1. You agree to these terms by using this website

Please carefully read the following terms and conditions (‘Terms and Conditions’) before using this website of the DSO Entity. By accessing or using our website, you agree to the following Terms and Conditions. You should review these Terms and Conditions regularly as they may change at any time at our sole discretion. If you do not agree to any term or condition, you should not access or otherwise use our site.

Please note that the DSO Entity makes every effort to ensure that the information of this website is complete, accurate and reliable, however errors or omissions may occur, or content may become obsolete. The DSO Entity may also revise, add, or delete the information and services contained in this website and reserves the right to make such changes without prior notification. All content and materials are made available “as is” and is subject to change without any guarantees being offered of any kind, either expressed or implied. The use of this website and the information given here occurs exclusively at your own risk.

For further information on DSO Entity Privacy Policy (including cookie policy) please visit here.

2. Content of the website (intellectual property)

This website and all of its contents including, but not limited to, all text, graphs, images, audio and video files (‘Content’) are owned and copyrighted by DSO Entity or others, with all rights reserved unless otherwise noted. The use of any Content, except as provided in these Terms and Conditions, without the written permission of DSO Entity is strictly prohibited. Please contact DSO Entity Secretariat (info@eudsoentity.eu) for further information on intellectual property.

3. Your use of the website

The DSO Entity grants you permission to use this website as follows:

• with the exception of images of people or places that are located outside of the “News” section of the website, you may download Content, but only for non-commercial, personal use and provided that you also retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the Content;
• you are authorised to use, reproduce, and distribute the images and graphs from this website for non-commercial purposes, provided that you include the following attribution “Image/Graph courtesy of EU DSO Entity.”. For commercial use, please contact us for written permission;
• content within the “News” section of the website may be reproduced solely for editorial purposes in newspapers, news magazines, specialised publications and broadcast media;
• you may distribute, display, and reuse the Content for non-commercial purposes, provided that the Content remains unaltered and includes clear attribution to DSO Entity. Any activities that involve modifying, copying (except as set forth above), creating derivative works from, publishing, licensing, transferring, selling, or otherwise altering or claiming ownership of the Content require prior written permission from DSO Entity;
• you are prohibited from using the website to post or transmit any infringing, threatening, false, misleading, abusive, harassing, libellous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. DSO Entity will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or any court order requesting or directing DSO Entity to disclose the identity of anyone posting or transmitting any such information or materials;
• you are prohibited from using the website to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation; and
• unauthorised attempts to upload information, change information, defeat or circumvent security features, or otherwise cause damage to the system are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under applicable laws.

4. Privacy and data protection

DSO Entity is committed to protecting the personal data of everyone visiting our website or being in contact with us. Any personal data (such as your name, address, telephone number or email address) you transmit to the website by email or otherwise will be used by DSO Entity in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Please find here DSO Entity Privacy Policy. Any other communication or material you transmit to the website, such as questions, comments, suggestions or the like, will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary.

5. Liability

In no event shall DSO Entity be liable of any damages of any kind, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, general, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of any use of the information contained herein.

The website may contain links to websites that are owned and operated by other parties than DSO Entity. These websites are linked only for convenience purposes. DSO Entity cannot offer any guarantee of the completeness or the correctness of these websites’ content nor assure their availability. Therefore, DSO Entity does not accept any liability for any direct or indirect damage resulting from the operation, use or content of these websites.

6. Revisions and updates

These Terms and Conditions may be revised at any time and without notice by DSO Entity. To be up to date with any revisions, changes or adjustments to the Terms and Conditions, the website user is obliged to frequently visit this page to review the current Terms and Conditions.

7. Access to secured sections of the website

DSO Entity owns and operates a secured section of this website to share and make available materials and information that requires access restriction. Validated users will be granted access privileges to the secured area of the website. Those validated users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their assigned user ID and password and are fully responsible for all activities that occur in relation to their account. DSO Entity shall not be liable or responsible for any misuse of user ID and password.

Users of the secured section of the website acknowledge that general security practices are employed. DSO Entity reserves the right to:

• log off accounts that are logged in and show no activity for a longer period of the time, as well as account inactivity for more than 180 days; and
• change general security practices at any time without prior notice.

As a condition of the grant of access to the secured section, the user must agree that DSO Entity:

• may terminate the user’s account and its access privilege for any reason and this termination may take place without prior notice;
• may at any time immediately deactivate or delete the user’s account and prevent the user from further access to the secured section of the website; and
• shall not be liable in any respect to the user or to any third party for any termination of the user’s access to the secures section of the website.

8. Law and jurisdiction

The use of this website is governed by Belgian law. By using this website, you agree that in case of a dispute, the courts of Brussels shall have sole jurisdiction.