TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE AND OPEN LICENCE AGREEMENT
This agreement is made between the Honourable Minister, Ministry of Planning and Development (which expression shall mean and include the person for the time being carrying on the duties of Minister, Ministry of Planning and Development) and You, the User. The User’s use of the information on this website indicates that User accepts the terms listed below:
1.0 GENERAL
1.1 This Website is owned and maintained by the Ministry of Planning and Development in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (hereinafter referred to as “MOPD”).
1.2 By accessing this website, the User agrees to be bound by the Terms and Conditions of Use.
1.3 In the event of any violation of the Terms and Conditions, the MOPD reserves the right to seek all remedies available under the law.
2.0 TERMS OF USE OF DATA
2.1 These terms and conditions of use and Open Licence Agreement – MOPD governs the access and use of data on this site.
2.3 This website has some security features to protect the data from any alterations which could be made by third parties and/or users, however, the MOPD assumes no responsibility for any alterations and/ or manipulation of data made by third parties.
3.0 DEFINITIONS
3.1 “Commercial Exploitation” means that the organisations/individuals can use MOPD’s data by adding value to it in the selling of a value added product.
3.2 “Information” means any data files, .PDF files, video files, databases, tables, graphs, and/or any other data product derived from the MOPD website for which the MOPD is the owner or a licensee of all intellectual property rights.
3.3 “Metadata” means characteristics about the data. It describes how the data was collected, the frequency of output of the data and the dissemination schedule for the data, and the methodology used in compiling, processing and estimation of the data.
3.4 “Value added products” means any products which have been produced by adapting or incorporating information (from the MOPD) in whole or part in accordance with the terms and conditions noted therein.
3.5 “User” means the individual or entity which an individual is legally authorised to represent, exercising the licensed rights under the Open Licence Agreement.
4.0 HYPERLINKS TO THIS WEBSITE FROM THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
The MOPD is not associated or affiliated with any trade or service marks, logos, insignia or other devices appearing on websites that link this website or its content.
5.0 HYPERLINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
5.1 This website contains hyperlinks to websites which are not maintained or controlled by the MOPD. The MOPD is not responsible for hyperlinks to other websites, and is not liable for any damages or loss resulting from accessing these websites. Use of these hyperlinks are entirely at the User’s own risk.
5.2 The hyperlinks are provided as a convenience to the user and is in no way an endorsement by the MOPD of such websites. The MOPD should not be considered to be affiliated with any trade or service marks, logos, insignias or other devices used or appearing on hyperlinked websites.
6.0 THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
Users shall not capture the MOPD’s website pages in html frames within a third party website, nor shall users engage other visual altering tools to present the MOPD’s website content as the third party’s own content.
7.0 PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
All material on this website, including information, software programmes available on or through this website are protected by copyright, trademark and other forms of proprietary rights. All rights, title and interest in the contents are owned by, licenced to or controlled by the MOPD.
8.0 OPEN LICENCE
The User’s use of the information on this website indicates that the User accepts the terms listed below:
8.1 License Grant
The MOPD grants Users a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to freely use the information, in whole or in part, copy, modify, translate, publish, adapt, distribute, create derivative works and value-added products for commercial and non-commercial purposes subject to the terms of this licence.
8.2 Limitation
The licence provided herein is limited solely to the MOPD’s data and shall not extend to any third party data, software, and source code. All third party data downloaded from the MOPD’s website shall be subject to a separate licensing terms identified by the third party.
8.3 Term
This agreement is effective as of the date and time the User accesses the information and shall terminate automatically if the User breaches any of the terms of the licence.
8.4 Disclaimer
Data are made available “as is” without warranty of any kind, including the implied warranties or merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The MOPD will not be held responsible for damages resulting from its use or interpretation including any consequential damages, punitive damages, direct or indirect damages or loss of profits.
8.5 Data Use
8.5.1 The User may:
8.5.1.1 make and distribute copies of the information without altering or deleting its metadata;
8.5.1.2 disseminate, publish, adapt, rearrange, extract all or part of the information contained on this website;
8.5.1.3 commercially exploit the information contained on this website by using it as an input into the production of other products or services.
8.5.2 The User shall not:
8.5.2.1 intentionally mislead, confuse or misrepresent the population by varying the original sense of the data and its veracity;
8.5.2.2 pretend that the User’s use of information represents and official position of the MOPD or that it is supported, integrated, sponsored or supported by the source.
8.6 Acknowledgement of Source
8.6.1 The User shall grant credit and attributions to the MOPD as the author of the information derived from this website including data files, databases, tables, graphs, and/or any other data product derived from the MOPD website.
8.6.2 The User shall include and maintain the following citation on all licensed rights of the information:
This Data was retrieved from the Ministry of Planning and Development of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, which was licensed under the License Agreement.
https://ericwilliams.gov.tt, August 31st 2023.
Reproduced and distributed in an “as is” basis with the permission of the Ministry of Planning and Development, of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
8.6.3 For any Information that is contained within a value added product, the following notice shall be added:
This information was adapted from the Ministry of Planning and Development,
Trinidad and Tobago
Name of Product
Reference date
This does not constitute an endorsement by the Ministry of Planning and Development, of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago of this product.
8.7 Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual Property rights that the MOPD may have in the data shall remain the property of the MOPD. Intellectual property rights that third parties may have in the data shall remain their property. Intellectual property rights in value-added products, being any and all intellectual property rights recognised by law, shall be vested in the User.
8.8 Non-Endorsement
8.8.1 The MOPD is not responsible for the interpretation and or application the User derives from the results obtained through the use of the MOPD’s information and any decisions based on the interpretation of said information is not the responsibility of the MOPD.
8.8.2 The use of the MOPD information does not grant the User the right to use the data in a way that suggests an official status or endorsement of the User or their use of the data.
8.9 Applicable Law
The agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the Laws of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.