified version of the software, particularly but nor exclusively in order to obtain unauthorized access to the service, or to access the Site through another interface other than that provided by the company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc ».

2. Penalties

Use of all or part of the Site, in particular by means of downloading, reproduction, transmission, representation or circulation for purposes other than personal and private use with a non-commercial aim by the Internet user, is strictly prohibited. The party liable for infringement of the above shall be liable to penalties stipulated in both the French intellectual property Code with regard in particular to copyright infringement (article L. 335-1 and seq.) and brand rights (article L. 716-1 and seq.) and the French civil Code with regard to general liability (article 9, articles 1382 and seq.).

III. Personal data

1. Personal data protection

The company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » collects personal data especially via the section « CONTACT US » of the Site and/or via other questionnaires. This processing is notified to the CNIL under the number 1518674, registered the 06/07/2011. According to French Law n°78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties, amended by Law n°2004-801 of 6 August 2004, the company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » collects personal data in a fair and a lawful manner. The company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » commits itself to preserve confidentiality and security of personal data provided by Internet user of the Site.

1.1 The data controller of the processing: The data controller of the processing is the company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc ».

1.2 The purpose of the processing: we collect data in order to reply to messages sent by Internet user via the section « CONTACT US » of the Site and/or via other questionnaires.

1.3 Compulsory or optional nature of replies: The attendance of an asterisk in the questionnaire which collects personal data indicates that the reply is compulsory.

1.4 Possible consequences of the failure to reply: failure to provide compulsory information may impede us from answering the questions asked.

1.5 Recipients of the data: The personal data collected will be used by the members of the communication department of the company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » in order to process requests and questions loaded on the Site via the section « CONTACT US » and/or via other questionnaires.

1.6 Right of access, of rectification, of deletion and of objection: According to French Law n°78-17 of 6 January 1978 on « data processing, data files and individual liberties », amended by Law n°2004-801 of 6 August 2004, each Internet user is entitled to access and rectify or delete personal data relating to him or to her, as well as he or she is entitled, on legitimate grounds, to object to the processing of this data. In the event of Internet user exercises his or her right of objection, the company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » will not be able to reply to messages sent by this Internet user.

To exercise the above rights, Internet user is invited to

  • write to the following address : Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc 33330 Saint-Emilion – France
  • send an email to : contact@chateau-chevalblanc.com

To exercise the above rights, Internet user is invited to

  • write to the following address : Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc 33330 Saint-Emilion – France
  • send an email to : contact@chateau-chevalblanc.com

1.7 Transfer of personal data: The company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » does not transfer, share or communicate personal data collected on the Site with any third party.

1.8 Retention of personal data: The company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » undertakes to use information relating personal data only during the period necessary for the purpose above-described. The company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » does not store or archive personal data beyond the period necessary for the sending of replies to requests and questions sent via the section « CONTACT US » and/or via other questionnaires.

2. Cookie

The company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » may use « cookies » placed on the computer of Internet user when he or she visits the Site. A cookie stores specific visitor information about navigation on the Site (such as pages, time and date of the visit, etc). The aim is only to recognise Internet user when he or she subsequently visits the Site.

No personal information is stored in the cookie itself. Moreover, cookies may be used with the aim of helping the company « Société Civile du Château Cheval   Blanc » to analyze web traffic and statistics.

The company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » commits itself to use information from cookies, only for the term which is necessary for the aim previously explained.

Internet user has the right to be opposed to cookies registration by configuring the Internet browsing software in the following manner:

For Mozilla firefox: 1. Chose the menu “tools” and “option” 2. Click on “privacy” 3. Chose the menu “cookie” and select options

For Microsoft Internet Explorer: 1. Chose the menu “tools” and “options Internet” (or “Internet options”) 2. Click on “Confidentiality” 3. Select a level

However, certain features of the Site may not be available if Internet user rejects cookies.

IV. Liability

1. Limitation of liability

The company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » commits itself to ensuring, to the best of its ability, that the information posted on this Site is correct and up-to-date. However, the company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » cannot guarantee the correctness, precision, thoroughness or completeness of the information available on its Site.

As a result, the company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » shall not be held liable for:

– for any Site interruption;

– for any bugs;

– for any errors or omissions contained in the information available on the Site;

– for any and all damage resulting from a third party’s fraudulent intrusion which causes modifications to the information contained on the Site;

– for any direct or indirect damage, whatever its cause or causes, nature, origins or consequences.

2. Hypertext links

The Site may include links to other websites or other Internet sources. The company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » cannot control these sites and external sources. Hence, the company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » cannot be held liable for those sites and external sources.

In addition, the company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » cannot be held liable for any damage or losses, true or alleged, deriving from the use or from having trusted the content, or goods and services available on those sites or external sources.

V. General

1. Amendments

The company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » reserves the right to correct the Site’s content at any time and without warning. Thereby, such amendments shall be deemed accepted without reserve by any and all Internet user accessing the Site after the said amendments have been put on line.

2. Applicable law

These legal statements have been drawn up in accordance with French law and in particular the provisions of Law N°2004-575 of 21 June 2004 « for confidence in the digital economy » and of Law N°78-17 of 6 January 1978 on « data processiong, data files and individual liberties » amended by Law N°2004-801 of 6 August 2004.

French courts shall exercise jurisdiction over any and all disputes arising from the use of the Site subject to contrary provisions arising from the Brussels Regulation dated 20 December 2000 concerning court jurisdiction and the application of rulings (said « Brussels I »).

3. Conception

The Site of the company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » is developed and conceived by :

Agence Niou

Quartier Gabut 6 Promenoir du Drakkar

La Rochelle 17000, France

Tél. : + 33 (0)6 26 77 90 84

Website : www.niou.net

4. Hosting

The Site of the company « Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc » is hosting by :

The company LINKBYNET  

5-9 Rue de l’Industrie  93200 Saint-Denis France

Tel.: +33 (0)1 48 13 00 00

Website: www.linkbynet.com

5. Crédits

Alain Benoit pour Deepix © – www.deepix.com
Gérard Uferas © – www.gerarduferas.com
Cécile Burban © – www.cecileburban.com
Thierry Fahmy © – www.tf-xpo.com

Château Cheval Blanc, Sophie Jump and Sarah Finger Société Civile du Château Cheval Blanc ©

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