Terms of use
1. INTRODUCTION
A. Purpose.
The purpose of CRIT on-line services is to provide up-to-date information about CRIT events and activities, to the extent allowed by the confidentiality agreement subscribed with our customers and shareholders. The purpose of the members only area of CRIT on-line services is to provide CRIT Customers a trusted area to access documentation about CRIT events and research activity and to enable them to connect in order to discuss innovation topics. To achieve this mission, we make services available through our website, mobile applications, and developer platform, in order to spread information about CRIT activities and help selected trusted CRIT customers meet, exchange ideas, learn, make deals, find opportunities, work, and make decisions in a network of trusted relationships and groups.
B. Scope and Intent.
The access to the CRIT members only on-line services is only possible via an explicit invitation sent via e-mail. You agree that using the link in the invitation e-mail and any of our restricted website, including our mobile applications, developer platform, premium services, or other information provided as part of the CRIT members only on-line services (collectively “CRIT Services”), you are entering into a legally binding agreement with CRIT Srl, Via del confine 2310, 41058, Vignola (MO) User Agreement and the CRIT Privacy Policy, which is hereby incorporated by reference (collectively referred to as the “Agreement”) and become a CRIT user (“User”).
If you are using CRIT Services on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you are nevertheless individually bound by this Agreement even if your company has a separate agreement with us. If you do not want to register an account and become a CRIT User, do not conclude the Agreement, do NOT use any password-protected area of the CRIT Services and do not access, view, download or otherwise use any password-protected webpage, information or services. By accepting our invitation to the password-protected area, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the terms and conditions of this Agreement and that you agree to be bound by all of its provisions. By accepting the invitation, you also consent to use electronic signatures and acknowledge your personal access credentials as one. Please note that the CRIT Services User Agreement and Privacy Policy are also collectively referred to as CRIT “Terms of Service.”
2. YOUR OBLIGATIONS.
A. Applicable laws and this Agreement
You must comply with all applicable laws, the Agreement, as may be amended from time to time with or without advance notice, and the policies and processes explained in the following sections:
- DOs and DON’Ts;
- Complaints Regarding Content Posted on the CRIT Restricted Website; and
- CRIT Privacy Policy.
B. License and warranty for your submissions to CRIT reserved area
You own the information you provide CRIT restricted area under this Agreement, and may request its deletion at any time, unless you have shared information or content with others and they have not deleted it, or it was copied or stored by other users. Additionally, you grant CRIT a nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, unlimited, assignable, sublicenseable, fully paid up and royalty-free right to us to copy, prepare derivative works of, improve, distribute, publish, remove, retain, add, process, analyze, use and commercialize, in any way now known or in the future discovered, any information you provide, directly or indirectly to CRIT, including, but not limited to, any user generated content, ideas, concepts, techniques or data to the services, you submit to CRIT, without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or to any third parties. Any information you submit to us is at your own risk of loss as noted in Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement.
By providing information to us, you represent and warrant that you are entitled to submit the information and that the information is accurate, not confidential, and not in violation of any contractual restrictions or other third party rights. It is your responsibility to keep your CRIT profile information accurate and updated.
C. Service Eligibility.
To be eligible to use the Service, you must meet the following criteria and represent and warrant that you: (1) are 18 years of age or older; (2) are not currently restricted from the Services, or not otherwise prohibited from having a CRIT account, (3) are not a competitor of CRIT or are not using the Services for reasons that are in competition with CRIT; (4) will only maintain one CRIT account at any given time; (5) have full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and doing so will not violate any other agreement to which you are a party; (6) will not violate any rights of CRIT, including intellectual property rights such as copyright or trademark rights; and (7) agree to provide at your cost all equipment, software, and internet access necessary to use the Services.
D. Sign-In Credentials.
You agree to: (1) Keep your password secure and confidential; (2) not permit others to use your account; (3) refrain from using other Users’ accounts; (4) refrain from selling, trading, or otherwise transferring your CRIT account to another party; and (5) refrain from charging anyone for access to any portion of CRIT restricted area, or any information therein. Further, you are responsible for anything that happens through your account until you close down your account or prove that your account security was compromised due to no fault of your own. To close your account, please send an e-mail to info@crit-research.it or contact our office.
E. Indemnification.
You indemnify us and hold us harmless for all damages, losses and costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) related to all third party claims, charges, and investigations, caused by (1) your failure to comply with this Agreement, including, without limitation, your submission of content that violates third party rights or applicable laws, (2) any content you submit to the Services, and (3) any activity in which you engage on or through CRIT restricted area.
F. Payment.
If you purchase any services that we offer for a fee, either on a one-time or subscription basis (“Premium Services”), you agree to CRIT storing your payment information. You also agree to pay the applicable fees for the Premium Services (including, without limitation, periodic fees for premium accounts) as they become due plus all related taxes, and to reimburse us for all collection costs and interest for any overdue amounts. Your obligation to pay fees continues through the end of the subscription period during which you cancel your subscription. To cancel your Premium Services please contact our office. CRIT refund policy is explained on the contract you subscribed. You also acknowledge that CRIT Premium Services are subject to this Agreement and any additional terms related to the provision of the Premium Service.
G. Notify us of acts contrary to the Agreement.
If you believe that you are entitled or obligated to act contrary to this Agreement under any mandatory law, you agree to provide us with detailed and substantiated explanation of your reasons in writing at least 30 days before you act contrary to this Agreement, to allow us to assess whether we may, at our sole discretion, provide an alternative remedy for the situation, though we are under no obligation to do so.
H. Notifications and Service Messages.
For purposes of service messages and notices about the Services to you, CRIT may place a banner notice across its pages to alert you to certain changes such as modifications to this Agreement. Alternatively, notice may consist of an email from CRIT to an email address associated with your account, even if we have other contact information. You also agree that CRIT may communicate with you through your CRIT account or through other means including email, mobile number, telephone, or delivery services including the postal service about your CRIT account or services associated with CRIT. Please review your Settings to control what kind of messages you receive from CRIT. You acknowledge and agree that we shall have no liability associated with or arising from your failure to do so maintain accurate contact or other information, including, but not limited to, your failure to receive critical information about the Service.
I. CRIT Applications.
CRIT may offer the Services through applications built using CRIT platform (“CRIT Applications”). Examples of CRIT Applications include its smart phone applications (CRIT for Blackberry or CRIT for iPhone), and CRIT “Share” buttons and other interactive plugins distributed on websites across the web. CRIT Applications are distinct from third party Platform Applications addressed in Section 4.B. If you use a CRIT Application or interact with a website that has deployed a plugin, you agree that information about you and your use of the Services, including, but not limited to, your device, your mobile carrier, your internet access provider, your physical location, and/or web pages containing CRIT plugins that load in your browser may be communicated to us.
Further, by importing any of your CRIT data through the CRIT Application, you represent that you have authority to share the transferred data with your mobile carrier or other access provider. In the event you change or deactivate your mobile account, you must promptly update your CRIT Services account information to ensure that your messages are not sent to the person that acquires your old number and failure to do so is your responsibility. You acknowledge you are responsible for all charges and necessary permissions related to accessing CRIT through your mobile access provider. Therefore, you should check with your provider to find out if the Services are available and the terms for these services for your specific mobile devices.
Finally, by using any downloadable application to enable your use of the Services, you are explicitly confirming your acceptance of the terms of the End User License Agreement associated with the application provided at download or installation, or as may be updated from time to time.
J. User-to-User Communication and Sharing (Forums, comments, etc).
CRIT restricted area offers various ways of posting your observations and comments on designated topics. CRIT restricted area also enables sharing of information by allowing users to post updates, including links to news articles and other information such as job opportunities, product recommendations, and other content to their profile and other parts of the site, such as company, events or project site.
CRIT users can create sites for free, however, CRIT may close or transfer user created sites or remove content from them if the content violates this Agreement or others’ intellectual property rights.
Please note that ideas you post and information you share may be seen and used by other Users who access the site, and CRIT cannot guarantee that other Users will not use the ideas and information that you share on CRIT. Therefore, if you have an idea or information that you would like to keep confidential and/or don’t want others to use, or that is subject to third party rights that may be infringed by your sharing it, do not post it to any CRIT site. CRIT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR A USER’S MISUSE OR MISAPPROPRIATION OF ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION YOU POST IN ANY CRIT COMMUNITY FORUMS
Privacy.
You should carefully read our full Privacy Policy before deciding to become a User as it is hereby incorporated into this Agreement by reference, and governs our treatment of any information, including personally identifiable information you submit to us. Please note that certain information, statements, data, and content (such as photographs) which you may submit to CRIT, or groups you choose to join might, or are likely to, reveal your gender, ethnic origin, nationality, age, and/or other personal information about you. You acknowledge that your submission of any information, statements, data, and content to us is voluntary on your part.
K. Contributions to CRIT
By submitting ideas, suggestions, documents, and/or proposals (“Contributions”) to CRIT through its suggestion or feedback webpages, you acknowledge and agree that: (a) your Contributions do not contain confidential or proprietary information; (b) CRIT is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Contributions; (c) CRIT shall be entitled to use or disclose (or choose not to use or disclose) such Contributions for any purpose, in any way, in any media worldwide; (d) CRIT may have something similar to the Contributions already under consideration or in development; (e) you irrevocably assign to CRIT all rights to your Contributions; and (f) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from CRIT under any circumstances.
3. YOUR RIGHTS.
On the condition that you comply with all your obligations under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the Do’s and Don’ts listed in Section 10, we grant you a limited, revocable, nonexclusive, nonassignable, nonsublicenseable license and right to access the Services, through a generally available web browser, mobile device or application (but not through scraping, spidering, crawling or other technology or software used to access data without the express written consent of CRIT or its Users), view information and use the Services that we provide on CRIT webpages and in accordance with this Agreement. Any other use of CRIT contrary to our mission and purpose (such as seeking to connect to someone you do not know or trust, or to use information gathered from CRIT commercially unless expressly authorized by CRIT) is strictly prohibited and a violation of this Agreement. We reserve all rights not expressly granted in this Agreement, including, without limitation, title, ownership, intellectual property rights, and all other rights and interest in CRIT and all related items, including any and all copies made of the CRIT website.
4. OUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.
A. Services Availability.
For as long as CRIT continues to offer the Services, CRIT shall provide and seek to update, improve and expand the Services. As a result, we allow you to access CRIT as it may exist and be available on any given day and have no other obligations, except as expressly stated in this Agreement. We may modify, replace, refuse access to, suspend or discontinue CRIT, partially or entirely, or change and modify prices for all or part of the Services for you or for all our users in our sole discretion. All of these changes shall be effective upon their posting on our site or by direct communication to you unless otherwise noted. CRIT further reserves the right to withhold, remove and/or discard any content available as part of your account, with or without notice if deemed by CRIT to be contrary to this Agreement. For avoidance of doubt, CRIT has no obligation to store, maintain or provide you a copy of any content that you or other Users provide when using the Services.
B. Third Party Sites and Developers.
CRIT on-line services may include links to third party web sites (“Third Party Sites”) on the publichttp://www.crit-research.it/, or in the members only area and elsewhere in the networked sites. CRIT may ask third party developers (“Platform Developers”) to create applications (“Platform Applications”) that provide features and functionality using data and developer tools made available by CRIT on request.
You are responsible for evaluating whether you want to access or use a Third Party Site. You should review any applicable terms and/or privacy policy of a Third Party Site before using it or sharing any information with it, because you may give the operator permission to use your information in ways we would not.
CRIT is not responsible for and does not endorse any features, content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from Third Party Sites. Accordingly, if you decide to access Third Party Sites, you do so at your own risk and that this Agreement does not apply to your use of any Third Party Site.
Please note: If you allow a Third Party Site to authenticate to or connect with your CRIT user account, that application or website can access information on CRIT related to you and your connections.
CRIT will take good care in screening and auditing Platform Applications but cannot be hold responsible for any malfunction, damage or misuse of the user data a Platform Application may do. Therefore you agree that your use of any Platform Application is on an “as-is” basis without any warranty as to the Platform Developer’s actions.
For additional information regarding Platform Developers and Platform Applications, please refer to contact CRIT Office.
C. Disclosure of User Information.
You acknowledge, consent and agree that we may access, preserve, and disclose your registration and any other information you provide if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary in our opinion to: (1) comply with legal process, including, but not limited to, civil and criminal subpoenas, court orders or other compulsory disclosures; (2) enforce this Agreement; (3) respond to claims of a violation of the rights of third parties, whether or not the third party is a User, individual, or government agency; (4) respond to customer service inquiries; or (5) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of CRIT, our Users or the public.
Disclosures of User information to third parties other than those required to provide customer support, administer this agreement, or comply with legal requirements are addressed in the Privacy Policy.
D. Connections and Interactions with other Users.
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Users. CRIT may automatically connect you to other users if you have personally attended the same event, as stated by your signature in the event attendance register. CRIT may limit the number of connections you may have to other Users and may, in certain circumstances, prohibit you from contacting other Users through use of the Services or otherwise limit your use of the Services. CRIT reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other members and to restrict, suspend, or close your account if CRIT determines, in our sole discretion, that doing so is necessary to enforce this Agreement.
5. DISCLAIMER.
SOME COUNTRIES AND JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED TERMS IN CONTRACTS WITH CONSUMERS AND AS A RESULT THE CONTENTS OF THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
DO NOT RELY ON CRIT ANY INFORMATION THEREIN, OR ITS CONTINUATION. WE PROVIDE THE PLATFORM FOR CRIT AND ALL INFORMATION AND SERVICES ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. CRIT DOES NOT CONTROL OR VET USER GENERATED CONTENT FOR ACCURACY. WE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY EXPRESS WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, ACCURACY OF DATA, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED OR HARMED BY CRIT OR ANYTHING RELATED TO CRIT, YOU MAY CLOSE YOUR CRIT ACCOUNT AND TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 (“TERMINATION”) AND SUCH TERMINATION SHALL BE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY.
CRIT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE, AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES FOR THE DELIVERY OF ANY MESSAGES (SUCH AS INMAILS, POSTING OF ANSWERS OR TRANSMISSION OF ANY OTHER USER GENERATED CONTENT) SENT THROUGH CRIT SERVICES TO ANYONE. IN ADDITION, WE NEITHER WARRANT NOR REPRESENT THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE WILL NOT INFRINGE THE RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES. ANY MATERIAL, SERVICE, OR TECHNOLOGY DESCRIBED OR USED ON THE WEBSITE MAY BE SUBJECT TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OWNED BY THIRD PARTIES WHO HAVE LICENSED SUCH MATERIAL, SERVICE, OR TECHNOLOGY TO US.
CRIT DOES NOT HAVE ANY OBLIGATION TO VERIFY THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSONS SUBSCRIBING TO ITS SERVICES, NOR DOES IT HAVE ANY OBLIGATION TO MONITOR THE USE OF ITS SERVICES BY OTHER USERS OF THE COMMUNITY; THEREFORE, CRIT DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR IDENTITY THEFT OR ANY OTHER MISUSE OF YOUR IDENTITY OR INFORMATION.
CRIT DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICES IT PROVIDES WILL FUNCTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR ERRORS IN FUNCTIONING. IN PARTICULAR, THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICES MAY BE INTERRUPTED DUE TO MAINTENANCE, UPDATES, OR SYSTEM OR NETWORK FAILURES. CRIT DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY ANY SUCH INTERRUPTION OR ERRORS IN FUNCTIONING. FURTHERMORE, CRIT DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY MALFUNCTIONING, IMPOSSIBILITY OF ACCESS, OR POOR USE CONDITIONS OF THE CRIT SITE DUE TO INAPPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT, DISTURBANCES RELATED TO INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO THE SATURATION OF THE INTERNET NETWORK, AND FOR ANY OTHER REASON.
6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
SOME COUNTRIES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY IN CONTRACTS WITH CONSUMERS AND AS A RESULT THE CONTENTS OF THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Neither CRIT nor any of our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, employees, shareholders, or directors (“CRIT Affiliates”) shall be cumulatively liable for (a) any damages in excess of €100 (b) any special, incidental, indirect, punitive or consequential damages or loss of use, profit, revenue or data to you or any third person arising from your use of the Service, any platform applications or any of the content or other materials on, accessed through or downloaded from cit. This limitation of liability is part of the basis of the bargain between the parties and without it the terms and prices charged would be different. This limitation of liability shall:
A. Apply regardless of whether (1) you base your claim on contract, tort, statute or any other legal theory, (2) we knew or should have known about the possibility of such damages, or (3) the limited remedies provided in this section fail of their essential purpose; and
B. Not apply to any damage that CRIT may cause you intentionally or knowingly in violation of this Agreement or applicable law, or as otherwise mandated by applicable law that cannot be disclaimed from in this Agreement.
C. Not apply if you have entered into a separate agreement to purchase Premium Services with a separate Limitation of Liability provision that supersedes this section in relation to those Premium Services.
7. TERMINATION.
A. Mutual rights of termination.
You may terminate this Agreement, for any or no reason, at any time, with notice to CRIT pursuant to Section 9.C. This notice will be effective upon CRIT processing your notice. CRIT may terminate the Agreement and your account for any reason or no reason, at any time, with or without notice. This cancellation shall be effective immediately or as may be specified in the notice. For avoidance of doubt, only CRIT or the party paying for the services may terminate your access to any Premium Services. Termination of your CRIT account includes disabling your access to CRIT and may also bar you from any future use of CRIT.
B. Misuse of the Services.
CRIT may restrict, suspend or terminate the account of any User who abuses or misuses the Services. Misuse of the Services includes inviting other Users with whom you do not know to connect; abusing the CRIT messaging services; creating multiple or false profiles; using the Services commercially without CRIT’s authorization, infringing any intellectual property rights, violating any of the Do’s and Don’ts listed in Section 10, or any other behavior that CRIT, in its sole discretion, deems contrary to its purpose. In addition, and without limiting the foregoing, CRIT has adopted a policy of terminating accounts of Users who, in CRIT’s sole discretion, are deemed to be repeat infringers under the United States Copyright Act.
C. Effect of Termination.
Upon the termination of your CRIT account, you lose access to the Services. The terms of this Agreement shall survive any termination, except Sections 3 (“Your Rights”) and 4.a-b, and d (“Our Rights and Obligations”) hereof.
8. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
A. Law and Forum for Legal Disputes
This Agreement or any claim, cause of action or dispute (“claim”) arising out of or related to this Agreement shall be governed by Italy and EU laws regardless of your country of origin or where you access CRIT restricted area, and notwithstanding of any conflicts of law principles and the United Nations Convention for the International Sale of Goods. You and CRIT agree that all claims arising out of or related to this Agreement must be resolved exclusively as described in the Arbitration Option paragraph below. You and CRIT agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located within Italy for the purpose of litigating all such claims. Notwithstanding the above, you agree that CRIT shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.
B. Arbitration Option
For any claim (excluding claims for injunctive or other equitable relief) where the total amount of the award sought is less than €10,000, the party requesting relief may elect to resolve the dispute in a cost effective manner through binding non-appearance-based arbitration. In the event a party elects arbitration, they shall initiate such arbitration through an established alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) provider mutually agreed upon by the parties. The ADR provider and the parties must comply with the following rules: (a) the arbitration shall be conducted by telephone, online and/or be solely based on written submissions, the specific manner shall be chosen by the party initiating the arbitration; (b) the arbitration shall not involve any personal appearance by the parties or witnesses unless otherwise mutually agreed by the parties; and (c) any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator shall be final and may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
9. GENERAL TERMS.
A. Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction or arbitrator to be illegal, void, or unenforceable, the unenforceable provision will be modified so as to render it enforceable and effective to the maximum extent possible in order to effect the intention of the provision; and if a court or arbitrator finds the modified provision invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement will not be affected in any way.
B. Language.
Where CRIT has provided you with a translation of the English language version of this Agreement, the Privacy Policy, and/or any other documentation, you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the English language versions of this Agreement, the Privacy Policy, and any other documentation, including additional terms of service for Premium Services, will govern your relationship with CRIT.
C. Notices and Service of Process.
In addition to Section 2.h. (“Notices and Service Messages”), we may notify you via postings on www.crit-research.it. You may contact us via mail at info@crit-research.it
Or via mail or courier at:
CRIT Srl Via Confine 2310 – 41058 Vignola (MO)
Additionally, CRIT accepts service of process at this address. Any notices that you provide without compliance with this section on Notices shall have no legal effect.
D. Entire Agreement.
You agree that this Agreement constitutes the entire, complete and exclusive agreement between you and us regarding the Services and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, whether written or oral, or whether established by custom, practice, policy or precedent, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain other CRIT services, third-party content or third party software.
E. Amendments to this Agreement.
We reserve the right to modify, supplement or replace the terms of the Agreement, effective upon posting athttp://www.crit-research.it/or notifying you otherwise. For example, CRIT presents a banner on the site when we have amended this Agreement or the Privacy Policy so that you may access and review the changes prior to your continued use of the site. If you do not want to agree to changes to the Agreement, you can terminate this Agreement at any time per Section 7 (Termination).
F. No informal waivers, agreements or representations.
Our failure to act with respect to a breach of this Agreement by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to that breach or subsequent similar or other breaches. Except as expressly and specifically contemplated by the Agreement, no representations, statements, consents, waivers or other acts or omissions by any CRIT Affiliate shall be deemed legally binding on any CRIT Affiliate, unless documented in a physical writing hand signed by a duly appointed officer of CRIT.
G. No Injunctive Relief.
In no event shall you seek or be entitled to rescission, injunctive or other equitable relief, or to enjoin or restrain the operation of the Service, exploitation of any advertising or other materials issued in connection therewith, or exploitation of the Services or any content or other material used or displayed through the Services.
H. Beneficiaries.
Entities other than CRIT srl, that CRIT owns a 50% or greater interest in (“Affiliate”) are not parties, but intended third party beneficiaries of this Agreement, with a right to enforce the Agreement directly against you.
I. Assignment and Delegation.
You may not assign or delegate any rights or obligations under the Agreement. Any purported assignment and delegation shall be ineffective. We may freely assign or delegate all rights and obligations under the Agreement, fully or partially without notice to you. We may also substitute, by way of unilateral novation, effective upon notice to you, CRIT for any third party that assumes our rights and obligations under this Agreement.
J. Potential Other Rights and Obligations.
You may have rights or obligations under local law other than those enumerated here if you are located outside the United States.
10. LINKEDIN USER “DOS” and “DON’TS.”
As a condition to access CRIT, you agree to this User Agreement and to strictly observe the following DOs and DON’Ts:
A. Do undertake the following:
- Comply with all applicable laws, including, without limitation, privacy laws, intellectual property laws, export control laws, tax laws, and regulatory requirements;
- Provide accurate information to us and update it as necessary;
- Review and comply with our Privacy Policy;
- Review and comply with notices sent by CRIT concerning the Services; and
- Use the Services in a professional manner.
- Invitations to CRIT restricted area are issued by CRIT staff members: if you wish to invite someone you personally know, please let us know and we will evaluate your request. We reserve the right to reject you request for security, safety or confidentiality reasons, and we will give you proper motivation. Please restrict from inviting people by yourself.
B. Don’t undertake the following:
1. Act dishonestly or unprofessionally by engaging in unprofessional behavior by posting inappropriate, inaccurate, or objectionable content to CRIT Services members only area;
2. Publish inaccurate information in the designated fields on the profile form (e.g., do not include a link or an email address in the name field). Please also protect sensitive personal information such as your email address, phone number, street address, or other information that is confidential in nature;
3. Create a user profile for anyone other than a natural person;
4. Harass, abuse or harm another person, including sending unwelcomed communications to others using CRIT services;
5. Invite people you do not know to join CRIT members only area;
6. Upload a profile image that is not your likeness or a head-shot photo;
7. Use or attempt to use another’s account without authorization from the Company, or create a false identity on CRIT restricted area;
8. Upload, post, email, InMail, transmit or otherwise make available or initiate any content that:
a. Falsely states, impersonates or otherwise misrepresents your identity, including but not limited to the use of a pseudonym, or misrepresenting your current or previous positions and qualifications, or your affiliations with a person or entity, past or present;
b. Is unlawful, libelous, abusive, obscene, discriminatory or otherwise objectionable;
c. Adds to a content field content that is not intended for such field (i.e. submitting a telephone number in the “title” or any other field, or including telephone numbers, email addresses, street addresses or any personally identifiable information for which there is not a field provided by CRIT restricted area);
d. Includes information that you do not have the right to disclose or make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as insider information, or proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
e. Infringes upon patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights or other proprietary rights;
f. Includes any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation. This prohibition includes but is not limited to (a) using CRIT restricted area services to send messages to people who don’t know you or who are unlikely to recognize you as a known contact; (b) using CRIT restricted area services to connect to people who don’t know you and then sending unsolicited promotional messages to those direct connections without their permission; and (c) sending messages to distribution lists, newsgroup aliases, or group aliases;
g. Contains software viruses, worms, or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment of CRIT services or any User of CRIT services;
h. Forges headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any communication transmitted through the Services; and/or
9. Participate, directly or indirectly, in the setting up or development of a network that seeks to implement practices that are similar to sales by network or the recruitment of independent home salespeople to the purposes of creating a pyramid scheme or other similar practices.
10. Duplicate, license, sublicense, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, sell, rebrand, or otherwise transfer information found on CRIT on-line services (excluding content posted by you) except as permitted in this Agreementor as expressly authorized by CRIT;
11. Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decipher or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for any underlying intellectual property used to provide the Services, or any part thereof
12. Utilize or copy information, content or any data you view on and/or obtain from CRIT to provide any service that is competitive, in CRIT’s sole discretion, with CRIT;
13. Imply or state, directly or indirectly, that you are affiliated with or endorsed by CRIT unless you have entered into a written agreement with CRIT (this includes, but is not limited to, representing yourself as an accredited CRIT Services trainer if you have not been certified by CRIT as such);
14. Adapt, modify or create derivative works based on CRIT services or technology underlying the Services, or other Users’ content, in whole or part, except as permitted under CRIT’s developer program;
15. Rent, lease, loan, trade, sell/re-sell access to CRIT services or any information therein, or the equivalent, in whole or part;
16. Sell, sponsor, or otherwise monetize a CRIT service or any other functionality of CRIT on-line services, without the express written permission of CRIT.
17. Deep-link to the Site for any purpose, (i.e. including a link to a CRIT restricted web page other than CRIT’s home page) unless expressly authorized in writing by CRIT;
18. Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on CRIT services, including those of both CRIT, and any of its licensors;
19. Remove, cover or otherwise obscure any form of advertisement included on CRIT services;
20. Collect, use, copy, or transfer any information, including, but not limited to, personally identifiable information obtained from CRIT except as expressly permitted in this Agreement or as the owner of such information may expressly permit;
21. Share information of non-Users without their express consent;
22. Infringe or use CRIT’s brand, logos and/or trademarks, including, without limitation, using the word “CRIT” in any business name, email, or URL or including CRIT’s trademarks and logos exceptas expressly permitted by CRIT;
23. Use manual or automated software, devices, scripts robots, other means or processes to access, “scrape,” “crawl” or “spider” any web pages or other services contained in the site;
24. Use bots or other automated methods to access CRIT services, add or download contacts, send or redirect messages, or perform other activities through CRIT services, unless explicitly permitted by CRIT;
25. Access, via automated or manual means or processes, CRIT services for purposes of monitoring CRIT services’ availability, performance or functionality for any competitive purpose;
26. Engage in “framing,” “mirroring,” or otherwise simulating the appearance or function of CRIT’s website;
27. Attempt to or actually access CRIT services by any means other than through the interfaces provided by CRIT such as its mobile application or by navigating to http://www.crit-research.it using a web browser. This prohibition includes accessing or attempting to access CRIT services using any third-party service, including software-as-a-service platforms that aggregate access to multiple services, including CRIT services;
28. Attempt to or actually override any security component included in or underlying CRIT services;
29. Engage in any action that directly or indirectly interferes with the proper working of or places an unreasonable load on CRIT’s infrastructure, including, but not limited to, sending unsolicited communications to other Users or CRIT personnel, attempting to gain unauthorized access to CRIT services, or transmitting or activating computer viruses through or on CRIT services;
30. Interfere with or disrupt or game CRIT Services, including, but not limited to, any servers or networks connected to CRIT services, in particular CRIT ‘s search algorithms.
11. COMPLAINTS REGARDING CONTENT POSTED ON THE CRIT WEBSITE.
We built CRIT services to help you be a more successful professional, and to help professionals succeed. To achieving this purpose, we encourage our Users to share truthful and accurate information. We also respect the intellectual property rights of others. Accordingly, this Agreement requires that information posted by Users be accurate and not in violation of the intellectual property rights or other rights of third parties. To promote these objectives, CRIT provides a process for submission of complaints concerning content posted by our Users. Our policy and procedures can be found here:
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