Portal terms of use

• Foundation — Tradition & Innovation Foundation (Fundacja Tradycji i Innowacji), with its registered office at Józefów 58A, 21-050 Piaski, entered into the Polish National Court Register (KRS) under number 0001049849 on 2023-07-28, NIP 7123459248, REGON 525955729, operating under the Act on Foundations of 6 April 1984. Representation: Krzysztof Paweł Czupryn — President of the Board, acting independently.
• Portal — the Foundation's website available at ftii.pl.
• User — any person using the Portal.
• Submission — any message sent to the Foundation via the contact form or another channel provided in the Portal.
• Materials — content, documents, photographs, graphics, code and other works available in the Portal.

The Portal makes available in particular:

• information about the Foundation's statutory activities, conducted continuously since 2023-07-28, including its initiatives, manifesto and updates,
• a contact form for establishing partnership,
• the interactive Ritual of Seven Gates for candidates to the FTI Circle (strategic partner programme),
• educational materials, reports, posters and other downloadable documents,
• a scroll-storytelling experience of Polish history offered as educational material.

Use of the Portal is free of charge. Some of the Foundation's programmes are delivered in a non-profit model for selected partners — details for each initiative are listed under Initiatives.

The contract for the provision of electronic services in respect of browsing the Portal's content is formed at the moment the User enters the website and is terminated when the User leaves the site — it does not require a separate agreement or account registration.

In respect of services provided upon request (sending a message through the contact form, applying to the FTI Circle, newsletter sign-up), the contract is formed at the moment of effective submission and is terminated upon completion of the subject matter or upon withdrawal of consent by the User.

Use of the Portal is free of charge — the Foundation does not collect fees for the provision of electronic services. A consumer within the meaning of art. 22¹ of the Polish Civil Code has the right to withdraw from a distance contract for the provision of electronic services within 14 days from the date of its conclusion without giving any reason, in accordance with art. 27 of the Polish Consumer Rights Act of 30 May 2014 (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 2759). A withdrawal statement should be submitted in writing or by e-mail to biuro@ftii.pl.

The Foundation has been operating continuously since the date of its entry into the KRS (2023-07-28). Its statutory objectives include:

• Heritage protection — digitisation of local archives, AI restoration of photographs and documents, standards for the preservation of historical data;
• Technology education — workshops, training materials, methodological support for schools, libraries and cultural institutions;
• Responsible use of AI — development of offline and on-premise models compliant with the EU AI Act, keeping sensitive data under institutional control;
• Cybersecurity for public institutions — implementation of NIS2, AI Act, GDPR and the National Cybersecurity System (KSC) requirements in local government units.

Specific milestones achieved by the Foundation since 2023 are published on an ongoing basis under Updates and in the description of each initiative.

Use of the Portal requires:

• a web browser with JavaScript and CSS enabled (recommended: current versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge),
• an active internet connection,
• for the full interactive experience — a device with WebGL and CSS 3D Transforms support.

The Portal is designed in accordance with digital accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1) and operates in reduced-motion mode (prefers-reduced-motion) as well.

The User undertakes to:

• use the Portal in accordance with its intended purpose and applicable law,
• refrain from any actions that may disrupt the functioning of the Portal (e.g. DoS attacks, unauthorised access attempts, mass-scale scraping),
• refrain from submitting in the forms any content that violates the law, public morals, the rights of third parties, or any false declarations,
• provide truthful information in any submission.

In accordance with art. 8 sec. 3 point 2 letter b of the Polish Act of 18 July 2002 on the provision of electronic services (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 344 as amended), Users are absolutely prohibited from supplying unlawful content through the Portal — in particular:

• infringing the personal rights of third parties,
• infringing copyright and related rights,
• containing discriminatory, offensive or hate-inciting content,
• containing malware or code performing prohibited operations,
• constituting spam, unsolicited commercial information or phishing activity.

The Foundation reserves the right to remove without delay any content violating the above rules and to notify the relevant law enforcement authorities.

All Materials available in the Portal — including the manifesto, initiative descriptions, visual identity, source code and graphics — are protected by copyright held by the Foundation or the relevant licensors.

The Foundation grants a free, non-exclusive licence to use the following Materials for non-commercial, educational and informational purposes, on condition that the source is cited:

• the Manifesto poster in PNG format (downloadable),
• the full text of the Manifesto (downloadable as PDF via the print function),
• the Foundation's published reports and studies.

Commercial use or modification of the Materials requires separate consent from the Foundation — please contact us at biuro@ftii.pl.

The Foundation takes care to ensure that the information published in the Portal is current, complete and consistent with the facts. Each programme initiative is explicitly marked with a phase of execution (concept, preparation, pilot, open offer).

Information about planned activities is presented as directional commitments, not as guarantees of delivery on a specific date. Dates and technical parameters are planned in nature and may be subject to change.

The Foundation is not liable for:

• damage resulting from technical interruptions or temporary unavailability of the Portal,
• decisions made by the User on the basis of information contained in the Portal — information about our initiatives is informational in nature, and entering into cooperation requires separate arrangements,
• the content of external websites linked from the Portal.

Comments regarding the functioning of the Portal may be submitted to biuro@ftii.pl. We respond within 14 working days.

In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market for Digital Services (Digital Services Act — DSA), any person or entity may notify the Foundation of content present in the Portal which they consider to be illegal under European Union law or Polish law.

The Portal is not a platform hosting user-generated content — content is published exclusively by the Foundation. Independently of that, the Foundation provides a single point of contact for DSA notifications:

• e-mail: biuro@ftii.pl with the subject line "DSA — illegal content notification",
• postal address: Józefów 58A, 21-050 Piaski.

The notification should contain: justification, the precise URL of the disputed content, and the notifier's contact details. The Foundation processes notifications without undue delay, in an objective and non-discriminatory manner, and provides notification of the decision taken, including information about available remedies, within 14 working days.

The rules for processing Users' personal data are set out in a separate document: Privacy policy.

The Foundation conducts its activity in accordance with regulations in force in Poland and the European Union, in particular:

• GDPR — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council — details in the Privacy policy;
• EU AI Act — Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on artificial intelligence — the Foundation's AI solutions are designed as limited-risk AI systems with transparent description of their applications;
• NIS2 — Directive (EU) 2022/2555 on cybersecurity — the Foundation's programmes support public entities in implementing NIS2 requirements;
• National Cybersecurity System (KSC) — Polish Act of 5 July 2018 — the Foundation's technical solutions take into account KSC requirements for operators of essential services and public entities.

Regulatory updates and their impact on the Foundation's activity are published under Foundation updates.

The Foundation reserves the right to make changes to these Terms. We will notify Users of material changes under Updates at least 14 days in advance.

The current version of the Terms is always published at /en/terms. The date of the last update is shown in the document header.

In matters not regulated by these Terms, Polish law applies, in particular the Civil Code, the Act on the provision of electronic services, and the Act on copyright and related rights.

Any disputes arising from the use of the Portal shall be settled amicably. Where amicable settlement is not possible, jurisdiction lies with the court competent for the Foundation's registered office.