Site owner

The www.world-sommelier.com site is published by the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Bordeaux CCI), head office address: 17 place de la Bourse – 33000 BORDEAUX – France
Tel: +33 (0)5 56 79 51
Email: info@world-sommelier.com

Using the www.world-sommelier.com site.

By accessing this site you unconditionally accept the terms and conditions defined below. If you do not intend to accept these conditions, please close this page and leave the site.
Bordeaux CCI reserves the right to modify these terms and conditions at any time, so it is advisable to consult the latest version on a regular basis.
Certain dangers are inherent to using the Internet and the user is warned that it is essential to consider the potential risks (infection by a computer virus, bugs, sluggishness, etc.) before consulting the www.world-sommelier.com site

Users of this site are required to comply with the provisions of the French law on information technology and freedom, or they may be subject to criminal proceedings. In particular, regarding any personal information to which they have access, they shall abstain from any data collection, fraudulent use and, in general, any act likely to harm people’s private lives or reputations.

Bordeaux CCI may not be held liable for any direct and/or indirect damage resulting from the use made by the customer of the site and/or any information it contains.

The www.world-sommelier.com site may direct the user to other sites via hypertext links. Bordeaux CCI cannot, in any case, be held responsible for the contents of these sites, for which their owners are solely liable.

Publication director

The publication director of the www.world-sommelier.com site is Catherine GIL, Director of Learning Training and Employment Department at Bordeaux CCI.
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Audience tracking

This site is audited by Google Analytics traffic measurement and analysis systems. Traffic is measured via a remote marker system (using Javascript) that collects statistical data on our visitors, to help us improve the quality and user-friendliness of our site.
This tracking is totally anonymous and it is impossible to know the identity of our visitors.

Cookies

We implement several “cookies” in your computer as soon as you arrive on our site. A “cookie” is a small text file stored by the web browser on the visitor’s hard disk. Cookies do not allow us to identify you; however, they record data about how your computer browses through our site (pages you visit, time and date, etc.).
Data concerning www.world-sommelier.com are stored on your computer for 30 daysand those concerning Google Analytics for 4 years.
We inform you that you may choose not to accept cookies by changing your browser settings.
In compliance with article 8.1 of the terms of service of the Google Analytics service, we would like to draw our visitors’ attention to the following:

“This site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to collect data for analysing how visitors use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the site (including your IP address), is transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google uses this information to analyse the utilisation of this site, generate reports about site traffic for the site operator, and provide further services related to the use of this site and the internet. Google is likely to communicate this information to third parties in the case of legal obligation or when these third parties process this information on Google’s behalf, including, in particular, the owner of this site. Google will not connect your IP address to other Google data. You may deactivate the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate browser settings. However, deactivating cookies may prevent the user from accessing certain functions on this site. By using this site, you explicitly agree that your personal data can be processed by Google under the conditions and for the purposes described below.”

Intellectual property – Copyright

The content of this site is subject to French and international laws on copyright and intellectual property.

Bordeaux CCI retains all economic and moral rights to the documents on this site, subject to the rights of the authors of works published on this site. Consequently, all reproduction rights, on electronic media or paper, are reserved, including downloadable documents and iconographic and/or photographic representations.

Visitors to the www.world-sommelier.com site agree to refrain from collecting, capturing, deforming, or using any information they access.
Bordeaux CCI will take legal proceedings against any attempted fraudulent use of the documents on the site.

Automatic processing of personal data on www.world-sommelier.com

In accordance with the law of the 6th of January 1978, modified by the law of 6 August 2004 on information science, files, and freedoms, together with the implementation decree of 17 July 1978 and article 43 of the law of 30 September 1986, modified, the site has been registered with the Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés (CNIL – National Information Technology and Freedoms Commission). The data controller is Bordeaux CCI (represented by Mr. Pierre Paillardon). Personal data collected is intended to provide the user with products and services offered by Bordeaux CCI and will not be used for purposes not covered by this disclaimer.

We undertake to exercise every care in preserving the confidentiality of any such data and undertake not to alter or degrade it, or communicate it to third parties.

Right to access, modify, correct, or delete data

Users have the right to access, modify, correct, or delete data concerning them, as stipulated in articles 39 and 40 of the law of 6 January 1978, modified by the law of 6 August 2004, as well as the recommendations of the LCEN. To exercise this right, please write to Bordeaux CCI at the following address:

CCI de Bordeaux
17 place de la Bourse
33000 BORDEAUX

As the internet does not ensure the integrity of electronic messages (email), Bordeaux CCI refuses to accept any liability in cases where emails have been intercepted or modified by a third party. Do not disclose sensitive personal information. If you wish to give us any confidential information, we advise you to send us a letter.

Non-transfer of customer files

Bordeaux CCI is the sole recipient of personal data and will not transfer its customer file to third parties.

Site accessibility

Accessibility is a key factor in consulting a site and we make every effort to ensure that the site is as accessible as possible.
We do our utmost to comply with the internet standards (XHTML, CSS) published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

Photo credits:                

Bordeaux CCI, Vinexpo, Fotolia, Istockphotos, Fotosearch, ThinkStock