Terms of use

1. General
2. Permitted use
3. User content
   1. You confirm that images, sounds, text or information that you share or create, as well as the metadata attached to these images, sounds, text or information (together: “User Content”) whilst using this platform will meet the Rules of Acceptable Use (as set out below). 
   2. You give QTEM unlimited permission to use and re-use your User Content, to the largest extent permitted under applicable law. This means inter alia that you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free and perpetual licence to use, re-use, copy, reproduce, distribute, adapt, re-format, modify, publish, translate, licence and sub- licence such User Content anywhere and in any form for the purposes of operating our platform and business, including for purposes of performing big data analytics and/or generating industry-wide analyses, statistics and reports. Our right to use your User Content does not in any way affect your privacy rights and we will only use personal data as set out in our privacy policy. 
   3. We do not check or moderate any User Content before it is added to the platform. We may later check, moderate, reject, refuse or delete any User Content if we believe that it breaks any of the Rules of Acceptable Use or the applicable law.
4. Acceptable use
   1. In addition to the other requirements within these Terms of Use, this section describes specific rules that apply to your use of our platform, including the interactive features (the “Rules of Acceptable Use”). 
   2. When using our platform you must not:
      1. circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with any security related features of the platform or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of the content accessible via the platform; 
      2. give any false information in your account details; 
      3. take another person’s identity without that person’s permission or misrepresent you are acting on behalf of a person, entity or organisation; 
      4. use the platform if we have suspended or banned you from using it; 
      5. send junk, spam or repetitive messages; 
      6. engage in any illegal or unlawful conduct; 
      7. modify, interfere, intercept, disrupt or hack the platform; 
      8. misuse the platform by knowingly introducing viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs or other similar material or by undertaking any other action which would harm the platform, any platform user’s equipment or have a detrimental impact on any platform user’s experience of using the platform; 
      9. collect any data from the platform other than in accordance with these Terms of Use; 
      10. submit or contribute any content that is abusive, threatening, obscene, untrue, shocking or offensive; 
      11. abuse, harm or bully another platform user, member of our staff or person; 
      12. submit or contribute any User Content without the permission of the content owner or otherwise infringe the copyright, trademark or other rights of third parties; or 
      13. submit or contribute any information or commentary about another person which is untrue, private, confidential or defamatory (including personally accusing another person of unproven criminality or serious wrongdoing which could damage their reputation in the eyes of anyone reading your comment). 
   3. Failure to comply with the Rules of Acceptable Use constitutes a serious breach of these Terms of Use and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions (with or without notice): (a) immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use the platform; (b) immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any User Content; (c) issuing of a warning to you; (d) legal action against you including proceedings for reimbursement of all costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach; and/or (e) disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.
5. Notice and take down policy
   1. If you believe that content available through the platform: (a) infringes your rights or any rights of a third party you represent; or (b) otherwise breaches the Rules of Acceptable Use, please tell us immediately by sending an e-mail to privacy@qtem.org. 
   2. When reporting content please provide the information described below in your notice to us: (a) your name and contact details; and (b) a statement explaining whether you believe that the content you are contacting us about: (i) infringes your rights; (ii) the rights of a third party who you represent; or (iii) you otherwise believe the content breaches the Rules of Acceptable Use. 
   3. We will take the action that we believe is appropriate depending on the nature of the content you report. This may include taking no action where we believe the reported content does not infringe any rights or the Rules of Acceptable Use. We are not obliged to discuss or inform you about our chosen course of action following a report from you.
6. Your account and password
7. Intellectual property
8. Links
   1. Links to third party platforms from our platform are provided solely for your convenience. If you use these links you leave our platform. We do not control, and are not responsible for, these platforms, their content or their availability. We in no way endorse or make representations about them, or any material found on them. Accessing third party platforms from our platform is done entirely at your own risk. 
   2. You may link to our publicly available website homepage (www.qtem.org), provided you do so in a way that is fair, legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You agree to remove any link to our platform on a platform owned or controlled by you on receipt of a request from us.
9. Limited liability
   1. To the largest extent permitted under applicable law, QTEM will not be held liable for any losses and/or damages arising from the use of this platform or of any other platform to which this platform provides a link, and/or from the use of information presented on this or any such other platform. 
   2. In any event, we will never take any responsibility for User Content and you use and rely on any User Content entirely at your own risk.
10. Applicable law and jurisdiction
11. Miscellaneous
    1. We reserve the right to modify and update these Terms of Use from time to time. We will bring these changes to your attention should they be indicative of a fundamental change or be relevant to you and impact your rights. 
    2. If any of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid, the remaining terms and conditions shall continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law. 
    3. If you would like to provide feedback on our platform, please contact us at privacy@qtem.org.