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Any use of the Platform and its Services implies unreserved acceptance by the User and his full and complete adhesion to these General Conditions of Use (T & Cs).
Glossary
- T & Cs: means the General Terms and Conditions of Use of the AFRIS collaborative platform.
- Party: means any person contractually bound by the T & Cs.
- Platform: designates the Web interface, made available to Users, dedicated to exchanges, communication and collaborative work.
- Service: designates the functionality of the Platform.
- AFRIS: appoints the manager of the Platform.
- User: designates any member of AFRIS who is authorized to access and use the Platform and its Services regardless of their rights.
- Collaborator: designates any person working under a user (legal person).
- Questionnaire / Survey: form accessible by the Platform intended to identify the Data Collected for the improvement of the Platform's services.
- Identifier: designates the identification transmitted to each User in order to allow them to access and use the Platform.
- Data Collected: thematic and anonymous information and data collected from the User by the Platform by means, in particular, of Questionnaires.
Preamble
The AFRIS collaborative platform is a virtual workspace that centralizes resources and tools in order to facilitate communication and human interactions among members of the network.
These T & Cs are based on the terms of reference of Atlassian, the statutes of AFRIS and the regulations in force on the protection of personal data in the European Union and in Benin. The purpose of these T & Cs is to define the conditions of use of the AFRIS collaborative platform and to formalize the commitments of the platform on the one hand and of users on the other.
These Terms are for anyone with access to the spaces of this collaborative platform.
Technical support for this platform is provided by a team of managers who can be contacted by email at: helpdesk@afris.org
Article n ° 1: Purpose
The purpose of the T & Cs is to define the modalities of provision and use of the Platform and its Services by Users.
Consequently, they define the rights and obligations of each and constitute a contract between African Innovation Services (AFRIS) and the users of the platform.
Access and use of the Platform and its Services therefore implies the User's unreserved acceptance of these general conditions. Otherwise, the User must renounce his access to the Platform.
Article n ° 2: Conditions of access and use
Access to the AFRIS collaborative platform is subject to the creation of a user account, after signing these Terms and upon request. Accounts are strictly personal, non-transferable and temporary. Each User undertakes to provide the association with complete and sincere information on their personal and professional identity when requested to do so when registering and entering their profile.
The use of the Platform is only intended for professional activities oriented towards the development of a well-structured and highly relevant knowledge base in order to facilitate exchanges and effective communication between users. The use of the Platform for private purposes is not tolerated.
Users have the option of accessing the https://wiki.afris.org platform in the following ways:
- access without prior registration. In this case, the user will have access to the public interface of the platform;
- access with prior registration. In this case the user will have access to all the functionalities of the service to which he has subscribed.
The acceptance of this CGU by a user automatically confers on him the status of sympathizing member of AFRIS if he was neither an active member nor an honorary member.
It is understood that the collaborators of a User (legal person) having a workspace can have an access account at the latter's request.
Access to the Platform is the sole responsibility of the User, any use of the Platform is presumed to be carried out by the User corresponding to the Identifier used.
The User agrees to notify by any written means, as soon as possible, the loss, theft or any fraudulent act concerning his Username and Access Code. They will be changed as soon as possible upon receipt of this written notification.
Any document useful for User Identification may be requested.
Any User who contravenes the T & Cs is exposed to a temporary or permanent suspension of their right of access to the Platform.
Any User (legal person) is responsible for the actions taken by their employees on the platform.
The NGO AFRIS reserves the right to interrupt, suspend or modify without notice access to all or part of the Platform, in order to ensure maintenance or security without the interruption giving rise to the right to no compensation from the User.
Article n ° 3: Obligations borne by the Parties
Each Party undertakes not to hinder the other Parties in their access and use of the Platform subject to the prerogatives recognized to certain in the T & Cs.
The Parties undertake to inform AFRIS in good time of any element of which they are aware and which may have a usefulness or an impact on the functioning of the Platform and its Services.
3.1. Obligations of the NGO AFRIS
AFRIS will use all reasonable care to maintain the availability of the Services 7 days a week and 24 hours a day. However AFRIS may interrupt access to the Services for technical reasons. AFRIS can in no way be held responsible for these interruptions or the direct or indirect consequences that may result therefrom. AFRIS may modify or interrupt the Services at any time, but undertakes to notify Users by email.
3.2. Obligations of the User
The User agrees to provide AFRIS with any technical documentation or any information required for the proper functioning of the Platform and its Services.
He agrees to use the Platform in accordance with the technical instructions received and to comply with the conditions of use of third-party products to which he might have access in his use of the Platform.
He undertakes to notify AFRIS without delay of the loss or theft of his identifiers and access codes.
Any user having access to the AFRIS collaborative platform undertakes to make it only for private and non-commercial use, any other use being prohibited, unless expressly exempted.
The User is responsible for setting up, monitoring and implementing an action plan.
The User undertakes to respond to the questionnaires which will be submitted to him.
The User agrees not to make false statements in his responses to the questionnaires, he alone will bear the consequences of a possible false or incorrect statement.
The User is solely responsible for the responses to be provided, he will take all the care and diligence required.
The User therefore undertakes not to distribute any Content, whatever its form or nature:
- contrary to public order and morality,
- threatening, insulting, defamatory, racist, xenophobic or damaging the honor or reputation of others,
- inciting discrimination and / or hatred of a person or a group of people determined on the basis of their origin or their ethnicity, nation, race or religion,
- pornographic or pedophile,
- inciting the commission of an offense, a crime or an act of terrorism or praising war crimes or crimes against humanity,
- inciting suicide,
- enabling third parties to obtain and / or use, directly or indirectly, computer viruses, pirated software or software allowing acts of piracy and intrusion into computer and telecommunications systems, and in a manner general any software or other tool making it possible to infringe the rights of others and the security of people and property,
- violating personality rights (such as the right to image, the right to respect for private life),
- generally violating the rights of persons and property, and
- damaging the image and reputation of AFRIS.
The User undertakes not to direct other Users directly or indirectly to other websites which may not comply with the laws applicable in this case.
Users shall refrain from any action aimed at interfering with the normal functioning of the Services or third-party services.
Users are solely responsible for the messages they send to other Users or other Internet users and for the Content that they put online on AFRIS.
In addition, the use of the Services must not in any way contravene a law or a rule applicable in the jurisdiction of AFRIS or of the User.
Article n ° 4: Right to use a workspace
4.1 Right of use
Hereby, the User is granted a non-transferable and non-exclusive right to use the Platform and associated Services, subject to the limitations set out below and more generally to compliance with the T & Cs.
The right of use will begin on the day of the first connection of the User to the Platform and will end automatically at the end of the contractual relationship resulting from these general conditions or, if applicable, in case of violation of the T & Cs by the User.
4.2 Restrictions
The User of the Platform agrees, in particular, to the following restrictions:
- not create or use automation or intrusion software, or any other unauthorized third-party software designed to modify the Platform, or make changes to the Platform without prior authorization from AFRIS;
- not to exploit the Platform or one of its parts for commercial purposes without the prior agreement of AFRIS;
- not allow a third party to use their access account to the Platform;
- not to use any unauthorized third-party software that intercepts, searches for, or otherwise collects information relating to the Platform;
- not provide, create, promote or maintain unauthorized connections to the Platform;
- not to disturb, directly or indirectly, the functioning of the Platform and the servers hosting it;
- not sell, lend, rent or otherwise make available the Platform and its documentation to an unauthorized third party;
- not to publish to third parties or sell the content to which he has access;
- not to reproduce, in whole or in part, the documentation to which he has access;
- not to market the information and data collected through the use of the Platform;
- not to correct, directly or indirectly, any bug, error or anomaly without the express authorization of AFRIS;
- not to translate, adapt, modify or transform the Platform.
4.3 Specific authorizations
The Platform User is authorized to:
- publish internally the content to which he has access.
- publish on its public interface the content it deems necessary
Article n ° 5: Technical restrictions
The User will be warned of the technical restrictions applying to the use of the Platform.
The User undertakes to comply with the said restrictions which will have been communicated to him.
AFRIS will notify the User of its non-compliance with said technical restrictions.
In the event of non-compliance by the User with technical restrictions which result in totally or partially preventing the provision of access and use of the Platform and its Services, AFRIS reserves the right to suspend immediately and without notice , access to the Platform, until complete compliance by the User with the technical restrictions.
In the event of repeated non-compliance by the User with technical restrictions, AFRIS reserves, on the one hand, the right to suspend, temporarily or permanently, the access of said User to the Platform, and on the other hand, to terminate the contract which binds them to the exclusive wrongs of this User without him being able to claim any compensation or demand the restoration of his access.
AFRIS reserves the right to take any action against the offending User that it deems useful for the defense of its interests and its compensation.
Article n ° 6: Availability of the Platform and its Services
AFRIS reserves the right to interrupt access to the Platform and Services for update or maintenance work.
These interruptions will be, as far as AFRIS can provide, previously notified to Users.
In an emergency, AFRIS nevertheless reserves the right to partially or totally suspend, for a reasonable period, access to the Platform and its Services to conduct any required technical operation. These interruptions of Service cannot give rise to any compensation.
In the event of inaccessibility due to technical malfunctions within the jurisdiction of AFRIS, the latter undertakes to resolve this malfunction (s) as soon as possible.
Article n ° 7: Assistance
Each User will have access to online technical assistance concerning access to the Platform and its conditions of use from AFRIS by email via the address helpdesk@afris.org .
AFRIS undertakes to respond as soon as possible.
Support is available during AFRIS working hours and days.
Article n ° 8: Intellectual property
AFRIS cannot be held responsible for the use of the information and data collected which could be made by the User or the Collaborator, AFRIS being third to their contractual relations.
Where applicable, Users and their Collaborators are made aware of the conditions of use of third-party products that they may be required to use in connection with the operation of the Platform.
Any partial or total reproduction of the Platform, of one of its elements or of the documents and photos transmitted is prohibited (in particular with regard to photographs, texts, acronyms, brands, logos, drawings, etc.) except prior written agreement of AFRIS.
Any breach of these rules will necessarily give rise to prosecution.
Article n ° 9: Confidentiality
AFRIS attaches particular importance to the question of the confidentiality of the information collected and intends to offer its Users a high degree of confidentiality.
Each Party acknowledges that all information, data and documents exchanged during the use of the Platform and its Services are confidential and that therefore they may not be used for any other purpose other than for the operation of the Platform.
Thus, each Party undertakes not to disclose said information to anyone and to respect this confidentiality clause as long as said information has not been made known to the public by prior express agreement of the Parties.
The Confluence-wiki authorization system allows each user to grant read and write rights for each publication. However, as the basic idea is to promote exchange and cooperation, you should only use it when absolutely necessary. It is rather essential not to publish any personal and confidential information on the platform.
When publishing photos and contact details, it is important to ensure that the consent of the persons concerned has been obtained.
Article n ° 10: Duration
The acceptance of the T & Cs applies and commits the User from the first access to the Platform by the User.
They will end concomitantly with the termination of the contractual relationship between AFRIS and the User.
Article n ° 11: Termination
In the event of a breach of the conditions contained in the T & Cs, AFRIS will be entitled to terminate access to the User Platform after formal notice from the User has remained ineffective 1 month after being sent.
Article n ° 12: Modification of the T & Cs
For the proper functioning of the platform, AFRIS will involve as far as possible the user community in a dynamic update of the general conditions of use at any time.
In this case, AFRIS will send the User a notification of these revisions or modifications.
These revisions or modifications will not affect the essential characteristics of the Platform.
Article n ° 13: Personal data
The collection of personal data is based on the consent of users who wish to benefit from the services of the AFRIS collaborative platform.
Personal data is never transmitted to third parties not authorized to know it without your agreement and is in no way subject to industrial or commercial exploitation. In particular, no address or email file will be marketed.
The User has the right to access, modify, rectify and delete personal data concerning him.
He will be able to use his rights by email at helpdesk@afris.org .
Article n ° 14: Limitation of liability of AFRIS
AFRIS can not be held liable in any way whatsoever, neither jointly nor severally, for damage attributable to other contributors and User.
Users will be solely responsible to him for their use of the Platform.
AFRIS cannot be held responsible for the establishment, monitoring and execution of an Action Plan which will be the sole responsibility of the User.
AFRIS cannot be held responsible for any erroneous or untrue statements by the User, nor for any Erroneous Reports that ensue given that they are the result of the statements made by the User.
AFRIS cannot be held responsible for direct or indirect damage suffered by a User due to improper handling of the Platform by the latter.
The User acknowledges knowing the limitations and constraints specific to the Internet and, as such, recognizes in particular the impossibility of a total guarantee of the security of data exchanges.
AFRIS cannot therefore be held liable in the event of malicious introduction by a third party to the Platform or for pirating of the Platform.
It is brought to the attention of the User, who accepts it, that the vagaries of access to the Internet network constituted by the interconnection on an international scale of computer networks does not make it possible to provide any guarantee as to the permanence of the service and maintaining its performance.
AFRIS cannot be held responsible for any failure by operators of telecommunications networks or its access providers.
In addition, the services provided by AFRIS are independent of other technical operators such as energy operators, telecommunications distributors and the Internet hosts of the Platform. Consequently, AFRIS cannot be held liable for their failure.
AFRIS cannot be held responsible for any problem arising due to incompatibility or hardware failure, the use of any software or firewall, a bug, an Internet connection problem, or 'a virus.
Article n ° 15: Liability exemption
AFRIS 'responsibility cannot be implemented if the non-execution or the delay in the execution of one of its obligations described in the T & Cs results either from the fact of the User, or from a case of force major.
