Terms of Use
1. Scope of Application of Terms of Use; Purpose of Platform
These Terms of Use shall be applied to the content of Share2Solve Platform (hereinafter referred to as the "Platform") maintained by Culminatum Ltd Oy Helsinki Region Centre of Expertise (hereinafter referred to as Culminatum) and to all web pages linked to the Platform by Culminatum. By using the Platform the user of the Platform (hereinafter referred to as the "User") agrees to be bound by these Terms of Use and undertakes to comply with the Terms of Use while using or otherwise utilizing the Platform. The registration for, or use of, the Platform shall be deemed to be a consent to abide by these Terms of Use including any materials available on the Platform incorporated by reference herein, including but not limited to Culminatum’s privacy policy.
The Platform is intended to be used primarily for collaborative sharing of information and content. All enquiries concerning the Platform or these Terms of Use should be directed to Culminatum via e-mail at share2solve[at]culminatum.fi.
2. Intellectual Property Rights
All articles, publications and other material on the Platform are protected under copyright laws or other intellectual property laws. Copying, publication and other use thereof for non-commercial purposes only is permitted on the condition that the source is acknowledged. Any copying or quotation for commercial purposes is prohibited.
All trade names, trademarks and Platform marks of products and Platforms appearing on the Platform are protected trade names, trademarks and Platform marks of their respective owners. All usage thereof is prohibited without permission of the company in question.
The Platform is based on software (“Software”) licensed under GNU General Public License. All intellectual property rights related to the proprietary parts of the Software are the property of Culminatum or its licensor(s). This Software is distributed without any warranty.
3. Use of the Platform
In order to register for the Platform the User will create a user name and a password. The password is personal and the User undertakes to keep it with care and not to disclose it to any third party. The User will be solely responsible for all use of the Platform that occurs under his/her user name and password. While Culminatum will not be liable for the Users losses caused by unauthorized use of the user name and password, the User may be liable for the losses of Culminatum or others due to such unauthorized use.
All Users and other parties (hereinafter referred to as "Content Providers") may provide the Platform with works, information or other material or content (hereinafter referred to as "the Content") so that all the users of the Platform would be able to get as current and versatile material and information as possible by using the Platform. The Content Provider will be solely responsible for all Content the Content Provider has placed on the Platform and the consequences of posting or publishing it. Culminatum has no possibility to review the Content before or after the Content is provided. Culminatum will use reasonable efforts to exclude all unlawful, offensive, indecent, abusive, threatening, incorrect or otherwise inappropriate material immediately after receiving notice of the existence of such Content.
The Platform uses cookies to provide faster use of the Platform for the Users. The User may prevent the use of cookies by changing the settings of his/her web browser. The prevention of cookies can slow down the loading of the Platform and prevent the use of certain parts of the Platform.
The Platform and Content is provided to the User strictly on an AS IS bases. Culminatum has the right to modify the Platform's appearance, structure, Content or other material at any time without notifying the Users or the Content Providers in advance and prevent access to the Platform partly or wholly due to technical reasons. Culminatum will endeavour to give advance notice of such interruptions.
4. Content provided by a Content Provider
The Content Provider represents and warrants
(i) to comply with these Terms of Use and not to use the Platform for unlawful or indecent purposes or for purposes contrary to good business practice such as chain mail or messages, mass e-mail sending (spamming) or for other such purposes;
(ii) not to use false identification or e-mail addresses and nor otherwise give misleading information about his/her identity (otherwise impersonate another person) or origin of a message;
(iii) not to provide Content to the Platform without ensuring that the Content will not contain computer viruses, trojan horses or other such software programs;
(iv) not to provide Content that:
does not comply with the purpose of the Platform specified in section 1 above;
infringes copyrights or other intellectual property rights of a third party;
infringes otherwise a right of a third party or is otherwise indecent, includes inappropriate material or is otherwise unlawful, obscene, defamatory or is otherwise inappropriate or offensive to someone
(v) not to try to prevent or hinder the use of the Platform by other users
(vi) not to publish falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage Culminatum or any third party.
The Content Provider grants to Culminatum a worldwide, royalty-free and perpetual right to use, publish, copy, reproduce, perform and distribute any Content placed by it on the Platform in any media formats and trough any media channels. The right of use of Culminatum contains also the right to prepare derivative works of, change, develop and translate the Content provided by the Content Provider and to use it within the right of use stated above. However, copyright to the Content is retained by the Content Provider. Content Provider acknowledges that the Content or part of the Content may be used without reference to the respective Content Provider.
Culminatum has the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the Content on the Platform. Culminatum has the right to remove or replace any Content on the Platform at any time or to comment it without notifying the Content Provider in advance thereof, if
(i) Culminatum in its sole discretion deems it to be unlawful or against these Terms of Use or if a third party presents such a claim;
(ii) Culminatum has a reason to suspect that the Content infringes otherwise a right of a third party; or
(iii) Culminatum in its sole discretion deems that the Content is incorrect, misleading, out-of-date or in violation of good business practices.
Culminatum has also the right to remove Content provided by a Content Provider without further notice after fourteen (14) months have passed since from the delivery or last update of the Content and the Content Provider has despite a reminder by Culminatum failed to remove or update the Content. Furthermore, Culminatum has the right to remove Content Provider's e-mail messages at any time without notice.
5. Links to E-Commerce Platforms and to Other WebPlatforms
The Platform contains hyperlinks to electronic commerce platforms and to other web platforms (hereinafter referred together as the "Third-Party Platforms"). The User is aware that these Third-Party Platforms are not maintained by Culminatum and that Culminatum does not actively monitor the content of these Third-Party Platforms. The User acknowledges that Culminatum is not in any way whatsoever liable for any information on the Third-Party Platforms or the content thereof nor liable for commodities marketed or offered on these Third-Party Platforms.
The User acknowledges that when ordering products or Platforms from the Third-Party Platforms the User is entering into an agreement with the maintainer of the Third-Party Platform in question. The User acknowledges that Culminatum has no liability for any order made using the Third-Party Platforms and that Culminatum is in no other way liable for actions of the maintainer of Third-Party Platform. The User must direct all enquiries and claims related to a product and Platform ordered using the Third-Party Platform directly to the maintainer of the Third-Party Platform in question.
6. Use of Personal Data
The User gives Culminatum his/her unambiguous consent to process personal or company data given by the User for activities Culminatum and its partners are involved related the Platform.
Culminatum has the right to transfer personal data of the User provided, that the User has not prohibited this when registering himself/herself as a user of the Platform or later by a written notification. For more information on privacy please visit www.share2solve/privacy
7. Limitations of Liability
Culminatum shall not be liable for any damages caused due to events outside its reasonable control (force majeure). Culminatum is not liable for interruptions in the use of the Platform or for any other restrictions or disturbances in the use of the Platform or for the qualitative aspects of the Platform or for its suitability for a specific purpose.
In addition to what has been stated otherwise in these Terms of Use, Culminatum, its officers, directors and employees shall in no event be liable for any possible damages caused to a Content Provider, User or third party. Under no circumstances shall Culminatum be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive or consequential damages resulting from (i) any errors, mistakes or inaccuracies of Content, (ii) the use or the inability to use the Platform, (iii) any unauthorized access to or use of the Platform. The User specifically acknowledges that Culminatum shall not be in any way liable for the Content provided by Content Providers.
8. Disclaimer of Warranties and indemnity
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Culminatum, its officers, directors and employees make no representation, warranty, or guaranty as to the reliability, timeliness, quality, suitability, truth, availability, accuracy, merchantability or completeness of the Platform or any Content or the Software.
The User agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Culminatum, its officers, directors and employees, from and against, including but not limited, to any and all claims, damages, obligations, liabilities, losses costs and debts arising from the use of the Platform or any Content or violation of these Terms of Use.
9. Validity and Amendments of the Terms of Use
These Terms of Use are valid until further notice. Culminatum has the right to, in its sole discretion, to amend these Terms of Use at any time with immediate effect by posting a notice on the Platform or by sending a notification to the e-mail address provided by the User at the time of registration. The User is deemed to have approved the amendments if he/she continues to use the Platform after the notification or posting. If the User does not agree to any of such changes, the User may immediately cease all access and use of the Platform. The User agrees that such termination will be the User’s exclusive remedy if the User does not wish to abide by any changes to these Terms of Use.
Culminatum has the right to remove the User’s right of use and access to the Platform with immediate effect if the User is in violation of these Terms of Use.
10. Entire Agreement
These Terms of Use, together with any other legal notices published by Culminatum on the Platform, shall constitute the entire agreement between the User and Culminatum concerning the Platform.
11. Severability
If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect.
12. No waiver
No waiver of any term of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and Culminatum’s failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
13. Applicable Law and Settlement of Disputes
These Terms of Use shall be governed by the internal substantial laws of Finland, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Any claim or disputes arising in connection with these Terms of Use shall be resolved by the district court of Espoo, Finland (Espoon käräjäoikeus).