1. Preamble: Freemeteo is a weather forecast website. It provides weather forecasts and related services, such as personalized forecasts and email alerts sent to users. Access to Freemeteo is currently free for all users. However, Freemeteo reserves the right to change access to the site and the services offered in the future. In that case, Freemeteo will inform all registered users in advance and offer them the opportunity to subscribe to Freemeteo. Freemeteo expressly reserves the right to change, correct, or discontinue, at any time, any part or element of the site, including, but not limited to, content, availability times, and equipment necessary for access or use of the site.
2.Copyrights: The site contains material, trademarks, and other information subject to copyrights including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, and graphics. Freemeteo is the sole owner of the hosted material and all intellectual property rights and other proprietary rights. All rights are strictly reserved. Therefore, except for making a backup copy of part of the site’s content for personal use only, and without removing the reference to its origin, users are prohibited from selling, copying, modifying, reproducing, republishing, downloading, transmitting, or distributing, in any form, any part of Freemeteo’s material without prior written permission from Freemeteo.
3.Disclaimer
A. Users expressly agree that they use Freemeteo at their own initiative and therefore assume full responsibility for its use. Freemeteo, its subsidiaries, and its service providers do not guarantee that the site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that any errors will be corrected. Moreover, Freemeteo provides no guarantees as to the results obtained from using the site, the information provided, including its accuracy or reliability, or any service provided.
B. The information and services from Freemeteo are provided "as is", without any warranty, express or implied, including, but not limited to, any warranty of title, information, services or products provided via Freemeteo, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
C. The information on the site should not be interpreted as advice or encouragement to perform or avoid any specific act. Freemeteo is not responsible for how users interpret the information provided on the site, nor for any actions they decide to take based on such information.
D. Freemeteo shall not be liable for any damage or injury resulting from any interruption, error, inaccuracy, correction, deletion of the service. Additionally, Freemeteo is not responsible for operational failure, performance delays, communication line failures, or computer viruses received from Freemeteo or linked sites. Nor is Freemeteo responsible for theft or destruction, fraudulent access, alteration, or use of its data—whether due to breach of contract, tort, negligence, or any other cause. This limitation of liability includes all damage resulting from downloading material from Freemeteo or any linked site.
E. This disclaimer applies to any information or service provided to the user by simply accessing any Freemeteo page or after a specific request (including, but not limited to, personalized forecasts and emails).
4.Email Alerts: By subscribing to Freemeteo’s email alert service, the user agrees to receive the service starting seven (7) days later. The information, products, and services are provided “as is” and depending on availability; they may be provided at reduced frequency or temporarily suspended. Freemeteo expressly reserves the right to suspend or terminate users' subscriptions to email alerts at any time, without prior notice or explanation. All intellectual property rights, including copyrights to the content of the alert emails, belong to Freemeteo. All rights are hereby reserved.
5.Equipment: It is the user's sole responsibility to acquire and maintain the necessary equipment for accessing and using this site (e.g., telephone lines, computer hardware, etc.). Freemeteo, however, reserves the right to change the equipment necessary for access and use of the site at any time without further notice. All payments due to third parties (e.g., Internet Service Providers) for access and use of the site are the user's responsibility.
6.Links to Other Sites: Freemeteo provides links to other sites. Freemeteo does not and cannot control the availability, content, privacy practices, potential intellectual property violations, or the quality and quantity of information and services provided by those sites. Users must contact those sites directly for any issues encountered during visits or use. Under no circumstances does Freemeteo assume responsibility for the content of such sites.
7.Advertisements: Freemeteo contains advertising material and often links to advertisers’ homepages. Freemeteo does not and cannot control the content of these ads, banners, or pop-ups, their privacy policies, or any possible violations of intellectual property laws. Users must contact the advertisers directly for any issues encountered when visiting or using their sites. Freemeteo is not responsible for the content of the ads on its site nor for the advertisers’ websites. Furthermore, Freemeteo shall not be held liable for any communication or commercial transaction between a user and a third-party advertiser via the Freemeteo site.
8.Third-Party Content: Freemeteo may publish information, data, text, or graphics sent by users. This material, whether public or private, is the sole responsibility of the originator. Freemeteo is not responsible for any error and/or omission in this material or for any damage suffered by the user resulting from its use. Users agree not to post any material that is obscene, vulgar, indecent, aggressive, defamatory, abusive, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, infringes on copyrights, or is otherwise illegal. Freemeteo is not responsible for any material that promotes conduct constituting a criminal offense, giving rise to civil liability, or violating any law. Users understand the global nature of the Internet and agree to respect local netiquette and regulations of each country.
9.Monitoring: Freemeteo reserves the right to refuse to display or to remove any material posted on the site. Freemeteo may remove any material it considers to violate these terms or that it deems inappropriate in any way.
10.Indemnification: Users agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Freemeteo, its owner, employees, subsidiaries, and agents harmless from all damages, claims, demands, expenses, liabilities, losses, and profits (including attorney fees) arising from their use of this site.
11.Data Protection: In certain cases, users may be asked to provide personal information to facilitate use of the site. This information is used by Freemeteo and will not be shared with third parties. For more details on the use and processing of this data, please refer to the privacy policy.
12.Modification of Terms: Freemeteo reserves the right, at any time, to change or modify all or part of the terms and conditions of site use, with or without notice. Continued use of the site after such changes indicates user acceptance of the modified terms.
13.Miscellaneous: These terms of use constitute the entire agreement between the contracting parties regarding the use of Freemeteo and supersede all prior written or oral agreements regarding the same subject. No waiver by either party of any breach or violation of the terms shall constitute a waiver of any prior or subsequent breach or violation. Section titles are provided for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of these terms.
14.Severability: If any provision of this Agreement is deemed illegal, invalid, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the legality, validity, or enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected in that jurisdiction.
15.Language: The language of this Agreement is English. In the event of a dispute between the English text and a translation, the English version shall prevail.
16.Governing Law – Jurisdiction: This Agreement is governed by and interpreted under Greek and European law, and falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Athens, Greece.