Terms of service

Introduction
 
Under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), EUN Partnership aisbl (hereinafter called European Schoolnet) is developing and maintaining – on behalf of the European Commission – a Better Internet for Kids (BIK) core service platform to share resources, services and practices between national providers of the services – the European Safer Internet Centres (SICs) – and to provide services to their users, including industry.
 
The terms of service below cover the legal terms and conditions relating to the use of the BIK core service platform, of which the BIK Youth minisite forms a part.
 
European Schoolnet is based in Brussels, Belgium and, as such, Belgian laws apply to any use of the site.
 
Content disclaimer
 
Although we have made every reasonable effort to ensure that the contents are both timely and accurate, the information provided via this platform is:
  • of a general informational nature only and not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual or entity;
  • not necessarily comprehensive, accurate, complete or up to date;
  • does not necessarily represent the views of the European Commission and European Schoolnet;
  • sometimes linked to external sites over which the European Commission and European Schoolnet have no control and for which EUN assumes no legal responsibility;
  • not professional or legal advice (if you need specific advice, you should always consult a suitably qualified professional).
European Schoolnet reserves the right, at its discretion, to suspend, change, modify, add or remove (portions of) the website at any time, including any materials which may have been made available by content contributors.
 
Liability disclaimer
 
European Schoolnet and the European Commission assume no liability in relation to any of the points above, except as required under applicable law. If you consider that your rights have been violated through any information provided via the BIK core service platform, please contact European Schoolnet as indicated below. European Schoolnet will handle your objection with due diligence in compliance with its legal obligations.
 
European Schoolnet and the European Commission are not responsible or in any way liable for the contents of any document, information or materials ("materials") which have been uploaded, linked to or otherwise made available by contributors to the website. It is the duty of each content contributor to check the legality of their use of such materials prior to making them available and, in particular, to ensure that they do not infringe upon any relevant law including but not limited to copyright, privacy, data protection, criminal, contract, torts or civil liability, statutory obligations or any other law or laws whether at international, European or national level. European Schoolnet and the European Commission reserve all and any rights to proceed against any content contributor which breaches the above provisions and for which European Schoolnet and the European Commission suffer loss or damage as a result.
 
Copyright
 
We take every measure possible to ensure that all copyrights are respected. If you notice a copyright infringement, please notify us as soon as possible.
 
Several sections of this site make use of web feed technologies to present content which may originate from several third-party websites which are relevant to the project (e.g. RSS or Twitter feeds). European Schoolnet collects and formats this data. However, use of this content may be subject to different copyright/terms of use. Please refer to the portal to which the service links if you wish to use content from third-party sites.
 
Copyright notice
 
© - All rights reserved. Copyright protection applies. Content from third-party websites (i.e. content providers) is subject to its own copyright restrictions; please refer to the site of origin for more information.
 
Contacting European Schoolnet
 
For any questions related to the BIK core service platform, you can contact us:
 
via email:
bik-info[AT]eun.org
 
via post:
EUN Partnership aisbl
Rue de Trèves 61
B-1040 Brussels
Belgium
 
via telephone:
+32.2.790.75.75