TERMS AND CONDITIONS

By using our website, you agree to our terms and conditions as set out below, including the International Transport Workers’ Federation (“ITF”) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (“ETF”) Privacy Policy and Defamation Disclaimer set out below.

1. General Terms and Conditions

Use of this website constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions. We reserve the right to change these terms and conditions at any time by posting changes online.

You agree to use this website only for lawful purposes and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of, this website by any third party.

In no event will we be liable for any damages including, without limitation, indirect or consequential damages, or any damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use, data, or profits, whether in action of contract, negligence or other tortious action arising out of or in connection with the use of this website.

If these terms and conditions are not accepted in full, you do not have permission to access the contents of this website and should cease using this website immediately.

2. Site Content

All rights including copyright and database rights in our website and its contents are owned by or licensed to us, or otherwise used by or licensed to us as permitted by applicable law. This website is for personal use only and all material is provided for information purposes only.

Except as otherwise stated, any listing on this website, be it actual text or hyperlink, is not necessarily meant to imply, nor should the same be construed as, an official endorsement on our part. Further, information on this website is provided without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. Neither the ITF, the ETF, any of our respective officers or employees nor any person represented here can accept responsibility or liability (express or implied, contractual, tortious or otherwise) for the accuracy, correctness or timeliness of any information displayed on this website. Please verify any information before relying on it.

3. Use of Site Content

You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, licence, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any information (whether in hard copy or electronic format) obtained from this website except in accordance with the permissions set out below or as permitted by the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 or the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 as applicable.

IMPORTANT. The following permissions DO NOT APPLY to content supplied by third parties. For permitted use of third party content apply to the relevant content owner.

You are permitted to browse this website and you may, for your personal use only, save to your individual storage medium and print such extracts from this site as are necessary for such use ("extracted material"). You may recopy extracted material to individual third parties for their personal use only, but only if you notify us of the identity of the individual third parties in advance of recopying the extracted material and:

(i) you acknowledge this website as the source of the material. You must include such acknowledgment and this website address in the copy of the extracted material; and

(ii) you inform the third party that these conditions apply to him or her and that he or she must comply with them; and

(iii) you recopy the extracted material in complete and unmodified form.

If you do not observe any of these requirements, your permission to use the material contained on this website shall automatically terminate and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of such material. We reserve the right at any time at our discretion to withdraw or modify the licenses set out above.

4. Links to other sites

This website offers automatic links to other sites which we hope you will be interested in. We make no representations whatsoever about any other website which you may access through this one. When you access a non-ITF/ETF website, please understand that it is independent from us, and that we have no control over the content on that site. The inclusion of a name should not necessarily be taken as a recommendation by the ITF, the ETF or any of our respective officers or employees or an endorsement by them of other persons’ suggestions for the inclusion of names.

In addition, a link to a non-ITF/ETF website does not mean that we endorse or accept any responsibility for the content or the use of such websites. Although all external links may be checked from time to time, we cannot be held responsible for the validity of any of the links and it is your responsibility to ensure that whatever you select for your use is free of such items as viruses, worms and other items of a destructive nature.

5. Interruption to Service

Although we make every effort to ensure that the quality of this website remains high, the Internet is not an inherently stable medium. We do not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this website will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or represents the full functionality, accuracy and reliability of the materials. As a result, we do not accept any ongoing obligation, liability or responsibility in respect of the same.

6. Submission of Content

Where you submit any contribution to this website (including, without limitation, any text, graphics, video or audio) you are required by such submission to grant us a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicenseable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, play, and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to any such work worldwide and/or incorporate it in other works in any media now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content, consistent with the privacy restrictions set forth herein. If you do not wish to grant such rights to us, it is suggested that you do not submit your contribution to this website. By accessing our website to post material on our website, you also agree to the Defamation Disclaimer.

7. Privacy Policy

Please read our legal notice below relating to privacy and our use of your personal data.

8. Defamation

Please read our legal notice relating to defamation and the contribution of material to this website.

9. Law and Jurisdiction

This website is administered by the ITF from its corporate headquarters in London, United Kingdom. This agreement shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales. The Courts of England and Wales are to have exclusive jurisdiction and venue for any dispute arising out of or in connection with the use of this website. You are solely responsible for insuring compliance with your local laws while using this website and the materials contained in this website.

PRIVACY POLICY

We maintain this website to enhance public access to information about our initiatives. We are committed to protecting your privacy. Please read the following policy to understand how we will treat your personal information when you use our website.

The information we collect and how we use it.

This privacy statement describes how we use the information collected at this website. You do not have to give us any personal information in order to use most of this website. However, if you wish to sign the Appeal for Fairness, join our Mailing List or wish to send us any comments about your work place, we will need to collect information about you to help us complete your transactions or requests, to communicate with you, and for internal administration purposes. We may also use information to personalise sections of this website based on your profile, and for internal analysis to gain a better understanding of your needs.

The personal information that we obtain consists of (but is not limited to) your name, your city/country, information about your workplace and your email address. We may also ask for your telephone number and other details which enables us to contact you swiftly if there is a problem or change with your request. Except as may be required by law, we will not sell, trade or rent your personal information to third parties without your express consent. If necessary, we may pass your personal information between our offices and, where you have indicated that you wish to join our Mailing List, we may forward your name and personal information to ITF Affiliate unions in your country who may contact you to provide country specific information, offer you union membership and other union related assistance, products or services. We will not share your personal information with Air Asia or other third parties although we may share the results of our Appeal for Fairness campaign with such parties and publicise the campaign generally. By submitting your personal information, you consent to the processing of the personal data you have provided to us in connection with the purpose for which you submitted the personal data to us.

If you have any questions about the processing of your e-mail and related personal data, do not hesitate to include them in your message to us.

Consent
By disclosing your personal information in using this website, you consent to the collection, storage and processing of your personal information by us in the manner set out above.

Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about the privacy of information we hold about you, please do not hesitate to e-mail us at mail@itf.org.uk.

DEFAMATION DISCLAIMER

Neither the ITF, the ETF nor any of our respective officers or employees can accept responsibility or liability (express or implied, contractual, tortious or otherwise) for any material contributed to this website. The views and opinions expressed by any contributor to this page are not necessarily ours or those of our members.

The following applies to all messages, e-mails, bulletin board postings, ideas, suggestions, concepts or other material submitted by you to us (“Content”):

(a) you must own or have the right to submit Content for publication on our website and all Content submitted by you must be legal, honest, decent and truthful and comply with our objectives and all applicable laws, regulations, standards or codes of practice; and

(b) you must ensure that all Content submitted to us does not infringe copyright, design, privacy, publicity, data protection, trade mark or any other rights of any third party, is not obscene, abusive, threatening, libellous or defamatory of any person; and

(c) you must ensure that the Content does not advertise or otherwise solicit for either funds or goods or services.

We have the right to monitor Content and may edit, reject or remove Content if we believe it does not comply with the above and, in particular, we reserve the right to block incoming e-mails and other Content if we believe that their content is or may be inappropriate or otherwise does not comply with the above.

We reserve the right to edit or not publish comments that have been submitted to the bulletin board. Comments will be published on the internet and may be used in printed publications such as Transport International. The views expressed on bulletin boards and within password-protected extranets are not necessarily those of the ITF or the ETF. Although we will monitor and review bulletin boards we assume no responsibility or liability arising from the content, nor for any error, omission, infringement, defamation, obscenity, or inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations.

Please see General Terms and Conditions which concerns, inter alia, the rights you grant to us in respect of the Contents submitted.

You have sole responsibility for the Content which you submit to us and you shall indemnify and shall keep us fully and effectively indemnified on demand from and against all actions, claims, losses, liability, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, loss of business, loss of profits, business interruption and other pecuniary or consequential loss (including legal costs and expenses) suffered or incurred by us and arising directly or indirectly out of the publication of Content submitted by you to us.