General

Digital Iceland on behalf of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs is a service provider of Myna Pages. My pages are a controlled access section on the Iceland internal website where users can access information from service recipients.

The terms of these and, as applicable, the agreements and annexes made form an agreement between the service provider and the recipients concerning the publication of information on My pages. The terms are intended to define the parties' responsibilities when it comes to operations, maintenance and information on My Pages and to build on the processing conditions for Digital Iceland.

The terms of service do not apply to the Digital Post Office or the Icelandic Registration and Ombudsman system, as special conditions apply for these services.

1. Definitions

For the purposes of these terms, where the context of a text permits, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

Members: Service provider and recipient.

User: An individual or representative of a legal entity that has access to My pages.

Material policy: The service provider's policy on quality of content and the network in Iceland.

Design system: A summary of guidelines, rules and requirements made for the appearance of Iceland.is projects and plays an important role in accessibility issues.

Recipient contact: The recipient's employee who is responsible for overseeing the publication of information from the recipient in My pages.

Digital mailbox: A digital mailbox in the central service portal of the authorities. The service conditions for a digital mailbox shall apply to the mailbox. ,

Iceland Registration and Ombudsman System: On login services and agency systems, the Service conditions for login services and the agency system apply,

My pages: Access controlled area on the Iceland internal website.

Terms of processing: The terms of Digital Iceland on the processing of personal data on behalf of public entities and related obligations.

The service: Basic operations on My pages.

Service recipient: My page information publisher

Service provider: Digital Iceland under the authority of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs.

2. Service request

The recipient of a service must familiarise himself with the functionality, access control and presentation of information on My pages before submitting a request for the publication of information on My pages.

The service provider receives a request from the recipient for the publication of information on My pages. A request by a recipient of a service for cooperation shall contain the necessary elements for the cooperation request, including the type of information for which publication is requested. The recipient may withdraw the request without explanation.

A service provider may refuse a request if the service provider considers, for example, that the information requires extensive processing or that the information is of such a nature that it does not conform to the content policy or the role of the Memory Pages.

3. General

A service provider establishes connections between the service recipient and My pages. A service provider provides specialist assistance for general adaptation and installation of information. The recipient shall nominate a contact person for the presentation and content of the recipient, which will appear on My pages.

The service provider is responsible for the basic operations of MyPages. Basic operations include the operation of the retrieval units, web management, regular software updates, minor changes to the appearance of the website, security audits and fault monitoring.

The recipient is responsible for the validity and content of the information published on My pages by the service provider on his behalf. The recipient receives and handles all requests from users for the information that he/she has generated.

The recipient ensures that information on My pages is accessible. If information is not accessible or incorrect, the recipient undertakes to rectify the error and inform the users thereof.

4. Type of information

The parties shall document [HSJ2] [KF3] what type of information is published in My pages in the construction contract or an annex related to it. In the event of a new type of information which the recipient wishes to publish on My pages, this shall be subject to Article 2 of this Terms.

If a connection for the dissemination of information requires specific programming work, this shall be subject to special agreement, including cost, and division of responsibilities.

5. Security

It is the responsibility of the service provider to apply appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure the safety of the service. Security measures shall take into account the state of the art, implementation costs, scope, context, purpose of the processing and risk of security failures.

The recipient and the service provider must notify the other party as soon as possible if there is suspicion of unintentional, unauthorised or illegal processing of information or if there is suspicion of any security breach in handling information provided on My pages. The notification must be sent to the general email address of the relevant party (in the case of the service recipient, island@island.is). In such a notification, the party in question shall describe the nature of the failure, including the estimated number of individuals affected by the failure and the extent of the dissemination of the information. Furthermore, the party in question shall describe the likely consequences of the failure and the measures that he has taken or intends to take in connection with it.

6. Harmlessness

The service provider is not liable in any case for damage caused by the use of the service or the information published on My pages. This also applies to references and links to material outside of My pages. The service provider shall not in any case be liable for damage caused by the inability to use My pages, shorter or longer, due to a malfunction in the service provider's software or hardware or related software or hardware of a third party.

In the event of any error, interruption or delay on the service provider, his responsibility shall be limited to correcting such errors, interruptions or delays as soon as possible.

The service provider shall be kept injured by the service provider in respect of any loss, claims, actions, damage, guarantees, fines, penalties and costs (including legal costs) which the service provider may incur as a result of or in connection with the acts or omissions of the service recipient. This indemnity shall not in any way limit any other contractual or statutory rights which may be enjoyed by a service provider in relation to a recipient of the service, and the possible compensation or non-payment of injurious compensation does not justify a breach of the obligations and obligations of the recipient of the service.

The service provider shall be liable for damage suffered by a recipient only if this is attributable to gross negligence or intentional action by the service provider''s employees. The liability of the service provider in such a case covers only direct losses and never any consequential losses such as stoppages of operations, loss of business or loss of opinion.

7. Payments

The service is accessible to the recipient free of charge.

In the event of a change in the fees, they will be presented to the service recipient 90 days before they enter into force.

8. Operational security

The parties undertake to promote the safe operation of the service and at the same time work jointly on repairs in the event of operational interruptions.

If a recipient of a service notices that the service is in some way defective, he or she shall notify the service provider of this without delay. In such cases, the recipient is generally not permitted to use the service until the service provider has completed a check of his service.

If it is necessary to suspend a service for the purpose of system maintenance, updating of records and/or other technical operations in connection with the operation of the service, the service provider shall inform the recipient of such service as soon as possible, but at least one day in advance.

A service provider may interrupt access to the service without warning if this is necessary due to a suspicion of security failure.

If the service recipient or service provider encounters any obstacles to the performance of the arrangements with the counterparty due to circumstances beyond his control, the responsibilities in question shall be suspended until the time such obstacles have expired and the parties to the agreement are able to fulfil their agreed obligations.

9. Termination

The service provider and the recipient may terminate the service. The notice of termination shall be in writing, and the service shall cease twelve (12) months after the receipt of the notice of termination. All contractual obligations of parties shall remain on notice.

A service provider may, however, cease to provide the service to a recipient without prior notice if the service provider is obliged to do so by law or administrative provisions.

No reason must be given for a decision to discontinue a service by either the service provider or the recipient, and no costs shall be borne in connection with the exercise of such right.

10. The Data Protection Authority

The recipient is considered the controller of the publication of personal data on My pages. The service provider is considered to be a processor who processes personal data on the part of the controller.

The privacy policy of a service provider on Iceland.is website complies with the provisions of the Data Protection Act No. 90/2018, as well as Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the provision of information to users on the website of the sheriffs.

When processing personal data on My pages, the service recipient is considered to be the controller of the processing in the sense of law, thereby ensuring, for example, the security of the information, cf. the discussion in the data protection policy of the service recipient. The service provider is the processor of the processing in accordance with the processing conditions which the parties have approved prior to processing.

11. Transfer of rights and obligations

The recipient of a service may not assign or transfer in part or in full his rights or obligations under these conditions, except with the written consent of the service provider.

The service provider may use the services of an agent or subcontractor to carry out his obligations under these conditions, but such work shall in any case be carried out under the responsibility of the service provider to the recipient. The use of sub-processors is subject to the terms of the service provider's data protection.

12. Changes to the terms

A service provider reserves the right to make changes to these conditions and shall be notified to the service recipient in an electronic notification sent to the recipient's designated e-mail address or by other verifiable means at least six months before the new or amended provisions enter into force. New and/or updated terms are also notified before they enter into force.

A service provider may make changes to the terms of the service in shorter time if such changes to the terms are necessary under law. In such cases where the duration of the notice period may be shorter, the service provider shall endeavour to notify such changes as soon as possible.

These terms were last updated: 02.05.2023

Please note that these terms have been automatically translated using a Natural language processing system.