Terms of use



Preamble

The following Terms of use apply to every user of the e-ostadelahi.com site:

  • By using services on the e-ostadelahi.com site, you agree that you have read and approved the following Terms of use.
  • If you do not wish to agree to these terms please do not use this site.
  • Please inform the editorial board of any violation of the Terms of use you may see via the contact form.

Purposes

The purposes of the e-ostadelahi.com site are set forth by the founders of the site in the About section. The e-ostadelahi.com site is managed by the editorial board.

Contributors

The contributor’s status, under the editorial policy of the site, is detailed in the becoming a contributor section.

Services offered to users

As a user, you can use the services of e-ostadelahi.com free of charge and without prior registration. Services are the following:

  • You have reader access to every published content.
  • You have access to the “search” function of the site.
  • You can register to RSS feeds of the site.
  • You can send messages to the editorial board via the contact form. In that case, personal information are requested.
  • You can comment on published content (ask a question, give your opinion, answer another visitors’ question, etc) by using the appropriate form as long as the comment thread for this specific content remains open. In that case, personal information are requested.
  • You can vote for some content within the limits of one vote per content and per IP address.

Any content published on the e-ostadelahi.com site is protected by copyright laws in accordance with international laws and conventions in force. However, the authors of this site have agreed to grant to users of this site specific rights in accordance with the provisions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works” licensing agreement that specifies the rights and obligations of a user that chooses to use a content made available on this site. For detailed information on your rights and obligations under this contract, please refer to the terms of this licencing agreement.

These services and access conditions may change without prior notice from time to time. Please read carefully the terms of use on a regular basis.

User conduct

Users must have an appropriate conduct when using this site, in accordance with the RFC1855 Netiquette guidelines.

More specifically, when posting comments, users are required to comply with the editorial policy of this site. The editorial board reserves the right to publish or refuse to publish a comment based on the editorial policy and on the value of the comment. In addition, the editorial board reserves the right to end a thread, specifically if comments turn to a fruitless polemic.

More specifically, the following conducts may lead to the rejection of a comment by the editorial board or to the temporary or permanent ban of publications on the site, and even to the temporary or permanent ban of access through IP or email address filtering:

  • Comment or message sent containing pornographic content or pornographic images.
  • Comment or message sent containing illegal content.
  • Comment or message sent containing the name of an individual (non-famous); disclosure of private information is prohibited in every comment.
  • Comment or message sent that may cause prejudice to an individual or any legal person or entity.
  • Comment or message sent containing advertising or proselytism.
  • Spams.

If you find that a comment or any other content is inappropriate, please inform the editorial board via the contact form. The editorial board reserves the right not to act upon a request if it deems it unnecessary to do so.

If you believe that the e-ostadelahi.com site contains content (including comments) may infringe on your copyrights, or for which your identity has been usurped, please contact the editorial board via the contact form. Once the violation has been established, the editorial board will delete the content as fast as possible.

Status of comments

As a user of this site, you agree that the author of a comment is solely liable for its content. The e-ostadelahi.com site cannot be held liable for these comments, even if the editorial board reviews the content prior to publication only to verify their conformity with the editorial policy.

As a user of this site, you are granting e-ostadelahi.com the right to reproduce, exploit, disclose, publish or distribute any content produced by you on any web-based support (site, email…) or physical support (paper, video, radio) without consideration.

If you wish to remove one of your posted comments, please contact the editorial board by using the contact form. The editorial board will accept–or not–your request as quickly as possible.

Before it is published, any comment posted may be subject to minor corrections by the editorial board (spelling, layout). Generally, a comment is published without alteration and any decision not to publish it applies to the entire comment (not just part of it).

Copyrights

Use of content

The content of this site can be used by a third party within the limits defined by the Creative Commons “Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works” licensing agreement.  This includes the right to reproduce, exploit, disclose, publish or distribute any content produced by you on any web-based support (site, email, etc.) or physical support (paper, video, radio) freely, provided that all the terms of the agreement are respected. Please refer to these terms for the full rights and obligations related to the reproduction of content published on this site.

This rule does not apply to documents published on this site with the authorization of their authors and that are protected by intellectual property rights or copyrights that belong to the authors (generally, in the Resources section). Reproduction of this type of content is not allowed without prior written consent of the intellectual property rights holders and consent of the editorial board.

Links

Any link to this site is subject to a prior agreement of the editorial board, requested by using this contact form. Concerning outgoing links posted on this site, e-ostadelahi.com declines any liability as for the content of any site that is accessible from a link posted on e-ostadelahi.com. E-ostadelahi.com has no legal control on the content of these sites and cannot be held liable for their compliance with the law.

Personal information

The only personal information kept by the e-ostadelahi.com site is the name, email address, and IP addresses of the following users:

  • Any user who sends a message to the editorial board by using the contact form.
  • Any user who posts a comment.
  • Any user who sends a request to become contributor through the Become a Contributor form.

The aforementioned forms indicate the fields which are mandatory to fill and the ones which are optional. The name or the pseudonym of the user may be published along with a comment or a contribution. However, the user’s email address will not be published and will only be used for email exchanges between the editorial board and the user. The user’s IP address will not be published and will only be used to prevent users who violate the Terms of use from accessing the site.

The user is informed that, in accordance with article 32 of the French law “Informatique, fichiers et libertés” of January 6, 1978, amended, any information submitted by using one of the forms on the e-ostadelahi.com site is for the exclusive use of the editorial board in charge of the management of the site and the relations with visitors and contributors. The submitted information will not be ceded to any third-party and will not be processed in any other way that stated in the Terms of use.

In addition, in accordance with the same law, a user has the right to access, modify, rectify and delete any personal information.

A user can exert this right by sending a request to the editorial board by using the contact form. This request must contain the same name and email address as the ones sent in the form. Verification will occur through an exchange of emails, before the request can be granted and as quickly as possible.

Users of the site as well as the members of the editorial board must abide by the provisions of the French law “Informatique, fichiers et libertés” of January 6, 1978, amended. Any violation is liable to be prosecuted. Users must especially avoid collecting or misappropriating any personal information and, as far as such personal information is involved, avoid any action that may harm a person’s reputation or violate their right to privacy.

Moreover, we inform our users that one or several cookies can be installed on their computer system. Cookies do not enable us to identify you. They only register information related to navigation on our site (pages viewed, date and time of visit, etc) and that we will be able to read during your future visits.

You can prevent cookies from being installed on your computer system by configuring your browser:

Mozilla Firefox

1.    Go to « Tools » then « Options »

2.    Click on  « Privacy »

3.    In the « Cookie » menu, select an option.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

1.    Go to « Tools », then « Internet Options »

2.    Click on the « Privacy » tab

3.    Use the cursor to select the appropriate level

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5

1.    Go to « Tools », then « Internet Options »

2.    Click on the « Security » tab

3.    Select « Internet », then « Custom Level »

4.    Go to « Cookies » and select an option.

Netscape 6.X and 7. X

1.    Go to « Edit », « Preferences »

2.    « Privacy »

3.    « Cookies ».

Opera 6.0 +

1.    Go to « File »>« Preferences »

2.    « Privacy ».

This site is hosted by the company One&One. One&One has no access to the data hosted on the site, and therefore is not able to know its content nor share it with a third-party.

Disclaimer of liability

The services provided by e-ostadelahi.com are provided « as is » and « as available » without guarantee of any kind, whether express, implied or legal.

The features, materials and content of the site are not guaranteed with regards to its non-interruption, appropriateness, security and reliability, and the e-ostadelahi.com site provides no guarantees as to the exactitude of the information it provides, its update, its reliability, or that the quality of services and information you obtain will meet your expectations.

The e-ostadelahi.com site declines all liability concerning the content, advertising, products, services and other materials made available on the websites or hyperlinked to or from the e-ostadelahi.com site (including and without limitations, websites that can be hyperlinked through a user’s comment).

As a user of this site, you agree that the ostadelahi.com site reserves the right to modify or interrupt its service at any time (even partially), with or without notice. The e-ostadelahi.com site cannot be held liable, towards you or any third party, of any modification, suspension or interruption of service.

As a user of this site, you agree that e-ostadelahi.com site has the right to revoke your access, temporarily or definitely to any service offered by the e-ostadelahi.com site, without notice and for any reason that is deemed valid.

Validity of the Terms of use

These Terms of use are governed by French law. French courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over cases that may arise between parties to this Agreement. French law will be the only enforceable law in any legal relation between visitors, contributors, and managers of this site.

The e-ostadelahi.com site reserves the right to modify at any time these Terms of use, to end this service or modify its concept without prior notification to the user.

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