Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

ARCHIVED 2016-11-11, DATE APPROXIMATE · VERSION 20161111_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20160113_rev01

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1111Visitors shall not use the Websites to post, submit or otherwise distribute unlawful, defamatory, abusive, obscene or offensive materials. Furthermore, Visitors shall not use the Websites in any way that may violate third party rights including, but not limited to copyrights or privacy. Neither shall Visitors access or attempt to access the Websites using interfaces aside from the ones provided by the Websites.
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1313Visitors may provide personal information as part of the registration to access and use some of the features on the Websites as members, partners, bloggers, subscribers, participants, donators or similar. Information provided for registration must be accurate, correct and up-to-date. The Forum reserves the sole right to verify and deny access where data is incomplete, incorrect, inappropriate and/or missing.
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1515## Disclaimer
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17The Websites are provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" WITH NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND TITLE. THE FORUM DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR THE ACTS, OMISSIONS AND CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATED TO VISITORS\` USE OF THE SITE. VISITORS ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR USE OF THE SITE AND ANY LINKED SITES. IF THIS DISCLAIMER IS NOT ENFORCEABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, IT MAY BE MODIFIED AT THE FORUM'S SOLE DISCRETION TO A FORM THAT IS ENFORCEABLE.
17The Websites are provided "as is" and "as available" with no express or implied warranties of any kind including, but not limited to, any implied warranties of fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, non-infringement, and title. the forum disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to visitors\` use of the site. visitors assume total responsibility for their use of the site and any linked sites. if this disclaimer is not enforceable under applicable law, it may be modified at the forum's sole discretion to a form that is enforceable.
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1919The Forum does not take responsibility for the correctness, completeness, up-to-datedness or quality of the information provided on the Websites. The Forum expressly disclaims any and all liability to any person in respect of anything done or omitted to be done wholly or partially in reliance upon the contents of the Websites.
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2121Furthermore, the Forum is not liable for any damage or corruption caused by viruses (or similar mechanisms such as worms, lock outs, metering, or self-destruct mechanisms) on computers or other terminal equipment in connection with visiting, using and/or downloading data of any kind from the Websites. The Visitors are personally responsible for protecting their equipment appropriately from viruses and other risks on the Internet.
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2323The Forum reserves the right, at its sole discretion, but disclaims the obligation, to monitor and/or remove content from any blog.
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2525## Website Content
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27weforum.org publishes content from third party sources on agenda.weforum.org as well as content commissioned specifically for publication on agenda.weforum.org.
27The Forum publishes its own content as well as links, content and resources provided by third parties and content that has been specifically commissioned by the Forum for publication on the Websites.
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29All proprietary rights for articles published on agenda.weforum.org remain with the original source or the author of the article, and in the case of articles commissioned directly for agenda.weforum.org proprietary rights remain with the author.
29All proprietary rights relating to any third party links, content or resources published on the Websites remain with the original source or the author(s) of that material and where any content has been commissioned by the Forum for publication on the Websites, any proprietary rights in such content remain with the relevant author, unless otherwise agreed or specified.
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31For all other content published on weforum.org, the Forum reserves sole proprietary rights including, but not limited to, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights over all the content on the Websites; this includes all text, graphics, photographs, logos and/or other items that appear on the Websites. The Forum also reserves proprietary rights over the Websites' template, including its layout and structure.
31For all other content published on the Websites, the Forum reserves all proprietary rights including, but not limited to, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights in and to all content on the Websites; this includes all text, graphics, photographs, logos and/or other items that appear on the Websites. The Forum also reserves its rights over the Websites' template, including its layout and structure.
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33The Forum's name and logo are registered trademarks of the Forum. Visitors are not authorized to use the Forum's logo.
33The Forum's name and logo are registered trademarks of the Forum. Visitors are not authorized to use the Forum's name, logo or likeness without prior consent.
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35The content, links and resources on the Websites is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which Visitors should rely. Visitors must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on the Forum's site. Although the Forum makes reasonable efforts to update the information on the Websites, the Forum makes no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on the Websites is accurate, complete or up to date.
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3537## Publications
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37The content of any articles published on the Websites ("Articles") is representing the opinion of the author of the respective Article. The content of any Articles published by other authors than the Forum on forumblog.org does not necessarily represent the Forum's endorsement of the views or content of such Articles.
39The content of any articles published on the Websites ("Articles") represents the opinion of the author(s) of the respective Article(s). Where the Websites contain Articles, resources or links provided by third parties, these should not be interpreted as the Forum's endorsement of any views expressed or the content contained within such Articles, resources or links.
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39The Visitor may make use of the content of the Articles under the terms of Creative Commons Public License ("CCPL"); please see the terms of the CCPL at [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). The Forum reserves the right to revoke the CCPL at its sole discretion. Under the license, the Visitor may copy, distribute and transmit the Websites' works, in whole or in part, in its original form or in an adapted form, provided the work is properly attributed to the author, it is for non-commercial use and it is not altered, transformed or built upon.
41Visitors may make use of the content of the Articles published to this particular feed only: [http://wef.ch/feed](http://wef.ch/feed) (the "**Feed**") under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Unported License ("**CCPL**"). To view a copy of this license please see [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode). All rights are reserved with respect to other Articles published on the Websites which are protected by copyright.
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43Under the CCPL license, Visitors may copy, distribute and transmit the Articles, in any medium or format provided the work is properly attributed to the author and the World Economic Forum, that any such use is for non-commercial purposes and it is not altered, transformed or built upon.
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4145**Attribution**: Visitor must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse Visitor or their use of the work).
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4347**Noncommercial:** Visitor may not use this work for commercial purposes.
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4549**No Derivatives:** Visitor may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.
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