Updated June 21, 2024

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Terms

By accessing this website, you are agreeing to be bound by these website’s Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws, and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this website are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law.

Use License

Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on SciComm Society’s website for personal and non-commercial transitory viewing only.

This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license, you may not:

• use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial)
• attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on SciComm Society’s website
• remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials
• transfer the materials to another person

This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by SciComm Society at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.

To access or use the Site, you must be 18 years of age or older and have the requisite power and authority to enter into these Terms and Conditions. Children under the age of 18 are prohibited from using the Site.

Information provided on the Site and in the Service related to membership sites and other information are subject to change. SciComm Society makes no representation or warranty that the information provided, regardless of its source (the “Content”), is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free.

Revisions and Errors

The materials appearing on SciComm Society’s website could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. SciComm Society does not warrant that any of the materials on its website are accurate, complete, or current. SciComm Society may make changes to the materials contained on its website at any time without notice. SciComm Society does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.

Site Terms of Use Modifications

SciComm Society may revise these Terms of use for its website at any time without notice. By using this website you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

Governing Law

Any claim relating to SciComm Society’s website shall be governed by the laws of the State of Bavaria without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Account Creation

In order to use the services and/or products offered on the website, you will be required to provide information about yourself including your name, email address, username and password, and other personal information.

You agree that any registration information you give to us will always be accurate, correct, and up to date. You must not impersonate someone else or provide account information or an email address other than your own. Your account must not be used for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. You must not, in the use of the service or product, violate any laws in your jurisdiction.

Lawful Purposes

You may use the Site, Service, and/or products for lawful purposes only. You agree to be financially responsible for all purchases made by you or someone acting on your behalf through the Site.

You agree to use the Site and to purchase services or products through the Site for legitimate, non-commercial purposes only.

You shall not post or transmit through the Site or social media groups managed by site or SciComm Society any material which violates or infringes the rights of others, or which is threatening, abusive, defamatory, libellous, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, or otherwise objectionable, contains injurious formulas, recipes, or instructions, which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law.

Refusal of Services/Products

The Services and/or products are offered subject to our acceptance of your order or requests. We reserve the right to refuse service to any order, person or entity, without the obligation to assign a reason for doing so. No order is deemed accepted by us until payment has been processed. We may at any time change or discontinue any aspect or feature of the Site, Product or Service, subject to us fulfilling our previous responsibilities to you based on acceptance of your payment.

Duration of Agreement

Once confirmed, we will provide you access to the purchased Service or product. You agree and understand that access to the Service/product may at times be influenced and affected by third parties that we use to provide the Service (web hosting, membership site plugins, etc.). You agree and understand that no breach of contract action may be initiated against SciComm Society when there are reasonable delays in the access of the Service or product.

SciComm Society reserves the right to terminate a service or product, and or access to certain features of the Service or Product, with or without prior notice to you. We will make reasonable efforts to provide notice but are not required to do so under the terms of this agreement.

Lifetime Access is for the lifetime of the Service or Product and SciComm Society intends to assure access for at least one year. If for any reason, SciComm Society should dissolve or cease to exist, then your access to the Service or Product terminates.

All Sales Are Final

Unless otherwise stated with respect to a specific product, all sales are final, and there will be no refunds due to the nature of digital products.

Changed Terms

We may at any time amend these Terms and Conditions. Such amendments are effective immediately upon notice to you by us posting the new Terms and Conditions on this Site.

Any use of the Site or Service by you after being notified means you accept these amendments.

We reserve the right to update any portion of our Site and Service, including these Terms and Conditions, at any time. We will post the most recent versions to the Site and list the effective dates on the pages of our Terms and Conditions.

Waiver

No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement by SciComm Society shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver. No waiver shall be binding unless executed in writing by SciComm Society.

Severability

If any term, provision, covenant, or condition of this Agreement is held by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the rest of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired, or invalidated.