Your access to, and use of, this website is provided by and is subject to the terms, conditions and notices set out herein and all applicable laws and regulations. By accessing and using this website, you accept and agree to be bound by, without limitation or qualification, these terms and conditions.

If you do not agree and accept, without limitation or qualification, these terms and conditions, then you do not have permission to access the contents of this website and therefore should cease using this website immediately.

Any external links to other websites are identifiable as such, and we are not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of such other websites.

PRIVACY POLICY

1. Introduction

We at multiscales project and its partners respect your right to privacy and comply with our obligations under the Data Protection Acts 1988. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to outline how we deal with any personal data that you provide to us while visiting this website.

2. Types of information collected

We may retain two types of data:

a. Personal information voluntarily submitted by you to us

This is data that you voluntarily submit to us, and can be used to identify or contact you and may include your name, address, email address, telephone number, information preferences and user IP addresses. Such information is only collected from you if you voluntarily submit it to us.

b. Aggregate data

Like most websites, we gather statistical and other analytical information collected on an aggregate basis from all visitors to our website. This non-personal data comprises information that cannot be used to identify or contact you.

3. Purposes for which we may hold your Information

a. Personal data

We may hold Personal data you provide to us for the following purposes: (i) to send you email or other communications that you have requested to receive; (ii) to contact you if required in connection with your enquiries or to respond to any communications you might send to us.

We will not sell or rent your Personal data to any third parties.

b. Aggregate data

We may gather certain usage information about the numbers and frequency of visitors to our website. We may use such data gathered from visitors to our website in an aggregate form to get a better understanding of where our visitors come from and to help us improve our website and services.

c. Cookies

This website uses “cookie” technology. A cookie is a piece of text stored by the browser on your computer, at the request of our server.

We may use cookies to save your personal preferences so you do not have to re-enter them each time you connect to our website. Cookies cannot be used to obtain other information from your hard disk. The Cookie is used to collect statistical information and is not used to identify individuals.

You may reset your browser either to notify you when you have received a Cookie or to refuse to accept Cookies. Note that if you decline our cookies or ask for notification each time a cookie is being sent, this may affect your ease of use of this website.

4. Disclosure of Information to Third Parties

We will not disclose your Personal data to third parties unless you have consented to this disclosure or unless the third party is required to fulfil your requests to us, e.g. should you request materials shown on this website (in such circumstances, the third party is bound by similar data protection requirements).

We may provide Aggregate data to third parties, where such information is combined with similar information of other users of our website. By way of example, this may include statistics on the number of visitors to our website, their geographic origin, the parts of the website that they visit, etc.

We will disclose your Personal data if we believe in good faith that we are required to disclose it in order to comply with any applicable law, a summons, a search warrant, a court or regulatory order, or other statutory requirement.

5. Security

Should you submit Personal data to us, this will be held in secure storage which is not accessible through the Internet. However, in relation to information that you transmit to us via the Internet, i.e. when entering information online, the nature of the Internet is such that we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information that you transmit to us via the Internet.

No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. However, once we receive your data, we will take all reasonable steps (including appropriate technical and organisational measures) to protect your Personal data.

6. Updating, verifying and deleting personal data

You may inform us of any changes in your Personal data, and in accordance with our obligations under the Data Protection Acts 1988 we will update or delete your Personal data accordingly. To find out what Personal data we hold on you or to have your Personal data updated, amended or removed from our database, please send an email to jbondia@isa.upv.es with your email address and the information you would like to view update, amend or remove.

7. Changes to the Website Privacy Policy

Any changes to this Website Privacy Policy will be posted on this website. If at any time we decide to use Personal data in a manner significantly different from that stated in this Privacy Policy, or otherwise disclosed to you at the time it was collected, we will notify you by email, and you will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in the new manner.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

It is the policy of multiscales project and its partners to respect the privacy of site visitors and people who register their details with us. We will not monitor, edit or disclose any personal information about you without your prior consent. In relation to the activity of multiscales project we may acquire personal data and information about you which you have registered with us. In this regard, we undertake to only use your data in complete accordance with the following conditions:

We will not rent or sell any data which may personally identify you to any third party.

We may aggregate your Non personal data for disclosure to advertisers or business associates for promotion and marketing purposes.

Certain data such as your password will never be disclosed. You are responsible for keeping your password confidential and for all activities that occur under your password or account. Please let multiscales.org know of any unauthorised use of your password, or any other breach of security.

We will clearly state why we are collecting personal information and how it will be used.

We reserve the right to, and you hereby agree, to allow us to disclose any information about you to law enforcement, government officials or to any court or court officials as we in our sole discretion believe necessary or appropriate.

Nothing in this Agreement relating to the confidentiality of information shall prevent or hinder from complying with its legal obligations as to disclosure or otherwise under the Data Protection Act 1988.

USE OF MATERIALS

You may not use, reproduce, distribute, display or create derivative works based on any Materials that appear on the Website.
You acknowledge and agree that the Material copyright holder retains all ownership rights in and to the Materials, and that such Materials are covered and protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights.
You shall have no right to sell or distribute for sale the Material or any reproductions thereof, whether alone or incorporated or together with or onto any item of merchandise or other work of authorship, in any media or format now or hereafter known which primary value lies in the Material itself. The person or organisation requesting materials shall have no right to grant further sublicenses.

COPYRIGHT

The information and images contained on our websites are the property of multiscales project or its partners unless explicitly stated to the contrary. They are protected by copyright laws. Material may be downloaded or printed without requiring specific permission. This is subject to the material not being used in a derogatory manner, in a misleading context or for commercial purposes. If the material is being issued to others, the source including the web address and copyright status must be acknowledged. We may require you to register your details before downloading certain information or documents.

DISCLAIMER

multiscales project and its partners does not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use of, data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of this website. multiscales project and its partners do not guarantee that access to and use of this website will be uninterrupted or error-free.

multiscales project and its partners have taken all reasonable effort to ensure that the information contained within the web site is correct, you should be aware that the information it contains may be incomplete, incorrect, or may have become out of date.

Information, advice and opinions expressed in this Site are of a general nature only and are not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual or entity. It should not be relied upon for personal, legal, financial or other decisions.

Mention of third party products, services, companies and websites on this website is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. This website holds a wide range of links to related websites from a variety of related organisations, companies and services. While every effort is made to check the content and accuracy of the websites we link to, multiscales project or its partners take no responsibility for information contained on websites maintained by other organisations or for action taken as a result of information contained on websites maintained by other organisations.

GOVERNING LAW

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

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