Terms of Use

1. Acceptance of these Terms

By accessing or using dvsanalytik.com, you agree to use the website in accordance with these Terms of Use and applicable law.

If you do not agree with these Terms, you should discontinue use of this website.

2. Scope of this website

dvsanalytik.com is the corporate and product-information website for DVS Analytik. It presents information about DVS Analytik, its research-technology work and its current or developing software products.

Individual DVS Analytik products may operate through separate applications, websites or subdomains and may be subject to additional product-specific terms, privacy policies, subscription conditions, licences or other notices.

3. Product information and development status

DVS Analytik may describe products that are available, under active development or planned for future release.

Features, interfaces, technical capabilities, release plans, pricing, availability and development priorities may change as products evolve.

A description of a developing feature or product does not constitute a guarantee that the feature or product will be released in a particular form or by a particular date.

4. Separate products and services

Some links on this website lead to separately deployed DVS Analytik products, including OpenScholar Web.

Your use of a separate product may involve user accounts, saved research content, subscriptions, payments, uploaded documents or other functionality not provided by the corporate website. Additional terms presented by that product will apply where relevant.

5. Permitted use

You may access and use this website for lawful informational, professional, academic and research-related purposes.

You must not intentionally misuse the website or interfere with its normal operation, security, infrastructure or availability.

6. Prohibited activity

You must not use the website to engage in unlawful activity, attempt unauthorized access to systems, introduce malicious code, deliberately disrupt services, circumvent security measures or use website content in a manner that infringes applicable rights.

7. Intellectual property

Unless otherwise stated, the DVS Analytik name, product names, website design, original text, software-related presentation, graphics and other original material made available through this website are owned by or used with authorization by DVS Analytik and are protected by applicable intellectual-property law.

Access to the website does not grant you ownership of DVS Analytik software, source code, trademarks, branding or other proprietary material.

8. Third-party materials and links

The website may link to third-party websites, scholarly resources, distribution platforms or other external services.

DVS Analytik does not control third-party websites and is not responsible for their content, availability, privacy practices or terms. A link does not necessarily constitute endorsement of the third party.

9. Scientific and informational content

Information presented on the corporate website is provided for general product, scientific and informational purposes.

Website content should not be treated as a substitute for professional, legal, medical, financial or other specialist advice where such advice is required.

10. No guarantee of research outcomes

DVS Analytik develops tools intended to support research workflows. Use of a DVS Analytik product does not guarantee the correctness of research conclusions, publication acceptance, citation impact, statistical validity, academic recognition or any particular research outcome.

Researchers remain responsible for scientific judgement, verification of evidence and analysis, authorship decisions, research integrity and compliance with applicable academic, institutional and publication requirements.

11. Website availability

DVS Analytik aims to maintain reliable access to this website but does not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free availability.

Access may occasionally be limited by maintenance, updates, infrastructure issues, security requirements or circumstances outside reasonable control.

12. Disclaimer of warranties

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the corporate website and its informational content are provided on an "as available" basis without warranties beyond those that cannot lawfully be excluded.

13. Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, DVS Analytik will not be responsible for indirect, incidental, consequential or similar losses arising solely from reliance on corporate website information, inability to access the website or use of third-party links.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where such exclusion or limitation is prohibited by applicable law.

14. Privacy

Use of the corporate website is also subject to the DVS Analytik Privacy Policy.

15. Changes to these Terms

DVS Analytik may update these Terms as the website, product ecosystem or applicable requirements change.

The latest version will be published on this page with its current revision date.

16. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of India. Any dispute relating to these Terms or use of the corporate website will be subject to the jurisdiction of a court of competent jurisdiction in India, subject to applicable law.

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