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UPM’S BIOFORE SHARE AND CARE TOOL – TERMS OF USE

Please read these terms and conditions carefully before accessing this service and using the Biofore Share and Care Tool.

By accessing this service and by submitting an application to UPM’s Biofore Share and Care Tool you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions. Do not access this service or use the Biofore Share and Care Tool if you do not agree to all of the following terms and conditions.

  1. Submitting an application

Applications submitted via the following link https://upm.optimytool.com/en/ (hereinafter referred to as Biofore Share and Care Tool) are processed by UPM-Kymmene Corporation, with registered domicile at Alvar Aallon katu 1, 00100 Helsinki, Finland and business ID 1041090-0, and/or its subsidiaries (hereinafter referred to as UPM, we, us or our, as the context requires).

Submitting an application to the Biofore Share and Care Tool does not constitute or imply the grant of any sponsorship or any other rights by us. If an application is accepted, we notify the applicant thereof. We have the right to choose applicants at our sole discretion and reserve the right to reject applications whose values do not correspond with our values or other aspects of our policies. If an application is rejected, we are not obligated to provide reasons for rejection nor do we grant any right to a possibility to appeal or to claim for damages on the basis of rejection.

Use of our Biofore Share and Care Tool is free. However, you are personally responsible for all other costs incurred following the submission or participation of any application or initiative (e.g. administrative costs, costs for internet connection, etc.), and you cannot claim any refund or contribution in these costs from us.

By submitting material to our Biofore Share and Care Tool, you as provider of material agree to the following terms. The material submitted is owned by you and/or you are entitled to provide it to us. You agree to indemnify us if any third party takes action against us in relation to the material you submit. You agree not to take action against us in relation to material that you submit. You do your best to remove viruses and other contaminating or destructive features before submitting material. We reserve the right to at any time and for any reason remove or delete any material submitted to us. UPM is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy.

By submitting an application to the Biofore Share and Care Tool, you acknowledge that UPM processes your personal information in connection with using the Biofore Share and Care Tool in accordance with UPM’s Privacy Statement. You can find UPM’s Privacy Statement here: https://privacy.upm.com/#cid_133926

  1. Intellectual Property Rights

The contents of the Biofore Share and Care Tool are owned by us. UPM’s Biofore Share and Care Tool is copyright to us. All rights reserved for all countries. The trademark "UPM" and all other trademarks of UPM (whether referred to in UPM’s Biofore Share and Care Tool or not), are trademarks of UPM. Your accessing or using this tool is not to be interpreted as granting any license or right to use any marks which can be found on this tool.

Unless explicitly specified otherwise, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, permanent, irrevocable, sub-licensable, and free license to distribute and include all documents and contributions you upload on our Biofore Share and Care Tool and via all possible means, including external websites, in its advertising and/or information messages and in other media files.

You shall not reproduce, copy, transfer, distribute or store any part or all of the contents of the Biofore Share and Care Tool in any form including but not limited to framing, creating any derivative works based on this service or any part of it, incorporation into other websites, electronic retrieval systems or publications without our prior written permission. However, we consent to you storing on your computer or printing copies of extracts from this tool for your personal use only and not for redistribution, provided that you do not harm our reputation or business and provided that any such copy or print retains all copyright or other proprietary notices and legends and any disclaimer contained in any such information. You shall not modify information provided on this tool without our written permission. Individual documents in our Biofore Share and Care Tool may be subject to additional terms indicated in those documents. You shall not use or distribute information provided on this tool in such way which according to these terms of use would be permitted but according to laws or regulations of any jurisdiction would be unlawful or which would cause any obligations such as e.g. registration, tax duties to UPM within such country or jurisdiction.

  1. Liability

We are not liable for any form of improper use of the Biofore Share and Care Tool, for the incompatibility of the software and/or hardware you or third parties used with the Biofore Share and Care Tool or for any defects, breakdowns or other technical problems of the Biofore Share and Care Tool. THE CONTENTS OF THE BIOFORE SHARE AND CARE TOOL ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE MADE IN RELATION TO ACCURACY, AVAILABILITY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF THE SERVICE. UPM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ITS SERVICE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE IS FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

Our Biofore Share and Care Tool may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. We may make changes and additions to any information contained herein. We reserve the right to revise the service or withdraw access to it at any time. We will not be liable in any manner whatsoever for any damages, including but not limited to direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, secondary, special, or punitive damages, losses or expenses or lost profits related to accessing by you of our Biofore Share and Care Tool or any site linked thereto, or to the inability to use the contents of this service, or use or attempted use of information contained therein or related to any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus or line or system failure, even if we or our representatives are advised of such damages, losses or expenses. Furthermore, we assume no responsibility for any information or material provided by third parties that our Biofore Share and Care Tool is linked to. UPM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR CONTENT PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES.

You are strictly prohibited from using this tool and content for illegal or fraudulent purposes or for posting or transmitting to or from this tool any unlawful, threatening, libellous, defamatory, inflammatory, pornographic or profane communications and/or materials or any communications and/or materials that could give rise to civil or criminal liability under law. You agree not to take any action that tampers or interferes with this tool and its content.

  1. Links or Content of Third Parties

Our Biofore Share and Care Tool may provide links to websites owned by third parties. We make no warranties and/or representations whatsoever for any such websites owned by third parties that you may access via this website. We accept no responsibility for the content or use of such websites. Third party websites are always entered at your own risk.

Our Biofore Share and Care Tool may contain content owned by third parties for your convenience. We cannot control the contents and make no warranties and/or representations whatsoever for any such third party contents. We have no liability arising in the allegation that any third party owned content infringes someone's intellectual property rights.

  1. Miscellaneous

These terms of use applies to the access and use of our Biofore Share and Care Tool. However, with respect to UPM www-services in general, the terms of use apply and are found here: http://www.upm.com/Pages/legalnotice.aspx. There might also exist additional conditions on specific websites.

We reserve the right to at any time and for any reason change or terminate the Biofore Share and Care Tool without prior notification. In case of changes in or termination of the Biofore Share and Care Tool, we have no liability to you whatsoever.

The Biofore Share and Care Tool and the creation, interpretation and execution of these terms of use are governed by Finnish law. All disputes arising from or in connection with the Biofore Share and Care Tool and/or these terms of use, that cannot be solved jointly shall be finally settled by arbitration in accordance with the Rules of the Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce. The language of the arbitration proceedings shall be English and the venue of the proceedings shall be Helsinki, Finland.

For questions or comments about the use, the operation or the content of our Biofore Share and Care Tool, contact:

UPM-Kymmene Corporation

Attn. Environment and Responsibility

Alvar Aallon katu 1

00100 Helsinki

FINLAND