Licence for Restricted Data

Introduction

This Licence grants you, the End User, the right to download and use the data file(s) made available by the University of Reading Research Data Archive (the Archive) according to the terms specified below.  By downloading any files licensed under these terms you will be deemed to have accepted this agreement in full.

In order to use the data file(s) made available under this agreement you must first have requested and been granted permission to do so by an Authorising Agent. The Authorising Agent may be an administrator acting for the Archive or any person who holds rights in the data file(s) or is authorised by the rights-holder(s) in the data file(s) to grant permission to use and specify the conditions of use of the data file(s).

End User Agreement

I, the End User, agree:

• To use the data file(s) made available under this Licence in accordance with the terms of the Licence and to notify the Archive of any breach of the terms of the Licence that comes to my attention;
• To use and make personal copies of any part of the data file(s) for non-commercial research and learning purposes only, and on no account to use the data file(s) for commercial purposes unless the prior written permission of an Authorising Agent is obtained;
• Not to further distribute the data file(s), regardless of the form or medium, except by special written permission or licence obtained from an Authorising Agent;
• To ensure that the means of access to the data file(s) (such as passwords) are kept secure and not disclosed to anyone else, except by special written permission or licence obtained from an Authorising Agent;
• To preserve at all times the confidentiality of information pertaining to individuals, households or organisations in the data file(s) where the information is not in the public domain;
• Not to use the data files(s) to attempt to obtain or derive information relating specifically to an identifiable individual, household or organisation, or claim to have obtained or derived such information;
• To use the data file(s) at my own risk and not to hold the Archive liable for any loss, injury or damage incurred by me as a result of my use of the data file(s);
• To acknowledge in any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based in whole or in part on the data file(s), the data creators/rights-holders and the Archive as provider of the data files(s), by means of a citation to the originating Dataset, including at least the Creator(s), Title, Data Publisher, Publication Year, and DOI as recorded on the Metadata Record, and in any form or with any additional information as specified to me in writing by the Archive or any Authorising Agent;
• That the Archive may hold and process any personal data submitted by me for any fair or lawful purposes, including those of validation, administration, and reporting on usage of the data file(s), and may pass this information to any members of the University, Depositors of the data file(s), rights-holders in the data file(s), and any other persons with legitimate interests in or administrative responsibilities for the data file(s), in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Archive Terms and Conditions for Registered Users [link];
• To abide by any further conditions notified to me at any time by the Archive or any Authorising Agent. Notice of any further conditions will be given to me in writing and I will agree in writing to those conditions by reply to the notifier or will be deemed to have consented to those conditions after thirty (30) days have elapsed from the issue of the notice ;
• That any breach of these terms and conditions will lead to immediate termination of my access to the Archive and may result in legal action being taken against me by the rights-holder(s) in the data file(s).

Disclaimers

The Archive makes no undertakings as to the accuracy of the data file(s) supplied under this Licence, or their conformity with any relevant laws, and accepts no liability for mistakes, omissions, or legal infringements or infringements of third party rights within the data file(s).

The Archive accepts no liability for any damage, loss or injury arising from use of  or reliance on any information supplied in the data file(s).

This Licence may be varied in writing by the agreement of the Archive or any Authorising Agent and the End User. No consent from any other party is required to vary or rescind this Licence.