Website Terms of Use

These Terms govern Website pages, information, research, data, forms, files, and digital services. Access or use constitutes agreement to applicable terms. A person acting for an organization represents that they have appropriate authority.

• Public pages.
• Research, reports, articles, and analysis.
• Tables, charts, data, and downloads.
• Dashboards, forms, research and data requests.
• Accounts and restricted services when launched.

A material or service may also be subject to a data-use agreement, research contract, license, confidentiality agreement, or event or training terms. Specific terms prevail for that service to the extent of conflict.

The Website describes the Center, services, methodology, research, data, commissioning, and contact channels. Describing a service does not require acceptance or delivery in every place or time.

Material is general research and institutional information, not legal, financial, medical, or investment advice, a binding official decision, or a guarantee of political, electoral, commercial, or program outcomes.

Findings are interpreted according to population, sample, period, scope, collection mode, wording, and limitations. They are not automatically the view of all Palestinians, permanent truth, causal evidence, endorsement, or guarantee.

The Center seeks accuracy and currency, but content may be historical, preliminary, unintentionally erroneous, or different among formats. Users should check publication and fieldwork dates, version, and status. Archive presence does not mean current relevance.

Material marked preliminary, draft, or under review is not final. Users must verify status before citation or reuse.

Unless different conditions apply, users receive a limited, nonexclusive, revocable license to read and download public material, retain a lawful copy, quote limited portions, share links, and use information in research, education, or media with attribution. Ownership is not transferred.

• Credit the Center, title, date, and version where relevant.
• Use the latest version and preserve meaning and limitations.
• Identify corrections and withdrawal.
• Do not imply Center approval of third-party analysis.
• Link to the official page where possible.

Limited quotation is permitted without altering meaning or removing context. Substantial or full republication may require permission. Tables and charts require attribution, retained notes, axes, period, and disclosed modification; the logo must not imply partnership.

• Follow file terms, access level, and agreements.
• Do not identify or contact participants.
• Do not share restricted files with unauthorized people.
• Do not use data for targeting, punishment, or harm.
• Do not upload to unapproved public tools.
• Do not present user analysis as Center-approved.

Open data still require attribution, responsible use, and no reidentification. Restricted access may require application, purpose, verification, agreement, secure environment, duration, and deletion. The Center may approve, refuse, or limit access according to rights, risk, and resources.

Where accounts exist, users provide accurate information, protect credentials, avoid sharing, report compromise, and use the account only as authorized. Access may be suspended for breach, reidentification attempts, restricted-data sharing, or harmful automation.

Users represent that information is accurate, attachments may lawfully be sent, unnecessary personal data are excluded, and the submission is lawful and nonimpersonating. Form submission does not create acceptance or a contract.

A research request is not assignment acceptance, a final proposal, capacity reservation, or financial agreement. A data request does not guarantee approval, every variable, fee-free preparation, or redistribution rights.

Complaint channels are used in good faith. They may not be used for allegations known to be false, threats, extortion, personal-data exposure, or pressure to alter valid findings. A complaint is not malicious merely because it is unsubstantiated where reasonably believed.

Users retain ownership of submissions and permit necessary processing to understand, answer, verify, review complaints, prepare proposals, and maintain records. Sending confidential material does not authorize publication. Users must have rights to documents, data, images, and text they submit.

Submitting an idea does not require implementation, payment, confidentiality, or exclusive rights. Confidential commercial ideas should be protected by agreement before disclosure.

Website and Content rights belong to the Center or licensed rights holders and may cover text, identity, logo, design, instruments, questionnaires, tables, data, software, and training material. Use beyond the applicable license is prohibited.

• Do not imply endorsement or partnership.
• Do not apply the logo to unreviewed reports or analysis.
• Do not use the name to support products, candidates, or campaigns.
• Institutional or promotional use requires written permission.

Links to the Website are permitted where not misleading, framed to obscure source, or associated with unlawful content. External links are for reference or service and do not imply endorsement; external terms and policies apply.

The Website may use hosting, analytics, forms, meetings, maps, storage, email, accounts, and future payment tools. Provider terms and policies may apply.

Automation may not disrupt service, evade controls, collect personal information, copy at scale, or access restricted material. Search engines may index public pages according to technical instructions, not accounts or restricted pages.

• Unlawful activity, fraud, or impersonation.
• Threats, harassment, discrimination, or exploitation.
• Malware, unauthorized access, circumvention, or disruption.
• Personal-data extraction or reidentification.
• Restricted-data publication or automated spam.
• Intellectual-property infringement.
• Distortion of Center material or fake surveys, vacancies, or pages using its identity.

Users may not test vulnerabilities, access other accounts, use stolen credentials, intercept communication, or introduce malicious code. Good-faith reporting through an approved channel should avoid exploitation or premature disclosure.

The Center does not guarantee uninterrupted access, compatibility with every device, or permanence of every link or service. Design, services, forms, access levels, and providers may change. Users should retain copies of important messages and files.

General forms are not designed to collect children’s information except through a specifically safeguarded service. A child should not submit address, identification, health data, sensitive images, family details, or disclosures creating risk.

Collection is governed by the Website Privacy Notice and service notices. Necessary technologies may operate the Website, save language, secure forms, and manage sessions; a separate Cookie Notice explains categories and choices.

Material from users, partners, or external contributors may be published. Publication does not adopt every opinion or verify every claim, and noncompliant material may be reviewed, rejected, or removed.

To the extent permitted by law, the Website is provided without absolute warranty of fitness, complete accuracy, uninterrupted operation, error-free content, or universal compatibility. The Center is not responsible for indirect loss from inappropriate reliance, outdated versions, ignored limitations, improper data use, or external services. Liability that cannot legally be excluded remains unaffected.

To the extent permitted by law, users may be responsible for damage or claims arising from breach, third-party rights violations, unlawful content, data misuse, Center impersonation, or service interference.

Access may be restricted for breach, security risk, participant-rights violation, data misuse, harmful automation, or competent request. Intellectual-property, confidentiality, nonreidentification, deletion, and attribution obligations may continue after termination.

Terms may change because of services, law, or risk. The latest-update date is displayed and renewed acceptance may be required for restricted services.

Users may first contact the Center to clarify, correct, stop unauthorized use, or address account or data disputes without limiting legal rights. Arabic and English versions are available; the controlling or equally authoritative version must be approved later.

An invalid provision does not invalidate the remainder and is interpreted near its lawful purpose. Nonenforcement in one instance is not permanent waiver. These Terms and linked policies govern Website use but do not replace separate contracts.