Terms & Conditions

Terms and Conditions

The Malta Standards Authority (hereinafter referred to as “the Authority” maintains the present site (the "Site") for your personal information, education and communication. The use of this site is subject to the present Terms and Conditions Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully before accessing or using the Site.

By accessing or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions set forth below, just as if you had signed them. If you are not willing to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, you may not access the Site.

The Authority may modify these Terms and Conditions at any time, and such modifications shall be deemed effective immediately upon posting on the Site. Any continued use of the Site shall be deemed conclusive of your acceptance of the modified Terms and Conditions.

1. Use of Site. You may freely browse the Site and may freely download material therefrom. Any and all downloaded materials may only be used by you for personal, non-commercial use. You may not distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, repost or use any of such materials for public or commercial purposes, without the express written permission of the Authority. All copyright and other proprietary notices contained in downloaded materials must be preserved and retained. All contents of the Site are copyrighted work of the Authority and/or any of the Authority’s suppliers or Directorates unless otherwise noted, and may not be used without the express written permission of the Authority or except as provided herein.

Images of people or places displayed on the Site are either the property of, or used with permission by, the Authority. The use of these images by you is strictly prohibited.

Unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright, trademark, privacy and/or publicity laws as well as communications regulations and statutes.

2. Limitations on Access. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by the Authority, any access or attempt to access other areas of the Authority computer system or other information contained on the system for any purpose is strictly prohibited. You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, other automatic or manual process or device to “screen scrape”, monitor “mine”, or copy Web pages on the Site or the content contained therein without the Authority’s express written permission. You will not spam any other user of the Site for any reason. You agree that you will not use any devices, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site. You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Authority’s infrastructure. You may not use framing techniques to enclose any of the Authority’s trademark, logo, trade name or other proprietary information, including images, frames, content, or layout/design found on any page of the Site without the Authority’s express written consent.

3. Timeliness of Information. The Authority uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up to date information and legislation having the most recent amendments in the Site, However, since information changes so quickly and legislation may be amended on a very frequent basis, the Authority shall not warrant or make representations as to its accuracy. THE AUTHORITY FURTHER ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY AS TO THE RELIABILITY, ACCURACY, VALIDITY, TIMELINESS, USEFULNESS OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION ON THE SITE. THE AUTHORITY FURTHER ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR ANY LEGISLATION AVAILABLE ON THE SITE WHICH MAY BE OUTDATED, UNAMENDED, SUPERCEDED, REPEALED OR OTHERWISE NO LONGER IN FORCE.

4. Privacy Policy. the Authority respects the privacy of its users and has created a Privacy Policy that explains users’ rights and responsibilities with respect to personal information disclosed on the Site. To read our Privacy Policy, please click here.

5, Liability. Your use of the Site is at your own risk. In no event shall the Authority or any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the Site be liable for any damage (including, without limitation, direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages, or damages resulting from lost profits, lost data or business interruption) arising out of your access to, use of or inability to access or use, the Site. This includes damages to or viruses that may infect your computer equipment. The Authority does not guarantee or warrant that files available for download from this Site will be free of infection from viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that manifests contaminating or destructive properties. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the Site is provided to you "AS IS" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.

Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the exclusion of implied warranties.

6. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Authority, its officers, directors, employees, agents, suppliers and third party partners from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable legal and lawyers’ fees, resulting from any violation by you of these Terms and Conditions.

7. Confidentiality. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in our Privacy Policy, any communication or material that you transmit to, or post on, the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including but not limited to, any data, questions, comments, suggestions or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and nonproprietary information. The Authority, or any of its Directorates, may use such communication or material for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and further posting. Further the Authority, and its Directorates, are free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any communication or material you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products.

8. Trademarks. The trademarks, logos and service marks (collectively, the "Trademarks") displayed on the Site are registered and unregistered trademarks of the Authority and others. In addition, all page headers, custom graphics, button icons and scripts are service marks, trademarks and or trade dress of the Authority and may not be copied, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of the Authority. You acknowledge that the Trademarks used and displayed on this site are and shall remain the sole property of the Authority or the Trademark owner. Nothing contained in this Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right in and to the

Trademarks without the express written permission of the Authority or the Trademark owner. Your misuse of the Trademarks on the Site and in its contents, except as provided in these Terms and Conditions, is strictly prohibited. You are advised that the Authority will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights in the Site and its contents to the fullest extent of the law, including by seeking criminal sanctions.

9. Copyrights. The Authority grants you the privilege of accessing and viewing the text, graphics, audio, design, images, charts and other content (the “the Authority Content”) on the Site solely for your personal, non-commercial use. The Authority may revoke such privilege at any time with or without notice for any reason or no reason. Any and all the Authority Content, software and other works on the Site and any reproductions of any of the foregoing (collectively, "Works") are the copyrighted works of the Authority and/or its suppliers, and are protected under U.S. and worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions. Other than the limited grant of access to and viewing of the te Authority Content set forth above, the Authority grants you no other privileges or rights in any of the Works. You acknowledge that any other use of the Works, including without limitation, reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display, or performance, without the prior written permission of the Authority, is strictly prohibited.

10. No Endorsement. Certain links on the Site lead to resources located on servers that are not maintained by the Authority or under its control. We provide such links merely for our users’ convenience. the Authority is not responsible for the content of any such referenced Web Sites or for the availability of access to such web sites. Inclusion on the Site of any link to another web site, or any reference to any product or service by trade name, trademark manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply an endorsement or recommendation by the Authority. Access to other sites linked to this Site is at your own risk, and we disclaim all liability with regard to your access to such linked sites.

11. Void Where Prohibited. Although the information on this Site is accessible worldwide, not all products or services discussed in this Site are available to all persons or in all geographic locations or jurisdictions. the Authority reserves the right to limit provision of our products or services to any person, geographic region or jurisdiction and/or to limit the quantities of any products or services we provide. Any offer for any product or service made in the materials on this Site is void where prohibited.

12. Miscellaneous. These Terms and Conditions, together with the Privacy Policy and any aother agreement that may be entered into by you and the Authority in connection with a specific product or service of the Authority, constitute the entire agreement between you and the Authority and supersede any and all other agreements, representations and understandings, whether written or oral. These Terms and Conditions may not be modified or amended by you without the prior written consent of the Authority. the Authority may modify or amend these Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy at any time without notice to you. You should regularly review these Terms and Conditions for any modifications or amendments to these Terms and Conditions as your continued use of the Site after a modification or amendment signify your assent and agreement to these Terms and Conditions, as amended. If any clause or provision set forth in these Terms and Conditions is determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future law, then, you understand and agree that the clause or provision so determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable shall be severable without affecting the enforceability of all remaining clauses or provisions.

These Terms and Conditions and your use of the Site and any products and services provided by the Site shall be governed by the laws of Malta. The headings used in these Terms and Conditions are for convenience only and such headings are not to be used in determining the meaning or interpretation of these Terms and Conditions.