V. MEMBERSHIP AND MEMBERS DUTIES
1. Members’ Registration
Female practitioners in any dispute resolution related role wishing to become Members of ArbitralWomen may apply directly online under “About us” / “Apply now” available in the toolbar at the top of the homepage, by:
- Completing an application by providing their names, emails and country of residence,
- Uploading a résumé (curriculum vitae) and a photo, and
- Paying an annual membership fee of € 150, or such other amount as may be decided upon by the Board at some future time.
Approval of membership is conditional upon fulfilling these three conditions.
When and if applications are approved, Members may access their profile and the features available on the Website’s intranet. They must then complete all fields in their profile including their contact details, languages spoken, fields of expertise, etc. They can also upload or provide links to any articles they have published.
ArbitralWomen reserves the right to approve or refuse a new Member, primarily if the applicant is not a woman or not a practitioner in a dispute resolution related field.
Companies may apply for corporate membership and register up to five female arbitration practitioners from their firm at a rate of € 650 plus € 135 for any additional person, subject to any change in such rate or policy in the future.
2. Personal Login Information
Registered Members shall keep their personal information up to date and the access to their profile secure.
- Members shall not provide any false personal information on the Website, or create an account for any other person without authorization from ArbitralWomen.
- Members shall not create more than one Member account.
- If ArbitralWomen disables a Member’s account, the Member shall not create another one.
- If a Member selects an inappropriate username for any reason, including a potential trademark violation, ArbitralWomen will require the Member to change it, failing which the Member’s account may be deleted.
- Members’ Login Information must be kept confidential and may not be shared with any third party under any circumstances; if the Member shares Login Information with a personal assistant, the Member must ensure that said personal assistant complies with the same obligations of confidentiality and these Terms.
- Members must take appropriate security measures to maintain the confidentiality of the Login Information, they must log out before leaving their computer and close the Internet browser, especially when they are using a non-personal or public computer.
- Members must immediately change their Login Information in the event that their Login Information has been disclosed to an unauthorised person.
- Members must immediately inform ArbitralWomen if they become aware of or believe that their Login Information has been used by an unauthorised person.
ArbitralWomen is not liable for any harm caused by or related to the theft, misappropriation, disclosure or unauthorised use of Members’ Login Information.
3. Members’ Uploaded Data and Content
Members are exclusively responsible for the information they include in their profile or subsequently modify. The purpose of the Website is to make Members’ information available to the general public and to other practitioners in dispute resolution related roles.
Members and Users agree that all information, data, text, photographs, material, messages or other content, whether posted publicly or privately transmitted via the Website, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such content originated. ArbitralWomen shall not be liable for any data or content that Members or Users upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the Website, including but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any data or content.
ArbitralWomen does not control the data or the Content uploaded on the Website by Members and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality thereof, the timeliness or the availability of any data posted on or via the Website.
ArbitralWomen does not necessarily espouse or endorse any of the ideas or information posted on its Website.
By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting material on ArbitralWomen’s Website, You warrant and represent that You own or otherwise control all of the rights on the material including, without limitation, all rights necessary for You to provide, post, upload, input or submit the material, and that the usage, publication and posting of such data and content does not violate these Terms, does not breach any applicable laws or regulation and will not and could not violate any rights of, or cause or could cause injury to, any third person or entity.
In case of any infringement to the above, the Member infringing these Terms shall be solely responsible.