Legal Notice and information on the terms of use of this website

In compliance with the duty of information laid down in Article 10 of Spanish Law 34/2002, of 11 July, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce, ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU, as the owner of the website www.madridchapter.com, hereby states:

1. Identifying information:

• Company name: ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU
• Registered address: C/ General Álvarez de Castro, 26. Madrid 28010.
• Tax ID (CIF): G85392041

This information sets out and governs the terms of use, the limitations of liability and the obligations that the users of the website published under the domain name www.madridchapter.com assume and undertake to respect.

2. Definitions

• “Site”, the domain www.madridchapter.com made available to Internet Users.
• “User”, any natural or legal person who uses or browses the Site.
• “Content”, the pages that make up the entire domain www.madridchapter.com, which comprise the information and services that ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU makes available to Internet Users. They contain the messages, texts, photographs, graphics, icons, logos, technology, links, textures, drawings, sound and/or image files, recordings, software, appearance, graphic design and source code and, in general, any kind of material contained on the Site.
• “Web”, a technical term describing the system for accessing information via the Internet, made up of pages built with HTML or similar languages, and programming mechanisms such as java, javascript, PHP, or others, etc. These pages, designed and published under an Internet domain name, are the result of the information the owner makes available to Internet Users.
• “Hyperlink”, a technique whereby a User can navigate between different pages of the Site, or across the Internet, with a simple click on the text, icon, button or indicator containing the link.
• “Cookies”, a technical means for “tracking” and monitoring browsing on websites. They are small text files written to the User's computer. This method has privacy implications, so ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU will give due and proper notice of their use when they are implemented on the Site.

3. Users / Terms of use

Accessing and/or using this website, www.madridchapter.com, confers the status of USER, who accepts, from such access and/or use, these terms of use, without reservation, together with each and every one of the general clauses and conditions included in this Legal Notice.

If the User does not agree with the clauses and terms of use of this Legal Notice, they must refrain from using the Site.

4. Use of the website

www.madridchapter.com provides access to articles, information and data (hereinafter, “THE CONTENT”) owned by ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU. The USER assumes responsibility for the use of the website.

Some pages of the website (www.madridchapter.com) may allow participation through comments, in which case any user may submit texts through the form provided for that purpose. By submitting such texts, by clicking on the corresponding link, the USER undertakes and agrees to make appropriate use of the content that www.madridchapter.com offers through its website, and not to use it to:

• (i) engage in unlawful or illegal activities or activities contrary to good faith and public order.
• (ii) disseminate content or propaganda of a racist, xenophobic or illegal-pornographic nature, in support of terrorism or in violation of human rights.
• (iii) cause damage to the physical and logical systems of www.madridchapter.com, its suppliers or third parties, or introduce or spread computer viruses on the network or any other physical or logical systems likely to cause the aforementioned damage.
• (iv) attempt to access and, where applicable, use the email accounts of other users and modify or manipulate their messages.
• (v) In short, to respect the applicable legislation, generally accepted morality and good customs, public order and these general conditions of access and use.

To this end, the USER undertakes and agrees NOT to use any of the Content for purposes or effects that are unlawful, prohibited by this Legal Notice or by current legislation, harmful to the rights and interests of third parties, or that may in any way damage, disable, overload, deteriorate or prevent the normal use of the Content, the computer equipment or the documents, files and any kind of content stored on any computer equipment owned or contracted by ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU, by other Users or by any Internet user (hardware and software).

The USER undertakes and agrees not to transmit, disseminate or make available to third parties any kind of material contained on the Site, such as information, texts, data, content, messages, graphics, drawings, sound and/or image files, photographs, recordings, software, logos, trademarks, icons, technology, photographs, software, links, graphic design and source code, or any other material to which they may have access as a User of the Site, this list being non-exhaustive.

Likewise, in accordance with all of the above, the USER may not:

• Reproduce, copy, distribute, make available or in any other way publicly communicate, transform or modify the Content, unless they have the express written authorisation of ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU, which holds the corresponding rights, or unless it is legally permitted.
• Delete, manipulate or in any way alter the "copyright" and other data identifying the reservation of rights of ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU or its owners, the digital fingerprints and/or identifiers, or any other technical means established for their recognition.
• The User must refrain from obtaining, or even attempting to obtain, the Content by means or procedures other than those which, depending on the case, have been made available for this purpose or have been indicated for this purpose on the web pages where the Content is located or, in general, those normally used on the Internet for this purpose, provided they do not entail a risk of damaging or disabling the Site and/or the Content.

Likewise, the USER acknowledges:

• That ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU shall not be liable in any way for the opinions expressed by users, who participate under their own sole and exclusive responsibility.
• That users' comments do not represent the opinions of ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU, its members or its employees.
• That ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU does not guarantee, under any circumstances, the publication of content submitted by users. In this regard, all comments received will be automatically reviewed by an anti-spam filter and moderated, as to their form, by an administrator of the website, who will act at all times respecting the democratic freedoms of expression and information.

Likewise, ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU reserves the right to remove any comments and contributions that violate respect for human dignity, that are discriminatory, xenophobic, racist or pornographic, that threaten youth or childhood, public order or safety or that, in its opinion, are not suitable for publication.

In any case, ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU shall not be liable for the opinions expressed by users through the blog or other participation tools that may be created, in accordance with the applicable regulations.

5. Privacy policy. Data Protection

ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU is aware of the importance of data protection, as well as of the privacy of the USER, and has therefore implemented a data processing policy aimed at providing maximum security in the use and collection of data, guaranteeing compliance with the regulations in force on the matter and establishing this policy as one of the basic pillars of the entity's lines of action.

For this reason, ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU insists that you read its “Privacy Policy”.

6. Hyperlinks

As a service to our visitors, our website may include hyperlinks to other sites that are not operated or controlled by ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU. Therefore, ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU does not guarantee, nor is it responsible for, the lawfulness, reliability, usefulness, truthfulness and currency of the content of such websites or of their privacy practices. Please, before providing your personal information to these websites outside www.madridchapter.com, bear in mind that their privacy practices may differ from ours.

Likewise, anyone intending to establish hyperlinks between their website and ours (www.madridchapter.com) must observe and comply with the following conditions:

• No prior authorisation shall be required when the Hyperlink merely allows access to the home page, but it may not reproduce it in any way. Any other form of Hyperlink shall require the express and unequivocal written authorisation of ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU.
• No “frames” shall be created with or over the web pages of ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU.
• No false, inaccurate or offensive statements or indications shall be made about ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU, its directors, its employees or collaborators, or about the persons appearing on the Site for any reason, or about the Users of the Site, or the Content provided.
• It shall not be stated or implied that ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU has authorised the Hyperlink or that it has supervised or assumed in any way the Content offered or made available on the website on which the Hyperlink is established.
• The website on which the Hyperlink is established may only contain what is strictly necessary to identify the destination of the Hyperlink.
• The website on which the Hyperlink is established shall not contain unlawful information or content, contrary to generally accepted morality and good customs and to public order, nor shall it contain content contrary to any third-party rights.

7. Changes to this Legal Notice

In order to improve the website's features, ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU reserves the right to make, at any time and without prior notice, modifications and updates to the information contained on the website, to its configuration and design and to this legal notice, as well as to any other particular conditions. Therefore, the USER must read the Legal Notice on each and every occasion they access the Site.

8. Intellectual / industrial property

ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU is the owner of all intellectual and industrial property rights of its website, as well as of the elements contained therein (by way of example, images, sound, audio, video, software or texts; trademarks or logos, colour combinations, structure and design, selection of materials used, computer programs necessary for its operation, access and use, etc.), owned by ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU or by its licensors, with all rights reserved.

Any use not previously authorised by ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU shall be considered a serious breach of the author's intellectual or industrial property rights.

The USER undertakes to respect the Intellectual and Industrial Property rights owned by ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU. They may view the elements of the website and even print, copy and store them on their computer's hard drive or on any other physical medium provided that it is, solely and exclusively, for their personal and private use. The USER must refrain from deleting, altering, circumventing or manipulating any protection device or security system installed on the pages of ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU.

All trademarks, trade names or distinctive signs of any kind appearing on the Site are the property of ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU or, where applicable, of third parties who have authorised their use, and it may not be understood that the use of or access to the Portal and/or the Content confers on the User any right whatsoever over said trademarks, trade names and/or distinctive signs, nor may any of the exploitation rights that exist or may exist over said Content be understood as assigned to the User.

Likewise, the Content is the intellectual property of ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU, or of third parties where applicable; therefore, the Intellectual Property rights are owned by ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU or by third parties who have authorised their use, to whom the exclusive exercise of the rights of exploitation thereof in any form corresponds and, in particular, the rights of reproduction, distribution, public communication and transformation. The reproduction, distribution and public communication, including making available, of all or part of the content of this website, for commercial purposes, on any medium and by any technical means, without the authorisation of ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU, is expressly prohibited.

The unauthorised use of the information contained on this website, as well as any infringement of the Intellectual or Industrial Property rights of ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU or of third parties included on the Site who have assigned content, shall give rise to the legally established liabilities.

9. Cookies

Cookies are a technical means for “tracking” and monitoring browsing on websites. They are small text files written to the User's computer. This method has privacy implications, so ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU informs you that it may use cookies for the purpose of compiling statistics on the use of the website as well as to identify the User's PC, allowing them to be recognised on future visits. In any case, the user can configure their browser to disallow the use of cookies when visiting the website.

ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU is aware of the importance of data protection, as well as of the privacy of the USER, and therefore insists that you read the “Cookie Policy” of our website.

10. Availability of the Site

ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU does not guarantee the absence of interruptions or errors in accessing the Site or its Content, nor that it is up to date, although it will use its best efforts to, where appropriate, avoid, remedy or update them. Consequently, ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU is not liable for damages of any kind caused to the USER as a result of failures or disconnections in telecommunications networks that cause the suspension, cancellation or interruption of the Portal service during its provision or beforehand.

ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU excludes, with the exceptions provided for in current legislation, any liability for damages of any kind that may be due to the lack of availability, continuity or quality of operation of the Site and of the Content, or to the failure to fulfil the expectation of usefulness that users may have attributed to the Site and to the Content.

The function of the Hyperlinks appearing on this website is exclusively to inform the user of the existence of other websites containing information on the subject. Such Hyperlinks do not constitute any suggestion or recommendation.

ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU is likewise not liable for any security errors that may occur, nor for any damage that may be caused to the user's computer system (hardware and software), or to the files or documents stored on it, as a result of:

• The presence of a virus on the user's computer used to connect to the services and content of the website,
• A malfunction of the browser or the use of outdated versions of it.

ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU is not responsible for the content of such linked pages, for the operation or usefulness of the Hyperlinks or for the result of such links, nor does it guarantee the absence of viruses or other elements in them that may cause alterations to the computer system (hardware and software), documents or files of the user, excluding any liability for damages of any kind caused to the user for this reason.

Access to the Site does not imply any obligation on the part of ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU to check for the absence of viruses, worms or any other harmful computer element. It is the User's responsibility, in any case, to have adequate tools available for the detection and disinfection of harmful computer programs; therefore, ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU is not liable for any security errors that may occur during the provision of the Site's service, nor for any damage that may be caused to the computer system of the user or of third parties (hardware and software), or to the files or documents stored on it, as a result of the presence of viruses on the user's computer used to connect to the services and content of the website, of a malfunction of the browser or of the use of outdated versions of it.

11. Quality of the Site

Given the dynamic and changing environment of the information and services provided through the Site, ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU makes its best effort, but does not guarantee the complete truthfulness, accuracy, reliability, usefulness and/or currency of the Content.

The information contained on the pages that make up this Portal is for information, consultation, dissemination and advertising purposes only. In no case does it offer or have the nature of a binding or contractual commitment.

ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU excludes all liability for decisions that the USER may take based on this information, as well as for any typographical errors that the documents and graphics on the Site may contain. The information is subject to possible periodic changes to its content without prior notice due to the expansion, improvement, correction or updating of the Content.

12. Availability of the Content

The provision of the Site's service and of the Content has, in principle, an indefinite duration. ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU is, however, authorised to terminate or suspend the provision of the Site's service and/or of any of the Content at any time. Where reasonably possible, ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU shall give prior warning of the termination or suspension of the Site.

13. Jurisdiction

For any questions that may arise concerning the interpretation, application and fulfilment of this Legal Notice, as well as any claims that may arise from its use, all the parties involved submit to the Judges and Courts of Madrid, expressly waiving any other jurisdiction that may correspond to them.

14. Applicable law

These conditions are governed by Spanish law.

ASOCIACIÓN MADRID CHAPTER SAU

All copyright reserved under intellectual property laws and international treaties. Its copying, reproduction or dissemination, in whole or in part, by any means, is expressly prohibited.