Identification data

In compliance with the provisions of Article 10 of Law No. 34/2002 (11 July 2002) on information society services and electronic commerce, the necessary details of the owner and service provider of the website www.uniovi.es (hereinafter referred to as “the Website”) are indicated below:

• Name or corporate name: UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO
• Identity or tax identification number: Q3318001I
• Residence or address: C/ SAN FRANCISCO, 3 - Oviedo 33007 (ASTURIAS)
• E-mail address: secretariageneral@uniovi.es
• Contact telephone number: 985 10 30 00
• University and Degree Registry Data:
  • University Code: 013
  • Acronym: UOV
  • Type: Public
  • Erasmus code: E OVIEDO01
  • Profit-making: No
  • Responsible Educational Administration: Principality of Asturias

General conditions of use

The purpose of these general conditions of use and navigation (hereinafter “Conditions”) is to regulate the relationship between the owner of the Website as service provider and the users who access, navigate and benefit from the service offered (hereinafter referred to individually as the “User” or collectively as the “Users”).

The Website provides Users with general information about the owner of the Website, its services and activities (hereinafter the “Content”), all in accordance with these Conditions. As this is a professional website, its content is not intended for Users who are minors.

If the User continues to browse and use the services offered on our Website, he/she accepts these Conditions of Use without reservation of any kind.

The owner of the Website reserves the right to modify these Conditions at any time and at its sole discretion, so we advise the User to review them regularly.

Intellectual and industrial property

Legal protection of the contents

The owner of the Website is also the owner of the rights of exploitation of intellectual and industrial property of the Website, including all of its Contents and elements (by way of example, texts, images, audio and videos) that can be accessed from the Website, as well as those that it has hosted on third-party sites either because they are the owner’s property or because the owner has obtained the appropriate rights for their use. Likewise, the owner has obtained the appropriate authorisations related to the image rights of those who appear on the Website.

The total or partial reproduction, copying or distribution of the Content without the express authorisation of the owner is prohibited. Under no circumstances shall it be understood that access to and browsing of the Website by the User implies a waiver, transmission, licence or total or partial transfer of the aforementioned rights held by the owner of the Website. Likewise, it is forbidden to modify, copy, reuse, exploit, reproduce, publicly communicate, transmit, use, process or distribute in any way all or part of the Contents and elements of the Website for public or commercial purposes without the express written authorisation of the owner.

Therefore, in accordance with the previous paragraph, the User may, in addition to viewing the Contents and elements of the Web Page, print, copy or download them, provided that this is exclusively for his/her personal and private use.

It is also forbidden to use the contact details of the owner (postal address, telephone number, e-mail address) to send any type of commercial communication unless prior authorisation has been obtained in accordance with the applicable regulations.

Trademarks and associated logos

The brands incorporated in the Website belong to the owner of the Website or to third parties who have authorised their use in the Website. Those who browse the Website are prohibited from using said trademarks, logos and distinctive signs without the authorisation of the owner or a licence for use.

Responsibilities

Suspension of the Website

The operation of the Website is supported by the servers of service providers connected by public and private communications infrastructures.

The owner of the Website will make every effort to ensure the correct functioning of the Website. However, the absence of interruptions for technical reasons for the purpose of carrying out repair and/or maintenance work or due to a lack of coverage or failures in the equipment and/or networks necessary for the transmission of data, which are beyond the holder’s control, cannot be guaranteed.

Thus, access to the Website may be suspended for reasons of force majeure (unforeseeable causes or causes which, foreseen or foreseeable, are unavoidable) such as those listed below by way of example but not limitation:

1. Failures in the electricity or telephone network supply
2. Virus attacks on the servers that support the Website
3. User errors in accessing the Website
4. Fires, floods, earthquakes or other acts of nature
5. Strikes or labour disputes
6. Armed conflicts or other situations of force majeure.

The owner of the Website is exonerated from any type of responsibility if any of the circumstances indicated in this stipulation were to materialise.

User liability

The User will use the Website at his/her own risk. By accessing it, he/she undertakes to use it in accordance with the provisions of the applicable legislation and ethical codes, as well as the conditions contained in these Conditions of Use.

Failure to comply with any of the rules included in these Conditions or the law on which they are based shall give rise to the liability of the User to the owner of the Website and/or third parties for any damage or harm that may be caused as a consequence of said breach, regardless of whether this implies the materialisation of an unlawful act, an administrative sanction, a fault or a crime, and shall entitle the owner of the Website to, where appropriate, demand the User’s liability in the corresponding civil, administrative, labour or criminal sphere.

Owner liability

The owner of the Website accepts no liability for any damage caused to the User or third parties as a result of a breach attributable to the User nor for the alteration of the User's equipment.

Likewise, neither does the owner assume any responsibility for illegitimate intromissions by means of the use of computer viruses and other malicious software, the improper use of the Website by the User or security errors caused by the incorrect functioning of the User’s terminal equipment

User obligations

The User may not, at any time, modify, alter or delete any data, information, content or element included in the Website.

The Users must use the services made available to him/her in a diligent, correct and lawful manner. Under no circumstances may the User disseminate content or propaganda of a racist, pornographic, xenophobic nature or that, in general, advocates criminal, violent or degrading acts against people and fundamental rights.

The User may not include software, viruses, malware or any other agent harmful to computer systems that can damage or alter the devices or terminals of the company or other Users.

The User shall be solely responsible for any damages that may be caused by failure to comply with the conditions and obligations set out in these Conditions.

The User is prohibited from transmitting, including or disseminating advertising of himself/herself or of third parties by any means available on our Website if he/she has not obtained the express authorisation of the owner.

Hyperlinks

Mentions to other websites of third parties that may be made on the Website are for information purposes only. The owner of the Website does not develop or manage these sites and is not the owner of the Internet addresses mentioned unless expressly indicated. Therefore, the owner shall not be liable for the contents incorporated therein nor for any damage or harm derived from accessing them or from the services they provide.

The owner of the Website authorises the setting up of links and hyperlinks from other websites. However, anyone who intends to create a link between the Website and another web page shall do so in accordance with the following conditions:

1. The web page on which the link is set up shall not contain any information or content that is illicit, contrary to morality, good customs, public order or any third party rights.
2. It shall not be stated or implied that the owner of the Website has expressly authorised the link or previously supervised, assumed or recommended in any way the services offered or made available on the web page that creates the link to the Website. It is therefore recommended that anyone browsing the Website exercises extreme caution when evaluating and using the information, contents and services on the linked sites.
3. Setting up a link does not imply, under any circumstances, the existence of a relationship between the owner of the Website and the owner of the web page in which the link is included.

Protection of personal data

The owner of the Website undertakes to process the User's personal data in accordance with the provisions of the legislation in force in this area. Specifically, the owner undertakes to apply the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation 679/2016 (27 April 2016) and the Organic Law 3/2018 (5 December 2018) on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights.

Full information on this matter can be found in our Privacy Policy.

Applicable Law

Those relations established between the User and the owner of the Website shall be governed by the provisions of the legislation in force in relation to the applicable regulations and the competent jurisdiction, with the rules of the Spanish Legal System being applicable.

In those cases where it is possible to voluntarily submit to a specific jurisdiction, the owner of the Website and the User, expressly waiving any other jurisdiction, shall submit to the Courts of the city of Oviedo.