Database access registration - general conditions

 

  1. Introduction

The Association for Genealogical Research of Low-land Slovaks (hereinafter referred to as the Association) has created a Registry section on its website www.genealogiadolnozemskychslovakov.eu (hereinafter referred to as the website) in order to make available the "index" of registry records of municipalities established by Slovaks in Low-land. In this section, there is an index of the registry records of some Low-landr Evangelical parishes processed so far - the Registry Database.

Unregistered guests, free registered guests, paid users - subscribers, are all "Users" on these Terms and Conditions. 

 

  1. Authorization to work with the Register Database

The services provided through the Register Database of our website beyond the unpaid version can only be used by users who have paid a subscription. To do this, the user must create an account - register. Upon registration, the user must provide accurate, complete and up-to-date information. The index of registers is available to the extent defined by the Personal Data Protection Act no. 18/2018 Z.z.

When activating access to the Registry Database you agree:

  • in compliance with the Principles of Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights, 
  • taking over responsibility for the use and activity within the Database of registries made through your account or with your login details,
  • provided that it is not possible to sell, reproduce or publish any content or information contained on the website in the Registry Database, except as expressly stated in these terms and conditions.

 

  1. Database of registries

The database of registries contains photographs, documents, records and indexes of the contents of registries - which are the copyright and intellectual property of the Association.

You agree that:

  • you will use the Registry Database only if necessary for personal research to create your own pedigrees or for professional genealogical research of family history,
  • you will download the sub-minimum content of the Registry Database only if it serves as a search result relevant to such research,
  • you will comply with all provisions of the Copyright and Other Proprietary Rights Act in connection with any content of the Registry Database that you download or print,
  • you will not distribute, republish or sell any significant portion of the Registry Database,
  • if you wish to use more than a small portion of individual photos and documents that are public content, you will contact us to obtain our written permission.

 

  1. Respect for intellectual property

While using your portal account:

  • You agree not to post or share content that is protected by copyright or other proprietary or non-copyrighted property, including images and historical documents posted by other users, without the express permission of the copyright owner or intellectual property owner,
  • you will not reproduce or sell any part of the Services or the Content of the Genealogy of Lower Earth Slovaks website, or systematically download data from databases in order to create or supplement another database for any other purpose.

 

  1. Protection of personal data

The association aims to process and index the registers of municipalities founded by Slovaks on the lower Earth, in order to preserve and discover the history of our ancestors and to make information available to descendants for their own research and creation of their own pedigrees. In order to actively make our services available, we collect, process and store "personal information", which is information that can directly or indirectly identify you, namely: your name, e-mail and address, or billing address. This privacy statement describes our procedures for the collection, storage and processing of your personal data and the controls we provide to you for their management as part of our services. 

We use your personal information solely to update, improve and expand our services, which includes:

  • verification of your access to the Registry Database
  • processing your subscription payments
  • detection and protection against error, fraud or other criminal or harmful activity

 

We use your personal information to communicate with you, for example when:

  • we answer your questions when setting up prepaid services
  • we inform you about activation, changes or new services
  • we respond to your requirements in connection with the solution of technical, safety and other operational problems.

The Association does not share your individual personal information with third parties.

The association will retain the personal information you provide when creating your account until you request the deletion of your account.