Terms and Conditions
This site is operated by the European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network, an international not for profit association, established under the laws of Belgium whose principal place of business is at 1150 Brussels, avenue de Tervueren 158 (the Network).
Please read this section carefully as it contains the legal terms and conditions (the "Terms and Conditions") that you agree to when you use the public and secure area of this website.
Ownership of Materials on this Site
The contents of this site are © European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network. This means that the material on this site is subject to the copyright protection of the European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network, unless otherwise indicated.
IMPORTANT: the following permissions DO NOT APPLY to material on this site which is subject to the copyright protection of third parties. For permitted use of third party content apply to the relevant content owner.
The European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network copyright protected material on secure part of the site may not be reproduced in any format or medium save for any copying by a computer which occurs in the course of, and strictly incidental to, use of this site. If you wish to apply for an exception to this prohibition you should apply to the Network. Any permitted reproduction is at all times subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not being used in any misleading context. Additionally, where any of these materials are republished or copied to others, this site must be identified as the source of the materials and the Office must be acknowledged as owning the copyright in them.
Links Policy
The Network may provide links to other sites from time to time. These links are provided for your information and convenience only. The Network do not endorse or take any responsibility for the sites linked to or for the content of those sites. However, you must not provide links to other sites in any postings you make to this site as this may pose a risk to the security of this site.
Due to the confidential nature of the materials provided and the need to maintain a secure environment the Network does not permit other sites to link to this site.
Accuracy
The materials on this site provided by the Network have been made available to provide general information only and no reliance should be placed upon it for any specific purpose. While care has been taken to ensure that such information on this site is accurate and complete, the Network does not accept any liability where this is found not to be the case. The Network does not accept any liability for information posted to this site by third parties.
Confidentiality
The materials provided on this site are potentially sensitive and are of a highly confidential nature. You must not at any time make any of the materials available to anyone else without specific authorisation from the Network. You must also take all reasonable care to prevent others from gaining unauthorised access. This includes not leaving your screen unattended while it is displaying confidential information and always logging out from this secure section when away from your computer. Additionally, other than these Terms and Conditions, you are not permitted to copy or print out any of the materials on this site unless the section of the site which you wish to copy or print expressly permits this, or otherwise without our express permission.
Registration
The extranet is still under construction, however if your organisation is a member of EHFCN, you will be able to register by entering your professional email address, which the system will automatically recognise. More to come soon!
Security Information
Once you receive the Security Information to access the secure area of the website, you must ensure that none of your Security Information is disclosed to anyone because you and your employer will be responsible for all activities which occur when someone is logged in using your Security Information. You must take all reasonable care to prevent others from gaining unauthorised access. It is your responsibility to immediately notify us of any unauthorised use of any of your Security Information or any other breach of security as soon as you become aware of it.
Code of Conduct
You are responsible for all use you make of this site and activities you carry out in relation to it. You must not knowingly provide any incorrect information to this site and must take all reasonable care to ensure that all information that you do provide is true, accurate and complete. You will be responsible for all information, including code, data, text, software, photographs, pictures, graphics, video, chat, messages, files, sound clips or any other material that you either publicly post or privately transmit to this site.
You agree that you will not:
1. use this site for any commercial purpose;
2. post any content on this site which is unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive or material which in our opinion is objectionable;
3. post any content on this site that promotes any illegal activity, which includes the provision of instruction for illegal activity;
4. post any content on this site which you do not have the right to transmit or use or which infringes any third party's rights;
5. transmit to this site any material containing software viruses or files designed to damage or disrupt the good working order of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or that may in any way diminish the quality of or interfere with the performance of this site;
6. impersonate any other person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity while using the site;
7. attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of this site; or
8. violate any applicable local, national or international law or regulation while using this site.
This website (including the discussion forums) will be monitored by the Network from time to time and the Network will be entitled at it's discretion to remove anything which is transmitted to, from or via the site or posted on the site which, in the Network's opinion, is objectionable or does not comply with these terms and conditions in any way. The Network will not accept any liability for doing this.
Availability
The Network cannot guarantee that you will have uninterrupted access to this site or to any site to which a link is provided.
You acknowledge that from time to time the Network may need to carry out maintenance of the website and that it may be necessary for access to some or all of the website to be temporarily suspended. The Network will use reasonable endeavours to ensure maintenance is carried out with as little disruption as reasonably practicable to the ability of users to access the website. The Network will in any event be entitled to suspend, restrict or terminate access to the website or to modify any part of the website for any reason at any time.
The Network accept no responsibility for any damages or losses arising out of the loss of use of the website or any part of it or any the information on the website.
Intellectual Property
The names, images and logos identifying the Network are the proprietary marks of the Network. Copying these logos and any other third party logos displayed on or accessed via this site is not permitted without the prior approval of the relevant rights owner.
Virus Protection
Care is taken to check and test material at all stages of production. However, it is always wise for you to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the internet or intranet. The Network do not accept any liability for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system that may occur as a result of using material derived from this site.
User Restrictions
Where you use this site or permit it to be used in breach of any of these Terms and Conditions, or the Network has reasonable grounds to suspect that this is the case, then the Network may at its sole discretion suspend or terminate your registration and refuse any and all current or future use of the site.
The Network take your right to privacy very seriously. The Network acts as data controller under the Act of 8 December 1992 on the protection of privacy in relation to the processing of personal data. .
Through your registration and use of this site the Network may collect information from you such as your name, email address and other contact details, job description and details of work that you are involved in. Additionally, the Network may audit and review all information that is on this site, which may include any information that you post to the site, and monitor any use that is made of this site.
The information that the Network collect about you will be used to provide you with a Username and Password for you to access the secure area of the website and for other administrative and case management purposes. Your details will also be made available to other registered users so that you can exchange information and ideas. These registered users may be based in other European countries which may not have the same level of data protection as in Belgium. By providing your contact details, you consent to your information being shared in this way with other registered users. This consent is obtained from you on the registration page.
The Network will not transfer your information to any parties other than as stated here and will not use your information for any commercial purposes.
Should you wish to see, complete, remove or amend any of the information that the Network may hold about you and your use of the site, the Network's contact details are provided at the top of these Terms and Conditions.
Cookies are small text files that reside on computers that enable us to track the use of our site. The Network does use cookies, but only for collecting technical information for the purposes of improving and tailoring the site. It is possible for you to disable cookies within your specific browser options, although it may impair your use of this and other sites. The site also logs your IP address so that it is automatically recognised by the web server.
Please note that if you choose to participate in any discussion forum on the site, any information you provide there will be made available to others who have access to that discussion forum. While all parties using this site will be subject to these same Terms and Conditions you do make such disclosures at your own risk. Also, please be aware that each user's opinion in a forum is his or her own and should not be considered as reflecting the opinion of the Network.
If you choose to disclose any of your own personal data to other users of the website (e.g. through research documents or direct contact with users), please note that such disclosures should be made at your own risk. You should also be careful about disclosing personal information relating to others and you should ensure that you have the consent of the third party before disclosing their personal information or that you are otherwise able to disclose their personal information in accordance with the relevant data protection laws.
Amendment of these Terms and Conditions
The Network reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions, including our Privacy Policy, from time to time. The Network will alert you to any changes and the revised Terms and Conditions will be posted on the site. Your continued use of the site following receipt of such notification will constitute acceptance of the revised Terms and Conditions.
Applicable Law
These Terms and Conditions are governed by and will be construed in accordance with the laws of Belgium. Any disputes arising under or in connection with these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Belgian Courts.