Terms of Use

Introduction

The Non-Profit Organization “SciCo” (hereinafter referred to as “SciCo” or the “Organization”) operates the website www.scico.gr. The use of the website and its content are subject to these Terms of Use, which also constitute the agreement with regard to the use of the website, between the Organization and any person who visits it (regardless of the further communication with the Organization through the special form of communication), hereinafter referred to as the “User” or “Users”. Each User who enters the Organization’s website and make use of it, confirms and expressly and unconditionally accepts the following Terms of Use set by  the Organization. If a User does not agree with these Terms of Use, he/she must refrain from further use of the website. Furthermore, please read carefully a) our Privacy Notice, which sets out the terms on which we may process any personal data we collect from you during your use of this website, or that you voluntarily provide to us through an email or a  telephone communication as well as b) our Cookie Statement, which sets out information about the cookies used on our website. The above items apply in addition to the following Terms of Use and govern the use of the Website by any User.

Accessing or using this website implies that you accept these Terms of Use and that you are at least 18 years or older, or if you are under the age of 18, you have obtained the necessary consent from the person having the parental responsibility. Parents of minors must protect them from access to content that refers to adults and are otherwise fully liable.

In the event that the use of any service is subject to more specific terms of use, these specific terms shall apply in conjunction with and in addition to these General Terms of Use. In the event of a conflict between the General Terms of Use of the website and each of the Special Service Terms of use of individual services shall prevail in any case the Special Terms of Use.

Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights

All content on the site (including, but not limited to, trademarks, insignia, names, logos, product names, company names and services provided, texts, graphics, photographs, programs, news, articles, information, data, layouts) consists the Organization’s intellectual property and/or its affiliates and is protected by applicable national, community and international intellectual property laws and is available to User for private (non-commercial or profit-making) use.

This website has been created for your personal entertainment, information, education and communication. You may not use the material displayed on this website for commercial but for personal use only, provided that you also comply with all intellectual and industrial property rights in the material contained on the site. Therefore, it is expressly prohibited any copying, analog / digital recording and mechanical reproduction, distribution, transmission, storage, processing, reproduction, transmission, distribution, sale, resale, publication, performance, translated or modified in any way, communication, dissemination, creating derivative work or misleading the public about the actual provider of the content of this site. Any reproduction, republication, uploading, posting, or transmission or any other use of the content in any way or means for commercial or other purposes is forbidden and permitted only with Organization’s prior written consent or any other copyright holder. Organization reserves the right to any legal and / or contractual rights beyond those expressly stated in these terms of use.  

Any file/material you may download from the website belongs exclusively to the Organization or its licensing bodies. Note that when “downloading” anything from the website of Organization, this is provided to you by the Organization in the form of a temporary license is subject to revocation at any time.

All trademarks, distinctive features, product names, company names, graphics, images and logos representing the Organization branded website are the Organization’s exclusive trademarks, protected by the relevant national, international and European trademark law.  Their appearance in the website should in no way be construed as a transfer or assignment of a license or right to use them.

Limitation of Liability – Provided Information

The Organization shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure the quality, the completeness and the validity of the information provided in its website, concerning  Organization’s identity as well as the existence of material characteristics described as appropriate for every service that  the Organization provides, subject to any technical or typographical errors which were caused due to lack of attention or unintentionally or due to any interruptions of the website operation due to force majeure.   

The Organization provides the content (e.g. information, names, photographs, certifications, illustrations) of the services presented through its website “just as they are” without any form of guarantee, express or implied, including in particular any implied warranties of commercial exploitation or suitability for a specific purpose.  

The use of and browsing the website shall be at your own risk. Neither the Organization nor any of its executives, directors, employees, representatives, etc., involved in the creation, production or delivery of the website, shall be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect damages or losses arising from your access to or the use of the website. Consequently, Organization’s website shall in no case be liable for any civil or criminal claims nor for any damage (positive, special or incidental, which indicatively and not limited to, alternatively and/or cumulatively is a loss of profits, data, loss of earnings, compensation, etc.) to any visitor due to any reasons related to the operation or non-operation and/or the use of the website and/or due to inability to provide services and/or information provided by him and/or any unauthorized third party interventions to services and/or information provided by him. 

The Organization shall in no case be liable for any technical issues occurring to the Users when attempting to access Organization’s website or during accessing the website and are related to the operation or compatibility of their infrastructure with the use of the website. 

The Organization shall make every possible effort for the proper functioning of its Network. However, in no case does the Organization guarantee that the operation of its servers’ website and/or third websites transmitting its content shall be uninterrupted and or orderly, free of viruses and similar elements. Thus, the Organization shall bear no liability for any damages which might be caused to the Users of the website or to third parties and are related to the operation of the aforementioned. 

In any case, the Organization reserves the right at any time to temporarily or permanently discontinue the operation of all or part of the website for maintenance or upgrading purposes or for any reason, without any further liability.

Links to third party sites 

The Organization’s website provides hyperlinks in many places to other websites. The Organization provides you with these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement of this website and its content by the Organization.Your browsing through these websites  is solely at your own risk. The associated websites are not under the control of the Organization and so the Organization bears no responsibility or authority over the content, the privacy policies or the security  of any associated website or any link included in an associated website, or any changes or updates to such websites. Indicatively, the 

Organization is not responsible if the third-party websites:

– violate the rights of third parties, including infringement of intellectual and industrial property rights;

– are unsafe or inaccurate, incomplete or misleading; and/or

– contain viruses or other programs of destructive nature.

The Organization explicitly states that it is not required to check the security and content of third party websites, however it is entitled at any time to discontinue access to any third party website if it becomes aware of any event that, in its judgment, is inconsistent with applicable law and present terms.

User’s Obligations & Liability 

Users agree that they will make reasonable and appropriate use of the Organization’s website and that they will comply with the Policies posted to and/or foreseen in the applicable law.

Users are required to refrain from any unlawful, commercially unlawful, and inappropriate use of the content of the website and not to perform any acts or omissions that may cause damage or malfunction to the website or/and to any third party, or to influence or place at risk of providing the services of Organization.

Indicatively and not restrictively, Users of the website accept that they will not use the  Organization’s website for:

  • publishing, sending by email or otherwise transmitting any content that is illegal, or for which Users are not entitled to broadcast under the law or current contracts (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information obtained or revealed as part of a labor relationship or covered by confidentiality agreements), which causes both an offense to moral, social values, childhood, etc., and damage to Organization or any person or to any  third party or affects the confidentiality or privacy of any person information;
  • posting sending by email or otherwise transmitting any content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, or infringes copyright or other proprietary rights of third parties;
  • publishing, sending by e-mail or otherwise transmitting any material containing software viruses or any other code, files or programs designed to interrupt, damage, destroy or operate any of the functions of any software or computer hardware
  • deliberate or unintentional violation of applicable Greek or Community legislation or its provisions,
  • harassment of third parties in any way and any content,
  • collection, storage, processing and / or communication of the personal data of other users and / or third parties,
  • risking Organization’s network security 

Users are solely responsible for the use of Organization’s website and for any damage that may be caused to him or any third party due to, or in connection with the above use, as well as to compensate the Organization for any claim raised by any third party as a result of the use of the Organization’s website.

In case of any use unlawful or inconsistent with these terms and the applicable legal framework by a User, the latter shall indemnify the Organization for any positive and/or consequential damages have occurred from the abovementioned to us.

Use of Cookies 

Organization’s website gathers User identification data using technologies such as cookies. For more information on the Cookies that the Organization uses through its website, please see the relevant Notice available here: https://theo.gr/cookies

 Protection of Personal Data  

We do not collect personal data from visitors of our website unless you voluntarily decide to disclose such data by sending us an email or filling in the contact form provided on our website. These data are exclusively used by the Organization’s website to continuously improve your service. Visitors are invited to ask questions about our Organization and our actions or to be informed about current job opportunities. We will use the information you provide to us to answer your questions, but we will not use or disclose it in any other way without your explicit consent, except to our affiliates or service providers where required and under confidentiality obligation, to perform their duties/services (for example, an internet service provider or a human resources consultant).

For more information with regard to the managing of your Personal Data through our website, please see the relevant Policy available here https://theo.gr/personal-data-protection-statement

Governing Law

These Terms of Use are governed by and interpreted by Greek law and the relevant European provisions on the Protection of Personal Data (Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/ EC (General Data Protection Regulation).  Any disputes arising out of the Terms of Use, the existence or the non-existence of rights and obligations, as well as of the trial concerning enforcement, shall be interpreted in accordance with Greek law and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Athens.

Content Modification 

The Organization maintains the right to modify the content of this website and of the above terms without notice to the website’s Users in order to comply with the applicable law.

So, we encourage you to occasionally review this page for any changes to these Terms of Use. Continuing to use the Organization’s website even after any changes to the Terms of Use or to the Privacy Policy of this website, implies full and unconditional acceptance of these on your behalf. 

Any changes to these Terms of Use will be posted on our site at https://theo.gr/privacy-policy.

Social Media 

The Organization maintains social media accounts (such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook) as communication channels for its latest news and activities, as well as for career opportunities to external audiences. To ensure that our corporate communications are consistent with our vision and current ethical, legal, and regulatory standards, we have introduced some basic guidelines to help you understand how we consider it appropriate to use the Organization’s Social Media. For more information, please read the Organization’s relevant Social Media Guidelines.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms or if you consider that the content or part of it infringes in any way your rights or third party rights, you may contact us by sending an e-mail to: [email protected].