A) Policy of Use of the Website

The terms and conditions set forth below (hereinafter referred to as “Policy,” “General Conditions,” or “conditions”) govern access and use of the website www.ufv.es (hereinafter, the “Site” or “Website”). The Site is operated by the Fundación Universidad Francisco De Vitoria (hereinafter, “UFV”) for the provision of information society services. The services provided by the Fundación Universidad Privada “Francisco de Vitoria” (hereinafter, UFV) are recognized by Law 7/2001 of July 3, 2001, de Reconocimiento de la Fundación Universidad Privada “Francisco de Vitoria” (law of the Community of Madrid), domiciled at Carretera M-515 Pozuelo-Majadahonda KM 1,800, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid. The company is registered with NIF G 80480197 and under the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. The contact email address is webmaster@ufv.es.

The term “site or website” encompasses a broad range of digital assets, including data, texts, graphics, images, animations, musical compositions, videos, audio, drawings, photographs, and other forms of creative content, regardless of their medium or format. These assets may or may not be eligible for intellectual property protection, in accordance with prevailing regulations.

By accessing the site, users agree to comply with the terms and conditions set forth by UFV. These terms and conditions are designed to ensure that users can fully enjoy the services and content provided by UFV free of charge..

The user is aware that access to and use of the services and contents of the site is carried out under his sole and exclusive responsibility.

The user’s condition is determined upon accessing the website. The user shall utilize the services and contents exclusively for personal use and/or in accordance with their status as a member of UFV, and shall not engage in any subsequent use of the same for profit or for any direct or indirect benefit.

UFV hereby notifies the user of the following general conditions of use, which are explicitly and entirely accepted by the user upon accessing the website and/or viewing the contents or utilizing the services provided on the website. In the event that these general conditions are replaced in whole or in part by new general conditions, the new general conditions shall be deemed to be accepted in identical form to the aforementioned general conditions. Nevertheless, users are encouraged to periodically review these general conditions to stay informed about any updates. It is recommended that users access them each time they intend to access or utilize the website’s services and content.

If the user does not accept these general conditions or the particular conditions governing the use of a particular service and / or content for users of the website and that the entity determines, the user must refrain from accessing the website.

It is the responsibility of the user to implement the necessary technical security measures to prevent unauthorized access to the company’s information system, files, and computer equipment used to access the Internet. It is important to note that the Internet is not a completely secure environment.

B) Purpose of the website

By accessing the website, the user may enjoy the use of various contents and services that will be offered by UFV or, as the case may be, by third party suppliers under the conditions determined for the same.

The website will offer services and content in Spanish as a general rule. However, UFV reserves the right to provide these in other languages, including the other official languages of the Autonomous Communities and any other language spoken in the European Union or elsewhere.

UFV reserves the right to modify the website’s provisions, configuration, content, and services at any time without prior notice. Additionally, UFV may amend the conditions of use and access to the website’s contents and services as deemed necessary. In each instance, UFV will provide notification of such changes in the corresponding general or particular conditions of use, as well as in other pertinent texts on the website.

Please note that the cost of telephone access or any other type of expense for connecting to the website is the responsibility of the user.

C) Rights and obligations of the user

The user may:

Access to the contents and services of the site is free of charge and does not require prior authorization. Please note that technical conditions, particular conditions, or the need for prior registration may apply to specific services and contents intended for UFV members, as determined in these general conditions or in the particular conditions of said services.

To use the services and contents available for their exclusively private use, without prejudice to the provisions of the particular conditions governing the use of a specific service and/or content intended for UFV members.

The user may download a single copy of the web site for “off-line” viewing for personal and non-commercial purposes.

Under no circumstances may the user:

Access or use the services and contents of the site for illicit purposes, harmful to the rights and freedoms of third parties, or which may harm, damage or impede in any way, access to the same, to the detriment of UFV or third parties.

Use the services, in whole or in part, to promote, sell, hire, divulge advertising or information of their own or of third parties without prior written authorization from UFV.

The website shall not be used to introduce information with the intention of infringing the rights of other users or of UFV, especially those pertaining to fundamental rights and public liberties. Furthermore, the website shall not be used to incite or promote criminal, xenophobic, terrorist, or degrading acts based on age, sex, religion, or beliefs. Additionally, the website shall not be used to promote pornographic, obscene, or violent material or material that infringes upon the law, morality, or good customs. For the purposes of this policy, the term “information” shall be understood to include, but not be limited to, texts, graphics, images, videos, sounds, drawings, photographs, data, notes, and other similar materials.

Include hyperlinks on their private or commercial web pages to this website that are not limited solely and exclusively to accessing the home page of the same.

Please note that any use of the website’s services and contents that is contrary to the general conditions of use and/or the particular conditions that regulate the use of a specific service and/or content, and to the detriment or detriment of the rights of other users, is prohibited.

Carry out any action that prevents or hinders access to the website by users, as well as to the hyperlinks to the services and contents offered by UFV or by third parties through the website.

Use the website as a means of access to the Internet for the commission of illicit actions or actions contrary to current legislation, morality, good customs and public order.

Any and all computer viruses, codes, software, computer programs, computer or telecommunications equipment that may cause damage or unauthorized alterations to the contents, programs, or systems accessible through the services and contents provided on the website or in the information systems, files, and computer equipment of the users thereof are strictly prohibited. Furthermore, any unauthorized access to any content and/or services of the website is also prohibited.

Please remove or modify any protection or identification devices associated with UFV or its legitimate owners that may be included in the content hosted on this website. Additionally, please remove or modify any symbols incorporated into the creations of UFV or its legitimate third-party owners that are subject to intellectual or industrial property rights on this website.

Include in websites of its responsibility or property “metatags” corresponding to brands, commercial names or distinctive signs owned by UFV.

You may not reproduce all or part of this website on another website. Additionally, you may not create frames on the website or websites accessible through the same that hide or modify contents, advertising spaces, and trademarks of UFV or third parties. This includes any acts of unfair competition or confusion.

To create frames within a website for which it is responsible or property that reproduce the home page and/or the pages accessible through the same, corresponding to this website without the prior authorization of UFV.

Include on a website under its responsibility or ownership a hyperlink that generates a window or session of the navigation software used by a user of its website. This hyperlink should include trademarks, trade names, or distinctive signs of its ownership and should lead to the main web page and/or any of the pages accessible through the same corresponding to this website. Prior authorization from UFV must be obtained for any use of its trademarks, trade names, or distinctive signs of ownership.

Use the trademark, trade names, as well as any other identifying sign that is subject to intellectual or industrial property rights, without the prior express written authorization of its owner.

Any reproduction, distribution, copying, rental, public communication, transformation, or other modification or alteration of all or part of the contents and services of the site, or the economic exploitation thereof, must be carried out with the prior written authorization of UFV or the third party owner of the intellectual and industrial property rights that apply to the services or contents of the website, except as provided in these general conditions or, where appropriate, specific conditions that regulate the use of a service and/or content existing on the website.

D) Rights and obligations of UFV

UFV reserves the following rights:

The conditions of access to the site may be modified unilaterally and without prior notice to users for technical or other reasons, provided that the specific conditions governing the use of a particular service and/or content intended for members of UFV and/or users of the website are not violated.

To establish specific conditions and, where appropriate, the demand for a price or other requirements for access to certain services and/or content.

Limit, exclude or condition the access of users when all the guarantees of correct use of the site by them are not given in accordance with the obligations and prohibitions assumed by them.

The provision of a service or supply of content may be terminated without compensation when the service or content is unlawful or contrary to the established conditions, without prejudice to the particular conditions that regulate the use of a certain service and/or content intended for users of the website.z/

The site operator reserves the right to modify, delete, or update all or part of the contents or services offered through the site without prior notice. This is done without prejudice to the provisions of the specific conditions governing the use of a particular service and/or content intended for users of the website.

To take any legal or judicial action that may be appropriate for the protection of the rights of UFV and of third parties that provide their services or contents through the site, provided that it is appropriate.

To demand the compensation that may derive from the undue or illicit use of all or part of the services and contents provided through the site.

E) Use of cookies

UFV may use cookies when a user navigates through the various sections of our website. Such cookies will be used by UFV in accordance with the conditions and purposes set forth in its Cookies Policy.

Cookies Policy

F) Exemption and limitation of liability of UFV

UFV is exempt from any type of liability for damages of any nature in the following cases:

Due to the impossibility or difficulties of connection to the communications network through which this website is accessible, regardless of the type of connection used by the user.

In the event of an interruption, suspension, or cancellation of access to the website, as well as for the availability and continuity of the website’s operation, services, and/or contents, when this is due to a cause beyond the scope of control of UFV, whether directly or indirectly from the latter, UFV shall not be held liable.

UFV assumes no liability with respect to the services and contents, nor for the availability and conditions, technical or otherwise, of access to the same, which are offered by third party service providers, especially with respect to the providers of information society services. Information society service providers shall be understood to be those individuals or legal entities that provide the following services to the public:

Transmission by a communication network of data provided by the recipient of the service.

Access services to the aforementioned network.

Data storage or hosting services.

Supply of contents or information.

Temporary copy service of the data requested by users.

Provision of links to contents or search tools.

UFV shall not be held liable for any damages resulting from the use of information, content, products, and services provided by third parties unrelated to UFV, including information society service providers, on websites accessible via links on this site.

Of the subsequent processing and use of personal data by third parties outside UFV, as well as the relevance of the information requested by them.

For the quality and speed of access to the site and the technical conditions that the user must meet in order to be able to access the site and its services and/or contents.

UFV shall not be liable for any delays or failures that may occur in the access and/or operation of the services and/or contents of the website, due to a case of Force Majeure.

The user of the site shall be personally liable for damages of any nature caused to UFV directly or indirectly, for the breach of any of the obligations arising from these general conditions or other rules governing the use of the site.

G) Intellectual and industrial property

The user is aware that the content and services provided through the site, including texts, graphics, images, animations, musical compositions, videos, audio, drawings, photographs, comments, exhibitions, and HTML code, are protected by intellectual and industrial property laws. The copyright and economic exploitation rights pertaining to this website are held by UFV and/or third parties.

The trademarks, trade names or distinctive signs that appear on the web site are the property of UFV or, as the case may be, of third parties, and are protected by the industrial property laws in force.

The provision of services and publication of content on this site in no way constitutes an assignment, waiver, or transfer of any intellectual or industrial property rights belonging to UFV and/or its legitimate third-party owners.

Under no circumstances may the user make any use or utilization of the services and contents existing on the site that is not exclusively personal, except for the exceptions determined in these general conditions of use of this site or in the particular conditions that UFV may wish to establish to regulate the use of a specific service and/or content offered through the web site.

Any reproduction, distribution, transmission, copying, public communication, transformation, or reuse of any part of this website, in whole or in part, is prohibited without the express written consent of UFV. This includes, but is not limited to, any manual, electronic, or mechanical system or method of reproduction, such as photocopying, recording, or any information recovery and storage system. The foregoing prohibition extends to all media now known or hereafter devised. Any use of the content on this site, in any format, is contingent upon prior authorization from UFV and/or the legitimate third-party owners, as well as acceptance of the applicable license. Exceptions to this rule are outlined in the user rights section of these general conditions, as well as in any specific conditions that UFV may establish to regulate the use of a particular service or content on this website.

In the event that the user of the website is found to be at fault for an infringement of intellectual and industrial property rights belonging to UFV or a third party, whether or not there is any benefit to the user, and that infringement causes UFV damages, losses, joint and several obligations, UFV shall be entitled to take action against the user by all legal means within its reach and claim any compensatory amounts, including, but not limited to, expenses of any nature, sanctions, coercive measures, fines and other amounts arising or deriving from any claim, demand, action, lawsuit or procedure, whether civil, criminal or administrative. Moral damages and injury to reputation, consequential damages and loss of profit, advertising costs or any other costs that may result from their repair, amounts of sanctions or condemnatory sentences, interest for delay, the cost of financing all amounts in which UFV may be damaged, Furthermore, UFV shall be entitled to claim any and all court costs, legal costs, and the cost of financing all amounts in which UFV may be damaged, as well as the legal costs and the amount of the defense in any process in which UFV may be sued for the aforementioned causes, for damages caused by reason of its actions or omissions. This is without prejudice to exercising any other actions to which it is entitled by law.

H) Hyperlinks

The use of hyperlinks to this website shall only be authorized by UFV by means of written authorization and provided that the hyperlink is made under the following terms provided for in these Conditions:

The link shall only allow access to the home page of this website.

In order to avoid confusion for web users, it is forbidden to load any page belonging to the website in one of the sections of another web page divided into frames, in such a way as to cause a distortion in the presentation of this website, leading to confusion for Internet users (“framing”).

The authorization to insert a link does not presuppose, in any case, a consent to reproduce the visual and functional aspects (“look and feel”) of this website.

It is also explicitly forbidden to create an environment or navigation bar on the pages that make up this site, without prior authorization.

Please note that the hyperlink may only consist of text. Please note that a license to use UFV’s graphics or logos must be obtained in advance if you intend to use them. In any case, the text must explicitly indicate that it is a link to this website. In general, the appearance, visual effect, location, and other characteristics of the hyperlink must clearly indicate that it leads to the UFV website and that the latter is an independent entity with no affiliation, association, sponsorship, employment, or other relationship to the web page containing the hyperlink.

Any web page that contains a hyperlink to the UFV website must unavoidably respect these General Conditions of Use of this website, be characterised by being fair and lawful hyperlinks and comply with any applicable legal provisions and the requirements of generally accepted morality and good customs.

In particular, the insertion of hyperlinks to this website shall be subject to the condition that respect for human dignity and freedom is observed. The website on which the hyperlink is established must not contain any information or content that is illicit, contrary to morals and good customs, or contrary to the rights of any third party.

Finally, it is forbidden to insert hyperlinks to the website on web pages with contents, allusions or orientation contrary to or not compatible with those that inspire the UFV website.

I) Protection of personal data

You may consult complete information on the protection of your personal data at https://www.ufv.es/politica-de-privacidad/

J) Duration

The website offers access, content, and services for an unlimited period of time. However, UFV reserves the right to terminate or suspend access, services, and/or content at any time, without prejudice to the provisions set forth in this General Conditions or, where applicable, the Particular Conditions governing the use of a specific service and/or content intended for users of the website.

K) Complete agreement

These general conditions, along with any specific conditions that may be established for particular services, comprise the entirety of the conditions agreed upon by UFV and the user for the utilization of this site in relation to the aforementioned object. Any prior verbal, written, or implicit declarations, commitments, or promises that are inconsistent with these conditions shall be considered null and void.

It is not permissible for any party to assume that the conditions set forth in these general conditions or, where appropriate, the special conditions governing the use of a particular service and/or content for users of the website, are no longer applicable.

L) Nullity and voidability

In the event that any clause of these general conditions or, where appropriate, particular conditions governing the use of a particular service and/or content intended for UFV members and/or users of the website is voidable or void, in whole or in part, this nullity or invalidity shall not affect the validity of other clauses of the same, which shall remain fully effective and valid, unless the party alleging their nullity or invalidity proves that without the clause that is null or voidable the purposes pursued by these General and/or specific applicable conditions cannot be fulfilled.

M) Legislation

These general conditions are subject to the laws of Spain.

N) Jurisdiction

The parties, explicitly relinquishing their own jurisdiction, submit to the courts and tribunals of Madrid Capital for the resolution of any disputes that may arise.