Terms of Service
This Periodikos Terms of Services is a legal agreement among you on the one hand, and Periodikos on the other hand. The following Terms of Service govern your use of the Periodikos web site and all of the products and services offered by Periodikos.
If you do not agree to these Terms of Service, you are not authorized to access or use the Periodikos web site or the services provided here. By using the Periodikos web site or the services provided thereon, you agree to be, and are, bound by these Terms of Service, as well as any additional terms, specific to the particular services for which you register. These Terms of Service may be updated from time to time, so please check back frequently. You acknowledge and agree that your continued use of the Periodikos web site and services after any such update signifies your acceptance of such modified Terms of Service.
By using this web site, you signify you have read and accepted the Terms of Service of this web site and the services offered by Periodikos. If you do not agree to these conditions, do not use the web site.
The Periodikos service that allows owners of science, technology and medical journals, magazines and periodicals to create, host and manage an online web site is maintained by Cubo Multmidia LTDA - ME, trading as Periodikos.
By registering for an account you acknowledge that you are the owner or legal representative of the periodical for which you are creating a web site and that it is an open access journal.
You are responsible for the privacy and storage of your username and password.
You agree that all activities, which can be traced to your username and password, are deemed as having been performed by yourself and are legally binding to you.
The periodical for which you are creating a web site is registered and have obtained ISSN numbers from the appropriate agency (https://www.issn.org/).
You have informed the ISSN numbers in the appropriate fields within the Periodikos dashboard and agree to he held responsible should they prove to be fake or related to another periodical.
You agree to provide only accurate and true information on your web site and accept the responsibility to keep all information always updated, publishing corrections or notices whenever required.
You acknowledge and agree to only keep your web site without a valid ISSN number (https://portal.issn.org/) while in the process of obtaining it from the appropriate agency (https://www.issn.org/), provided that you send documentation or evidence to prove this process to helpdesk@periodikos.com.br.
You accept responsibility for all content published in the web site created using your account, in accordance with generally applicable laws. Periodikos does not assume any liability for content published by you. You exempt Periodikos from any claim that may arise from third parties as a result of web site content. You are to be held solely responsible. Periodikos reserves the right to exclude you from using this service and close or suspend your web site should you provide false information or fail to comply with this Terms of Service.
You are solely responsible for all activities traced back to your account and you will immediately notify Periodikos of any maluse or suspicion of unauthorized use of your account or any other potential security breach. Periodikos will not be responsible for any losses and / or damages resulting from unauthorized access or use of your account.
Any illegal use of the service is strictly prohibited, in the form of information containing any racist or discriminatory content and any such usage may be considered as harassment to an individual or an organization.
You acknowledge that Periodikos delivers your web site content via major telecommunications companies and mobile network providers that can therefore influence the delivery of your published content within the technical constraints imposed by the above mentioned providers.
If you do not agree with our Terms of Service or if you are not satisfied with our web site or any of the Periodikos services, your sole remedy is to discontinue your use of the web site and services.
Periodikos reserves the right to modify, alter, change, suspend, remove, enhance, supplement, disable access to, terminate or discontinue all or any portion of the Periodikos web site and/or services at any time in its sole discretion while working to make the platform better for its intended use and users, without notice, cost or liability, provided that those modifications do not materially and adversely affect your rights or obligations under these Terms of Service. Periodikos will not be liable to you or any third party as a result of such modification of the Periodikos web site or services. You agree that from time to time the Periodikos web site and/or services may be inaccessible, unavailable or inoperable for any reason without notice, cost or liability.
You acknowledge and agree that the free domain (https://app.periodikos.com.br/journal/CLIENTID) is made available by Periodikos only as a convenience for your use while transitioning to custom domains or during maintenances, and that your should not disclose this domain to your visitors nor use it as the official domain for your web site.
You acknowledge and agree that the free domain (http://www.CLIENTID.periodikos.com.br) can be used by your web site while your account remains on the free plan, but this domain does not include and does not allow for the inclusion of SSL Security Certificates.
Periodikos may change the free plan features at any time without any notice.
Periodikos paid plans value may be altered given 30 days notice in advance to current users.
No refunds or credits for subscription charges or other fees or payments will be provided to you if you elect to downgrade or cancel your service plan. Downgrading your service plan may cause loss of content, features, or capacity of the service as available to you under your account, and Periodikos does not accept any liability for such loss.
This Term of Service is governed by the laws in force in the Federative Republic of Brazil. The court district of São Carlos, SP, Brazil is elected to resolve disputes or doubts arising from the use of our web site or related to these Terms of Service, to the exclusion of any other, however privileged it may be. Complaints and violations of the Terms of Service should be reported to helpdesk@periodikos.com.br.
The Service is provided on an “AS IS” basis.
You agree not to do any of the following:
- Sell or resell the services we provide without our express written consent,
- Reverse engineer (or make any attempt to discover the source code of the Service), disassemble, modify, decompile, alter, duplicate, or make copies of the Service, or the Site,
- Access the service by any means other than through the interfaces that are provided by Periodikos for use in accessing the service,
- Modify or alter your Periodikos web site of the scope of the customization options available in the Periodikos dashboard,
- Remove or alter the Periodikos logo and branding from your Periodikos web site in any way.
- Use Periodikos to create web sites other than for open access science, technology and medical journals, magazines or periodicals, including but not limited to product or companies web sites,
- Publish any content for which the intellectual or copyright owner has not given you explicit permission, or content that infringes any patents, trademarks etc.,
- Publish any type of illegal content including but not limited to racist, threatening, defamatory, obscene or otherwise illegal or offensive content.