Terms and conditions of use

Contents

• Preamble
• Copyright
• License to Use
• Newsletters
• Disclaimers and Limitations of Responsibility
• Links to Websites
• Content Submitted by Users
• Other Provisions

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Preamble

The present terms and conditions of use (‘Terms of Use’) govern the use of this website owned and operated by the Eugenides Public Benefit Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Eugenides Foundation’) based in Paleo Faliro, Attica, 387 Syngrou Avenue, PC 17564. The Eugenides Foundation website is accessible via the Internet at the address http://www.eef.edu.gr (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Website’) by its users (hereinafter referred to as the ‘User’).

The visitor/user (the ‘User’) of any content included in the website www.eef.edu.gr, all the rights to the intellectual property and materials of which are owned by the Eugenides Foundation (hereafter ‘EF’), is required to agree unconditionally with the following Terms of Use, applicable to all content, pages, graphics, images, photographs and files contained in the Website.

Therefore, the User is obliged to read these terms carefully before using this Website and should he/she not agree not use any of the content. The User should and is therefore asked to check Website content for possible changes in the Terms. Continued use after any changes have been effected means the unconditional acceptance of these terms by the User.

Solely by using this Website it is presumed that the User has read, fully understood and fully accepted the Terms of Use and is bound by these every time he/she visits the Website.

Copyright

The entire content of this Website, including (but not limited to) texts, graphics, photographs, drawings, illustrations and videos, is the intellectual property of the EF and is protected by Intellectual Property Law.

Logos, brand names, trademarks and attributes contained in this Website belong to the EF and/or persons mentioned as owners of the relevant rights in the Website and are protected in accordance with the applicable industrial and intellectual property laws. Third-party intellectual property that may have been included in the Website has been placed in good faith for information purposes. It is clearly stated that such materials will be removed if so requested by the beneficiaries

Licence to Use

The EF encourages private use of its Website’s content for gaining personal information, as well as its use for educational or research purposes. Use by a business entity, service or organization is not considered private use. For educational or research purposes it is allowed only to reproduce or store individual pages or data subject to the limitation that the origin and the names of the authors (should they appear in the Website) are mentioned and provided and that the relevant industrial or intellectual property rights are not adversely affected in any way.

However, Users should be aware that certain files or data may be intellectual property of third parties (partners of organizations, organizations, companies, etc., that may be indicated in the relevant pages/part of the Website) and cannot be used without the authorization of those third parties.

It is strictly forbidden to store, reproduce, republish, transmit or distribute any part of the content of this Website and registered trademarks, signs or logos of affiliates appearing on this Website for commercial purposes or any other use not covered by the previous paragraphs.

Newsletters

The EF Website sends newsletters to any Users that so wish, after they have given their explicit consent by completing the relevant form providing certain personal information for which confidentiality and privacy laws apply. In this way Users may register so as to receive information (e.g. newsletters, press releases, etc.) without this action in any way meaning that they acquire intellectual property rights on any such information/data received. In any case the rights to this information are protected by the relevant provisions of Greek and European laws, as well as international conventions, and are exclusively reserved by the EF. Acceptance or not of any User subscription to any service is at the exclusive discretion of the EF, which may also cancel any such subscription.

Any User wishing to receive the EF newsletter is required to fill in his/her name and email address in the special form provided on the Website. Personal records are maintained and processed by the EF for the purpose of communicating with its Users, provide services to them, disseminate information and implement and upgrade the activities, programmes and services that are developed either by the EF itself or in collaboration with other entities in relation to the education of young people in the scientific and technical fields. Personal data collected is exclusively maintained by the EF in an electronic and/or physical file and may be processed for the purposes described above until such time as the User declares his/her wish to no longer receive the newsletter by sending a request to the email address info@eef.edu.gr or by selecting ‘Unsubscribe’ at the end of the newsletter subscription page.

Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability

The EF makes every effort to ensure that all content and information displayed on its Website is correct, clear, accurate, complete, up-to-date and readily available. However, the EF does not under any circumstances provide any guarantee for the Website and therefore is not liable (even through negligence) for any damage that may be caused to the User from use of its Website. The EF also bears no responsibility for any damages (incidental or consequential, including but not limited to loss of profits, data and earnings, etc.) and is not liable for any financial compensation of Website Users or third parties, resulting from Website operation or not, any inability to provide information available or any unauthorized third-party intervention in the information provided through the Website.

Every effort is made to ensure the proper functioning of the network, but in no case does the EF guarantee that the functioning of the Website or its servers will be uninterrupted or error-free, or free from viruses and other malware, be it the EF’s Website itself or another website or server through which its content is transmitted.

No part of the content and information provided on the Website is or may be considered to be in any way, directly or indirectly, incitement, instruction, advice or encouragement for Users’ actions or omissions. How content or information contained on the Website is used is at the complete discretion of the Users, following their personal evaluation and their actions based on their own free will, excluding any responsibility by the EF.

Links to Websites

The EF does not control the availability, content, privacy policy, quality or completeness of the services provided by other websites to which its Website refers via hyperlinks (hereinafter simplified to ‘links’). Links are exclusively intended to facilitate Website User access to other referenced websites that are subject to their own respective terms of use. Affixing links is not a sign of approval or acceptance of the content of the respective websites, and the EF has no responsibility for their content and any damage resulting from their use, as the User is fully responsible for accessing these websites.

Content Submitted by Users

Where the Website provides Users with the choice to publish their own content, the EF reserves the right to control this content at submission of applications to publish or during any communication of any kind and to prevent the publication of material of an illegal, threatening, defamatory, abusive, obscene, scandalous, extortionary nature or for any other reason that content might be considered illegal, give rise to legal liability or otherwise violate the law. If content such as that described above comes to the EF’s attention, the Foundation is entitled to remove it/not publish it, without any notice or any further formality.

Users acknowledge the right of the EF to check and approve the material they submit before publishing it on its Website. The EF has the right (but not the obligation) to control, approve, reject or delete content submitted by Users to its Website, and these decisions are not subject to any re-evaluation process.

The EF also reserves the right to delete or refuse the publication of content that violates any rights of use, trademarks, commercial contracts or any other intellectual right (natural or legal), as well as material that violates personal data.

A User who publishes content on the Website declares and unreservedly accepts the following:

* Has the right to submit and publish on the Website content that does not include or does not violate any trademarks, logos, or copyrighted material of any person or legal entity.

* Exempts the EF and its Website from incurring any cost for exploitation rights, fees or any other debt towards anyone because of publication of content submitted by a User to the Website.

* For any person who is photographed in the content submitted, their consent to use his/her image must previously be obtained.

* Has all the necessary licenses to use any of the rights contained in the submitted content.

Users are solely responsible for the content they submit or distribute via the Website in any way whatsoever. Under no circumstances can the EF be held responsible for damages or losses of any kind (e.g. direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, civil or criminal) resulting from actions of Users of the Website. If a User wishes to withdraw content they have submitted, they must inform the EF using the contact email found on the Website.

The content submitted and published by Users remains their property; however, the EF is given the right to unlimited, royalty-free use, distribution, reproduction, modification, adaptation, public viewing and exploitation of the content at any time and by any means electronic or printed that does not violate their moral right.

Other Provisions

To the extent permitted by law and given the nature and extent of the Internet, the EF under no circumstances is responsible for any form of damage that the User may suffer resulting from the pages, services, choices and content of www.eef.edu.gr and acknowledges that he/she visits the Website at his/her own initiative and with full knowledge of the conditions governing it. The use of the services of www.eef.edu.gr implies the full and unconditional acceptance of these terms.

These Terms of Use, the Terms of Use of the Website and the Privacy Policy are governed by Greek law. Any dispute or difference arising from them is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Athens.

The EF reserves the right to modify the content or services included in its Website, as well as the Terms of Use, whenever it deems it necessary and without prior notice. We encourage you to check our Website at regular intervals so that you may become aware of any such changes.