These General Terms and Conditions for the ECA Membership (“Terms and Conditions”) are entered into by and between the party on whose behalf they are accepted (“Member” or “Subscriber”) and The ECA and are effective as of the date they are accepted by Subscriber.

“ECA” is The Ethical Commerce Alliance, part of Empathy Systems Corporation S.L., a Spanish corporation (sociedad limitada unipersonal) with registered address in C/ Jimena Fernández de la Vega 101, Parque Tecnológico Gijón, Asturias (Spain), and registered in the mercantile register of Asturias (Spain) with ID B83601377. You can contact us at hello@ethicalalliance.co.
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These ECA General Terms and Conditions (T&C) describe your rights and responsibilities when becoming a Member to the Alliance, as defined below, and govern the subscription/membership to the ECA. Please read them carefully. By subscribing to the ECA, accessing its courses, or using any Demo, Free version or Beta Phase Product, as defined below, you accept to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
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If you are entering into or accepting these terms on behalf of a legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority and capacity to bind such entity to these T&C, in which case, the term “Member” shall refer to such entity.
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If you do not have authority to accept these ECA General Terms and Conditions on behalf of a legal entity that you represent, or if you do not agree to be bound by all of the provisions of these terms, do not access or use ECA contents and courses.

Version 1 - Effective date: September 1st, 2024.

• By accepting this T&Cs, Members commit themselves to comply with the ECA Manifesto.

• ECA reserves the right to refuse admission, and Membership shall be terminated if the Member fails to comply with any of the obligations bound by  this Membership Statement.

• The Term shall commence on  the date when the first subscription payment is performed by the Member. Thereafter, the term shall renew automatically for 12 months.

• All Members have the right to issue written notice to the ECA of its intention to not renew. Such notice must be given no later than thirty (30) calendar days prior to the last day of the then-current Term. Termination shall be effective as of the date that would have been the first day of the next renewal Term.
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  All Members agree to maintain the confidentiality of any proprietary information (include without limitation non-public trade secrets, proprietary information, ideas, works of authorship, know-how, processes and any other information or data related to the Products and Professional Services of the disclosing party, its business and contractual relationships) ("Confidential Information") received from the other Members or the ECA during the term of this Subscription and for five (5) years after its termination. All Members agree not to use said Confidential Information for any purpose except as necessary to fulfil its obligations and exercise its rights under this T&Cs. Except as and when required to do so by competent administrative authority or court of law, neither party shall disclose Confidential Information of the other to any third party.
  The ECA may refer to Members directly or indirectly in advertisement, news release, or publications. All members shall have the right to refuse this authorization formally in writing, with no retroactive effect.
  All members agree to maintain the confidentiality of any proprietary information (include without limitation non-public trade secrets, proprietary information, ideas, works of authorship, know-how, processes and any other information or data related to the Products and Professional Services of the disclosing party, its business and contractual relationships) ("Confidential Information") received from the other members or the ECA during the term of this Membership Statement and for five (5) years after its termination. All members agree not to use said Confidential Information for any purpose except as necessary to fulfill its obligations and exercise its rights under this Membership Statement. Except as and when required to do so by competent administrative authority or court of law, neither party shall disclose Confidential Information of the other to any third party.
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  The ECA may refer to Members directly or indirectly in advertisement, news release, or publications. All members shall have the right to refuse this authorization formally in writing, with no retroactive effect.
  

• Unless otherwise specified in a separate Subscription Statement the Subscription/Membership must be paid in advance. Payments will be due in Euro. The ECA provides to the customer the possibility of electronic payment by Visa and Mastercard credit card through its Subscription platform and SEPA Direct Debit.

• To the maximum extent permitted by mandatorily applicable law, neither the ECA nor the Members shall be liable to the other for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages, including loss or profit or goodwill, for any matter arising out of or relating to these T&Cs, whether such liability is asserted on the basis of contract, tort or otherwise.

• This Subscription/Membership shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of Spain. The Parties hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Gijón, Spain and irrevocably agrees that all actions or proceedings relating to this Membership must be litigated in such courts.

• In accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 and the Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December on the Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights, the data subject is informed and consents to the processing of personal data by the ECA, as the data controller.
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  The purpose of the processing is to manage the Membership and to participate in the activities of ECA, as well as to send information and news related to the membership. The data subject may exercise the rights of objection, access, rectification and erasure by notifying Ethical Commerce Alliance at the following address: Calle Jimena Fernández De la Vega, 101 (33394, Gijón) or by sending an e-mail to hello@ethicalalliance.co..