TERMS OF USE
The website iris.upc.edu (the “Website”) is owned and operated by the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (IRIS) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), with registered address at:
Av. Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
ID Number: Q-0818003F
Email: iris@upc.edu
When you, as a user of the Website, access or use any of the services available on or through the Website, you fully accept the terms set out in these Terms of Use, as well as in the Privacy Policy and the Cookies Policy.
By using the Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agreed to these conditions, which are legally binding. If you do not agree with them, please refrain from using the Website.
1. Use of the Website
You agree not to use the Website in any way that breaches applicable law or regulation, or for any unlawful, unauthorised or unethical purpose.
If the Website offers features allowing you to upload or post material or to interact with other users, you must ensure that any such contribution complies with applicable laws and does not infringe third-party intellectual property, privacy or confidentiality rights, or any legal or contractual obligations.
IRIS shall not be responsible or liable for the content or accuracy of materials posted by you or other users. IRIS reserves the right to remove any information you upload if, in our opinion, it does not comply with these Terms of Use or for any other reason at our discretion.
You must not knowingly introduce viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, spyware, malware, or any other harmful code designed to damage or adversely affect the operation of software, hardware or networks. Any misuse of the Website for malicious or technologically harmful purposes is strictly prohibited.
If you are provided with a username, password, or any other access credentials, you must treat this information as confidential. Such credentials are personal and non-transferable, and you are solely responsible for their secure storage and proper use.
IRIS shall not be liable for any damages resulting from misuse or loss of access credentials and reserves the right to cancel or modify access at its discretion.
IRIS may terminate your access to all or part of the Website at any time and without prior notice
2. Limitation of Liability
nformation provided on the Website is supplied “as is,” without any guarantee as to its accuracy, completeness or timeliness. To the fullest extent permitted by law, IRIS shall not be liable for any harm, damages or losses arising from the use of such information or from content provided by users, suppliers or third parties.
IRIS and UPC adopt appropriate measures to detect viruses, but cannot guarantee that the Website is free from malware, technical defects or interruptions. We shall not be liable for damage caused by cyberattacks, malware or other harmful technological material.
You are responsible for implementing appropriate security and antivirus measures on your own devices.
The Website may include links to third-party websites. These Terms of Use do not apply to those external sites, and IRIS accepts no responsibility for their content or for how your personal information may be handled by their operators. Accessing such external sites is at your own risk.
3. Intellectual Property Rights
The IRIS name, logo, and other distinctive signs or trademarks appearing on the Website are the exclusive property of IRIS and/or UPC and are protected by intellectual property laws.
Their ownership grants IRIS exclusive rights to use these elements in commerce and to prevent unauthorised use by third parties.
All content on the Website—texts, images, photographs, designs, logos, animations, videos, sound recordings, software, source code and any other intellectual creations—as well as the Website as a whole, are protected by intellectual property laws.
Any use, reproduction, distribution, modification or communication of the Website’s content requires the prior written authorization of IRIS.
4. Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy
Please refer to our Privacy Policy to understand how we collect and process your personal data, and to our Cookies Policy for more information on the cookies used by the Website.
5. Severability and Amendments
If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions, which shall remain fully valid and enforceable.
IRIS may update or modify these Terms of Use at any time. Any changes will be published on the Website and will become effective from the moment of publication.
6. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms of Use, as well as any non-contractual disputes or claims arising from their interpretation or use of the Website, shall be governed by Spanish law and submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Barcelona.