1 Introduction
1.1 These terms of use (hereinafter “Terms of Use”) pertain to your right to use the Start to Finnish workspace (hereinafter ”Workspace”) owned by Akava ry (hereinafter “Akava”). These Terms of Use shall apply to all material in this Workspace regardless of which terminal device is used to access the Workspace. You are encouraged to read these Terms of Use carefully before using the Workspace. Before accessing the Workspace, you will have to click to confirm that you accept the current Terms of Use and to agree to comply with them.
1.2 The Workspace is owned and controlled by Akava. Akava grants educational institutions licenses to use the Workspace for educational purposes. In case you need support or have questions regarding the Start to Finnish course, the Workspace or the material contained therein, you may contact Akava at keskusjarjesto@akava.fi.
1.3 We also wish to draw your attention to our Privacy Policy, which also applies to you when you use the Workspace.
2 General terms
2.1 Akava hereby grants you limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable and revocable rights to access the Workspace and to use it and the material it contains, including but not limited to articles and other texts, videos, images, graphics and software (hereinafter “Material”) in accordance with these Terms of Use. You may only use the Workspace and the Material for personal and non-commercial purposes in accordance with these Terms of Use unless otherwise expressly agreed with Akava. Granting the limited user rights as specified herein shall not constitute transfer of ownership rights or any other intellectual property rights.
2.2 The Workspace may contain links to content or websites, or parts thereof, maintained by third parties. For the sake of clarity, it shall be stated that Akava does not grant you any rights to any such material owned by third parties.
3 Intellectual property rights
3.1 The Workspace contains Material that is the property of Akava and is protected by copyright legislation, international copyright conventions and other intellectual property laws.
3.2 Any and all intellectual property rights vested in the Workspace (including but not limited to copyright, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names and database rights) shall remain the property of Akava. Akava does not grant you any rights to any such intellectual property rights directly or indirectly.
3.3 You shall not have the right to use, copy, download, edit, present, transfer, distribute or otherwise utilise the Material, in full or in part, altered or unaltered, for commercial purpose without prior written permission from Akava or for uses that violate the copyright or other rights of Akava or another party.
3.4 You understand that any unlawful use or distribution of the Material may constitute actions that violate the Copyright Act, the Trademarks Act and/or other laws, which may subject you to civil or criminal sanctions.
3.5 The Material contained on Akava’s Workspace can be presented, saved and downloaded for non-commercial private use that does not violate applicable copyright or other laws in any other way. In such cases, however, Akava and its Workspace must be mentioned as a source.
3.6 You may also print a reasonable amount of Material from the Workspace for your personal use. All other kind of use is absolutely prohibited.
3.7 You shall be obliged to retain in any printouts and copies of the Material any and all notices pertaining to copyright and other rights contained in the Material. In addition to these Terms of Use, you shall comply with any and all further terms and conditions or limitations specified on the Workspace.
4 Uploading content
4.1 The Workspace contains features that allow you to upload content to the Workspace (such as text, images, videos and voice recordings) (hereinafter “User Content”).
4.2 You warrant that any User Content that you upload to the Workspace complies with applicable laws and regulations and does not contain any confidential information.
4.3 You grant Akava a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable license to use, store and copy the User Content and to distribute and make anonymized User Content available to third parties for the purposes of developing and marketing the Start to Finnish course.
5 Links to external websites
5.1 The Workspace may contain links to websites, or parts thereof, maintained by third parties. Clicking such links will transfer you away from the Workspace. Akava neither supervises nor verifies the content of external websites and shall not be held liable for the correctness, reliability or information security of any external website. You visit any linked sites or parts thereof at your own responsibility.
6 Changes to the terms of use, the workspace and the material
6.1 Akava reserves the right to amend these Terms of Use at its sole discretion at any time. Amendments to the Terms of Use shall enter into force when a notification to that effect has been posted on the Workspace. Using the Workspace after the Terms of Use have been amended shall constitute acceptance of such amendments.
6.2 Akava shall be entitled at any time and without advance notice to amend the Workspace, the Material or any part thereof; to correct errors and shortcomings therein; to make any other changes to the Workspace and the Material; and to remove any parts of the Workspace, including Workspace functions.
7 Limitation of liability
7.1 Akava shall aim to ensure continued and undisrupted availability of the Workspace and the correctness of the Material to the best of its ability. Akava shall not be held responsible for the uninterrupted, timely or error-free operation of the Workspace, or the completeness or correctness of the Material. Using and relying on advice, opinions, statements or information conveyed through the Workspace is at your sole responsibility, and you are advised to consult an expert in order to receive advice pertaining to your particular situation.
7.2 Akava makes no warranty in respect of the security of the Workspace. Akava uses appropriate methods aimed at preventing the appearance of viruses or other malware on the Workspace. Akava is not responsible for the appropriate protection of your computer so as to prevent any viruses or other malware. Akava shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused by any infection of your computer, computer programs or information systems by viruses or other malware or technologically harmful material by Akava’s Workspace or material contained therein. You accept that Akava shall not be held liable for any material or information that you send or receive, or fail to send or receive, through the Workspace.
7.3 Akava shall not be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damage based on liability or specific damage caused by the use of or the inability to use the Workspace or its content or by these Terms of Use. Akava shall also not be held liable for any errors, shortcomings, faults or delays in the information contained in the Workspace. In any case, the liability of Akava shall be limited to the liability provided for in mandatory legislation.
8 Termination
8.1 In the event that the Material is used contrary to these Terms of Use, or law and order or morality, Akava has the right to disable your access to the Workspace.
9 Applicable legislation
9.1 These Terms of Use shall be governed by Finnish law. The parties undertake to resolve any disputes arising from these Terms of Use primarily through negotiation. If the parties are unable to reach a settlement, the dispute shall be resolved at the Helsinki District Court in Finland.
10 Other terms
10.1 If any of the provisions in these Terms of Use is found to be unlawful, invalid, null and void or to any extent unenforceable, such a provision is deemed to be separable from these Terms of Use, and this does not affect the lawfulness, validity or enforcement of the other provisions in these Terms of Use.
