Terms and Conditions


This website is owned and operated by ETA s.r.l., Via Giacomini 28 - 50132 Firenze, Italy (“ETA-Florence”).

The following terms and conditions (the "Terms and Conditions") govern your use of this European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings website (this "Site"), and any services contained within the Site. These Terms and Conditions include our Privacy Policy. By using or downloading any materials from this website, you agree to these Terms and Conditions.

ETA-Florence reserves the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms and Conditions in its sole discretion at any time and without prior notice. Please check this page periodically for any modifications. Your continued use of this site following the posting of any changes will mean that you have accepted these changes.

Payment


Registered users on the Site are able to purchase individual full-text articles with a credit card. Access will be instant and available for 2 downloads for each of the purchased PDF document.

The price per article is 10 € (subject to change). All prices are quoted in Euro (€) and include the Italian VAT of 20%. All major credit cards are accepted. Please see also chapter “Privacy Policy”. For any technical problem encountered during the payment process please e-mail us at publications@etaflorence.it or phone us at +39 055 5002280.

Copyrights and limitations of use


Unless otherwise noted, all information, text, articles, data, images, documents or other materials contained on any page within this Site are copyrighted by ETA-Florence or a third party (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Copyright Holder").

All rights are reserved. No part of this website may be reproduced in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the Copyright Holder. Any reproduction, distribution, replication or retransmission of any information contained on this website without the prior written consent of ETA-Florence is strictly prohibited. No guarantee is offered against programming errors or any subsequent loss or damage of any kind.

Despite due diligence no liability for accuracy and completeness of the information and material offered on this website can be assumed by ETA-Florence.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability


Neither ETA-Florence, its affiliates, nor any third-party content providers or licensors makes any warranty whatsoever, including without limitation, that the operation of the Site will be uninterrupted or error-free; that defects will be corrected; that this Site, including the server that makes it available, is free of viruses or other harmful components; as to the results that may be obtained from use of the Content or other materials on the Site; or as to the accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability, suitability, quality, non-infringement or operation of any Content, product or service provided on or accessible from the Site.

This site and all content, products and services included in or accessible from this site are provided “as is” and without warranties or representations of any kind (express, implied and statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of title and noninfringement and the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose), all of which ETA-Florence disclaims to the fullest extent permitted by law. Your use of the site is at you sole risk.

To the extent permissible under applicable laws, no responsibility is assumed for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any ideas, instructions, methods, products or procedures contained in the Site. No suggested test or procedure should be carried out unless, in the reader's judgment, its risk is justified.

Neither ETA-Florence nor any of its affiliates or licensors shall be liable to you or anyone else for any loss or injury, caused in whole or part by its negligence or contingencies beyond its control in procuring, compiling, interpreting, reporting or delivering information through the site. In no event will ETA-Florence, its affiliates or licensors be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you in reliance on such information. ETA-Florence and its affiliates and licensors shall not be liable to you or anyone else for any damages (including, without limitation, consequential, special, incidental, indirect, or similar damages) even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

Systems Reliability


ETA-Florence aims to keep the Site available twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week and to maintain saved information. However, due to technical failures, acts of God or routine maintenance, availability may be limited and/or information may be lost. ETA-Florence shall not be liable for lost information or non-availability of the services.

Indemnification


You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold ETA-Florence, its directors, officers, shareholders, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents and licensors harmless from and against any and all liability, losses, damages and costs, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from your use of the Site or Content.

User Input


Unless otherwise provided in the Terms and Conditions, any communication, material or feedback with regard to contents on this Site transmitted by a user of this Site via electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, or comments regarding the content of any Document or other information contained on the Site, such information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and ETA-Florence shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute the information to others without limitation. Further, ETA-Florence shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever including, without limitation, publication on the Site, or other ETA-Florence publications, and developing, manufacturing, and marketing products using such information. ETA-Florence shall have no obligation to compensate the contributor of such information in any manner.

Governing Law and Venue


These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Italy, without regard to its conflicts of law principles. You hereby submit to and agree that the sole jurisdiction and venue for any actions that may arise under or in relation to the subject matter hereof shall be the courts located in Italy.

Termination


ETA-Florence may terminate this agreement at any time. Upon termination, you agree to cease all use of this Site. Without limiting the foregoing, ETA-Florence shall have the right to immediately terminate your access and use of the Site, or any portion of the Site, in the event of any conduct by you or through your account which ETA-Florence, in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by you of the Terms and Conditions.

Privacy Policy


This security and privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") constitutes a part of the Terms & Conditions ("Terms and Conditions") of the ETA-Florence Web Site, which governs your use of this Site.

Credit Card Transactions


For your protection, we have taken a number of steps to maximize the security of financial transactions that are accepted on the Site. Credit Card processing is accomplished using secure processing services (PayPal). Your data is transmitted using the SSL standards which continuously encrypt data between your computer and the web server.

Regardless of the precautions taken by you or by ETA-Florence, ‘perfect security’ does not exist on the internet. ETA-Florence cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to this site or ETA-Florence, and you transmit such information at your own risk.

Collection and Registration of Personal Information


We sometimes request users of the Site to provide personal information. The information collected from a user is strictly voluntary and may include contact information such as the user's name, e-mail address, postal address, phone and country.

The information collected from the registration form that is presented to users when they choose to purchase from this Site may include contact information such as the user's name, e-mail address, postal address, phone and country ("Registration Information").

How personal information is used


We use the personal information that you provide for such purposes as:
  • Completion and support of the activity for which the information was provided, such as allowing access to or delivery of our products or services, processing or fulfilling an order, or responding to your requests or inquiries;
  • Website and system administration, such as for the technical support of the Site and its computer system, including processing computer account information, information used in the course of securing and maintaining the Site, and verification of Site activity by the Site or its agents;
  • Tailoring or customizing content or design of the Site during a single visit to the Site and individualized personalization of the Site on repeat visits;
  • Research and development to enhance, evaluate and improve the Site and our services;
  • Communicating with you about changes or updates to the Site and our services and, with your consent, newsletters about the European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Events and Proceedings.


Access and Changes to Your Registration Information and Preferences


Users may correct the Registration Information and any discrepancies or can update information writing to eta.fi@etaflorence.it. The accuracy of such information is solely the responsibility of the user. No access is given to other data that may have been collected about users.

Retention of Personal Information


We retain the personal information we collect from you for as long as the information is relevant to our purposes or until you request that we remove the data by contacting us.


Our Commitment to Data Security


We recognize that your privacy is important to you, and therefore we endeavor to keep your personal information confidential. The personal and demographic information about each user is stored on servers that are behind a firewall and physically housed within a secured data center. Furthermore, our internal practices help protect your privacy by limiting employee access to and use of such information. However, we do not represent, warrant, or guarantee that your personal information will be protected against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alterations, and do not accept any liability for the security of such information submitted to us nor for your or third parties' use or misuse of such information.

Legal Requests


ETA-Florence cooperates with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties, to enforce laws. We can (and you authorize us to) disclose any information about you to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate, in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, or other activity that is illegal or may expose us, service or content providers we work with, or you to possible legal liability.

About This Privacy Policy


The foregoing is the current privacy policy of the Site. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time without notice. Any changes to this policy will be posted on this webpage. Our policy does not create a contract or any legal rights.

This privacy policy applies solely to the information you provide while visiting this Site. The terms of this privacy policy do not govern personal information furnished through any means other than this Site (such as via telephone or postal mail).

Questions


Please email us at eta.fi@etaflorence.it with any questions you have about these Terms and Conditions, including our online Privacy Policy.


Last revised: 02 August 2010