1 Contract

When you use our Services you agree to all of these terms. Your use of our Services is also subject to our Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy, which covers how we collect, use, share, and store your personal information.

You agree that by clicking “Log in”, or similar, registering, accessing or using our services (described below), you are agreeing to enter into a legally binding contract with Eurac Research (even if you are using our Services on behalf of a company). If you do not agree to this contract (“Contract” or “User Agreement”), do not click “Log in”, (or similar) and do not access or otherwise use any of our Services. If you wish to terminate this contract, at any time you can do so by closing your account and no longer accessing or using our Services.

1.1 Services

We provide the Services as described below:

- to upload and publish contents (about case studies and  products) provided by users;

- to register users to the platform, allowing them to upload contents (about case studies or products);

- to publish contents uploaded by registered users;

- to inform users via e-mail on the state of registration process and contents’ uploading/publishing;

1.2  Obligations

In this Contract you undertake to the following:

You’re eligible to enter into this Contract and you represent that you are at least 18 years of age.

You will only have one account, which must be in your real name. You will keep your password a secret. You will not share an account with anyone else and will follow our rules and the law. You agree to: (1) use a strong password and keep it confidential; (2) not transfer any part of your account (e.g., connections). You are responsible for anything that happens through your account unless you close it or report misuse. As between you and others (including your employer), your account belongs to you.

The User is obliged to keep Eurac Research harmless from any loss, damage, liability, cost, or expense, including legal fees, resulting from breach to the previous points or deriving from actions, claims, and exceptions made by third parties against him/her, following or in connection with the User's breaches of the obligations set forth in the Terms and Conditions for using the Service, or in any case of actions that fall under the responsibility of the User.

You agree that we will send you notices and messages: (1) within the Service, or (2) to the contact information you provided us (e.g., email, mobile number, physical address). You agree to keep your contact information up to date.

1.3 Your License to Eurac Research

You own all of the content you provide to us, and you also grant Eurac Research the following non-exclusive license:

A worldwide, transferable and sublicensable right to use, copy, modify, distribute, publish and process, information and content that you provide through our Services, without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or others.

You agree that if content includes personal data, it is subject to our Privacy Policy.

You agree that we may access, store, process and use any information and personal data that you provide in accordance with the terms of the Privacy Policy.

You agree to only provide content or information that does not violate the law nor anyone’s rights (including intellectual property rights). You also agree that your profile information will be truthful.

2 Disclaimer

2.1 Website content

This disclaimer shall govern your use of our website.

We take no responsibility for the timeliness, accuracy, completeness or quality of the information provided. We are in no event liable for damages of any kind incurred or suffered as a result of the use or non-use of the information presented on this website or the use of defective or incomplete information unless we have been acting deliberately or in a wantonly negligent manner. The contents of this website are subject binding obligation. We expressly reserve the right to alter, amend or remove pages, whole and in part, without prior notice or to discontinue publication for a period of time or even completely.

By using this website, you accept this disclaimer in full; accordingly, if you disagree with this disclaimer or any part of this disclaimer, you must not use the website.

2.2 References and links

In cases of direct and indirect references to third-party Internet pages or other documents on the Internet (hyperlinks) we are not responsible for, we can only be made liable if we were aware of the content of the website or if it would have been reasonable and technically feasible to prevent the use of websites with illegal content. We hereby explicitly state that, at the time of setting the link, there was no evidence of illegal content on the respective website. We have no influence on the current or future design, the content or the copyright of the linked website. Therefore, we dissociate him-/herself explicitly from all changes concerning the contents of linked pages that were made after the link was set. This statement is valid for all links and references within the website created by the author as well as for links and references from third parties in guestbooks, discussion forums, lists of links and mailing lists. The provider of the linked page is exclusively responsible for illegal, defective or incomplete contents and especially for damages resulting from the use or non-use of the information presented on the linked page. We referring to the page through a link are not liable for any of the above.

2.3 Copyright and acknowledgement of sources

The content of this website is covered by copyrights and other intellectual property rights in our website and the material covered by licenses granted from the owners.

We aim to observe the copyright of any graphic, audio document, video sequence or text in all publications, all rights related to the content and the website are reserved. All trade marks and brands mentioned on the website, including those protected by third parties, are without limitation subject to the provisions under the respective labelling law and the rights of the copyright holder. The sole mentioning of a trade mark on this website should not lead to the assumption that it is not protected by the rights of a third party! We have the exclusive copyright to all published objects of the website created by him-/herself. The reproduction or use of any such graphics, audio documents, video sequences or texts in other electronic or printed publications is prohibited without the author's express consent.

2.4 License to use website

                We granted a license to use the website, through this license you are authorized to:

(a)          view all the content website;

(b)          download material from our website;

(c)           print pages from our website;   

                Except as expressly permitted by the paragraph above or the other provisions of this disclaimer, you must not download any material from our website or save any such material to your computer.

                You cannot use the content or website without a written authorization.

                Unless you own or control the relevant rights in the material, IT IS NOT ALLOWED TO:

(a)          republish material from our website (including republication on another website);

(b)          sell, rent or sub-license material from our website;

(c)           show any material from our website in public;

(d)          exploit material from our website for a commercial purpose;

(e)          redistribute material from our website;

(f)          modify the material and the content of the website.

                We reserve the right to restrict access to areas of our website, or indeed our whole website, at our discretion; you must not circumvent or bypass, or attempt to circumvent or bypass, any access restriction measures on our website.

2.5 Limited warranties

We do not warrant or represent:

(a)          the completeness or accuracy of the information published on our website;

(b)          that the material on the website is up to date; or

(c)           that the website or any service on the website will remain available.

We reserve the right to discontinue or alter any or all of our website services, and to stop publishing our website, at any time in our sole discretion without notice or explanation; and save to the extent expressly provided otherwise in this disclaimer, you will not be entitled to any compensation or other payment upon the discontinuance or alteration of any website services, or if we stop publishing the website.

2.6 Limitations and exclusions of liability

Nothing in this disclaimer will:

(a)          limit or exclude any liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;

(b)          limit or exclude any liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;

(c)           limit any liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or

(d)          exclude any liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

                The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Section 2.6 and elsewhere in this disclaimer:

(a)          are subject to paragraph above; and

(b)          govern all liabilities arising under this disclaimer or relating to the subject matter of this disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in this disclaimer.

               To the extent that our website and the information and services on our website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.

               We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of any event or events beyond our reasonable control.

               We will not be liable to you in respect of any business losses, including (without limitation) loss of or damage to profits, income, revenue, use, production, anticipated savings, business, contracts, commercial opportunities or goodwill.

               We will not be liable to you in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database or software.

              We will not be liable to you in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.

2.7 Legal effect of disclaimer

This disclaimer is part of the website linked to this page. If parts of this text or certain wordings are not, no longer or not completely in line with current legislation, it will not prejudice the rest of the document in terms of content or validity.

2.8 Changes

We may make changes to the Terms and Conditions.

We may modify these Terms and Conditions, our Privacy Policy and our Cookies Policy from time to time. If we make material changes to it, we will provide you notice through our Services, or by other means, to provide you the opportunity to review the changes before they become effective. We agree that changes cannot be retroactive. If you object to any changes, you may close your account. Your continued use of our Services after we publish or send a notice about our changes to these terms means that you are consenting to the updated terms as of their effective date.

2.9 Applicable Law- Jurisdiction

These terms of use are governed by Italian and EU law, where applicable. For matters not expressly provided for in this document, current regulations in force apply.

For any controversy regarding the validity, effectiveness, interpretation and execution of these conditions of use, the Court of Bolzano will have jurisdiction.