Terms and Conditions

YOU ARE PERMITTED TO USE THE EUWAS WEB SITE ONLY ON THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. ACCESSING THIS SITE IS SUBJECT TO AND CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

EUWAS Web Site Producers

The members of the EUWAS project team. Fraunhofer UMSICHT and the other EUWAS project team members and their respective suppliers are hereinafter referred to as the EUWAS web site producers.  

EC Disclaimer  

EUWAS web site producers receive funding from the eContent programme of the European Commission. The Community is not responsible and accepts no responsibility for the content of the publications on the EUWAS website, which does not represent the opinion of the Community. The Community is not responsible for any use that might be made of data appearing in the EUWAS website.  

Information on this site  

The EUWAS web site producers have made reasonable endeavours to ensure that information contained on this site is correct, however, it is possible the information may be incomplete, contain errors or be out of date. Changes are periodically made concerning the information on the EUWAS web site. The EUWAS web site producers may make improvements and/or changes in the information, layout and software of the EUWAS web site at any time. 

No Warranties  

The EUWAS web site producers make no representations about the suitability of the information contained in the documents and related graphics published on the EUWAS web site for any purpose. All such documents and related graphics are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Readers / visitors to the site (hereinafter referred to as users) should verify any information obtained from this site before acting upon it. Users are advised to use the information contained herein purely as a guide and to take appropriate professional advice where necessary. All other warranties, terms and conditions, whether expressed or implied, statutory or otherwise relating to information and material on this site or sites accessed through this site are excluded to the extent permitted by law. The EUWAS web site producers accept no liability for direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind (including without limitation loss of profits) arising from any use of the information and material contained on this site or any site that may be accessed through the EUWAS web site, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of software, documents, provision of or failure to provide services, or information available from the EUWAS web site.  

Viruses 

The EUWAS web site producers make no representation that this site does not contain computer viruses or other harmful components. Users accept that accessing the internet and the EUWAS website may put users' computers at risk of viruses, and users therefore access the internet and the EUWAS web site at their own risk. The EUWAS website producers accept no responsibility for transmitting or otherwise passing viruses to users' computers whether by negligence or howsoever caused. Users shall not transmit or download viruses or other harmful components to the EUWAS website.  

GENERAL DISCLAIMER

THE EUWAS WEBSITE PRODUCERS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS PROVIDE THIS SITE AS IS AND HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES TERMS OR CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THE INFORMATION FOUND ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THIS SITE INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES TERMS OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUALITY, TITLE, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY.IN NO EVENT SHALL THE EUWAS WEBSITE PRODUCERS AND/OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THIS SITE OR YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THIS SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS OR EXPECTED SAVINGS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION.THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ALL FOREIGN USERS.

Permission to use Documents  

Permission to use EUWAS web site producers’ documents (such as papers, reports, step-by-step guides, training materials) from the EUWAS web site is limited to downloading and making one file copy and one hard copy for the user’s own research or private study. Further reproduction, electronic or otherwise, or distribution is prohibited. The aforementioned permission does not extent to copying third party documents (or any other information) accessed via links which appear on this site. Should users wish to make copies of third party information, they are advised to contact the appropriate third party and obtain their permission.  The documents specified above do not include the design or layout of the EUWAS web site or programming script that is used within it. These may not be used by users in any way other than in using the EUWAS web site itself. Elements of the EUWAS web site are protected by copyright and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. No logo, graphic, sound, programming script or image from the EUWAS web site may be copied or retransmitted unless expressly permitted by Fraunhofer UMSICHT.  

Links 

This site contains links which will let users leave the EUWAS web site and proceed to third party sites. These sites are beyond the control of the EUWAS web site producers, who accept no responsibility for the content of these third party sites. The EUWAS web site producers are not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any linked site. The EUWAS web site producers are providing these links to users only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by the EUWAS web site producers of the linked site. Users are responsible for viewing and abiding by the terms of use that use of the linked sites may be subject to. For your information, linked sites may also collect your personal information on different terms to those set out in the Privacy Policy set out below.  

Information Posting  

The web site contains areas where information can be freely posted by users who submit a properly completed registration form.

DO NOT POST OR TRANSMIT TO THE EUWAS WEB SITE ANY UNLAWFUL, THREATENING, DEFAMATORY, OBSCENE, SCANDALOUS, INFLAMMATORY, PORNOGRAPHIC OR PROFANE MATERIAL, OR ANY OTHER MATERIAL WHICH COULD GIVE RISE TO ANY CIVIL OR CRIMINAL LIABILITY.

The EUWAS web site producers accept no liability for direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind (including without limitation loss of profits) arising from any use of third party posted information that may be accessed through this site, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, or arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of software, documents, provision of or failure to provide services, or information available from the third party posted information. The EUWAS web site producers are providing this third party information only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any third party Information does not imply endorsement by the EUWAS web site producers of that Information. EUWAS web site producers do not undertake any responsibility for nor have any control over the content of the information posted on this site, which shall remain the exclusive responsibility of those posting the information. EUWAS web site producers reserve their rights at their absolute discretion to immediately remove any information posted on the web board without notice and to terminate user’s access to the web site’s functions at any time, without notice, for any reason whatsoever.  By posting information, users agree to license third parties who have access to the site to reproduce user entries for the purposes and to the extent set out in the clause headed Permission to Use Documents. By posting information, users warrant and represent that they own or otherwise control all of the intellectual property rights in the information submitted without limitation, all the rights necessary for users to provide, post, upload, input or submit information.

Indemnities  

In the event of any claim being made against Fraunhofer UMSICHT or others in the EUWAS project team as a result of breach of these terms and conditions by a user, the user undertakes to fully indemnify Fraunhofer UMSICHT or any members of the EUWAS project team against all actions, claims, proceedings, damages and costs arising from or incurred by reason of a user's breach of these terms and conditions.  

Privacy Policy  

The EUWAS web site producers are committed to protecting the privacy of users of its site. This statement sets out EUWAS’s policy on privacy issues for users of EUWAS’s site.  

Information collected during your visit to this site and purposes it is put to 

General statistical information about all file requests is recorded for analysis by the EUWAS web site producers. This information is collected to enable the EUWAS web site producers to, for example, see which parts of the site are popular, to monitor the progress of the project, and to improve the site generally. This information includes such items as User Operating System and Browser tags. This is standard practice for most websites and is not linked to a specific user. This information does not contain personal information such as your name or email address. Session objects are created when users log on to the website. These are used to maintain ‘state’ information during a visit to the web site. Session objects are special cookies which are temporarily stored by your browser and sent and received with every page request. These can contain personal information, such as your name and email address. When you log off or close your browser window these objects are destroyed. You may modify your browser settings to decline cookies. If you modify your browser to decline cookies you will not be able to use the parts of the EUWAS site that require your browser setting to accept cookies. To enable you to post information on our notice board or send us feed back we require you to complete a registration form. This information is used to verify the validity of your email address and to ensure that we the EUWAS web site producers have your address should we need to contact you in the future, we may also use your information for the other purposes set out in this policy. This information is stored in the EUWAS database. If you have opted in to receive information from the EUWAS web site producers about special features of our website, EUWAS news, or any other service or products we think may be of interest to you, the EUWAS web site producers shall also use your details to send you that information. If you have opted in, the EUWAS web site producers may also provide your information to carefully selected third parties involved in or interested in European waste management such as other European networks or the European Commission to further the purposes of the EUWAS project. Users may also choose (entirely at their own discretion) to submit their personal details to the EUWAS directory which will be available to the general public around the world via this website. The relevant part of the EUWAS web site will make it clear that you will be submitting your personal details to the directory and that your personal details may be viewed over the internet. The EUWAS website producers will store your data and for the purpose of providing the online directory.  For information EUWAS will also provide you with an opportunity to object to further marketing on each occasion that EUWAS sends you special features or information about services or products.  

Sharing information  

EUWAS web site producers, details of whom can be found at the top of these terms and conditions may disclose your information to each other. If you have opted in, the EUWAS web site producers may provide your information to selected third parties involved in or interested in the EUWAS project such as other European networks or the European Commission. The EUWAS web site producers will not sell, rent, or trade any of the personal information you submit to us. The EUWAS web site producers are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any web sites which may be accessed through a link on EUWAS’ site. If the assets of any incorporated or unincorporated EUWAS web site producer’s business are acquired by a third party the EUWAS web site producers may transfer the data they hold to that third party as well as the relevant party’s advisors.  Where a third party seeks disclosure of your personal information for legal reasons you agree that we may disclose your information to such third party.  

Security  

The EUWAS web site producers are committed to the security of the personal information you submit to us and we have adopted appropriate security procedures to protect the personal data under our control against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, unlawful processing or alteration. The steps we have taken include ensuring the reliability of those in the EUWAS project who have access to personal data. It is the registered users’ responsibility to ensure that their passwords are kept secure in order to protect against unauthorised access to the message board or other interactive parts of the site. Registered users will be held responsible for unauthorised access and any related claims, losses, costs or liability that the EUWAS web site producers may be subject to as a result. 

Changes  

If any of the details that you submit to EUWAS change, for example if you change email address, name or household address, please contact us.

We shall destroy data collected when the purposes, for which we have collected it, no longer exist. 

Your consent  

By submitting your information you consent to the use of your personal information as set out in this policy. If we change our privacy policy we will place a notice on this page of the site, so that you will be aware of the information we collect about you and how we use it at all times. Continued use of the site will signify that you agree to such changes.  Owing to the global nature of the internet the information that you have provided may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area that have lower levels of protection in place regarding your data and its use. By submitting your information you consent to these transfers.  

General  

Users of this site represent and warrant that they are at least 18 years of age and that all information that they submit is true and accurate. If users are acting as an agent they represent and warrant that they are duly authorised to legally bind the principal entity or person to all terms and conditions relating to use of this site and that you have made the entity or person you are acting for aware of them.  Not withstanding the foregoing, none of the exclusions and limitations in these terms and conditions are intended to limit any rights you may have as a consumer under local law or other statutory rights which may not be excluded nor in any way to exclude or limit the EUWAS web site producers liability to you for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence.  EUWAS does not send out SPAM, (sometimes known as unsolicited emails), nor are our servers being used to send out SPAM. SPAM attributed to EUWAS domains as e.g. EUWAS.org or EUWAS.info originates from viruses such as W32.Sobig.F which are mass-mailing worms that send themselves to all the email addresses that they find on a host's system. These emails typically use fake FROM addresses. These addresses are arbitrarily picked from the internet and unfortunately they occasionally use EUWAS domains as e.g. EUWAS.org or EUWAS.info.  Commercial bulk e-mail organisations (spammers) also use fake FROM address in order to circumvent anti-spam software.  By using this site or submitting your email addresses you accept that there is a possibility that you may receive SPAM, and that at present there is nothing EUWAS or its ISP can do about this. This site is created and controlled by Fraunhofer UMSICHT in Germany on behalf of the EUWAS project team and the laws of Germany shall apply to the Terms of Use and any disputes arising in connection with the use of this web site. All disputes arising in connection with this web site shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the German Courts.  

Contacting EUWAS

If you have any questions about our privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with EUWAS, you can contact EUWAS by submitting an email to info@euwas.org. 

Project leader:

Ms Simone Krause /Dr. Sylke Palitzsch, Resource Management, Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT Osterfelder Str. 3 46047 Oberhausen phone: +49 (0)208 8598 1136 fax: +49 (0)208 8598 1290