Terms of Use

Last updated: December 2025.

Welcome to PeptideChemistry.org. By accessing or using this website, you agree to the following Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the website. PeptideChemistry.org is currently operated as a free, non-commercial scientific resource. Certain features or services may evolve in the future without altering the applicability of these Terms.

1. Purpose of the Website

PeptideChemistry.org provides educational and informational content related to peptide chemistry, analytical chemistry, computational tools, and related scientific fields. The website is intended for researchers, students, and scientific professionals. It does not provide medical, clinical, regulatory, or professional advice. Automated scraping, crawling, data mining, or bulk extraction of website content or tools is prohibited.

2. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, all content on this website—including articles, text, figures, tables, data models, calculators, code snippets, graphics, and logos—is the intellectual property of PeptideChemistry.org and protected by applicable copyright laws.

You may: View content for personal, academic, or non-commercial use.

You may not: Reproduce, distribute, modify, or republish content without written permission, and use website content for commercial purposes, training datasets, or automated processing without express authorization. Website content may not be used for training datasets, machine-learning models, or commercial data aggregation without prior written permission.

3. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

  • Use this website in any manner that may impair its availability or performance.
  • Conduct automated extraction (scraping, crawling, data mining) without permission.
  • Introduce malicious code, attempt unauthorized access, or interfere with security features.
  • Misrepresent or misuse scientific information provided on the website.

4. No Professional or Regulatory Advice

Content on this website is provided for general scientific education only. It does not constitute:

  • medical advice
  • regulatory guidance
  • clinical recommendations
  • legal or compliance advice
  • instructions for laboratory work or safety practices

Always consult qualified professionals for decisions requiring expertise. Nothing on this website constitutes regulatory, compliance, clinical, or manufacturing advice.

5. Scientific Accuracy and Limitations

Although we strive for accuracy, scientific and technical information evolves rapidly. Therefore, we cannot guarantee that:

  • content is complete, current, or free from error
  • models, calculators, predictions, or reference values are accurate for all experimental contexts
  • external references remain available or valid

Use of the information is at your own discretion and responsibility. The operator has no obligation to update scientific content, models, or computational tools.

6. Tools, Calculators, and Software

PeptideChemistry.org may provide computational tools, such as peptide calculators and property predictors. These tools are provided “as is”, without warranties of accuracy, reliability, or suitability for any specific application. They should not be used for clinical, regulatory, or manufacturing decisions without independent verification.

7. External Links

PeptideChemistry.org contains links to external scientific resources, journals, and tools. We are not responsible for the accuracy, availability, privacy practices, or content of external websites.

8. Limitation of Liability

The website, its tools, and all scientific content are provided ‘AS IS’ without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. The operator shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from the use of this website. To the fullest extent permitted by law, PeptideChemistry.org is not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from:

  • use of or reliance on website content
  • inaccuracies or omissions
  • temporary or permanent unavailability
  • errors in calculations or predictive tools
  • use of third-party links

Your sole remedy is to discontinue use of the website.

9. User Contributions

This section applies only if user submissions or comments become available in the future. If users submit comments or content, you grant PeptideChemistry.org a non-exclusive license to display, use, and store such submissions. You may not post unlawful, defamatory, or infringing material.

10. Privacy

Your use of the website is also governed by our Privacy & Data Protection Policy and Cookie Policy (Complianz), which explain how data is collected, used, and stored.

11. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms periodically. Updated versions will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. Continued use of the website constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. Continued use of the website after updates constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

12. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Belgium. Any disputes shall be resolved exclusively before the competent courts in Belgium.

13. Contact

For any legal or administrative inquiries, contact: [email protected].