dublin.ie Terms of Service

1. INTRODUCTION

dublin.ie is owned by Dublin City Council. The dublin.ie website ("the Site") and services are offered to you upon condition of your acceptance without modification of the terms and conditions ("the TOS") below. By viewing and using the Site you are deemed to consent to the TOS. Please therefore read this agreement carefully as it sets out your rights and obligations with respect to the use of the Site and its services. Use of particular services offered by dublin.ie may be subject to additional terms and conditions, which are outlined at the end of the TOS. The current list of such services is:

E-mail;
Forums;
SiteBuilder;
Calendar;

2. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF SERVICE

The TOS comprise the entire agreement between the User and dublin.ie and supercede all prior agreements between the parties. You may also be subject to additional terms and conditions when you use affiliate or third party services.

3. ACCESS TO THE SERVICES

The User must:
(a) provide all equipment, including a computer and modem, necessary to establish a connection to the Web;
(b) provide for the User's own access to the Web and pay any telephone or other connection and service fees associated with such access;

4. MODIFICATIONS OF TERMS OF SERVICE

dublin.ie reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions of the TOS at any time and at its sole discretion and without notice to you. It is the responsibility of the User to regularly review the TOS for modifications. By continuing to use the Services, the User agrees to be bound by the amended TOS.

5. PERSONAL INFORMATION

Some Services may require the User to supply certain personal information. In consideration for the use of the Services, the User agrees to:
(a) provide true, current, complete, and accurate information about the User as prompted to do so by the Services, and
(b) maintain and promptly update this information as required to keep it true, current, complete and accurate.

If the User provides any information that is untrue, not current, incomplete or inaccurate, or dublin.ie has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, not current, incomplete or inaccurate, dublin.ie has the right to suspend or terminate your use of the Services.

All information requested on original sign up shall hereafter be referred to as "Registration Information". This Registration Information will be retained by dublin.ie for no longer than is necessary to provide the Services to the User.

dublin.ie reserves the right to disclose the Registration Information if required to do so by law or if it believes in good faith that any such disclosure is reasonably necessary for the administration of justice; to enforce the TOS; to respond to any complaint received regarding the rights of third parties; or to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of dublin.ie, its users and the public.

6. USER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD, AND SECURITY

The User is entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the User's password and account, and for any and all activities which occur under the User's account or password. The User agrees to immediately notify dublin.ie of any unauthorised use of the User's account, password, or any other breach of security known to the User. dublin.ie will not be liable for any loss that the User may incur as a result of someone else using or accessing the User's password or account, either with or without the User's knowledge. However the User may be held liable for losses incurred by dublin.ie or any other party as a result of someone else using or accessing the User's password or account. The User will not use anyone else's account at any time without the permission of the account holder. The User may change his/her password or profile by following instructions on the Site.

7. PRIVACY POLICY

The User may view the privacy policy at the bottom of this page.

9. NOTICE

All notices to a party shall be in writing and shall be made either via online announcements, e-mail, or conventional mail. dublin.ie may broadcast notices or messages through the Services and such broadcasts shall constitute notice to the User.

10. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS TO CONTENT

The User acknowledges that content, including but not limited to text, software, music, sound, photographs, video, graphics or other material (the "Content") contained in either sponsor advertisements, or Internet-distributed, commercially produced information presented to the User by the Site or Services, by dublin.ie, dublin.ie's advertisers, or other dublin.ie Users may be protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. All copyright and other proprietary notices in the materials must be left intact. The User may not copy, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from the Content without expressly being authorized to do so by the relevant copyright owner.

11. USER CONDUCT

(a)The User understands that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials ("Material"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which such Material originated. This means that the User, and not dublin.ie, are entirely responsible for all Material that the User uploads, posts or otherwise transmits via the Services. dublin.ie does not control Material posted via the Services and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Material. The User understands that by using the Services, the User may be exposed to Material that is offensive, indecent or objectionable.
(b)The User agrees to not use the Services to:
i.upload, post or otherwise transmit any Material that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, libellous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
ii.harm minors in any way;
iii.impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a dublin.ie official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent an affiliation with a person or entity;
iv.forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Material transmitted through the Services or develop restricted or password-only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to from another accessible page);
v.upload, post or otherwise transmit any Material that the User does not have a right to transmit under any law or contractual or fiduciary relationship (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under non-disclosure agreements);
vi.upload, post or otherwise transmit any Material that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary right of any party;
vii.upload, post or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "Spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;
viii.upload, post or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programmes designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
ix.disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the Services are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges;
x.interfere with or disrupt the Services or servers or networks connected to the Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Services;
xi.intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international laws or regulations;
xii."stalk" or otherwise harass another;
xiii.collect or store personal data about other users;
xiv.promote or provide instructional information about illegal activities, promote physical harm or injury against any group or individual, or promote any act of cruelty to animals. This may include, but is not limited to, providing instructions on how to assemble bombs, grenades and other weapons, and creating "Crush" sites;
xv.attempt to gain unauthorised access to any dublin.ie site or service, other User accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any dublin.ie site or service, through hacking, password mining or any other means;
xvi.create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.

12. INDEMNIFICATION

The User agrees to indemnify, defend (at dublin.ie's request), and hold dublin.ie, its parent, affiliates, officers and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable legal expenses, made or brought by any third party due to or arising out of the User's use of the Services or any part thereof, the violation of these TOS or any provision therein by the User, or the infringement or misappropriation by the User, or a third party using the User's computer, of any account or password to access and/or use the Services, or of any intellectual property rights of any person or entity, or the use or misuse by the User or third parties of the User's passwords or accounts.

13. MONITORING

dublin.ie has no obligation to monitor the Services but reserves the right to do so and to remove any Content or Material at its sole discretion at any time without notice.

14. COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE

Any abuse of the Services, including but not limited to the violation of these TOS or any provision therein, or the infringement or misappropriation by any User, or a third party using a User's computer, of any account or password to access and/or use the Services, or of any intellectual property rights of any person or entity, or the use or misuse by any User or third parties of a User's passwords or accounts, should be reported immediately to the dublin.ie helpdesk.

15. MODIFICATIONS AND DISCONTINUANCE OF THE SERVICES

dublin.ie reserves the right at its sole discretion to modify or discontinue the Site or Services, or any portion thereof, at any time, with or without notice to the User. dublin.ie shall not be liable to the User or any third party should dublin.ie exercise its right to modify or discontinue the Site or Services.

16.TERM AND TERMINATION

dublin.ie reserves the right to terminate all or part of the Services at any time without notice. dublin.ie shall not be liable to the User or any third party for any loss or damage howsoever arising from the termination of the Services or any part thereof.

17. THIRD PARTIES

(a). Advertising
dublin.ie may serve advertisements to the Site or work with a third party to serve the advertisements. Advertisements placed on the Site may include but are not limited to banner ads, paid links, pop-up windows, buttons, and sponsorships. The User agrees that dublin.ie has the right to run such advertisements and promotions.
dublin.ie does not control the content of these services which is supplied by third parties and the inclusion of content does not imply endorsement of the third party by dublin.ie or any association with that third party. User correspondence or business dealing with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers or third parties found on or through the Site or Services, including payment for and delivery of related goods or services, and any other representations associated with such dealings, are solely between the User and such advertiser or third party. The User agrees that dublin.ie shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers or third parties on the Site or Services.
(c). Links
The Site or Services may contain images of and links to third party websites ("Linked Sites"). Linked Sites are not under the control of dublin.ie and the User agrees that dublin.ie is not responsible for the content of any Linked Sites. The inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement of the Linked Sites by dublin.ie or any association with its owners or operators. User correspondence or business dealing with advertisers or third parties found on or through Linked Sites, including payment for and delivery of related goods or services, and any other representations associated with such dealings, are solely between the User and such advertiser or third party. The User agrees that dublin.ie shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers or third parties on the Site or Services.

18. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

(a). dublin.ie provides the Site and Services on an "as is" and "as available" basis, and the User uses the Site and Services at his/her sole risk.
(b). dublin.ie shall not be responsible for the effect or result of the introduction or entry of any virus into the Site and /or one or any of the Services.
(c). dublin.ie makes no warranty that the Site or Services will meet the User's requirements; nor that the Site or Services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free; nor does dublin.ie make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the Site or Services; nor as to the accuracy or reliability of any information obtained through the Site or Services; nor that defects in the Site or Services will be corrected.
(e). The User understands and agrees that any Content and/or Material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the Site or Services is done at the User's own discretion and risk. dublin.ie is not responsible for any damage to the User's computer system or loss of data that results from the download of such Content and/or Material.
(g). If the User uses the E-mail service for business purposes, dublin.ie accepts no responsibility for deletion, corruption or failure to store messages or content maintained or transmitted by the service. dublin.ie accepts no responsibility for any interruption of business as a direct or indirect result of the Site or Services.
(h). No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by the User from dublin.ie shall create any warranty not expressly made herein.

19. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

dublin.ie shall not be liable for any loss of use, interruption of business, or any direct or indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind (including but not limited to lost profits) regardless of the form of action, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), strict product liability, or otherwise, even if dublin.ie has been advised of the possibility of such damages, howsoever arising, out of use of the Site or Services.

20. LAW

The TOS shall for all purposes be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Ireland. The User and dublin.ie agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Ireland. The place of performance of this Agreement shall be Ireland.

21. ASSIGNMENT

No right may be assigned, and no duty may be delegated, by the User under this Agreement except upon the written consent of dublin.ie and any attempted assignment and delegation without such consent shall be void and without effect. dublin.ie shall be entitled to assign this agreement. This TOS shall be binding upon and shall endure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective representatives, heirs, administrators, successors and permitted assigns except as otherwise provided herein.

22. NO AGENCY

Neither party is, nor will it be deemed to be, an agent or legal representative of the other party for any purpose. Neither party will be entitled to enter into any contracts in the name of or on behalf of the other party, and neither party will be entitled to pledge the credit of the other party in any way or hold itself out as having authority to do so.

23. SEVERABILITY

If any of the provisions of this agreement is found by an arbitrator, court or other competent authority to be void or unenforceable, it shall be deemed to be deleted from this agreement and the remaining provisions shall continue to apply. The parties shall negotiate in good faith in order to agree the terms of a mutually satisfactory provision to be substituted for the provision found to be void or unenforceable.

24. WAIVER

Any waiver (express or implied) by either party of any breach of this TOS shall not constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. No provision of the TOS will be waived by any act, omission or knowledge of a party or its agents or employees except by an instrument in writing expressly waiving such provision and signed by a duly authorised officer of the waiving party. In particular but without prejudice ireland.com's failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by dublin.ie in writing.

25. TITLES

The section titles in the TOS are solely used for the convenience of the parties and have no legal or contractual significance.

ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PARTICULAR SERVICES

26. EMAIL

The User agrees that dublin.ie may establish limits on the use of the E-mail service, including but not limited to the number of days that e-mails will be retained by the service, the number of e-mails that may be sent from or received by an account, the maximum size of an e-mail message that may be sent from or received by an account, the maximum storage space available to an account and the maximum number of times and duration the User can access the service in any given period of time.
The User agrees that dublin.ie has no responsibility or liability for the deletion of or failure to store any messages, communications or other content and acknowledges that dublin.ie has the right to remove accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time.
dublin.ie will immediately terminate any account which it believes, in its sole discretion, is transmitting or is otherwise connected with any spam or other unsolicited bulk e-mail.
In the event of termination of the User's account for any reason whatsoever there is no obligation on dublin.ie to forward any unread or unsent messages to the User or a third party.

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