Terms of Use

By accessing the VASP Website, the VASP Support Forum or the VASP Community Portal (hereinafter jointly referred to as VASP Portal or Website), you agree to be legally bound by the following terms. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all of the following terms then please do not access and/or use the VASP Portal.

We may change these terms at any time and we'll do our utmost in informing you about any changes. Such amended Terms of Use shall be effective upon posting. By continuing to access or use the VASP Portal after such posting, you will be deemed to have accepted such amendments. You are advised to regularly review any applicable terms and conditions.

  1. Unless otherwise indicated, this Website and its contents are the property of the VASP Software GmbH (in short "VASP GmbH"). The copyright in the material contained on this Website and its contents belongs to the VASP GmbH or its licensors. The trademarks appearing on this website are protected by the laws of the Republic of Austria and by international trademark laws.

  2. The information placed on this Website by the VASP GmbH has been prepared solely for the purpose of providing selected information about the VASP GmbH and its project partners and about the respective, services which they offer.

  3. The operating of this Website constitutes a voluntary service by the VASP GmbH. The user of this Website shall in no event acquire a claim with regard to the continuous operating of the Website. The VASP GmbH might ultimately close down the Website at any time.

  4. ALL INFORMATION (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TEXT, IMAGES, GRAPHICS, LINKS, AND OTHER MATERIALS) ON THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE". THE VASP GMBH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT. In particular VASP GmbH does not make any representations that (i) any information contained on this Website, or on any site linked to this Website, is complete, accurate, up-to-date, or otherwise meets your requirements, (ii) the use of the Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, virus-free or error free and (iii) the Website will not infringe the rights of any other person or organisation.

  5. To the extent permitted by law, the VASP GmbH accepts no liability for any loss or damage which may be suffered by other parties as a direct or indirect result of using this Website (including loss of profit, loss of opportunity, loss of business, and consequential loss). If you are a consumer, the provisions in section 4 and 5 do not affect your statutory claims under the applicable national law.

  6. Unless expressly stated otherwise, opinions given on this Website are those of the individuals making them, and not those of the VASP GmbH: the VASP GmbH is not responsible for such opinions or any claims resulting from them.

  7. Any software made available for downloading from or through this Website is licensed subject to the terms of the applicable software license agreement.

  8. Subject to the above, those gaining access to this Website are authorised to make use of the Website for any lawful purposes. The following is a non-exclusive list of uses which are expressly prohibited:

    8.1. using the website to commit or encourage unlawful acts, including unlawful copying of copyright material;

    8.2. misrepresenting the user's identity or authority;

    8.3. distributing any type of virus or other device intended to cause nuisance, loss or corruption of any information on the website or accessed through it, or of any systems used to operate the website or any systems accessed through it;

    8.4. tampering with communications which are not the user's, or making any alteration to any information on the website;

    8.5. accessing or attempting to access other parties' user accounts;

    8.6. hacking or attempting to hack any part of the website, or any system used to run it, or any system accessed through it;

    8.7. disrupting the flow of communications in interactive areas;

    8.8. storing personal data derived from the website;

  9. When posting or otherwise interacting with the VASP Support Forum the following additional terms apply:
    The VASP GmbH reserves the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic and any post or submitted material at any time should the VASP GmbH see fit.
    It is strictly prohibited in particular to post material on the VASP Support Forum, which

    9.1. infringes intellectual property rights;

    9.2. defames or threatens other people or organisations;

    9.3. is offensive, obscene or hateful; or which other users of the website are likely to consider offensive, obscene or hateful.
    Disregarding these rules may lead to being immediately and permanently banned, with notification of the user's Internet Service Provider if deemed required by us. The IP address of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these rules.
    Persons submitting material to the VASP Support Forum are solely responsible for the material and for any claims relating to its content, whether made against the VASP GmbH or otherwise. Whilst the VASP GmbH does not exercise editorial control over any content posted to the website by users, the VASP GmbH reserves the right at its sole discretion to remove any content which it has been notified is objectionable, whether or not the objection is substantiated, and otherwise to review, edit or delete any comments posted by users which it deems defamatory, unlawful, threatening or otherwise objectionable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and to the extent permitted in law, the VASP GmbH accepts no responsibility or liability for any material communicated by third parties via the website.

  10. Personal information provided or collected through or in connection with this Website will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy as posted on this Website.

  11. The VASP GmbH shall have the sole right to shut down the Website or any part thereof for any reason at any time without notice or consent. VASP GmbH will have no responsibility or liability to store any content including any user content submitted to the Website.

  12. The terms above are exclusively governed by Austrian law without regard to its conflict of law provisions, and Austrian courts have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to them.

  13. If any of these terms is found to be illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the term(s) in question will be severed; but the remaining terms will continue in force.

Last Update: 2019-08-05