TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. GENERAL CONDITIONS
1.1. The entity Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP, headquartered at Rua da Mãe de Deus – Campus Universitário de Ponta Delgada, 9500-321 in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, registered at the Conservatória de Registo Comercial de Ponta Delgada with the unique registration and corporate number 512.058.407, and with share capital of zero euros, responsible for the website www.sonda.uac.pt, hereinafter abbreviated as “Website Holder Entity”
1.2. The user declares to accept and act in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of use described here, as well as with all future modifications, by using the service provided by Website Holder Entity.
1.3. In the terms and conditions mentioned here, whenever the terms “we” or “our” are used, we refer to Website Holder Entity or www.sonda.uac.pt. Whenever we use “you” or “yours”, we refer to anyone using www.sonda.uac.pt.
1.4. When accessing and using this website you are subject to the following Terms and Conditions, as well as our Privacy Policy. By browsing the website, the user agrees to comply with these Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with its content, the user is not allowed to access and use the website, and must terminate access and / or use immediately.
1.5. The customer should read carefully the Terms and Conditions each time accessing the site.
1.6. If you violate any of the terms included here, your right to access and use this website will be terminated immediately.
1.7. The contents of this website are protected by copyright and are the property of Website Holder Entity. It is not allowed to use it in any way without our consent.
2. BUDGET
2.1. Any quote is valid for 30 days from the date of dispatch, and may be subject to review after that time.
2.2. In the event of an error in the submitted quote, Website Holder Entity reserves the right, during its validity 30 days, to rectify it.
2.3. Any change at the customer’s request, service or expense that was not expressed in the initial budget, has an additional cost.
3. COPYRIGHTS AND OWNERSHIP
3.1. All the contents of this website, which includes texts, design, illustrations, logos, video, audio, photographs and other elements, are protected by law, under the Copyright and Related Rights Code. It is not permitted to display, reproduce, distribute, modify, transmit or use the contents in any way, for any public or commercial purpose, without our prior and express written consent.
3.2. The contents of this website are protected by Direitos de Autor e Direitos Conexos (Copyright and Related Rights), Direitos de Propriedade Industrial (Industrial Property Rights), by the Lei da Criminalidade Informática (Computer Crime Law) and are the property of Website Holder Entity.
3.3. The work/projects copyrights will only be the property of the client, when finalized, approved and paid in full.
3.4. We reserve the right not to provide the customer with the editable files, fonts or other tools and software necessary for the production of the work/projects.
3.5. Website Holder Entity reserves the right to take legal action against the authors of any unauthorized copy, reproduction, dissemination or commercial exploitation of texts, design, illustrations, logos, video, audio, photographs and other elements, whose ownership has not been transmitted to the customer.
3.6. The customer is responsible for ensuring that the materials provided by him for the execution of the work/projects do not infringe any third party’s Copyright or Industrial Property Rights and for any damages caused to Website Holder Entity, due to their improper use.
4. ONLINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
A União Europeia criou um site para apoiar os consumidores a apresentarem as suas reclamações sobre qualquer litígio em que estejam envolvidos. Neste âmbito, a Entidade Titular do Website disponibiliza toda a informação para que possa exercer o seu direito de reclamação junto de uma entidade oficial, terceira e imparcial ao processo, que o ajudará a resolver o litígio em questão.
Assim, se ficou insatisfeito com a aquisição de um bem ou serviço no nosso site, ou com a solução por nós apresentada para resolver a situação, pode aceder a este site oficial https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/main/index.cfm?event=main.home2.show&lng=PT e expôr a sua contestação.
O que é a resolução alternativa de litígios?
The European Union has created a website to support consumers to submit their complaints about any dispute in which they are involved. In this context, Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP provides all the information so that you can exercise your right of complaint with an official entity, third and impartial to the process, (“dispute resolution entity”) that will help you to resolve the dispute in question.
So, if you were unhappy with the purchase of a good or service on our website, or with the solution we presented to resolve a situation, you can access this official website https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/main /index.cfmevent=main.home2.show&lng=PT and expose your dispute.
What is alternative dispute resolution?
Alternative dispute resolution is the possibility that all consumers have at their disposal to appeal to official entities that help them in the resolution, or guidance of any conflict, before opening litigious processes in court. As a general rule, the procedure is as follows: the client asks an impartial third party to act as an intermediary between you and the trader who is the target of your complaint. The intermediary can suggest a solution to your complaint, impose a solution on both parties or bring the parties together to find a solution.
You may know the concept of alternative dispute resolution by another name: ‘mediation’, ‘conciliation’, ‘arbitration’ or ‘committee responsible for consumer disputes’. Alternative dispute resolution is, as a rule, less expensive, less formal and faster than the judicial process.
Suggestions of Alternative Dispute Resolution Entities:
● CNIACC – Centro Nacional de Informação e Arbitragem de Conflitos de Consumo
http://www.arbitragemdeconsumo.org/
● Centro de Arbitragem de Conflitos de Consumo de Lisboa
http://www.centroarbitragemlisboa.pt/
● Centro de Arbitragem de Conflitos de Consumo do Vale do Ave/Tribunal Arbitral
http://www.triave.pt/
● CIAB – Centro de Informação, Mediação e Arbitragem de Consumo (Tribunal Arbitral de Consumo)
http://www.ciab.pt/pt/
● CIMPAS – Centro de Informação, Mediação e Provedoria de Seguros
https://www.cimpas.pt/
5. PERMITTED USE/PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
Only access and use of this website is allowed for personal and non-commercial functions, that is, that the website should only be accessed and used by private individuals or by a company that intends to purchase our services / products or company on their behalf. Any activities that are considered by us to be inappropriate and / or that are likely to be illegal under the legislation applicable to this website are prohibited, including, but not limited to:
5.1. Hurt, abuse, defame, threaten or harass another person or company, or in a manner that invades the privacy of others, or that is obscene, offensive, hateful, indecent, inappropriate, objectionable, unacceptable, discriminatory or harmful.
5.2. Actions that may constitute a breach of privacy, such as sending private information to this site without the consent of the affected person or any other legal rights of individuals.
5.3. Send files containing viruses to this website that may cause damage to the property of Website Holder Entity or the property of individuals or modify or reverse engineer any part of the website.
5.4. Use any type of automatic computer code, process, program, robot, internet crawler, spider, data processor, drag or screen scraping alternatives to computer codes, processes, programs or systems.
5.5. The use of the website for illegal purposes or any other purpose that may be considered unworthy of our image is expressly prohibited. Usurpation, counterfeiting, use of usurped or counterfeit content, illegitimate identification and unfair competition are criminally punishable.
6. CONTENTS AND WARRANTIES
6.1. The information on this website has been included in good faith and is for general information only, its use being at the sole risk of the user.
6.2. This website and its contents are provided without guarantees of any kind, that is, there is no guarantee that access to this website will be uninterrupted or error-free, free from viruses or other harmful material, or that the information contained on this website is complete, accurate or timely.
6.3. Website Holder Entity reserves the right to make changes and corrections, suspend or close the website when deemed appropriate and without the need for any prior notice.
6.4. Website Holder Entity does not previously filter or monitor the content transmitted to this website by third parties and is not responsible for filtering or monitoring any content of this type.
6.5. If notified, Website Holder Entity may investigate an allegation that the content transmitted to this website is in violation of the Terms and Conditions and may determine whether it will cause the information to be removed from this website.
6.6. Website Holder Entity assumes no responsibility or liability for any action or content transmitted by or between the user or any third party inside or outside this website.
7. RESPONSABILITY, USE E RISK
7.1. The way you use this website and the contents contained therein is entirely at your own risk.
7.2. Website Holder Entity and all its directors, employees and agents, as well as any other party involved in the creation, production, maintenance or implementation of this website, will not be liable to any user of the website, for any possible damage, loss or injury (including any loss of profit and moral, indirect, accidental or consequential loss) arising from the correct or incorrect use of this website and its content, access to the user’s computer or computer system by third parties, viruses, etc. This website contains links to third party websites. These links are provided solely for the convenience and accessibility of the user. We do not endorse the content of any of these third-party websites and are not responsible for the content of any of those websites. Accessing and visiting any of these third-party websites is at your own risk.
8. JURISDICTION AND APPLICABLE NOW
Website Holder Entity and the user of this website accept, without reservation, that any dispute resulting from the use of this website will be governed by Portuguese law.
Last updated on: 01/09/2022