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Terms and conditions

LEGAL NOTICES


The website www.sportconvergence.com is published by :

SPORT CONVERGENCE SARL (Limited company)
BP 31217
78202 MANTES-LA-JOLIE CEDEX - FRANCE

RCS Versailles n° 500 801 618
Capital : 6500 Euros

Legal representative : Florian Géri

Director of publication : Florian Géri

By signing up to become a member of Sport Convergence, you certify that you are eighteen years of age or over and that you will abide by the terms and conditions governing the use of the site http://www.sportconvergence.com .


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preamble
Article 1 : Definition
Article 2 : Registration on Sport Convergence
Article 3 : Data Confidentiality
Article 4 : Use of Sport Convergence
Article 5 : Liability
Article 6 : Right of access, rectification and deletion
Article 7 : Intellectual Property
Article 8 : Operation of the service
Article 9 : Termination
Article 10 : Modifications
Article 11 : Applicable Law


PREAMBLE

The principal objective of SPORT CONVERGENCE is to facilitate the development of contacts between people who participate in the field of sports in any way or who are simply interested in sports.

To this end, Sport Convergence created a Web site with the domain name “sportconvergence.com” and whose is address is http://www.sportconvergence.com, with the purpose of bringing individuals or companies into contact.


ARTICLE 1 – DEFINITION

The terms « Member » or « User » refer to any person or legal entity using all or part of the services provided by Sport Convergence and/or with an account on the site, accessed via a password and identifier.


ARTICLE 2 – REGISTRATION ON SPORT CONVERGENCE

To be a member of Sport Convergence, you must fill in all the mandatory fields on the registration forms.

2-1 / Email Address – Password

You guarantee that the data you share with us is accurate and true. You agree to provide a real email address, of which you are the actual owner. You waive any claim and/or legal action against Sport Convergence if you do not receive service messages from Sport Convergence sent by email to the address you have provided.

Once registered, you will be given one personal and confidential username (Email address) and password. These must not be communicated to or shared with third parties. In no case will Sport Convergence be held responsible for the loss of your username and/or password.

In the event that you misuse the username and authentication password, Sport Convergence reserves the right to terminate your account without prior notice. You will be solely liable for the use of the username and authentication password by third parties or for actions or statements made through your account, whether fraudulent or not. You hereby agree indemnify Sport Convergence against any claim, fine or damages resulting from such misuse.

2-2 / Identity and account usurpation

Sport Convergence does not have the means to check the identity of people registering for its services. Sport Convergence will not be held responsible for any alleged or actual identity theft. If you think that someone is using your account or your identity, you must inform us immediately by email at contact@sportconvergence.com or send a registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt at the following postal address :

SPORT CONVERGENCE SARL
BP 31217
78202 MANTES-LA-JOLIE CEDEX - FRANCE

2-3 / Mentorship (recommendations)

When a member wishing to mentor a contact provides Sport Convergence with his or her email address, he warrants having received this friend's prior consent (actual or implied) authorizing their data to be used by Sport Convergence. The Mentor indemnifies Sport Convergence, the person invited and any third party and for the consequences of providing their contact information to Sport Convergence.

2-4 / Deactivation of the account

Sport Convergence reserves the right to deactivate the accounts of members who have not connected to the service for a six-month period or more.

2-5 / Right of withdrawal

In accordance with relevant distant selling legislation, you are informed that you are entitled to a period of seven calendar days, from the date of subscription, to exercise your right of withdrawal without penalty and without cause. However, the right of withdrawal may no longer be exercised once you have accessed the features associated with this service.


ARTICLE 3 - DATA CONFIDENTIALITY

The Sport Convergence website is committed to respecting your privacy and is registered at the French Data Protection Agency (CNIL), under the number 1261700

The data that may be stored on Sport Convergence is exclusively intended to help you build your professional network.

None of the information you enter and that relates to you will ever be communicated to a third party, neither sold nor exchanged. Only website Members involved in exchanges can access this information, as can Sport Convergence staff for maintenance purposes only.

Sport Convergence notifies you that some non-personal data may be collected such as the version of your browser, of your operating system and your IP address.

Sport Convergence uses cookies when you connect to our site, so that you do not have to enter the same information every time you access a page. You may deactivate the use of cookies on your personal computer. In this case, certain Sport Convergence features may no longer be available.

The information that you submit for your profile or posting, in particular photos or logos, for which you certify holding the intellectual property rights, can be accessed on Sport Convergence. You therefore expressly authorize Sport Convergence to reproduce and distribute this data throughout all or part of the website or via email. If you do not want Sport Convergence to reproduce or distribute this data, you may delete this information directly on the site or terminate your Sport Convergence account according to the conditions set forth in the « Termination » article 9.


Warning with respect to the absence of protection for images on the site

Sport Convergence reminds its Members that the Internet is an international, public telecommunications network. Sport Convergence strongly recommends that Users only include in their profiles information whose reproduction or use by non-identified third parties cannot harm or prejudice the user’s interests.

The Member recognizes having been informed of this warning and agrees to hold harmless Sport Convergence in case of any improper use of their information.


ARTICLE 4 - USE OF SPORT CONVERGENCE

By using Sport Convergence, you specifically agree to observe the following rules :
  • Not to distribute or post any data or contents that may harm other users or third parties, or violate the rights of others, including but not limited to any content of a defamatory, insulting, obscene, offensive, violent nature or capable of inciting others to violence, nor content of a political, racist or xenophobic nature, or any other content that is contrary to the purpose of Sport Convergence, or any applicable laws and regulations.
  • Comply with all existing French legislation concerning New Information and Communication Technologies, and in particular the law dated June 21, 2004 concerning Confidence in the Digital Economy and the amended law dated January 6, 1978 concerning Informatics and Liberties.
  • Not to distribute data or contents that are untrue or misleading.
  • Not to act or distribute data or contents the effect of which is to diminish, disorganize, prevent the normal use of Sport Convergence, disrupting and/or slowing down the normal circulation of communications between members.
  • Commit to not directly or indirectly steer other members of Sport Convergence to other Internet sites that may not comply with applicable French legislation.
  • To use Sport Convergence features only for their intended purpose.
  • To not harm the image of Sport Convergence or any of its Members.


Sport Convergence endeavors to uphold a certain level of ethics with respect to the behavior of its Members and in the exchanges between Members to provide the best quality of service to its Users. In this framework, Sport Convergence enables Members to report any violations by another Member of one or more of the above-mentioned rules or of the terms and conditions governing the use of this site. Consequently, users acknowledge and accept that the data they provide, as well as their behaviour, are subject to notification by other members and to review and/or verification by Sport Convergence, on the basis of objective criteria of evaluation.

Pursuant to this, should Sport Convergence observe an actual violation of the terms and conditions governing the use of this site, then it reserves the right to block the account(s) of the concerned Member, to automatically delete the contentious message(s), to prevent the publication of all or part of the Member’s profile, and/or to block their access to all or part of the services, temporarily or permanently, without any compensation.

In any case, no reimbursement of sums paid by the user shall be made following the permanent deletion of an account by Sport Convergence.

The price and payment terms and conditions for the different services are available on the Sport Convergence site during introduction to and use of the services you wish to subscribe for.


ARTICLE 5 - LIABILITY

Members are solely responsible for the information and content that they post. Sport Convergence, having not the obligation to ascertain their veracity, cannot be held liable for the accuracy or inaccuracy of information and content provided by other members, visitors to the site and/or yourself.

The consequences of its disclosure on your life and/or on that of other members are your exclusive responsibility. You waive the right to any legal action against Sport Convergence, and specifically on the basis of potential damage to your right of personal portrayal, to your honour, to the intimacy of your private life, resulting from the distribution or disclosure of any of your information.

Likewise, Sport Convergence cannot be held responsible for content distributed by a member that may infringe the rights of one or several other members.

In the event that the responsibility of Sport Convergence is alleged due to failure by a member to meet his or her obligations under the terms of the law or under the current terms and conditions, the aforementioned member promises not to hold Sport Convergence responsible for any judgment against him/her, this guarantee covering both fines that might be paid as well as attorney's fees and legal costs the member may have to pay.

Sport Convergence cannot be held responsible for the absence of contacts or results or an unsuccessful query within the framework of the use of its services. The company disclaims all liability during meetings between Members on the site or during meetings with Members and/or Non-Members, pursuant to the use of its site and services.

Sport Convergence may propose one or several hypertext links on its site to other sites. The links to these sites under no circumstances constitute any type of agreement between Sport Convergence and the publisher of these other Internet sites. Sport Convergence does not publish or control these sites. Consequently, Sport Convergence can under no circumstances be held fully or partially responsible for their content or any of the included web pages. Sport Convergence disclaims any direct or indirect responsibility for any potential damages that may result for the Users.

The User who chooses to benefit from a warning system enabling them to receive advertisements via email that correspond to the criteria they defined shall not hold Sport Convergence responsible for any unsolicited email.


ARTICLE 6 – RIGHT OF ACCESS, RECTIFICATION AND DELETION

You have a right of access, correction and deletion with respect to information collected concerning you (amended law dated January 6, 1978 concerning Informatics and Liberties). This right to correction enables you to correct any data that is incorrect or to request their deletion. To exercise this right, you must send a registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt.

You may change or delete at any time all your information by directly accessing your account on Sport Convergence website, at the following address http://www.sportconvergence.com.


ARTICLE 7 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The whole content of the website http://www.sportconvergence.com, trademarks, logos, graphics, photographs, animations, videos and texts, is the intellectual property of Sport Convergence and may not be reproduced, used or represented by third parties without the express authorization of Sport Convergence or they will be prosecuted.

You are specifically prohibited from reproducing, modifying, selling, reselling, transmitting, distributing, downloading, commercially exploiting in any manner whatsoever all or part of http://www.sportconvergence.com (computer codes, content, functionalities, services, programs, graphics…).

Sport Convergence only grants usage rights under digital format on your computer for the purpose of viewing the pages accessed by your browser. Hardcopy printing is authorized for exclusive private purposes. Any other use is prohibited without the prior consent of Sport Convergence.

You expressly authorize Sport Convergence to modify and adapt the information that you have provided for dissemination on the site http://www.sportconvergence.com, in order to comply with the look and feel of the site or other communication media used for commercial or non-commercial publicity purposes by Sport Convergence, and/or to make the information compatible with its technical performance levels or the formats of the concerned media.


ARTICLE 8 – OPERATION OF THE SERVICE

You must possess the skills, hardware and software required for Internet use and acknowledge that the features and limitations of the Internet do not make it possible to guarantee the security, availability and integrity of Internet data transmissions.

Sport Convergence does not guarantee that the services will function without any interruption or error. Specifically, their operation may be momentarily interrupted for reasons of maintenance, update or technical improvement, or to upgrade their content and/or presentation.

Where possible, Sport Convergence shall inform its members ahead of time of any maintenance or update operation. Sport Convergence shall under no circumstances be held responsible for any direct or indirect damages linked to the operation and use of the site http://www.sportconvergence.com.

Sport Convergence will also not be held responsible in the event of failure, access denial, or poor conditions of use of the Sport Convergence website due to inadequate equipment, to interruptions attributable to the member's access provider, to Internet network congestion, and/or any other reason out of Sport Convergence's control.

Sport Convergence shall have no liability in whole or in part for indirect losses including, but not limited to, loss of data (including copies) or back-ups that you could have made.


ARTICLE 9 - TERMINATION

In the event of a breach on your part of the present terms and conditions or in the case you do not use Sport Convergence features for their intended purpose, Sport Convergence reserves the right to suspend or terminate your account without notification or compensation.

You will receive notification of the termination of your account via email. The data concerning you will be destroyed at your request or at the end of a six-month period following the termination of your account.

Each Member can also at any time, for any reason and without any compensation, cancel their account on-line or request its termination by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the following postal address :

SPORT CONVERGENCE SARL
BP 31217
78202 MANTES-LA-JOLIE CEDEX - FRANCE

The termination will take effect eight working days after receipt of the letter. As a result of this, you will not be entitled to a refund for the remainder of your subscription.


ARTICLE 10 – MODIFICATIONS

The terms and conditions remain in force throughout the entire period of use of the Sport Convergence service by the Member. Sport Convergence reserves the right at any time to change or modify them without notification.

These modifications shall become effective as soon as they are put online on the site and will not constitute a cause for termination by a member of his/her account. Failing that, you shall be deemed to have fully accepted these modifications by continuing to use the service Sport Convergence. You are therefore invited to view the most recent online version on the site.

Sport Convergence reserves the right at any time to change or modify the pages and the services of the website http://www.sportconvergence.com.


ARTICLE 11 - APPLICABLE LAW

Any claim or dispute arising from these terms and conditions including, but not limited to, their interpretation, validity, execution, will be settled out of court. Failing that, the place of jurisdiction is the main place of business of Sport Convergence.

These terms and conditions are governed, interpreted and applied according to French law, and the version in the French language will be used in the case of any dispute or claim arising from the meaning of any term or these terms and conditions of sale and use. These terms and conditions and the contractual relationship is governed by French Law.
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