Legal terms and limitation of liability

ELUNIVERSAL.COM's service is rendered in accordance with the applicable laws of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the general conditions of use, policies and legal terms in this web site, which shall be applied to all visitors.

If the user does not fully accept the general conditions of use, policies and legal terms of this web site, he or she must abandon it. If he or she remains at the site, this shall be understood as his or her acceptance of the application of the rules.

ELUNIVERSAL.COM shall do its best to provide an optimal service through its systems and employees and to maintain the integrity of the data given by the user to the web site. To that end, it has hired experts and services that protect the data. As the data fall within the responsibility of the companies that render such service, eluniversal.com has no control on them. The user must request all the information that he or she deems necessary about the abovementioned security services and the providers thereof.

ELUNIVERSAL.COM has no control on the user's security. The user holds the whole responsibility for his or her passwords and he or she shall accept all the consequences or legal effects deriving from the use of the computer where the user has stored his or her password. ELUNIVERSAL.COM is free of liability on the use of the user's password by a third party who has access to the computer.

Limitation of liability for content ("services," "sections," and "magazines")

ELUNIVERSAL.COM provides its users with varied information through its "services," "sections," and "magazines" as these sections are displayed in the homepage of ELUNIVERSAL.COM. The information published in these sections may have been supplied by third parties, and, therefore, ELUNIVERSAL.COM does not take any responsibility for the accuracy or fidelity of such information. The statements and opinions expressed in interviews and articles are exclusive responsibility of their authors. The events reported are only references, and ELUNIVERSAL.COM has no responsibility on the decisions made by the users based on such information. It is not responsible either for the accuracy of the times and places mentioned in said sections, which are exclusive responsibility of their informers.

Limitation of liability on virus

The user of this web site understands and accepts that ELUNIVERSAL.COM shall in no event guarantee that the text files of the graphics available for downloading are free from virus, Trojan horses or contaminating or destructive character codes; the user is responsible for the adoption of measures and the performing of sufficient checking to guarantee the accuracy of the information downloaded from this site. Likewise, the user is responsible for the maintenance of some information recovery means, in the event that it is lost.

Copyright

The respect of copyright is part of ELUNIVERSAL.COM's policy. The user of this web site must presume and accept that all and each of the sections, names, texts, sentences, pictures, videos and tapes are protected by a copyright, unless otherwise indicated by the notices launched by the web site. Therefore, the aforementioned contents shall not be used, neither partially nor as a whole, without a written consent of ELUNIVERSAL.COM or the owners of the rights on such contents.

All the content in this homepage or those linked internally, including texts, logos, icons, videos, audio and computer programs, are owned by the ELUNIVERSAL.COM or the company has been duly licensed for use thereof.

If you consider that your copyright has been in any way violated by ELUNIVERSAL.COM, please write a message to our webmaster.

Commercial trademarks

The commercial trademarks that appear in this website are owned by ELUNIVERSAL.COM and they have been duly registered by the company. As a consequence, their unauthorized use by third parties is strictly prohibited. ELUNIVERSAL.COM reserves the right to undertake all the legal actions that it deems appropriate to assert its rights both in Venezuela and abroad.

Use of links

As mentioned in the conditions of use, this website contains and may contain links to other pages that are operated by persons or organizations other than ELUNIVERSAL.COM. These links have been provided only for the user's comfort. ELUNIVERSAL.COM has not researched or been informed about the content, origin or operation of the pages to which these links lead. Therefore, it is free of all liability for the content and procedures used by those pages and the use that third parties might make of them, even though they have accessed to those pages through ELUNIVERSAL.COM. The aforementioned use is exclusive responsibility of the user.

The publication, downloading or linking of all vulgar, obscene, illegal or offensive material is categorically prohibited within this site, under penalty of being removed from the system and face all legal actions applicable.

Meta-tagging and framing

ELUNIVERSAL.COM explicitly prohibits the use of the name ELUNIVERSAL.COM or similar keywords in sites other than ELUNIVERSAL.COM or those of associated companies. ELUNIVERSAL.COM reserves the right to undertake any appropriate legal actions in the case that it identifies the use of its denominations as indicated above.

ELUNIVERSAL.COM does not accept the total or partial use of its website through the frame formats without its written consent. The use or display by any other site of any content of ELUNIVERSAL.COM's site will be understood as a direct violation of these terms and conditions of use, and give ELUNIVERSAL.COM the right to undertake any appropriate legal actions.

Spam

ELUNIVERSAL.COM shall not use the e-mail addresses that it may be provided with to send unsolicited e-mail messages or publicity information (commonly known as spam), and shall do its best to enforce this policy. ELUNIVERSAL.COM shall not use the e-mail address provided by its users or subscribers to purposes other than those related to the services it offers through its website.

Electronic crimes

ELUNIVERSAL.COM shall display its best security efforts to maintain the integrity of its website, complying with any condition, policy and legal terms. However, given the technical complexity of the system, ELUNIVERSAL.COM is free of liability from any damage to third parties derived from the illegal or illegitimate manipulation of the electronic systems of EL UNIVERSAL against the good faith of the users, who shall accept and exonerate ELUNIVERSAL.COM.

Opinion articles

Opinion articles are an exclusive responsibility of their authors. ELUNIVERSAL.COM does not support any point of view expressed in such articles.

Classified ads

Users place classified ads at ELUNIVERSAL.COM on their own risk, and assuming full responsibility for them. ELUNIVERSAL.COM does not in any way guarantee the truthfulness of the information shown by the users in its classified ads section. Research on the origin, property, characteristics, conditions and functioning of the articles and/or services offered through the classifieds section totally falls within the responsibility of the interested user. ELUNIVERSAL.COM accepts no liability or guarantees the ownership, availability and/or legality of the goods and/or services offered through the classified ads section, with the user being responsible for contacting the person offering the goods and/or services, as well as for the verification of any information involved. The user declares to agree on the aforementioned and exonerates ELUNIVERSAL.COM from any legal liability that might derive from the transactions initiated in this web site. ELUNIVERSAL.COM is not responsible for the characteristics of the goods whose sale is advertised by the users. This information is placed online as it has been provided by the user, and, therefore, it might not match the actual characteristics of the goods.

Societies or associations

The user acknowledges and accepts that accessing this website does not imply creating any society, association, joint venture, agency or agreement of any kind with the owner of this website, as the latter is an information service as stated in the terms and conditions.

Official announcements

ELUNIVERSAL.COM accepts no responsibility for the content of any notice placed by national, state or municipal government agencies, courts of law or military authorities, as the said ads have been paid by the said agencies and they are responsible for their content and legal effect on third parties.

Exoneration to the Management

The user of this site declares that he or she shall exonerate the management of ELUNIVERSAL.COM, including the president, vice president, board directors, employees and suppliers, of all responsibility, damages and prejudice, including moral damage, business disruption and or emerging damage, general expenses, including lawyer's fees resulting from the user's violation of any of the duties stated in the conditions of use, policies and legal terms of ELUNIVERSAL.COM. Any of the aforementioned officials may exercise their legal rights against the user.

General exoneration of liability

The user of this website frees ELUNIVERSAL.COM from all liability on the loss, damage, expense or cost, including lawyer's fees derived from the violation of any law related to this website and the conditions of use, policies and legal terms of this site.

Non-exercise of rights

ELUNIVERSAL.COM's inactivity in exercising its rights shall not constitute or be interpreted as a renunciation, either total or partial, to the legal actions to which it is entitled.

Partial nullity

In the event that any of the clauses of the general conditions, policies and legal terms were declared null by an authority, the rest of the clauses shall remain in force.

Notices

ELUNIVERSAL.COM may freely send notices to the users of its website on any subject related to the service it offers through any of the sections of the site, e-mail or, if possible, at the street address of the user that ELUNIVERSAL.COM possesses.

Applicable law

All parts of the conditions of use and policies of this website shall be interpreted under the laws of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Legal domicile

The city of Caracas, Venezuela, has been chosen as base for all legal effects derived from the use of this website, and the parties declare to be subject to its courts.