General conditions of use of the website of the University of the Basque Country - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
These General Conditions regulate the use of the website of the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA, which is accessed through the URL www.ehu.eus.
The existence of these General Conditions of Use does not exclude the presence of other provisions or conditions of access to the various sections that make up the site of the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA.
1. Accepting the conditions of use
Users must read these General Conditions of Use of this website.
The use of the website of UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA implies the knowledge and full acceptance of the legal warnings and conditions in force at each moment in which it is accessed and that are specified below.
Likewise, the use of certain services on this official site may be subject to special conditions, warnings or instructions that must also be consulted and accepted without reservation.
2. General information
In compliance with the provisions of Law 34/2002, of July 11, on Services of the Information Society and Electronic Commerce, it is reported that the website www.ehu.eus has been created, is maintained and is owned of the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA, name granted by the Order of February 25, 1980 (BOE of March 3, 1980) and whose address, which interested persons may contact, is:
UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA
Leioa Campus
48949 Leioa
Tel .: +34 94 601 20 00
Fax: +34 94 601 22 00
3. Conditions of access and use
3.1 Free access
The use of the official site of the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA is free of charge. However, the contracting of some of the services offered by this website may be, currently or in the future, conditional on the payment of a price, in which case it will be conveniently indicated.
3.2 Registration of users
In general, access and use of this website does not require prior registration or registration.
However, and exceptionally, access to certain services is subject to registration in the databases of the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA. In these cases, the personal data provided to the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA as a result of the use of the website will be processed by the same, under the conditions and terms specified in clause 7 of the these General Conditions of Use.
The user agrees to use their access codes (identifier and password) in accordance with the following restrictions:
The chosen password may not harm the rights to honor and the image of third parties, nor may it infringe in any way the industrial and intellectual property rights of third parties.
Access codes are for the exclusive use of the person who owns them and their custody, confidentiality and correct use are his sole responsibility.
The UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA will not be responsible for any damage that the user or third parties may incur as a result of other people using their password, both with their knowledge and without it.
The UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA undertakes not to disclose the password used by the user to any other person, except in the case that, in strict compliance with the pertinent judicial requirements or, where appropriate, legally authorized authority , is required.
3.3 Access and use restrictions
The use of the official site of the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA must obey the content of these General Conditions, and any applicable legal provisions.
The UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA reserves the unilateral right to deny access to this website to those who fail to comply with these General Conditions of Use.
4. Industrial and intellectual property
4.1 Industrial Property
The name "UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA" as well as other distinctive signs (graphics or names) that appear on this website, are the exclusive property of the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA, who has them duly registered. Its ownership grants, in accordance with Art. 34 of Law 17/2001, of December 17, on Trademarks, as well as other national laws that may be applicable, the exclusive right to use the aforementioned distinctive signs in traffic economic. Consequently, its use by third parties without authorization is prohibited.
The eventual presence on this site of distinctive signs of ownership other than that outlined in the preceding paragraph is carried out without commercial purpose and with the authorization of those who hold their legitimate property, always with due respect for their exclusive rights.
4.2 Domain names
In the same sense as that referred to in the preceding section, the domain name "ehu.eus" and all those that serve to directly access this official site are the exclusive property of the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA. The improper use of them in economic traffic would constitute an infringement of the rights conferred by their registration and will be prosecuted by the means provided for in the Law.
4.3 Authorship Rights
The contents, texts, photographs, designs, logos, images, sounds, videos, animations, recordings, computer programs, source codes and, in general, any existing intellectual creation on this official site, as well as the site itself as a whole as Multimedia artistic work is protected as copyright by the legislation on intellectual property.
Those files or computer programs not owned by the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA and with free access (freeware) that can be downloaded from various pages of this site in order to enable access to them are exempt from this protection. In any case, these are applications that are in the public domain by express will of their owners.
The user is expressly authorized by the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA to view, print, copy or store, in any other way, on their hard drive or other physical support, the protected intellectual creations and any other protected content or asset or not by an exclusive right, provided that this is done for personal and private purposes, without commercial or distribution purposes and without modifying, altering or decompiling the aforementioned rights and contents. This power of personal use is understood to be recognized as long as the warnings to copyright and industrial property rights made here are respected intact and does not imply the granting of any license to the user.
Likewise, museums, libraries, music libraries, film libraries, newspaper libraries or archives, publicly owned or integrated in institutions of a cultural or scientific nature, are exempt from requiring the authorization of the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA for the reproduction of the content material and, in general, of any intellectual creation existing on this official or active site, protected or not by an exclusive right, when it is carried out without profit and exclusively for research purposes.
Any other use will require the express written authorization of the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA.
4.4 Reserve of shares
Whoever uses this website undertakes to respect the rights set forth and avoid any action that could harm them.
In line with what has been outlined so far, the unauthorized use of the industrial and intellectual property rights owned by the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA and related or contained in this website, as well as any violation of the peaceful possession and ownership of the aforementioned rights will be prosecuted with the means that the legislation, both Spanish and international, foresee.
In this sense, UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA makes express reservation of the exercise of all actions, both civil and criminal, protect its legitimate intellectual and industrial property rights.
5. Links
On the website of the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA you can find various links that lead to independent web pages. Its sole purpose is to facilitate access to other sources of information on the Internet related to culture and education and its insertion on this website is inspired by respect for intellectual property rights that, where appropriate, may correspond to their headlines.
Likewise, the establishment of links to the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA website must respect the intellectual and / or industrial property rights owned by the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA outlined in these General Conditions.
6. Disclaimer
6.1. For the contents
6.1.1. INFORMATION
The information, both our own and those of third parties, that appear on the website "www.ehu.eus" are provided "as is", without guarantees of any kind as to its accuracy and updating. Consequently, the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA is not responsible for the possible damages that the use of the same could cause.
Likewise, the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA is not responsible for the legality of the content provided by those who provide it, users and third parties through any use of this website.
In any case, the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA undertakes to act diligently to prevent the existence of illegal content on its website and, in the event that it becomes aware of these contents, eliminate them or prevent access to the themselves.
6.1.2. MISTAKES
In relation to what is mentioned in the previous paragraph, the published documents could contain technical inconsistencies or involuntary typographical errors, of which the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA is not responsible, but undertakes to correct them, as soon as possible , from the moment you have knowledge of them.
6.1.3. HYPERLINKS
The links, with or without advertising content, existing on this website allow you to leave the website of the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA. The linked sites are not related, unless otherwise indicated, with the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA, who is not responsible for the content accessed by virtue of the aforementioned links, nor for the modifications carried out carried out in them, nor of the use made of them, nor of their technical availability.
In any case, the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA undertakes to do everything possible to avoid the existence on its website of links to sites with illegal content, which promote illegal activities and, in general, susceptible to violate the principles freedom and human dignity or violate the values and rights recognized by the Spanish Constitution and by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Likewise, in the event that it becomes aware of the existence of the aforementioned links to sites with illegal content, the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA undertakes to act diligently to suppress them immediately.
6.1.4. DEBATE FORUMS AND GATHERINGS
The UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA is not responsible for the opinions that may be expressed in the different permanent forums and in the occasional gatherings that take place within this site. In any case, it is the purpose of the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA to ensure the correct use of these mechanisms, with the utmost respect for the dignity of people and the freedom of expression protected by the Spanish Constitution.
6.1.5. CONTENT MODIFICATION
The information, the presentation and the services offered by this site may be subject to periodic or occasional changes, which may be made freely by the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA without being obliged to communicate it.
6.2. For the operation of the site
6.2.1. PRIVACY
The UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA does not guarantee absolute privacy in the use of this site, since the possibility that unauthorized third parties may have knowledge of it and the circumstances in which it is carried out should not be ruled out.
6.2.2. VIRUS
The UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA does not accept any responsibility for possible damages caused by computer viruses, the absence of which is not guaranteed.
6.2.3. TECHNICAL DYSFUNCTIONS
The UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA is exempt from any responsibility derived from the malfunction of the site or any of its services that has its origin in an accidental circumstance, force majeure, necessary maintenance work or any other cause not attributable to the herself.
6.2.4. COOKIES
The UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA informs that it may have "cookies" installed on its systems. Cookies are small information files that are generated through the instructions that web servers send to browser programs, and that are stored in a specific directory on the computer that is being used. Cookies by themselves cannot personally identify the user, although they can contain the IP address from which it was accessed.
Although most browsers accept the use of cookies automatically, the user has the possibility of preventing access to their computer, by choosing the corresponding option on their browser.
6.2.5. PROXY-CACHE
The UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA informs that it may have implemented a service called "proxy-cache" whose purpose is the intermediate storage of web pages and ftp files for the improvement of network performance as well as the verification that they do not imply a danger to the corporate network. The registry files or "log" of said service, which exclusively contain the URL addresses requested by each IP, will be eliminated with the periodicity determined in accordance with the Computer Security Regulations and their data will not be transferred by the UNIVERSITY OF THE COUNTRY VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA except in the event that, in strict compliance with the pertinent judicial requirements or, where appropriate, legally authorized authority, they are required.
6.2.6. NETWORK SERVICE MONITORING
The UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA informs that it may have services for monitoring the activity of its network in anticipation of incidents that endanger the security of the Information Systems. This monitoring can be assisted by an alert system that requires specific interventions that require the identification of equipment in a situation of potential risk generation in order, if necessary, to isolate it from the network until its operation is normalized.
7. Personal data protection policy
7.1 Responsible for the treatment
The personal data that could be collected directly from the interested person will be treated confidentially and will be incorporated into the corresponding treatment activity owned by the UPV / EHU.
7.2 Purpose
The purpose of data processing corresponds to each of the processing activities carried out by the UPV / EHU.
7.3 Legitimation
The processing of your data is carried out for the fulfillment of legal obligations by the UPV / EHU, for the fulfillment of missions carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of public powers conferred on the UPV / EHU, as well as when the purpose of the treatment requires your consent, which must be provided through a clear affirmative action.
7.4 Data retention
The personal data provided will be kept for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose for which they are collected and to determine the possible responsibilities that may arise from the purpose, in addition to the periods established in the regulations on files and documentation.
7.5 Data communication
In general, personal data will not be communicated to third parties, except as provided for by law.
7.6 Rights of interested persons
Anyone has the right to obtain confirmation of the processing of their data that is carried out by the UPV / EHU.
You can exercise your rights of access, rectification, deletion and portability of your data, of limitation and opposition to its treatment, as well as not to be the subject of decisions based solely on the automated processing of your data, when appropriate, before the University of the Country Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, to the attention of the Delegate for Data Protection, Barrio de Sarriena S / N48940 Leioa (Bizkaia) or at the email address dpd@ehu.eus.
7.7 Additional information
All the information regarding the UPV / EHU's data protection policy is available at the link https://www.ehu.eus/babestu, where you can consult, among others, the updated list of treatment activities that the UPV / EHU carries out, the legal basis for each treatment, possible recipients or recipients of the data for each of the treatment activities, as well as extended information on each of the rights that assist you in relation to your data , including standardized forms to facilitate their exercise.
8. Termination
Although, in principle, the duration of this site is indeterminate, the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA reserves the right to suspend or terminate the provision of some or all of its services, without this decision having to be communicated with advance to those who make use of it.
9. Applicable law and jurisdiction
These General Conditions of Use are governed by Spanish Laws.
Any controversy in relation to the website of the UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA will be conducted before the Spanish jurisdiction, submitting the parties to the Courts and Tribunals of the city of Bilbao, and their hierarchical superiors, expressly waiving their jurisdiction if they had it and were different from those reviewed.
