Legal Notice

The purpose of these Terms and Conditions is to establish and regulate the rules of use of the website https://www.octsi.es/ (hereinafter, the ‘Website’).
Accessing and browsing the website, or using its services, implies the express and full acceptance of each and every one of the General Conditions of Use contained in this Legal Notice, including the General and Specific Conditions of Contractation, as well as the Privacy and Cookies Policy, relating to the purposes of processing the data you provide us with. Please read them carefully.

 

1. Owner

In compliance with Law 34/2002, of 11 July, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce, the identifying details of the owner of the Website you are browsing are:
Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI)
C/ León y Castillo, 200 Edf. Servicios Múltiples III, 6th Floor 35071 -Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
If you have any questions or queries, please contact us by telephone on: 922 922 861.
Contact details for the Data Protection Officer: mailto:dg.aciisi@gobiernodecanarias.org

 

2. Intellectual Property

The Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI) is the owner and holder of the corresponding licence for the intellectual and industrial property rights of the website. https://www.octsi.es/

All content on the Website, including graphic design, source code, logos, text, graphics, illustrations, photographs, and other elements appearing on the Website, unless otherwise indicated, are the exclusive property of the Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI).

Under no circumstances shall access and browsing by the User imply a waiver, transfer, licence or total or partial assignment of said rights by the Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI) over any other right related to its Website and the services offered therein.

Likewise, it is prohibited to modify, copy, reuse, exploit, reproduce, publicly communicate, make second or subsequent publications, upload files, send by mail, transmit, use, process or distribute in any way all or part of the content included on the Website for public or commercial purposes, without the express written authorisation of the Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI) or, where applicable, the owner of the corresponding rights.

The User therefore acknowledges that the reproduction, distribution, commercialisation, transformation and, in general, any other form of exploitation, by any means, of all or part of the contents of this Website constitutes an infringement of the intellectual and/or industrial property rights of the owner of the Website or the owner of said rights.

 

3. Use of the website

The User undertakes to use the Website, its contents and services in accordance with current legislation and this Legal Notice.

Similarly, the User undertakes not to use the Website or the services provided through it for purposes or effects that are unlawful or contrary to the content of this Legal Notice, harmful to the interests or rights of third parties, or that in any way may damage, render useless or deteriorate the Website or its services, or prevent normal enjoyment of the Website by other Users.

Likewise, the User expressly agrees not to destroy, alter, disable or in any other way damage the data, programmes or electronic documents and other items found on this Website.

The User undertakes not to hinder other Users' access to the service by massively consuming the computer resources through which the owner of the Website provides the service, and not to perform actions that damage, interrupt or generate errors in said systems.

The User undertakes not to introduce programmes, viruses, macros, applets, ActiveX controls or any other logical device or sequence of characters that cause or are likely to cause any type of alteration to the computer systems of the owner of the Website or third parties.

The User is responsible for the proper custody and confidentiality of any identifiers and/or passwords provided by the Website, and undertakes not to transfer their use to third parties, either temporarily or permanently, or to allow access to them by unauthorised persons.

The User shall be liable for any unlawful use of the services by any unauthorised third party who uses a password for that purpose due to the User's careless use or loss of the password.

In view of the above, it is the User's obligation to immediately notify the Website administrators of any event that could lead to the misuse of identifiers and/or passwords, such as theft, loss, or unauthorised access to them, in order to proceed with their immediate cancellation.

Until such information is communicated, the Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI) shall be exempt from any liability that may arise from the misuse of identifiers or passwords by unauthorised third parties.

 

4. Website functionality

The Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI) accepts no liability for any interference, omissions, interruptions, computer viruses, telephone faults or disconnections in the operation of the electronic system caused by reasons beyond the control of the website owner.

Likewise, the Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI) also excludes any liability that may arise from delays or blockages in the operational functioning of this electronic system caused by deficiencies or overloads in telephone lines or the Internet, as well as damage caused by third parties through illegal interference beyond the control of the Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI).

The Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI) is authorised to temporarily suspend access to the website without prior notice for maintenance, repair, updating or improvement operations.

 

5. Liability regime

The Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI) does not guarantee the legality, reliability, usefulness, truthfulness or accuracy of the services or information provided by third parties through the website.

The User is solely responsible for any infringements they may commit or damages they may cause through misuse of the Website, with Agencia Canaria de Investigación, Innovación y Sociedad de la Información (ACIISI), its partners, group companies, collaborators, employees and representatives being exempt from any liability that may arise from the User's actions.

The Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI) will make every reasonable effort and use all reasonable means to provide up-to-date and reliable information on the website. However, the owner of the website does not guarantee the absence of errors, or possible inaccuracies and/or omissions in the content published by third parties accessible through this website.

The User is solely liable for any claim or legal action, judicial or extrajudicial, brought by third parties against the owner of the Website based on misuse of the Website by the User. Where applicable, the User shall bear any expenses, costs and compensation requested from the Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI) as a result of such claims or legal actions.

 

6. Protection of personal data.

You will find the entire personal data processing policy in the Privacy Policy, which forms an integral part of these General Terms and Conditions but which, for simplicity's sake, we have placed in a separate document: Privacy Policy.

 

7. Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

This Legal Notice and its terms and conditions shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with Spanish law. By accessing the website or becoming a registered user, the user irrevocably grants their consent to the competent courts by default to hear any legal action arising from or related to these conditions, or to their use of this Site or their browsing of it.

If any clause or section of these General Terms and Conditions, which is not essential to their existence, is declared null and void or inapplicable, the validity of the remaining clauses shall not be affected.