Terms of Use
Welcome to our website.
Your access to and use of this website is subject to these website Terms of Use. Please read them carefully before accessing or using this website.
The COBRA project, herein referred as “The project”, is a 30-month project as of October 1, 2019 that has received funding from the European Union’s Internal Security Fund (ISF) - Police under Grant Agreement No. 861789.
“Materials” refer to all information, content, data, documents (e.g. white papers, brochures, datasheets, FAQs, templates, press releases, etc.), downloads, files, text, images, photographs, graphics, videos, webcasts, publications, tools, resources, software, code, programs, applications and products made available or enabled via the website.
The term “The Communication Leader”, otherwise stated as ‘us’ or ‘we’, refers to the creator of the website, in order to provide information to its users.
INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (IICT-BAS) established in UL. ACAD G BONCHEV BL 2, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria is the assigned Communication Leader of the Project, based on the COBRA Grant Agreement. Based on this Grant Agreement, the Communication Leader is responsible for coordinating the communication activities related to the Project’s expected results, including the creation and management of the website or any other Materials included in it.
The term ‘you’ refers to the visitor of our website.
These website Terms and Conditions, otherwise stated as these “Terms”, contained herein shall govern your use of this website, including all pages within this website. These Terms apply in full force and effect to your use of this website and, by using this website you expressly accept all terms and conditions contained herein in full. You must not use this website, if you have any objection to any of these website Terms and Conditions.
YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE
You agree to use the website and its contents only for purposes that are permitted by the Terms of Use and any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions.
You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Materials, through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers), or by hacking, password mining or other means. You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the website (or the servers and networks, which are connected to or accessible through the website).
You also agree to use the functionalities available in the website only to access, download, utilize, post, send or receive Materials in an appropriate manner, if permitted in the website.
You may view, download for caching purposes only, and print Material from the website for your own personal use, subject to the restrictions set out below and elsewhere in these Terms and Conditions.
You must not use this website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any Material, which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software. You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to this website without the Communication Leader’s express written consent. You also agree not to use any Materials in a manner that infringes any Intellectual Property Rights or rights of any party, not to reproduce or utilize in other electronic or printed publications. The graphic as well as technical design and all contact as well as pictures used in this online presentation are protected by copyright.
You also agree not to use website’s domain name as a pseudonymous return e-mail address; not to disrupt, interfere or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the website or other affiliated or linked sites, or the Materials; and not to use any Materials in a manner that infringes any Intellectual Property Rights or rights of any party.
COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Other than content you own, which you may have opted to include on this website, under these Terms, the Communication Leader and/or its licensors own all rights to the intellectual property Material contained in this website, and all such rights are reserved. The Communication Leader authorizes users to copy and print extracts or documents from this website solely for personal, non-commercial use, on the understanding that that any copy or extract of said documents or pages obtained, maintain all intellectual property rights or other property notices including all disclaimers contained therein. The Project’s logo may not be used or reproduced without the prior written consent of the Communication Leader.
Except as permitted by the copyright law applicable, you may not reproduce or communicate any of the content on this website, including files downloadable from this website, without the written permission of the copyright owner.
TRADEMARKS, TRADE NAMES AND LOGOS
All trademarks, trade names and logos appearing in the Website are the property of their respective owners and are protected by the international copyright and trademark laws. You agree not to defame or disparage the Project and all trademarks, trade names or logos included in the website or in the Materials. Any use of any of the trademarks, trade names and logos appearing throughout the website without the express written consent of the Project’s Communication Leader or the owner of the trademark or name or logo, as applicable, is strictly prohibited.
LICENSE TO YOU
The Communication Leader grants you a personal, worldwide, non-assignable, royalty free and non-exclusive license to use the website solely for the purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the website and the Materials, in the manner permitted by these Terms of Use. You may not (and you may not permit anyone else to) copy, reverse engineer, create a derivative work of, or decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the website or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or required by law, or unless you have been specifically permitted to do so by the Communication Leader. Unless the Communication Leader has given you written permission to do so, you may not
assign (or grant a sub-license of) your rights to use the website or the Materials,
grant a security interest in or over your rights to use the website or the Materials, or otherwise transfer any of your rights to use them.
LINKS TO OTHER INTERNET SITES
The website may contain links to other internet sites and services that are operated and maintained by third parties or its affiliates.
The referral to links belonging to third-party websites does not constitute an endorsement of their views and actions or the acceptance of the content they express, publish or post.
We make all efforts to ensure the proper function of our network but we do not guarantee that our server operations will be uninterrupted or error-free, free from viruses, malicious software or other similar elements.
You acknowledge, understand and agree that the Communication Leader will not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, products or services available on such other sites.
MODIFICATIONS
The Communication Leader reserves the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any portion of the website and Materials at any time, with or without notice. The Communication Leader reserves the right to modify any part of these Terms of Use at any time. Any modifications shall be effective upon posting to the website. You agree to review these Terms of Use periodically so that you are aware of any such modifications. Your continued use of the website after any such modifications have been posted shall be deemed your acceptance of any modifications to the Terms of Use. If, at any time, the Terms of Use are not acceptable to you, you should immediately cease use of the website. You agree that the above-stated standard for notice of modifications is reasonable.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
The Communication Leader shall bear no liability for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages that may be due to the incorrect use of the website by its users or to any errors, failures, defects or delays in the operation of the website or in the transmission of information on the Internet through this Website.
JURISDICTION
By accessing this website, and the Materials, you agree that all matters relating to your access to, or use of them, shall be governed by the statutes and laws of Bulgaria and of the European Union, without respect to conflicts of laws principles thereof. Any disputes arising out of the use of this website will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Sofia, Bulgaria.
GENERAL
The Communication Leader’s performance of these Terms of Use is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in these Terms of Use shall derogate the Communication Leader’s right to comply with law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the website or information provided to or gathered by the Communication Leader with respect to such use. If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter herein, and replace all prior or contemporaneous communications, oral or written.
This website has received funding from the European Union’s Internal Security Fund (ISF) - Police under Grant Agreement No. 861789.
This website is the sole responsibility of the Communication Leader and of the COBRA Consortium and cannot be considered to reflect the views of the European Commission.
