TERMS OF SERVICE

The 12 Labours Portal promotes open science through its mission to provide freely available online data, software and other resources relating to data contributed from life science experiments to the largest possible community through the 12 Labours Portal. Please read these Terms and Conditions of Service (“Terms”) carefully before accessing or using the 12 Labours Portal. If you have any questions about these terms, conditions or the practices of the 12 Labours Portal or any of the other Services, please contact us at 12Labours@auckland.ac.nz

DEFINITIONS

An “Account” represents your legal relationship with the 12 Labours Portal. A “User Account” represents an individual User’s authorisation to log in to and use the Services and serves as a User’s identity on the 12 Labours Portal.

The “Agreement” refers, collectively, to all the terms, conditions, notices contained or referenced in this document (the “Terms and Conditions of Service” or the “Terms”) and all other operating rules, policies (including the 12 Labours Portal Privacy Policy, available at https://12labours.auckland.ac.nz/privacy and procedures that we may publish from time to time on the Portal

“Content” refers to content featured or displayed through the Portal, including without limitation code, text, data, articles, images, photographs, models, graphics, software, applications, scripts, packages, designs, features, and other materials that are available on the Portal. “Content” also includes Services. “User-Generated Content” is Content, written or otherwise, created or uploaded by our Users. “Your Content” is Content that you create or own.

The “12 Labours Portal,” and “Portal” refer to the website located at https://12labours.auckland.ac.nz, and all content, services, and products provided by the 12 Labours Portal. Occasionally, Services available through the 12 Labours Portal may provide different or additional terms of service. If those additional terms conflict with this Agreement, the terms of the Services apply to the relevant page or Service.

The “User,” “You,” and “Your” refer to the individual person, company, or organization that has visited or is using the Portal or Services; that accesses or uses any part of the Account; or that directs the use of the Account in the performance of its functions. A User must be at least 13 years of age.

ACCOUNT TERMS

As a user of the 12 Labours Portal you agree to the Terms and Conditions of Service defined herein. These terms include, but are not limited to:

  • You must be a human to create an Account. Accounts registered by “bots” or other automated methods are not permitted. We do permit machine accounts.
  • One person or legal entity may maintain no more than one free Account (if you choose to control a machine account as well, that’s fine, but it can only be used for running a machine).
  • You must be age 13 or older in accordance with United States law. If we learn of any User under the age of 13, we will terminate that User’s Account immediately. If you are a resident of a country outside the United States, your country’s minimum age may be older; in such a case, you are responsible for complying with your country’s laws.
  • You are responsible for keeping your Account secure while you use our Portal.
  • You are responsible for all content posted and activity that occurs under your Account (even when content is posted by others who have Accounts under your Account).
  • You are responsible for maintaining the security of your Account and password. We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage from your failure to comply with this security obligation.
  • You will promptly notify the 12 Labours Portal by emailing support@12Labours.auckland.ac.nz if you become aware of any unauthorised use of, or access to, the Portal through your Account, including any unauthorized use of your password or Account.
  • You acknowledge Intellectual Property Policies should they exist as specified in a dataset’s associated Data Use Certification.
  • You will provide appropriate acknowledgement in any dissemination of research findings, publications, services or products for any Portal Services. The expected attribution will be indicated on the appropriate web page (e.g., investigator(s) who generated the data, the funding source, and DOI numbers of the dataset).



The 12 Labours Program may make our Services available on or through third party sites such as other websites or resources on the internet, and other websites or resources may contain links to the Portal. When you access third party sites, you do so at your own risk. These third-party sites are not under the DRC’s control, and you acknowledge that the 12 labours Program is not responsible or liable for the content, functions, accuracy, legality, appropriateness or any other aspect of such third-party sites. Furthermore, the inclusion of any such link does not imply endorsement by the 12 Labours Program or any association with the third-party sites’ operators. Third parties’ terms may apply to your use of the Portal or Services. Please be aware that while these Terms are our full agreement with you, other parties’ terms govern their relationships with you.

The 12 Labours Program and our licensors, vendors, agents, and/or our content providers retain ownership of all intellectual property rights of any kind related to the Portal and Services. We reserve all rights that are not expressly granted to you under these Terms or by law. You may not duplicate, copy, or reuse any portion of the HTML/CSS, JavaScript, content, or visual design elements or concepts without express written permission from the 12 Labours Program.

The 12 Labours Program may assign or delegate these Terms and/or the 12 Labours Portal Privacy Policy (available at https://12labours.auckland.ac.nz/privacy), in whole or in part, to any person or entity at any time with or without your consent, including the Licenses granted. You may not assign or delegate any rights or obligations under the Terms or Privacy Policy without our prior written consent, and any unauthorised assignment and delegation by you is void.

12 Labours Portal terms and conditions may be changed at any time via a public posting of revisions to the Portal Services. As a user, you agree to review the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy each time you use the Portal Services so that you are aware of any modifications made to these policies. By accessing or using the Portal Services, you agree with and to be bound by all of the terms and conditions and policies as posted on the 12 Labours Portal at the time of your access or use, including the Privacy Policy.

USER CODE OF CONDUCT

Responsibilities: Your use of the Portal and Services must not violate any applicable laws, including copyright or trademark laws, export control or sanctions laws, or other laws in your jurisdiction. You are responsible for making sure that your use of the Portal and Services is in compliance with laws and any applicable regulations.

User-Generated Content: You may create or upload User-Generated Content while using the Portal and Services. You are solely responsible for the content of, and for any harm resulting from, any User-Generated Content that you post, upload, link to or otherwise make available via the Portal and Services, regardless of the form of that Content. We are not responsible for any public display or misuse of your User-Generated Content. We have the right (though not the obligation) to refuse or remove any User-Generated Content that, in our sole discretion, violates any SPARC Portal terms or policies.

Ownership of Content: You retain ownership of and responsibility for Your Content. If you’re posting anything you did not create yourself or do not own the rights to, you agree that you are responsible for any Content you post; that you will only submit Content that you have the right to post; and that you will fully comply with any third party licenses relating to Content you post. Because you retain ownership of and responsibility for Your Content, we need you to grant us — and other Portal Users — certain legal permissions, listed in the “Licenses” Section. These licenses apply to Your Content. If you upload Content that already comes with a license granting the Portal the permissions we need to run our Services, no additional license is required. You understand that you will not receive any payment for any of the rights granted in the “Licenses” Section. The licenses you grant to us will end when you remove Your Content from our servers, unless other Users have forked it.