Asia 2015 Website - Terms and Conditions of Use
This website is provided as a public service by the Asia 2015 conference sponsors* and managed by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) subject to the following terms and conditions. Your use of the site is subject to these terms – if you do not agree to them, please leave the site.
Disclaimer of liability
In the preparation of this website, every effort has been made to offer the most current, correct, and clearly expressed information possible. Nevertheless, inadvertent errors may occur. In particular, but without limiting anything here, IDS disclaims any responsibility for typographical errors and accuracy of the information that may be contained on Asia 2015 website. IDS also reserves the right to make changes at any time without notice.
The information and data included on Asia 2015 web pages has been compiled from a variety of sources. Unless expressly stated otherwise, opinions given on this Website are those of the individuals making them, and not those of IDS or that of the Asia 2015 conference sponsors: neither IDS nor the Asia 2015 conference sponsors are responsible for such opinions or any claims resulting from them. Further, the Asia 2015 sponsors make no warranties or representations whatsoever regarding the quality, content, completeness, or adequacy of such information and data. In any situation where printed publications differ from the text contained in this system, the printed documents take precedence.
Some parts of the Asia 2015 website are interactive, and we encourage contributions by users, which will be subject to editorial control prior to being posted on the website. The Asia 2015 conference sponsors accept no responsibility or liability for any material communicated by third parties in this way. IDS reserves the right at its sole discretion to remove, review, edit or delete any content at our own discretion.
Unacceptable Use
You must not use any part of the website for any purpose which is illegal, immoral, offensive to others or in breach of others' rights, or submit any content of that nature. This includes, but is not limited to any content or purpose which is discriminatory or harassing on the grounds of race, gender, religion, age or any other personal attribute, foul language, inciting hatred, sexually explicit, abusive, defamatory, in breach of copyright or other rights and such other activity as IDS may from time to time determine is unacceptable. IDS may remove or block access to any content or communication for any purpose. If you feel that your rights are infringed by anything on this site, please contact the Asia 2015 website manager (c.spencer@ids.ac.uk) giving a full description of the offending items and reasons. IDS will investigate and, if it agrees, remove or block such content.
Disclaimer of reliability
While every effort is made to ensure that this website operates reliably, IDS make no representations or warranties regarding the condition or functionality of this website, its suitability for use, or that the service it provides will be uninterrupted or error-free.
Disclaimer of damages
By using this website, you assume all risks associated with its use, including any risk to your computer, software or data being damaged by any virus, software, or any other file which might be transmitted or activated via this website. IDS and the Asia 2015 conference sponsors shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages, including, without limitation, lost revenues or lost profits, resulting from the use or misuse of this website or the information contained in this website.
Disclaimer of endorsement
Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favouring by Asia 2015 conference sponsors. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the Asia 2015 conference sponsors, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.
Links to other websites
Links from the Asia 2015 website may take you to other websites. While such links are provided in good faith, the Asia 2015 sponsors do not approve or endorse the websites to which it has established links in any way. Links are provided for your convenience only and the Asia 2015 conference sponsors are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of any other website linked to or from the Asia 2015 website. Use of any such links will not render IDS or the Asia 2015 conference sponsors liable to you or any other person for loss or liability of any kind.
Copyright
IDS and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) holds the copyright to all IDS/ODI papers and Asia 2015 website content but encourages reproduction of these materials for non-commercial purposes. Proper attribution is requested, stating the original source of the material. Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work for teaching or not-for-profit use is hereby granted without fee and without a formal request provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that full attribution appears on the first page. Copyright for web content and publications not owned by IDS/ODI must be honoured and permission pursued with the copyright holder. Copying in any other circumstances, including but not limited to any commercial use, re-use in commercial publications, or for translation or adaptation, is not permitted without prior written permission from IDS for which a fee may be payable.
To request permission to reprint or republish material from this site, or if you are unclear who is the copyright holder, please contact:
Communications Team
Institute of Development Studies
at the University of Sussex
Brighton , BN1 9RE
UK
Tel: +44 (0)1273 876681
E-mail: communications@ids.ac.uk
Storage and Use of Personal Information
IDS is committed to protecting your privacy. If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please e-mail communications@ids.ac.uk
When you visit the Asia 2015 website, we log non-personally-identifiable information including IP address, profile information, aggregate user data, and browser type. We use this data to monitor usage and improve our website services.
In cases where you have provided Asia 2015 with personal data, this may be used internally by the Asia 2015 conference sponsors to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the services we provide. IDS may also use this information to contact you in the future unless or until such a time that you say you do not wish us to do so. We will not share your personal information with third parties.
The database holding your personal details is held in the UK and the 1998 UK Data Protection Act applies. You have the right to inspect and update your personal details. You can do this yourself by following the instructions given on this website. If you require help with this, please contact the Asia 2015 website manager ( c.spencer@ids.ac.uk ) who will process your request within a reasonable time.
Email subscription services
You should not enter information on behalf of another person or about any other person. Your name and email address will be used only for delivering to you the services to which you have subscribed, for sending information about these services, for sending you password reminders and for validating security. They will not be provided to any third parties without your express consent.
If you are sharing your email address with other people, IDS and the Asia 2015 conference sponsors cannot protect any information you provide against access by the other users of your email address, nor can IDS prevent other users of your email address changing your subscription details.
Services allowing you to publish your personal information
For services allowing you to publish your personal information on a website including the Asia 2015 discussion forum, you are required to provide accurate information about yourself and accept sole and full responsibility for this and for keeping the information up to date. You should not enter information on behalf of another person or about any other person.
By providing your information to us, you are giving your permission for your personal information to be made freely and publicly available via the internet to any internet user accessing the website. A user will be able to view your information in a web browser but will not be able to change your information held and displayed by the website. Your information could be passed in this way to third parties in any country worldwide. If you do not wish to allow this type of access to your information, do not enter your information.
The inclusion of any information in the discussion forum is subject to acceptance procedures. Entering your information does not result in automatic inclusion in the service. By entering your information, you are submitting information to the approval process. IDS reserves the right to edit each contribution (within the limits of the 1998 UK Data Protection Act). If any of the information submitted is deemed to be offensive, inflammatory or materially misleading by IDS (in its sole discretion), IDS reserves the right to refuse to publish contributions.
Password protected services
You are responsible for the safeguarding of any information, such as passwords and user IDs needed for use of your computer and/or your account with Asia 2015, and the Asia 2015 conference sponsors will not be responsible for any consequences of such information failing to be adequately safeguarded.
You should not enter information on behalf of another person or about any other person.
You are required to use all reasonable endeavours to ensure against unauthorised access to the service, in particular the use of user names and passwords by unauthorised individuals.
Password reminders and other information from the service will be sent to the email address you have given.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions or the practices of this website, please contact us at:
Asia 2015
Communications Team
Institute of Development Studies
at the University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9RE
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1273 606261
Fax: +44 (0) 1273 621202/691647
E-mail: c.spencer @ids.ac.uk
Website: www.asia2015conference.org
IDS is a charitable company no. 877338
Limited by guarantee and registered in England
Charity registration no. 306371
* The Asia 2015 conference sponsors include:
UK Department for International Development, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Chatham House, Overseas Development Institute, Institute of Development Studies, United Nations Development Programme, and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
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