Introduction
This document establishes the rules governing access to and use of the Website https://www.grace.pt/ (hereinafter the "Website"). The Site was created, belongs to and is operated by GRACE - Empresas responsáveis, a legal person of public utility, with registered office at NOW Beato, Rua da Manutenção 67, 1900-319 Lisboa, holder of the NIPC 504518330 (hereinafter referred to as "GRACE"), and its use is governed by these Terms of Use.
The Site is intended to provide the User of the Site ("User") with information on the activities carried out by GRACE and to allow members to access its reserved area.
These Terms of Use are complemented and integrated, in everything that is not provided for in this document, by the Privacy Policy, which can be consulted here.
Acceptance of the Terms of Use
The User acknowledges that by accessing, consulting and using the Site they accept these Terms of Use.
Changes to the Terms of Use
GRACE reserves the right, at any time, without prior notice and with immediate effect, to change, add, update or delete, in whole or in part, these Terms of Use.
The User should periodically check the page of these Terms of Use to confirm whether any updates or changes have been made.
If you do not agree with any of the rules of use, you must not use the Site.
Site access and registration
Users can access the Site as visitors, in which case they will be able to view general information, such as information on GRACE's initiatives and events, projects developed, as well as information on its member organizations.
In order to become a Member, however, the User must first submit the admission documents to GRACE and consequently obtain GRACE's approval for their admission. Find out more about becoming a Member here.
As a Member, the User must keep the data in his/her Member Account that allows him/her to access the Site confidential and must not, in particular, disclose it to third parties or browse in conditions that allow it to be decoded and copied by third parties.
Any access to and use of the Site using Member Account data is at your sole risk.
Members can change their Personal Account details at any time in their reserved area on the Site.
Recovery of access data
If the Member forgets their access data to the Site, they must fill in the recovery form provided for this purpose, indicating their Site username or the e-mail address they provided when registering. You will then receive a message in the same e-mail account, which will redirect you to a link where you can establish a new password.
Use of the site
In general, the User must use the Site responsibly, prudently and carefully, and must not disrupt or degrade the continuity, integrity and quality of its resources and functionalities, or interfere with the rights and/or possibilities of use by third party users.
The User undertakes not to use the Site to make available or share any content that is illegal, false, misleading, threatening, malicious, abusive, defamatory, insulting, invasive of privacy, racial, ethically or morally reprehensible, harmful or offensive to the dignity of persons or harmful to minors.
It is forbidden to provide information or content that belongs to third parties and that the User does not have the right to use, such as content protected by third party copyright or content containing third party personal data.
It is expressly forbidden to use the Site to make available or transmit any type of material that contains or may contain viruses, worms, defects, Trojan horses or other items or computer codes, files or programs that may interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any equipment or computer system or communications equipment.
The User shall also not make available or transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized content as SPAM or collect, make available, transmit or exploit information about other users for unauthorized purposes.
Intellectual property rights
The User acknowledges that the Site, its structure and layout, the selection, organization and presentation of its content are the property of GRACE or have been duly licensed to it.
The User further acknowledges that the contents of this Site (texts, images, graphics, sound and animation and all other information made available) are protected by intellectual property rights and undertakes to respect such rights.
The User is not authorized to transmit, communicate to the public, publish, make available to the public, modify, transform, copy, sell, use or distribute, in any way, the texts, images or other information contained in this Site or part of it without prior written authorization from GRACE.
The use of trademarks and logos on the Site does not grant, and cannot be construed as granting, permission to Users to use, directly or indirectly, such trademarks, logos or materials.
Personal data
Browsing this website does not necessarily require the provision of personal data.
However, if the User wishes to contact us via our contact form or subscribe to our newsletter, the data provided will be processed in accordance with the terms set out in the Privacy Policy, available here, and the User agrees to the use of said data in accordance with the terms set out therein. If the User is an Associate, the processing of personal data that occurs in this context is also defined in the Privacy Policy.
Liability and guarantees
Users acknowledge that their use of the Site is at their own risk and that they are solely responsible for any damage caused to their computer system and/or equipment or for any other damage or harm, including loss or damage to data, resulting from the use of materials, content or information obtained in any way through the Site.
GRACE does not guarantee that:
The Site or any functionality available on it meets any of the User's needs and expectations;
Any advice, recommendation or information, of any kind, for which GRACE is responsible, presented or made available on the Site, or obtained through its use, is current, accurate, complete or error-free - GRACE informs that it does not assume any legal duty in this regard;
Any material or other type of content made available by third parties through the Site is safe, legal or appropriate;
The qualities, functionalities or characteristics of the products, services, information or other materials or content disclosed on the Site fulfill any expectation of the Users.
GRACE shall not be liable for errors that may occur due to system irregularities, failures (temporary or permanent) of the Site, its applications or other tools, nor shall it be liable for any damages resulting from improper use or inability to use the Site.
Site operability
GRACE may suspend, block, interrupt or terminate access to the Site, for all or only one or more Users, in the following cases:
When necessary due to technical, legal or strategic constraints;
When necessary to guarantee the security of communication channels, equipment or information;
When necessary for the management, maintenance, repair, alteration or modernization of equipment, systems or any functionality of the Site;
In other duly justified circumstances, including, in particular, in the event of non-compliance by the User with their obligations under these Terms of Use.
GRACE also has the exclusive right, at any time, to terminate, permanently or temporarily, partially or totally, at its discretion, the Site or any of its functionalities without prior notice.
Links
GRACE may provide links to the websites of other entities. These sites are not owned, operated or controlled by GRACE, and GRACE is therefore not responsible for, approves or in any way endorses or subscribes to the content of these sites, or the sites linked to or referred to in them. The establishment of links in no way implies the existence of relations between GRACE and the owner or manager of the website to which the link refers.
Users are solely responsible for using these links.
Security
GRACE does not guarantee that the Site will operate uninterruptedly, be free of errors or faults or that it will be available continuously.
GRACE makes every effort to ensure that the Site does not contain any viruses or other elements that could damage your computer. However, since GRACE cannot fully control the circulation of information over the Internet, it cannot guarantee that it does not contain any viruses or other elements that could damage your computer.
In order to guarantee the security of the Site, GRACE may, at any time and without prior notice, take the necessary measures to guarantee the integrity, security, continuity or quality of the Site, including restrictions or limitations on access.
Validity of the Terms and Conditions of Use
If any part or provision of these Terms of Use is unenforceable or in conflict with applicable law, the validity of the remaining parts or provisions shall not be affected.
Final information
Remember that by using the Site and any of its services you accept these Terms of Use and must therefore comply with them.
If the User does not agree with any of the rules of use set out in these Terms of Use, they must refrain from using the Site.
If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please send them to us using the contact form on the website or by letter to NOW Beato, Rua da Manutenção 67, 1900-319 Lisboa.
GRACE reserves the right, at any time, without prior notice and with immediate effect, to change, add to, update or delete, in part or in full, these Terms of Use, so the User should consult them periodically to confirm whether any updates or changes have been made.
Any breach of the provisions of these Terms of Use shall entitle GRACE to terminate the Member Account without prior notice.
Any communication to be made by GRACE will be addressed to the contact e-mail address indicated when registering as a Member or, if the contact form available on the Website is used, to the e-mail address indicated there.
These Terms of Use are governed by Portuguese law and, in the event of a dispute over the interpretation or application of these Terms of Use, without prejudice to the clause on out-of-court dispute resolution mechanisms, the courts of the district of Lisbon shall have jurisdiction.
