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				Before agreeing to sign-up, please carefully read the “General Terms of Contract” and “report in accordance with the sense of Law no.675/96 on safeguarding personal information”, which must be accepted in full before gaining access to the services offered by Arcadata S.r.l..   Users can sign-up on line to agree to accept these conditions.

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		GENERAL TERMS OF CONTRACT:	Arcadata (from now on referred to as "the Gateway") based in Via Valcava, 6, Milan, and the above mentioned subject (from now on called "the User") have settled and agreed to the following terms: GENERAL TERMS 1. Upon entering the site for the first time, the User, who has not yet signed up but plans on using the Gateway services, will be asked to provide their own personal details and expressly accept all the general terms of the contract 2. A User planning to take advantage of the Gateway services must sign up. The Gateway services are free and/or charged, as specified in greater detail in what follows. 3. Upon signing up, each User is given a "User Identification" and a "Password", which are confirmed after agreeing to this contract by an e-mail sent to the User's address. The User pledges to keep their "User Identification" and "Password" secret and not reveal it to anyone else. Signing up to the Gateway is free. After signing up, the user can start using the services provided by the Gateway upon accepting this contract and other facilities set up and provided by the Gateway. 4. The Gateway pledges to provide Users who have signed up with all the services available at the time of signing the contract, such as access to the data bank of architects, schools, associations, firms, and l'Arca indexes. In future the Gateway will provide its users with other facilities. Whenever a new service is added, the Gateway reserves the right to inform its users about the new services and facilities by e-mail. II - USER RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS: 5. Users pledge to give their true identity. The accuracy of the personal details provided by the User determines whether this contract is valid and guarantees the User's rights. 6. The User expressly authorises the Gateway, in accordance with law no. 675 of 31/12/96, to send advertising messages and/or information about the services provided to their e-mail address. The Gateway pledges not to send more than one service e-mail each week. The Gateway will not pass on any of the personal details provided by the User. 7. A User Identification code and Password allow access to the Gateway services. The User must keep their password secret to prevent any unauthorised persons from using the services at their disposal. The User pledges to inform the Gateway immediately in writing at the e-mail address arca@tin.it if they lose, forget, or have their password stolen. The User promises to change their Password as soon as possible if it happens to be lost or stolen. The User will be held personally responsible for what enters the web via their User Identification and Password, and for any harm they either directly or indirectly cause to third parties. 8. The Gateway reserves the right to check and record the User's visits to Web sites belonging to a catalogue (LOG) set up and updated by the Gateway. The Gateway ensures and guarantees that the above catalogue does not contain sites whose contents, even via further hypertext links (LINKS), might in any way reveal the User's personal details, in accordance with article 22 of law no. 6756 of 31/12/96. 9. The User pledges and guarantees: i) that the personal details provided when signing up are truthful; ii) not to use the services to harm, molest or disturb the web or other users and not to use the services unlawfully; iii) not to use the Gateway services to put any kind of material on the web violating royalties or other intellectual or industrial property rights, or, in any case, any material and/or information whose form or content might be slanderous. obscene, pornographic or racist; iv) to prevent any non-expressly authorised third parties from using the services provided by the Gateway for any reason whatsoever. v) to protect their computer systems and other means of accessing the web by using the right, constantly updated means of preventing intrusions from third parties or viruses from entering the Gateway (FIREWALLS, ANTIVIRUSES etc.). Should the User fail to abide by the obligations specified in items i), ii), iii), iv), and v) given above, the Gateway declines all responsibilities due to improper use of the contents/services by the User, who will be held entirely responsible for these breaches and any damage they might cause third parties. Should this happen, the Gateway will be entitled to revoke its services and cancel the contract, as is within its rights, by sending an e-mail and twenty four hours' notice, without having to pay any form of compensation. The Gateway reserves the right to take any action it should see fit against the User and anyone else responsible for the breaches. The user hereby pledges, just by the Gateway's request, to take all the necessary action in any circumstances to safeguard the Gateway against any claims, action, damage, responsibility, costs and expenses, including legal aid and council, due to breaches of the above regulations. If the User is a legal entity, the above applies even if the above-mentioned breaches are committed and/or facilitated by employees, agents, representatives, and assistants, who have used or use, even only on an occasional basis, the Gateway services. 10. The Gateway guarantees: i) efficient, uninterrupted services, except in the case of "interruptions" to the service for regular and/or special maintenance purposes, promising to restore the services as soon as technically possible. Please note that the Gateway is not responsible for delays, malfunctionings and interruptions in any services for reasons beyond its control, accidents, User errors in using the services, total or partial interruption in the services caused by problems due to telecommunications operators, service providers, web hosting providers or any other faults due to third parties. ii) the privacy of any messages received from and/or sent by the User, with the explicit exception of having to meet a specific legal requirement. iii) supplying the User on request with a consultancy service of experts in their own fields, duly registered with their professional associations. iv) an on-line help line aimed at receiving and handling claims and messages from the User regarding the use of the services, which must be sent to the e-mail address arca@tin.it. 11. The Gateway accepts no responsibility for and cannot be held responsible for: i) any errors or admissions regarding the contents of the Gateway pages. ii) for the direct and/or indirect use by the User and/or third parties of the contents of the Gateway pages; iii) for the advice provided by experts; iv) for the information, data, materials, and anything else contained in the sites connected to the Gateway by hypertext. III - LENGTH OF THE CONTRACT AND HOW TO CANCEL IT 12. Filling in the FORMS and signing these contract clauses makes you a signed-up User. Membership lasts indefinitely, unless the User decides to leave at any time by sending an e-mail to: arca@tin.it. You are invited to examine Law Decree no. 185 of 22/05/99 (Consumer protection for distance contracts) to find out your User rights. 13. Nevertheless, it is assumed and accepted that failure to meet any of the User obligations specified in this contract, particularly in the case of failure to pay the set fee for receiving the services, will be treated as a serious breach of contract and will authorise the Gateway to immediately cancel the contract, providing at least 24 hours notice and sending a fax, followed by a registered letter. The address the User is given upon signing-up represents an explicit domicile of choice in accordance with art. 47 of the Italian civil code, for the purposes of communicating the cancelling of the contract mentioned above. Excluding all the Gateway's rights and actions in relation to the User. IV - FINAL CLAUSES 14. The reproduction and use in any way or form of the contents of the Gateway pages without prior written authorisation is expressly forbidden. 15. Any mistakes or admissions in the contents of the Gateway pages, for which the Gateway rejects all responsibility, may be pointed out by Users at the address arca@tin.it. 16. Except for their right to cancel this contract, the User herewith authorises the Gateway to alter the terms of this contract for good reasons, such as organisation, safety, technological developments in transmission, payment purposes, and new rules and regulations. The User will be informed of these changes by e-mail, notes in publications or letters. 17. Any disputes over the interpretation, implementation, and validity of this contract will be the sole responsibility of the Milan Law Courts. 18. This contract is under the jurisdiction of Italian law. (Copyright © 2000 Arcadata.com - All Rights Reserved) According to and by effect of articles 1341 and 1342 of the civil code, the User hereby declares they have carefully read all the clauses and conditions of this contract and expressly approve the following articles: 2 SIGNING UP; 5 THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE USER'S DECLARATIONS; AUTHORISATION FOR ADVERTISING AND INFORMATION MESSAGES; 7 RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANYTHING ENTERED ON THE WEB; VISIT CONTROLS; USER OBLIGATIONS; NON-RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GATEWAY; 12, 13 LENGTH OF CONTRACT AND HOW IT CAN BE CANCELLED; 17 LEGAL JURISDICTION; LAWS IN FORCE.
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		Report in accordance with law no.675/96 on safeguarding private information:	NOTE ABOUT THE SAFEGUARDING OF PERSONAL DETAILS AND REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO PROCESS THIS INFORMATION (LAW NO. 675 OF 21/12/96). We would like to inform you that law no. 675 of 31/12/96 safeguards the handling of people's and other subjects' personal details with respect to third parties. Law no. 675 of 31/12/96 is actually intended to ensure personal details are handled in careful accordance with the law and the fundamental principles of personal freedom and dignity, with particular reference to privacy and personal identity. It is worth pointing out that the handling of personal details means any operation or combination of operations involving the collecting, recording, arranging, storing, processing, altering, selecting, extracting, comparing, using, interconnecting, blocking, communicating, distributing, cancelling, and destroying of information. The law also states that: a) the person in question must receive prior information about the way in which their personal details are handled and for what purposes; whether or not it is compulsory or optional to supply the data; the consequences of refusing to reply; their rights specified in art.12 of the above law. b) the person in question must specifically authorise, freely and in writing, the use of their personal details. We hereby inform you, according to art. 10 of law no. 675 of 331/12/96, that the personal details you provide will - should you so agree - be handled by Arcadata in the following ways and for the following purposes. It is also pointed out that Arcadata has duly informed the Guarantor in accordance with what is foreseen in art.7 of law no. 675 of 31/12/96. Your personal information will be handled with due precision, pertinence, and respect for the primary purpose of safeguarding your privacy and rights, in complete conformity with the basic terms of the contract given below. Although the law does not require the gathering and processing of your personal details, this is necessary for bringing this contract into act, for exercising your rights properly, and for ensuring the safety of the Gateway, other Users, and, more generally speaking, the network. The information collected at the time of signing up will be used for purposes connected to or serving Arcadata's business, or more specifically: 1) to supply the services and facilities referred to in the contract between Arcadata and the User; 2) to send the advertising and information e-mails referred to in art. 6 of the general terms of the contract. 3) to encourage signing up for new or different services that might be activated after signing the general terms of the contract; 4) in accordance with legal obligations and measures taken by the Authority; 5) to draw up statistical/market studies and research programmes; 6) to send e-mails, faxes or letters containing advertising and information messages about new products and services provided by Arcadata and/or firms with which Arcadata has business arrangements. The information will be handled using suitable means to ensure safety and privacy, with and without the aid of computer technology designed to store, control, and transmit the said information. With your permission, the information collected may be used for the purposes stated above, or in other words passed on to subjects (individuals and/or legal entities) that Arcadata has delegated to carry out services related to what is specified in this contract. You are entitled to withdraw your consent and/or refuse to let your personal details be handled, bearing in mind that, in such a case, Arcadata is entitled to consider itself exempt from supplying the services and facilities provided through the gateway. You must inform us of the withdrawal of your consent by e-mail to: arca@tin.it Your personal details are officially handled by l'Arca Edizioni in the person of its pro tempore legal representative, whose headquarters are in Via Valcava, 6, 20155 Milan. This is where you must appeal to if you feel your rights are not being recognised, as foreseen by article 13 of law no. 675/96, by sending an e-mail to: arca@tin.it, or by sending a letter addressed to the company headquarters. For your information, there now follows the text of art.13 of law no. 675 of 31/12/96: "Art. 13 - Your rights 1. Concerning the handling of personal details, you have the right: a) to know, by means of free access to the register referred to in article 31, paragraph 1, letter a), about the handling of information regarding your person; b) to be informed about what is specified in article 7, paragraph 4, letters a), b), and h); c) to obtain from the person in charge without delay: 1) confirmation of whether information about yourself actually exists, even if you have not yet signed up, and communication in an intelligible form of this information and where it came from, as well as the reasons and purposes for which it is being used; except in special circumstances, at least ninety days must pass before you can make the same request again; 2) the cancelling, rendering anonymous or blocking of illegally processed information, including any information that is not necessary for the purposes for which it was originally collected or eventually processed; 3) the updating, rectifying or, if so required, supplementing of the said information; 4) assurance that the people to whom the information has been communicated or passed on have been duly informed about the operations referred to in items 2) and 3), including their content, except in those cases where this is not possible or requires the use of excessive means compared to the right being protected; d) to legitimately stop, either partly or completely, their personal details from being used for whatever purposes they are being collected; e) to stop, either partly or completely, their personal details from being used for business information purposes or for advertising or direct marketing purposes, or in other words for carrying out interactive business communication or market research, and to be informed of the possibility of exercising this right no later than when the information is actually passed on or diffused. 2. For each request in paragraph 1, letter c), number 1), should it turn out that no information exists regarding the person in question, the said person may be asked to contribute towards the actual costs of the operations (never more than these costs), according to the procedures and within the limits set in article 33, paragraph 3 of the regulations. 3. The rights in paragraph 1 referring to personal details concerning people who have passed away may be exercised by whomsoever it may rightly concern. 4. When exercising the rights referred to in paragraph 1, the person in question may vest them, in writing, by proxy, or by letter of attorney, to either individuals or associations. 5. The regulations regarding the professional privacy of journalists as regards their news sources still apply."

			Accepting the right to use personal information:
			Having received the report on the use of personal information in accordance with Law 675/96, the undersigned agrees to allow Arcadata to:
			a) pass on personal information to others and for the necessary purposes referred to in the report:
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			b) process and pass on personal information to others and for the optional purposes referred to in the report:
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