Terms of Use

What is the purpose of the Terms of Use?

These “Terms of Use” (hereinafter, “Terms of Use”, “General Conditions” or “Conditions”) outline the general terms and conditions under which users of the website researchcashlab.devstatresearch.com (hereinafter, the “Site” or “Website”) may access, register and use the services offered by the Site. The Site is owned the University of Valencia, whose contact address is Department of Business Finance FdE, Avda. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.

What is the scope of these Terms of Use?

The expression “Site” or “Website” includes, but is not limited to, any data, text, graphs, images, animation, music, video, sounds, drawings, photographs and other content included on the Site and, in general, any creation expressed through any tangible or intangible medium, regardless of whether it is protected by intellectual and industrial copyright in accordance with the applicable regulations. The Terms of Use therefore apply to, but are not limited to, all of the above.

Who is this Site aimed at and who can access its content?

This Site is aimed exclusively at people aged 18 or older. Access to and use of the Site by persons under 18 years of age is prohibited.

What is the purpose of the Website?

Users can use the Site to value research projects in terms of their financial viability and profitability for industry.

The University of Valencia may modify, unilaterally and without prior notice, the provision, configuration, content and services of the Site, as well as the Terms of Use and access to the services and content offered. These changes will be published and notified in the corresponding legal notices on the Site.

The content offered on the Website will be in Spanish, although the University of Valencia reserves the right to offer this content in any other official language of Spain or in any other language spoken inside or outside the European Union.

The cost of telephone access or any other expense associated with the connection required to access the Website will be borne exclusively by users.

When are users bound by these Conditions?

Access to the Site implies that users accept these Terms of Use. Otherwise, they must leave the Site without browsing or accessing its services and content.

What rights and obligations do users have?

Users may:

• Access the content and services offered by the Site free of charge.
• Use the services and content available for use as provided for in these General Conditions or the specific conditions governing the use of a particular service and/or content.
• Make appropriate and lawful use of the Site, in accordance with the applicable legislation, moral behaviour, decency and public order.

Under no circumstances may users:

• Access or use the services and content offered by the Site for illicit purposes that infringe upon the rights and freedoms of third parties or that may harm, damage or interfere with in any way access to these services or content to the detriment of the University of Valencia or third parties.
• Use the services, fully or partially, to promote, sell or rent advertising or information (from users or third-parties) without prior written authorisation from the University of Valencia.
• Include hyperlinks to this Website on private or commercial web pages that do not link solely and exclusively to this Site's home page.
• Use the services and content offered on the Site in a manner that contravenes these General Conditions and/or the specific conditions governing access to a specific service and/or content.
• Take any action that prevents or hinders other users' access to the Site or the hyperlinks to the services and content offered by the University of Valencia or by third parties via the Website.
• Use the Website to access the Internet to perform illegal acts or acts that contravene current legislation, moral behaviour, decency and public order.
• Use any type of computer virus, code, software, computer program, or computer or telecommunications equipment that may lead to damages or unauthorised changes to the content, programs or systems accessible via the services and content provided on the Website, or in information systems, files and computer equipment, or that may lead to unauthorised access to any content and/or services of the Website.
• Remove or modify in any way the protection or identification systems used by the University of Valencia or the legitimate owners of the content hosted on the Website, or the symbols that the University of Valencia or the legitimate third-party rights holders include in their creations on this Website that are protected by intellectual or industrial copyright.
• Include “metatags” corresponding to brands, trade names or trademarks owned by the University of Valencia on any websites that fall under users' responsibility or ownership.
• Duplicate all or part of this Website on another website; they may not use framing of the Site (or any websites accessible from it) that hides or modifies any element including, but not limited to, the following: content, advertising spaces and brands of the University of Valencia or third parties, regardless of whether they involve acts of unfair competition or confusion.
• Use framing on any website that they own or are responsible for to replicate the main page and/or pages accessible via the home page of this Website without prior authorisation from the University of Valencia.
• Use brands, trade names or any other trademarks protected by intellectual or industrial copyright without prior written authorisation by the University of Valencia or the legitimate owner.
• Take any action that involves the reproduction, distribution, copy, rental, public disclosure, transformation or any similar action that involves the modification or alteration of all or part of the content and services of the Site or the economic use of its services and content without prior written authorisation by the University of Valencia or the third-party holder of the intellectual and industrial property rights governing the services or content of the Website.

What rights and obligations does the University of Valencia have?

The University of Valencia reserves the right to:

• Modify conditions of access to the Site, technical or otherwise, unilaterally and without prior notice, without affecting the specific conditions governing the use of a specific service and/or content intended for specific groups that, if applicable, will be determined by the University of Valencia.
• Limit, prevent or impose conditions upon access to the Site when appropriate use is not fully guaranteed in accordance with the obligations and prohibitions outlined in these Terms of Use, the specific conditions or any other conditions published on this Site.
• Cease to provide a service, content or access to the Site.
• Modify, delete or update all or part of the services and content offered on the Site without prior notice.
• Take any legal or judicial action to protect the rights of both the University of Valencia and third parties that provide their services or content on the Site, whenever appropriate.
• Demand compensation for the improper or illegal use of all or any of the services and content provided on the Site.

What is the exemption and limitation of liability on the part of the University of Valencia in relation to the use of this Site?

The University of Valencia is exempt from any type of liability for damages of any kind in the following cases:

• Inability or difficulty to connect to the communications network via which this Website is accessed, regardless of the type of connection employed by users.
• The interruption, suspension or cancellation of access to the Website, as well as the availability and ongoing functioning of the Site or the services and/or content therein.
• The University of Valencia assumes no liability for the services and content, nor the availability and conditions (technical or otherwise) of access to the services and content offered by third-party service providers, especially in relation to service providers of the information society. The service providers of the information society are natural or legal persons who provide the following services to the public: (a) transfer (via a communication network) of data provided by the service beneficiary; (b) services to enable access to the network; (c) data storage or hosting services; (d) provision of content or information; (e) temporary copies of data; and (f) provision of links to content or search tools.
• The University of Valencia assumes no liability for any use of the services and content by users contravening the terms established in these Terms of Use or any other legal condition published on this Site, even for private or domestic use.
• The quality and speed of access to the Site and the technical conditions that must be met for users to access the Site and its services and/or content.
• The University of Valencia is not liable for delays or failures that may occur in the access and/or functioning of the services and/or content of the Website.
• Users will be held personally liable for damages of any kind caused directly or indirectly to the University of Valencia and/or third parties for contravening any obligations arising from these General Conditions or other terms governing the use of the Site.

Who owns the intellectual and industrial property rights to the content on this Site?

The content and services offered on the Site (including but not limited to text, graphs, images, animation, music, videos, sounds, drawings, photographs, comments, exhibitions and html code) are protected by intellectual and industrial property laws. The copyright and economic use of this Site belongs to the University of Valencia and/or third parties.

The brands, trade names or trademarks that appear on the Website are the property of the University of Valencia or, where applicable, of third parties, and are protected by the applicable industrial property laws.

The provision of services and publication of content on the Site under no circumstances entails the assignment, waiver or transfer, wholly or partially, of ownership of the corresponding intellectual and industrial property rights by the University of Valencia and/or its legitimate third-party holders.

Consequently, no part of this Website may be reproduced, distributed, broadcast, copied, publicly disclosed or transformed (wholly or partially) by any manual, electronic or mechanical system or method (including photocopying, recording or any other information retrieval and storage system) via any medium that is currently known or that may be created in the future, without the consent of the University of Valencia and/or the legitimate third parties. The use, in any form, of all or part of the content of the Site is subject to prior authorisation from the University of Valencia and/or legitimate third parties and the acceptance of the corresponding licence, where appropriate, except as provided for in relation to the rights granted to users under these General Conditions or the specific conditions governing the use of a certain service and/or content offered on the Site.

What rights does the University of Valencia have in relation to the content and information provided via queries and the results of these queries?

To carry out statistical, scientific and research studies and analyses, the University of Valencia may reuse the information and content provided by users via queries and the results of these queries, having first dissociated and anonymised any data that could jeopardise the confidentiality of any personal data of users or other third parties. Similar measures will be taken with any commercial information (including trade, professional or business secrets) in relation to users or the organisation that the users represent. The purpose of these measures is to help improve the knowledge and activities of the University of Valencia.

Is it possible to provide links to this Website?

Hyperlinks to this Website may only be used following prior written authorisation by the University of Valencia and under the conditions granted by the University of Valencia.

What is the personal data protection policy of this Site?

The University of Valencia guarantees the confidentiality of the personal data provided by users and the processing of such data in accordance with the applicable legislation on the protection of personal data: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (hereinafter, GDPR), the Ley Orgánica de Protección de Datos y Garantía de los Derechos Digitales (LOPDGDD) and other applicable regulations.

Personal data collected via the Website or the completion of forms and the use of contact addresses published on the Site will be subject to one or more processing activities that are the responsibility of the University of Valencia. For this purpose, prior to the delivery of personal data, the University of Valencia will provide users with basic and detailed information on the content of the data processing, without affecting users' access to the Privacy Policy, where they can consult this information at any time.

How long will this Site be active?

The duration of the access, content and services offered on the Site are, in theory, indefinite. However, the University of Valencia may terminate or suspend access, services and/or content on the Site at any time, without affecting any pertinent provisions set forth in these General Conditions or, where appropriate, specific conditions governing the use of a certain service and/or content.

What is the validity of these Conditions?

These General Conditions, as well as any specific conditions governing certain services, contain all the terms stipulated by the University of Valencia and agreed upon by the University of Valencia and users regarding the use of this Site in relation to the purpose of any of these conditions. Any declarations, commitments or promises (verbal, written or implicit) made prior to these Conditions in relation to the subject of these Conditions will be considered non-existent.

The fact that, at any given moment, the University of Valencia does not enforce any of these General Conditions (or, where appropriate, specific conditions governing the use of a certain service and/or content) may not be interpreted by users as withdrawal of the need for compliance at a later date.

What happens if any clause of these Conditions is null or voidable?

If any clause of these General Conditions (or, where appropriate, specific conditions governing the use of a certain service and/or content) is null or voidable, wholly or partially, this will not affect the validity of any other clauses. These will remain in full effect and will be fully valid, unless the party alleging that a given clause is null or voidable proves that without this null or voidable clause, the purposes of these General Conditions cannot be fulfilled and/or applied to individuals.

What legislation governs this Privacy Policy?

These General Conditions are governed by Spanish legislation.

What is the applicable jurisdiction if conflicts arise?

The parties expressly waive their own jurisdiction and agree to be bound by the resolution of any disputes by the Courts and Tribunals of the city of Valencia.