Terms and Conditions

For everyone interested in forests and protective forest belts, their conservation and our afforestation project, “Adoptă un Copac!”, we created this Platform to provide updates on the activities carried out as part of the project, as well as general-interest articles covering various forestry-related topics.

We continuously strive to provide adequate, complete and accurate information about the services we offer or facilitate. We welcome all enquiries, complaints, feedback and suggestions, as they help us improve our services and work together more effectively towards our shared goal of protecting the environment.

For the best possible experience when navigating the Platform, please read the Terms and Conditions below carefully and in full.

About the ViitorPlus Association and the Website

The “Adoptă un Copac!” website (hereinafter referred to as the “Website/Platform”) is owned by ViitorPlus – Association for Sustainable Development (hereinafter referred to as “ViitorPlus”), with its registered office at 24 Rondă Street, attic, room 2, District 2, Bucharest, Tax Identification Number: 18654032, registered with the District 2 Court under No. 10134/14.10.2016.

Contact: [email protected]

1.2. Visitors are individuals who access the Platform to view the information available on it or to make donations through the Platform at any given time, regardless of how they access it, including, without limitation, direct access or referrals from web pages or external sources of any kind.

1.3. The Platform is a free resource that provides educational information about forests and protective forest belts, their protection and the expansion of forest cover. It also presents a range of opportunities for direct and indirect involvement in forest seedling planting activities and initiatives, from taking part in tree-planting events to raising funds through a birthday fundraiser.

When searching the Platform, users and registered users may select from the predefined search criteria and/or perform searches using keywords relevant to the matter they wish to consult.

1.4. No user may claim that they were unaware of the Terms and Conditions set out in this document or that a limitation, prohibition or instruction was not expressly stated where it overlaps with a statutory limitation, prohibition or obligation, is implicit in the Terms and Conditions published on the Website as a whole, or could reasonably have been anticipated in the context of ordinary website use.

Platform Content and ViitorPlus’s Liability in the Event of Technical Issues or Unauthorised Interference of Any Kind

2.1. ViitorPlus defines “Content” as all information displayed on the Website in the form of text, data, software, audio or video files, still or moving images, or any combination thereof, as well as links to such materials or external pages, including the location module, whether published and/or maintained on the Website at ViitorPlus’s initiative, under its control or supervision, or as a result of unauthorised interference.

2.2. ViitorPlus reserves the right to display images for illustrative purposes in the relevant sections of the Website, without being required for those images to correspond to the services or products concerned.

Before making any decision regarding activities related to the purpose for which the Platform/application is made available, users are advised to consult other location services for the registered addresses and to request any relevant information either from ViitorPlus, using the communication channels displayed on the Website, or from other registered users, using the contact details they have provided.

2.3. ViitorPlus reserves the right to modify, supplement or delete the Platform/application, in whole or in part, or to suspend or discontinue general access to it for a fixed or indefinite period, without any obligation to notify users in advance or afterwards. Users may not claim direct or indirect compensation arising from such actions. Any amendments or additions to these Terms and Conditions shall become binding upon users from the moment they first access the Platform after the revised version has been published.

2.4. ViitorPlus makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the Website’s content and to prevent any unauthorised interference. However, ViitorPlus accepts no liability for inaccurate information published on the Website, whether such information was published at its initiative, under its control or supervision, or as a result of unauthorised interference. ViitorPlus also accepts no liability for any consequences arising from inaccuracies in the Website’s content.

2.4.1. If users wish to submit notifications, complaints or requests to ViitorPlus concerning any breach of the rules governing the Website’s operation, but communication cannot be established for reasons beyond ViitorPlus’s control or because any of the contact details published on the Website are inaccurate, users are advised to use the other communication channels available on the Website. A user’s failure to make reasonable efforts to do so—where ViitorPlus’s contact details could have been found by exercising reasonable diligence—shall not be regarded as fault or negligence on the part of ViitorPlus in relation to its legal obligations.

2.4.2. When submitting a request of the kind referred to in the preceding paragraph, users must provide contact details through which they can be notified, within 48 hours of receipt, that their request has been received and informed of any measures taken.

2.5. ViitorPlus accepts no liability for any direct or indirect damage suffered by users as a result of unauthorised interference of any kind. In the event of such a security breach, ViitorPlus will take all reasonable measures to prevent or limit the unauthorised interference.

Users who identify unauthorised interference, inaccurate information or any content that does not comply with the Website’s Terms and Conditions of Use are advised to notify ViitorPlus immediately using one of the contact addresses published on the Website or available through the Platform/application.

2.6. Accessing information presented in any section of the Platform/application does not create any contractual obligations for ViitorPlus. The Platform’s content may not be relied upon against ViitorPlus to justify conditions that contradict or are incompatible with the provisions of contracts concluded with ViitorPlus, to grant a Website user who is party to such contracts any rights beyond those stipulated therein, or to impose any additional obligations on ViitorPlus towards that user.

2.7. ViitorPlus is not required to provide the services presented on the Website, or any related services, exclusively through its own resources and may engage external partners for this purpose. The specific conditions governing the provision of the main or related products and services may be subject to special provisions published on the Website and/or established by contract.

2.8. By accessing the Website in any manner, users assume responsibility for fully and strictly complying with the general conditions governing access to and use of the Website, as well as any special conditions applicable to other services and published on the Platform/application, in the version in force on the date of access. In the event of a breach of this obligation, ViitorPlus reserves the right to use, separately or cumulatively, all technical measures specified in this document and all available legal remedies—whether civil, administrative, criminal or otherwise—to prevent or limit future infringements of its rights and legitimate interests and to recover any material or non-material damage caused to it, directly or indirectly.

2.9. The rights of ViitorPlus and the liability of users under Article 2.8 of this document extend to all rights and legitimate interests of ViitorPlus’s employees, members, partners, clients and suppliers of products and services, as well as those of data subjects whose personal data is processed by ViitorPlus, where such rights or interests are harmed in any way through improper access to or use of the Platform and/or additional services governed by special terms, or through unauthorised interference with the Website of any kind.

2.10. Users may not extract, transmit, transfer, distribute, publish, reproduce, create derivative works from, sell, license, rent, lease, assign or otherwise transfer any part of the Website’s content to any third party—including, without limitation, other individuals within their company or organisation—for commercial or non-commercial purposes without ViitorPlus’s prior written consent. Content submitted by Website visitors for publication is subject to the same intellectual property restrictions.

2.10.1. By way of exception, the activities described above are permitted solely for the purpose of sharing or promoting this Platform and/or the services provided, facilitated or arranged by ViitorPlus through it, in public or private channels, including social networks and any websites, online platforms or applications permitted under this document.

2.11. ViitorPlus accepts no liability for any damage, loss and/or expense arising from the use of the Website due to malfunctions, service failures, delays in the transmission of information, viruses affecting users’ access devices, improper operation of communication lines or systems, or display errors on the Platform/application, including inaccuracies in the locations shown for various collection points. ViitorPlus also accepts no liability for graphic elements displayed on the Website that prove to be inaccurate or cannot be viewed, for the proper functioning of external content sources referenced in materials available on the Platform/application—since ViitorPlus is not involved in managing them—or for any other similar causes.

Ways to Use the Website

3.1. Any user may browse the ViitorPlus Platform/application without creating a user account. In this case, the user understands and agrees that:

The user will not be able to access the donation module available on the Platform.

3.2. Any user may create an account/user profile on the ViitorPlus Platform by accessing the “Donate” section in the upper-right corner of the homepage and completing the registration form correctly and in full, providing all the requested information.

The user account will be created once the user’s identity has been verified through the registered email address. The account password will either be selected by the user when completing the registration form or generated automatically and sent by email. The user may change the password after completing the email verification process.

3.3. Any user, whether or not they have an account, may contact ViitorPlus by sending an email to the address provided in the Platform’s “Contact” section. No response will be provided to messages that are offensive, contain inappropriate language or are unrelated to the ViitorPlus Association.

For information concerning contractual negotiations or contracts concluded with ViitorPlus, please send all communications through the channels specifically agreed upon for that purpose.

Intellectual Property Rights

4.1. All Website content is the exclusive property of ViitorPlus, which holds all copyrights to the published texts. In particular, any user who submits or publishes content to, through or on the Platform/application in any manner irrevocably grants ViitorPlus worldwide permission to use, copy and publicly display that content, as well as to create derivative content from it.

4.2. Any information or data communicated in the form of messages, text, images, audio and/or video files, or any other type of material, regardless of how it is published or transmitted—publicly or privately—by any individual or legal entity other than ViitorPlus, whether or not it has been approved by ViitorPlus before publication, is made available under the sole responsibility of the person who publishes or otherwise makes it accessible on the Platform/application. That person shall be solely liable towards both ViitorPlus and third parties, while ViitorPlus accepts no liability for the content of such communications or the manner in which they are published.

4.2.1. Users are directly and fully liable for any content they transmit, distribute or otherwise make accessible on other websites or online platforms of any kind, including compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of those platforms.

4.3. The use or imitation of registered trademarks by any Website visitor without the trademark owner’s prior authorisation is strictly and expressly prohibited, even where the true origin of the products is indicated or terms such as “style,” “type,” “imitation” or similar wording are added.

4.4. Website visitors are strictly and expressly prohibited from using either the Website or the products made available through it to upload, download, publish or transmit any information whose content is unlawful, contrary to accepted standards of morality or public order—for example, content that is defamatory, offensive, abusive or vulgar; infringes another person’s right to privacy; incites violence or racial or ethnic hatred; or is threatening in nature.

4.5. Users are strictly and expressly prohibited from creating any form of association between this Website, ViitorPlus’s services or the trademarks used by ViitorPlus and any websites or online pages containing unlawful material or content contrary to accepted standards of morality or public order, as described in the preceding article. The same prohibition applies to websites that promote such content or to any online domain that could directly or indirectly harm ViitorPlus’s reputation or create confusion regarding the provider of its services or the trademarks it uses.

4.6. ViitorPlus reserves the right to amend or introduce new rules and restrictions concerning the Website’s content at any time. Such rules and restrictions shall apply to users from the first time they access the Website after their introduction.

4.7. The Website may contain links to websites owned or operated by parties other than ViitorPlus. These links are provided solely for users who choose to access them. ViitorPlus does not control and accepts no liability for the content, personal data processing practices, privacy or security policies, or functionality of those websites.

Improper Access to the Website and Access Restrictions

5.1. Any access that does not fully and strictly comply with the conditions published on this page shall be considered improper, and ViitorPlus accepts no liability for any resulting consequences.

5.2. In the event of improper access, ViitorPlus reserves the right to block a particular user’s access for a fixed or indefinite period, without prior or subsequent notice.

5.3. ViitorPlus also reserves the right to block a particular user’s access for a fixed or indefinite period, without prior or subsequent notice, if it detects behaviour that cannot be justified by the normal and reasonable use of the Website, even where such behaviour is not expressly identified in this document as a form of improper use. Access may also be blocked if the manner in which the Website is accessed hinders or affects, in any way or to any extent, the optimal operation of the Website; the physical infrastructure or software used to manage or secure it; the systems in which data collected through the Website is stored; or any equipment, systems, software or servers involved in the Website’s operation.

5.4. In all cases, any unauthorised interference with the Website as a whole or with any individual element of its content shall constitute improper access.

5.5. Visitors access and use the Website, visit any referenced external sources and download any content entirely at their own risk.

Advertising, Promotions and Campaigns

ViitorPlus may run campaigns and/or promotions at any time and in any section of the Platform/application. Campaigns and promotions run by ViitorPlus do not require the consent of Website visitors.

Final Provisions

7.1. This document should be read together with the Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy available on the Website.

7.2. ViitorPlus recommends that all visitors carefully read these Terms and Conditions in full and submit any questions regarding their interpretation using the contact details provided in the “Contact” section. A response will be provided within a maximum of 30 business days, using the reasonable communication method specified by the user or, if none has been specified, by email.

7.3. Any disputes arising between ViitorPlus and Website visitors will be resolved amicably. If an amicable resolution is not possible, the parties may refer the matter to the competent courts.

Version published in June 2020