Last Updated July 2009
Introduction
This website (www.eurostarconferences.com) is owned and operated
by Qualtech Ltd. (trading as EuroSTAR Conferences) ("we", "our" and
"us").
EuroSTAR conferences are the organisers of the annual EuroSTAR
conference focused on Software Testing, Analysis & Review.
Your use of this website is subject to the Terms Of Use as set
out below. By accessing and using this website you agree that you
have read, understood and accept these Terms Of Use. If you do not
read or agree with our Terms Of Use, you should not access this
website.
Our Privacy Policy
EuroSTAR Conferences respects your right to privacy and we
comply with our obligations under the Data Protection Acts 1988 and
2003. The purpose of our Privacy Policy is to outline how we deal
with any personal data you provide to us while visiting this
website. If you are not happy with our Privacy Policy you should
not use this website. By visiting this website, you are accepting
the terms of this Privacy Policy. Any external links to other
websites are clearly identifiable as such, and we are not
responsible for the content or the privacy policies of third party
websites.
To view EuroSTAR Conferences Website Privacy Policy click here
Intellectual Property Rights
By using this website you agree that all the information,
communications, photography, text, images, graphics, software,
trademarks, trade names, logos and other materials and services on
this website (the "Content") are protected by copyright, trademark,
database rights, sui generis rights and other intellectual property
laws under the national laws of Ireland and international treatise.
All property rights, title and interest in and to the Content shall
be at all times and for all purposes remain vested in EuroSTAR
Conferences and/or its licensors, as the case may be. You agree not
to copy, modify, transmit, display, distribute, perform, reproduce,
licence, publish, create derivative works from, transfer or sell
any information contained on or forming part of this website, or
otherwise use such Content of this website for re-sale,
re-distribution or for any other commercial use, without the
consent of EuroSTAR Conferences and/or its licensors as the case
may be.
Changes to the Terms of Use
We may modify or terminate any Content on the website from time
to time, for any reason and without notice or liability to any user
or third party. You should check the website for changes to the
Terms Of Use each time you access the website. Your continued use
of the website will signify your acceptance of any revised Terms Of
Use.
Links To Third Party Websites
This website contains links to third party websites. EuroSTAR
Conferences does not own or control such third party websites and
only provides links to other locations on the internet for
information purposes. Access to any other website through this
website is at your own risk. Your use of third party websites is
subject to the terms and conditions of use contained within each of
those websites. EuroSTAR Conferences is not liable or responsible
for the accuracy of any information, data, opinions or statements
on these websites or the security of any link or communication with
those websites. The fact that EuroSTAR Conferences provides a link
to a third party website does not mean that EuroSTAR Conferences
endorses, authorises or sponsors that website.
Disclaimer
While EuroSTAR Conferences uses its reasonable efforts to
maintain this website in an accurate and up-to-date fashion it may
contain some technical or other mistakes, inaccuracies or
typographical errors. EuroSTAR Conferences cannot be held
responsible for any mistakes or omissions on this website.
Limit of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, EuroSTAR
Conferences will not be liable for any loss or damages arising out
of or in connection with your use of the website. In no event shall
EuroSTAR Conferences be liable for any damages whatsoever resulting
from the statements or conduct of any third party or the
interruption, suspension or termination of any services, whether
such interruption, suspension or termination was justified or not,
negligent or intentional, inadvertent or advertent.
Indemnity
As a user of this website, you agree to indemnify us against any
loss, damage or cost incurred by us arising out of any violation by
you of these Terms Of Use. You will also indemnify us against any
claims that information or materials which you submit, post to or
transmit through the Site are in violation of any law or in breach
of any third party right.
Member Interaction
This website contains a searchable database of EuroSTAR
Conferences members. Each entry holds information on member
companies. Such information may encompass company news, job
vacancies, podcast, blog feeds and other interactive services.
EuroSTAR Conferences does not actively monitor such postings nor do
we exercise editorial control over the content. However, we reserve
the right to remove or alter any content in breach of the website
Terms Of Use. We may restrict, suspend or terminate your use of our
website if such a misuse occurs. EuroSTAR Conferences shall not be
responsible for any employment decisions made by any company
posting jobs or candidate profiles on this website.
EuroSTAR Conferences Forum
Please note this is a subscribers-only discussion forum to which
you have registered to contribute to and receive. You agree that
any comments which you post to this forum constitute your own
express opinions and views and do not represent any views or
opinions of EuroSTAR Conferences nor should they purport to do
so.
Accordingly, we hereby require and you hereby agree that every
care is taken in drafting the content of your comments in order to
ensure that they are not in any way defamatory, illegal or in any
other way harmful to a third party as you are solely responsible as
author and publisher of your comments.
The comments posted on the forum are not for publication in any
other media or any other form and in the event that you wish to
publish comments which are part of these discussion lists you
should contact the individual author and publisher of the comments,
for prior consent.
Disclaimer of Liability
With respect to content available on the website, neither
EuroSTAR Conferences nor any of its members nor any of their
employees or agents makes any warranty, express or implied,
including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability or
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any
information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or
represents that its use would not infringe privately owned
rights.
Disclaimer of Endorsement
Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process,
or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise,
does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement,
recommendation, or favouring by EuroSTAR Conferences. The views and
opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or
reflect those of EuroSTAR Conferences, and shall not be used for
advertising or product endorsement purposes.
Governing Law
These Terms Of Use shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law of Ireland and you hereby submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Ireland. This will not
prevent EuroSTAR Conferences from pursuing a claim for breach of
contract, copyright infringement or otherwise in respect of these
terms and conditions in any other jurisdiction throughout the
world.
WEBSITE PRIVACY STATEMENT
DATED: July 2009
1. Introduction
We at the EuroSTAR Conferences respect your right to privacy and
comply with our obligations under the Data Protection Acts 1988 and
2003. The purpose of this website Privacy Statement is to outline
how we deal with any personal data you provide to us while visiting
this website. If you are not happy with the content of this Privacy
Statement you should not use this website. By visiting EuroSTAR
Conferences website, you are accepting the terms of this Privacy
Statement. Any external links to other website are clearly
identifiable as such, and we are not responsible for the content or
the privacy policies of these other website.
2. Types of Information Collected
We retain two types of information:
Personal Data
This is data that identifies you or can be used to identify or
contact you and may include your name, address, email address, user
IP addresses in circumstances where they have not been deleted,
clipped or anonymised, telephone number, and billing and credit
card information. Such information is
only collected from you if you voluntarily submit it to us.
Non-Personal Data
Like most websites, we gather statistical and other analytical
information collected on an aggregate basis of all visitors to our
web site. This non-personal data comprises information that cannot
be used to identify or contact you, such as demographic information
regarding, for example, user IP addresses where they have been
clipped or anonymised, browser types and other anonymous
statistical data
involving the use of our website.
3. Purposes for which we hold your Information
(a) Non-Personal Data
We use the non-personal data gathered from visitors to our
website in an aggregate form to get a better understanding of where
our visitors come from and to help us better design and organise
our website.
(b) Cookies
This website uses "cookie" technology. A cookie is a little
piece of text stored by the browser on your computer, at the
request of our server. We may use cookies to deliver content
specific to your interests and to save your personal preferences so
you do not have to re-enter them each time you connect to our
website. Our cookies are not available to other websites. Cookies
are required on EuroSTAR Conferences website to allow users to
access the Member's Extranet. No personal information is recorded,
and the cookie is automatically deleted when you log out or close
your browser. You are always free to decline our cookies, if your
browser permits, or to ask your browser to indicate when a cookie
is being sent. You can also delete cookie files from your computer
at your discretion. Note that if you decline our cookies or ask for
notification each time a cookie is being sent, this may affect your
ease of use of this web site.
(c) Personal Data
We will process any Personal Data you provide to us for the
following purposes:
(i) to provide you with the goods or services you have ordered or
requested;
(ii) to contact you if required in connection with your order or
to respond to any communications you might send to us;
(iii) to send you EuroSTAR Conferences Newsletter/Event Alerts
and to communicate with you about our activities.
Please note all credit card or other payment information is
transmitted using SSL encryption. All payment information details,
including credit card numbers and bank details, are permanently
deleted from our servers when the payment has been processed.
4. Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
We may provide non-personal data to third parties, where such
information is combined with similar information of other users of
our website. For example, we might inform third parties of the
number of unique users who visit our website, the demographic
breakdown of our community users, or the activities that visitors
to our website engage in while on our website. The third parties to
whom we may provide this information may include potential or
actual advertisers, providers of advertising services (including
website tracking services), commercial partners, sponsors,
licensees, researchers and other similar parties.
We will not disclose your personal data to third parties unless
you have consented to this disclosure or unless the third party is
required to fulfil your order (in such circumstances, the third
party is bound by similar data protection requirements). We will
disclose your personal data if we believe in good faith that we are
required to disclose it in order to comply with any applicable law,
a summons, a search warrant, a court or regulatory order, or other
statutory requirement.
5. Sale of Business
We reserve the right to transfer information (including your
personal data) to a third party in the event of a sale, merger,
liquidation, receivership or transfer of all or substantially all
of the assets of EuroSTAR Conferences provided that the third party
agrees to adhere to the terms of this Privacy Statement and
provided that the third party only uses your personal data for the
purposes that you provided it to us. You will be notified in the
event of any such transfer and you will be afforded an opportunity
to opt-out.
6. Security
Your personal data is held on secure servers hosted by TiBus.
The nature of the Internet is such that we cannot guarantee or
warrant the security of any information you transmit to us via the
Internet. No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed
to be 100% secure. However, we will take all reasonable steps
(including appropriate technical and organisational measures) to
protect your personal data.
7. Updating, Verifying and Deleting Personal Data
You also have a right to have your personal data corrected, if
inaccurate, or, in certain circumstances, erased. Please forward
any such requests in writing by email to info@eurostarconferences.com
8. Right of Access to Your Personal Data
To find out what personal data we hold on you or to have your
personal data updated, amended or removed from our database, please
complete this online form which will be emailed directly to
EuroSTAR Conferences offices. Any such data subject requests may be
subject to the prescribed fee.
9. Changes to the Privacy Statement
Any changes to this Privacy Statement will be posted on this
website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how
we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If
at any time we decide to use personal data in a manner
significantly different from that stated in this Privacy Statement,
or otherwise disclosed to you at the time it was collected, we will
notify you by email, and you will have a choice as to whether or
not we use your information in the new manner.
10. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
This Privacy Statement is governed by the laws of Ireland and is
subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts.
12. Questions or Comments
If you wish to contact us to discuss any matter in relation to
this Privacy Statement or our processing of your personal data,
please feel free to contact us by email at info@eurostarconferences.com