Combatting Cybercrime

These Terms of Use apply to this website (the “Site”) and certain associated sites linked to the Site (“Associated Sites”). The Site and the Associated Sites are sometimes referred to collectively as the “Sites”.

The Site Terms of Use – Acceptance of the Terms of Use

Welcome to the Site maintained by the World Bank (“we” or “us”) on behalf of the World Bank itself and the following partner organizations: The Association Internationale de Droit Pénal; The Council of Europe The International Telecommunication Union; The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of Republic of Korea; The Global Cyber Security Capacity Building Centre; The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute; The United Nations Office On Drugs and Crime (collectively, the “Partners”). The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, “Terms of Use”), govern your access to and use of the Site, including any content, functionality and services offered on or through the Site, whether as a guest or a registered user.

We offer the Site, including all information, tools, and services available from it, to you, the user, conditioned upon your acceptance of all these Terms of Use. Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Site. By using the Site, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, incorporated herein by reference. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Site.

Changes to the Terms of Use

We may revise and update these Terms of Use and the Site from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Site thereafter. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

Accessing the Sites

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Site, and any service or material we provide on the Site, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Site and the Associated Sites, or an entire Site, or all of them, to users, including registered users.

You are responsible for:

• Affirming that you can form legally binding agreements under applicable law, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms of Use, and to qualify under, abide by, and comply with these Terms of Use.
• Making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Site and the Associated Sites.
• Ensuring that all persons who access the Site and the Associated Sites through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.
• To access the Sites and the resources offered by them, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Sites and the Associated Sites that all the information you provide is correct, current and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with the Site and the Associated Sites, including but not limited to through the use of any interactive features on them, is governed by our Privacy Policy and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.
• We have the right to disable any user name, password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.

Intellectual Property Rights

• Unless otherwise expressly indicated, the Site and related contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof), are owned by the World Bank, its licensors or other providers of such material, including without limitation the Partners, and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
• These Terms of Use permit you to use the Sites for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any of the material on the Site in accordance with Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO License (CC BY 3.0 IGO).
• Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
• You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes.
• You may print or download content on the affected Site for non-commercial use only

You must not:

• Delete or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from the Site.
• You must not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Site or any services or materials available through the Site.
• Any use of the Site not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.

Trademarks

The names, logos, product and service names and designs of the World Bank and the Partners are trademarks of their respective organizations. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of such organizations. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on the Site are the trademarks of their respective owners.

Prohibited Uses

You may use the Sites only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use them:

• In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the United States or other countries).
• To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.
• To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any “junk mail”, “chain letter” or “spam” or any other similar solicitation.
• To impersonate or attempt to impersonate the World Bank, the Partners, or any of them, or any employee of such organizations, another user or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using e-mail addresses or screen names associated with any of the foregoing).
• To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Site and the Associated Sites, or which, as determined by us, may harm the World Bank or the Partners or users of the Sites or expose them to liability.

Additionally, you agree not to:

• Use the Sites in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use of the Sites, including their ability to engage in real time activities through them.
• Use any robot, spider or other automatic device, process or means to access the Sites for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on them.
• Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Sites or for any other unauthorized purpose without our prior written consent.
• Use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Sites.
• Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Site and the Associated Sites, the server on which the Sites are stored, or any server, computer or database connected to them.
• Attack the Sites via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
• Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Sites.

Monitoring and Enforcement – Termination

We have the Right to:

• Disclose your identity or other information about you to any third party who claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy.
• Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Sites.
• Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Sites for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.

Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the Site and the Associated Sites. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE WORLD BANK AND THE PARTNERS, FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY ANY OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES DURING OR AS A RESULT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER SUCH PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

However, we assume no responsibility for monitoring the Sites for inappropriate content or conduct. If at any time we choose, in our sole discretion to monitor the Sites, we nonetheless assume no responsibility for user content on the Sites, no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate content, and no responsibility for the conduct of any user submitting any such content.

Reliance on Information Posted

The information presented on or through the Sites is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information. Any of the material on the Site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material. The information and features on the Sites do not constitute binding offers to provide financing, legal or other services described on the Sites, or to make such services available in your area. In addition, nothing on the Sites shall be construed as containing any investment recommendations and nothing constitutes an offer of or an invitation by or on behalf of the World Bank or the Partners to purchase or sell any shares or securities.

Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Sites, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

The Sites may include content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, bloggers and third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by the World Bank and the Partners, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the World Bank and the Partners.

We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.

Information About You and Your Visits to the Site

All information we collect on the Site is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.

Linking to the Site and Social Media Features

You may link to the Site and the Associated Sites, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part.

The Sites may provide certain social media features that enable you to:

• Link from your own or certain third-party sites to certain content on them.
• Send e-mails or other communications with certain content, or links to certain content, on them.
• Cause limited portions of content on them to be displayed or appear to be displayed on your own or certain third-party sites.
• You may use these features solely as they are provided by us and solely with respect to the content they are displayed with and otherwise in accordance with any additional terms and conditions we provide with respect to such features.

Subject to the foregoing, you must not:

• Establish a link from any site that is not owned by you.
• Cause the Site and the Associated Sites or portions of them to be displayed, or appear to be displayed by, for example, framing, deep linking or in-line linking, on any other site.
• Otherwise take any action with respect to the materials on the Site that is inconsistent with any other provision of these Terms of Use.

In addition:

• You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to cease. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
• We may disable all or any social media features and any links at any time without notice in our discretion.

Links from the Site

If the Sites contain links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to the Sites, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such sites.

Disclaimer of Warranties

You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Sites will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to the Site for any reconstruction of any lost data. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE SITES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITES OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.

YOUR USE OF THE SITES, THEIR CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITES ARE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SITES, THEIR CONTENTS AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH ANY OF THEM ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE WORLD BANK AND THE PARTNERS NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THEM MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE SITES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE WORLD BANK, THE PARTNERS NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THEM REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE SITES, THEIR CONTENTS OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THEM WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT THE SITE AND THE ASSOCIATED SITES OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT THE SITES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THEM WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.

THE WORLD BANK AND THE PARTNERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Limitation on Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL THE WORLD BANK OR THE PARTNERS, BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE AND THE ASSOCIATED SITES, ANY CONTENT ON THEM OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THEM, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the World Bank and the Partners, and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns, from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Sites, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the their content, services and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use or your use of any information obtained from them.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

All matters relating to the Sites and these Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the District of Columbia, United States of America, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the District of Columbia or any other jurisdiction).

Waiver and Severability

No waiver by the World Bank of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the World Bank to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

Preservation of Immunities

Nothing herein shall constitute or be considered to be a limitation upon or a waiver of the privileges and immunities of the World Bank, which are specifically reserved.

Entire Agreement

The Terms of Use and, our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and the World Bank with respect to the Site and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Site.

Your Comments and Concerns

The Site is maintained by the World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433.

All notices of copyright infringement claims should be sent to the copyright agent designated in our Copyright Policy in the manner and by the means set forth therein.

All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Site should be directed to: combattingcybercrime@worldbank.org.

Thank you for visiting the Site.

This Privacy Policy applies to this website (the “Site”) and certain associated sites linked to the Site (“Associated Sites”). The Site and the Associated Sites are sometimes referred to collectively as the “Sites”. This Privacy Policy is part of the Terms and Conditions of Use of the Sites (“Terms of Use”), and defined terms used herein may be defined in the Terms of Use.

Your privacy when using “www.combattingcybercrime.org” is of the utmost importance. This Privacy Policy describes the ways in which the operator of the Site, the World Bank (“we,” “our,” or “us), collects, uses, and discloses information about you through it. Because we gather certain types of information about the users of the Site and the Associated Sites, we want to ensure that you fully understand the Terms of Use surrounding the capture and use of that information. This Privacy Policy discloses what information we gather and how we use it. By using the Sites, you consent to the processing of your information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

What information do we collect?

Personal Information:

We and our service providers collect any information that you provide when you use any of the Sites, including but not limited to when you contact us with a question, comment, or request. This can include, but is not limited to (a) your name, contact information, and other registration information; (b) information you provide us when you contact us.

Non-personally identifiable Information:

We and our service providers may automatically collect certain technical information from your computer when you use the Sites, such as your Internet Protocol address, your browser type, your operating system, the pages you view on any of them, the pages you view immediately before and after you access them, and the search terms you enter on the Sites.

This information allows us to recognize you and personalize your experience if you return to any of the Sites using the same computer or mobile device to improve that respective site and the services we provide. We and our service providers may collect this information using “cookies,” which are small text files that the Sites save on your computer using your web browser and accesses when you return, or similar technologies.

How do we use this information?

We may use the information we collect for a number of purposes, including, but not limited to:

• Providing you with products, services, or information you request;
• Providing you with information about the Site or required notices;
• Customizing your experience when using any of the Sites, such as by providing interactive or personalized elements on the Site;
• Allowing us to improve the Sites and the services we provide, such as by better tailoring our content to our visitors’ needs and preferences;
• Generating and analyzing trends about your and other visitors’ use of the Sites;
• Detecting, preventing, and responding to fraud, intellectual property infringement, violations of our Terms of Use, violations of law, or other misuse of any of the Sites; and

We also may combine or aggregate any of the information we collect through the Sites or elsewhere for any of these purposes.

Under what circumstances do we disclose this information?

We may disclose the information we collect from you through any of the Sites:

• To other member institutions of the World Bank Group, including the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, who may partner with or otherwise assist us in delivering the Online Services, and our Partners;
• To other service providers who work on our behalf, including, but not limited to, service providers who provide web hosting services, provide certification-related services, help us gather and analyze information about usage of the Sites, and/or deliver marketing communications, promotional materials, or announcements that may be of interest to you;
• As required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena or other legal process, or to comply with government reporting obligations;
• When we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary (a) to protect our rights, the integrity of the Sites, or your safety or the safety of others, or (b) to detect, prevent, or respond to fraud, intellectual property infringement, violations of our Terms of Use, violations of law, or other misuses of the Sites; and
• When we are not otherwise prohibited by applicable law from doing so without your express consent.

In addition, we may, in our sole discretions and without notice to you, share aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns, as well as de-identified information, with third parties.

The Sites also may contain links to websites published by third parties. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the collection and use of your information by such websites that are not under our control. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and each website you visit.

Where is this information stored?

Information collected through the Sites may be processed and stored outside of your home country, which may not provide the same level of protection for your personal information as your home country, and may be available to that country’s government or its agencies under a lawful order made in that country. In addition, we may transfer information about you outside your home country to our other member institutions of the World Bank Group, the Partners and service providers located in other countries for use in connection with the Sites. By using any of the services provided by the Sites (the “Online Services”), you consent to such transfer to, and processing in, these other countries.

How is your information secured?

We strive to maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to safeguard the information collected by the Sites. However, no information system can be 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. Moreover, we are not responsible for the security of information you transmit to the Sites over networks that we do not control, including the internet and wireless networks.

Your choices

If your contact information changes or if you wish to change or inquire about the information that you have provided to us through the Sites, please submit a request to combattingcybercrime@worldbank.org.

If you do not want the Sites to collect this information through the use of cookies, you can set your web browser to reject cookies from them. Each browser is different, so you should check your browser’s “Help” menu to learn how to change your cookie preferences. If you reject or block cookies from the Sites, however, they may not function as intended.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time with respect to the Sites by posting a new Privacy Policy. You are advised to consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes, and your continued use of the Sites after such changes have been made constitutes acceptance of those changes. If we make any revisions that materially change the ways in which we use or share the information previously collected from you through the Site, we will give you the reasonable opportunity to consent to such changes before applying them to that information.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our use of your information collected through the Sites, please contact us at combattingcybercrime@worldbank.org.

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