CONDITIONS FOR GENERAL USE

Acceptance of conditions for General Use

Users must be aware of the Conditions for General Use of this internet website.  The use or access to this site implies knowledge and full acceptance of the legal warnings and conditions explained below.   Likewise, the use of specific services available to users of this official website are subject to special conditions, warnings or instructions which users must read and accept without restrictions.

Access Conditions

The use of the e-Mexico Website, as well and its linked websites and communities, is free.   Notwithstanding this situation, access to certain services is conditioned to the registration of the user in the data base of the website.  In these cases, the user is obliged to utilize his access codes (login and password) with the understanding that login and password are personal, to be utilized only by the user.  Their correct use and safekeeping are the user’s responsibility.

Conditions of Use

The use of the e-Mexico website must adhere to the content of these Conditions for General Use, as well as to whatever legal requirements apply and to what moral and generally accepted social norms dictate.  The National e-Mexico System reserves  its right to deny access to this website to those users who do not follow the Conditions for General Use.

Trademarks and Copyrights

Trademark.- The name "e-Mexico",  together with any  other distinguishable symbols (graphic or icons)  which appear on this website,  is the exclusive property of the National e-Mexico System which has legally patented these.   This copyright allows, according to the Federal Copyright Law and any other federal laws which may apply, the exclusive right to use these above mentioned symbols and trademarks in the internet.  Consequently, unauthorized use by third parties is strictly forbidden by law.  The eventual appearance in this website of registered symbols and trademarks not covered in the previous paragraph is done without commercial intent and with the expressed permission of their owners, who have their own exclusive rights to these symbols and trademarks.

Domain Names.- In the same vein as the previous paragraph, the domain name "e-mexico.gob.mx" and all other domains used to obtain direct access to this official site, are the sole property of the National e-Mexico System.  The inadequate use of this site for commercial purposes violates copyright laws and will be pursued in accordance.

Copyrights.- Content, text, photographs, designs, logos, images, sounds, videos, sound recordings, animations, computer programs, source codes, and in general any intellectual property existing on this website, as well as the site itself, are considered as a multimedia work of art, and, as such,   are all  protected by copyright laws.

The artistic and literary works created at the request of and coordinated by the National e-Mexico System in the development of the e-Mexico Website will be protected by copyrights owned by the  System, regardless of the fact that recognition will be given to the authors.

Except in the case of works which have become public domain, either by reason of time or by any other reason, all authors whose work is accessed through this website, have expressly authorized the National e-Mexico System that their work will become public domain.  In short, these authors have relinquished their rights regarding the  reproduction and public view of their work.

In any event, the National e-Mexico System kindly  requests information regarding possible copyrights on any of the programs or work comprising this website, as well as any modifications or mistakes found on them.

According to the Federal  Copyright Law, the National e-Mexico System retains the rights of reproduction, distribution and publication of any editions made by the System of works already in the public domain.

Likewise, the data base which comprises all of the electronic programs which went into the development of the e-Mexico Website and whose author is the National e-Mexico System is protected by the above-mentioned Federal Copyright Law.

Those files or computer programs  whose authorship does not belong to the National e-Mexico System, and those of free access that the user may download from any of the pages of this website, are an exception to the rule.   These are applications have, in any event, become public domain at the express will of their authors.

Reservation of Rights.-  The users agree to respect the rights mentioned above and to avoid any conduct that could infringe on  these.  Any violation of these regulations and, in general, any damage to the peaceful possession of the expressed copyrights will be punished according to national and international laws.  In such a sense, the National e-Mexico System reserves its right to act legally in any civil or criminal suit pursuant to defending its trademarks and copyrights.