By accessing or using ER Democracy Bologna, you agree to these Terms of Service, together with the Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. If you do not agree, you should not use the platform.

These Terms apply to visitors, registered users, participants, and any person who accesses public or account-based areas of the platform.

ER Democracy Bologna is a civic participation platform for publishing consultations, sharing public information, collecting participation inputs, and displaying consultation-related results or updates where available.

The platform supports civic engagement and public discussion. Unless clearly stated for a specific consultation, use of the platform does not create a legally binding public decision, public authority procedure, contract award, entitlement, or official administrative act.

Some features require an account. When creating an account, you must provide accurate information and keep your account details up to date.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for activity carried out through your account. You must not share your password or allow unauthorized access.

You may use the platform only where your use is lawful and where you have the capacity or required permission to accept these Terms.

You must use the platform responsibly and lawfully. You must not misuse the platform, interfere with its operation, attempt unauthorized access, bypass access controls, manipulate voting or participation, impersonate another person, or submit fraudulent, misleading, abusive, unlawful, or harmful material.

You must not introduce malicious code, conduct credential attacks, scrape restricted areas, overload the service, or use the platform in a way that could damage the platform, other users, consultation integrity, or public trust.

Each consultation may have its own timing, options, visibility settings, participation rules, and result-display method. You are responsible for reviewing the information shown before submitting any vote, assessment, comment, proposal, or other input.

Participation may be accepted, restricted, rejected, corrected, or removed where necessary to enforce consultation rules, protect security, prevent abuse, comply with law, or preserve the integrity of the platform.

Once submitted, certain participation inputs may not be editable, depending on the consultation design and integrity requirements.

You remain responsible for the content you submit. You must not submit content that is unlawful, discriminatory, threatening, defamatory, misleading, infringing, spam-like, or otherwise harmful.

By submitting content, you allow ER Democracy Bologna to process, display, store, review, moderate, and use that content as needed to operate the platform, manage consultations, maintain records, and show participation outputs where applicable.

Submitted content may be moderated, hidden, removed, or restricted if it breaches these Terms, consultation rules, legal requirements, or platform safety standards.

Consultation results may be displayed publicly, privately, after participation, after closure, or not at all, depending on the settings and purpose of each consultation.

Displayed results may be aggregated, summarized, weighted, or otherwise presented according to the consultation method. Public result pages should not be interpreted as exposing individual personal data unless the platform clearly states otherwise.

Results, statistics, and participation summaries are provided for transparency and information. They may be corrected, updated, delayed, or removed where needed for accuracy, security, moderation, or legal reasons.

Text, interface elements, branding, layout, software, and other platform materials are protected where applicable. You may access and use them only for normal platform use unless separate permission is granted.

You must not copy, reproduce, modify, reverse engineer, commercially exploit, or redistribute protected platform materials except where allowed by law or written authorization.

The platform may rely on external service providers or link to external websites. ER Democracy Bologna is not responsible for third-party websites, services, content, availability, or policies.

When you access third-party services or websites, their own terms and privacy rules may apply.

Access may be suspended, restricted, or terminated where necessary to protect users, prevent abuse, enforce these Terms, comply with legal obligations, protect consultation integrity, or maintain platform security.

Immediate action may be taken without advance notice where reasonably necessary for security, legal, operational, or integrity reasons.

The platform is provided on an “as available” basis. Reasonable efforts may be made to maintain access, but uninterrupted availability, error-free operation, or permanent access cannot be guaranteed.

Features, pages, consultations, content, or access conditions may be changed, suspended, or discontinued where needed for operational, legal, security, or policy reasons.

Use of the platform is also governed by the Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. Those pages explain how personal data and cookies are handled, what rights may apply, and how to contact the platform about privacy-related matters.

Where these Terms refer to account data, participation records, or security controls, those references should be read together with the Privacy Policy.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, ER Democracy Bologna is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential losses arising from platform use, unavailability, user conduct, third-party services, technical issues, or events outside reasonable control.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where exclusion or limitation is not permitted by applicable law.

These Terms may be updated to reflect legal, operational, technical, or policy changes. The latest version will be published on this page.

Continued use of the platform after updated Terms are published means you accept the updated Terms, unless applicable law requires another form of notice or consent.

These Terms are intended to be interpreted in accordance with applicable Italian and European Union law, without prejudice to any mandatory rights or protections that cannot legally be excluded.

If any part of these Terms is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining parts will continue to apply to the fullest extent permitted by law.

For questions about these Terms, platform use, legal notices, or administrative matters, contact admin@er-democracy-bologna.xyz.