Welcome to the Global Editors Network . These are our terms and conditions for use of the network, which you may access in several ways, including but not limited to the World Wide Web, digital television, PDA, mobile phone and RSS feeds. These terms and conditions apply whenever you access the network, on whatever device. In these terms and conditions, when we say Global Editors Network or GEN, we mean this network, regardless of how you access it. By using the network, you are deemed to have accepted these conditions. Some areas of GEN require registration. By completing the initial registration form and by entering your email address and password, you will be deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions. Also, by subscribing to any of our email services, you are deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions. If you register with Global Editors Network, you should read our privacy policy. If you have registered with us and subsequently change your details, you should immediately notify us of any changes by emailing the user support team Any changes we make to the terms and conditions will be reflected on this page.
1. Registration
When you register, you are registering as a personal user of Global Editors Network. Access to registration areas is via your email address and password. We allow you access to the registration areas of the site on the basis that:
- your email address and password are personal to you and may not be used by anyone else to access Global Editors Network
- you will not do anything which would assist anyone who is not a registered user to gain access to any registration area of Global Editors Network
- you do not maliciously create additional registration accounts for the purpose of abusing the functionality of the site, or other users; nor do you seek to pass yourself off as another user
- you comply with these terms and conditions. If, for any reason, we believe that you have not complied with these requirements, we may, at our discretion, cancel your access to the registration areas of Global Editors Network immediately and without giving you any advance notice. Your attention is drawn to our Privacy Policy .
2. Termination of registration
If we wish to bring the agreement to an end, we will do so by emailing you at the address you have registered stating that the agreement has terminated. The agreement will terminate and your email address and password will become invalid on Global Editors Network immediately.
3. Cancellation of registration
In case you would cancel your registration to GEN or any GEN activities, including the annual NEWS! Conference, the conditions are :
- 50% will be refunded if cancellation is made at least six weeks before the event is due to start.
- 25%, if cancellation is made between six and three weeks before the event is due to start
- no refund will be possible if cancellation happens during the last three weeks before the event is due to start. Nevertheless, sending just a notification, any registered participant can always withdraw from any event in favour of any one he would named to benefit of its registration. The registered participant can also choose to postpone its registration and credit the amount he already paid for any other GEN activity.
4. Use of material appearing on Global Editors Network
For the purposes of this agreement, "material" means material including, without limitation, text, video, graphics and sound material, published on the Global Editors Network, whether copyright of Global Editors Network or a third party. You may download and print extracts from the material and make copies of these for your own personal and non-commercial use only. You are not allowed to download or print the material, or extracts from it, in a systematic or regular manner or otherwise so as to create a database in electronic or paper form comprising all or part of the material appearing on Global Editors Network. You must not reproduce any part of Global Editors Network or the material or transmit it to or store it in any other website or disseminate any part of the material in any other form, unless we have indicated that you may do so. For any query, please contact us.
5. Disclaimer of liability
To the extent permitted at law, we do not accept any responsibility for any statement in the material. You must not rely on any statement we have published on Global Editors Network without first taking specialist professional advice. Nothing in the material is provided for any specific purpose or at the request of any particular person. For the avoidance of confusion, we will not be liable for any loss caused as a result of your doing, or not doing, anything as a result of viewing, reading or listening to the material or any part of it (except for death or personal injury attributable to our negligence and to the extent permitted at law). You can access other sites via links from Global Editors Network. These sites are not under our control and we are not responsible in any way for any of their contents. We give no warranties of any kind concerning Global Editors Network or the material. In particular, we do not warrant that Global Editors Network or any of its contents is virus free. You must take your own precautions in this respect as we accept no responsibility for any infection by virus or other contamination or by anything which has destructive properties.
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In addition to the provisions of Term 5, some third party sites to which links are provided are "co-branded" sites which are operated by third parties with whom Global Editors Network has a commercial association, including sites by means of which you can make payment for use of the Website or associated services. If you wish to make any purchases or enter any financial dealings on a co-branded site, you will be entering a contract with the relevant third party operator who will ask you to supply information about yourself and on your financial affairs, including your bank or credit card details. The third party operator will have their own terms and conditions and privacy policy and it is up to you to indicate your consent or otherwise to the use that the third party proposes to make of your personal data. While we select our trading partners with care, Global Editors Network cannot be held liable for any loss or damage whatsoever which you may suffer as a result of your decision to enter any dealings or transactions with, or supply personal information to, a trading partner or any third party.
8. Submitting text for publication on Global Editors Network
Users of our site may submit material for publication in various areas of the site. We accept no liability in respect of any material submitted by users and published by us and we are not responsible for its content and accuracy. Publication of any material you submit to us will be at our sole discretion. We reserve the right to make additions or deletions to the text or graphics prior to publication, or to refuse publication. You grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide licence to republish any material you submit to us in any format, including without limitation print and electronic format. Of course, you warrant to us that any material you submit to us is your own original work and that you own the copyright and any other relevant rights. Interactions with our site are governed by our Community Standards and Participation Guidelines which expand on the points above and are incorporated in these Terms of Service. You will be deemed to consent to these guidelines if you choose to post any content or comments to the site.
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10. Variations
These terms may be varied from time to time. Please ensure that you review these terms and conditions regularly as you will be deemed to have accepted a variation if you continue to use the site after it has been posted. Details of variations will be posted in this section.
11. Governing law & jurisdiction
This agreement is governed by French law and the parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the French courts.
12. Questions and comments
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