Accessing this site and using the services offered through it implies acceptance of the terms and conditions below. We recommend that you read this material in its entirety, analyze it carefully, and make sure that you understand everything clearly. If you do not agree with any of the provisions, you are free to decide to stop using the services we make available to you and leave the site.
The website (“platform”) belongs to European Confederation of Local Intermediate Authorities (“our institution”, “we”, “site owner”), with headquarters in 9-31 Avenue des Nerviens, 1040 Brussels.
In order to maintain high quality standards of the services we offer you, according to the legal norms in force, we reserve the right to modify the provisions set out below, without prior notification to users. For correct and complete information, we recommend that you consult this page each time you visit our website.
Accounts and registration
The use of certain functions and services within the Site may require the creation of an access account through your prior registration. In this case you will have to confirm and agree to the additional terms indicated at the beginning of the registration procedure.
If you choose or are provided with a user identification code, password or any other information as part of our security procedures, you must keep this information secret and confidential. You must not disclose them to any third party. All actions through the account will be considered your own and you will be responsible for such actions.
We have the right to disable any account or user identification password, whether you chose to do so or it was initiated by us, at any time if, in our reasonable opinion, you have not complied with any of the provisions set forth. in the Site Terms and Conditions of Use.
If you have information or suspicions about potential security risks in relation to the activities you carry out within the site, you must notify us immediately, through any of the means of communication listed in the Contact section.
Intellectual property
The owner of this site is the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in this platform and in the material published on it. These works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All these rights are reserved.
You must not modify in any way the paper or digital copies of the materials you have printed or downloaded, and you must not use illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from the accompanying text.
You must not use any part of the content of this platform for commercial purposes without our prior written consent.
Any use of the Site that is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions is prohibited. If you violate any of the provisions, your permission to use the Platform automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any materials downloaded or printed from this Platform.
Your use of this platform
You will only use our platform for lawful purposes. You must not use our platform:
- In any way that violates any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
- In any way that is illegal or fraudulent or has any illegal or fraudulent purpose or effect.
- For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
- To insult, intimidate or humiliate any person.
- To knowingly send, receive, upload, download, use or reuse any illegal material.
- To send or procure the sending of any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation.
- To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, trojans, worms, keyloggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any software computer or hardware.
You further confirm that you will not access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
- any part of our platform;
- any equipment or network on which our platform is stored;
- any software used in providing our platform; or
- any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.
- You must not misuse this website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, bots, worms or other material that is technologically harmful or malicious. You must not attempt to gain unauthorized access to this Platform, the server on which this Platform is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our Platform. You must not attack our platform through a Denial of Service attack or a Distributed Denial of Service attack. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our platform will immediately terminate.
Conduct
You agree that in your dealings with this site and other users of this site, none of your communications or content contributions will contain:
- licentious language;
- pornography;
- incitement to hatred or violence;
- inciting harassment, intimidation or aggressive actions directed against others;
- misleading content;
- condoning or inciting violence, racism, discrimination;
- material that violates applicable laws and/or the rights of others;
- advertising for products or services that do not belong to our institution.
You warrant that any breach of the preceding paragraph makes you liable to us, that you will be responsible for any loss we suffer and that you will indemnify us for any breach of that warranty.
While your copyrights protected by applicable law remain unaffected, you hereby grant us a permanent, worldwide, non-exclusive right in your Content to display, transmit, distribute, reproduce, publish, copy, adapt, modify , edit, translate, create derivative works using your content by posting or displaying any images, logos, trademarks, service marks, brands, comments and any other information, content or materials on this Platform.
Links to other sites and resources provided by third parties
If our Platform contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, the decision about accessing them belongs exclusively to you. Such links should not be construed as our endorsement of those websites or the information you may obtain from them over which we have no control. We recommend that you carefully review the privacy policy and terms of use of these third-party websites.
This Platform may include information and materials uploaded by other users. This information and materials have not been verified or endorsed by us. The views expressed by other users on our platform do not represent our views or values.
Limitation of liability
We cannot guarantee that this platform or any content on it will always be available or provided without interruption. We reserve the right to suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of the Platform for commercial and operational reasons without prior notice.
The content on our platform is provided for general information only. We do not guarantee, either expressly or impliedly, the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the content on this platform. Furthermore, we shall not be liable for any loss or damage, whether in contract, consequential (including negligence), breach of duty or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising in connection with your use of this Platform.
We are not responsible for any acts, omissions and conduct of any third party in connection with or relating to your use of the Platform.
If you disagree with the terms and conditions or any content of the platform we recommend that you stop using the site immediately.
Major force
Our institution will not be liable or obliged to pay compensation of any kind for any loss resulting from the unavailability or failure of services or systems for the following reasons:
- shutting down the system for maintenance;
- inability to transmit data due to malfunctions of communication terminals or telecommunications equipment;
- failure of the systems and their inability to perform their functions due to force majeure events, including but not limited to typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, power outages, fires, storms, war, political unrest, strikes, shortages of labor or materials, riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, terrorist attack, explosions, natural disasters, governmental actions, orders of domestic or foreign courts or tribunals, non-performance of third parties;
- suspension or delay of services or failure of systems due to reasons beyond our reasonable control, such as hackers or cyber attacks, technical adjustments or malfunctions of the telecommunications department, website updates, third party problems or any suspension or interruption of transportation or business operations (including but not limited to the delay or interruption of the resumption of work or operations ordered by any government agency) in the event of a national or regional outbreak of an epidemic or pandemic.