Legal Notice

1.- Use of this Web Site:

The functioning of the Web Site: www.upcycle-plastics.eu is regulated in these General Conditions that are available to the User, the main objective of which is to inform about its services and who the consortium responsible for the project is. The use of the Web Site attributes the status of User and implies full acceptance by the User of all the Conditions of Use of the Web Site in force when he or she accesses it. Consequently, if the User does not agree with any of the conditions laid down herein, he should not use this Web Site.

In like manner, the User undertakes not to use the information published in the Web Site, for illegal purposes or effects, contrary to the contents of these General Conditions, that might injure the rights or interests of third parties, or which may in any way damage, render useless, overload, deteriorate the Web Site or information provided in it or impede the normal use or enjoyment of the Web Site by other users.

The User shall refrain from obtaining information, messages, graphics, drawings, sound and/or image files, photographs, software and, in general, any class of accessible material through the Web Site or its services, using means other than those that have been made available to it, or, in general, those that are regularly used on the Internet.

2.- Right to modify the Web Site, right to restrict access to the Web Site and right to suspend the operability of the Web:

UPCYCLE reserves the right to modify the presentation or configuration of the Web Site at any time, without prior notice, and the information, services, the present Conditions of Use of the Web Site, or any other applicable general or specific conditions, instructions, or notices. These modifications shall be to improve the User’s services, according to market trends. In addition, UPCYCLE reserves the right to suspend, interrupt or leave the Web Site inoperative, or to restrict its access, partly or completely, individually, or collectively, temporarily, or finally, at any time.

3.- Web Surfing Cookies:

The UPCYCLE Website service provider uses cookies only to make it easier for the User to surf the Web Site. In no event will they be used to gather personal data. They are only used to improve Web Site surfing and reduce downloading time of Web elements.

Nevertheless, if the User does not want to use these cookies, they can rescind the use of system cookies from their Web browser options. These files can also be deleted without affecting the quality of the Web Site, and the only effect of this configuration is that the Web Site takes longer to download, as the files are not in the User’s cache memory.

4.- Access and use of the Web Site is free:

The Web Site service provision by the User is free and requires no prior subscription or registration. The User’s identification is only required in the following situations: When the User asks us for more information on a matter of his interest, he sends us an e-mail to contact us, wants to access the images publications that are available at our library, or asks us to send him press releases or news sheets.

The registration and identification of the User’s personal data will be governed by the indications in the tenth section: Privacy and confidentiality protection policy of the personal information that the Users freely and voluntarily provide.

5.- Links:

The Web Site may possibly at times offer the User technical link devices (links, banners, or buttons), directories and search tools allowing users to access web sites belonging to and/or managed by third parties. UPCYCLE does not offer or market on its own or by means of third parties, the services available at the linked sites, or control, exercise supervision or approve the products, services, contents, information, data, files, and any other class of material in these linked sites.

UPCYCLE therefore declines any responsibility regarding the information that falls outside this Web Site, and which is not managed directly by UPCYCLE.

If the User wants to establish a link or make any similar action with regard to the Web Site, this should be previously authorised by UPCYCLE. Any other use, assignment to third parties, communication, and disclosure of the full or partial, public or private Contents is forbidden. UPCYCLE reserves the right to exercise the respective civil and criminal legal actions to demand the compliance of this clause and to claim for damages.

6.- Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights:

The User acknowledges and accepts that all Industrial and Intellectual Property rights on the Contents and/or any other elements inserted in the Web Site (including, without limitation, trademarks, logotypes, trade names, texts, images, graphics, designs, sound, databases, software, flow charts, presentation, “look-and-feel”, audio and video), are the property of UPCYCLE and/or third parties. In no event does access to the Web Site imply on the part of UPCYCLE and/or the third parties who own the Web Site’s contents, any kind of waiver, transmission, licence or total or partial cession of such rights, unless otherwise expressly established.

7.- Exclusion of guarantees and responsibility:

7.1- Of functioning of the Web Site.

UPCYCLE does not guarantee the availability and continuity of the functioning of the Web Site and shall in no event be held liable for damages or losses that might be derived from (i) lack of availability or accessibility to the Web Site or those other sites with which a Link has been established; (ii) interruption in the functioning of the Web Site or computer faults, telephone failures, disconnections, delays or blocking caused by deficiencies or overloads on the telephone lines, in the Internet system or in other electronic systems produced in the course of its functioning; (iii) lack of suitability of the Web Site for the specific needs of the Users and (iv) other damages that might be caused by third parties through unauthorised intromissions or hackers outside the control of UPCYCLE.

UPCYCLE does not guarantee the absence of virus or any other elements in the Web Site introduced by outside third parties that may produce changes in the Users’ physical or logic systems or in the electronic documents and files stored in their systems, and shall in no event be responsible for damages or losses that might be derived from the presence of virus, malware or other elements.

7.2- For the use of the Web Site

UPCYCLE shall in no event be responsible for the use that users and/or third parties may make of the Web Site, or for any damages arising therefrom.

7.3.- For the Contents

The Contents of the Web Site are the sole property of UPCYCLE and are made available by it in good faith and with the best professional quality standards. UPCYCLE however excludes any kind of liability for damage of any nature that might be due to lack of truthfulness, accuracy and/or current importance of the contents of the Web Site.

8.- Partial nullity:

Should any of these general conditions be declared null, invalid, or ineffective this shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the other clauses that shall continue to be binding between the parties.

9.- Applicable law and jurisdiction:

The provision of the Web Site service and present Conditions of Use of the Web Site are governed by the applicable legislation in the territorial regulations of the European Union, and specifically by the laws that make up Spanish legal regulations applicable to information society and electronic commerce services and Spanish legislation on personal data protection. For any disagreements in the performance, interpretation, fulfilment of these Conditions, or in the relations between the User and UPCYCLE both parties expressly waive any other privileges that might correspond to them and agree to submit to the jurisdiction and exclusive competence of the Law Courts and Tribunals of Nice (France).

EU Funding Disclaimer

Funded by the European Union under grant agreement number 101178389. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Accessibility Statement

UPCYCLE is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council. If you encounter any accessibility barriers while navigating this website, please contact us at association@ecoimagination.org so we can take the appropriate action.