General Terms and Conditions

HRB Open Research is an open access publishing platform for research by the HRB researchers and grant recipients provided by F1000 Research Limited (“the Service Provider”) on behalf of the Health Research Board (“HRB”).

1. Use of this website is subject to these Terms and Conditions. By using this website you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions which form a binding contract between you, HRB and the Service Provider.
2. Certain parts of this website may be subject to registration and additional Terms and Conditions which will be made available for you to read at the time of registration.
3. This website contains (a) content that is the property of the HRB (“HRB Content”) (b) content that is the property of the Service Provider (“the Service Provider Content”), (c) content licensed to the HRB and/or the Service Provider and (d) content made available pursuant to a Creative Commons license (“OA Content”). The copyright in the HRB Content contained on this website belongs to HRB. The copyright in the Service Provider Content contained on this website belongs to the Service Provider. The copyright in the content licensed to the HRB and/or the Service Provider and the OA Content belongs to the licensors thereof. The trademarks appearing on this website are protected by the laws of England and Wales and international trademark laws. Reproduction of HRB Content on this website is prohibited unless express written advance permission is given by the HRB. Reproduction of the Service Provider Content on this website is prohibited unless express permission is given by the Service Provider. The OA Content may only be used in accordance with the terms of the applicable Creative Commons license by which it is made available.
4. Save as expressly set out herein no license is granted in respect of any intellectual property rights vested in the HRB, the Service Provider or other third parties.
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6. HRB or the Service Provider on the HRB’s behalf reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access and use of this website at any time without notice or reason being provided.
7. Except where otherwise noted all research content published on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
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10. HRB and the Service Provider on its behalf reserve the right to change these Terms and Conditions by posting changes on this page of the website and you will be deemed to have accepted such changes if you use this website after the amended Terms and Conditions have been published on this page of the website.
11. Certain parts of this website offer the opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions, information, material and data (‘Comments’) in areas of the website. Neither the HRB nor the Service Provider screen, edit, publish or review Comments prior to their appearance on the website and Comments do not reflect the views or opinions of the HRB or the Service Provider, their agents or affiliates. Comments reflect the view and opinion of the person who posts such view or opinion. To the extent permitted by applicable laws neither the HRB nor the Service Provider shall be responsible or liable for the Comments or for any loss, cost, liability, damages or expenses caused and or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.
12. These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.