These terms and conditions shall apply to your participation in the research project PACESETTERS (hereinafter “the Research project”), which shall include your completion of the user registration form and submission of the profile information to the research team of PACESETTERS (hereinafter “the Research team”) via the the research project website PACESETTERS.EU

By participating in the Research project, you agree to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

1. Provision of Information

1.1 You understand that any information you provide in the course of accessing or participating in the Research project is subject to these terms and conditions.

1.2 Participation in the Research project is voluntary and thus you may choose not to provide an answer to any given question of the registration process of the Research project, except for those questions marked as compulsory. For such questions, failure to respond to these may mean that you are not able to complete the registration as a user at the PACESETTERS website.

1.3 Information provided in response to questions in the user registration form will be compiled with information provided by other participants in the Research project (hereinafter “Participants”) to feed into materials to be developed and made publicly available by the Research team, including on the Research team website and in other publicly available documents or fora, in such a way so that personal data of Respondents are not disclosed. However, name of the entity on behalf of which a Respondent has provided information may be disclosed in such materials, including to identify the entity as the source of specific information which a Participant has provided in response to questions in the user registration process.

1.4 The Research team reserves its right to communicate with you using your contact details as provided by you in accessing or responding to the Research project's website, including to seek further details on the information you provide in response to questions in the user registration process.

1.5 In participating in the Research project, you agree to grant the Research team an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide and royalty-free license to use the information you provide for the purpose of the development of relevant materials in the conditions specified herein. In particular, you agree to the organization on behalf of which you are responding to be identified and acknowledged as a Participants and to the disclosure of information provided by you in response to the user registration process, as provided in these conditions.

2. Disclaimer of Liability

2.1 The Research team shall not assume responsibility for the information provided by Respondents.

2.2 The Research team reserve its right in its sole discretion, with notice, to: cancel, terminate or modify the user registration in any way at any time; exclude any Participant from participation in the Research projects website if it is believed that it does not comply with these terms and conditions; and use the information provided by Participants for the purpose of developing relevant materials and making them publicly available.

2.3 By participating in the Research project, you accept that the Research team shall not, under any circumstances, be responsible or liable to you for any kind of loss, damage, liability or expense incurred or suffered (including all loss of profit, loss of use, loss of revenue, loss of contracts, increased costs and expenses and all special, indirect and consequential losses) which is claimed to result from your participation in the Research project.

2.4 The Research team shall not make any warranty as to the accuracy or reliability of any information obtained through the Research project or of the Research project’s results.

2.5 The Research team will make its best efforts to protect the confidentiality of Respondents’ private information and personal data, except as otherwise provided in Article 1.3 herein. However, the Research team does not warrant the confidentiality or security of such information in case a breach of confidentiality and/or security occurs.

3. Modification of these terms and conditions

3.1 The Research team may modify the terms and conditions governing the Research project at any time. Such modifications shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by any means including, but not limited to, posting new terms and conditions on the website of the Research team. Participation in the Research project after such modification shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by you of the terms and conditions existing at that time, including any modifications.