Terms and Conditions - Usage Agreement
The use of this web site constitutes agreement with the following terms and
conditions:
(a) The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) maintains this web
site (the "Site") as a courtesy to those who may choose to access the Site
("Users"). The information presented herein is for informative purposes only.
ICBA grants permission to Users to visit the Site and to download and copy the
information, documents and materials (collectively, "Materials") from the Site
for the User's personal, non-commercial use, without any right to resell or
redistribute them or to compile or create derivative works there from, subject
to the terms and conditions outlined below, and also subject to more specific
restrictions that may apply to specific Materials within this Site.
(b) ICBA administers this Site. All Materials on this Site from ICBA appears
subject to the present Terms and Conditions.
(c) Unless expressly stated otherwise, the findings, interpretations and
conclusions expressed in the Materials on this Site are those of the various
ICBA staff members and consultants to ICBA who prepared the work and do not
necessarily represent the views of the United Nations or its Member States.
Disclaimers
Materials provided on this Site are provided "as is", without warranty of any
kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
ICBA specifically does not make any warranties or representations as to the
accuracy or completeness of any such Materials. ICBA periodically adds changes,
improves or updates the Materials on this Site without notice.
Under no circumstances shall ICBA be liable for any loss, damage, liability or
expense incurred or suffered that is claimed to have resulted from the use of
this Site, including, without limitation, any fault, error, omission,
interruption or delay with respect thereto.
The use of this Site is at the User's sole risk. Under no circumstances,
including, but not limited to negligence, shall ICBA or its affiliates be liable
for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, even if
ICBA has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
The User specifically acknowledges and agrees that ICBA is not liable for any
conduct of any User.
This site may contain advice, opinions and statements of various information
providers. ICBA does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any
advice, opinion, statement or other information provided by any information
provider, any User of this Site or any other person or entity. Reliance upon any
such advice, opinion, statement, or other information shall also be at the
User's own risk. Neither ICBA nor its affiliates, nor any of their respective
agents, employees, information providers or content providers, shall be liable
to any User or anyone else for any inaccuracy, error, omission, interruption,
deletion, defect, alteration of or use of any content herein, or for its
timeliness or completeness, nor shall they be liable for any failure of
performance, computer virus or communication line failure, regardless of cause,
or for any damages resulting therefrom.
As a condition of use of this Site, the User agrees to indemnify ICBA and its
affiliates from and against any and all actions, claims, losses, damages,
liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of
the User's use of this Site, including, without limitation, any claims alleging
facts that if true would constitute a breach by the User of these Terms and
Conditions. If the User is dissatisfied with any Material on this Site or with
any of its Terms and Conditions of Use, the User's sole and exclusive remedy is
to discontinue using the Site.
This Site may contain links and references to third-party web sites. The linked
sites are not under the control of ICBA, and ICBA is not responsible for the
content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. ICBA provides
these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link or reference does
not imply the endorsement of the linked site by ICBA.
If this Site contains bulletin boards, chat rooms, access to mailing lists or
other message or communication facilities (collectively, "Forums"), the User
agrees to use the Forums only to send and receive messages and materials that
are proper and related to the particular Forum. By way of example and not as a
limitation, the User agrees that when using a Forum, he or she shall not do any
of the following:
(a) Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights
(such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
(b) Publish, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, infringing,
obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information;
(c) Upload or attach files that contain software or other material protected by
intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy and publicity) unless the
User owns or controls the rights thereto or has received all consents therefore
as may be required by law;
(d) Upload or attach files that contain viruses, corrupted files or any other
similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's
computer;
(e) Delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or
labels in any file that is uploaded;
(f) Falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in a
file that is uploaded;
(g) Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services, or conduct or forward
surveys, contests or chain letters, or download any file posted by another user
of a Forum that the User knows, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally
distributed in such manner.
The User acknowledges that all Forums and discussion groups are public and not
private communications. Further, the User acknowledges that chats, postings,
conferences, e-mails and other communications by other Users are not endorsed by
ICBA, and that such communications shall not be considered to have been
reviewed, screened or approved by ICBA. ICBA reserves the right to remove, for
any reason and without notice, any content of the Forums received from Users,
including, without limitation, e-mail and bulletin board postings.
Preservation of immunities
Nothing herein shall constitute or be considered to be a limitation upon or a
waiver of the privileges and immunities of ICBA, which are specifically
reserved.
General
ICBA reserves its exclusive right in its sole discretion to alter, limit or
discontinue the Site or any Materials in any respect. ICBA shall have no
obligation to take the needs of any User into consideration in connection
therewith.
ICBA reserves the right to deny in its sole discretion any user access to this
Site or any portion thereof without notice.
No waiver by ICBA of any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall be
binding except as set forth in writing and signed by its duly authorized
representative.
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(Adapted from: Terms and Conditions of Use of United Nations Web Sites. New York, N.Y.: United Nations; 2012[cited 2012 July 3]. Available from:
http://www.un.org/en/aboutun/terms/)
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