Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website Terms and Conditions (Updated 30th October 2020)

 

Thank you for visiting our site, which is operated by the Journal of Elite Sport Performance.  Our terms and conditions of our website are outlined in this document for you, and include information on:

• Acceptable uses of our website and content

• Content and links to our copyright policies

• Disclaimers

These terms and conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of the Journal of Elite Sport Performance website.  By using our Website which is owned and controlled by the Journal of Elite Sport Performance you agree to be bound by these Terms. You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms and that they comply with them. If you do not accept these Terms, you should not use this Website. Any reference to “you” or “your” is a reference to you as a user of the Journal of Elite Sport Performance website.  References in these Terms to “Journal of Elite Sport Performance”, ‘‘JoESP’’ (or “we”, “us” or “our”).

 

For questions about these Terms and Conditions, please contact:

info@journalofelitesportperformance.com

 

These Terms and Conditions may change –

Please ensure to review the Terms and Conditions of the Journal of Elite Sport Performance as we may revise these Terms. It is your responsibility to check these Terms periodically for any changes. If you do not agree to the Terms and Conditions you may not use the Website. Your continued use of the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website will mean that you agree and are bound to any Terms and Conditions as changed. 

 

Provided Services –

Journal of Elite Sport Performance offers a range of services on the website. To ensure our users gain the best experience we are constantly updating our website and its content and services. By agreeing to the Terms and Conditions of the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website you acknowledge and agree that Journal of Elite Sport Performance can stop offering any of its services, at any time, be that permanently or temporarily, without any prior notice. The Journal of Elite Sport Performance can disable any accounts associated with the services or files associated with your account at any time. If you wish to stop using our services at any time you have no requirement to inform Journal of Elite Sport Performance of your decision to do so.  

 

Intellectual property rights –

The content, layout, design, data, databases, trademarks, logos and graphics on the Website are owned by the Journal of Elite Sport Performance and protected by intellectual property laws. Any rights not specifically granted in these Terms are reserved.

 

Digital Millennium Copyright Act -

Please contact info@journalofelitesportperformance.com If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that a user on Journal of Elite Sport Performance  Website has infringed upon any of your copyrights to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.

 

Content Disclaimer –

All reasonable care is taken to ensure that the information on the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website is up to date and correct.  Any information presented or shared on the web pages of the Journal of Elite Sport Performance is provided in good faith.  No guarantee by the Journal of Elite Sport Performance is made of the accuracy of any of the information provided on the Website.  The statements and opinions contained in the articles published in the Journal of Elite Sport Performance are solely those of the individual or collaborating authors and contributors and not the Journal of Elite Sport Performance, its editors, associate editors or reviewers. The Journal of Elite Sport Performance its editors, associate editors, reviewers and authors which contribute to the website and its contents disclaim all liability of any kind that arises directly or indirectly from any use of information conveyed on this Website (www.Journal of Elite Sport Performance.com), including any damages, injury or loss incurred from such use.

 

Using our Website-

You may use our Website for the Journal of Elite Sport Performance for personal and lawful purposes only. You may download and print content from the Websites for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided that all copyright notices and trademarks are retained. You must not use our Websites for any commercial purpose.

 

Commercial purposes include:

 

• Downloading or copying Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website content or linking to a Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website for further redistribution, licensing or sale, for a fee; including any Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website content in other work that is then made available for licensing or sale, for a fee; copying, downloading or posting any Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website content on a site or service that incorporates advertising with such content; using Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website content for promotional or advertising purposes, whether direct or indirect, for a fee or otherwise; or using Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website content for the purposes of monetary gain or commercial exploitation, by means of resale, licence, loan, sale, hire, transfer or any other form of commercial exploitation.

 

Further to the above, you must not:

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• Create any derivative works of any Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website content, including the translation of, and use of Journal of Elite Sport Performance logo or without Journal of Elite Sport Performance prior written consent; remove, obscure, or change an author’s name or affiliation, Journal of Elite Sport Performance or copyright notices, policies, disclaimers, terms or other means of identification; systematically download or print any part of the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website; include, mount or distribute any of the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website content in other works (other than legally permitted and approved by the editors of Journal of Elite Sport Performance) or quotations, without an appropriate citation; upload, send, post or submit any personal data to the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website unless you have a valid legal basis; make available electronically to any third-party, any electronic copies or paper copies of any Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website content; use any web crawler or otherwise technology to index Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website content or to scrape, build databases or otherwise create permanent copies of any part of the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website; keep cached copies longer than permitted by the cache header; or misuse Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website by introducing worms, trojans, viruses, logic bombs, adware, spyware, or material which is malicious or technologically damaging which is intended to harmfully affect the operation and processes of the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website or of any computer software or hardware relating or connecting to them knowingly. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website, the servers on which our Journal of Elite Sport Performance Websites is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website. You must not attack the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website via a denial-of-service or distributed denial-of service attack.

 

Any material printed or electronically stored / downloaded from Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website in breach of these Terms, the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website will cease immediately all / any of your rights to continue use of the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

 

Content provided to us or posted on Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website –

Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website allows you to submit and receive content. All/any electronic communications and content you upload, submit, post or send to us, you are solely responsible for.  Any material you upload to Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary (unless otherwise stated on the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website). For any such content you therefore grant us a transferable, royalty free irrevocable, world-wide licence to use, copy, edit, distribute, disclose, amend, sub-licence to third parties and / or create derivative works for any purpose. To the extent moral rights attach to any material you provide, to the fullest extent permitted by law are waivered in favour of  Journal of Elite Sport Performance. The Journal of Elite Sport Performance may edit, remove, or amend any material at any time without prior notice to you.

 

You must not use the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website for any of the following:

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• to cause inconvenience annoyance or; to send mass mailings, chain letters, political campaigning, spam, or commercial solicitation; to send, use or re-use any material that is illegal, invasive of privacy, racist, offensive, abusive, harmful, defamatory, obscene, indecent, menacing, threatening, in breach of confidence or otherwise infringes the rights of a third-party; for fraudulent purposes, of which includes the impersonation of a third party or mislead or misrepresentation as to the origin of your content, ownership, source of the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website or any of its content.

 

Permission and re-use of material –

Any request for permission for use of our content including our logos or images, intellectual property not authorised in these Terms or under a subscription or licence agreement, can be made by emailing us directly info@journalofelitesportperformance.com

 

Open Access articles –

Articles published in Journal of Elite Sport Performance are expressly identified as “Open Access”. Extended rights of use are allowed in our Open Access articles without obtaining further permission from Journal of Elite Sport Performance. Information regarding such rights are outlined in the Creative Commons licence that is stated in and applicable to the article. More information on the Creative Commons License is clearly available on the Journal of Elite Sport Performance website and here.

 

Our liability to you –

The material on Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website is provided for information purposes. We endeavour to ensure that all the information provided is accurate and up to date, however the material (whether provided by us or a third party) is made available without any guarantees, conditions, warranties or representations as to its accuracy, completeness or reliability.  We advise you to obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action based on the content on Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website. The content on Journal of Elite Sport Performance is not intended to be advice on which you should depend on without considering / obtaining professional or specialist advice before abstaining from or taking any action. You should be aware that professionals or specialists in the field may have different opinions on the content on Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website material.  Due to this, and the regular advances in sport medicine, science, and performance research Journal of Elite Sport Performance recommend that our readers independently verify any information on which they choose to rely.

 

To the extent permitted by law, Journal of Elite Sport Performance specifically exclude:

All / any  warranties, conditions or representations and other terms which might otherwise be implied by common law, statute or the law of equity; and any liability or responsibility for any indirect, indirect, consequential or special damage or losses incurred by any user in connection with the Journal of Elite Sport Performance or in connection with any website(s) linked to it and/or any materials posted on it.  You agree that your use of the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website, content and material is at your own risk and that any loss(es) or damage arising from your use and/or any reliance placed on its contents or material is solely your responsibility. This does not affect Journal of Elite Sport Performance, its editors, associate editors, authors or reviewer’s liability for death or personal injury arising from negligence nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

 

 

Third-party material / links on Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website –

Journal of Elite Sport Performance does not claim ownership, take responsibility or endorse for any information, third-party products, job advertisements, guidelines, services or materials that may be described, offered, advertised or otherwise displayed on the Websites.  Third party links to other websites do not imply endorsement or approval by Journal of Elite Sport Performance. Journal of Elite Sport Performance has no control or approval over any of the contents or functionality of third-party websites and accept no responsibility for any loss or damages that may arise from your personal use of them. Journal of Elite Sport Performance, its editors, associate editors, authors or reviewers are not responsible for any website outside Journal of Elite Sport Performance Websites, and any such website use will be subject to relevant terms and conditions and privacy policies they provide.

 

 

User Submitted Content –

• By using this Website you acknowledge that you are responsible for any content that you personally upload or post to Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website and that the consequences of your actions are yours alone.

• The Journal of Elite Sport Performance is not responsible for any viruses, Trojan horses, or malicious code that may be transmitted through user submitted content. Download content provided by other site users at your own risk.

• Journal of Elite Sport Performance acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or interest from you under these Terms and Conditions in relation to any content you upload. Journal of Elite Sport Performance has no obligation to intercede in rights protection on your behalf, and you agree that you are solely responsible for protecting the rights surrounding your proprietary content.

• All content presented to you by Journal of Elite Sport Performance is protected by copyright and intellectual property rights which are owned by the content holder.

• As a user of Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website you may not modify, rent, sell, distribute, or reproduce this content, in whole or part, unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by the owner of the Content in a separate agreement.

• Journal of Elite Sport Performance reserves the right (but is not obligated) to review, flag, refuse or remove any or all content posted to its Website at any time.

• For any content which you personally submit, post or display on the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website, you retain copyright and any other rights you already hold.

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Viruses –

We do not guarantee Journal of Elite Sport Performance will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access our Websites.  As a user of Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website, any information you have access to on the, including data files, text, software or video files, are the sole responsibility of the person/author from which such content originated.  Journal of Elite Sport Performance will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service virus, attack or any other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer programs, data, equipment or other exclusive material due to your personal use, downloading of material on it or any linked website to Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website.

 

How we use your personal information –

Any personal information you may provide we will only use in accordance with our privacy policy.

 

 

Governing law and jurisdiction –

Any dispute or claim arising out of / or in connection with the Terms and Conditions, their subject matter, non-contractual disputes or claims shall be construed and governed by the laws of England and Wales. Journal of Elite Sport Performance retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these Terms and Conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant country.  Exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to and/or use of the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website is applicable to the English courts.

 

Ethics Policy –

The Journal of Elite Sport Performance has a clear and rigorous publications ethics policy. The Journal of Elite Sport Performance does not discourse inquiries or discuss actual or perceived ethical violations with individuals, organisations, media or any groups not directly involved with the matter.

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Journal of Elite Sport Performance reserves the right to modify these terms and / or conditions at any time without prior notice. Any modification of these terms will be deemed to be effective from the date and time of posting on the Journal of Elite Sport Performance Website or published within Journal of Elite Sport Performance marketing and / or publicity materials.

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These Terms and Conditions were updated on 30th October 2020.