Juridisk Disclosure

IMPORTANT LEGAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS QUAKE-CATCHER NETWORK (QCN) WEB SITE (http://qcn.stanford.edu)

All use of the QCN Web site is subject to the conditions and qualifications below. By viewing, downloading electronic material, and/or clicking hyperlinks found within the QCN Web site, you (and/or any parties you may represent) agree to accept those conditions and qualifications.

No Warranties; Limitation of Liability. This Web site (and associated seismic and education projects) includes information, documents, and materials, software, drivers, data, hyperlinks (collectively, the “Contents”) that are subject to change without notice. The QCN expressly disclaims any obligation to keep the Contents up to date or free of errors or viruses, or to maintain uninterrupted access to this Web site.This Web site (including all Contents) is provided “AS IS.” Users of this Web site should understand that all Contents have been electronically converted from the media from which originals were produced. The QCN has not tested or verified the accuracy or completeness of the conversion process.

The QCN assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in any Contents, including Contents that are referred to by or linked (by hypertext links) to third-party Web sites. The QCN makes no representations or warranties for the Contents or third-party Web sites or for any products or services mentioned or offered in the Contents or in third-party Web sites.

The QCN disclaims any express or implied warranties related to the use of this Web site, of any or all of the Contents, and of third-party Web sites, herunder, without limitation, merchantability, suitability, non-infringement, or fitness for any particular purpose.

AS IS. All Contents (including but not limited to software, drivers, instruction manuals, and data) may contain errors, bugs, and/or viruses. By visiting qcn.stanford.edu and downloading or installing any Content from qcn.stanford.edu, end users acknowledge that he/she/they do so at his/her/their own risk. QCN cannot be held liable for any damages that may occur as a result of documented or undocumented issues with the Content.

The QCN is not and shall not be liable for any errors contained in this QCN Web site or for any damages arising out of or related to the use of this QCN Web site or any site Contents, herunder, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, whether under a contract, tort, or any other theory of liability, even if the QCN is aware of the possibility of errors or damages.

Applicable Laws. The QCN operates this site from its offices within the State of California, United States of America. The QCN makes no representation that site Contents are appropriate or available for use in any location, and access to Contents from jurisdictions where such access is illegal is prohibited. De, der vælger at få adgang til dette websted gøre det på eget initiativ og er ansvarlig for at overholde gældende love i deres jurisdiktioner. De betingelser og forbehold, der er indeholdt i den QCN websted vil blive konstrueret i overensstemmelse med lovene i staten Californien, United States of America, uden hensyn til konflikt af lovbestemmelser.

Ansvar. Quake-Catcher Network og tilknyttede forskningsenheder (Leland Stanford Junior University, University of California i Riverside, University of California i Los Angeles, University of California i Berkeley, University of California i San Diego, California Institute of Technology, og University of Delaware), tilknyttede pædagogiske enheder (K-12 skoler, museer), og finansiering agenter (National Science Foundation, Southern California Earthquake center, UPS, og de Incorporated forskningsinstitutioner for Seismologi), kumulativt den “QCN Affiliates” påtager sig intet ansvar for skader på din computer, tab af data, eller enhver anden hændelse eller tilstand, der kan opstå som et resultat af at besøge qcn.stanford.edu eller deltage i Quake-Catcher Network til ethvert formål.

QCN og QCN Affiliates give deltagerne Softwaren (»Virtual seismometeret Network’ / »Quake Catcher Network’ / »QCN ') AS-IS og MED ALLE DEFEKT. Besøgende og deltagerne anerkender, at QCN og QCN Affiliates ikke vil give brugeren med enhver vedligeholdelse eller support til Softwaren. De QCN og QCN Affiliates fremsætter ingen erklæringer og udvider ingen garantier af nogen art, hverken udtrykkelige eller stiltiende. Den QCN og QCN Affiliates fraskriver sig enhver udtrykkelig eller stiltiende garanti for salgbarhed, for egnethed til et bestemt formål, eller ikke-krænkelse. The Quake-Catcher Network is not liable for any direct or indirect damages in connection with the use of the Software.

Among other things, Stanford is not responsible for:

  1. any damage to the laptop computer, desktop computer, personal property, or injury to persons as a result of
    • repetitively accessing the internal or external accelerometer using QCN software,
    • actions the participant might take while manipulating the accelerometer and associated software,
    • Engaging in activities described by online Content.
  2. any distress to participant caused by interpretation of individual or aggregated acceleration data displayed through QCN Content.
  3. any actions, inactions, damages, or injuries resulting from third party presentation or reproduction of QCN Content.
  4. any actions, inactions, damages, or injuries resulting from fraudulent accelerations reported to QCN issued by participant computers.

Privacy Policy. The participant understands that the non-personal data (acceleration data) and metadata (eksempelvis, sensor location, timing information) collected by his/her computer (and associated sensor) will be shared publicly online. By participating in the Quake-Catcher Network you agree to and confirm that you understand provisions and conditions set forth in the Quake-Catcher Network’s Privacy Policy.

Minors. We do not collect or disseminate information regarding the age of the visitors (participants and non-participants alike) in any form. The private information for young and adult visitors are protected identically. QCN will not tolerate nor maintain any Content that displays any Ad(s), Link(s), or Referral Button(s) på enhver QCN-relateret webside eller nogen QCN websted, der indeholder pornografisk, hade-relateret, voldelig, eller ulovligt indhold. QCN kan ikke stoppe besøger deltagere fra midlertidigt at tilføje upassende indhold til deltager-beslægtede former og fora, men vil reagere og fjerner alle identificerede forekomster af et sådant indhold. Konti der er forbundet med frembringelsen af ​​verificeret pornografisk, hade-relateret, voldelig, eller ulovligt indhold vil blive afbrudt øjeblikkeligt.

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The availability of any Contents through this Web site does not constitute a transfer of any copyrights, varemærker, or other intellectual property rights of the QCN to any Web-site user or to any third party. This Web site and the Contents are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws, both as individual works and as a compilation. You cannot delete any copyright or similar notice from any Contents you obtain from this Web site.

Data Sharing. End users may download, augment, og deler elektronisk eller gengives seismisk metadata og / eller seismiske bølgeformsdata indsamles gennem Quake-Catcher Network under følgende betingelser:

  1. Slutbrugeren ikke købe eller sælge de seismiske meta-data og bølgeform data.
  2. Når det er muligt, slutbrugeren vil anerkende / referere til Quake-Catcher Network i enhver og alle reproduktioner, publikationer, præsentationer afledt af sådanne waveform data og / eller metadata. The citation bør “Cochran, E.S., J.F. Lawrence, C. Christensen, og R. Jakken, Den Quake-Catcher Network: Citizen videnskab ekspanderende seismiske horisonter, Seismologiske Research Letters, 80, 26-30, 2009.”

Privacy Policy

The qcn.stanford.edu Privacy Policy:

Introduction:

Thank you for visiting the Quake-Catcher Network’s Web site, qcn.stanford.edu. We know privacy is an important issue for our visitors, and we want you to know that QCN takes privacy seriously. Please take a minute to review our qcn.stanford.edu privacy policy, which describes what types and categories of personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable information we collect from visitors to qcn.stanford.edu, the purposes for which we use this information, and the categories of third parties to whom and under what circumstances we disclose this information. This policy only applies to information we collect through qcn.stanford.edu and for qcn.stanford.edu through Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC boinc.stanford.edu).

The Collection of Information on qcn.stanford.edu:

Ikke-deltager Viewer:

Når besøgende adgang qcn.stanford.edu, QCN muligvis automatisk indsamle ikke-personligt identificerbare oplysninger om dem, herunder, blandt andet, de links besøgende bruger til at nå frem til qcn.stanford.edu, domænet og vært, hvorfra de besøgende adgang til internettet, den type webbrowser, som de besøgende bruger, den type operativsystem i brug, IP-adresser, og antallet og hyppigheden af ​​besøgende, der besøger forskellige sider af vores hjemmeside.

Deltager Viewer:

Vi indsamler kun personligt identificerbare oplysninger om besøgende, når de frivilligt sende det til os. For eksempel, vi bede om oplysninger, når en besøgende tilmelder sig en konto eller tjeneste via qcn.stanford.edu. We also ask for a visitor’s name and email address if the visitor wants to submit a question to us via email message or wishes to link to qcn.stanford.edu. All visitors who create accounts are asked for country and postal code information.

Visitors who participate in online seismic data acquisition through the distributed computing program, BOINC (http://qcn.stanford.edu), may choose to enter their sensor location (longitude and latitude) (i) into an online web form, (ii) automatically based on IPAddress lookup with GeoIP, (iii) via a GoogleMap, eller (iv) via an online Google address lookup button. Information from the latter two methods necessarily transfers location information to and from Google.com, but does not transfer any other information associated with the query. If option (iv) is used, the address information is erased after the form is submitted, og ingen post gemmes. Nøjagtigheden af ​​GeoIP opslag overfører en IP-adresse Maxmind, og modtager omtrentlige længde-og breddegrad information. Den besøgende Deltageren kan vælge at dele den placering en omtrentlig position (med præcision op til ca 0.1 til 1km) eller den nøjagtige placering, forudsat. Ingen garanti for, at slutbrugeren giver en præcis placering. Kort over strømføleren, og i nogle tilfælde, tidligere sensor placeringer er illustreret i forskellige steder online.

Indsamling af oplysninger via BOINC:

Online profil sider genereres automatisk på qcn.stanford.edu ved hjælp af oplysninger indsamlet gennem BOINC. En online host-detaljer side er oprettet for hver deltager i qcn.stanford.edu / sensor og qcn.stanford.edu / løbende. Den detalje