Terms of Use, V 1.0 (10/2020)

By using the online implementation of the Individual Differences in Language Skills Test Battery (hereafter "IDLaS-NL"), you acknowledge that you have read these terms and conditions, understand them, and agree to be bound by them. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions, you must not use IDLaS-NL. Please read the following Terms of Use and any accompanying documentation, carefully before you use IDLaS-NL.

1. Contents and availability

The use of IDLaS-NL is licensed to You by the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, with offices at Wundtlaan 1, 6525 XD Nijmegen, The Netherlands (Licensor), subject to these Terms of Use.

The Licensor wishes to allow You access to IDLaS-NL, an online platform for conducting behavioural studies on individual differences in language skills, developed by the Psychology of Language Department at Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, funded by a Gravitation grant from the Dutch Government (NWO).

The contents and functionality of IDLaS-NL have been examined carefully. The Licensor has made reasonable efforts in designing, testing and implementing the behavioural tests made available, to the best of their knowledge. Nonetheless, the Licensor does not warrant the use of IDLaS-NL to be complete, up-to-date or constantly available. The Licensor does not bear any responsibility for third-party contents, for the use of IDLaS-NL different to the original one (see purpose below), for the accessibility via external links, nor for their availability. Furthermore, the Licensor waives any responsibility for contents that may be illegal or violate common decency.

2. Purpose

The Licensor has built IDLaS-NL for the purpose of providing interested researchers, clinicians and professionals in education with a tool to assess individual differences in language skills. IDLaS-NL encompasses a collection of 36 behavioural tests, which may be used in different combinations and orders via the internet. IDLaS-NL must not be used for diagnosing any kind of (developmental) impairments or disorder. You hereby agree to use IDLaS-NL and data obtained through it exclusively for the purpose of scientific research or education under an academic, research, government, health, or commercial entity (but in the last case, solely for non-commercial purposes).

3. Rules of use

You accept to use IDLaS-NL non-commercially and for the aforementioned purpose. You are not authorized to make the contents of the use of IDLaS-NL available to third parties. Furthermore, by accepting the present Terms of Use, You verify that You maintain an ethics committee or Institutional Review Board with European or equivalent standards that reviews and approves research involving human subjects and that the person accepting the Terms of Use has the authority to do so (i.e., accepting the responsibility for its actions related to the use of IDLaS-NL). By accepting the Terms of Use, You agree that all studies conducted by You using IDLaS-NL have been approved by your Institution's ethics committee or Institutional Review Board before beginning data collection and that experimenters have had ethics training addressing human subjects policy and issues. In particular, the review board must provide coverage for the storage of pseudonomized and partially non-anonymous (audio recordings) data on the Licensor's server. It is Your responsibility to collect informed consent from the test takers before starting data collection.

You accept that the Licensor may use the data collected in the realm of your study for the purpose of scientific research or education under an academic, research, government, health, or commercial entity (but in the last case, solely for non-commercial purposes).

4. Proprietary rights to the contents of the use of IDLaS-NL

You agree to respect copyrights, rights to names, trademarks and other intellectual property rights, if any, of the Licensor and of third parties when making use of the online implementation of the test battery. By enabling access to the use of IDLaS-NL, the Licensor does not grant any licence nor any other right of use. 

5. Improper use of the use of the Application IDLaS-NL

You agree to refrain from any improper use of the online implementation of the test battery; in particular, no security precautions must be circumvented. IDLaS-NL may not be used to create fake, libelous, misleading, or defamatory content of any kind.

Furthermore, no facilities may be used nor may any applications be run that could lead to a damage or a performance failure of any of the facilities from which the use of IDLaS-NL is provided, in particular through changes in the physical or logical structure of the servers or its network or of any other network. No commercial, systematic use of the use of IDLaS-NL is permitted without the Licensor's consent.

6. Limitation of Liability (for Civil Law Countries)

Without prejudice to Licensor's responsibility for tort or for violation of mandatory laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Licensor shall not be liable for any damages You incur when using the online implementation of the test battery.

7. Representation, Warranty, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification (for Common Law Countries)

7.1 Representation and Warranty

LICENSOR REPRESENTS THAT LICENSOR HAS ALL RIGHTS REQUIRED TO MAKE AVAILABLE AND DISTRIBUTE THE MATERIALS. EXCEPT FOR SUCH REPRESENTATION, THE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ANY WARRANTIES IMPLIED BY ANY COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TRADE, ALL OF WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, LICENSOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT: (A) THE MATERIALS ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE OR CORRECT; (B) THE MATERIALS FILES WILL BE SECURE; (C) THE MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION; (D) ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED; (E) THE MATERIALS AND ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; OR (F) THE RESULTS OF USING THE MATERIALS WILL MEET DOWNLOADER'S REQUIREMENTS. DOWNLOADER'S USE OF THE MATERIALS IS SOLELY AT DOWNLOADER'S OWN RISK.

7.2 Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL LICENSOR BE LIABLE UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY WITH RESPECT TO THE MATERIALS (I) FOR ANY DIRECT DAMAGES, OR (II) FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER.

7.3 Indemnification

You will indemnify and hold Licensor harmless from and against any and all loss, cost, expense, liability, or damage, including, without limitation, all reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs, arising from i) Your misuse of the use of IDLaS-NL; (ii) Your violation of these Terms of Use; or (iii) infringement by You or any third party of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity contained in the use of the online implementation of the test battery. Such losses, costs, expenses, damages, or liabilities shall include, without limitation, all actual, general, special, and consequential damages.

8. Data Protection

By using IDLaS-NL You, the data controller, commission the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, with offices at Wundtlaan 1, 6525 XD Nijmegen, The Netherlands, commissioned processor, to process data on your behalf. Please see our Data Processing Agreement for the detailed provisions. By accepting the terms of use, you also accept the data processing agreeement.

By using your data, the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics is data controller and is abiding to data protection laws.