Privacy policy
Terms of Use
The website www.carlahub.eu (the “Website”) is owned and operated by the Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (“ICFO”) with registered address at Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss, 3, (08860) Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain, registered before the Foundations Registry (Registre de Fundacions) of the Generalitat de Catalunya under number 1651, telephone number (+34) 93 553 4002, e-mail address secretariat@icfo.eu
In the moment that you, as a user of the Website, utilize any of the services available on or organised by the Website, you accept in its entirety the terms which have been laid out for your information in this Policy, as well as in the Privacy Policy and in the Cookies Policy.
In this regard, by using the Website, we understand that you have read, understood and accepted these conditions, which shall be legally binding for you. If you do not agree, please do not use our Website.
Use of the Website
Our Website shall not be used in any way that breaches any law or regulation, or that has any unlawful or immoral purpose or effect.
If you use a feature of this Website that allows you to upload or post material, or to make contact with other users of this Website, you must ensure that all such contributions are compliant with applicable law and that they do not breach any intellectual property, privacy or confidentiality rights of a third party, or any legal or contractual duty owed to a third party. We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any material posted by you or any other user of this Website. We have the right to remove any information you upload to our Website if, in our opinion, it does not comply with these Terms of Use or otherwise within our complete discretion.
You must not misuse our Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware, malware and/or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware, or which is otherwise malicious or technologically harmful.
If you are provided with a username, password or any other piece of information in relation to your use of this Website, you must treat such information as confidential. Such information is to be used exclusively by you, who is responsible for storing it, protecting its confidentiality and using it appropriately. ICFO shall not be responsible for any damages resulting from the misuse of this information and shall remain free to cancel or modify access at its sole discretion.
ICFO reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to all or part of this Website without notice.
Limitation of liability
Information on the Website is provided on an “as is” basis, with no warranty that it is exact or up to date. As a result, to the fullest extent permitted by law, ICFO shall not be held responsible for any harm that may result from the use of this information nor for the lawfulness of content provided by suppliers, users and other third parties in their use of the website.
ICFO takes appropriate steps to detect computer viruses but it cannot guarantee that the Website is free from malfunctions, defects, bugs and viruses; or that the Website will operate correctly and as expected, at any given time. We shall not be liable for any loss or damage which occurs as a result of any malware. You are responsible for protecting your devices with appropriate technical measures.
Our Website may contain links to other websites, which may be owned and operated by third parties. Please be informed that this Terms of Use do not cover those websites and ICFO shall not be held responsible for their content. Moreover, if you access those websites, their operators may collect and use personal information from you in accordance with their own policies.
Intellectual property rights
ICFO name and logo, as well as other distinctive signs (whether image or text) that appear on this website (including the domain name) are the exclusive property of ICFO and are duly protected under Intellectual Property laws and regulations. Ownership implies the exclusive right to use these distinctive signs in the course of trade and to impede unauthorized use by third parties.
Content, text, photographs, designs, logos, images, sounds, videos, animations, recordings, computer software, source code and, in general, any intellectual creation on this Website, as well as the Website as a multimedia artwork, are protected by intellectual property laws.
Any use of the Website’s content requires ICFO’s previous written authorization.
Severability and amendments
Should one or more provisions of these Terms of Use be or become invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, this shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use.
We may change our Terms of Use from time to time, which will be published on our Website, from when they will become effective.
Governing law and Jurisdiction
These Terms of Use and any non-contractual disputes or claims are governed by Spanish law and submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Barcelona.
Cookies Policy
Our Website uses a technology called “cookies” for the purpose of making it easier for you to browse the Website, distinguishing you from other users, providing you with a better experience when using the site, and identifying problems in order to improve our Website.
In accordance with the information supplied in the pop-up banner on the Website the first time you visit, when you browse and continue on our Website we will understand that you are consenting to the use of cookies as set out above and under the conditions contained in this Cookies Policy. Likewise, you will also be offered the possibility of accepting cookies expressly by clicking on the “accept” button provided in the aforementioned pop-up banner.
This Cookies Policy is aimed at informing you clearly and precisely about the cookies that are used on our Website.
Cookies: What are they?
A cookie is a file that is downloaded onto your equipment (computer or mobile device) for the purpose of storing data, which can be updated and retrieved by the body responsible for its installation.
The information collected by the cookies may include the date and time of visit to the Website, the pages viewed, the period of time you have been on our Website and the sites visited just before and after.
Cookies used by us are stored on your equipment for a maximum period of 2 years from the date when they are initially installed or if they are subsequently updated, from the date of the update.
Type of cookies used on the website
- Google Analytics. You can prevent Google Analytics cookies from being stored by setting your browser software accordingly (see our Cookies Policy for further information). However, please note that you may not then be able to make full use of all the Website’s functions. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available here.
- Social media cookies. Allow users to interact more easily with social media, such as Instagram. We do not control social media cookies and they do not allow us to gain access to your social media accounts. Please refer to the relevant social media platform’s privacy policies for information about their cookies.
Your rights
At any time you can:
- access, confirm, correct, rectify, update, supplement, anonymise, block, restrict or delete your Personal Information;
- object to our use of your Personal Information;
- know more about our processing of your Personal Information; or
- transfer your Personal Information from us to another person or business.
In any of the cases above, please e-mail us at secretariat@icfo.eu or send us a letter to: ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss, 3
Disabling and blocking cookies
You can block or disable cookies by activating the setting on your browser that lets you reject the installation of all cookies or some of them. Most browsers allow you to receive a warning that there are cookies or to reject them automatically.
If you reject the cookies, you will be able to continue using our Website, although you may have limited use of some of its services and therefore your experience on our Website will be less satisfactory.
You also can manage your cookies preferences using the following links for some of the most popular internet browsers:
To find out more about using your browser settings to control cookies please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
If you wish to withdraw, at any time, your consent regarding this Cookies Policy, you must delete the cookies stored on your equipment (computer or mobile device) via the preferences and settings of your internet browser.
Unless you have adjusted your browser settings, our system will create cookies as soon as you visit our Website. Bear in mind that most internet browsers let you change those settings.
Amendments to the Cookies Policy
We may change our Cookies Policy from time to time and this will be communicated to you when published via the “Cookies Policy” section located on the home page of the Website