Terms and Conditions
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Version: 2.0
This is a translation provided for convenience. In the event of any discrepancy, the Hungarian version of these Terms governs.
These Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”) govern the use of the W4 Magazine website at www.w4.today and its related services (together, the “Website”). The Website is operated by Water4All Zrt. (the “Operator”).
Please read these Terms carefully before using the Website. By browsing the Website you accept the provisions of these Terms that apply to visitors. A user account can only be created by expressly accepting these Terms and the Privacy Policy. If you do not wish to accept these Terms, please do not use the Website.
1. Operator details
| Company name | Water4All Zrt. |
|---|---|
| Registered office | Donát utca 78., 8000 Székesfehérvár, Hungary |
| Company registration number | 07-10-001570 |
| Registry court | Company Registry Court of the Székesfehérvár Regional Court |
| Tax number | 29026584-2-07 |
| water4all@water4all.hu | |
| Phone | +36 1 782 9124 |
| Hosting provider | Vercel Inc. (440 N Barranca Ave #4133, Covina, CA 91723, United States) |
2. Definitions
- Website: the W4 Magazine website at www.w4.today, its subpages and related services (such as the newsletter).
- Visitor: anyone who browses the Website without a user account.
- User: a natural person who has created a user account on the Website.
- User account (Account): a User's personal access, created by registering, to the Website's services that require registration.
- Content: any text, image, graphic, infographic, diagram, video, data or other material published on the Website.
- Professional content: Content published on the Website's professional platform and intended specifically for professionals, available to Users only.
- Newsletter: the regular email update the Operator sends about the Website's content.
3. The Website and its services
W4 Magazine is a professional platform for the water, wastewater, biogas and energy sectors, publishing editorial and republished content.
Content is available at three access levels:
- Public content: available to anyone, without registration.
- Registered content: available with a free User account. All Professional content belongs here.
- Subscriber content: will be available with a paid subscription to be introduced in the future.
The Website currently offers no paid services. If a paid subscription is introduced, its terms (price, payment method, right of withdrawal, cancellation) will be governed by separate terms published before launch.
The Operator may determine and change the access level of any Content. This does not affect rights a User has already acquired for a fee.
Users cannot upload public content or post comments on the Website.
4. Registration and user accounts
4.1 Eligibility
A User account may be created by a natural person aged 16 or over who accepts these Terms and the Privacy Policy. Each person may hold one User account. Creating an Account on behalf of another person, or with false information, is prohibited.
4.2 How to register
You can register in the following ways:
- With your email address: you enter your name and email address, accept these Terms and the Privacy Policy, and enter the 6-digit sign-in code sent to that address, or click the sign-in link in the same email. The code and the link can be used once and are valid for 10 minutes. The Website does not use or store passwords.
- With a Google or LinkedIn account: you identify yourself with the chosen provider, which then passes your name and email address to the Operator.
In both cases registration is completed by filling in your profile, where you enter your company or organisation, your role and the sector(s) you work in. These are required to use the Account: registered Content is not available until the profile is complete. Users registering with a Google or LinkedIn account accept these Terms and the Privacy Policy when completing their profile.
If you sign in with a Google or LinkedIn account whose email address matches an existing Account, that sign-in method is linked to the existing Account and no new Account is created.
4.3 Information on concluding the contract electronically
The contract between the User and the Operator is concluded electronically when registration is completed. It is not a written contract and is not filed by the Operator; it consists of these Terms and the information provided during registration, and can be accessed afterwards through the Terms always available on the Website. The language of the contract is Hungarian.
Input errors can be corrected in the form fields before submitting the registration, and in the Account settings afterwards.
4.4 Account security
The Account is personal and may not be transferred or shared. Access to the Account is through your email account or your Google or LinkedIn account, so you are responsible for keeping these secure. If you notice any misuse of your Account, you must notify the Operator without delay.
4.5 Accuracy of information
You must provide true and up-to-date information and update it in your Account settings if it changes. You are responsible for the consequences of providing false information.
4.6 Closing your Account
You may close your Account at any time, without giving a reason, in your Account settings or by email to the Operator. Closing the Account ends the contract, and the personal data linked to the Account is deleted as described in the Privacy Policy.
4.7 Suspension or closure by the Operator
The Operator may suspend or close an Account if the User breaches these Terms, in particular by any of the prohibited conduct in section 7. In case of serious or repeated breach, closure may take place without prior notice.
Accounts that have not been signed in to for 3 years are closed. The Operator notifies the User by email at least 30 days beforehand; signing in once keeps the Account.
5. Newsletter
You can subscribe to the Newsletter when registering or completing your profile, in your Account settings, or without an Account by entering your email address. Subscriptions without an Account become valid once you click the confirmation link sent by email. You can unsubscribe at any time, free of charge, using the unsubscribe link in every Newsletter or in your Account settings. The Privacy Policy sets out the detailed rules on processing data for the Newsletter.
6. Intellectual property
6.1 Copyright
Content published on the Website is protected under Hungarian Act LXXVI of 1999 on Copyright. Rights in the Content belong to the Operator, the authors, or third parties who have licensed the Content.
6.2 Permitted use
Visitors and Users may use the Content for their own personal, non-commercial information. Content may be quoted with attribution to the source and author, to an extent justified by the purpose of the quotation. Links to the Content may be shared freely.
6.3 Prohibited use
Without the Operator's prior written permission, it is prohibited to reproduce, distribute, communicate to the public, adapt or commercially exploit the whole or a substantial part of any Content. A complete article may only be republished with written permission and attribution. Removing copyright or other rights notices from the Content is prohibited.
6.4 Text and data mining, artificial intelligence
Pursuant to Section 35/A of the Hungarian Copyright Act and Article 4(3) of Directive (EU) 2019/790, the Operator expressly reserves the use of the Content for text and data mining. Without the Operator's prior written permission, automated collection of the Content, and its use for training, fine-tuning or generating output from artificial intelligence systems, is prohibited. The editorial team's principles on the use of artificial intelligence are set out in the AI Policy.
6.5 Trademarks
The W4 name and logo and other marks on the Website are protected marks of the Operator or third parties. They may not be used without the Operator's prior written consent in any way that suggests a connection with, sponsorship by or endorsement from the Operator.
7. Rules for using the Website
When using the Website, it is prohibited to:
- circumvent the access levels, or access or pass on registered or subscriber Content without authorisation;
- share or transfer an Account, or use another person's Account;
- download or collect Content in bulk using automated tools (such as bots or scrapers);
- interfere with or overload the Website, circumvent its security, or attempt to do so;
- distribute or place malicious code (such as viruses);
- deceive or impersonate others, or provide false information;
- use the Website for any unlawful purpose or in a way that infringes the rights of others.
8. Material sent by users
If a Visitor or User sends the Operator material for publication (such as a press release, article proposal or image), they warrant that they hold the rights needed to use it and that it does not infringe the rights of third parties. By sending the material, the sender grants the Operator a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to publish it, edited or unedited, on the Website and the Operator's other channels. The Operator is not obliged to publish material it receives.
9. Sponsored content and editorial independence
Sponsored content and information relating to partner organisations may appear on the Website. Sponsored content is clearly marked. Sponsors do not influence editorial content.
Sponsors receive only aggregated, anonymous statistics about Users (for example, how many readers work in a given sector). No figures are released for groups smaller than ten, and Users' names, email addresses, companies and roles are never passed to sponsors.
10. Links
10.1 Links to other websites
The Website may contain links to websites operated by third parties. The Operator is not responsible for their content, operation or privacy practices; a link does not imply endorsement.
10.2 Linking to the Website
You may link to the Website freely, provided that the link does not suggest a connection with, sponsorship by or endorsement from the Operator, does not harm the Operator's reputation, and does not display the Website within another website (framing). Links must be removed at the Operator's request.
11. Liability
Content published on the Website is for information only. It does not constitute professional, technical, legal or investment advice and does not replace a decision made by a professional with knowledge of the specific situation. Content does not necessarily reflect the Operator's views.
The Operator publishes Content to the best of its knowledge and with careful editing, but does not warrant that it is complete, accurate or up to date, or that the Website will be available continuously and without errors.
In particular, the Operator is not liable for:
- damage resulting from decisions based on the Content;
- damage resulting from technical faults, maintenance or unavailability of the Website;
- the content of external websites linked from the Website;
- damage resulting from unauthorised use of the User's email account or Google or LinkedIn account;
- damage resulting from unlawful conduct by third parties (such as cyberattacks).
These limitations do not apply to liability for breaches committed intentionally or with gross negligence, or for breaches causing harm to life, physical integrity or health (Section 6:152 of the Hungarian Civil Code), and do not affect mandatory rights that consumers have under the law.
12. User liability
Visitors and Users are liable for damage caused to the Operator or third parties by breaching these Terms. If a third party brings a claim against the Operator because of a Visitor's or User's unlawful conduct, that person must hold the Operator harmless from the resulting damage and costs.
13. Availability and changes to the Website
The Operator may change the structure, appearance, features and Content of the Website at any time, and may suspend or discontinue individual services. The Website may be temporarily unavailable during maintenance or development. The Operator will notify Users by email at least 30 days before permanently discontinuing services that require registration.
14. Data protection
Information on the processing of personal data is set out in the Privacy Policy, which is always available on the Website.
15. Complaints and contact
You can send questions and complaints about the Website to water4all@water4all.hu or by post to the Operator's registered office. We investigate complaints and respond in substance within 30 days of receipt.
If a complaint is rejected, a User who qualifies as a consumer may turn to the conciliation body competent for their place of residence or stay, or for the Operator's registered office. The body competent for the Operator's registered office is the Fejér County Conciliation Board (Hosszúsétatér 4–6., 8000 Székesfehérvár, Hungary).
16. Changes to these Terms
The Operator may amend these Terms. The amended Terms take effect when published on the Website.
The Operator will inform Users of material changes affecting them at least 15 days before they take effect, by email or by a notice shown when signing in. If you do not accept the changes, you may close your Account before they take effect. Continuing to use the Website after the changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the amended Terms. The Operator may require express acceptance of the amended Terms as a condition of continuing to use the Account.
17. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by Hungarian law, in particular Act V of 2013 on the Civil Code and Act CVIII of 2001 on electronic commerce services.
The parties will first try to settle any dispute amicably. Failing that, the dispute will be decided by the court with competence and jurisdiction under Act CXXX of 2016 on the Code of Civil Procedure. Statutory jurisdiction and other rights of Users who qualify as consumers cannot be limited.
18. Final provisions
If any provision of these Terms is invalid or unenforceable, the validity of the remaining provisions is not affected.
The Operator's failure to exercise a right does not constitute a waiver of that right.
These Terms are available in Hungarian and English. In the event of any discrepancy, the Hungarian version governs.