Code of conduct
Any form of criticism regarding individuals or their work needs to be phrased in a respectful and professional manner. Violations of this policy can and should be reported to info@sci-an.com. We reserve the right to delete any statement regarding such content, including the account from which it originated.

sci-an is an open, inclusive, respectful and professional community. Any type of harassement, be it on the base of e.g. race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion and/or disability will not be tolerated. We reserve the right to delete any statement regarding such content, including the account from which it originated.

sci-an focuses on the sharing of scientific content. Sharing of inappropriate content like e.g. pornography, violence, self harm or similar adult and/or illegal content will not be tolerated. We reserve the right to delete any statement regarding such content, including the account from which it originated.

Harrassment or sharing of inappropriate content is not tolerated on sci-an whether it is via written statement, spoken word, or shared content.
Terms and Conditions
We currently offer sci-an free of charge to selected individuals for market research and customer feedback. For this purpose we outline a set of terms and conditions under which sci-an is available. By using sci-an (as a guest and/or account bound user) you agree to the following terms and conditions.

• The current platform sci-an and all features are free to use, however we do not guarantee any functionality mentioned in the descriptions.

• We do not guarantee a stable experience during the conference sessions and/or the time spent on the website.

• We do not guarantee the long term access to either the platform, or any shared content by any user.

• While customer support is available, we do not guarantee any response within any set timeframe.

• We reserve the right to delete user profiles without prior notice for internal reasons.

• All content uploaded on the platform has been uploaded by individual users, not by us. We thus do not take credit nor are we responsible for the shared content.

• It is the users responsibility to ensure that the shared content does not infringe any copyright and is in agreement with our code of conduct.

• If content does not follow our code of conduct, we reserve the right to delete both content and the user account under which it was shared.

• Your personal information, visibly contained within the platform, can be seen by any user attending a virtual meeting, or with account access to the plattform.

• The members allowed to enter a virtual conference are set by the individual host of that meeting, not by us. We give the host of a conference the right to invite any person they choose fitting. We are not responsible for the actions of any guest user and/or account bound user.

• Any behavior, statements and shared content that is not in agreement with our code of conduct can and should be reported to us. We reserve the right to delete any statements regarding such content, including the account from which it originated.

• In case of activity considered illegal by German law, we reserve the right to forward the content, the account which it caused and all related data for policing and legal prosecution.

• We reserve the right to change our terms and conditions without prior notice at any given time.

• The intended purpose of sci-an is to attend and organize virtual meetings within the scientific community. By using our platform you agree to adhere to this purpose by limiting yourself to sharing content with scientific value.

• We do not take responsibility for any third party action.

• By using sci-an you agree to not upload any form of malicious code and/or content that may harm the platform in its intended functionality or data security policies.

• By using sci-an you agree to not copy or recode parts or the entirety of the available source code.

• By using sci-an you agree to not attempt to harm the platform or its users in any way.
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