FISU Healthy Campus plateform - Terms of use
These terms of use ("Terms of Use") apply to the use of this Platform by authorized users, including your staff members, which may include, universities and similar private and public institutions, their staff members, students and professionals involved in the certification mechanism (“user”, “you”, “your” or “yours”).
Please read these terms of use before you start using the Platform.
1. Our organization
This Platform (https://www.fisuhealthycampus.sport) is a web-based application (“Platform” or “Application”) operated by The International University Sports Federation (“Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire“, « FISU », “we“, “us“ or “our“), is an association that operates under the laws of Switzerland with number CHE-114.655.343 and having its registered offices located at Quartier UNIL-Centre, Bâtiment Synathlon, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Via the Application, FISU offers users with a Platform for interacting with universities and private individuals for the purpose of applying and maintaining the FISU Healthy Campus Label (“FISU Healthy Campus Certification”).
Please also refer to our privacy notice to understand how we process information about you. If you do not want us to do so or if you do not agree with the terms as set out in this site, you should not use this platform.
If you have questions about these Terms of Use, please contact us at: healthy.campus@fisu.net.
2. Services
Account creation before entering into a contract with FISU
The use of our Application applies to the FISU Healthy Campus Certification which requires you creating an account.
To sign up to an account, you must provide certain information to us. You are required to enter this information truthfully and update it whenever outdated. The registration process is complete after you have received a confirmation email.
After registering a user account, you are responsible for keeping your username and password confidential. This means that you keep your password secret and do not allow and third party access. If you suspect misuse of your account, please inform us immediately by sending an email to: healthy.campus@fisu.net
Our Platform is accessible to you free of charge. However, you may access the Application and its features only for the purpose of applying and maintaining your FISU Healthy Campus Certification and using the other features of the Application upon subscription fees.
Compliance with the Terms of Use and other contract terms
User’s obligation under these Terms of Use
When using the Application and all its features, you shall: (i) comply with all applicable laws, and (ii) only use the Platform under the Platform Terms of Use, terms of the Agreement you enter with FISU, any documentation or attachment to it or any other terms that are part of the FISU Healthy Campus Application, website and to which you are bound with us.
Use by members registered on FISU
Registered Universities and their authorized member staff, undertake to only send us information that is accurate, appropriate and lawful. This applies in the event of conflict resolution or litigation with an opposing party.
In addition, you undertake to use all necessary caution to limit as far as possible any transmission of information that is considered as sensitive or risky without lawful ground, to abide to the terms of your contract with FISU or, where required, with third parties’ prior consent. To access more information about the processing of personal information about you and third parties you can access our privacy notice.
You undertake not to create profiles on behalf of third parties, false profiles, nor to put online links to third party sites or any content that would be illicit, inappropriate or contrary to morality. You may not use our services for commercial purposes (sale, resale, rental, transfer, etc. of our services to third parties) without our prior written consent.
Restrictions to the use of the Application
By accessing and using our Application, you shall:
- not use the Application unlawfully, or breach any of these Terms of Use;
- not use the application for your own commercial purposes;
- comply with the licence terms and, where applicable, with the restrictions to limited user account, such as using an account by appropriating the identity of a third party or opening and using an account on behalf of a third party without their prior permission, nor use the Application without entering with a separate direct contract with FISU;
- not communicate information via the Platform, nor propose services that are contrary to public order, and common decency or illegal (including in particular defending crimes against humanity, incitement to racial hatred, child pornography, etc.);
- not disclose content that constitutes a breach of third party ownership rights, including in particular intellectual property rights;
- not, except with our prior written consent, sell, copy, reproduce, hire, lend, distribute, transfer or grant a sub-licence over all or part of content appearing on the Application or decompiling, extracting, disassembling, modifying, posting in a legible format for the User, or attempting to discover any source code or using any software that activates or includes all or part of the Application.
- not attempt to obtain unauthorised access to the IT system for the Application or engaging in any activity liable to disrupt, reduce the quality of or interfere with the performance of or impair the proper operation of the Application;
- not misuse the Application by voluntarily introducing viruses or any other form of malware and attempting to access the Application;
- not infringe any FISU intellectual property rights;
In the event we consider, for any reason, that you or any authorized User of the Platform is not complying with these Terms of Use, FISU may, at any time, and at its absolute discretion, close the account of the User, block his/her access to the Application and take any other action against you, including any form of civil or criminal court action. The right of FISU to terminate the right to use the Platform is in addition to any damages that FISU may claim as a result of the breach.
3. Third party services and access to the Application
By using our services, you agree to the use of third-party services under the terms of these platforms. In particular, the Application operates via hosting providers exclusively located in Switzerland with industry standard best security practice. We also use auditors to help us with assessing your eligibility to the FISU certification.
Where possible we will use our own developed tools or third party, whether on-premise or cloud-based. We ensure that we use such services as far as possible only if they guarantee your privacy and the confidentiality of your data (personal and confidential).
If you want to know more about them you can contact us. You will get more information about how we respect your privacy on our privacy notice
4. Functionalities and features of the Application
When using the Application and accessing your user account, you may use some features and functionalities, which may be updated, modified and available from time to time. Functionalities allows you to:
University dashboard
- Access the documents relating to the certification;
- Access to the university's home page, which contains all the university's information with the possibility of completing and editing it;
- Add users to the university;
- Access the form where the criteria can be found;
- Submit proofs via secured transfer mechanisms for each criterion in any type of electronic format. When you transfer information and files to us, we will ensure to protect it, keep it safe and ensure confidentiality;
- View the status for each criterion (under review, accepted, refused);
- Receive email notifications from FISU and auditors.
University directory
- Access the list of universities involved in the certification.
Auditor directory
- Access the list of auditors.
Instant messaging
- Access the different chat rooms available. Chat rooms is a tailormade instant messaging feature that allows you to discuss with us and other User of the Application.
Metrics
- Access global certification statistics.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The Platform is provided “as is”. You use our Platform at your own risk. The FISU does not give any guarantee that the contents conform to the expectations of the user or that they shall reach a specific target they aim to.
We cannot guarantee the uninterrupted availability of our Platform, because we rely on telecommunications networks, which are beyond our control. We strive to minimize operational interruptions, e.g., due to maintenance of hardware or software.
6. Limitation of Liability
The FISU shall only be liable for resulting damages in so far as they result from a breach of a contractual duty through wilful or grossly negligent behaviour by the FISU, or its legal representatives or agents. In case the FISU breaches any essential contractual obligations due to slight negligence, the FISU’s liability shall be limited to the foreseeable contractual damages. An essential contractual obligation is an obligation the fulfilment of which is essential for the proper execution of the contract and the compliance with which the contractual partner regularly relies on and may rely on.
Any further liability for damages is excluded. The liability for culpable injury to life, body or health in accordance with statutory provisions shall remain unaffected.
7. Copyright and Rights of Use
The content provided by the FISU is protected by the laws governing databases, copyright and trademarks. Such content may be neither copied nor disseminated nor used or copied in any manner whatsoever, without the prior agreement of the corresponding proprietors. This applies in particular to any copies made with the aid of robots, crawlers or other automatic mechanisms. Any use or modification of the services for purposes for which they were not intended is prohibited. In particular, copying or uploading of content, offers, directories, databases, etc. for commercial purposes is prohibited and will be subject to criminal and civil legal proceedings within the scope of existing legal options.
8. Exclusion of liability
The liability of FISU is excluded for breaches of contract due to negligence. This also applies to breaches of contract by your auxiliary persons and substitutes.
FISU is not liable for errors for which it is not responsible, in particular those that occur in the case of telecommunications operators, servers or other third party providers such as social networks and online content distribution platforms. For platform maintenance reasons, the site may occasionally and temporarily be unavailable. Any site maintenance operation will be carried out, as far as possible, outside office hours and preferably during the weekend. As the Site is accessible from all over the world, maintenance will be carried out outside office hours in Switzerland. You are bound by the terms of use of the Site and are responsible for the content you submit to FISU. Under no circumstances can we be held liable for any breach or violation of intellectual property rights or for damage caused to third parties.
You will compensate us for any amount claimed by a third party due to behaviour attributable to you, whether direct or indirect damage. As our referencing on search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.) and social networks is carried out automatically, FISU cannot guarantee or exercise any referencing control on these search engines and therefore does not incur any responsibility for positioning and visibility. FISU is in no way responsible for the content of sites or external sources that refer to FISU.
9. Indemnification
To the extent permitted under applicable law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the FISU, its directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your, your directors’, officers’, employees’ and agents’ violation of these Terms of Use.
10. Notification for illicit or inappropriate content
If you believe that any content infringes your rights or the rights of third parties, please inform us immediately so that we can examine your request and, if necessary, take appropriate measures to put an end to any infringement.
You can report any infringement to your rights, or the rights of third parties, by sending us an e-mail at the following address: fisu@fisu.net as soon as possible.
By these Terms of Use, you waive any claim against us for any damage caused to you by a third party, whether or not a member of our platform. We reserve the right to immediately and without prior notice remove any content that may infringe the rights of third parties, including the blocking of accounts, and to inform the rightful owner, if necessary the competent authorities, when such an obligation is incumbent upon us.
11. Confidential Information
With respect to any and all information of a confidential nature which appears or which you provide on our Platform (whether or not marked as such) including but not limited to any and all information relating to our compounds or targets, business and financial information, software, know-how, ideas and methods and techniques used by us in our business (“Confidential Information”), you agree to keep the same confidential and not to disclose the Confidential Information to any third party except with the FISU’s express written consent.
12. Data protection and privacy
We respect your privacy. FISU undertakes to use the information that the user provides only for the purpose of the services offered by the Platform and will allow access to the user's data only to users of FISU services or by third party services insofar as such access is necessary for the operation of the service, where permitted under these Terms of Use or with your prior permission. Where the services require the processing of personal data (personal information), please read our privacy notice for information about our processing activities and how we handle information that relates to you.
Under no circumstances do we sell or pass on your data to third parties in return for financial benefits. For more information, please refer to our privacy policy or contact us at this address if you have any questions: healthy.campus@fisu.net.
13. Duration and termination
These Terms of Use apply to the extent required for the Use of the Platform via the membership of your institution or University. These Terms of Use may terminate automatically and FISU shall have the right to terminate for convenience and without notice, in the following events if you either:
- withdraw your candidacy to the certification;
- do no longer meet the criteria of the FISU Healthy Campus Certification after we have sent you reminders ;
- terminates the contract with the FISU for the certification; or
- becomes in breach of those Terms of Use.
You may terminate these Terms of Use, to the extent they apply to your use of our Application, at any time by sending an email to healthy.campus@fisu.net asking us to delete your account. We will send you an email as we deleted your account. Clauses 7 (Copyright and Rights of Use) and 11 (confidentiality) shall survive termination of these Terms of Use.
Once you have terminated this Terms of Use, you are no longer allowed to use the FISU Healthy Campus Application.
Please note that if your account is deleted, some limited information about your institution may still appear on the search engine of our Platform about your institution. For more information about how we manage personal information, please read our privacy notice.
14. Severability
If any provision in these Terms of Use is or becomes wholly or partly ineffective, this shall not affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions. In the event of a provision being ineffective, the parties shall agree upon an effective provision that, insofar as legally possible, most closely reflect what the parities to these Terms of Use intended. The same shall apply in the event of any omission in the Terms of Use.
15. Changes
The FISU reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to amend and adapt these Terms of Use with effect for the future, provided such change is reasonable. We will indicate on our Platform that we revised the Terms of Use and, where possible, will inform you via email about those changes in time. If you do not object to the applicability of the revised Terms of Use within 1 month after receipt, the amended Terms of Use shall be deemed accepted by you. We will inform you about the 1 month period and your rights to object as well as the legal consequences of remaining silent in an appropriate form at the beginning of the notice period.
16. Applicable Law and competent court for dispute resolution
These Terms of Use and all disputes arising in connection with these general conditions, including the validity thereof, or with the use of the Platform shall be governed by the laws of Switzerland, excluding the conflict of law-provisions of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
The Parties agree that any dispute arising out from these Terms of Use shall be brought against the exclusive Court of Lausanne, Switzerland.
17. Contact
If you have any questions or need support in connection with this Platform, please contact us at:
Mail address
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY SPORTS FEDERATION
Quartier UNIL-Centre
Building Synathlon
CH-1015 Lausanne
SWITZERLAND
Direct contact
Fixed line: +41 21 692 64 00
E-mail: healthy.campus@fisu.net