GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR THE USE OF THE DIAS CARNEIRO ADVOGADOS WEB
SITE
OBJECT
The following General Conditions regulate the use (including mere
access) of the web pages which are part of the DIAS CARNEIRO Advogados
(“DIAS CARNEIRO”), web site, including the contents and services
made available therein (the “DIAS CARNEIRO site”). Any person who
has access to the DIAS CARNEIRO site (“User”) hereby accepts the
General Conditions which shall be in force each time the DIAS CARNEIRO
site is visited.
The contents and services that DIAS CARNEIRO makes available to User
in the DIAS CARNEIRO site (hereinafter referred to as the “Contents”
and the “Services”, respectively) may likewise be regulated by
special conditions which shall prevail over the General Conditions in
the event of a discrepancy (the “Special Conditions”). User
likewise accepts the applicability of the relevant Special Conditions
each time the corresponding Content or Service is used.
Consequently, User must read the General Conditions carefully each
time s/he intends to use the DIAS CARNEIRO site and, if applicable, the
corresponding Special Conditions, each time s/he intends to use the
relevant Content or Service.
In any event, DIAS CARNEIRO reserves the right to modify at any time
and without prior notice, the appearance and structure of the DIAS
CARNEIRO site, as well as the General Conditions and/or the relevant
Special Conditions.
USE OF THE DIAS CARNEIRO SITE
The DIAS CARNEIRO site does not purport to constitute a source of
advice or a means to establish a professional client-attorney
relationship or of any other kind.
Except as otherwise provided in the Special Conditions, the use of
the DIAS CARNEIRO site shall be free of charge, notwithstanding the
connection charge paid by the User to gain access through the relevant
telecommunications network.
User acknowledges and voluntarily and expressly accepts that the use
of the DIAS CARNEIRO site is made under his/her sole and exclusive
responsibility at all times.
While making use of the DIAS CARNEIRO site, User undertakes not to
act in any way that may damage the image, interests or rights of DIAS
CARNEIRO or of third parties, or that may damage, render useless or
overload the DIAS CARNEIRO site, or that may impede, in any way, the
normal use of the DIAS CARNEIRO site.
DIAS CARNEIRO implements reasonable security measures which are
adequate to detect the existence of viruses. Nevertheless, User must be
aware that the existing security measures for computer systems on the
Internet are not entirely trustworthy and that, therefore, DIAS CARNEIRO
cannot guarantee the non-existence of viruses or any other elements that
may cause alterations to User’s computer systems (hardware and software)
or to his/her electronic documents and files contained in the said
systems.
The Contents of the DIAS CARNEIRO site are made available to User by
DIAS CARNEIRO with information taken from its own and from third party
sources.
DIAS CARNEIRO tries to ensure that the Contents are of the best
possible quality and reasonably updated, however, DIAS CARNEIRO does not
guarantee the usefulness, preciseness, completeness, relevance of the
Contents and/or whether such Contents are up to date.
The inclusion of the Contents in the DIAS CARNEIRO site does not in
any way constitute the provision of legal advice services. User
acknowledges that, as the application of law to specific cases is not
automatic and can vary depending on a wide range of circumstances, the
information contained in the Contents is not sufficient to take
decisions of any nature whatsoever. Therefore, the information contained
in the Contents cannot be considered as an alternative to the provision
of legal advice, likewise, DIAS CARNEIRO does not recommend User to take
decisions based on the information contained in the Contents without
obtaining adequate professional advice.
- Industrial and Intellectual Property Rights
The General Conditions herein contained shall not be construed as to
assign any industrial or intellectual property rights over the DIAS
CARNEIRO site or over any of the parts thereof. User is therefore
expressly prohibited to carry out any reproduction, transformation,
distribution, public communication, making available, extraction,
reusing, resending or in any way using, by any means or procedure, of
any of the parts of the DIAS CARNEIRO site, except when it is lawful to
do so or authorisation has been provided by the holder of the relevant
rights.
User may visualise and obtain a temporary private copies of the
Contents for exclusive and private use in his/her computer systems
(hardware and software), provided that the intended purpose is not to
develop any commercial or professional activity. User must abstain from
obtaining or attempting to obtain, the Contents by means or procedures
other than those which have been made available to him/her or indicated
for that purpose, or which are normally used on the Internet (provided
that the latter do not imply a risk of damage or uselessness for the
DIAS CARNEIRO site). User shall respect at all times all the industrial
and intellectual property rights existing over the DIAS CARNEIRO site,
whether owned by DIAS CARNEIRO or by third parties.
- Hypertext links and Linked sites
a) Hypertext links
User and, in general, any legal or natural person who intends to
provide a hypertext link or technical link device (such as, text links
or buttons) from its web site to the DIAS CARNEIRO site (the “Hyperlink”)
must obtain previous
written authorisation from DIAS CARNEIRO.
The insertion of the Hyperlink shall in no event imply the existence
of any relationship between DIAS CARNEIRO and the owner of the site or
the web page where the Hyperlink is inserted, or the acceptance or
approval by DIAS CARNEIRO of its contents or services.
In any event, DIAS CARNEIRO reserves the right to prohibit or cancel
any hyperlink to the DIAS CARNEIRO site at any time, especially, in
circumstances where the activity or contents of the web site where the
hyperlink has been inserted are unlawful.
b) Linked sites
The DIAS CARNEIRO site makes available to User, solely for the
purposes of searching and accessing information, contents and services
available on the Internet, hyperlinks or technical link devices (such
as, text links or buttons), which allow User to access Internet sites or
portals which belong to or are managed by third parties (the “Linked
sites”).
DIAS CARNEIRO does not offer or commercialise on its own behalf or
through third parties the information, contents and services available
in the Linked sites, nor does it approve of, supervise or control in any
way whatsoever the contents and services or any material of any nature
therein available. Thus, User shall be exclusively responsible for the
navigation between the said sites.
PERSONAL DATA
The mere fact that a User visits the DIAS CARNEIRO site does not
automatically register any personal data which identify User. However,
there is certain non-personal information that does not identify a
specific User which is collected and recorded in the DIAS CARNEIRO
Internet servers (such as, User’s Internet navigator, User’s operating
system, IP address from which the web pages and DIAS CARNEIRO site are
accessed) for the purpose of improving navigation for User and
management of the DIAS CARNEIRO site.
Notwithstanding the above, DIAS CARNEIRO may request personal data
from User in order to use certain Contents or Services. DIAS CARNEIRO
will provide User with the necessary information so that the latter can
provide his/her prior consent, in order for DIAS CARNEIRO to proceed
with the processing of his/her personal data and to include them in the
relevant files owned by DIAS CARNEIRO.
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
These General Conditions shall be governed by Brazilian law.
CONTACT DATA
Should User have any queries in connection with these General
Conditions or any other comment to make about the DIAS CARNEIRO site,
please contact
dca@dcadv.com.br.
© Copyright 2007, DIAS CARNEIRO ADVOGADOS. Total or partial
reproduction prohibited. All rights reserved.
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