These are our terms of Use. They’re long and detailed, but they’re here to protect both you and us - and make sure we have a long and happy relationship together. Please take a moment to review all of these terms, so you know what you’re agreeing to.
The following terms and conditions govern all use of this blog website (the “Website”) and all content, services and products available at or through the Website, (collectively, the “Services”). The Services are owned and operated by the Fabio Madeira’s Blog (“this blog”, “biomadeira.github.io”, “I”, “my”, “we”, “us” or “our”). The Services are offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, this blog’s privacy policy and Data Processing Agreement under the European General Data Protection Regulation) and procedures that may be published from time to time on the Website by this blog and which are incorporated herein by reference (collectively, the “Agreement”).
Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing the Website or using the Services. By accessing the Website or using the Services or any part thereof, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any Services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by us, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. The Website and Services are available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old.
Violation of any of the terms below will result in the termination of your account. You agree to use the Website and Services at your own risk.
1. Responsibility of Website Visitors
1.1 Prohibitions
By using any Service, you agree not to do, or permit others to do, any of the following:
Through the Website, your site, or using our Services, transmit, distribute, post, store, link, or otherwise traffic in Content that you believe or have reasonable grounds to suspect: infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity; invades any individual’s rights of privacy; violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable law or regulation or would give rise to civil or criminal liability; is fraudulent, false, misleading, deceptive, untruthful or inaccurate; is defamatory or libellous; is offensive, profane, contains or depicts pornography that is in breach of applicable laws and regulations; promotes discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment, abuse or harm against any individual or group; is violent or threatening or promotes violence or actions that are threatening to any other person; promotes illegal or harmful activities or substances in breach of applicable laws and regulations Send any unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, email, junk mail, spam, chain letters or other form of solicitation; Use, display, mirror or frame any Service or any individual element within a Service, this blog name, the name of any Service, any this blog trademark or trademark of any Service, logo or other proprietary information, or the layout and design of any page or form contained on a page, without this blog’s express written consent; Access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of any Service, this blog’s computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of this blog or our providers; Attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any Service or this blog’s network, or breach any of this blog’s security or authentication measures; Avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble or otherwise circumvent any technological measure implemented by this blog or any of our providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Services or data stored on our Services (including Content); Attempt to access or search any Service, or download without authorization data (including Content) from any Service through the use of any engine, software, tool, agent, device or mechanism (including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools or the like) other than the Software and/or search agents provided by this blog or by other generally available third-party web browsers; Use any meta tags, hidden text or metadata utilizing a this blog or Service trademark, logo, URL, or product name without this blog’s express written consent; Use any Service or the Content for any commercial purpose or the benefit of any third party or in any manner not permitted by this Agreement; Forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting, or in any way use any Service to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information; Except as authorized, attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software or systems used to provide the Services; Interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, or mail-bombing this blog or the Services; Collect or store any personal data from the Services or this blog, or from other users of our Services, for any reason whatsoever, including anyone’s identification documents or sensitive financial information; Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, violate any applicable law or regulation; Carry out any act that is otherwise inappropriate as determined by this blog in its sole and unfettered discretion; or Encourage or enable any other individual to do any of the foregoing.
1.2. Other Responsibilities
This blog has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the Content, including computer software, made available through our Services, and cannot therefore be responsible for that Content. We make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that Content is accurate, complete or up to date, that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content.
The Website may contain Content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as Content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. This blog disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Website, or from any downloading, copying or use by those visitors of Content there posted. The views expressed by other users on our Website or through our Services do not represent our views or values.
1.3. Content Posted on Other Websites
We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through third party websites and webpages to which this blog links, or that link to this blog. We do not have any control over third party websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or use. By linking to a third party website or webpage, we do not represent, warrant, guarantee, or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. This blog disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your access or use of third party websites and webpages.
1.4. Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy
We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked by this blog violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify us via Email. . We will respond to all valid notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material.
1.5. Intellectual Property
All intellectual property rights in the Services, including trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Services, belong to this blog or this blog’s licensors.
We retain all right, title and interest in and to all of its intellectual property rights, including but not limited to all intellectual property rights in connection with the “Website” and the “Services”, and any logo device. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website or Services may be the trademarks of other third parties.
Nothing in this Agreement transfers to you any right, interest, or ownership in any intellectual property, or extends to you any license of any intellectual property, including any right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any trademark.
We and any third party proprietors of intellectual property rights used in connection with the Website or Services shall each retain ownership of their respective intellectual property rights.
2. Changes
This blog reserves the right, at its sole and unfettered discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. We may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
3. Disclaimers
The Website and Services are provided “as is”. We and our suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all representations and warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither Gus nor our suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that the Services will be accurate, error free, or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you use, download from, or otherwise obtain benefits through, the Services at your own discretion and risk.
4. Limitation of Liability
In no event will this blog, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this Agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for substitute products or services; or (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data. We shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond its reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.
Without prejudice to the above and to the extent permitted by law, in the event that we are found to be liable to you in any way, such liability will be limited to the amount of fees paid by you to us under this agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action.
5. General Representation and Warranty
You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with this Agreement, including this blog’s Privacy Policy, and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of data exported from your country of residence) and (ii) your use of the Services will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.
6. Miscellaneous
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between this blog and you concerning the subject matter hereof. The Agreement and these conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. Unless any alternative dispute resolution procedure is agreed between the parties, the parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales in respect of any dispute which arises out of or under this Agreement. The prevailing party in any action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to costs and attorneys’ fees. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining terms and provisions shall not be affected by such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability, and shall remain in full force and effect, and such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable term or provision shall be deemed not to be part of these terms. The failure of either party to enforce at any time a term or condition of this Agreement shall in no way be interpreted as a waiver of such term or condition, or any subsequent breach thereof. You may assign your rights under this Agreement to any party that agrees to the terms of this Agreement in writing; We may assign its rights under this Agreement without condition. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.