Legal notice

1. Purpose

This Legal Warning regulates the use of the website of DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA, which is accessed via its address at www.vgafilmcommission.eus (hereinafter “the website”), owned by DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA, an association with its business address at  Plaza de la provincia, s/n, 01001 VITORIA-GASTEIZ and with Fiscal Identification Code number P0100000I, of which it is informed in compliance with the provisions of Law 34/2002 of 11 July on Information Society Services and E-Commerce. It has been created to raise awareness and to allow the general access of all Internet users, especially professionals from the audiovisual and cultural sectors, to the information and different activities and services provided by DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA.

Browsing on the website or its use in any form confers the status of user and entails the full and unreserved acceptance of this Legal Warning.

By means of its website, DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA enables those who use it to access certain content provided by DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA or by third-party providers of service and content. The user voluntarily accepts that its use takes place, in all cases, under his or her sole responsibility.

DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA reserves the right to unilaterally modify, at any time and without prior notification, the presentation, configuration and content of the website and this Legal Warning. These modifications will be regarded as validly notified upon their publication on its website

2. User obligations

Those who use the website undertake to use the contents diligently, correctly, legally and in accordance with Law and this Legal Warning. In particular, they undertake not to use the content for any purpose contrary to Law, morality or public order, not to reproduce, copy, distribute, allow public access to, transform or modify any kind of content of the website, in any support, using any hardware or software, unless they have the express authorization of DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA, or with the express authorization, if appropriate, of the legitimate owner of the rights to the aforementioned contents, and will assume the corresponding responsibilities for any conduct or activities which in any way may be unlawful or harmful to the rights of third parties or which may harm, hinder or restrict the use of this website by other users.

Furthermore, the users undertake not to use the design or the source code of the pages of the website for a purpose contrary to Law, morality or public order.

Users will be liable for the damages of any kind which DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA may suffer, directly or indirectly, as a result of any breach of the current legislation or any of the obligations arising from the use of this website.

3. Industrial and intellectual property

The vgafilmcommission.eus domain belongs to DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA. Its misuse in the course of trade will entail an infringement of the rights conferred by registration and will be pursued by the means provided by Law.

Unless expressly indicated, the contents of the web page, texts, photographs, designs, logos, images, sounds, videos, animations, recordings, computer programs, source codes, design and browsing structure and, in general, any intellectual creation existing on this site, as well as the site itself as a whole as a multimedia artistic work, are the property of DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA.

Similarly, DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA is the owner of its source code, design and browsing structure. DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA enjoys the exclusive exercise of the rights to exploit them in any way, especially reproduction, distribution, public communication and transformation rights. All this material is protected by the intellectual property laws and its misuse may be subject of penalties, including criminal penalties.

Users are expressly authorized by DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA to view, print, copy and store, on their hard drive or on any other physical support, the protected intellectual creations and any other content or asset protected or not protected by an exclusive right, except for computer programs, provided that this is done for the user’s personal and private purposes, without any commercial or distribution purpose, and without modifying, altering or decompiling the aforementioned content. This authorization for personal use is acknowledged as long as the warnings regarding copyright and industrial property made here are respected and it does not imply the granting of any licence to the user.

Any other use of the intellectual creations or content of this site will require the express written authorization of DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA.

The viewing or downloading of content from the page or any software will not entail the transfer of any intellectual or industrial property rights to them.

Users of this website undertake to respect the aforementioned rights and to avoid any action which might damage them. DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA (EIKEN Basque Audiovisual) reserves the right, in any case, to exercise any legal means or actions in its power to defend its legitimate intellectual and industrial property rights.

4. Industrial and intellectual property rights of website collaborators

The ownership of copyright on articles, theses, doctrinal works and other forms of cooperation with DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA corresponds to their authors. Their publication on this website is performed by DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA without profit and under the conditions outlined in this Legal Warning.

5. Links

The purpose of the links which appear on this website is to lead its users to websites independent from www.vgafilmcommission.eus. Their sole purpose is to facilitate and encourage access to other sources of information on the Internet related to the audiovisual and cultural sectors and those of a general nature related to them. These links are provided without profit.

DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA is not liable for any content which is accessed via the aforementioned links, the modifications made to them, the use which is made of them or their technical availability, nor does it guarantee the absence of viruses or other elements which may cause disruptions to the computer system (hardware and software) and users’ documents and files, disclaiming any liability for damages of any kind caused to the user for this reason.

However, DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA undertakes to do everything possible to avoid the existence on its website of links to sites with illegal content, which promote illegal, racist or xenophobic activities or which, in general, violate the principles of freedom, human dignity and human rights. In the event that you have effective knowledge that the information to which a link refers is unlawful, DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA undertakes to act with due diligence to remove or disable the said link.

In the event that the owner of a website considers that any link provided on this page in any way undermines his or her rights or entails the slightest damages, he or she should send an e-mail tohola@vgafilmcommission.eus or correspond by any other means, with the assurance that the link will be immediately removed or modified to the satisfaction of the person concerned, without the need for him or her to take further steps or demand any explanation.

6. Articles, theses and doctrinal works

DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA cannot guarantee the authorship or completeness of the articles, theses and doctrinal works published in the sections of the website assigned to such a purpose. Consequently, DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA cannot be held liable for possible violations of copyright corresponding to the legitimate owners of the published works, although, on becoming aware of them or suspecting their existence, it undertakes to do everything possible to repair or minimize any damage.

7. Cookies

This website may use cookies. Cookies are small information files which are generated via the instructions sent by web servers to browsing programs which are stored in a specific directory on a user’s computer.

They will be used in order to customize their pages on the website and never to store personal data. You can configure your browser to reject cookies or so that you can be notified when a website tries to place a cookie in your browser software. If you reject the cookies, this may affect your ability to perform searches on our website.

8. Exemption from responsibility

Although DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA will attempt to provide the users of its website with the most comprehensive, useful and updated information possible, it cannot guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, updating and operability of its content and services, and therefore expressly disclaims any liability for possible damages of any kind which its users may suffer as a result of the use of incomplete, inaccurate or outdated data or the possible suspension, cancellation or inoperability of its content or services.

Users should be aware that, in any case, the use of its content and services is performed at their own risk and under their sole and exclusive responsibility and is dependent on the operability and availability of its content and services.

In any case, DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA expresses its gratitude in advance for any suggestions, corrections or comments which contribute to preventing or correcting any kind of incident or irregularity as quickly and efficiently as possible. Such correspondence can be sent by e-mail tohola@vgafilmcommission.eus if the anomaly observed is of a technical nature.

9. Modification and termination of services

Although, in principle, the duration of this site is indefinite, DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA reserves the right to modify, suspend or terminate the provision of its services or content, in whole or in part, at any time, without the need to notify its users in advance.

Furthermore, DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA may modify the conditions of use of this website at any time.

10. Length of the Legal Warning

The length of this Legal Warning is indefinite. However, DIPUTACIÓN FORAL DE ARABA may modify its content at any time in order to adapt it to future legislative or technological changes. These modifications will be deemed to have been effectively announced upon their publication on the website, becoming valid from that moment.

11. Law and applicable jurisdiction

This Legal Warning will be governed and interpreted in accordance with the current Spanish regulations.

Any dispute regarding this website or any matter in this Legal Warning will be brought before the above jurisdiction, both parties submitting to the Courts and Tribunals of Vitoria-Gasteiz and expressly waiving any other jurisdiction.

The simplest and most efficient way of requesting any clarification or making any kind of complaint, suggestion or comment is to send an e-mail to hola@vgafilmcommission.eus.