Terms of Use

Terms of Use

Introduction
General: Terms of Use
Signup Policy
Copyright Notice
Privacy: Personal Information Collected and Use of Such Information
Site Content: Information Voluntarily Submitted by Site Users
Content Usage: Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Limited Permissions
Trademarks
Links
Site Security
Disclaimer
UNWTO Website Contact Information

Introduction

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Emergency Management System (EMS) and Tourism Emergency Response Network (TERN) Site and related online activities are a free public service provided by the UNWTO and other public and private Site Partners, including the Microsoft Corporation. As a public service, the UNWTO encourages all individual and organizational users to actively use the Site, make suggestions for Site content and enhancements, share information from and about the Site with others, and participate in any online activities. In order to maintain the highest standards for this UNWTO Site, the following Terms of Use and Conditions have been developed to guide all user conduct.

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General: Terms of Use

By accessing, browsing or viewing the UNWTO EMS TERN website (the "Site"), you accept, without limit or qualification, all Site policies, terms and conditions provided herein and as may change from time to time without notice to you. Any usage of the Site by you acknowledges full and complete acceptance of these terms and conditions. As a condition of your use of this website, you warrant to UNWTO that you will not use this website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions and notices.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
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Signup Policy

By signing up to the UNWTO-EMS TERN website, you accept, without limit or qualification, all Site policies as described in the “Terms of Use” section of this website.

As such, among other things, you accept that any communications, information or materials sent to the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any comments, data, questions, suggestions or any such communication are and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. As a condition of your use of this website and/or its services, you warrant to UNWTO that you will not use this website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by the terms, conditions and notices as provided in the Terms of Use section of this Site. In return, the UNWTO is committed to honoring the privacy of visitors to the Site. UNWTO will not sell, release or rent any personal information gathered during your visit to the Site without your explicit permission.

UNWTO takes no responsibility for the accuracy of the original material. When in doubt, travelers should check the current situation with their ticket provider and where necessary with health authorities.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
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Copyright Notice

Copyright©2006 World Tourism Organization
Calle Capitán Haya, 42
28020 Madrid, Spain

Cultural Tourism and Local Communities
ISBN-13: 978-92-844-1118-4
ISBN-10: 92-844-1118-1

Published and printed by the World Tourism Organization,
Madrid, Spain
All rights reserved.
First printing in 2006

The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinions whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the World Tourism Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
World Tourism Organization
Calle Capitán Haya, 42
28020 Madrid, Spain
Tel.: (+34) 915 678 100
Fax: (+34) 915 713 733
omt@unwto.org
www.unwto.org
All UNWTO publications are protected by copyright. Therefore and unless otherwise specified, no part of an UNWTO publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilm, scanning, without prior permission in writing. UNWTO encourages dissemination of its work and is pleased to consider permissions, licensing, and translation requests related to UNWTO publications.

Permission to photocopy UNWTO material in Spain must be obtained through:
CEDRO Centro Español de Derechos Reprográficos
Calle Monte Esquinza, 14
28010 Madrid, Spain
Tel.: (+34) 91 308 63 30
Fax: (+34) 91 308 63 27
cedro@cedro.org
www.cedro.org
For authorization of the reproduction of UNWTO works outside of Spain, please contact one of CEDRO’s partner organizations, with which bilateral agreements are in place see:
http://www.cedro.org/ingles_funcion_internacional.asp

For all remaining countries as well as for other permissions, requests should be addressed directly to the World Tourism Organization. For applications see: http://www.unwto.org/pub/rights.htm

Privacy: Personal Information Collected and Use of Such Information

UNWTO is committed to honoring the privacy of visitors to the Site. UNWTO will not sell, release or rent any personal information gathered during your visit to the Site without your explicit permission.

UNWTO may use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests. A cookie cannot read information off your hard drive or read cookie files from other websites. You do not need to have cookies enabled in your browser to use the Site.

For each visitor to our Site, our web server(s) automatically recognizes the customer's Internet Protocol (IP) address/domain name combination. UNWTO collects IP address/domain name combinations of visitors to the Site. UNWTO will use your IP address only for website administration, to detect problems with a server, or to track traffic patterns. We do not use information regarding individual users.

UNWTO does collect the following: e-mail addresses of users who voluntarily communicate with us via e-mail; aggregate information on what pages users access or visit; user-specific information on what pages users access or visit; and other information voluntarily provided by the user, such as survey information and/or personal information provided on contact forms, registration forms, comment forms, online promotions, etc. The information collected is used for internal review and may be used to improve the overall content of the Site, to customize the content and/or layout of the Site for each individual user, and to notify users about updates to the Site and/or other Site related communications.

Site Content: Information Voluntarily Submitted by Site Users

If you send any communications or materials to the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any comments, data, questions, suggestions or the like, all such communications are, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. Thus you give up claim that any use of such material violates any of your rights including moral rights, privacy rights, proprietary or other property rights, publicity rights, rights to credit for material or ideas, or any other right, including the right to approve the way UNWTO uses such material.

Any material submitted to this Site may be adapted, broadcast, changed, copied, disclosed, licensed, performed, posted, published, sold and transmitted by the UNWTO anywhere in the world, in any medium, forever.

UNWTO is free to use, without compensation to you, any concepts, ideas, know-how or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information. However, you agree and understand that UNWTO is not obligated to use any such ideas or materials and you have no right to compel such use.

Content Usage: Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Limited Permissions

UNWTO encourages the lawful use of content at the Site. However, the text, images, and data on the Site are protected by copyright and may be subject to other restrictions as well. UNWTO and relevant third parties retain all rights, including copyright, in data, images, audio and video clips, software, documentation, text, and other information contained in these files (collectively, the "Materials"). Users may download and use Materials subject to these Terms and Conditions, and subject to any additional terms or restrictions applicable to the individual file or program, provided all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the Materials are retained.

The Materials are made available for use without permission only for limited non-commercial personal or educational use, for fair use as defined in the United States copyright laws, and for the specific use of the media and non-commercial/commercial providers of travel, tourism, leisure, arts, cultural and related information who, by their use of such content, promote travel destination and further the mission and goals of the UNWTO. All users must cite the author/artist and source of this Material as they would material from any printed or other work, and the citation MUST include the Site URL in addition to all copyright and other proprietary notices included in the Materials. Non-commercial/commercial providers of travel, tourism, leisure, arts, culture and related information who choose to use such Materials must additionally notify UNWTO of such usage by sending an email to omt@unwto.org briefly detailing where, how, when and for what purpose the Materials are planned to be used. In granting this limited permission, however, note that UNWTO does not warrant or represent that use of Materials displayed on the Site will not infringe the rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with UNWTO. Copyright and other proprietary rights in the Materials may be held by individuals and/or entities other than the UNWTO.

UNWTO expressly prohibits the use, copying, display, publication, distribution, transmission, modification, reposting or exploitation for commercial purposes of any protected Materials on the Site, other than those purposes specifically described above.

While the UNWTO uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information in this Site, content is provided by a variety of sources, changes frequently, and UNWTO makes no representations or warranties as to its accuracy. UNWTO assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the Site.

Trademarks

The trademarks, online logo marks and service marks ("the Trademarks") displayed on the Site, including the UNWTO-EMS TERN, are registered and/or unregistered Trademarks of the UNWTO and/or individual Site Partners. The Trademarks of other third parties may also be displayed on the Site. Nothing contained in this Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any right or license to use any Trademark displayed on the Site without written permission by the specific owner of the Trademark displayed on the Site. Your misuse of the Trademarks displayed on the Site, including alteration or use out of context, is strictly prohibited.

Links

UNWTO encourages organizations to link to the UNWTO EMS TERN website and/or content. By doing so, you agree to abide by all terms and conditions contained herein. Any link to the UNWTO website and/or content must clearly identify the UNWTO either by use of the online logo with hyperlink and/or clear indication of the Universal Resource Locator (URL). Any framed use of or other link to the Site and/or content that does not clearly provide users access to/knowledge of the UNWTO source is expressly forbidden.

UNWTO provides links to other public and private websites and service providers. Affiliated sites may or may not be served by the Site. UNWTO is not liable for the content or privacy policies of any third party websites. Please review each of the individual site policies, terms and conditions for more information regarding any third party sites.

Site Security

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the correct use of information, the UNWTO has put in place reasonable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Electronic communications and Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure. You understand that any message or information you send to the Site may be read or intercepted by others notwithstanding the security precautions put in place by the UNWTO. Sending a message or any kind of electronic information to the UNWTO does not cause the UNWTO to have any special liability to you or any entity related to you.

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Disclaimer

This Site and all materials contained on it are distributed and transmitted "AS IS" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation, warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Neither the UNWTO nor any other party involved in creating, producing, delivering or maintaining the Site is liable for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages that may arise from the use of, or the inability to use, the Site and/or the materials contained on the Site regardless of the provider of the materials. Neither the UNWTO nor any other party involved in creating, producing, delivering or maintaining the Site is liable for any viruses or other contamination of your system nor for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions arising out of your use of the Site or with respect to the material contained on the Site, including without limitation, any material posted on the Site.

UNWTO Website Contact Information

If you have questions about this website terms of use, please send us an email at omt@unwto.org

This website policy statement was last updated October 30, 2006 and is in effect until otherwise noted on this Site.