USE OF EM-DAT DATABASE

DATA AND DERIVED PRODUCTS

UCLouvain 2020

If you are an academic organization, a university, a non-profit research institution and/or an international public organization (UN agencies, multi-lateral banks, other multi-lateral institution and national governments) with the intention to use the EM-DAT database (hereafter ‘EM-DAT’) for research, teaching or information purposes, you shall, conditional upon the acceptance of the present conditions of use, be granted free access to EM-DAT (also ‘Authorized Use’).

Users of EM-DAT declare not to (also Unauthorized use)

• Reproduce, copy, communicate, lend, or otherwise distribute EM-DAT or a substantial part of EM-DAT;

• Reverse assemble, de‑compile, de‑compose, or disassemble EM-DAT;

• Create substitute or derivative databases of EM-DAT;

• Attempt to unlock or bypass any initialization or security systems used by EM-DAT;

• Share, use and/or transmit any portion of EM-DAT via the Internet to unauthorized users;

• Divulge the password to unauthorized users;

• Remove, alter or obscure any proprietary legend, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right notice, logo and image in or on EM-DAT; or

• Perform acts that conflict with the normal exploitation of EM-DAT or unreasonably prejudices the interest of Licensor;

• Make a commercial use of EM-DAT, except in the event such users enter into a separated Database License Agreement, described hereafter.

If you are an entity (which may include a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, law firm or other business organization) that is not academic organization, university, non-profit research institution and/or an international public organization (UN agencies, multi-lateral banks, other multi-lateral institution and national governments), the use of EM-DAT shall be considered ‘commercial use’. More precisely, it means the use of EM-DAT for a commercial purpose rather than for a public, not for profit, or educational purpose. A commercial purpose is considered when: the use of EM-DAT for, amongst others, sale, lease and/or license or the use of EM-DAT to perform contract research, to produce or to manufacture products for sale purposes, or to conduct research activities that result in any sale, lease, license or transfer of EM-DAT to any organisation. Except if agreed upon in a separate Database License Agreement, EM-DAT (including its data and derivate products) cannot be used for any commercial purpose.

In case of Commercial Use, the user shall send a prior written request to Ms Regina BELOW, EM-DAT data manager – regina.below@uclouvain.be (hereinafter “the Database Manager”) describing the aim of such Commercial Use and the amount of users needing access to such data. Access shall be granted to EM-DAT upon proof of payment of the corresponding annual fee, as agreed upon in a separate Database License Agreement.

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

• Access to EM-DAT shall be granted as of the moment the user agrees to it by clicking on the “I agree’ button.

• All published papers and technical reports from the EM-DAT Database owner related to EM-DAT may be used free of charge by the user, provided the user uses Proper Citation. Proper Citation of both EM-DAT and data obtained through EM-DAT is the responsibility of the user alone. “Proper Citation” of EM-DAT means: “EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium – www.emdat.be (D. Guha-Sapir)”

• Certain personal data may be collected and processed via our site, in order to provide access to EM-DAT, for example through the registration form to be completed. The collected personal data shall be used exclusively for the purpose indicated above, in accordance with the Belgian Law of 8 December 1992 on the protection of privacy in relation to the processing of personal data (as amended and the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of April 27, 2016 of the European Parliament and the Council Concerning the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46 / EC (General Data Protection Regulation)).

• CRED makes every effort to ensure, but cannot and does not guarantee, and makes no warranties as to, the accuracy, accessibility, integrity and timeliness of this information. CRED assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of this site and further disclaims any liability of any nature for any loss howsoever caused in connection with using EM-DAT. CRED may make changes to EM-DAT at any time without notice. If you are undertaking in-depth analysis, we recommend you to consult our staff to obtain a good understanding of the weaknesses, limitations and peculiarities of our data;

• Any use that causes unjustified damage to the legitimate interests of CRED – UCLouvain is strictly forbidden. The same applies to the use with the aim of creating a tool in competition with EM-DAT;

• CRED reserves the right to restrict the access from any user who contravenes these conditions of use.