Terms of Use of the Website
www.icfo.eu
The website www.icfo.eu (the “Website”) is owned and operated by the Fundació Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (“ICFO”) with registered address at Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss, 3, (08860) Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain, registered at the Registre de Fundacions of the Generalitat de Catalunya under number 1651, telephone number (+34) 93.553.4002, e-mail address secretariat@icfo.eu, website www.icfo.eu.
In the moment that you, as a user of the Website, utilize any of the services available on or organised by the Website, you accept in its entirety the terms which have been laid out for your information in this document, as well as in the Privacy Policy and in the Cookies Policy, which shall be legally binding for you. If you do not agree, please do not use ICFO Website.
Use of the Website
The Website shall not be used in any way that breaches any law or regulation, or that has any unlawful or immoral purpose or effect.
If you use a feature of the Website that allows you to upload or post material, or to make contact with other users of the Website, you must ensure that all such contributions are compliant with applicable law and that they do not breach any intellectual property, privacy or confidentiality rights of a third party, or any other legal or contractual obligation. ICFO will not be responsible or liable to any third party for the content or accuracy of any material posted by users of the Website. ICFO reserves the right to remove any information uploaded to the Website if it does not comply with these Terms of Use at its sole discretion.
Users must not misuse the Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware, malware and/or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware, or which is otherwise malicious or technologically harmful.
If you are provided with a username, password or any other piece of information in relation to your use of this Website, you must treat such information as confidential. Such information is to be used exclusively by you, who is responsible for storing it, protecting its confidentiality and using it appropriately. ICFO shall not be responsible for any damages resulting from the misuse of this information and shall remain free to cancel or modify access at its sole discretion.
ICFO reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate users access to all or part of this Website without notice.
Limitation of Liability
Information on the Website is provided on an “as is” basis, with no warranty that it is exact or up to date. As a result, to the fullest extent permitted by law, ICFO shall not be held responsible for any harm that may result from the use of this information nor for the lawfulness of content provided by suppliers, users and other third parties in their use of the Website.
ICFO takes appropriate steps to detect computer viruses but it cannot guarantee that the Website is free from malfunctions, defects, bugs and viruses or that the Website will operate correctly and as expected at any given time. ICFO shall not be liable for any loss or damage which occurs as a result of any malware. Users are responsible for protecting their own devices with appropriate technical measures.
The Website may contain links to other websites, which may be owned and operated by third parties. Please be informed that theseTerms of Use do not cover those websites and ICFO shall not be held responsible for their content. Third parties websites may collect and use personal information in accordance with their own policies.
Intellectual Property Rights
ICFO name and logo, as well as other distinctive signs (whether image or text) that appear on the Website (including the domain name) are the exclusive property of ICFO and are duly protected under intellectual property laws and regulations. Ownership implies the exclusive right to use these distinctive signs in the course of trade and to impede unauthorized use by third parties.
Content, text, photographs, designs, logos, images, sounds, videos, animations, recordings, computer software, source code and, in general, any intellectual creation on this Website, as well as the Website as a multimedia artwork, are also protected by intellectual property laws.
Any use of the Website’s content requires ICFO’s previous written authorization, which can be directed to Corporate Communications Unit.
Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy
Please refer to the Privacy Policy to know how your personal date is collected and processes and to the Cookies Policy to find out more information about the cookies that are used on the Website.
Severability and Amendments
Should one or more provisions of these Terms of Use be or become invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, this shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use.
ICFO may change these Terms of Use from time to time and at its sole discretion, which will be published on the Website, from when they will become effective.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms of Use are governed by Spanish law. Any dispute or claim must be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Barcelona.