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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This website is published by Société Générale:

Société Anonyme with a capital stock of €799 478 491,25  as of February 11, 2008
Paris Trade Register No. 552 120 222
APE No.: 651C
Registered Office: 29 Boulevard Haussmann 75009 Paris
VAT No : FR 27 552 120 222
Legal Representative: Mr Frédéric OUDÉA, Chief Executive Officer
Publication Manager: Mr Hugues LE BRET
Editorial Manager: Mr Denis MARQUET

Contact : communications@sgcib.com

This website is hosted by Société Générale

This website is governed by French law.

• Professional regulations

Société Générale is a French credit institution (bank) authorized by the Comité des établissements de crédit et des entreprises d’investisement (or Credit Institutions and Investment Companies Committee per its translation to the English language) (www.cecei.org, 31 rue Croix-des-petits-champs, 75001 PARIS) to act as an investment services bank, entitled to  perform any banking activity or to provide any investment service except the operation  of Multilateral Trading Facilities , under the provisions of the French Code Monétaire et Financier (Monetary and Financial Code per its translation to the English language) and the supervision of the Commission bancaire (idem, Banking Commission).

• Contents of this website

Société Générale, any other entity member of the Group Société Générale and any third party contributor (the "Contributors") shall make their best efforts to ensure that the information displayed on this website is accurate and up-to-date; Société Générale and the Contributors reserve their right to amend the content of this website at any time, without prior notice. However, they are not able to guarantee that the information herein is complete or that it will not be modified by a third party (for example in the event that this website was infected by, particularly but not limited to, any kind of malware, in spite of all the precautions taken by Société Générale). SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE AND THE CONTRIBUTORS HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL DIRECT OR INDIRECT LIABILITY RELATED TO OR CAUSED BY ANY DELAY, ERROR OR OMISSION IN THE CONTENTS OF THIS WEBSITE, AS WELL AS FROM THE USE, THE INTERRUPTION OR NON-AVAILABILITY OF THIS WEBSITE. THEREFORE, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE AND THE CONTRIBUTORS SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (I) ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS ARISING FROM ANY TRANSACTION CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN; (II) ANY LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF BUSINESS, OR ANY OTHER LOSS ARISING FROM AN INTERRUPTION TO THE SERVICE; OR, (III) THE INCREASE OF THE FEES OR CHARGES FOR ACCESSING AND PROCESSING THE INFORMATION. FURTHER, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE AND THE CONTRIBUTORS SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE NEITHER FOR THE RESULTS OF ANY FACTOR BEYOND THEIR CONTROL NOR FOR ANY EVENTUAL LOSS OR DAMAGE TO YOUR TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT USED TO ACCESS THIS WEBSITE OR USE THE SERVICES AND/OR THE INFORMATION HEREIN. FINALLY, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE AND THE CONTRIBUTORS DO NOT GUARANTEE, NOR SHALL THEY BE HELD LIABLE, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, FOR THE SUITABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SEQUENCE, ACCURACY, ABSENCE OF ERRORS, VERACITY, TOPICALITY, LOYAL AND COMMERCIAL NATURE, QUALITY, SOUNDNESS, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR AVAILABILITY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE.

YOU UNDERTAKE TO ACCESS AND USE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY.

• Copyright

This entire website is governed by international legislation on copyright, trademark and intellectual property in general, both as they are applicable to its form (editorial choices, layout, topics, means for accessing data, display, etc.), and to its content (text, images, etc.). The contents displayed on this website are of the exclusive property of Société Générale Group and the Contributors, respectively. You also undertake not to use this content for illegal purposes and not to allow anyone to do so.

By way of exception, some of the content (text, images) is the property of their respective authors.

Any reproduction, representation, diffusion or re-diffusion, in whole or in part, of the contents of this website on any medium or by any means whatsoever (including, but not limited to, caching, framing), as well as any sale, resale, retransmission or any other act tending to make such contents available to any third party in any manner whatsoever shall be prohibited. Failure to comply with these restrictions shall constitute a forgery engaging the civil and criminal liability of the forger.

• Hypertext links

Société Générale shall not be liable for the hypertext links towards other websites, and particularly for the contents of the linked websites.

Société Générale shall not be liable for the hypertext links towards this website; no one shall create any such a link without the Société Générale’s prior and express authorization.

• Privacy

• Collection
Société Générale may as a result of your interaction with the website collect directly or indirectly nominative personal information about you, sometimes through the use of on-line or off-line forms. This information will be stored in and processed by Société Générale and/or its named providers or consultants information systems. The providing of some personal data may be mandatory in order to process your requests. If so, mandatory fields will be marked with an asterisk.
• Use
The data collected are to be used mainly for the continuation of the banking relationship with the customer. These data can also be used to keep you informed advise them of events [demonstrations], actions or publications that might arouse your interest.
Personal data, which may enable indirect identification, may also be collected and processed in order to better manage your connection and browsing (see below for information on Cookies).
• Recipients
Personnal data collected can, as expressly agreed upon, be shared with legal entities of Societe Generale group, as well as to its partners, brokers and insurers as well to its subcontractors to the extent necessary for the fulfillment of the agreement or for direct marketing purposes.  
These transfers can lead your data to be transferred abroad, notably to the companies and consultancy firms hired by the Société Générale Group in France and in or outside of the European Union. Data may also be transferred to provide security of information networks and transfers, or to meet our legal obligations. Société Générale shall take any reasonable measures  to ensure the security and confidentiality of data and to prevent its access by unauthorised third parties.
• Rights of access, modification and objection
You are entitled to access your personal information and to have it amended, updated or deleted, where such information is incorrect, incomplete or outdated. You may also, on legitimate grounds, object to the processing of your personal information. Such objection may, however, prohibit the Société Générale from providing the requested service. Anyone, without having to justify his/her decision, may refuse that any information pertaining to her/him is used, or communicated to, any third party for commercial purposes.
You may exercise your right to access, rectify and object to the use of your personal information by contacting Société Générale at the following address: webmaster.sg1@socgen.com

• Cookies

For your security, you banking website uses "cookies". A cookie is a text file wich is stored by your browser which is used to authenticate you during your browsing on the website.

You can, however, forbib you browser to store "persistent cookies" by configuring your browser as follows:

For Microsoft Internet Explorer 5:
1. Choose Tools / Internet Options in the menu bar.
2. Click on the Security tab.
3. Select Internet then Personalise the levels.
4. In the cookies menu, choose the option that suits you best.

For Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0:
1. Choose Tools / Internet Options in the menu bar.
2. Click on the Confidentiality tab.
3. Use the cursor to select the desired level.

For Netscape 6.X and 7.X:
1. Choose Edit / Preferences in the menu bar.
2. Select Confidentiality and Security.
3. Select Cookies.

For Netscape Communicator 4.X:
1. Choose Edit / Preferences in the menu bar.
2. Click on the Advanced option.
3. Then select Cookies.

For Opéra:
1. Choose File / Preferences.
2. Select the Privacy category.
3. Then click on Cookies.

For Firefox:
1. Choose Tools / Internet Options in the menu bar.
2. Select the Privacy category.
3. Then click on Cookies.

Required Plugins
• Plug'in Quicktime version 6 and above
• Plug'in Flash version 8 and above

• Safety

This website is protected by one of the highest levels of technical security, and it is under permanent monitoring. The algorithms and mechanisms used to protect your communications with the Société Générale and the information that pertains you, comply with the French regulations in effect.