Terms and Conditions

The UP Scorecard’s Terms and Conditions

The UP Scorecard (“UP Scorecard”, “we”, “us”, “our”) is a product of the Single-Use Material Decelerator (SUM’D). SUM’D is a fiscally sponsored project of the Healthy Building Network (HBN), a registered 503(c) non-profit organization registered under United States law. The UP Scorecard is being hosted by the Food Packaging Forum Foundation (FPF), a registered charitable organization under Swiss law.

Summary 

By accessing material on the UP Scorecard website and tool (“the Services”), you: 

Acknowledge that UP Scorecard owns the copyright in or has permission to use all materials displayed on the website https://upscorecard.org (“the Website”). You are authorized to read and use this information for your use. You are not authorized to share the materials on UP Scorecard with others by copying or sending it to them without appropriate reference. You can also tell colleagues where they can find this material for themselves. The materials displayed on the Website are protected by copyright law. 

Agree that if you choose to use the communications tools provided, including email and list servers, you give UP Scorecard full and unrestricted permission to use and republish any materials that you post to the Website in any way UP Scorecard deems fit, without compensation to you. You may not post anything to the Services that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, or offensive. You may not use this site to exploit any commercial venture with which you are involved, including mass email solicitations (spamming) of any nature. You understand that if UP Scorecard, in its sole discretion, believes you are abusing the privileges in any manner, UP Scorecard will delete your postings and may terminate without notice or liability your right to access the Services. 

Understand that THE CONTENTS OF UP Scorecard ONLINE PLATFORM AND YOUR ABILITY TO ACCESS THE SERVICES IS PROVIDED “AS IS.” UP Scorecard DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT ANY FILES THAT YOU DOWNLOAD FROM ITS SERVICES ARE VIRUS FREE. You are encouraged to use virus-checking software. You may find links from UP Scorecard to sites maintained by others. UP Scorecard has no responsibility for the contents on linked sites. 

Understand that THE CONTENTS OF UP Scorecard ONLINE PLATFORM AND YOUR ABILITY TO ACCESS THE SERVICES IS PROVIDED “AS IS.” UP Scorecard DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT ANY FILES ARE ERROR FREE. Data provided in the Services  is the result of internal and external data collection and/or modelling, and may contain errors. The user of the data is the only responsible of any decisions or action taken using these data. UP Scorecard cannot be held responsible for use or mis-use of the data even in the case of errors in the datasets. 

Agree, as a condition of being granted the right to access and use the Services, that UP Scorecard is not liable to you for anything that happens to you as a result of using any of the Services.  

Web Links to the Website 

Web links to the Website are generally allowed but must not give rise to false associations. UP Scorecard has adopted this policy on linking to the Website: 

  • Links may not use the UP Scorecard logo without the prior permission of UP Scorecard. 
  • Links may not state or imply that UP Scorecard endorses any product or service of the linking organization or that there is any relationship between the organizations without the prior permission of UP Scorecard. 
  • The link must attach to the UP Scorecard server. UP Scorecard content may not be mirrored or stored on any other site without prior permission. 
  • UP Scorecard content may not be framed on a linking site. The link must exit the linking site or open the UP Scorecard content in a new window. 
  • All references to UP Scorecard must accurately identify SUM’D and the funding sources.  
  • All links must be to the front page of the relevant topic. Deep links to specific content are not permitted (specific content pages may expire or be deleted without notice). 

For more information or to seek permission to link, contact:  info@UPscorecard.org 

Terms of Service 

By accessing materials on any UP Scorecard online platform, you:  

Acknowledge that you understand that this site is owned and operated by FPF and that it contains copyrighted material for which SUM’D (as a fiscally sponsored project of HBN) owns the copyright or has permission to use. You are authorized to download material from this Website for your  use only as long as you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices and do not sell the material. You may not modify, copy, reproduce, publish, upload, post, transmit, or distribute any material from this Website, including any programming code and software in any manner, without the express written permission of UP Scorecard. Your rights are personal and may not be assigned or transferred by you to anyone else. You are solely responsible for all access to the site originating with your identification and any password needed for site access. 

You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading any material. 

Communication Tools 

The Services may include email lists and discussion boards. UP Scorecard does not control the messages, information, or files delivered to the online communities. As a condition of use of any communication tool on this Website you may not: 

  • restrict or inhibit any other user from using them. 
  • post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, or indecent information of any kind, including, without limitation, any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, provincial, national, or international law. 
  • post or transmit any information, software, or other material that violates or infringes upon the rights of others, including material that is an invasion of the privacy or publicity rights or that is protected by copyright, trademark, or other proprietary right, or derivative works with respect thereto without first obtaining permission from the owner or right holder. 
  • post or transmit any information, software, or other material that contains a virus or other harmful component. 

Termination 

This agreement is effective until terminated. You may terminate at any time simply by no longer using the Services. UP Scorecard may terminate the Website or any of its Services at any time without notice. Additionally, UP Scorecard may terminate your right to access the Services  for violation of any of these terms of service by you at any time without notice. In the event of termination, you will no longer be authorized to access the terminated Services. The disclaimers and limitations of liabilities based on prior use of the Website as set forth in this agreement shall survive.   

Use of Likeness 

By participating in UP Scorecard Virtual Events (webinars, live sessions etc…), you acknowledge and agree to grant UP Scorecard the right to record, film, livestream, photograph, or capture your likeness in any media now available or hereafter developed and to distribute, broadcast, use, or otherwise globally to disseminate, in perpetuity, such media without any further approval from you or any payment to you. This grant to UP Scorecard includes, but is not limited to, the right to edit such media, the right to use the media alone or together with other information, and the right to allow others to use or disseminate the media.

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