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Wine, Beer & Spirits Flagship International Competitions - WBSFIC Limited
葡萄酒、啤酒和烈酒旗艦國際競賽有限公司
Hong Kong
Director of the publication: LE COZ Régine
Registered in Hong Kong with CR Number 3078887
Registered Office: Office 4, 10F, Kwan Chart Tower, No 6 Tonnochy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Intellectual property
The general structure as well as the software, texts, images animated or not, its know-how and all the other elements composing the site are the exclusive property of Wine, Beer & Spirits Flagship International Competitions - WBSFIC Limited.
Any total or partial representation of this site by any person whatsoever without the express permission of Wine, Beer & Spirits Flagship International Competitions - WBSFIC Limited is prohibited and constitutes an infringement punishable by articles L. 335-2 and following of the Code of intellectual property .
The same applies to the databases, if any, on the website which are protected by the provisions of the Act of 1 July 1998 transposing in the Intellectual Property Code the Directive of 11 March 1996 on legal protection of databases, and of which Wine, Beer & Spirits Flagship International Competitions - WBSFIC Limited is a producer.
The brands of Wine, Beer & Spirits Flagship International Competitions - WBSFIC Limited and its partners, as well as the logos appearing on the site are registered trademarks.
Any total or partial reproduction of these brands or these logos made from the elements of the site without the express authorization of Wine, Beer & Spirits Flagship International Competitions - WBSFIC Limited is thus prohibited within the meaning of the Code of the intellectual property.
Wine, Beer & Spirits Flagship International Competitions - WBSFIC Limited can not be responsible for access by users via hypertext links set up in the context of the website to other resources on the network.
Any dispute in connection with the use of the Wine, Beer & Spirits Flagship International Competitions - WBSFIC Limited site is subject to French law. The user recognizes the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Toulon.
Privacy Statement
This Privacy Statement informs you about the type of personal data that is collected and received through our website (“website”) and about how we use, share, retain and protect such personal data.
Who we are
We are the Wine, Beer & Spirits Flagship International Competitions - WBSFIC Limited (“we”, or “us”) and have our registered office at HONG KONG -. We work in close collaboration with the French associations Femmes et Vins du Monde and Inter Concours du Monde which have their headquarters at 29 rue des templiers 83170 Brignoles - FRANCE.-
We are the controller responsible for the processing of personal data through the website.
How we obtain personal data
We collect and receive personal data through our website or registration form. Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
First of all, we collect personal data that you choose to voluntarily provide to us for your use of the website. In addition, we collect certain personal data by using cookies, including similar technologies such as local storage when you visit the website.
Cookies are bits of text that are placed on your computer’s hard drive or mobile device when you visit certain websites. Cookies hold information that may be accessible by the party that places the cookie, which is either the website itself (first part cookie) or a third party (third party cookies). You do have control over cookies and can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate setting on your browser. Most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable or delete existing cookies. Please note, however, that by not accepting or deleting the use of cookies, you may not be able to use the website.
On the website, we use cookies to gather website statistical data to analyze how our users use the website, such as which pages are visited, how long pages were visited and the paths taken by visitors to our website as they move from page to page.
For this purpose, we use Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., which uses cookies to help. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website (such as your IP address, the URL visited, the date and time the page was viewed) will be transmitted and stored by Google on servers in the United States or any other country in which Google maintains facilities. Your IP address will be masked by setting the last octet of your IP address to zero before it is stored by Google. Google will use this information to monitor your use of our website, and to compile reports on website activity for us. Based on our agreement with Google, Google is not allowed to use this information for their own purposes and may only transfer this information to third parties where required by law, or where such third parties process information on Google’s behalf.
The types of personal data we may obtain
We may collect and receive the following personal data from you:
Name and contact details (such as name, address, email, username);
Account details (such as username and password);
Information on your use of the website;
Traffic data. We may collect other types of personal data if required under applicable law or if necessary for the purposes listed below. We will then inform you and ensure that there is a valid legal basis for doing so.
How we may use personal data
We may use the personal data we collect and receive for the following purposes:
To analyze how the website is used, such as which pages are visited, how long pages were visited and the paths taken by visitors to our website as they move from page to page;
To verify compliance with applicable legal requirements and our policies.
To contact you, such as by sending personalized emails, about our products and services.We may also transfer your personal data in the event that we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets on a need to know basis. Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use personal data you have provided to us in a manner that is consistent with applicable law and this Privacy Statement.
Data transfers outside the EEA
We may transfer the personal data we obtain to third parties in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). The laws in those countries may not offer an adequate level of data protection. In particular, personal data may be transferred to the United States.
When we transfer your personal data outside the EEA, we will protect your personal data as described in this Privacy Statement and in accordance with applicable law, such as by entering into the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses for the transfer of personal data to a processor located outside of the European Union.
How we protect personal data
We maintain appropriate technical and organizational security safeguards designed to protect your personal data against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use. However, due the inherent open nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that communications between you and us or the personal information stored is absolutely secure. We will notify you of any data breach that is likely to have unfavorable consequences for your privacy in accordance with applicable law
How Long We Retain Personal Data
We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collect or receive the personal data, except if required otherwise by applicable law. Typically, we will retain most of the personal data for the duration of your use of the website, until you have removed your account, unless a longer applicable statutory retention period applies.
Your Rights
You have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
The right to obtain, at reasonable intervals and free of charge, information on whether or not your personal data are being processed and to receive the personal data that is being processed in an intelligible form;
The right to have your personal data rectified, blocked or deleted if your personal data are incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate, irrelevant, outdated or processed unlawfully.
The right to object on legitimate grounds to the processing of your personal data.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using our contact details set out below. We may request you to provide a copy of your ID card or otherwise evidence your identity. We will respond to your request within the applicable statutory term. Updates to this Privacy Statement
We may update this Privacy Statement from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes to this Privacy Statement on the website or through other appropriate communication channels. All changes shall be effective from the date of publication, unless otherwise provided in the notification.
How to Contact Us
If you have any comments or inquiries about the information in this Privacy Statement, if you would like us to update your personal data, or to exercise your rights,
please contact us by email at rgpd[@]wbsfic.com
or unsubscribe [@]wbsfic.com
Revised: August 31, 2021
