Terms and Conditions for Use of the INCAE Business School Website

Please read these Terms and Conditions for Website Use (Terms and Conditions) before accessing any of our services.

Access to the website implies the user’s acceptance of the established regulations for use, as well as acceptance of the content of the applicable Responsibility Exemption clause and Intellectual Property Rights. The user should review the specific conditions that have been established for access and use of determined services within the INCAE Business School website. Access to these services also implies the user’s acceptance of the stated clauses.

Information collected

The system automatically collects IP addresses and pages visited to use them for internal statistical analysis. This information is not used to trace the user’s private information. The user authorizes INCAE Business School to use that information for marketing, statistical generation and website improvement processes. The user may change his/her browser’s configuration to disable the use of cookies.

The information that the user sends through this website shall be used only for the purpose for which it was requested. INCAE Business School respects the user’s right of privacy and shall not provide its users’ personal information to third parties without their consent, unless required by law. It shall not sell this information to third parties for the use of marketing, publicity or promotions.

Security

To protect the user’s personal information, INCAE Business School uses encryption technology to prevent access without authorization or the accidental loss, alteration or destruction of information. Since no system can guarantee complete security, INCAE Business School tries to keep the information that the user provides as safe as possible, including protection of the server, where the information is saved.

Exemption from Responsibility

Website access is free and does not generate any commercial, contractual or professional relationship among its users and INCAE Business School.

The website may have access to forums that are not moderated, which may contain personal opinions and other expressions on a wide variety of topics from those participating in them. INCAE Business School does not review, monitor or approve the content on these forums or the links that are included in them to other external websites. INCAE Business School does not edit any forum content or websites that may be accessed from them. It merely provides the service.

Text, and any other material, published on these forums show the specific author’s opinion and do not correspond to that of INCAE Business School. If, for any reason, the user should find the published information offensive, s/he should leave the website.

Rules for Online Conduct

The user agrees to the regulations for use of the website, in accordance to laws currently in effect. Since INCAE Business School is a non-profit organization, it is not authorized to use its website to organize political parties’ activities.

Nor may it send by email or publish any of the following content on its website:

1. Content that slanders or threatens other people.
2. Declarations that could be considered fanatical, hate-based or racially offensive.
3. Content that discusses illegal activities with the intent to carry them out.
4. Content that infringes upon others’ intellectual property rights, including, but not limited to, copyrights, registered trademarks and negotiated secrets.
5. Material that contains language or images that could be considered vulgar or obscene.
6. Publicity or any other form of commercial request.

Material protected by copyright, or any other legal right, for example: software, graphics, text, photographs, sound clips, videos, and music, shall not be published on the website without the express authorization of the owner of this material.

It is expected that INCAE Business School students behave according to the established behavior regulations. Not upholding these is sufficient cause for expulsion from the institution.

Even though INCAE Business School does not routinely monitor information published by website users, it reserves the right to remove any content that violates the previously-mentioned rules, though this is not its obligation.

The user agrees to not enter or try to enter any other user’s account or falsify or try to falsify his/her identity while using the website.

Permission for Use of Materials

In consideration of the user’s agreement to the Terms and Conditions herein mentioned, INCAE Business School guarantees the user a personal and non-transferable access license (for the required sections). The user may download information from the website for personal use only. The user shall not copy, reproduce, retransmit, distribute, publish, commercially exploit or transfer in any other way, any material published on the website.

Limitations on Use

The user shall use the website only for legal purposes. In accordance with this, if a third party claims that any material published on the website is illegal, it shall be the user’s responsibility to determine if the material in question corresponds to the applicable laws. In addition, INCAE Business School has the right to eliminate website material, block access or take any other action with respect to published material, at its discretion, though this is not its obligation. The user may not use INCAE Business School’s computer resources to distribute publicity or any other type of promotional materials that have not been solicited.

Links to Other Websites

The website contains links to other websites outside of the INCAE Business School domain. INCAE Business School is not responsible for the content or policies on those websites.

Responsibilities

This website and any other related information, products or services shall be provided “as is,” without any type of expressed or implicit guarantee, including commercial publicity or adjustments for any particular purpose.

INCAE Business School does not authorize, or reject, any expressed or implicit guarantee on the accuracy, fit or completeness of information obtained from any external websites or from a link to the website. INCAE Business School does not guarantee that those websites shall function without interruption or error, or that they are free of viruses or other damaging components. The use of information obtained through those websites is at the user’s own risk.

The user accepts that INCAE Business School shall not be held responsible for any real or consequential loss or damage within or outside of these Terms and Conditions. Nor shall it be held responsible for the ability or inability to use the website (including third parties) or for publishing information on the website. INCAE Business School shall not be held responsible for the accuracy of the information obtained from the website.

In particular, INCAE Business School shall not be held responsible for consequential, indirect, punitive, special or fortuitous, foreseen or unforeseen damages (including, but not limited to, lawsuits for libel, errors, loss of information or interruptions in the availability of data) related to these Terms and Conditions. INCAE Business School shall not be held responsible for the use, or inability to use the website, any purchase made through the website or any publication that the user makes on this website. Nor shall it be held responsible for the accuracy of the information obtained from or through the website, as based on laws for contracts, injury, statutes or others, except in the case of death or corporal damage where, and only to the point that, the appropriate law requires such responsibility.

INCAE Business School shall not represent the user with respect to his/her ability to transmit or receive information from or through the website. The user agrees and recognizes that his/her ability to access the website may be compromised. INCAE Business School denies any and all responsibility that is related to these acts.

The user is responsible for any damage of any type that occurs by not fulfilling these Terms and Conditions or any other applicable regulations. This frees INCAE Business School from all civil, penal, administrative or any other types of responsibilities.

Brand Use

The logo, name and all graphics that appear on the INCAE Business School website belong to INCAE Business School. The use, reproduction, copying or distribution of these, without written permission from INCAE Business School is prohibited. All other registered brands that appear on the website belong to their respective owners.

Indemnifications

The user agrees to indemnify INCAE Business School in case of a lawsuit, loss or damage, including legal fees, resulting from the violation of these Terms and Conditions. S/he shall also indemnify INCAE Business School for the use of the website or the publication of any content on the website. The user agrees to collaborate completely in defending any other type of lawsuit.

The User’s Account

By using any of the website’s intranets or any of the restricted access sections that are available, it is the user’s responsibility to maintain confidentiality of his/her accounts and passwords and to restrict access to his/her computer. The user accepts responsibility for all activities that occur with the use of his/her accounts. INCAE Business School reserves the right to not offer a service, close an account, remove or edit content or cancel orders, without warning, as it considers convenient.

Others

The website may contain errors or omissions in describing products, prices or availability. INCAE Business School reserves the right to correct these errors or omissions without prior warning. It also reserves the right to eliminate any product or service offered by mistake or omission in the description, including price, availability or any other reasons.

General

These Terms and Conditions constitute an agreement between the user and INCAE Business School with respect to the topics mentioned and replace any other topics, or current, written or verbal agreements.

Complaints Related to Copyright

INCAE Business School respects the property rights of others. If you think that your copyright has been violated on INCAE Business School’s website, you may contact us.