Terms & Conditions
Effective date: October 27, 2023
These terms and conditions of use are applicable whenever you use our Website and are binding on the user.
1. Warning
Sintagma has made its Website available exclusively for informative and non-commercial purposes.
2. Acceptance of the general terms and conditions of use
Use of the Website by the User constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with these, do not use this Website.
The User undertakes to act responsibly and in good faith at all times when using the Website. The User shall:
a. Not act in a manner that is contrary to the law, such as by infringing the rights of third parties or by offending the name, image, reputation and prestige of any person;
b. Not design or use any technological tools or measures intended to disrupt, destroy, limit the functionality or exploit any IT vulnerability of the Website or of any equipment or computer system;
c. Not seek to access business information, personal data of other users, alter the characteristics of the Website or, in any other way, exploit any error, defect, bug or anomaly in order to use the Website in a manner that is irregular, unlawful or different to that designed by Sintagma.
d. Not copy, transfer and/or alter any or all of the content available on the Website.
Infringement of the duties set out herein by the User may result in civil and/or criminal liability for any losses caused to Sintagma and/or third parties.
3. Limited Authorization to Use Protected Information
The User is not authorized to transmit, publish, modify, copy, sell, use or distribute, in any way, the texts, images or other information contained in this Website or part of the Website without prior written authorisation from Sintagma.
The Website may contain references to trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, logos or other proprietary rights belonging to Sintagma. The information and content subject to intellectual property in the Website belong exclusively to Sintagma.
Sintagma is also the owner of the intellectual property rights over the contents of the Website, as well as the selection, coordination and composition of the Website's contents. The User is not granted any licence to use or any rights over any information contained in this Website.
The images of persons displayed in the Website are the property of Sintagma or are used with their consent. The use of these images by the User or another person authorised by the User is prohibited.
The Website also contains references to third-party intellectual property objects, in particular some of the images that are made available under the Creative Commons Zero licence.
Nothing stated within these Terms and Conditions shall be construed to mean that a licence or authorisation has been granted in relation to any part of this information.
4. Accuracy, Waiver and Limited Liability
Sintagma will apply reasonable efforts to ensure that all Information contained in this Website is accurate and up to date, but it is made available as is, without guarantee as to whether it is accurate or up-to-date.
Sintagma expressly refuses any liability for any losses or virus that may infect the User's computer or mobile device, or other property, when accessing the Website or transferring contents from the Website to their device.
Under no circumstances shall Sintagma accept liability for any indirect, future or extraordinary losses, whether contractual or third-party liability, that may result from action or failure to act within the scope of these Terms and Conditions.
5. Links to Third-Party Websites
This Website contains links to other Websites or information fields on other Websites that are not under Sintagma’s control, for which reason, before using it, you should carefully read the terms and conditions of such Websites, in particular with regard to the use and collection of personal information.
The creation of deep links from any other Website to any part of this Website or the placement of any content on this Website within an information field is not permitted.
6. Forms and Data Collection
The Website provides a form that can be used by the User in order to contact us, provide explanation of any doubts and request services, by means of which personal data is collected. Before providing us with your personal data, please read our Privacy Policy available here.
7. Final Provisions
Sintagma reserves the right to introduce changes or amend these Terms and Conditions at any time and without prior notice, posting the new terms and conditions on the Website for this purpose, whereby it is up to the User to consult such updates from time to time.
Sintagma is exclusively entitled to fully or partially suspend access to the Website at any time, especially for management, maintenance, repair, amendment, or updating operations related thereto. Sintagma is also entitled to take down the Website at any time, partially or fully, definitively or temporarily.
8. Applicable Law
These Terms and Conditions are governed by Portuguese law.