Acceptance
Access and use of the content made available in the CLERECO institutional repository, at the website https://www.clereco.com/publications (the “Site”) or any successor repository based at CLERECO (the “Repository”), is based on your acceptance of these Terms of Use and applicable law, which you are deemed to accept and agree to by using the Site. If these Terms of Use are not accepted in full, you do not have permission to access the Repository and therefore should cease using this Site.
Use of Works and Metadata
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You may provide a hyperlink to the Site and individual Works without the prior consent of CLERECO, but such hyperlinks must display the relevant page or Work in the same form as the Site, without amendment or framing.
Metadata may be accessed free of charge and, except where otherwise specified, metadata may be re-used in any medium without prior permission for not-for-profit or non-commercial purposes provided the DOI identifier or a link to the original metadata record are given.
Access to some Works may be delayed because of publisher, research funder or internal embargo periods.
Disclaimer
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Limitation of Liability
The Site and Works are provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis and to the extent permitted by law the CLERECO excludes all warranties whether express or implied by law including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. CLERECO does not accept any liability arising from any inaccuracy or omission in the Site or any Work or otherwise on the Site or interruptions in the availability of the Site or any of its features or services.
In no event shall CLERECO be liable to any party for any of the following losses or damages (whether such losses be foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise): loss of data, loss of revenue or anticipated profits, loss of business, loss of opportunity, loss of goodwill or injury to reputation, loss suffered by third parties, any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of the Site or any Work or services provided by the Site whether or not amended by third parties and regardless of form of action. This is not intended in any way to exclude or limit the liability of CLERECO for death or personal injury caused by its proven negligence or fraudulent misrepresentation.
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Links to other websites
The Site and Works may contain links to third party websites (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not owned or controlled by CLERECO and it is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site. The inclusion of any link in the Site does not imply endorsement of any website or any association with its operators. You are responsible for viewing and abiding by the privacy, copyright and terms and conditions posted at the Linked Sites.
Trademarks
Nothing contained in the Site or in the provisions of services by the Repository shall be taken, construed or considered as a grant of any licence or right to use the trademarks displayed on the Site, which shall be deemed to include all logos, shields and service marks, including but not limited to those of CLERECO and of any third party displayed on the Site or in Work/s, without the prior written permission of their respective owner/s.
Variation of these Terms of Use
CLERECO reserves the right to vary these Terms of Use from time to time. Such variations become effective immediately upon the upload of the varied Terms of Use on the Site. By continuing to use the Site you will be deemed to accept such variations.
General
Nothing in these terms of use is intended to nor shall it confer any benefit on a third party whether under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise. The failure or delay by CLERECO to exercise or enforce any right in these terms of use does not waive the right of CLERECO to enforce that right. If any of these terms of use should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any country in which these terms of use are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within that jurisdiction in which that term of use is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from these terms of use and the remaining terms of use shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
