Legal Notes
The Il Sole 24 Ore website (“Il Sole 24 Ore site”) contains on-line services and news provided by Il Sole 24 Ore SpA (“the Company”).
Its use is subject to acceptance, by those accessing the site, of the conditions established hereunder. If you do not accept them, we ask you not to use the Il Sole 24 Ore site and not to download any material from it.
Restrictions on use of the Il Sole 24 Ore site
The contents of the Il Sole 24 Ore site’s pages are protected by copyright © belonging to the Company. All rights are reserved. None of the Il Sole 24 Ore site’s contents can be copied, reproduced, transferred, published or distributed, either totally or in part, in any way whatsoever without the Company’s prior written consent. Only storage of Il Sole 24 Ore site contents in the computer of the person accessing the site, or printing of parts of site pages solely for personal use, is permitted.
The trademarks, logos, and any other distinctive sign appearing on the Il Sole 24 Ore site are the Company’s property. Given this, they cannot be used in any way, in any form whatsoever, and in any medium whatsoever without the Company’s prior written consent. The name “Il Sole 24 Ore”, and similarly any other distinctive sign containing the “Il Sole 24 ORE” trademark, cannot be used as addresses of other websites or as parts of such addresses without the Company’s prior written consent.
Limitation of the Company’s liability
In no Case is the Company liable for any direct or indirect damage consequent to use of the information contained in the Il Sole 24 Ore site. The information contained therein may be technically inaccurate or contain typographical errors. The information contained in the Il Sole 24 Ore site may be modified or updated at any time and without any prior notice. Some sections of the Il Sole 24 Ore site may be improved, modified, or eliminated at any time and without any prior notice.
Links
The Company does not take any responsibility for information content and materials created or published in any manner by independent third parties with which the Il Sole 24 Ore site is connected via links. Anyone who decides to visit sites connected to the Il Sole 24 Ore site via links does so under their sole responsibility, also taking on the onus of taking all measures to protect themselves against the presence of viruses or of other items capable of damaging or destroying the contents of the computers of those accessing the aforementioned sites connected to the Il Sole 24 site via links. Connection via links with other sites in no way implies that the Company has sponsorship and/or business and/or affiliation relationships with the entities that own and/or manage such sites.
Information received by Il Sole 24 Ore
Any material sent to the Il Sole 24 Ore site, for example via e-mail or via web pages, will always be considered non-confidential. The Company will not therefore give any undertakings concerning such material and shall thus be free, without any restrictions, to reproduce, use, reveal, show, and transform it, also to create possible works derived from it, and to distribute it. In addition, the Company will be free to use all the ideas, concepts, know-how or technical knowledge contained in the aforementioned material for any purpose whatsoever, including development, production, and sales of products and/or services containing the material concerned.
Anyone who sends any material implicitly guarantees the Company that such material is publishable and therefore holds the Company harmless from and indemnified for any action, request, claim, or demand made by third parties in relation to the Company’s use of such material.
Cookies
A “cookie” (i.e. a small data file that some websites, while they are being visited, send to the visitor’s address) may be present within the Il Sole 24 Ore site, for the purpose of tracking the visitor’s browsing pattern in the site. If you prefer not to receive cookies when you access the Il Sole 24 Site, you can set your browser to warn you of the presence of a cookie, thus enabling you to decide whether or not to accept it. You can also automatically refuse all cookies by enabling the specific option in the browser.
Law and jurisdiction
These conditions concerning access to the Il Sole 24 Ore site are governed by Italian law. The court of Milan, Italy, has exclusive jurisdiction for all and any disputes that may arise out of, or in any case in connection with, the conditions set out above. The Company in any case retains the right, if it deems it necessary, to bring action in the courts of foreign countries or of Italian cities other than Milan to protect its interests and enforce respect of its rights.
Last update: 16.11.2007