Legal notice | Privacy Statement General
By accessing and browsing this site you acknowledge having read and you undertake to comply with the Legal Statement it contains and any subsequent revision. The content of these Statements may undergo changes; therefore, you should consult them periodically to review the then current version to which you are bound. The information contained in this site is (i) for general guidance on matters of interest only and shall not be assimilated or substituted to legal or medical advice (ii) do not constitute an offer of or solicitation for the purchase of products or services and (iii) is only meant for surgeons and qualified medical personnel and not for the general public. All information contained on this site, in particular about medical products and operative techniques, does not prevent surgeons or qualified medical personnel from making the necessary research and from taking an independent and informed decision by considering the general and particular circumstances, situation and facts of each case. In no event Stryker®, its related partnerships or corporations, or the partners, agents or employees thereof be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information in this site or for any consequential, special or similar personal and other damages, in particular for all decisions in relation to any medical information given and any products related to on the site. A reference to a product or service on this site does not imply that such product or service is or will be available in your country where it may be subject to different regulations and conditions of use. Such reference does not imply any intention on our part to sell this product or service in your country and you should always rely on product information especially created for your country. Information contained on this site is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness, timeliness or comprehensiveness including, without limitation, any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In addition we reserve the right to interrupt or discontinue any or all of the functionality of this site or to change its content at any time without prior notice but we do not assume any responsibility to update it. We shall not be liable in any manner whatsoever for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages arising out of your access, use or inability to use this site or any site linked to from this site, or any errors or omissions in the content thereof or presence of viruses on this site. No license to or right in any trademarks, patents, trade secrets, technologies, products, processes and other proprietary rights of Stryker®, its affiliates and/or other parties this sites may contain or refer to, is granted to or conferred upon you. You may download, display or print content from this site solely for non-commercial personal use provided any copy of this content shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained herein and no modification or further reproduction of the content is permitted. Links to third party sites are provided for convenience only. We do not express any opinion on the content of any third party pages and expressly disclaim any liability for all third party information and the use of it. Privacy Statement
By using this site and/or by submitting a case to the site, you acknowledge to have read and you fully agree with the terms of this Legal Notice. Whenever you submit information via this site, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of that information in accordance with the actual Legal Notice at that time. You acknowledge that access to the present site is restricted to surgeons only. By registering for this site you confirm to be an officially recognized surgeon and to have the necessary abilities to perform knee revision surgeries. If this should no longer apply, you will immediately inform the webmaster. You acknowledge that all information contained on this site, in particular about medical products and operative techniques, is for information and scientific purposes only and does not prevent you from making the necessary research and from taking an independent and informed decision by considering the general and particular circumstances, situation and facts of a medical case and from applying the necessary diligence. You acknowledge that all personal data about patients might be subject to legal and/or contractual professional secrecy obligations and that violation might be a criminal offence. You confirm that you will not submit any information about a patient or a particular surgery (x-rays, pictures, surgery descriptions, etc.) on the site without the explicit prior consent of that patient to the publication and use on the site and without fully anonymizing such data in a way that the identity of the respective patient cannot be found out. You acknowledge that the patient may withdraw such consent later and that you will instruct the webmaster without delay to remove the respective data. You agree to disclose any personal data about yourself and your medical activities for the purposes of this site. Knee revision cases will be published in an anonymized form, i.e. without naming the patient and the respective surgeon. All personal data submitted under this site and are intended only for the purpose they are submitted for. We will not use for direct marketing or unsolicited follow-up. We will use your personally identifiable information only for the purposes of this site and for internal purposes with the Stryker Group, which may include its communication to our affiliates, but also to our third party agents and business partners (who have agreed to keep it confidential) for further processing in accordance with the purpose(s) for which the data were originally collected. When you register with us, you may need to complete certain fields. If you choose to withhold any personal data requested by us, it may not be possible for you to gain access to the site. Personal data collected by us may be transferred to other companies members of the Stryker Group, where it is necessary to meet the purpose for which the visitor has submitted the information. By submitting data on this, the visitor is providing explicit consent to transborder transmission of data collected for the fulfillment of their voluntary requests. Personally identifiable data are kept secure and we use our best efforts to protect such information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Only authorized Stryker staff or our business partners or agents (who have agreed to keep the data secure) have access to personally identifiable data. Most of the information that we collects from this site is anonymous information, such as the pages you visit and searches you perform. Miscellneous
This site uses Internet Protocol (IP) addresses which is generally considered to be non-personally identifiable information we use to diagnose problems with our server, report aggregate information, determine the fastest route for your computer to use in connecting to our site, and administer and improve the site. Cookies and tags may be used to ease the site navigation for visitors and to facilitate efficient registration procedures. If you are concerned about cookies, most browsers permit individuals to decline cookies. In most cases, a visitor may refuse a cookie and still fully navigate our site. In order to properly manage our site we may anonymously log information on our operational systems, and identify categories of visitors by items such as domains and browser types. These statistics are reported in the aggregate to our webmasters. This is to ensure that our site presents the best web experience for visitors and is an effective information resource. You have the right to access to personal data you have submitted through this sites and you may have your personal data deleted, corrected or revised by sending us an e-mail via this site or by sending us a letter to: Webmaster, Stryker S.A., Montreux, Switzerland. In accordance with the regulations protecting personal data, it is an individual right that can be exercised only by the person concerned with respect to his/her own information: for security reasons, the service involved shall therefore check your identity in order to avoid any communication of confidential information concerning you to a person other than you. Links from this site may take you to sites not covered by this Privacy Policy and we advise you to check the applicable privacy practices yourself. We have no responsibility or liability for these practices. This site covered by this privacy statement is not intentionally designed for or directed at children 13 years of age or younger without obtaining prior consent from a person with parental responsibility. It is our policy never to knowingly collect or maintain information about anyone under the age of 13. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. We will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials. We reserve the right to modify or amend this Legal Notice at any time. The effective date will be displayed at the beginning of this statement. Please check back periodically, and especially before you provide any personally identifiable information. Links to this site other than those the system allows are permitted only upon our prior written consent. Framing of this site by sites or site elements of parties is strictly prohibited. The Site and its content have been created in accordance with the rules applicable in Switzerland. If you have any queries or complaints or if you would like to make any recommendations or comments to improve the quality of our site or this Legal Notice, please e-mail us at webmaster.europe@stryker.com. Editor: Laurent.bretaudeau@stryker.com Webmaster: webmaster.europe@stryker.com Hosting: Switzerland |
