The Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) Initiative and URBACT maintains this website (hereinafter referred to as “the website”) for your personal information and instruction only, to allow you to learn more about UIA and URBACT activities regarding housing. You may browse freely through the website. You may also download information from the website for your personal non-commercial use only, provided all references to authors’ copyrights and other property rights appearing with the content in question are preserved. You may not distribute, modify, transmit, post, republish, upload or otherwise make use of the content of the website – including text, images, animations or soundtracks – for public or commercial use unless you have obtained prior written consent from UIA and URBACT.

In addition, access to the website and use of its content is subject to the terms and conditions below (“General Terms and Conditions”) and to all relevant laws. By accessing and browsing through the website you signify your full acceptance of these General Terms and Conditions.
The “Cities engaging in the right to housing” website is hosted by o2switch, located 222-224 Boulevard Gustave Flaubert, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Cookies & Privacy Policy

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

This website displays videos hosted by the platform Youtube and audio content hosted by the platform Anchor. Youtube and Anchor use “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Youtube and Anchor on servers in the United States. They will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. They may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Anchor or Youtube’s behalf.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Anchor and Youtube in the manner and for the purposes set out above. For more information on Youtube cookies, see the official Youtube’s page. For more information on Anchor cookies, see the official Anchor’s page.

General Terms and Conditions

1. Unless otherwise stated explicitly, all information contained on the website is protected by authors’ copyrights and may not be used without UIA and URBACT written consent, except where the present General Terms and Conditions specify otherwise or in cases where such use is specifically authorized in the website text. UIA and URBACT does not guarantee that any use you may make of information found on the website will not infringe the rights of third parties not affiliated to the co-initiative of UIA and URBACT.
2. You use the website at your own risk. Neither UIA and URBACT nor any other party involved in the development, design, production or publication of the website shall be held responsible for direct or indirect damages resulting from accessing the website or using the website and/or any of its content. Without prejudice to any of the above, the entire content of the website is provided “as is”, with no explicit or implicit guarantees, including but not limited to guarantees concerning commercial use or compatibility for any particular use, concerning accuracy or completeness, or concerning the possibility that it may infringe the intellectual property rights of third parties. UIA and URBACT do not guarantee that the website is free from errors or from viruses or other potentially harmful elements, or that it will function uninterruptedly. UIA and URBACT will accept no responsibility for damages caused to electronic equipment or to any other goods belonging to users resulting from logging in to the website or from using or downloading information, data, textual or multimedia material or soundtracks from the website.
3. Except for personal data, which is subject to our Personal Data Protection policy, all communication or information transmitted to the website by users, whether by electronic mail or by other means, including data, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques and all other types of information, shall be considered non-confidential and not covered by any property rights, and may be freely used, copied, distributed, published, diffused and otherwise disposed of by UIA and URBACT or by its affiliates at their discretion, for purposes including but not limited to the design, development and commercialization of products utilizing the information in question.
4. Commercial trademarks, logos and other distinctive signs (collectively referred to as “trademarks”) presented on the website are registered trademarks or trademarks protected by use, belonging to UIA and URBACT or to other persons. Nothing on the website shall be construed to convey the right or permission to use any of the trademarks on the website without the prior written consent of the owner of said trademark. Use of a trademark, or of any part of the content of the website, not explicitly authorized by these General Terms and Conditions is strictly forbidden.
5. The website and its content, including but not limited to drawings, images, articles, graphics, audio-visual elements and all other elements of the website (hereinafter referred to as “elements”), are protected by copyright, related rights and other property rights in accordance with French law and with international laws and treaties concerning intellectual property and protection of privacy. These elements are either the property of UIA, URBACT or the property of third parties who have granted UIA and URBACT the right or license to use them on the website. Elements may only be copied and used for your personal and group information and to expand your knowledge of UIA and URBACT housing activities, to the exclusion of any and all commercial purposes, and on condition that such use or reproduction shall retain all references to copyrights and any mention of property rights. It is strictly forbidden to use or copy all or part of an element other than for your own personal and private use without prior written consent from UIA and URBACT. It is strictly forbidden to distribute, copy, reproduce, represent, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, translate, sell or otherwise dispose of all or part of an element or of the presentation, structure or organization of the website, in whatever form and by whatever means, without the prior written consent of UIA and URBACT.
6. For your convenience, the website may include links to other websites. UIA and URBACT have no control over these sites, have not examined the entire content of the sites linked to the website and cannot be held responsible for the content of such sites. Users access and use these sites and/or their content at their own risk. 
7. Users are strictly forbidden to transmit information that is illegal, threatening, libelous, scandalous, obscene, slanderous or pornographic, or information that may constitute or encourage behaviour that could be considered criminal or antisocial, likely to lead to prosecution, or a violation of any law.
8. The website’s software may be subject to the laws and regulations of the French, US or other governments concerning export control. These may be amended from time to time, and it is the responsibility of users to check which of these laws and regulations apply to them before downloading or exporting software from the website.

You have the right to access, correct, amend or suppress any personal data, and you may exercise these rights at any time by sending an email to the webmaster (contact: Info@uia-initiative.eu ; communication@urbact.eu), who will deal with your request as promptly as possible.