Acceptable Use Policies

The European Competence Centre for science communication platform hosts curated and crowdsourced resources and services on science communication as well as user profiles from the professional science communication field in Europe and beyond. Effective collaboration between users of this platform only works when all users are able to work together in good faith. We are committed to creating a positive and safe environment. To ensure that the platform remains a welcoming space for all users, while using the provided services, you must comply with our Acceptable Use Policies, which include some restrictions on content you can post, conduct on the service, and other limitations.

Compliance with Laws and Regulations

You are responsible for using the service in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and all of our Acceptable Use Policies. These policies may be updated from time to time and are provided below.

Content Restrictions

Under no circumstances will users upload, post, host, execute, link to or transmit any content that:

  • is unlawful or promotes unlawful activities;
  • is or contains sexually obscene content;
  • is libelous, defamatory, or fraudulent;
  • is discriminatory or abusive toward any individual or group;
  • gratuitously depicts or glorifies violence, including violent images;
  • contains or installs any active malware or exploits, or uses our platform for exploit delivery (such as part of a command and control system); or
  • infringes any proprietary right of any party, including patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other right.

Conduct Restrictions

While using the service, under no circumstances will you

  • harass, abuse, threaten, or incite violence towards any individual or group, including our employees, officers, and agents, or other users.

Questions & Complaints

To address any questions or complaints concerning the use of this platform, we kindly request that you submit them via our contact form.

Transparency

Please review our transparency report, which provides details regarding the use of this platform.