Terms and Conditions

Eligibility

To be eligible to use our Database, you must represent and warrant that:

• You are not currently restricted from using the Database, or not otherwise prohibited from having an account;
• You have full power and authority to accept and observe these Terms and doing so will not violate any other agreement to which you are a party;
• You will not violate any rights of the EAASS and its related bodies corporate, including intellectual property rights such as rights in designs, patents, copyright and trademark rights;
• You agree to provide at your cost all equipment, software and internet access necessary to use some of the Services;
• You have read and understood the Terms and agree to be bound by all of its provisions.

Intellectual Property Rights

The EAASS trademarks, service marks, patents, design rights and logos displayed on the Database are the exclusive property of the EAASS and are protected under international trademark laws and copyright laws. Use of any of these marks without prior written permission of the authority of the EAASS is strictly prohibited. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

The design, images, text content and overall layout contained in our Database are protected under international law as copyrighted materials. Anyone who claims, displays, reproduces copies or creates derivative works for commercial or non-commercial purposes without the prior written permission from an authorized representative of the EAASS shall be in violation of copyright laws and trademark laws and is liable for copyright and trademark infringement to the greatest extent of the law.

Your Database Account

You will need a Database account in order to use some of the Database services or to verify your entity's accredited certification. You can apply for your own EAACR Database account or it may be assigned to you by an administrator.

The EAASS grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable, fully paid-up and non-exclusive license to use the Database provided to you by the EAASS. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Database as provided by the EAASS, in the manner permitted in these Terms of Service. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of our Database, nor may you reverse engineer or attempt to extract the source code of our online Services, unless laws prohibit those restrictions or you have the EAASS's prior written permission.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information and the EAASS recommends that you do not disclose your password to any third party. If you learn of any unauthorized use of your password and account, please contact us immediately.

Unless otherwise agreed by the EAASS, your registration and validation of a Database account constitutes granting the EAASS the right to use your name and your company's name and logo in the EAASS's online and/or printed marketing materials and/or in the Site, and to disclose that you and your company hold an EAASS accredited certification.

Your Content and Our Services

You may be required to provide information or materials about your entity, business or product/services as part of the registration process of the Site or use of the Database. You represent and warrant to the EAASS that all information submitted is true, accurate, current, complete and lawful, and that it does not infringe or violate any of the copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade names, rights in designs, or any other rights of any third parties.

Some of our Database services allow you to submit your own content. You shall retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. When you submit content to our Database, you grant the EAASS a worldwide, non-exclusive, unlimited, assignable, fully paid-up and royalty-free license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, communicate, publish, publicly perform and publicly display and distribute such content. This license continues even if you stop using our Database or cease to hold accredited certification with the EAASS.

We reserve the right to reject or delete submitted content if we suspect that any such content may infringe or violate any intellectual property rights or our Terms of Service, or contain misleading, false, deceptive, threatening, harassing, obscene, offensive, discriminatory or illegal information.

The Website Does Not Provide Commercial Advice

This Website, Services and the Content are for informational purposes only. EAASS collects data from all over the world; EAASS has not verified any such data or any Content on the Website and cannot and does not provide any assurances or warranties whatsoever regarding the accuracy or completeness of any such data or Content.

Third Party Content

During the course of enjoying our Database, you may come across content that is provided by third parties and public sources. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by such third parties are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of the EAASS. We do not guarantee, represent or warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content. The EAASS has no control over such third party content and shall not be responsible or liable for any content, products or services made available.

Notifications and Service Messages

In connection with your use of the Database, we may send you service announcements, administrative messages, and other information. You also agree that the EAASS may communicate with you through your Database account or through any other means including email, mobile number, and telephone for delivery of services in respect to your membership. You may opt out of some of those communications.

Connections and Interaction with Other Users

The EAASS provides access to a partner platform to connect buyers with suppliers and certification bodies and accreditation bodies through our Database. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users. The EAASS does not represent either the users, consumers or suppliers in specific transactions and will not be liable or responsible in any way for any transactions or disputes between different parties.

In the event that any User has a dispute with any party to a transaction, such User agrees to release and indemnify the EAASS (and our agents, affiliates, directors, officers and employees) from all claims, demands, actions, proceedings, costs, expenses and damages arising out of or in connection with such transaction.

No Endorsement of Third Parties

The EAASS does not endorse or make any representation or warranty whatsoever, and shall not be responsible or liable under any circumstances, in respect of any third party website hyperlinked to this website, or any products, services, information, data or other content offered or provided therein.

• An accredited certification, description, or reference to a product, service, supplier or company in this website does not imply endorsement by the EAASS of that company, product or service;
• The EAASS does not make any representation or warranty as to the quality, accuracy, reliability or suitability of any third party websites or content;
• The EAASS shall not be liable or responsible for any defects, deficiencies, errors, omissions or inaccuracies in any third party websites or content.

Exclusion of Representations and Warranties

This website and the overall content are made available "as is" without any representation or warranty whatsoever, whether express or implied, including but not limited to any representation or warranty as to their performance, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose or use. All representations and/or warranties, to the extent capable of being excluded under applicable law, are hereby expressly excluded.

Exclusion of Liability

In no event shall the EAASS, its licensors, distributors, agents or employees, or any third party involved in the creation, production or delivery of this website be liable for:

• Any direct, indirect, special, incidental, secondary, consequential, punitive or exemplary damages arising from any reliance placed on materials posted on the Website;
• Any consequences of downloading or using any attachment transmitted through this website;
• Any failure, delay, disruption or interruption in, of or to this website, howsoever caused or arising;
• Any loss, corruption, deletion or damage of or to any data or information transmitted to or stored in any system;
• Any breach, failure of performance or delay caused by a force majeure event;
• Any defects, deficiencies, errors, omissions or inaccuracies in this website or in any of the overall content.

Modifying and Termination of the Database

We are constantly changing and improving our Database. We may add or remove functionalities or features and we may suspend or stop a Database service or the entire Database altogether. If we discontinue a Service, where reasonably possible, we will give you advance notice and a chance to get information out of that Service.

The EAASS may terminate or suspend providing the Database to any user at any time if the company does not meet the internal standards of the EAASS or international standards, or breaches the terms of service or any law or recognised regulation as determined by the EAASS.

Indemnification

Each user agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the EAASS Database, its parent company and affiliates, contractors and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of the use of our Services by such user, or as otherwise set forth herein.

About These Terms

These Terms of Service remain subject to change from time to time at the sole and absolute discretion of the EAASS and therefore you should check these Terms of Service regularly. When changes occur, members will be informed through the websites and/or email. If you do not agree to the modified Terms of Service, you should discontinue your use of the Database.

For questions about these Terms, please contact the EAACR Secretariat at info@eaass.org.