Synthetic Population of Switzerland 2017 (SynPop 2017)

Ref. 1314

Licence d’utilisation


Ref project: 13439 / Ref dataset: 1314 Bibliographical Citation: Swiss Federal Railways SBB, Federal Office for Spatial Development ARE (2021). Synthetic Population of Switzerland 2017 (SynPop 2017) [Dataset]. Distributed by FORS, Lausanne. DATA USER OBLIGATIONS I agree to the following: 1. to use the data cited above and related instruments only in relation to the project mentioned in the present contract for analyses for a public or private mandate, scientific research and/or academic teaching, and for no other purpose; 2. to use the data with respect to Swiss federal law and the applicable standard norms of data protection and copyright – the data from the transportation modelling from the DETEC (VM-UVEK) remain the exclusive property of the Swiss Confederation through the Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE) from the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC); 3. not to undertake to attribute data to specific individuals; and to communicate the results achieved only in a way that does not identify individual cases (i.e., persons, households, institutions, etc.); 4. to respect above all individual confidentiality, and not to divulge any information that might compromise this confidentiality; 5. to use the data in a conscientious and informed manner, notably by consulting the related documentation, and to respect scientific ethical rules of conduct; 6. to cite used data and documents in conformity with scientific standards (using the citation above); 7. to inform FORS of all publications based on these data and to hand over spontaneously and free of charge to the ARE in an electronic format the publications in relation to the project mentioned in the present contract; 8. not to transmit these data to third parties, whether in original or modified form, whether for payment or free of charge, except to people who also have a valid contract for these data; 9. to store the data in a way such that no third party can gain access to them; 10. to destroy the data at the expiry of the present contract and to confirm this to FORS or to enter into a new contract in order to extend the data use. ACCOUNTABILITY AND DATA QUALITY FORS, the Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE) and the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) disclaim all liability for the completeness and accuracy of the data provided and for any damage that may arise from their use. Errors and possible defects found in the datasets should be reported immediately to FORS, ARE and SBB. Where appropriate, corrections or clarifications to the dataset will be made available free of charge to FORS, the data author and the data users. TERMINATION AND DISSOLUTION OF THE CONTRACT Each party may immediately terminate the contract in the case of use of the data exceeding the rights granted, failure of due diligence committed by the recipient of the data, or for other justified reasons. Upon dissolution of the contract, all data (including their backups) must be erased. APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION The present contract is exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with Swiss law. Lausanne is the place of exclusive jurisdiction.