Terms of Service

Definitions

“ELIXIR Oslo services” (the “Services”) include all IT services maintained by the Oslo node of ELIXIR Norway that contain a reference to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance Documentation for ELIXIR Oslo services or any of its subpages, clearly marked as “Terms of service”, “Privacy policy”, “GDPR compliance”, “Service agreement”, or similar. These services are, unless otherwise noted, deployed using dedicated hardware resources maintained by the University Center for Information Technology at the University of Oslo or using Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) resources at the Norwegian Research and Education Cloud.

Rules for the Use of IT Services at the University of Oslo

All use of the ELIXIR Oslo services also assumes that you comply with the Rules for the Use of IT Services at the University of Oslo. In case of discrepancies between the Rules for the Use of IT Services at the University of Oslo and the Terms of Service of the ELIXIR Oslo services, the former takes precedence.

Use of Service

ELIXIR Oslo services (“the Services”) are free, public, Internet accessible resources for use by anyone, unless otherwise stated. Data transfer is encrypted. Data storage is not encrypted. If there are restrictions on the way your research data can be stored and used, please consult your local institutional review board or the project principal investigator before uploading it to any public site, including ELIXIR Oslo services. Your access to ELIXIR Oslo services may be revoked at any time for reasons deemed necessary by the operators of the Services.

You acknowledge that you are responsible for compliance of all of your data processing activities carried out on the ELIXIR Oslo services with applicable laws and regulations of Norway, as well as any laws or regulations of other legislations or any other restrictions that might be applicable due to the provenance, intended use, legal ownership of or any licensing or other legal restrictions imposed on the data being processed.

You are strictly prohibited from making use of the ELIXIR Oslo services for the storage or processing of any Personal Data or Sensitive Personal Data as defined by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including but not limited to potentially personally identifying medical data.

Accounts and Service Limitations

To use ELIXIR Oslo services, you might need to create a user account with personal information as specified in the Privacy Policy. Such registration data are primarily used so that you may persistently store data on the Services and make use of the provided functionality. The operators of the Services will not provide your registration data to any third party unless required to do so by law. Your access to the Service is provided under the condition that you abide by any published quotas on data storage, job submissions, or any other limitations placed on the public Services. Attempts to subvert these limits by creating multiple accounts or through any other method may result in termination of all associated accounts.

Disclaimer

The ELIXIR Oslo services are provided to you on an “AS IS” BASIS and WITHOUT WARRANTY, either express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of non-infringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICE IS WITH YOU. This DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY constitutes an essential part of this service agreement.

Limitation of Liability

Under no circumstances and under no legal theory, whether in tort (including negligence), contract, or otherwise, shall the University of Oslo (UiO), the University of Bergen (UiB), the University of Tromsø (UiT), the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) or the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) or any other entity which provides resources for the ELIXIR Oslo services be liable to anyone for any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any character arising as a result of the use of the Services including, without limitation, damages for loss of goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any and all other commercial damages or losses. This limitation of liability shall not apply to the extent applicable law prohibits such limitation.