Terms of Use

Terms of Use — The Socioscope

1. Who we are. The Socioscope is a research project of the Institut d'Études Avancées de Paris (IEA), 17 quai d'Anjou, 75004 Paris, France ("we", "us"). These Terms govern your use of thesocioscope.org (the "Site"), including suggesting edits to an initiative's page and using the Exchange board. By using the Site or submitting content, you accept these Terms.

2. Our role. We author and publish initiative pages. Where an initiative suggests edits, we review every suggestion and decide what to publish. Content we publish is our editorial responsibility.

3. Suggesting edits to your initiative's page. You may suggest changes to the page of an initiative you represent. When you do, you agree that:

• the information is truthful and about your own initiative;
• you will not include photos or video of people who have not agreed to appear on the Socioscope and have signed consent forms;
• you will not include sensitive personal information about anyone (health, religion, ethnicity, political opinions, trade-union membership, sexual life, or similar);
• you will not submit anything unlawful, misleading, defamatory, or infringing.

We review suggestions before publishing and may edit, decline, or remove content that doesn't meet these Terms. Submitting a suggestion is a request to publish; it does not guarantee publication.

4. Licence to the content you submit. So that we can run the Site and carry out and share our research, you grant IEA a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, display, translate, adapt, and use the text, images, and other materials you submit, on the Site and in connection with the Socioscope research project, including sharing with academic research partners under data-protection agreements. This licence continues for materials already used in published research even if your page is later removed; otherwise it ends when the content is removed. It covers intellectual-property rights in the materials and is separate from the data-protection consent needed for personal data of identifiable people (see the Privacy Policy).

5. The Exchange board. The Exchange board lets initiatives share what they offer and seek. You must not post unlawful, fraudulent, or misleading listings. We offer the board as a service; we do not vet, endorse, recommend, or facilitate any listing, and nothing on the board is a recommendation to buy from, fund, partner with, or otherwise engage with an initiative. We review listings before publishing and may decline or remove them.

6. Acceptable use. Do not misuse the Site: no unlawful, infringing, harmful, or deceptive activity; no attempts to access accounts or data that aren't yours; no disruption of the Site.

7. Intellectual property. Content we author, including researcher-documented material, belongs to IEA or its licensors and may not be reused without permission, except as the law allows.

8. Disclaimers and liability. The Site is provided for research and information. To the extent permitted by French law, we make no warranties about the accuracy or completeness of initiative-supplied content and exclude liability for it. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

9. Data protection. We handle personal data as described in our Privacy Policy.

10. Changes. We may update these Terms; the "Last updated" date will change, and we will flag significant changes.

11. Governing law. These Terms are governed by French law, and disputes fall under the competent French courts, subject to any mandatory consumer protections.

12. Contact. thesocioscope.org@gmail.com · IEA, 17 quai d'Anjou, 75004 Paris, France.