Last updated: 28th April,2022
Effective date: 5th May, 2022
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STOC COMMUNITY (URL: www.sto-consortium.org, hereinafter referred to as "this Website", "STOC" or “We”) is operated by Shenzhen BGI Research Institute(address: building 11, Beishan Industrial Zone, Beishan Road, Yantian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province; contact information: [+ 86-755-36307888]) on behalf of STOC. We provide scientists with a global platform to communicate and share research results together.
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Content
I. Account Registration and Management
II. Services of STOC
III. Guarantees
IV. Intellectual Property
V. Disclaimers and Limited Liabilities
VI. Third-Party Links
VII. Indemnity
VIII. Governing Law and Resolution of Disputes
IX. Alteration and Termination
X. Contact US
I. Membership
You should abide by the following rules when applying to join our community and using related services on this Website:
1. When you apply to join our community at this Website and use Related Services, you should operate it in person and shall not transfer your membership account;
2. You should provide genuine, legal and valid personal information in accordance with the requirements of this Website and update it in time when the information changes. YOU SHALL BEAR THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES CAUSED BY YOUR UNTRUE APPLICATION INFORMATION OR UNTIMELY UPDATE OF USER INFORMATION;
3. You should properly use your personal terminal device to avoid accessing, downloading, or installing websites or software that may contain viruses, Trojans or other malicious programs. YOU SHALL BE FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INFORMATION SECURITY RISKS AND THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE CAUSED BY THE IMPROPER USE;
4. If you find any unauthorized use of user account or security vulnerability, please inform us immediately to take corresponding measures.
II. Services of STOC
1. Service descriptions. The STOC mission is to unite, organize, advance, and share global scientific efforts to map the spatiotemporal multi-omics atlases of organisms and to develop the analytical tools with which we can gain novel biological insights across physiology, development & aging, disease, and evolution.
2. Targeted customers. The customers of this website are scientists from all over the world.
3. Purpose of data collection. This website would partially collect your personal information including your First Name, Last Name, Country, Email, Primary participation role, Organization and other information which are displayed by JOIN THE STOC COMMUNITY in detail. For the convenience of further research discussion and communication, after seeking the authorization of customers of this website, we may send you the STOC Newsletter or/and the information related to STOC via e-mail (Please note that information about you may appear on the STOC website). The purpose of this activity aims for introduce published papers, description of research results and information related to conference organization. We will strictly abide by the provisions of applicable laws and STOC Website Privacy Notice to protect your personal information.
4. YOU CONFIRM AND GIVE YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO THE FOLLOWING:
III. Guarantees
1) YOU AGREE THAT WE OBTAIN, STORE, PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, AND PROVIDE YOU WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO JOIN ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (PHOTO, BIOGRAPHY).
2) YOU PROMISE TO USE THE DATA AND INFORMATION ON THIS WEBSITE ONLY FOR RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
3) WE PROMISE NOT TO TRANSFER YOUR INFORMATION TO ANY PERSON OR ORGANIZATION UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY YOU OR REQUIRED BY NATIONAL LAWS; WE HAVE THE OWNERSHIP OF THE ANONYMIZED RELEVANT DATA AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHARE WITH OUR PARTNERS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, DRUG R & D CENTERS, MEDICAL AND HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS, DISTRIBUTORS, AFFILIATED COMPANIES, ETC.).
4) According to the needs of follow-up services and related research, we will selectively save and process the user's information. Unless for your own service needs, your personal information will be processed after anonymization.
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IV. Intellectual Property
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2) In any way, cause or may cause unreasonable or disproportionate material burden to this Website;
3) Interfere with the normal operation order of this Website and invade the information system of this Website;
4) Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any software available on the operation of this Website or as the basis for the operation of this Website;
2. If we find or receive reports that you have violated this Agreement, we have the right to make independent judgment and take technical measures. At the same time, depending on the nature of your behavior, we have the right to take measures including but not limited to SUSPENDING OR TERMINATING THE SERVICE, RESTRICTING, FREEZING OR TERMINATING THE USE OF ACCOUNT, AND INITIATING LEGAL ACTS.
1. We hereby grant you a limited non-exclusive license to use the content of this Website, including but not limited to text, pictures, videos, animations, archives, materials, website architecture, website picture arrangement, web design, the trademarks ( ) (collectively referred to as "Content") can used only to obtain information about the products and services we provide ("Purpose") and are expressly prohibited for all other purposes.
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V. DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITED LIABILITIES
1. WE PERFORM THE BASIC GUARANTEE OBLIGATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW, BUT WE DO NOT BEAR THE CORRESPONDING LIABILITY FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT DUE TO THE FOLLOWING REASONS, SUCH AS OBSTACLES TO CONTRACT PERFORMANCE, DEFECTS IN PERFORMANCE, DELAY IN PERFORMANCE OR CHANGES IN PERFORMANCE CONTENT:
VI. Third-Party Links
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2) DUE TO POWER SUPPLY FAILURE, COMMUNICATION NETWORK FAILURE AND OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE FACTORS OR THIRD-PARTY FACTORS;
3) UNDER THE CONDITION THAT WE HAVE MANAGED IN GOOD FAITH, DUE TO ROUTINE OR EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEM MAINTENANCE, EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEM FAILURE, NETWORK INFORMATION AND DATA SECURITY AND OTHER FACTORS;
4) YOUR IMPROPER OPERATION;
5) YOU USE THIS WEBSITE AND RELATED SERVICES IN A MANNER NOT PERMITTED BY THIS AGREEMENT;
6) OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL OR IS NOT REASONABLY FORESEEABLE.
2. OTHER DISCLAIMERS:
1) WE WILL NOT BEAR ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SERVICE OBSTACLES CAUSED BY THE ERROR OF YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FIRST NAME, LAST NAME, E-MAIL ADDRESS) OR THE FAILURE TO CHANGE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN TIME;
2) WE DO NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PERSONAL DATA DISCLOSURE OR POSSIBLE DISCRIMINATION BY OTHERS OR THE SOCIETY DUE TO YOUR PERSONAL REASONS, SUCH AS INFORMING OTHERS OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH OTHERS.
3. THIS WEBSITE IS OPERATED BY SHENZHEN BGI RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON BEHALF OF THE SOC. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR GUARANTEE THAT IT IS POSSIBLE, APPROPRIATE OR LEGAL TO ACCESS AND USE THIS WEBSITE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES/REGIONS. BY VISITING THIS WEBSITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU COMPLY WITH ALL LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH YOU VISIT THIS WEBSITE.
4. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE PROVISIONS, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM AND EXCLUDE ANY AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS.
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VII. Indemnification
1. Based on the third-party requests, claims and losses caused by your access to and use of this Website in violation of this Agreement, you agree to compensate and exempt us and our officers, directors, employees, agents, contractors, suppliers and business partners from any claims, compensation, fines, costs and expenses arising from or related to this Agreement, including but not limited to:
VIII. Governing Law and Resolution of Disputes
1) Reasonable attorney's fees and legal fees and necessary expenses incurred to eliminate the impact;
2) Fines, liquidated damages or compensation for external expenses such as administrative punishment, judicial judgment and mediation within the scope of legal standards;
3) The specific amount of goodwill loss and reasonable expected interest loss can be calculated based on the relevant estimation standards obtained from the independent and reasonable analysis of the third party, our reasonable analysis and other reasonable methods for calculating income and loss;
4) Other consequential loss.
2. You agree to assist us and our officers, directors, employees, agents, contractors, suppliers and business partners to defend any dispute arising from your access to and use of this Website in violation of this Agreement, and you may not abandon your right to claim against any third party without our prior written consent. It is also not allowed to reach a settlement with any third party on any matter without our express authorization.
3. This provision shall remain in force after you stop using this Website or we stop services or deactivate your account.
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IX. Alteration and Termination
1. We may modify this Agreement from time to time according to changes in applicable laws, optimization of our services and protection of your legitimate rights and interests. We will issue an updated version through this Website and remind you of any changes in this Agreement through website announcements or other appropriate ways. AFTER THE CHANGE OF THIS AGREEMENT, IF YOU CONTINUE TO USE THIS WEBSITE AND RELATED SERVICES, YOU SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THE MODIFIED AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THE AMENDED AGREEMENT, YOU SHOULD STOP USING THIS WEBSITE AND RELATED SERVICES.
2. For material changes, we will also provide more significant notices (we may explain the specific changes of this Agreement by ways including but not limited to email, SMS or special notices on this Website).
3. We will also archive the historical version of this Agreement for your reference.
4. IN CASE OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO INTERRUPT OR TERMINATE THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO YOU WITHOUT NOTICE:
X. Contact Us
1) According to applicable laws, you should submit authentic information, and the personal data you provide is not genuine or inconsistent with the information at the time of application, and you fail to provide reasonable evidence;
2) You violate applicable laws or this Agreement;
3) In accordance with applicable laws and regulations or requirements of competent authorities;
4) For safety reasons or other necessary circumstances.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about this Agreement, you may send a written request to the address of the Shenzhen BGI Research Institute (address: Building 11, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen, PRC) or email stoc@sto-consortium.org. Generally, we will reply within a month.