Terms of Use & Conditions
GENERAL INFORMATION
CIMNE (Centre Internacional de Metodes Numerics en Enginyería)
UPC. Campus Ed. C1 Campus Nord.
NIF Q-5850006-G
The
International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering is an
autonomous research and development center dedicated to promoting and
fostering advances in the development and application of numerical
methods and computational techniques for the solution of engineering
problems in an international context.
TERMS OF USE AND ACCESS
The
terms of use and access herein regolate the use of the service on this
Web Site (hereinafter called "Web site") that CIMNE makes available to
users on the Internet.
The use of
the Web site and its contents attribute the condition of "User"
(hereinafter called the "User") and involves the acceptance of all the
conditions contained in this Legal Notice, in the version published at
the moment of the access. The User undertakes to make a diligent use of
the Web site, in accordance with the Law and the Terms of Use and
Access. The User shoold read them carefolly, every time in which intends
to use the Web site, as the terms of use and conditions are subject to
change.
CIMNE reserves the right
to discontinue at any time and without previous notice the access to the
Web site as well as to interrupt the delivery of any or all services
provided through it, either for technical reasons, security,
maintenance, failures in the electricity supply or any other cause. The
interruption may be temporary or permanent.
CIMNE
does not guarantee the reliability and availability of the Website,
hence, the use of the Website by the Users is done by their own risk.
Certain
services are exclusively for our clients; their access is restricted
and may be subject to special conditions, if any, replace and/or modify
the terms of use and access herein set forth. In these cases, as a
prerequisite to access the service, you must have an ID and password.
The
use of password is personal and not transferable. The User agree to
make a diligent use and keep the password secret, assuming any
responsibility for the consequences, in case of disclosure to third
parties.
With regard to these
services, CIMNE may terminate the accounts and remove the contents or
information of Users because of inactivity or deactivation.
OBJECT
This
Web site is designed to inform all users about courses, congress,
magazines and software offered by CIMNE, which may subject to change at
any time and without notice; as well as the design, production,
configuration and the content of the Web site.
DATA COLLECTION FORMS
DATA COLLECTION FORMS
The use of certain services or applications to CIMNE will be conditioned upon completion of the registration forms by the User.
All
information provided by the user through the forms of the Web site or
any other must be truthfol. For these purposes, the User guarantees the
authenticity of the data and shall keep updated the information
provided; being responsible for false or inaccurate information and for
the damages caused to CIMNE.
ENTERING LINKS TO WEB SITE
Users who enter links from their own pages to the Web site must meet the following conditions:
• The
link only will connect to the home page or main page of the Web site
but can not reproduce it in any way (copy of the text, graphics, etc).
• It
is prohibited under existing legislation, to establish frames of any
kind involving the Web site or allow the display of content through
different Internet addresses and in any case when:
a. Produce or coold produce confusion or deception on Users in relation to the original Website.
b. Provenance of the service or content
c. Suppose an act of imitation or unfair comparison
d. Serve
to exploit the trademarks and the prestige of CIMNE or, when involves
any act considered prohibited under the existing legislation.
The
Web site in which the link is located may not make or display any
false, inaccurate or incorrect statement or remark about CIMNE, its
partners, employees or clients.
It
is prohibited, in any case, to express on the Web site in which the
link is located, that CIMNE has given its consent for the insertion of
the link or participates as a sponsor or collaborator and/or verifies
the services offered by the author of the link.
The
Web Page in which the link is located must comply with the requirements
of the Law and cannot have, make available or link the Users to any
content that:
a. Be illegal, harmfol or contrary to morality and decency (pornographic, violent, racist, etc.)
b. Deceives
or is likely to induce the User into the misconception that CIMNE
endorses, supports or joins, in any way, the ideas, demonstrations or
expressions, legal or illegal of the sender.
c. Be
inappropriate in relation with the activity of CIMNE; specifically, but
not limited to the place, thematic and /or content of the Web site.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All
information contained on this Web site, as well as the graphic design,
images, sources codes, trademarks, trade names, names, publications,
reports, etc. are subject to intellectual property rights owned by CIMNE
and/or third parties.
The access
to the Web site does not involve, in any case, the resignation,
transfer, assignment, total or partial license of such intellectual
property rights or confer any right to use, translation, adaptation,
alteration, exploitation, reproduction, distribution or public
communication, of such contents, for commercial purposes without prior
express authorization of CIMNE or third holder of the concerned rights.
The User may have the right to view and obtain a copy of the content on
the caché memory of the computer, only as transient and incidental
reproduction, therefore the User will not be authorized to disclose or
distribute such content to others.
Transgression
of any of those rights may constitute an infringement of these
provisions, as well as a punishable offence under the Articles 270
onwards of the Criminal Legislation.
DISCLAIMER
CIMNE
is not liable if any interruptions, delays, errors or malfunction of
the service, when such incidents have their origin on external causes
unattached to CIMNE or in any case when the circumstances occurred by
force majeure, negligent and/or fraudolent behaviour of the User. Force
majeure consists of failures attached to third parties, operators or
service companies, lack of access to networks of others, acts or
omissions by public authorities, acts produced as a resolt of natural
phenomena, blackouts, as well as attacks from hackers or others
specialized in security or integrity of the computer system; provided
that CIMNE has taken all security measures in accordance with the
technical uses in the field.
In
any case, no matter the cause, CIMNE can not assume any responsibility
either for direct or indirect damages and lost profits.
When
the access to Web sites of third parties is available through Internet
browsers or links, CIMNE is acting as a provider of brokerage services
in accordance with the Article 17 of Law 32/2002 of Joly 12, regarding
Society Services of Information and Electronic Commerce.
The
existence of linked sites does not involve any kind of agreement with
the managers or owners of such sites, nor recommendation, promotion or
identification of CIMNE with the information, remarks, opinions,
contents or services provided.
PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
In
accordance with the Legislation on the personal data protection, CIMNE
informs the User about the existence of an electronic database created
under the responsibility of this company, with personal data provided
during the browsing through our Website (at the time of registration,
when the User submits a form, when the User contacts the company in
order to make questions, comments or asks for the services provided on
the Website) for the purpose of publishing conference proceedings,
manages and processes User’s requests and sends proper information by
any means, including e-mail or others, regarding products, services and
special offers, circolars, campaigns, news, electronic newsletters, etc.
In the case of communications sent via email, or any other, the User provides the consent for receiving advertisement.
CIMNE
will manage your data on a confidential basis and exclusively for the
purpose of managing the relationship with the customers and promote
their activities. CIMNE will cancel, delete and/or block the inaccurate
or incomplete data, as well as the personal data that is not longer
necessary or relevant to the purpose for which it was collected in
accordance to the provisions of the Legislation on personal data
protection.
The User expressly
consents the assignment of the personal data to any of the affiliated or
subsidiary companies of CIMNE and only for the purposes mentioned
above.
On the Forms for data
collecting, the spaces in which an asterisk is indicated are binding,
therefore, if the User does not provide the data, CIMNE can deny the
service or services requested.
Your
data has been incorporated into the treatment system of CENTRE
INTERNACIONAL DE METODES NUMERICS EN ENGINYERÍA in order to be able to
communicate with you. Therefore, you can exercise your rights of access,
rectification, limitation of treatment, deletion, and opposition or
revocation, under the established terms by law in force in matters of
data protection, directing your request to the postal address: CIMNE
(Centre Internacional de Metodes Numerics en Enginyería) C/ Gran Capità,
s/n, Campus Nord UPC, Ed. C1, Despatx C14 08034 – Barcelona – Spain ,
or via email to dpo@cimne.upc.edu
With
regards to the information submitted by minors, it is binding to the
sender to obtain the prior consent of the parents, tutors or legal
representatives in order to personal data be processed.
USE OF IMAGE
The
user authorize CIMNE to use his image, for purposes related to the
educational mission of CIMNE, including publicity, marketing and
promotion of CIMNE and its programs, courses and congresses without
compensation. The user understand that his photograph, likeness and
voice may be copied and distributed by means of various media, including
video presentations, news bolletin, brochure, placement on CIMNE
website and other electronic delivery or publications.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS EDITED BY CIMNE
The
AUTHOR that submits a scientific article or abstract to be included in
the memory of the Conference, irrevocably gives to CIMNE, as a
non-exclusive right for digital reproduction and public communication,
in the form of open access license under the Creative Commons -
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC BY-SA 4.0) with the understanding
that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient for CC BY-SA 4.0 attribution, of
the article, for dissemination in any language and across the world,
exclusively via broadcast channels related to CIMNE. The author
expressly authorizes CIMNE to perform acts of conversion of the work to
the relevant digital formats (EPUB, PDF, etc.) and incorporating, where
appropriate, the necessary protection systems (DRM), provided they do
not involve any changes of the work.
CIMNE
agrees to issue the ISBN of the work and to introduce the computer
innovations that enable an automatic identification and monitoring of
the work, and to observe the administrative formalities required for
posting online.
The AUTHOR
retains the moral rights of authorship and CIMNE is obligated to display
prominently the author's name in all public communications of the work.
The
AUTHOR responds to CIMNE of the authorship and originality of his work
and the peacefol exercise of the rights given by this contract, stating
that over them there will be no commitments made, or burdens of any kind
that violate rights of CIMNE or others, in accordance with the
provisions of this instrument. In this regard, the AUTHOR is liable to
CIMNE of all charges, including financial, that may arise for CIMNE in
favour of third parties for actions, claims or disputes arising from the
breach of these obligations by the AUTHOR.
Considering
that CIMNE will make the dissemination of the work exclusively on
conferences and media-related to scientific dissemination, scientific
training, organized, promoted or coordinated by CIMNE or the conference
organizers, on a non-profit basis, the AUTHOR makes the cession of the
accorded rights for free and, therefore, without payment by the
publisher, who in turn gets no income either directly or derived from
the diffusion.
COOKIES
This Web site only use session cookies. A cookie is a small file that the Web site stored in the User's computer.Users can configure their browser so as to prevent the creation of cookies or display a warning in case it happens. The Website is accessible without enabling the options concerning cookies, although they may prevent the proper development of the security mechanisms for certain services or exclusive services that may require greater security. The final purpose of cookies is to facilitate the navigation of the user on the Web site.
During
the visits to the Web site, most of the information we gather - such as
the domain from which the User connects to the Internet, time of
access, Internet address from which the User makes direct link to our
site - is purely statistical and it is not personalized. We use the
information on the number of visits only in order to make our site more
useful and interesting for our users.
APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION
For
any legal issue that may arise regarding the use of this Web site it
will be applicable the Spanish Legislation, being responsible for
resolving all disputes, the Courts of Barcelona.