Terms and conditions

1. YOUR ACCEPTANCE

By using and/or visiting this Web site (“asrit.org”), you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions (“Terms of Use”), as well as the ASRIT privacy notice, which is here by incorporated into this agreement. If you do not agree to any of these terms or the ASRIT privacy notice, please do not use this Web site.

By using the Website affirm that you are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warrantiesset forth in these Terms of Use, and to abide by and comply with these Terms of Use.

Conditioned upon your acceptance of these Terms of Use, ASRIT here by grants you permission to access and use the Web site as set forth in these Terms of Use.

2. ASRIT WEBSITE

These Terms of Use apply to all users of the Association of Scientific Research, Innovation and Technology (“ASRIT”), including users who are also contributors of video content, information, and other materials or services on the Web sites.

ASRIT Website may contain links to third-party web sites that are not owned or controlled ASRIT. ASRIT has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party Web sites.

3. ASRIT ACCOUNTS

The main ASRIT Web site, www.asrit.org, does not require registration.

In order to access some features of the Web site, you will have to create an ASRIT account. You may not use another person’s account. When creating your account, you agree to provide accurate and complete information. By registering, you consent to the collection of your data, including, without limitation, registration data, by ASRIT and processing of such data by ASRIT inconnection with your use of the site. For further information on data collection and storage, please refer to our Privacy Policy. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on or in connection with your account, and you agree to make all reasonable efforts to keep your account password secure. You agree to notify ASRIT immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.

4. GENERAL USE OF THE WEB SITE — PERMISSIONS AND RESTRICTIONS

The Website and the contents there of, is proprietary to ASRIT. The content of the site is owned by or licensed to ASRIT, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under the law. You may access and use the Web site or its content for personal, non-commercial use, or as specifically provided for on the Web site.

You agree that you will not, without permission, reproduce, distribute or make derivative works of the Web site or any of the contents there of without the express consent of ASRIT. You agree not to alter or modify any part of the Website. You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the ASRIT Web site or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content or enforce limitations on use of the ASRIT Web site or the content therein. You agree that you will not, without permission, systematically retrieve data or other content from the Web site by any means, and you will not compile a database or directory of information extracted from the Web site.

You agree not to use the Web site for any use or purpose not permitted within these Terms of Use without the prior written authorization of ASRIT. Prohibited uses include, without limitation, any of the following actions taken without the express approval of ASRIT: sale of access to the Web site; use of the Web site or its related services, for the primary purpose of gaining advertising or subscription revenue; the sale of advertising on the ASRIT Web site; the sale of advertising on any third-party Web site targeted to the content of specific user submissions or ASRIT content; and any use of the Web site or its related services that ASRIT finds, in its sole discretion, to use ASRIT’s resources or user submissions with the effect of competing with or displacing the market for ASRIT, ASRIT content, or its user submissions.

You agree not to use or launch any automated system, including without limitation “robots,” “spiders,” or “offline readers” that accesses the Web site in a manner that sends more request messages to the ASRIT servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional online Web browser. Not with standing the foregoing, ASRIT grants the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the Web site for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for the creation of publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not for the creations of caches or archives of such materials.

ASRIT reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases. You agree not to collect or harvest any personally identifiable information, including account names and e-mail addresses, from the Web site, or to use the communication systems provided by the Web site for any commercial solicitation purposes. You agree not to solicit, for commercial purposes, any users of the Web site with respect to their user submissions.

5. EDUCATIONAL USE OF MATERIAL ON WEB SITE

Certain content on the ASRIT Web Site is designated as available for download for educational purposes. Professors, PhD candidate, teachers, administrators, other staff of educational institutions, and other education providers are authorized to download, print, reproduce, and distribute such content for educational purposes. ASRIT extends this benefit for the benefit of students; it does not authorize the use of content under any circumstances for commercial purposes or benefit.

Content used for any purpose must maintain unaltered copyright and other proprietary notices, including attribution to ASRIT as the source of the content.

6. YOUR USER SUBMISSIONS AND CONDUCT

Certain areas of the ASRIT Web site allow the user to submit textual content (“user comments”) or picture or video content (“user videos”). User comments and user videos are collectively referred to as “user submissions.” By submitting any user submission to the Web site, you here by waive any privacy expectations that you may have with respect to any such User Submission, including to any comments, photo, video or other data or information submitted by you to the Web site.

You acknowledge and agree that any user submission submitted by you to the Web site may be available for viewing, rating, review and comment on by the public. You acknowledge and agree that, once submitted by you and made accessible to users, ASRIT shall have no obligation to remove, delete, or disableaccess to any user submission made by you, or to return any submission to you.

You retain copyright in your user submissions. By submitting user submissions to ASRIT, however, you hereby grant ASRIT a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, perform and use in any other manner that may be here after developed the user submissions in connection.

You agree not to submit a user submission that contains any material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant ASRIT all of the license rights granted herein. By posting auser submission, you represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to do so.

You agree not to submit material that is offensive, derogatory, obscene, infringing of any third party’s rights, or contrary to local, national, and international laws and regulations.

ASRIT does not endorse any user submission or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and ASRIT expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with user submissions.

7. REMOVAL OF USER SUBMISSIONS

ASRIT may, at its sole discretion, remove or prevent access to, in whole or in part, any material submitted by you, for any reason or no reason, including any material it deems in violation of its standards.

8. ACCESS TERMINATION POLICY

ASRIT may terminate a user’s access to its Web site at its sole discretion.

9. DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

You agree that your use of the ASRIT Web site shall be at your sole risk. To the fullest extent permitted by law, ASRIT, its officers, directors, employees and agents disclaim all warranties, express or implied, in connection with the Website and your use thereof. ASRIT makes no warranties or representations about the accuracy or completeness of this site’s content or the content of any sites linked to this site, and assumes no liability or responsibility for any:

  • errors, mistakes or inaccuracies of content.
  • personal injury or property damage, of any nature whatsoever, resulting you’re your access to and use of our Web site.
  • any unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers and/or any and all personal information stored therein,
  • any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from our Web site.
  • any bugs, viruses, Trojan horses, or the like which may be transmitted toor through our Website by any third party.
  • any errors or omissions in any content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the ASRIT Web site.

10. INDEMNITY

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless ASRIT, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but notlimited to attorney’s fees) arising from: (a) your use of and access to the ASRIT Web site; (b) your violation of any term of these Terms of Use; (c) your violationof any third-party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or (d) any claim that one of your User Submissions caused damage to a third party. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms of Use and your use of the ASRIT Web site.

11. ASSIGNMENT

These Terms of Use, and any rights and licenses granted here under, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by ASRIT without restriction.