Terms and conditions

1. Introduction

The Website https://aria.pasteur.fr is provided by the Structural Bioinformatics Unit (BIS) and Institut Pasteur.

The aim of this website is to distribute the ARIA software and provide documentation and useful material for the scientific community. Use of the Website (together with the documents referred to on it) is governed by these terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”).

By using the Website you indicate that you accept the Terms and Conditions and that you agree to abide by them. If you are not willing to accept these Terms and Conditions you may not use the Website.

2. Access

Access to the Website is permitted on a temporary basis, and BIS reserves the right to withdraw or amend the service it provides on the Website without notice.

Please treat you login information (user name and password) as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party.

We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions.

3. Disclaimer

This Website and its content are provided “as is”, and BIS and Institut Pasteur makes no express or implied representations, warranties or undertaking about:

• any of the content of the Website (including, without limitation, any as to the quality, accuracy, performance, completeness or fitness for any particular purpose of such content); or
• any content of any third party website referred to or accessed to by link through the Website

Nothing contained on this Website shall be construed as providing consult or advice to you. The content of the Website is for your general information and use only.

Moreover, BIS makes no guarantee that this Website is free from computer viruses.

It is strongly recommended that you check for such viruses before downloading it or its content.

4. Liability

BIS and Institut Pasteur accepts no liability for any claims, penalties, loss or expenses arising from any reliance placed on the content of the Website; the use or inability to use the Website; the downloading of any materials from the Website; or any unauthorised access to or alteration to the Website.

5. Copyright

This Website and its entire content are protected by intellectual property rights.

You may view, download any part of this Website for private purposes, but you are not permitted, without BIS‘s permission to:

• store the Website, or any part of the Website, for any other purpose;
• print copies of the Website, or any part of the Website, for any other purpose;
• reproduce, copy or transmit the Website, or any part of the Website, in any way, for any other purpose or in any other medium.

All other rights which are not specifically granted are reserved.

6. Links

Links to third party websites are for your convenience only. Such websites are operated and controlled by third parties and their inclusion does not imply any endorsement or approval by BIS or Institut Pasteur of the materials on such websites.

7. Severability

If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such unenforceability or invalidity shall not render these Terms and Conditions unenforceable or invalid as a whole, and such provisions shall be deleted without affecting the remaining provisions herein.

8. Personal Data

Personal data provided by a user when registering to the Website are collected only for the statistical analysis of the usage of the web site. These data are confidential and not transmitted to any other party.

According to the European Regulation on the protection of personal data (EU Regulation 2016/679), you have the right to access, rectify, oppose and delete information about yourself. If you wish to exercise this right, please contact us via the contact form.

9. Changes

BIS reserves the right to amend or replace the Terms and Conditions at any time , and by using this Website you are expected to read such Terms and Conditions on a regular basis.

10. The ARIA software package

The ARIA software package can be downloaded from the Website. If you install the ARIA software, you accept the following:

Copying and redistribution of the files provided by this software is authorized only if:

• you make absolutely no changes to your copy, including name, or
• if you do make changes, you rename the files and clearly mark the changes.

The information in this software is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by the Institut Pasteur or by the authors. Neither the Institut Pasteur, Yale University, nor the authors assume responsibility for the use or reliability of this software.