Legal notice —
VAINKEURZ

The VAINKEURZ website, accessible at www.vainkeurz.com, is published by:

The publication director of the website is Guillaume VERGANO, in his capacity as President of the publishing company.

For any question regarding the editorial content of the website, the publication director can be contacted at [email protected].

The website is hosted by:

In accordance with Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, VAINKEURZ designates a single point of contact for the authorities of the Member States, the European Commission and the European Board for Digital Services, as well as for the recipients of the service: [email protected]. Communications may be addressed in French or in English. The French Digital Services Coordinator is Arcom.

The website is freely accessible to any user with Internet access. All costs related to accessing the service — whether hardware, software or Internet access fees — are borne exclusively by the user.

VAINKEURZ uses all reasonable means at its disposal to ensure quality access to the website, without being bound by an obligation of result. The website may be subject to interruptions, in particular for maintenance, updates or in the event of a technical incident.

5.1 — Website elements

All elements making up the website (text, graphics, logos, trademarks, interface, features, databases, structure and navigation tree) are protected by intellectual property law and remain the exclusive property of VAINKEURZ and/or its partners.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication or adaptation of all or part of these elements, by any means or process whatsoever, is prohibited without the prior written authorization of VAINKEURZ, on pain of constituting an infringement within the meaning of Articles L.335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code.

5.2 — Trademark

The VAINKEURZ trademark, as well as the logos appearing on the website, are registered trademarks. Any unauthorized reproduction of these trademarks, logos and distinctive signs constitutes an infringement punishable by criminal penalties.

The website allows users to publish content (rankings, votes, contributions, images). Users retain the rights to the content they publish, subject to third-party rights.

By publishing content, the user grants VAINKEURZ a non-exclusive, free and worldwide license, for the legal term of protection, to host, reproduce, represent, adapt, translate and communicate this content to the public as part of the service and its promotion.

The user warrants that they hold all the rights and authorizations necessary for the content they publish and undertakes not to infringe third-party rights. Detailed conditions are set out in the Terms of Service and the Content Policy.

The processing of personal data carried out as part of the website is described in the Privacy Policy (GDPR) available on the website.

In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and the French Data Protection Act, users have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict, object to and port their data. These rights may be exercised at any time by writing to [email protected].

• Data Protection Officer (DPO): no DPO has been appointed — for any request regarding your data, write to [email protected].
• Supervisory authority: Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) — www.cnil.fr

The website may use cookies and other trackers to ensure its proper functioning, measure its audience and, where applicable, personalize content.

Users can configure their preferences at any time via the cookie management banner or their browser settings. For more information, please refer to the Cookie Management Policy.

The website may contain hyperlinks to other websites or resources available on the Internet. VAINKEURZ has no means of controlling these third-party sites and cannot be held responsible for their content, their availability or the use that may be made of them.

Creating links to the VAINKEURZ website is permitted provided they do not harm VAINKEURZ's image and are not used for prejudicial purposes. VAINKEURZ reserves the right to request the removal of any link it deems non-compliant.

VAINKEURZ acts as a host of the content published by users, within the meaning of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 and Article 6 of the LCEN as amended by Law No. 2024-449 of 21 May 2024, and does not exercise systematic prior control over this content.

VAINKEURZ cannot be held responsible for:

• direct or indirect damages resulting from the use of the website;
• temporary service interruptions;
• content published by users, subject to the legal obligations applicable to hosts;
• third-party sites accessible via links or integrated services.

Users use the website under their sole and entire responsibility.

Any person may report content that they consider illegal via the reporting form accessible from every page of the website or by writing to [email protected]. The notice, its processing, the information given to the author of the content and the appeal against the decision are governed by Article 7 bis of the Terms of Service.

VAINKEURZ reserves the right to remove or make inaccessible any manifestly illegal content brought to its attention, and to suspend or delete the account concerned in the event of a breach.

These legal notices are governed by French law. In the event of a dispute, and failing an amicable resolution, the French courts shall have sole jurisdiction, in accordance with the applicable rules of jurisdiction.

For any question regarding these legal notices, users may write to: [email protected].

These legal notices are drafted in French and translated into the other languages of the Site. In the event of a discrepancy between the versions, the French version prevails.