PRIVACY POLICY
Article 1 – Contact data
LAUREA GROUP BV (further referred as LAUREA)
Office address: Silversquare EU, Square Meeûs 35, 1000 Brussels
Registered address: Silversquare EU, Square Meeûs 35, 1000 Brussels
Belgian Crossroads Bank for Enterprises: BE0682 428 751
E-mail: secretariat@eurims.org
Article 2 – Mandate
LAUREA has been mandated by Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis VZW (further referred as RIMS) to host, build and manage its digital platform that is hosted on the following URL: www.eurims.org.
Contact details of RIMS
Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis VZW
Postal address: RIMS, Silversquare Europe attn. LAUREA BV, Square Meeûs 35, B- 1000 Brussels
Legal address: Tervuursevest 101 / 1501, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Belgian Crossroads Bank for Enterprises: BE0871.838.770
E-mail: secretariat@eurims.org
This Privacy & Cookie Policy can regularly be revised or updated, and we advise you to check these regularly.
This Privacy & Cookie Policy is an integral part of the Terms and Conditions applicable to RIMSs Digital Platform. For definitions, we refer to these Terms and Conditions.
Article 3 – General
This Privacy Policy shows how your personal data are processed in the use of the Platform. The processing takes place under the responsibility of LAUREA.
LAUREA aims to comply with the European Regulation 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 concerning the protection of personal data, as well as the provisions regarding the use of cookies on websites in the framework of the ePrivacy Directive 2002/58, as amended from time to time.
To be able to make use of the Platform and/or to provide personal data to LAUREA, Users need at least to have reached the correct age to be able to make us of the Platform. Users confirm explicitly to have reached the correct age and to be at least 16 years old.
LAUREA cannot be held liable for the consequences of the people who have not reached the correct age, although they claimed the contrary. LAUREA reserves the right, in case of discovery, to remove the personal data of these people and to deny them the use of the Platform.
By using the Platform and/or providing personal data to LAUREA, you agree unconditionally and irrevocably with the stipulations of this Privacy & Cookie Policy.
Article 4 – Personal data Visitors or Users provide to LAUREA
While visiting the Platform as a Visitor:
- IP-address;
- username, password, e-mail address, login-data;
- location data;
- via cookies: see article 9.
While visiting the Platform as a User:
- IP-address;
- username, password, e-mail address, login-data;
- location data;
- via cookies: see article 9.
- First name, last name
- Organisation name
- Country
- Professional address
- Phone (non-obligatory)
- Email address
- Profession
- Are you an active health care practitioner in clinical practice: YES/NO
When registering for one of our newsletters or having created a User account: e-mail address.
Do not forget to inform LAUREA about a modification of your personal data if this information is relevant to LAUREA. This modification can be transmitted via the contact data mentioned in this document.
Article 5 – Personal data we collect indirectly
LAUREA might process public data, e.g. data subject to a publication obligation, or data that you yourself have made public, such as information on your social media profiles, website, or data that are generally known or accessible.
Article 6 – Objectives of the processing
General objectives: LAUREA will use the collected personal data exclusively for the following purposes:
When registering via the Platform and using the Platform: for the purpose of managing your account on this Platform, to be able to provide you with the requested information or services and to meet the legal prescriptions, with as legal base the execution of an agreement that you requested.
IP-address: for the care and the improvement of the Platform and the inclusion of personal data in anonymous statistics from which tracing the identity of specific people or companies is impossible, with as legal base the legitimate interests of LAUREA to continuously improve its Platform and services.
e-mail address (when registering for the newsletter or creating an account as a User) with a view to sending you direct promotion (automatic e-mail messages or other electronic messages), newsletters, or information on planned activities (such as new slide decks, new webcasts, new learning events, etc), with as legal basis your prior explicit consent.
Article 7 – Transfer to third parties
LAUREA will never pass on your personal data to third parties, with the exception of the related organisation of LAUREA, in this case ParadigMS Private Foundation.
The only exception is for the purpose of technical service providers who deliver technical support as far as necessary for the technical services and/or when they are obliged, on the basis of a legal stipulation or a judicial sentence.
LAUREA will reasonably try to inform you beforehand of the fact that LAUREA discloses your data to the mentioned third-party, but you also acknowledge that this is not under all circumstances technically or commercially feasible.
LAUREA will not sell nor rent, distribute or otherwise make your personal data commercially available to third parties, except as described above or unless with your prior consent.
Legal requirements: In rare cases, it is possible that LAUREA must disclose your personal data due to a court order or to respond to other obliging legal regulations. LAUREA will reasonably try to inform you previously, unless it is subject to any legal limitation.
Article 8 –Duration of the processing
The personal data are kept by us and processed for a period that is necessary in function of the objectives of the processing such as described in the contractual relation between LAUREA and the Visitor or User:
When registering via the Platform and using the Platform: for the duration of the requested provision of services and according to the applicable legislation; IP-address: for the duration of your visit to the Platform;
E-mail address (when registering for the newsletter): for the duration of the requested delivery of the services;
The mentioned personal data are in any case recorded according to the specific legal requirements and limitation periods that oblige us to keep your personal data for a longer time, e.g. to defend ourselves against legal claims.
Article 9 – Your rights
Right of access and inspection
Via the Platform you dispose of the possibility to get at any time and for free information about your personal data and the use that LAUREA makes of them.
Right of correction, elimination and limitation
You are free to communicate or not your personal data to LAUREA, except for a number of mandatory legal data in case of registration and use of the Platform. Besides, you always have the possibility to correct, complete or eliminate your personal data. You acknowledge that, if you do not fill in some data, or eliminate them later, some services and products may be not (no longer) available.
You may also request to limit the processing of your personal data. Right to object:
You also have a right to object to the processing of your personal data for serious and legitimate reasons.
In addition, you are always entitled to oppose to the use of personal data for direct marketing purposes; in such case, you do not have to give any reason.
Right of free data transfer
You have the right to obtain your personal data processed by us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable form and/or transfer these to other controllers.
Right of withdrawal of consent
In as far as the processing is based on your prior consent, you dispose of the right to withdraw this consent.
Exercise of your rights
See this document on the procedure and who to contact to exercise your rights.
Automatic decisions and profiling
The processing of your personal data does not include profiling, and neither will you be subject to automatized decisions.
Right to file a complaint.
You dispose of the right to file a complaint with a controlling authority. For Belgium this is:
Data Protection Authority / Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit
Drukpersstraat 35
1000 Brussels
Phone +32(0)22744800 or Fax +32(0)22744835
contact@adp-gba.be
https://www.gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be/contact
This leaves intact the possibility of seeking relief before a civil court.
If you suffer damage as a consequence of the processing of your personal data, you can file a claim for compensation.
Article 10 – Security and confidentiality
We have developed security measures fitted on technical and organisational level to avoid the destruction, loss, falsification, modification, unauthorized access or communication by accident to third parties of collected personal data, and any other unauthorized processing of these data.
Under no circumstances, LAUREA can be held liable for any direct or indirect damage derived from an incorrect or unlawful use of the personal data by a third-party. LAUREA has ensured that, when it calls on third parties for the processing of personal data, these third parties will be bound by the same rules.
You must at all times comply with the security rules, amongst others by preventing any unauthorized access to your login and code. You are therefore the only responsible for the use made from the Platform of your computer, IP-address and of your identification data, as well as for the confidentiality thereof.
Article 11 – Access by third parties
To be able to process your personal data, we give access to your personal data to our employees or agents.
LAUREA guarantees an identical level of protection by making contractual obligations that are opposable to these employees and agents and which are identical to this Privacy Policy.
Article 12 –Cookies
What are cookies?
A “cookie” is a small file sent by the server of LAUREA and placed on the hard disk of your computer / smart phone. The information registered on these cookies can only be read by us and only during the duration of the visit to the Platform.
Why do we use cookies?
Our Platform uses cookies and similar technologies to differentiate your user’s preferences from those of other users of the Platform. This helps us to offer a better user’s experience when you use the Platform and allows us to optimize our Platform.
Platforms oriented towards certain parts of the European Union, are obliged to ask consent for the use or storage of cookies and similar technologies on your computers or mobile devices. This Cookie Policy gives you clear and complete information about the cookies we use, and their purpose.
The Platform only uses the following cookies:
- Functional cookies
- Authentication cookies: ‘Remember me’ Identification of the user when he/she is logged in.
User input cookies: ‘Lifestyle Identifier’: the registration of the user’s actions on a website. - Non-functional cookies
- Preference cookies: This is used to remember preferences of the user and allow to customize the website for a better user experience.
- Tracking cookies: are used to establish the surfing behaviour of visitors.
Social plug-in tracking cookies: are used to offer social-media modules on a website, such as Facebook like-button, LinkedIn share-button or the possibility to retweet a message. - Marketing cookies: These cookies are used for marketing purposes such as target advertising..
- Analytics cookies: These cookies are used to analyse the use and improve our website based on this statistical information.
For cookies placed by third parties (e.g. Google Analytics) we wish to refer to the declarations of these parties on their respective websites. Please note: we do not have any influence on the contents of these declarations, neither on the contents of the cookies of these third parties: such as Google Analytics cookies.
Your consent:
You can refuse cookies or block them by changing configuration parameters of your navigation system. The elimination of cookies can mean that you cannot make use of some functionalities of the Platform.
More information about cookies can also be found on: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ .
More information concerning on-line behavioural advertising and on-line privacy can be found here: http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/ .
Article 13 – Applicable law and competent court
This Privacy & Cookie Policy is ruled, explained and executed according to Belgian law, the only applicable.
The courts of the juridical district Brussels have exclusive jurisdiction to take note of any dispute that might arise from the interpretation or execution of this Privacy & Cookie Policy.
Article 14 – Contact us
Do you have questions as a company or private person concerning how LAUREA deals with your data, do not hesitate to contact us by post to the address:
LAUREA GROUP BV
Office address: Silversquare EU, Square Meeûs 35, 1000 Brussels
Belgian Crossroads Bank for Enterprises: BE0682 428 751
E-mail: secretariat@eurims.org
As we keep or process your personal data, you do have certain rights. If you want to make use of these rights, send us a registered letter to the above-mentioned address. In order to protect your privacy, we hereby ask to add a copy of the front side of your ID- card.
TERMS AND CONDITiONS
Article 1 – Contact data
LAUREA GROUP BV (further referred as LAUREA)
Office address: Silversquare EU, Square Meeûs 35, 1000 Brussels
Registered address: Silversquare EU, Square Meeûs 35, 1000 Brussels
Belgian Crossroads Bank for Enterprises: BE0682 428 751
E-mail: secretariat@eurims.org
Article 2 – Mandate
LAUREA has been mandated by the RIMS VZW (further referred as RIMS) to host, build and manage its digital platform that is hosted on the following URL: www.eurims.org.
Contact details of RIMS
RIMS
Postal address: RIMS, Silversquare Europe attn. LAUREA BV, Square Meeûs 35, B- 1000 Brussels
Legal address: Tervuursevest 101 / 1501, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Belgian Crossroads Bank for Enterprises: BE0871.838.770
E-mail: secretariat@eurims.org
Article 3 – Definitions
The concepts, hereafter marked with a capital letter, in these terms and conditions have the following meaning:
- Learning materials: concern a slide deck (PDF of a Microsoft Powerpoint), a recorded webcast, a recorded live webinar, a PDF document of a scientific article, an e-learning module, an e-newsletter or any other electronic media posted on the RIMS digital platform.
- General Terms and Conditions: the general terms and conditions articles 1 up to 10 that relate to the use of the RIMS digital platform.
- Platform: the digital platform hosted and provided for by LAUREA, mandated by RIMS) to offer learning materials to interested professionals.
- Privacy Policy: Privacy & Cookie Policy of the Platform.
- Visitor: each natural person who visits the Platform without having created a user account.
- User: each natural person who creates a user account on the Platform and thereby gets access to all Learning materials.
Article 4 – The Platform
LAUREA offers Learning materials on different aspects of multiple sclerosis via the Platform.
To get access to the majority of the Learning materials, Visitors need to create a user account. By creating a user account and signing-in their user account, Visitors become Users.
With the help of the data and preferences given by the User, the Learning materials are offered to the User.
A limited number of Learning materials are also available to Visitors.
In addition, the Platform allows Users to comment and post messages (e.g. questions, links to relevant third-party information or comments in discussion).
Posting of any message needs to be in line with the rules of conduct of the Platform as explained in detail in Annex 1, which constitutes an integral part of these General Terms and Conditions.
By using the Platform as a Visitor, the Visitor acknowledges explicitly to have read and accepted these General Terms and Conditions.
By registering as User and / or using the Platform, the User acknowledges explicitly to have read and accepted these General Terms and Conditions.
These General Terms and Conditions may not contain any deletion and have priority over all others. They can always be consulted on the Platform. Each derogation on the General Terms and Conditions must be agreed upon in writing.
Article 5 – Object
Each User who wishes to use the Platform, will have to submit certain personal data while registering / using the Platform, so the Platform can pursue its objective for the legitimate interest of LAUREA, as mandated by RIMS, in the framework of the execution of its activities.
All Learning materials provided to Users via the Platform are exclusively for educational purposes. All Learning materials have been created with the usual care of an educational foundation.
Article 6 – Account
The Account is a user account made available to the User via a username and password.
The Account remains the property of LAUREA, mandated by RIMS. Users only hold a right of access to the Platform, through an Account provided to the User.
To create an Account, Visitors must enter the following information:
- First name, last name
- Organisation name
- Country
- Professional address
- Phone (non-obligatory)
- Email address
- Profession
- Are you an active health care practitioner in clinical practice: YES/NO
Once an account has been created, Visitors become Users.
The User needs to confirm his email address and create a password to activate the account.
The Account and the User’s personal details are managed solely via the Platform.
The Account name (or login) and password allow the User to access the Platform.
The email address allows LAUREA, mandated by RIMS, to communicate with the User, to manage and monitor the Account, and to send User’s information relating to the Platform and RIMS’ activities.j
The Account must respect the following rules as a minimum:
- Personal and professional details must be accurate, verifiable, complete and up-to-date.
- A valid personal or professional email address must be provided.
- Users agree not to use intermediary servers (also called proxies), whether for Account
- registration or connecting to the Account.
- Automatic Account creation and/or Account creation using a false or fraudulent identity is strictly prohibited.
After registration of the Account, Users are able to provide further information to complete their profile and to enhance the user experience of the Platform, such as but not limited to subject matter preferences.
If any of the User information changes, such as the e-mail address, the User should either update their account accordingly or inform LAUREA as soon as possible.
Article 7 – Intellectual property rights – Right of use
All intellectual property rights that belong to the Platform (as well as possible adjustments and / or extensions) are held by and remain with LAUREA. All intellectual property rights that belong to the Learning materials available on the Platform (as well as possible adjustments and / or extensions) are held by and remain with RIMS.
Trademarks, logos, images, pictures, animations, videos and texts on the Platform are the intellectual property of RIMS and cannot be reproduced, used, published, distributed, sold or shown without the explicit, previous and written authorization of LAUREA, mandated by RIMS.
The User acknowledges this fact.
LAUREA delivers a non-exclusive right to the User to use the Platform in agreement with this General Terms and Conditions.
For the User, this right of use begins at the moment that the User registers and / or commissions the Platform.
If the User violates these General Terms and Conditions or its annexes and / or erroneously uses and / or misuses the Platform, LAUREA reserves the right to immediately deny the access or the use of the Platform by the User and / or to block him / her or to delete him / her, without a prior notice being necessary.
LAUREA and RIMS reserve the right to take any legal action it feels appropriate to protect its interest in respect to the protection of its intellectual property rights.
LAUREA may, at its own discretion, introduce innovations to the Platform. LAUREA will inform the User in a timely manner of the processing of the updates and/ or upgrades insofar as these are important for the use of the Platform. This is always at the discretion of LAUREA.
Article 8 – Availability of the Platform.
LAUREA can, without prior notice, disable access to the Platform or limit its use, insofar as this is necessary for maintenance or adjustments or improvements to the Platform or for any other reason, without this causing any right on compensation for the User towards LAUREA.
Article 9 – Liability
LAUREA commits itself to a best-efforts obligation and does not guarantee any result with regard to effectively finding Learning materials.
The information on the Platform is of general nature. The information is not customized to personal or specific circumstances, and can therefore not be considered as a personal, professional or juridical advice to the User. The Courses are provided for educational purposes only.
LAUREA and RIMS make great efforts to ensure that the information provided is complete, correct, accurate and updated.
LAUREA does everything necessary to protect as good as reasonably possible the User’s data they have introduced in the Platform against loss, theft or unauthorized access. Despite these efforts, irregularities may occur in the information provided.
If the provided information contains inaccuracies or if any information on or via the Platform is unavailable, LAUREA will make the greatest possible effort to rectify this as soon as possible.
However, LAUREA or RIMS cannot be held liable for direct or indirect damage resulting from the use of the information on the Platform or for direct or indirect damage resulting from inaccuracies in the information provided.
If Visitors or Users find inaccuracies and / or unlawful use in the information made available through the Platform, they can contact the administrator of the Platform. This is possible via the contact information mentioned in article 1.
The contents of the Platform (including possible links) can always, without notification or communication, be adapted, modified or complemented. LAUREA does not give guarantees for the good functioning of the Platform and can in no way be held liable for its wrong functioning or temporary (un)availability or for any form of direct or indirect damage that would result from the access or the use of the Platform.
Under no circumstances, directly or indirectly, in a particular or any other way, can LAUREA or RIMS be held liable for damage due to the use of this Platform or any other, particularly as a consequence of links or hyperlinks, including, without limitation, losses, work interruptions, damage to programs or other data on the computer system, damage of devices, software or other.
The Platform can contain hyperlinks to websites or pages of third parties (such as a payment module) or refer to these indirectly. The placement of links to these websites or pages does not implicate in any way an implicit acceptance of their contents. LAUREA declares expressly that it has no control over the contents or over other characteristics of these links / websites and can in no case be held liable for the contents or the characteristics thereof or for any other form of damage through their use.
The User acknowledges and accepts that the Platform can never be perfect or 100% free from imperfections and that not all imperfections will be (can be) repaired, although LAUREA will do everything in its power to do so.
Article 10 – Applicable law and competent court
This agreement between the parties is governed by the Belgian law. In the event of dispute and / or non-payment, only the courts of the juridical district of Brussels have jurisdiction.
Article 11 – Privacy Policy.
The Specific Privacy Policy & Cookie Policy of LAUREA is part of these General Terms and Conditions.
By using the Platform and/or providing personal data to LAUREA, the User agrees unconditionally and irrevocably with the stipulations of this Privacy & Cookie Policy. These are available for consulting on the Platform. Read this Policy carefully as it contains your rights and obligations as User with regard to the use of the Platform and LAUREA.
