TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The current website is property of International Schools Database, S.L. (hereinafter as the "Provider") with Spanish Tax number B56199540, registered office at Avda. Professor López Piñero, 8-28, Valencia, Spain registered in the Commercial Registry of Valencia. The email address for contacting the company is gerardo@expatistan.com.

These terms and conditions regulate the service provided by The Provider, which provides cost of living information and calculations via the website www.expatistan.com (hereinafter as the "Service" or "Website").

  • 1. SUBJECT MATTER OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
    • 1.1. The Provider provides the Service, which includes an internet platform for:
      • 1.1.1. comparison of cost of living in different cities and locations provided free of charge (hereinafter as the "Cost of living"),
      • 1.1.2. salary adjustment calculations based on cost of living difference in different cities and locations offered for a payment (hereinafter as the "Salary Calculation")
      • (hereinafter as the "Service" or "Services").
    • 1.2. These Terms and Conditions apply in situations when the User is both natural or legal person acting in the area of their business or independent practice of their profession (i.e. as entrepreneurs) and natural person who is acting as a consumer (acts outside its business activity or independent profession) (hereinafter as the "Consumer").
    • 1.3. These Terms and Conditions are an integral part of the contractual relationship since the beginning of the contractual process between the Parties and apply for providing the Services both for payment or free of charge. By using the Service, you accept these Terms and Conditions without any exceptions. If you disagree with any part, you must not use the Service.
  • 2. REGISTRATION
    • 2.1. The Services can be used without creating an account on the Service.
    • 2.2. The User can register and create an account on the Service. By creating an Account the User agrees with these Terms and Conditions by ticking the box "I have read and I agree with the Terms and Conditions".
    • 2.3. To create the Account, the User is required to provide its e-mail address (which can also be used for communication between The Provider and the User) and a password for signing into the Account.
    • 2.4. Successful registration and conclusion of the Contract will be notified to the User without undue delay via the e-mail address given by the User during the registration.
    • 2.5. The Provider reserves the right to verify the User’s e-mail and contact information.
    • 2.6. All information provided in the Account must be correct and true. If the information changes, the User is obliged to update it anytime and without undue delay. The Provider is not liable for any damage caused if the User states incorrect or inaccurate information.
    • 2.7. For an access to the Account the User must enter its logging data. The User is always required to:
      • 2.7.1. protect its logging data, and
      • 2.7.2. prevent any third party from unauthorized access to its logging data and Account.
    • 2.8. The User is responsible for damages resulting from inadequate protection of its logging data or from unauthorized access to the Account. In the event of suspected disclosure or misuse, it is in the User’s own interest to change his logging data as soon as possible.
  • 3. AGREEMENT
    • 3.1. An agreement on the purchase of digital goods in form of the Salary Calculation is concluded between the Parties by:
      • 3.1.1. entering an e-mail address,
      • 3.1.2. choosing a preferred payment method,
      • 3.1.3. by clicking the box "I understand and agree to the Terms and Conditions of this purchase", and
      • 3.1.4. by clicking on the button "Buy"
      • (hereinafter as the "Agreement").
    • 3.2. The Agreement can be concluded only in English.
    • 3.4. Before concluding the Agreement, the User is obliged to provide true and correct information in the Agreement. The Provider considers the information in the Agreement to be true and correct.
    • 3.5. In case of providing an incorrect e-mail address there is no right of the User to require sending the Salary Calculation to a different e-mail address.
  • 4. PRICE AND PAYMENT CONDITIONS
    • 4.1. The Provider offers the Salary Calculation for a payment of USD 50 with VAT and any additional fees included (hereinafter as the "Price").
    • 4.2. After payment is done via the preferred payment method, the Salary Calculation will be delivered at the e-mail address provided in the Agreement.
    • The User acknowledges that he has no right to withdraw from the Agreement under Section 103.a) of the Royal Legislative Decree 1/2007, of 16 November, approving the revised text of the General Law for the Defence of Consumers and Users and other complementary laws.
  • 5. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE USER
    • 5.1. The User undertakes to use the Service solely in accordance with the legal regulations and these Terms and Conditions. The User is not entitled to use the Service for any other purpose or in any manner other than those set forth in these Terms and Conditions.
    • 5.2. Most importantly, the User hereby undertakes that he will not:
      • 5.2.1. within the use of the Service or as a result of the use of the Service, interfere with the rights of third parties or The Provider,
      • 5.2.2. interfere with the Service unjustifiably and will not attempt to gain access to the Service in any other way than using the specified logging data and via the appropriate interface, in particular, will not in any way reproduce, modify, decompile, or otherwise interfere with the Service, the associated source code and documentation unless expressly authorized to do so,
      • 5.2.3. use the Service in a way that could damage it (including interference with the software and/or hardware on which the Service is made operational),
      • 5.2.4. modify or copy any of the materials or information available in the Service,
      • 5.2.5. use any of the information or the materials available in the Service for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial),
      • 5.2.6. attempt to decompile or reverse engineer the Service or any software contained on the Service,
      • 5.2.7. transfer the information or the materials available in the Service to another person or "mirror" them on any other server than The Provider’s,
      • 5.2.8. crawl, harvest or scrape the Service or any of its contents, or otherwise access the Service or its contents for any purposes by machine based or automated means or by systematic operations,
      • 5.2.9. carry out any act that may be considered an infringement of any intellectual or industrial property rights belonging to The Provider or third parties.
    • 5.3. The User may contact the Provider via the e-mail address gerardo@expatistan.com to request a correction or a refund for the Salary Calculation in case of, for example, evident errors or malfunctions of the Service. However without any right for the refund. The Provider will evaluate individually all requests for a refund.
    • 5.4. The Users are entitled to submit new entries to the database of prices which are used to provide the Service. The Users are obliged to enter the data that to the best of their knowledge are accurate. The Provider is not obliged to check the correctness and accuracy of these data provided by the Users.
    • 5.5. The user will be liable for damages of any nature that The Provider may suffer, due to the breach of any of the obligations set out above as well as any others included in these General Terms and Conditions and/or those imposed by law in relation to the use of the Service.
    • 5.6. All underage users must use the Service with the consent of their father, mother or legal guardian, who shall be responsible for any problem that may arise in the use of the Service's services.
    • 5.7. The Provider shall at all times ensure respect for the current legal system, and shall be entitled to interrupt, at its sole discretion, the Service or exclude the user from the Service in the event of the alleged commission of any of the crimes or offences defined by the current Criminal Code, or in the event of any conduct that in the opinion of The Provider is contrary to these General Conditions or may disrupt the proper functioning, image, credibility and/or prestige of The Provider.
  • 6. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PROVIDER
    • 6.1. The Provider undertakes to make reasonable efforts to make the Service available and operational. However, the User is aware of the fact that despite this Provider's effort, the Service may not always be fully available, especially due to the necessary maintenance of The Provider’s hardware and software equipment or necessary maintenance of hardware and software of third parties.
    • 6.2. The Provider is not responsible for any damage caused to the User due to the unavailability or malfunction of the Service.
    • 6.3. The Provider may, at any time, without prior notice, make changes to the content of the Website, as well as the Service, to add or remove the functions of the Website and its components.
    • 6.4. The Provider is not obliged:
      • 6.4.1. to oversee and/or monitor the content stored on the Website, or
      • 6.4.2. to actively search for facts and circumstances pointing to the illegal content of this information.
    • 6.5. The User is aware that The Provider is entitled to delete any data as instructed or permitted by the applicable law if The Provider concludes the data are in any way violating the legal regulations or these Terms and Conditions.
  • 7. INTELLECTUAL RIGHTS
    • 7.1. The Platform is an author's work according to the Law on Intellectual Property, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1/1996, of 12 April 1996, as amended (hereinafter as the "Copyright Act"). All intellectual rights based or in connection with the Platform belongs to The Provider.
      The User is aware that the rights to the database available on the Website belongs to the Provider as the database maker and is protected under relevant legislation. Infringing rights to the database (copying its content, abuse of the data, publishing via own sites etc. contrary to law) constitutes Provider’s right e.g. to seek remedy and claim damages.
      In the event the Provider provides in performance or in connection with the Services a product (or performance) that is not a Copyrighted Work but fulfils the characteristics of any of the other intangible goods protected by law, the legal relations between the Provider and the Client resulting therefrom shall be governed by the principles set out in these Terms and Conditions.
    • 7.2. The Provider, within the Service, grants a license to the User to exercise the right to use the Platform "as is" available at that particular time on the Website (hereinafter as the "License").
    • 7.3. The License is granted:
      • 7.3.1. as non-exclusive,
      • 7.3.2. free of charge in the case of the Cost of Living and for the Price in case of the Salary Calculation,
      • 7.3.3. for a period of maximum one year,
      • 7.3.4. solely for personal and not commercial purposes only in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, and only in the appropriate manner,
      • 7.3.5. worldwide.
    • 7.4. The User is not entitled to grant a sublicense to third parties or assign the License to third parties.
    • 7.5. The User is not authorized to:
      • 7.5.1. interfere with or modify the Platform in any way,
      • 7.5.2. link it to another work,
      • 7.5.3. include it in a collective work,
      • 7.5.4. complete an unfinished Platform (even by a third party), or
      • 7.5.5. create any copies of the Platform.
    • 7.6. The User is not entitled to grant a sublicense to the Services or any part thereof to third parties or assign the License to third parties.
    • 7.7. In accordance with the purpose of the Licence the User is not entitled to, in particular:
      • 7.7.1. interfere with or modify the Services in any way,
      • 7.7.2. reproduce, distribute, display, publish or otherwise use the Services or any part thereof, or any information received in connection with the Services, including republication on another website,
      • 7.7.3. link it to another work,
      • 7.7.4. include it in a collective work,
      • 7.7.5. complete the unfinished Services (even by a third party).
    • 7.8. The provisions for the use of the Services shall apply similarly to other intangible property made available by the Provider within the Service (particularly graphics, trademarks, etc.).
  • 8. WARRANTY
    • 8.1. The Services contains information about cost of living. The information contained therein is not an advice and should not be treated as such. The Provider does not express any opinion or any other form of assurance with respect to any information contained in the Services.
    • 8.2. You must not rely on the information contained in the Services as an alternative to relocation advice from an appropriately qualified professional. You hereby acknowledge that items of possible interest to you may not have been specifically addressed by or in the Services. If you have any specific questions about any relocation matter you shall consult an appropriately qualified professional.
    • 8.3. Although the Provider seeks to provide the reputable Services that are accurate, the Provider provides no representation, warranty or guarantee:
      • 8.3.1. of the Services’ accuracy, correctness, completeness, truthfulness and timeliness,
      • 8.3.2. of the accuracy, correctness, completeness, truthfulness and timeliness of the Service’s data or any items of information contained therein which may be modified by the Users,
      • 8.3.3. that the use of the Services will lead to any particular outcome or result.
  • 9. LIABILITY
    • 9.1. To the maximum extent allowed by Spanish law, the Provider will not be liable for any damage incurred by the User in connection with the use of the Services or the Website.
    • 9.2. In particular, the Provider is not obliged to compensate the User for damages incurred:
      • 9.2.1. as a result of the inability to use the Service or the Website,
      • 9.2.2. by changing these Terms and Conditions,
      • 9.2.3. by loss, theft, disclosure, or misuse of the User's logging data,
      • 9.2.4. due to the use of the Service in violation of these Terms and Conditions or the legal regulations of Spain,
      • 9.2.5. as a result of the use of a service or product provided by a third party,
      • 9.2.6. independently of the Provider's will,
      • 9.2.7. out of any event or events, including without limitation loss of profits, income, revenue, use, production, anticipated savings, business, contracts, commercial opportunities or goodwill.
    • 9.3. The User is aware that the Provider provides only a Service for providing information on cost of living and is not responsible for:
      • 9.3.1. the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, and timeliness of the information provided within the Website,
      • 9.3.2. for any liabilities arising from or with using the Service,
      • 9.3.3. the functionality of the User's data network, the functionality of the User's hardware equipment, the status of the User's software, the possible interference of third parties in the User's software,
      • 9.3.4. of the contents of those pages that users can access from links included on the website.
    • 9.4. Similarly, the Provider excludes any liability for damages of any kind that may be due to the presence of viruses or the presence of other harmful elements in the contents that may cause alterations in the computer systems as well as in the documents or systems stored therein, for which reason the Provider shall not be liable in any case when they occur:
      • 9.4.1. Errors or delays in the access to the services by the user when entering their/her data in the corresponding form or any anomaly that may arise when these incidents are due to problems in the Internet network, fortuitous events or force majeure and any other unforeseeable contingency beyond the good faith of the Provider.
      • 9.4.2. Failures or incidents that may occur in communications, deletion or incomplete transmissions, so that there is no guarantee that the services of the Website will be constantly operational.
      • 9.4.3. Errors or damage caused to the Website due to inefficient and bad faith use of the service by the User.
      • 9.4.4. Non-operational or problems with the email address provided by the User for sending the requested information.
      In any case, the Provider undertakes to solve any problems that may arise and to offer all the necessary support to the User to reach a quick and satisfactory solution to the incident.
    • 9.5. The User is liable to the Provider for any pecuniary or non-pecuniary damage in terms of violation of any of the provision of the Agreement and/or these Terms and Conditions (e.g. infringing intellectual property rights). In case the User violates any provision of the Agreement and/or these Terms and Conditions, the User will reimburse the Provider for damages and lost profits in full in money, as well as any costs caused by this violation, in particular legal costs, travel costs or any other costs.
    • 9.6. If, after all, should the Provider be liable to the User for any damages, his liability is limited to the maximum amount of the Price paid by the User.
  • 10. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
    • 10.1. The Provider does not guarantee or assume any type of responsibility for damages suffered by accessing the Services/content of third parties through connections, links or links to the linked sites, nor for the accuracy or reliability of the same. The function of the links that appear on the Provider is exclusively to inform the user about the existence of other sources of information on the Internet, where he/she can expand the Services offered by the Website. The Provider shall in no case be responsible for the results obtained through these links or for the consequences arising from users' access to them. These third-party services are provided by third parties, and therefore the Provider cannot and does not control the legality of the Services or their quality. Consequently, the user must exercise extreme caution in the evaluation and use of the information and services existing in the contents of third parties.
    • 10.2. It is expressly forbidden to introduce hyperlinks for commercial purposes on websites not belonging to the Provider that allow access to this Website without the express consent of the Provider. In any case, the existence of hyperlinks on websites not belonging to the company does not imply in any case the existence of commercial or mercantile relations with the owner of the website where the hyperlink is established, nor the acceptance by the Provider of any of its contents.
  • 11. SUPPORT
    • 11.1. The User is entitled to contact the Provider in order to resolve the functionality of the Service, especially when the Service is unavailable.
    • 11.2. In order to contact the Provider, it is possible to use the email address gerardo@expatistan.com.
    • 11.3. The Provider will inform the User of the outcome of their request in a manner that the User has used to contact the Provider.
  • 12. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
    • 12.1. The User is committed to confidentiality regarding confidential information. All information that is or may be part of the Provider's business secret and information regarding the User's and the Provider's mutual cooperation is considered to be confidential (the "Confidential Information").
    • 12.2. All Confidential Information shall remain the exclusive property of the Provider and the User shall develop the same efforts for the protection of their confidentiality and for their protection as if they were their own Confidential Information. Except for the extent necessary for mutual cooperation, the User undertakes not to distribute Confidential Information in any manner whatsoever and not to pass it on to third parties. The User also undertakes not to use the Confidential Information otherwise than in order to cooperate with the Provider.
    • 12.3. The provisions of this article are without prejudice to the termination of the Contract for any reason whatsoever and shall expire 10 (ten) years after termination of the Contract.
  • 13. PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION
    • 13.1. The User and the Guest User are aware that any personal data may be processed within the provision of the Service. All information on the processing of personal data by the Provider is provided in a separate document "Privacy Policy and Information on Data Processing" available on https://www.expatistan.com/privacy-policy.
    • 13.2. The user will be responsible, in any case, for the veracity of the data provided and may exercise the rights of access, deletion, rectification, opposition, limitation of processing and portability, by writing to the company, either to its registered office or by e-mail to gerardo@expatistan.com. provided that he/she can prove their/her identity. And in the event that they deem it appropriate, they may go to the Spanish Data Protection Agency.
    • 13.3. For its part, the Provider undertakes to comply with the obligation of secrecy of personal data, and has therefore adopted the necessary measures to avoid its alteration, loss, processing or unauthorised access, taking into account the state of technology at all times.
    • 13.4. On the other hand, the Provider informs you that visiting this Website does not automatically record any personal data that identifies a user, on the other hand there is certain information of a non-personal nature and not identifiable with a specific user that is collected during the live session through devices called "cookies" that allow us to obtain statistical information on the use of the Website in order to be able to make improvements. All users must consult our cookie policy to browse the website.
  • 14. MUTUAL COMMUNICATION
  • 14.1. All communications between the User and the Provider will take place through the Account interface or via the following contact details:
    • 14.1.1. For communication with the Provider, the email addresses gerardo@international-schools-database.com and gerardo@expatistan.com;
    • 14.1.2. For communication with the User, the contact details provided within the Account.
  • 14.2. All notifications between the parties relating to these Terms and Conditions must be made in written form and delivered to the other party. The written form requirement is also met, even if the notification is made in electronic form via the Account interface or via e-mail at the above e-mail addresses.
  • 14.3. In case the parties change their address or their representative, the party will notify the other party no later than 1 (one) week since the change has been made. The User will do so by updating the contact details in the Account and the Provider shall update the details via the Website.
  • 15. SUSPENSION OF THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICE
    • 15.1. The Provider may, at any time, suspend the provision of the Service under the Contract, even without due reason. In this case, the User is not allowed to use the Service (even in part).
    • 15.2. In the event of a suspension of the provision of the Service, the Provider will send at the User’s e-mail address an information about the reason why the Service is suspended and for how long. Suspension of provision of the Service by the Provider shall not affect the possibilities of its termination under article 15 of the Terms and Conditions.
  • 16. DURATION AND TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACT
    • 16.1. The Contract is concluded for an indefinite period.
    • 16.2. The Provider is entitled at any time to terminate the Contract by written notice sent at the User's email address stated in their Account. The Contract terminates on the date of the notice’s delivery at the User’s e-mail.
    • 16.3. The Provider terminates the Contract typically in cases where the User:
      • 16.3.1. violates these Terms and Conditions, or
      • 16.3.2. has withdrawn the consent to the processing of personal data provided under these Terms and Conditions.
    • 16.4. The User is entitled to terminate the Contract at any time by cancelling their Account; the User can also ask the Provider to cancel the Account; the Provider will cancel the Account upon the User's request without undue delay.
    • 16.5. The User is not entitled to any claims in connection with the cancellation of the Account by the Provider except for those explicitly mentioned in these Terms and Conditions.
    • 16.6. The User acknowledges that he has no right to withdraw from the Contract under Section 103.a) of the Royal Legislative Decree 1/2007, of 16 November, approving the revised text of the General Law for the Defence of Consumers and Users and other complementary laws, as the Service has been completely executed.
    • 16.7. Either party may terminate the Contract as a result of a material breach of the Contract by the other party.
    • 16.8. This article shall be used accordingly to the contract on the use of the Review specified in paragraph 3.3 of these Terms and Conditions.
  • 17. APPLICABLE LAW
    • 17.1. The Contract is governed by the laws of Spain.
    • 17.2. Any disputes between the Provider and the User or the Guest User arising out of or in connection with the Contract and the Service, as well as disputes relating to the alleged invalidity, nullity or ineffectiveness of the Contract, shall be decided by the courts of the domicile of the user with local competence.
    • 17.3. The Parties agree that the court of the Provider shall be the competent court for the resolution of any and all disputes arising out of or relating to the Contract, even if the User is the plaintiff in the proceedings. Finally, for legal purposes, we remind you that the European Commission has created a platform for out-of-court online dispute resolution, which is available at the following link, http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.
    • 17.4. This article does not affect the rights of consumers resulting from generally binding legislation.
  • 18. FINAL PROVISIONS
    • 18.1. The Contract can be concluded only in English.
    • 18.2. Contracts are archived by the Provider in electronic form. Access to archived Contracts is reserved exclusively by the Provider.
    • 18.3. The User agrees that the Provider has the right to assign rights arising out of the Terms and Conditions to the third party or any part thereof. The User may not transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise burden their claims against the Provider without the written consent of the Provider.
    • 18.4. If any provision of the Terms and Conditions is invalid or ineffective, or becomes invalid or ineffective, instead of such provision a provision which is the closest to the purpose of such invalid or ineffective provision will be used. The invalidity or ineffectiveness of one provision is without prejudice to the validity of the other provisions. Amendments and additions to the Terms and Conditions require a written form.
    • 18.5. The User bears the full cost of the means of distance communication (telephone or internet communication) that will arise to him in fulfilling these Terms and Conditions.
    • 18.6. The Provider is entitled to update these Terms and Conditions at any time. This update will be published on the Website and information about this update will also be sent to the User on its Account’s e-mail address.
    • 18.7. As of the effective date of the new version of the Terms and Conditions, the previous version of the Terms and Conditions is not effective anymore. The User has the right to reject the proposed addition or changes to the Terms and Conditions. In such case, the Provider is entitled to terminate the Contract.
    • 18.8. The Terms and Conditions become valid and effective on the date 6th November 2023.
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