Legal notice

1. Website Presentation.

Pursuant to Article 6 of Law No. 2004‑575 of June 21, 2004, on confidence in the digital economy, users of the site https://www.bastidedevalbonne.com/ are informed of the identity of the various parties involved in its creation and maintenance:

Owner: La Bastide de Valbonne
Creator: Colibri
Publication Manager: Paolo Ferro
The publication manager may be a natural person or a legal entity.
Host: Colibri Hosting – 2 Boulevard Rainier III

2. General terms of use of the site and services offered.

Use of the site https://www.bastidedevalbonne.com/ implies full and complete acceptance of the general terms of use described below. These terms of use may be amended or supplemented at any time, so users of the site are invited to review them regularly.

The site is normally accessible at all times. However, an interruption for technical maintenance may be decided by Seventeen Hotel, which will endeavour to inform users in advance of the dates and times of the work.

The site https://www.bastidedevalbonne.com/ is regularly updated by Olivier Durand. Likewise, the legal notices may be modified at any time: they remain binding on the user, who is invited to consult them as frequently as possible.

3. Description of provided services.

The site https://www.bastidedevalbonne.com/ aims to provide information on all the company’s activities.

Seventeen Hotel endeavours to provide information as accurately as possible on the site, but cannot be held responsible for omissions, inaccuracies, or shortcomings in updates, whether caused by itself or by third-party partners.

All information provided on the site is for guidance only and may change. Moreover, the information on the site is not exhaustive and is provided subject to changes that may have occurred since its publication online.

4. Contractual limitations on technical data.

The site uses JavaScript technology.

The website cannot be held responsible for any material damage related to its use. In addition, the user undertakes to access the site using up-to-date equipment, free from viruses, and with an up‑to‑date modern browser.

5. Intellectual property and counterfeiting.

Seventeen owns intellectual property rights or holds usage rights to all elements accessible on the site, including texts, images, graphics, logo, icons, sounds, and software.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, or adaptation of all or part of the site’s elements, by any means or process, is prohibited without prior written permission from Seventeen Hotel.

Any unauthorized exploitation of the site or any of its elements will be considered counterfeiting and prosecuted under Articles L.335‑2 and following of the French Intellectual Property Code.

6. Limitations of liability.

Seventeen Hotel cannot be held responsible for direct or indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment when accessing the site https://www.bastidedevalbonne.com/, resulting either from the use of equipment not meeting the specifications mentioned in section 4 or from the occurrence of a bug or incompatibility.

Seventeen Hotel also cannot be held responsible for indirect damages (such as loss of business or opportunity) resulting from the use of the site.

Interactive areas (e.g., contact forms) are available to users. Seventeen Hotel reserves the right to delete, without prior notice, any content posted that would violate French law, particularly data protection provisions. It also reserves the right to initiate civil or criminal proceedings against the user in case of racist, insulting, defamatory, or pornographic messages, regardless of the medium used (text, photos…).

7. Personal data management.

In France, personal data is protected by Law No. 78‑87 of January 6, 1978, Law No. 2004‑801 of August 6, 2004, Article L.226‑13 of the Penal Code, and the European Directive of October 24, 1995.

When using the site, the following may be collected: the URLs of the links through which the user accessed the site, the user’s ISP, and the user’s IP address.

In any event, Seventeen Hotel only collects personal information necessary for certain services offered by the site. The user provides this information knowingly, especially when entering it themselves. The user will be informed whether providing this information is mandatory or not.

Pursuant to Articles 38 and following of Law 78‑17 of January 6, 1978, every user has the right to access, correct and object to personal data concerning them, by submitting a written and signed request accompanied by a copy of a signed identity document, specifying the address at which the response must be sent.

No personal information about the user is published, exchanged, transferred, assigned, or sold in any form to third parties. Only in the case of the sale of Seventeen Hotel and its rights could such information be transferred to a potential buyer, who would in turn be bound by the same data retention and modification obligations towards the user.

The site is not declared to the CNIL as it does not collect personal information.

Databases are protected by the provisions of the law of July 1, 1998 transposing Directive 96/9 of March 11, 1996, on the legal protection of databases.

8. Hypertext links and cookies.

The site contains a number of hyperlinks to other websites, set up with Seventeen Hotel’s authorization. However, Seventeen Hotel cannot verify the content of the visited sites and therefore assumes no responsibility in this respect.

Browsing the site may cause one or more cookie(s) to be installed on the user’s computer. A cookie is a small file that does not allow user identification, but records information related to navigation. The data thus obtained aims to facilitate future navigation and also allow traffic measurement.

Refusing cookie installation may prevent access to certain services. The user can configure their computer as follows to refuse cookie installation:

Under Internet Explorer: Tools tab (gear icon top right) / Internet Options. Click Privacy and choose “Block all cookies.” Confirm with “OK.”

Under Firefox: at the top of the browser window, click the Firefox button, then “Options.” Go to the Privacy tab. Set History to “Use custom settings for history.” Then uncheck to disable cookies.

Under Safari: click the gear icon top right. Select “Preferences.” Click “Advanced.” In the Privacy section, click “Content Settings.” In the “Cookies” section, you may block cookies.

Under Chrome: click the menu icon (three horizontal lines) top right. Select “Settings.” Scroll to “Advanced.” In the Privacy section, click “Preferences.” Under “Privacy,” you may block cookies.

9. Applicable law and jurisdiction.

Any dispute relating to the use of the site https://www.bastidedevalbonne.com/ is governed by Monegasque law. Exclusive jurisdiction is given to the competent courts of Monaco.

10. Main laws involved.

French Law No. 78‑17 of January 6, 1978, as amended by Law No. 2004‑801 of August 6, 2004, on information technology, files and freedoms.

French Law No. 2004‑575 of June 21, 2004, on confidence in the digital economy.

11. Glossary.

User: Internet user connecting to or using the above‑named site.

Personal information: “Information which allows, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, the identification of natural persons to whom it applies” (Article 4 of Law No. 78‑17 of January 6, 1978).