Terms of use for UKPC web site, including copyright notices and privacy statement

Website Usage Agreement

Usage of this Site constitutes agreement with the following terms and conditions.

The Uganda Key Populations Consortium (“UKPC”) maintains this web site (the “Site”) as a courtesy to those UKPC may choose to access the Site (“Users”). The information presented herein is for informative purposes only. UKPC is pleased to allow Users to visit the Site and download and copy the information, documents and materials (collectively, “Materials”) from the Site for User’s personal, non-commercial use, without any right to resell, create derivative works, subject to the terms and conditions outlined below, and also subject to more specific restrictions that may apply to specific material within this Site.

DISCLAIMERS

All rights reserved. The information in the various pages of the UKPC website is issued for general distribution.

Extracts of the information in the website may be reviewed, reproduced or translated for research or private study but not for sale or for use in conjunction with commercial purposes.

Any use of information in the website should be accompanied by an acknowledgement of UKPC as the source, citing the uniform resource locator (URL) of the article.

Reproduction or translation of substantial portions of the website, or any use other than for educational or other non- commercial purposes, requires explicit, prior authorization in writing. Applications and enquiries should be addressed to [email protected].

The designations employed and the presentation of the information in this website do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UKPC concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers’ products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by UKPC in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. UKPC does not warrant that the information contained in the website is complete and correct and shall not be liable whatsoever for any damages incurred as a result of its use.

Materials provided on this site are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

User specifically acknowledges and agrees that UKPC is not liable for any conduct of any User.

This site may contain advice, opinions, and statements of various information providers and content providers.

UKPC does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other information provided by any information provider or content provider, or any user of this site or other person or entity. Reliance upon any such opinion, advice, statement, or other information shall also be at your own risk. Neither UKPC nor its affiliates, nor any of their respective agents, employees, information providers or content providers shall be liable to any User or anyone else for any inaccuracy, error, omission, interruption, timeliness, completeness, deletion, defect, failure of performance, computer virus, communication line failure, alteration of, or use of any content herein, regardless of cause, for any damages.

As a condition of use of this Site, User agrees to indemnify UKPC and its affiliates from and against any and all actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out User’s use of this Site, including without limitation any claims alleging facts that if true would constitute a breach by User of these terms and conditions. If User is dissatisfied with any material on this Site or with any of terms and conditions of use of this Site, User’s sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using this Site.

This Site contains links to third-party web sites. The linked sites are not under the control of UKPC and UKPC is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. UKPC provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement of the linked site by UKPC.

If this Site contains bulletin boards, chat rooms, access to mailing lists or other message or communication facilities (collectively, “Forums”), User agrees to use the Forums only to send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Forum.

By way of example, and not as a limitation, User agrees that when using a Forum, User shall not do any of the following:

  • Defame abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.

  • Publish post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information.

  • Upload or attach files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.

  • Upload or attach files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer.

  • Delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded.

  • Falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.

  • Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services, or conduct or forward surveys, contests, or chain letters. Download any file posted by another user of a Forum that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.

User acknowledges that all Forums or Discussion Groups are public and not private communications. Further, User acknowledges that chats, postings, conferences, e-mails and other communications by other users are not endorsed by UKPC, and such communications shall not be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by UKPC.

UKPC reserves the right for any reason to remove without notice any contents of the Forums received from Users, including without limitation e-mail and bulletin board postings.