Terms & Conditions

The HEDRA Terms and Conditions contained herein on this webpage, shall govern your use of this website and any associated pages or sites used for confernces and related activities, including all pages within this website (collectively referred to herein below as this “Website”). These Terms apply in full force and effect to your use of this Website and by using this Website, you expressly accept all terms and conditions contained herein in full. You must not use this Website, if you have any objection to any of these Website Standard Terms and Conditions.

Age. This Website is not for use by any minors (defined as those who are not at least 18 years of age), and you must not use this Website if you are a minor.

IP and copyright. Under these Terms, HEDRA and/or its licensors own all rights to the intellectual property and material contained in or sent to this Website, and all such rights are reserved. Copyright and other relevant intellectual property rights exist on all text relating to the Company’s services and the full content of this website.

Any text, image, video and audio content that you upload to this website must be your own and must not be infringing on any third party’s IP or copyright rights. HEDRA reserves the right to refuse service without refund, if your uploaded content infringes EU copyright or plagiarism law, as well as for any other reason, without notice.

You are expressly restricted from all of the following:

1. publishing any part of this Website’s materials in any media;
2. selling, sublicensing and/or otherwise commercializing any of this Website’s material;
3. publicly performing and/or showing any of this Website’s material;
4. using this Website in any way that is, or may be, damaging to this Website;
5. using this Website in any way that impacts user access to this Website;
6. using this Website contrary to applicable laws and regulations, or in a way that causes, or may cause, harm to the Website, or to any person or business entity;
7. engaging in any data mining, data harvesting, data extracting or any other similar activity in relation to this Website, or while using this Website;
8. using this Website to engage in any advertising or marketing.

Restrictions. Certain areas of this Website are restricted from access by you, and HEDRA may further restrict access by you to any areas of this Website, at any time, in its sole and absolute discretion.

User Privacy. HEDRA will not sell, share, or rent your personal information to any third party, or use your e-mail address for unsolicited mail. Any emails sent by HEDRA will only be in connection with the provision of agreed services and information for future conferences and related services.

Exclusions and Limitations.  The information on this web site is provided on an ‘as is’ basis. To the fullest extent permitted by EU law, this Website:

• excludes all representations and warranties relating to this website and its contents or which is or may be provided by any affiliates or any other third party, including in relation to any inaccuracies or omissions in this website and/or its literature; and
• excludes all liability for damages arising out of or in connection with your use of this website. This includes, without limitation, direct loss, loss of business or profits (whether or not the loss of such profits was foreseeable, arose in the normal course of things or you have advised this Website of the possibility of such potential loss), damage caused to your computer, computer software, systems and programs and the data thereon or any other direct or indirect, consequential and incidental damages; and
• liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence.

The above exclusions and limitations apply only to the extent permitted by law. None of your statutory rights as a consumer are affected.

Payment. Major Credit/Debit Cards, and PayPal are all acceptable methods of payment. Our Terms are payment in full before commencement of services, unless agreed in prior cases in writing with the Company. All texts, videos, audio and other goods remain the property of the Company once submitted. This Website and HEDRA do not issue refunds.

Confidentiality. Any interactions you may have with this Website are confidential and you must maintain confidentiality of such information. In these Website Terms and Conditions, “Your Content” shall mean your uploaded text, your live audio and video and any text, images or other material you choose to upload while interacting with HEDRA. With respect to Your Content, by uploading or displaying it, you grant HEDRA an exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and use it for research, in any and all media.

Information concerning the Website user and their respective records will not be passed to third parties. Website user records are regarded as confidential and therefore will not be divulged to any third party, other than if legally required to do so to the appropriate authorities. Website users are requested to retain copies of any literature issued in relation to the provision of our services. Where appropriate, we shall issue Clients with appropriate written information, hand-outs or copies of records as part of an agreed contract, for the benefit of both parties.

No warranties. This Website is provided “as is,” with all faults, and HEDRA makes no express or implied representations or warranties, of any kind related to this Website or the materials contained on this Website. Additionally, nothing contained on this Website shall be construed as providing advice to you.

Availability. Website users are solely responsible for evaluating the fitness for a particular purpose of any downloads, programs and text available through this site. Redistribution or republication of any part of this site or its content is prohibited, by and real, paper or electronic means at all or in any medium, without the express written consent of the Company. Further, HEDRA does not warrant that the service from this site will be uninterrupted, timely or error free, although it is provided to the best ability. By using this website you thereby indemnify this Company, its employees, agents and affiliates against any loss or damage, in whatever manner, howsoever caused.

Log Files. HEDRA uses IP addresses to analyse trends, administer the site, track user’s movements, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. Additionally, for systems administration, detecting usage patterns and troubleshooting purposes, our web servers automatically log standard access information including browser type, access times/open mail, URL requested, and referral URL. This information is not shared with third parties and is used only within this Company on a need-to-know basis. Any individually identifiable information related to this data will never be used in any way different to that stated above without your explicit permission.

Cookies. HEDRA uses cookies to enable us to retrieve user details for each visit. Cookies are used in some areas of our site to enable the functionality of this area and ease of use for those people visiting. Some of our affiliate partners may also use cookies.

Links to this website. You may not create a link to any page of this website without our prior written consent. If you do create a link to a page of this website you do so at your own risk and the exclusions and limitations set out above will apply to your use of this website by linking to it.

Links from this website. We do not monitor or review the content of other parties’ websites which are linked to from this website. Opinions expressed or material appearing on such websites are not necessarily shared or endorsed by us and should not be regarded as the publisher of such opinions or material. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices, or content, of these sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site & to read the privacy statements of these sites. You should evaluate the security and trustworthiness of any other site connected to this site or accessed through this site yourself, before disclosing any personal information to them. HEDRA will not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage in whatever manner, howsoever caused, resulting from your disclosure to third parties of personal information.

Termination of Agreements. HEDRA retains the right to terminate any Services Agreement for any reason, including the uploading of non-standard texts and images or non-standard file formats, and including attempts to change or manipulate change any page or element of code. All such actions shall lead to the termination of services that are already underway. No refunds shall be offered, where a Service is deemed to have begun and is, for all intents and purposes, underway.

Refunds. HEDRA does not offer refunds, once payment has been made.

Limitation of liability. In no event shall HEDRA, nor any of its officers, directors and employees, be liable to you for anything arising out of or in any way connected with your use of this Website, whether such liability is under contract, tort or otherwise, and HEDRA, including its officers, directors and employees shall not be liable for any indirect, consequential or special liability arising out of or in any way related to your use of this Website.

Indemnification. You hereby indemnify to the fullest extent HEDRA from and against any and all liabilities, costs, demands, causes of action, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) arising out of or in any way related to your breach of any of the provisions of these Terms.

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

Variation of Terms. HEDRA is permitted to revise these Terms at any time as it sees fit, and by using this Website you are expected to review such Terms on a regular basis to ensure you understand all terms and conditions governing use of this Website.

Assignment. HEDRA shall be permitted to assign, transfer, and subcontract its rights and/or obligations under these Terms without any notification or consent required. However, you shall not be permitted to assign, transfer, or subcontract any of your rights and/or obligations under these Terms.

Entire Agreement. These Terms, including any legal notices and disclaimers contained on this Website, constitute the entire agreement between and you in relation to your use of this Website, and supersede all prior agreements and understandings with respect to the same.

Governing Law & Jurisdiction. These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the European Union, and you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts located in Bulgaria for the resolution of any disputes.

Force Majeure. Neither party shall be liable to the other for any failure to perform any obligation under any Agreement which is due to an event beyond the control of such party including but not limited to any Act of God, terrorism, war, political insurgence, insurrection, riot, civil unrest, act of civil or military authority, uprising, earthquake, flood or any other natural or man-made eventuality outside of our control, which causes the termination of an agreement or contract entered into, nor which could have been reasonably foreseen.

Waiver. Failure of either Party to insist upon strict performance of any provision of this or any Agreement or the failure of either Party to exercise any right or remedy to which it, he or they are entitled hereunder shall not constitute a waiver thereof and shall not cause a diminution of the obligations under this or any Agreement. No waiver of any of the provisions of this or any Agreement shall be effective unless it is expressly stated to be such and signed by both Parties.