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Agreement between User and https://www.heber.info

Welcome to https://www.heber.info. The https://www.heber.info website (the “Site”) is comprised of various web pages operated by Joerg Heber (“Open Science Newsletter”). https://www.heber.info is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the “Terms”). Your use of https://www.heber.info constitutes your agreement to all such Terms. Please read these terms carefully, and keep a copy of them for your reference.

https://www.heber.info is a News and Information Site. The Open Science Newsletter is a collection of news covering open science, science publishing and scientific research. It is curated by Joerg Heber.

Privacy

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Electronic Communications

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Children Under Thirteen

Open Science Newsletter does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under the age of thirteen. If you are under 18, you may use https://www.heber.info only with permission of a parent or guardian.

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Certain services made available via https://www.heber.info are delivered by third party sites and organizations. By using any product, service or functionality originating from the https://www.heber.info domain, you hereby acknowledge and consent that Open Science Newsletter may share such information and data with any third party with whom Open Science Newsletter has a contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service or functionality on behalf of https://www.heber.info users and customers.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use/Intellectual Property

As a condition of your use of the Site, you warrant to Open Science Newsletter that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Site.

License to use the content

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International Users

The Service is controlled, operated and administered by Open Science Newsletter from our offices within the USA. If you access the Service from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use the Open Science Newsletter Content accessed through https://www.heber.info in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions or regulations.

Indemnification

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Liability Disclaimer

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Termination/Access Restriction

Joerg Heber reserves the right, in his sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of California and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in California in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Site. Use of the Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this section.  

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Open Science Newsletter as a result of this agreement or use of the Site. Open Science Newsletter’s performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Open Science Newsletter’s right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Site or information provided to or gathered by Open Science Newsletter with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.  

Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Open Science Newsletter with respect to the Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and Open Science Newsletter with respect to the Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be written in English.

Changes to Terms

Open Science Newsletter reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the Terms under which https://www.heber.info is offered. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions. Open Science Newsletter encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay informed of our updates.

Effective as of April 15, 2019.