Terms & Conditions

Your use of the OGEL Website is subject to the terms, conditions and understandings detailed below. By accessing this Website, you hereby acknowledge that you have read and accept all of our terms, conditions and understandings.

Informational Purposes Only / Not Legal Advice.

The information contained in the OGEL Website is provided solely for informational purposes, and should not be construed as legal advice on any subject matter. Any information contained herein is not intended to be a substitute for legal advice on any subject. Internet subscribers and on-line readers should not act upon this information without seeking professional advice. You should not rely upon any information contained herein for any purpose without seeking legal advice from a qualified lawyer competent to practice law in your jurisdiction.

No Warranties/Limitations of Liability.

The information provided on the OGEL Website is provided on an "as-is" basis without warranties of any kind either express or implied including without limitation warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. OGEL makes no warranties or representations of any kind concerning any information contained in the OGEL Website which is provided only as general information. OGEL expressly disclaims all liability with respect to actions taken or not taken based upon the information contained herein or with respect to any errors or omissions in such information

Third-Party Links.

Some links within the OGEL Website may lead to other sites. The OGEL Website does not incorporate any materials appearing in such link sites by reference and OGEL does not necessarily sponsor, endorse or otherwise approve of such linked materials. OGEL expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for the content of any such third-party resources/links. OGEL does not guarantee the timeliness, sequence, accuracy, completeness or liability or content of such information.

Copyright notice.

The information contained in the OGEL Website is protected by copyright and all rights are reserved to OGEL and to contributing authors.  Prior to accessing the information contained in the OGEL Website you have to register. Once registered you are authorised to download and print one copy of the articles in the OGEL Website for your personal, non-commercial use provided all printouts clearly include the name of the author and of OGEL.  The work so downloaded must not be modified.  Copies downloaded must not be further circulated. Each individual wishing to download a copy must first register with the website.

All other use including copying, distribution, retransmission or modification of the information or materials contained herein without the express written consent of OGEL is strictly prohibited.  Should the user contravene these conditions OGEL reserve the right to send a bill for the unauthorised use to the person or persons engaging in such unauthorised use. The bill will charge to the unauthorised user a sum which takes into account the copyright fee and administrative costs of identifying and pursuing the unauthorised user.

Comprehensive downloading and storage on institutional or private systems will attract additional yearly license fees calculated at the cumulative maximum corporate fee covering all prior years of OGEL publication (starting in 2003), i.e. the maximum corporate fee that would have been payable for a subscription for each year since 2003.

Privacy Policy

This website is operated by OGEL. We take the privacy of our users seriously and we are committed to safeguarding your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains our data processing practices with regard to this web site. Other websites to which this website links are not covered by this policy.

Information collected

We collect personal information from you through the use of request forms. The information given by you will be used by us for the purposes of: processing your request, informing you of new releases, sending you the publications which you have requested, providing you with information about products and services we offer and for auditing usage of the site. Your details will also be entered into our database for general administration purposes.

To help us to address the needs of our users, we may keep track of how you use the information which we send to you or which is available on our website. We keep a record of which links are accessed by users on our website to enable us to find out which kinds of information are of most interest to those users. We use this information to provide a service which is tailored to the needs of users of our website and those who have chosen to receive information from us. This information is stored on our privately owned and maintained servers.

Disclosures

We will not disclose or sell our users personal information to anyone, for any reason.

Cookies

At OGEL, we use cookies only for the convenience of our users. Temporary cookies enable us to serve secure pages to our users without asking them to login repeatedly during a session. If a user's system is idle for a longer timeperiod, however, the cookie will expire, forcing the user to login again to continue their session. This prevents unauthorised access to the users information while they are away from their computer.

Job advertisements.

Job advertisements may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. OGEL/TDM makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the advertisement. Changes may be made at any time.

Employers advertising the vacancy are solely responsible for their postings. OGEL/TDM is not to be considered to be an employer with respect to your use of the websites and shall not be responsible for any employment decisions, for whatever reason made, made by any entity posting jobs on the OGEL/TDM websites.

Before posting job adverts on the (Young-)OGEMID / OGELFORUM listservs please contact the Moderator first. Any adverts require previous consent by the Moderator.