Terms for using the Ostrea website


The use of this web site of Ostrea is bound by terms of use and legal restrictions. This legal notice and these terms apply to the entire contents of all pages within the web site of Ostrea and to exchange of information with Ostrea. Please read these terms carefully before using this web site. Using this web site means that you accept these terms. If you do not accept these terms, do not use this web site.

Ostrea authorizes you to view and download the information at this web site solely for your personal, noncommercial use, provided that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original information on any copies of the information. You may not modify the information at this site in any way or reproduce, publicly display, perform, distribute or otherwise use it for any public or commercial purpose. For purposes of these terms, any use of this information on any other web site or networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited. The information at this site is copyrighted and any unauthorized use of any information at this site may violate copyright, trademark and other laws. If you breach any of these terms, your authorization to use this site automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed information.

Any information you exchange with this site, other than personally identifiable information, will be considered non-confidential and nonproprietary. Ostrea will have no obligations with respect to this information. Ostrea will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use this information and all data, images, sounds, text, and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or noncommercial purposes. You are prohibited from exchanging with this site any information which is unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy or for which you have not obtained all necessary licenses and/or approvals or which may cause annoyance or inconvenience or any other information that would violate any law.

You also agree that any information you exchange with Ostrea shall not constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law of, or infringe the rights of any third party enforceable in The Netherlands. You must also not exchange any technically harmful information to or through this site (including, without limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data) or engage in other practices of misuse (including, without limitation, hacking). Ostrea will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing Ostrea to disclose the identity or locate anyone exchanging any such information or content.

Ostrea may, but is not obligated to, monitor, review and examine any areas on this web site for content and exchange of information, but Ostrea shall be under no obligation to exercise such right (and under normal circumstances does not do so). Ostrea, however, will have no liability related to the exchange and content of any information, whether or not arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy, obscenity, or otherwise. Ostrea retains the right to remove any deemed abusive, defamatory, obscene or otherwise unacceptable information or exchange thereof.

Links to third party web sites on this web site are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links you will leave the web site of Ostrea. Ostrea has not reviewed all of these third party sites, does not control and is not responsible for any of these sites, their content or their privacy policy. Thus, Ostrea does not endorse or make any representations about them, or any information, software or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this web site, you do this entirely at your own risk.

Information displayed at or obtained from this site is provided "as is" without any warranties of any kind. Accordingly, to the maximum extent Ostrea is permitted by law, Ostrea provides you with the site on the basis that Ostrea excludes all representations (except fraudulent representations and representations as to matters fundamental to use of this site), warranties, conditions and other terms (including, without limitation, the conditions implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and the use of reasonable care and skill) which but for this notice would have effect in relation to the site. Ostrea further does not warrant the accuracy and completeness of the information at this site. Ostrea may make changes to the information at this site, or to the products and prices described in them, at any time without notice. The information at this site may be out of date and Ostrea makes no commitment to update the information at this site. Information published at this site may refer to information, products, programs or services that are not available. Consult Ostrea for availability regarding information, products, programs and services.

Ostrea excludes all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result to you or a third party as a result of providing the site or arising out of the use, inability to use, or the results of use of this site, any web sites linked to this site, or the materials, content or information contained at any or all such sites, including but not limited to loss or damage due to viruses that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing the site or your downloading of any information or content from the site or any sites linked to the this site.

Ostrea, any other party (whether or not involved in creating, producing, maintaining or delivering the site) and the officers, directors, employees, shareholders or agents of any of them shall not be liable in connection with this site in any way or in connection with the use, inability to use, or the results of use of this site, any web sites linked to this site, or the materials or information contained at any or all such sites, for any loss or damages of any kind howsoever arising, including without limitation, any direct, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damages or any loss of income, profits, goodwill, data, contracts, use of money, or loss or damages arising from or connected in any way to business interruption and whether or not any such loss or damages in this paragraph is foreseeable, known or foreseen or otherwise and whether in tort (including negligence), contract or otherwise.

If your use of the materials, information or services from this site results in the need for servicing, repair or correction of equipment or data, you assume all costs thereof.

This Site is administered from Ameland in The Netherlands. Ostrea makes no representation that information at this site is appropriate or available for use outside The Netherlands. Access to information from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. You may not use or export or re-export the information at this site or any copy or adaptation in violation of any applicable laws or regulations including, without limitation, the export laws and regulations of The Netherlands. If you choose to access this site from outside The Netherlands, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. These terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of The Netherlands and by using this site you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Dutch courts.

Ostrea may revise and update these terms at any time. You should visit this page from time to time to review the current terms because they are binding on you. Certain provisions of these terms may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages at this web site.