Terms of Use
PLATFORM TERMS OF USE
Ι. INTRODUCTION
The website https://elearning.mscpublichealthmaritime.med.uth.gr/ (hereinafter “Website”) hosts the eLearning Platform (hereinafter “Platform”) of the MSc titled “MSc In Public Health and Maritime Transport”, which is provided from the University of Thessaly, Greece (hereinafter the “University” or “we”). The University of Thessaly is based in Argonafton & Filellinon Str., Volos, Greece, 38221.
Contact Telephone number: (+30)2421074000
Contact E-mail: mscphm-admin@uth.gr
- The following terms and conditions apply to the use of our Website and our eLearning Platform.
- Each user, who enters or uses this website (hereinafter “user”) shall thoroughly read these Terms of Use, as well as the website’s Data Protection Notice. By using this website, the user signifies that he has read the abovementioned terms and that he agrees to be bound by them.
- All users, using our Website, our Platform, and the services provided therein, are bound by these terms.
ΙΙ. TERMS OF USE OF THE WEBSITE
1. User Eligibility
This website is available to both legal entities and physical persons/private
individuals who are older than 15 years of age and are legally eligible to be
parties to a contract within the applicable legal framework. If you do not meet
the above requirements, you must not use our website.
The eLearning Platform and its services are exclusively available to students, members of University staff, and tutors/lecturers, who participate in the University’s MSc Program titled “MSc In Public Health and Maritime Transport”.
We reserve the right to block access to persons who do not fulfil the abovementioned requirements.
2. Changes to the Terms of Use
We reserve the right to change or update these terms of use at any time. If you continue using this Website/Platform after any such change to these terms, you signify the acceptance of the changes. For this reason, we encourage users to thoroughly read these terms every time that they use this website and its services. The effective date/publication date of the currently applicable version of these terms is located in the last chapter of this document.
Any element or
function of the Website and Platform may be subject to change, alteration,
deletion or updating without prior notice, under our complete discretion.
3.Protection of your Personal Data
We respect your privacy and take all the necessary steps to fully comply with applicable data protection legislation. Our Data Protection Notice provides you with all the relevant information about the processing of your personal data which are collected or provided by you during your participation in our MSc Program, the browsing of our Website, and the use of our eLearning Platform. You may access the contents of our Data Protection Notice by clicking on the following link:
4.Intellectual Property-Prohibition of Use-Granting of Licenses
All of this Website’s and the Platform’s content, including, without
restriction, all teaching material, texts, news, logos, trademarks, distinctive
marks and traits, photos,
schematics, pictures, services, and any other files or documents, are protected
by intellectual property rights as defined under applicable National,
International, and EU legislation governing the protection of intellectual
property. The abovementioned rights belong to us or to third party right
holders, who have granted us licenses to use the intellectual property.
Therefore, any reproduction, publication, copying, storing, selling, broadcasting, distribution, sharing, receiving, translation, or any other kind of alteration of any part or element of the Website or the Platform is strictly prohibited without our prior and explicit written approval.
Exceptionally, specific parts of this website’s content may be saved or copied to a user’s personal computer exclusively for personal use and to the extent that no commercial use of the saved content is intended or takes place. If you wish to copy content of this website to other websites, you must receive our authorization to do so and you must clearly mention this website and/or our platform as the source of the content. The granting of the abovementioned authorization to copy part of the content does not and may not constitute, under any circumstances, a transfer of any intellectual property rights to you.
5. Specific Rules on the Use of eLearning Platform Materials
The University grants to all students and teaching staff, who have been authorized as registered users in the eLearning Platform, a non-transferable, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable and revocable license to use the Platform’s teaching and training material for the duration of their participation in the MSc Program. This License is provided exclusively for the user’s personal, noncommercial use; users may not use the teaching and training material, directly or indirectly or in any other way, in exchange for monetary consideration.
Individuals, other than the abovementioned authorized users, may not access or view any material included in the eLearning platform, neither electronically nor in print.
Authorized users are permitted online access to the Material and may download, save, or print one hard copy of discreet sections of the text, search results, or other information from the eLearning Platform’s Material solely for the personal non-commercial use of the user, provided that the user does not alter any copyright or other proprietary rights notices that appear on the original
Users may not disseminate any portion of the eLearning Platform’s Material, by any means, including emails lists or bulletin boards, without the prior consent of the University. If a user receives consent for such dissemination activities, the user shall ensure that s/he includes a customary bibliographic citation, including author attribution, date, article title, the title of the MSc, and the URL of the MSc’s website: https://elearning.mscpublichealthmaritime.med.uth.gr .
Users acquire no right, title, or license in the eLearning Platform, or the content or other data or materials incorporated in the Platform; and may not sublicense, sell, or resell the whole or any part of the Platform or its contents. Except as expressly provided for in these Terms, users may not reproduce, transmit, distribute, or use the contents and training material of the eLearning Platform without the University’s permission. Users may not commingle any portion of the Platform’s Material and Data with any other information and shall not edit, modify, or alter any portion. For permission to copy beyond what is expressly provided herein, and/or to reprint articles or any other content offered via the eLearning Platform, please contact the University.
6. Restrictionsto the Use of the Website and the Platform
On top of any
additional specific restrictions, set out within these terms, you agree to
comply with the following:
a) You will not withhold or refrain from referencing the source of any content broadcasted or derived from this Website or the corresponding Platform.
b) You will not provide or spread fake or misleading information through this Website or the corresponding Platform.
c) You will not connect to this Website, and you will not use the services, information, content, applications etc. provided through this Website in a manner which is not in line or is prohibited either by these terms of use or by applicable law.
d) You will not input/upload to this Website or the corresponding Platform any elements containing malware (i.e. Trojan horses, worms, time bombs) or other similar programming routines and/or software which aim to damage, interfere, intercept or leak data, or overtake any system or part of this Website or take any actions which aim, in general, in breaching/violating the security of this Website, or the personal data and intellectual property rights contained within it.
7. Connections to other Websites
This website may include connections to third party websites or content (Connected locations).
These connected locations are provided to you exclusively for your own convenience and they do not constitute locations/websites the content of which is approved or controlled by us. We do not provide any promise or guarantee related to the accuracy, quality or the effectiveness of any content, software, service, or app located in any of the connected locations.
We are not responsible for the availability of the connected locations and the content and activities of the connected services. If you chose to enter a connected location, the risk and responsibility of that choice lies exclusively with you.
Additionally, the use of connected locations is subject to the applicable policies and terms and conditions, including the privacy policies, of the connected locations. As such, we recommend that you get informed about the applicable terms and policies of the connected locations before you use them or browse in them.
8. Password Use and Security
By using the eLearning Platform, you acknowledge that the Platform material and contents is for your exclusive use only. Use or sharing of your Username and Password with or by another user or third party is not permitted and is cause for immediate termination of your access to the services.
You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Username and Password and for all activities that occur under your Username and Password. You agree to immediately notify us if you become aware of or have reason to believe that there is any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security.
You also agree to take all reasonable steps to stop such unauthorized use and to cooperate with the University in any investigation of such unauthorized uses or of infringements of the intellectual property rights and personal data included in the Platform.
The University may disclose additional security measures concerning the users of its platforms and websites. You agree that you shall study, understand, and apply any, user-side, security measures disclosed to you in this way.
9. Access to the eLearning Platform
We will take all reasonable efforts to provide you with uninterrupted access to our Website and our Platform. However, your access may be restricted from time to time for reasons beyond our control. Such reasons include force majeure events, power outages and actions from computer hackers and others acting outside the law. Your access may also be interrupted due to software issues, server downtime, increased Internet traffic, programming errors, regular maintenance, and other related reasons. Where this is the case, we will take the necessary steps to restore your full access within a reasonable period of time and provide you with relevant information.
“Reasonable efforts” shall be defined as all reasonable efforts, taken in good faith, without an unduly burdensome and disproportional use or expenditure of time, resources, personnel, or money for the University.
10.Termination-Suspension of your access to the Website and the Platform
You accept that the University has the right, within its complete discretion, to terminate or suspend your right to access or use this Website and the corresponding Platform, their contents and/or the rest of the information contained within them, at any time and for any reason or without any reason, for all users of the services.
The University retains the right to terminate or suspend your right to access or use the Website or the Platform, even if access to these services is still provided to other users, under the following circumstances:
· When you have violated these terms of use.
· When your term of studying in the MSc has ended.
· If you are expelled from the MSc program.
If your use of the Website/Platform is suspended or terminated, you are under an obligation: (a) to immediately stop using these services, and (b) to immediately destroy any copy of any part of the Website’s/Platform’s content that you have created.
Any access to the Website/Platform, and its content and services after the abovementioned termination or suspension constitutes an illegal act.
Additionally, you agree that the University does not bear any liability or responsibility,
towards you or any other third party, deriving from the termination or
suspension of your access to the website, to the extent that such termination
is in line with the provisions of the previous paragraphs.
11.Limitation of Liability
We take all precautions and make all efforts to ensure that all
information contained on the Website and the corresponding Platform is
accurate, clear, updated, complete, correct, and available.
However, we cannot be held liable under no circumstances, including cases of slight negligence, for any damage inferred by the users exclusively due to their use of the Website/Platform.
We remain liable if
damage is caused by an intentional or grossly negligent breach of our duties
and obligations.
12.Website and Platform users’ Obligations
All users of the Website and its corresponding Platform are obligated to comply with all applicable provisions
under Greek, European and International Law, especially taking into
consideration the legal frameworks governing telecommunications, and the use of
this website/platform and the internet in general.
The user will be liable for any kind of damage sustained by the Website/Platform due to the user’s own illegal and inappropriate actions or any actions which may constitute a breach of contract, during his/her browsing of the Website and/or Platform.
If any claim or lawsuit, either civil or criminal in nature, or other administrative or judicial procedure is initiated against us due to the user’s actions during his/her browsing/use of the Website/Platform, the user is under an obligation to both intervene in the relevant procedure on our behalf and compensate us if we are forced to incur damages or fines due to the user’s actions.
13. Governing Law & Jurisdiction
These terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Greece. Any legal proceedings regarding these terms shall fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Volos, Greece.
This Version of the Terms of Use was updated on: 5th of October 2023