LEGAL NOTICE
1. Identification details
In compliance with Act 34/2002 of July 11 on information society services and electronic commerce, Euskaltzaindia - Royal Academy of the Basque language (hereafter Euskaltzaindia) is the owner of the website https://www.euskaltzaindia.eus. Euskaltzaindia and has its registered address in Bilbao at Plaza Nueva, 15. Its CIF (Spanish tax identification number) is G48091961. All electronic communications with the owner of this website should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
2. Purpose
Euskaltzaindia makes the content of this website available to users. Anyone using this website is by definition a user. All users must adhere to the terms and conditions of use which are in place when accessing the content of this website.
3. Intellectual property
Euskaltzaindia is the owner of this website including its content, references, text, photographs, images, logos, and its design and structure.
4. Creative Commons licence
By virtue of its ownership of this website, Euskaltzaindia provides uses with a Creative Commons licence. The specific licence is called Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Spain. The licence applies to specific sections of this website:
Arauak
- (Regulations)
- XX. mendeko Euskararen Corpus Estatistikoa (20th Century Statistical Corpus of the Basque Language)
- Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia (Basque General Dictionary)
- Literatura Terminoen Hiztegia (Dictionary of Literary Terms)
- Lexikoaren Behatokiaren Corpusa (Corpus of the Lexical Observatory)
- HItz-elkarketa (Compound words)
- Izendegiak / Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia (Catalogue of Names / Database of Basque Onomastics)
- JAGONET galde-erantzunen datu-basea (JAGONET database of linguistic queries)
- Azkue Biblioteka eta Artxiboko funtsen ondoko atalak (Azkue Library and the following sections of the archives):
- Resurreccion Maria Azkueren funts dokumentalak (ABA-RMA) (Documentation collection of Resurreccion Maria Azkue (ABA-RMA))
- Andima Ibinagabeitiaren funts dokumentalak (ABA-AIB) (Documentation collection of Andima Ibinagabeitia (ABA-AIB))
- Antonio Tovarren gutuneria (ABA-ATO) (Correspondence of Antonio Tovar (ABA-ATO))
- Azkue Bibliotekaren irudiak (ABA-ABI) [argazkiak] (Images from the Azkue Library (ABA-ABI) [photographs])
Users are authorised to reproduce, distribute and share publicly the licensed works, in accordance with the following conditions:
- Attribution. When using any of the licensed works, the user must expressly and visibly attribute ownership to Euskaltzaindia. Attributing Euskaltzaindia in this way does not, under any circumstances, imply the direct or indirect support or collaboration of Euskaltzaindia with respect to the user's exploitation of the work.
- NonCommercial. The licensed works may be copied, distributed and made publicly available provided their use is not commercial. The licensed works may not be used to directly or indirectly obtain commercial gains or financial compensation of any nature.
- ShareAlike. When modifying and distributing works obtained from this website, the permissions and conditions used by Euskaltzaindia in the original works must be upheld.
Users may include fragments of licensed works to create new literary, artistic or scientific works, provided explicit reference is made in the new work to use of an existing work, and provided all the requirements of the license are complied with (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike).
The above is a summary of the legal terms and conditions of the license. To read the complete text, click here.
5.- Exclusions
Creative Commons authorisation is granted solely for the content and works expressly indicated in the previous section:
Arauak
- (Regulations)
- XX. mendeko Euskararen Corpus Estatistikoa (20th Century Statistical Corpus of the Basque Language)
- Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia (Basque General Dictionary)
- Literatura Terminoen Hiztegia (Dictionary of Literary Terms)
- Lexikoaren Behatokiaren Corpusa (Corpus of the Lexical Observatory)
- HItz-elkarketa (Compound words)
- Izendegiak / Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia (Catalogue of Names / Database of Basque Onomastics)
- JAGONET galde-erantzunen datu-basea (JAGONET database of linguistic queries)
- Azkue Biblioteka eta Artxiboko funtsen ondoko atalak (Azkue Library and the following sections of the archives):
- Resurreccion Maria Azkueren funts dokumentalak (ABA-RMA) (Documentation collection of Resurreccion Maria Azkue (ABA-RMA))
- Andima Ibinagabeitiaren funts dokumentalak (ABA-AIB) (Documentation collection of Andima Ibinagabeitia (ABA-AIB))
- Antonio Tovarren gutuneria (ABA-ATO) (Correspondence of Antonio Tovar (ABA-ATO))
- Azkue Bibliotekaren irudiak (ABA-ABI) [argazkiak] (Images from the Azkue Library (ABA-ABI) [photographs])
All other content on this website is excluded from the licence and its reproduction, public communication and distribution require the express authorisation of Euskaltzaindia by means of a specific agreement between both parties.
6. Commercial use
The licence does not permit use of the content of this website for commercial purposes. Use of the content for commercial purposes must be authorised and governed by a specific agreement with Euskaltzaindia.
7. Absence of guarantees and freedom from liability
Users download content from the website at their own risk and expressly release Euskaltzaindia from all liability for any failings, such as errors or deficiencies in the content, poor website operation or problems accessing the website.
8. Basic data protection information
The personal data collected via the Euskaltzaindia website will be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the General Data Protection Regulation) and with Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December on the protection of personal data and the guarantee of digital rights. As a user of this website, you have the rights to access, rectification, objection, erasure (‘right to be forgotten’), restriction of processing including not sharing the data with third parties, and for your data not to be subject to automated individual decision-making. The aforementioned rights may be exercised under the data protection procedure by writing to the data controller at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
9. Modification of content and conditions of use
Euskaltzaindia reserves the right to modify, develop and update the content of its website and the conditions of use at any time and without prior notice. Users must comply with the current terms and conditions of use when accessing the website and should therefore consult these regularly.
10. Jurisdiction
If a conflict arises regarding the interpretation of these conditions or use of the service, Euskaltzaindia and the user agree to submit the conflict to the jurisdiction of the courts and tribunals of Bilbao.