Terms of use

1.     GENERAL

1.1.  CERM NV, registered with the Crossroads Bank of Enterprises under number 0440.985.556 and having its registered office at Siemenslaan 17, 8020 Oostkamp (Belgium) welcome you to the website www.cerm.net, including any mobile versions thereof or related mobile applications (“Website”).

1.2.  The access and use of the Website is free, without prejudice of the possibility of CERM of rendering services or making available certain contents that are subjected to user name, password or payment, and requires the user’s acceptance of the present terms of use, as well as of the contents and services that CERM makes available to the user in the Website (respectively, the “Terms”, the “Contents” and the “Services”).

1.3.  Certain Services of the Website (e.g. subscription or access to software) is regulated by particular conditions (e.g. subscription terms) which, in case of conflict, shall prevail over the Terms.

2.     USE OF THE WEBSITE

2.1.  In using the Website, you undertake not to perform any action susceptible of: (i) infringing the law or the Terms; (ii) damaging the image, interests and rights of CERM or third parties; or (iii) damaging, disabling or overloading the Website, or impeding or altering, in any form, the normal use of the Website.

2.2.  In particular, the user expressly undertakes not to (i) destroy, alter, disable or damage the data, programs, electronic documents or any other elements of the Website; and (ii) not to place any programs, virus or logic devices that may cause any kind of alteration in the informatics systems of the Website.

2.3.  CERM implements reasonable security measures to detect the existence of viruses. Nonetheless, you must be aware that the security measures of informatics systems are not inexpungable and, therefore, CERM cannot guarantee the absence of virus, malicious software, worms or any other kind of contamination (phishing, pharming, troyans, etc.).

2.4.  The access to the Website by means of mechanized systems different from persons is forbidden, for they prevent CERM from measuring with objectivity the audience using in a normal way the Website.

2.5.  CERM is herein exempted from any liability that may result from (i) interferences, omissions, interruptions, virus, network faults or disconnections in the functioning of the electronic system, (ii) delays or locks in the functioning of the electronic system caused by deficiencies or overloads of the Internet or (iii) damages caused by third parties.

2.6.  CERM is entitled to interrupt, at any moment and without prior notice, the access to the Website for the purposes of its maintenance or in order to repair it, update it or improve it.

3.     INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

3.1.  All Contents (including editorial material, news, insights, texts, graphics, photos, illustrations, videos, trade names, trademarks, logo’s or distinctive signs and any other element found on the Website) are the exclusive property of CERM, except as otherwise explicitly stated, and are protected by copyrights, trademark right, design rights and other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws.

3.2.  No intellectual or industrial property rights are granted to you over the Website and the Contents. It is absolutely forbidden for the user to proceed, by any means, to their reproduction, transformation, distribution, extraction, public communication, disclosure, forwarding or use of any other nature, except when it is legally permitted or it is authorized by CERM.

3.3.  The Contents made available by CERM for downloading, eg. insights, reports or newsletters, may solely be downloaded for personal, non-commercial and informational use only and provided that (i) no alterations are made to these documents, especially to the ownership indications and (ii) no publications are made.

3.4.  You may obtain a temporary private copy of the Contents for personal use, private and non-collective, provided that the purpose of it is not performing collective, commercial or professional activities. The user shall refrain from obtaining the Contents through means or procedures different from those indicated to that effect or from those that are normally used on the Internet (provided that they do not amount to a risk of damaging or disabling the Website).

3.5.  You are not allowed to, without prior written approval of CERM, to otherwise copy, alter, distribute, publish, reverse engineer, decompile, spider, crawl, scrape or use and/or exploit in any other way the Contents made available. You are only allowed to place a hyperlink (a technical command, referring to the Website, as a result of which the Website page will appear within its own frames) upon prior written consent by CERM. If you do not comply with the aforementioned regulations, CERM reserves the right to seek redress from you for any damages resulting from this unauthorised use.

3.6.  CERM takes the violation of intellectual property and copyrights serious and will act against any counterfeiters.

4.     THIRD PARTY CONTENT

4.1.  In the event that links to certain other third-party websites are found in the Website, you must be aware that CERM is not responsible for examining or evaluating, and does not warrant the offerings of, any of these businesses or individuals or the content, security or privacy practices of any third-party website.

4.2.  CERM does not assume any responsibility or liability for the actions, services, and/or content of any of these third-party websites. The establishment of such link shall at no circumstance imply the existence of any kind of relation between CERM and the concerning third-party.

5.     REGISTRATION

5.1.  In the event that any of the Contents or Services of the Website requires the registration of the user, you (i) will disclose personal data honestly and accurately, (ii) must preserve the username and password secretly and (iii) are responsible for any activity performed under your username and password.

5.2.  CERM reserves the right to change the username or refuse or cancel your registration if (i) you choose a username that, in our sole discretion, is false, obscene, indecent, abusive or otherwise improper or (ii) have created an account solely for improper purposes, non-personal use or for conducting unfair trade practices.

6.     PERSONAL DATA

In the event that personal data of the user are collected through the Website, the Privacy Policy will apply.

7.     COOKIES

7.1.  The Website uses cookies (files that are downloaded on the computer, smartphone or tablet of the user when accessing certain web sites, in order to store and retrieve information about the browsing performed).

7.2.  All information on the cookies used on the Website is available in the Cookie Policy.

8.     ACCURACY AND AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES

8.1.  CERM attempts to be accurate at all times when describing its Services on the Website. However, CERM does not warrant that descriptions and any other Contents or information accessible on the Website are complete, error-free or fit for a particular purpose. All information on the CERM website is provided "as is" and "as available".

8.2.  Reference to any product or Service on the Website does not constitute an offer to sell or supply that Service. Specific advice concerning the availability and suitability of any particular Service should be sought from the local CERM affiliate, partner, distributor or agent concerned in a specific territory.

9.     INFRINGEMENT AND LIABILITY

9.1.  If you infringe any of these Terms, or if there is a risk that damages are caused to CERM, CERM may take the measures it deems appropriate.

9.2.  To the extent permitted by law, CERM will not be liable for any damages resulting from the direct or indirect use, access, or inability to access the Website.

10.  DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

CERM reserves its rights to inform any authority of any activity carried out by a user on the CERM Website.

11.  ASSIGNMENT

The Terms may be assigned, without your consent, to any third party that acquires, totally or partially, the CERM business.

12.  GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

The Terms shall be governed by Belgian law. Any dispute between CERM and the users arising, directly or indirectly, from the present Terms, shall be subjected to the jurisdiction of the Courts of the City of Bruges (Belgium).

13.  CONTACT

The Website is a public website. You should have no expectation of confidentiality with respect to any content, suggestions or ideas you may submit on or via this website to CERM or its personnel. If you (i) have doubts related to the Terms, or any comment related to the Website, or (ii) if any problem in the functioning of the Website comes to your attention, feel free to address your comments and queries to the following e-mail address: marketing@cerm.net.