Terms of Use

Introduction

 

These Terms of Use (hereinafter “Policy” or “Terms”) regulate the terms and conditions under which any user may access and use the website

with the URL http://www.disco-tech.eu (hereinafter “Site” or “Website”) owned by the entity DISCO at the Hamilton Institute Maynooth University (hereinafter “DISCO”).

Any individual who accesses and views the contents and services of the Site will be considered a user of this website if he/she is over eighteen years old and is not incapable of accepting and committing to these terms and conditions. DISCO will not be liable for any actions taken on this Site by any person who is underage or legally incapacitated.

 

Acceptance of this Policy

The user who accesses and uses this Website does so under their sole and exclusive responsibility and therefore by viewing the information and content hosted on the Site and browsing it the user will be accepting these Terms. In the event that this Policy is replaced by another, in whole or in part, the new terms of use will be understood to have been accepted in the same way as the one described above. However, the user must periodically access this Policy in order to know the successive versions that are included in it.

 

Rights and obligations of the user 

 

The User May:

Access the contents and services of the website free of charge and without the need for prior registration, provided that they have an Internet connection and a browser.

Use the services and content available for their exclusive private use.
Download a single copy of the Site for “off-line” viewing for personal and non-commercial purposes.
Make a correct and lawful use of the Site, in accordance with the current legislation, morality, good customs and public order.

The User May Not:

Access and use the services and contents of the Site for the commission of illegal actions or in a manner contrary to this Policy, current legislation, morality, good customs and public order, for purposes that are harmful to the rights – and especially the fundamental rights and public freedoms – of DISCO or, where appropriate, third parties or that may harm, damage or prevent in any way, the access to them, to the detriment of DISCO or, where appropriate, third parties.

Use the services and content, in whole or in part, to promote, sell, hire or to disclose advertising or information about themselves or third parties without prior written permission from DISCO.

Use any type of computer virus, code, software, program, computer or telecommunications equipment, which may cause damage or unauthorized alteration of the content, programs or systems accessible through the services and content provided on the Website or in the information systems, files and computer equipment of the users thereof or unauthorized access to any content or services on this Site.

Include in websites under its responsibility or ownership “metatags” corresponding to trademarks, trade names or logos owned by the Proprietor.

Create frames within a website under its responsibility or property that reproduce the home page or pages accessible through the home page of this Site without the prior authorization of DISCO.

Reproduce, distribute, transmit, copy, publicly communicate, transform, in whole or in part, this Website by any manual, electronic or mechanical system or method (including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system), through any medium currently known or to be invented in the future, without the prior written consent of DISCO or, if applicable, of legitimate third parties.

Use the brand, trade names and any other identifying sign that is subject to intellectual or industrial property rights, without the prior express written permission of DISCO or, where appropriate, third parties.

Perform any action involving the reproduction, distribution, copying, rental, public communication, transformation or any other similar action involving the modification or alteration of all or part of the contents and services of this Site or the commercial exploitation thereof.

Rights of DISCO

 

 

DISCO reserves the following rights:

Modify or delete, unilaterally and without notice, the contents and services of this Site as well as the conditions of access to it.

Determine the language in which the Site is available.

Establish particular conditions and, where appropriate, the requirement of a price or other requirements for access to certain services or content.

End the provision of a service or content, without prejudice, where appropriate, to the provisions of the special conditions governing the use of a particular service or content.

Demand compensation from the user derived from the improper or illegal use of all or part of the services and content of this Site.

Initiate any legal action or court action that is appropriate for the protection of the rights of DISCO or third parties who provide their services or content through this Site, when appropriate.

Demand the compensation that may arise from the improper or illegal use of all or part of the services and content provided through this Site.

DISCO is exempt from any liability for damages of any kind in the following cases:

Due to the impossibility or difficulties to connect to the communication network through which this Site is accessible, regardless of the type of connection used by the user.

For the interruption, suspension or cancellation of access to the Website, as well as for the availability and continuity of the operation of the Website.

For the quality and speed of access to the Site and the technical conditions that the user must meet in order to access this Site and its services or contents.

Regarding the services and contents, availability and conditions, technical or not, of access to them, that are offered by third-party service providers of the information society, being understood as such to the natural or legal persons that provide the public with the transmission services through a data communication network provided by the recipient of the service; access services to the mentioned network; data storage or hosting services; supply of contents or information; temporary copy service of the data; and provision of links to contents or search instruments.

DISCO will not be responsible for any delays or failures in the access or operation of the services or contents of the Website, due to a case of force majeure.

Owners of intellectual and industrial property rights of the contents of this website

The contents and services offered through this Website -including texts, graphics, images, animations, musical creations, videos, sounds, drawings, photographs, all comments, exhibitions, and Website HTML code, without this enumeration being restrictive- are protected by the laws of intellectual and industrial property.

The copyright and economic exploitation rights of this site belong to DISCO or, where applicable, to third parties.

The trademarks, trade names or logos appearing on this site are property of DISCO or, where appropriate, third parties and are protected by current industrial property laws.

The provision of services and publication of content through this site does not imply in any case the transfer, waiver or transmission, in whole or in part, of the ownership of the corresponding intellectual and industrial property rights by DISCO or, where appropriate, its legitimate third parties.

 

 

Hyperlinks

 

The use of links and hyperlinks to this Website can only be made if the link or hyperlink is made under the following conditions:

• You must only allow access to the home page of this Site.

• It is forbidden to load any page belonging to this Site in one of the sections of another web page divided into frames, in such a way as to cause a distortion in the presentation of this Site by inducing confusion (“framing”).

The possibility of inserting a link does not in any case presuppose consent to reproduce the visual and functional aspects (“look and feel”) of this Website.

It is explicitly forbidden to create an environment or navigation bar on the pages that make up this Site, without prior authorization from DISCO.

The hyperlink may only consist of a text. For the use of graphics or logos, a license to use DISCO’s graphics or logos must be obtained in advance. In any case, the text must clearly state that it links to this Site. In general, the appearance, visual effect, location and, in general, the characteristics of the hyperlink must show that it leads to this Website and that DISCO is independent and is not bound by any relationship, whether of collaboration, association, sponsorship, employment or any other kind, to the website containing the hyperlink.

Any web page containing a hyperlink to this Website, must inevitably respect this Use Policy, be characterized by being loyal and legal hyperlinks and comply with any applicable legal provisions and the requirements of morality and generally accepted good customs.

In particular, authorisation for the insertion of hyperlinks to this Website shall be conditional on respect for human dignity and freedom. The website in which the hyperlink is established shall not contain information or content that is illicit or contrary to morality and good customs and public order, nor shall it contain content that is contrary to any rights of third parties.

 

Duration of this Website

The access, contents and services offered in this Website have an indefinite duration. However, DISCO may terminate or suspend access, services and content of this Site at any time, without prejudice to what may have been provided, if any, in the particular conditions governing the use of a specific service.