Terms and Conditions
Introduction
Welcome to International IDEA’s site. For details of who we are, please see About Us.
When you use this site or our Data, Tools, or Publications, you are agreeing to the terms below. For that reason, please read them to understand your rights as well as your responsibilities. If you are using this site on behalf of an organization for whom you work, then by using the site, you are confirming that you are authorized to agree to these Terms, on behalf of that organization, and that it agrees to be bound by these Terms.
If you do not agree to these Terms, you cannot use the site or our content.
Your use of the site
Do you need to register to use the site?
You are free to browse the site and view our Data, Publications and some of our Tools, without registering with us.
Some of our Tools require you to register. You will also need to register if you want to order a copy of a publication that is available in print, edit Data, receive our newsletters, apply for a position at International IDEA or receive notifications when a position that matches your profile is advertised.
What are your responsibilities if you register with the site?
You must provide accurate, true and complete information. If you change any of your details after you’ve registered, please update your profile or let us know by contacting us at info@idea.int.
Each registration is for a single user only. Please keep your registration details confidential, as you will be held responsible for all activities that occur using your registration details, with or without your knowledge. If you have concerns about use of your registration details, tell us straight away by contacting us at info@idea.int.
What happens if you submit a review?
We are keen to receive your reviews on our Data, Tools and Publications. When you submit a review (including any rating) you give us and others we authorize, the free, irreversible right to use, modify and display your review in whole or in part, publicly, worldwide, on any media and in any format, including on our site, on any third party platform and in our marketing materials.
Your promises
By accessing this site, you are agreeing:
- to use our Data, Tools and Publications in accordance with their licence terms. In particular, you are not permitted to benefit commercially from their use
- to use the site only for lawful purposes, so you are not to:
- use the site to knowingly transmit, send or upload any data or other material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to impair the functionality of a device or operation of any content; or
- access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt any part of the site, any equipment or network on which the site is stored or any software used in the provision of the site.
You promise to compensate us for any losses we, our agents or suppliers incur (including reasonable legal fees) that arise out of any breach of these Terms by you (including a breach of the terms on which you are licenced the Data, Tools and Publications) and any other loss we may incur that arises out of your use of the site.