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European Academy of CME Ltd (EACME) is intended for licensed medical professionals. EACME does not advocate or endorse the use of any drug or therapy contained within this publication nor does it diagnose patients. As a medical professional you retain full responsibility for the care and treatment of your patients, and you should use your own clinical judgement and expertise when using this product.

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Where EACME has been translated into a language other than English, EACME does not warrant the accuracy and reliability of the translations or the content provided by third parties (including but not limited to local regulations, clinical guidelines, terminology, drug names and drug dosages). EACME is not responsible for any errors and omissions arising from translation and adaptation or otherwise. Where EACME lists drug names it does so by recommended International Nonproprietary Names (rINNs) only. It is possible that certain drug formularies might refer to the same drugs using different names. Please note that formulations and doses between drug nomenclatures may differ. Where your version of EACME does not integrate with a local drug formulary, you should consult a local pharmaceutical database for comprehensive drug information including contraindications, drug interactions, and alternative dosing.

European Academy of CME LTD is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust with respect to your privacy. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use and share your personal information.

About our privacy policy

This privacy policy applies to our websites, and other services, including programs and events, that refer or link to this privacy policy (each, a "Service"). This policy may be supplemented by additional privacy statements, terms or notices provided to you. The European Academy of CME LTD company that owns or administers the Service, as identified therein, is the primary controller of your personal information provided to, or collected by or for, the Service.

• Information we collect

• How we use your information

• Sharing of your information

• Your personal account

• Administrator data

• Your communications preferences

• Accessing and updating your information

• Data retention

• Data security

• Locations of processing

• Grounds for processing

• Changes

• Contact

• Service-specific details

Information we collect

We collect information about you in one way: directly from your input.

Information you provide to us

The types of personal information that we collect directly from you depends on the content and features of the Service you use and how you otherwise interact with us and may include:

• Contact details, such as your name, email address, postal address, and phone number;

• Account login credentials, such as usernames and passwords, password hints and similar security information;

• Content that you upload and share or store in your account, such as annotations, comments, contributions and replies;

• Information that you communicate to us, such as questions or information you send to customer support;

• Data that you provide to us as part of interacting with the Service, such as your favourites and search queries; and/or

• Communications preferences, such as your preferred language and the frequency, type and format of the alerts you sign up to receive.

We collect this data through our servers and the use of cookies and other technologies. You can control cookies through your browser's settings and other tools. However, if you choose to block certain cookies, you may not be able to register, login, or access certain parts or make full use of the Service.

How we use your information

We are committed to delivering a relevant and useful experience to you. Depending on how you interact with us and the Service, we use your personal information to:

• Provide, activate and manage your access to and use of the Service;

• Process and fulfil a request, order, download, subscription or other transaction;

• Offer you customized content and other personalization to make the Service more efficient for you and more relevant to your interests and geography;

• Enhance and improve the Service, such as add new content and features;

• Notify you about changes, updates and other announcements related to the Service;

• Deliver targeted advertisements, promotional messages, and other information related to the Service and to your interests;

• Provide technical, product and other support and help to keep the Service working, safe and secure; and/or

We may also use your personal information to:

• Respond to your requests, inquiries, comments or concerns;

• Invite you to submit Feedback on our programs;

• Provide you with relevant promotional messages and other information about products, events and services of ours, our group companies and third parties such as societies and sponsors;

• Enhance and improve our products, events and services and develop new ones; and/or

• Comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.

Sharing of your information

We share your personal information in the following ways and contexts.

Your institution

If you access the Service through a subscription administered by your institution, your personal information and certain usage data gathered through the Service, such as the number of items you downloaded, any items you accessed, and test scores, may be accessed by or shared with the administrators authorized by your institution for the purposes of usage analysis, subscription management, course management and testing and remediation. If your institution is a corporation or other business entity, additional usage data, such as the types of records you viewed and the number of searches you ran, also may be shared for the purposes of cost attribution and departmental budgeting.

We may also disclose to your institution or other third parties non-personally identifiable information, such as anonymous usage data reports and aggregated information, subject to any applicable legal or contractual obligations.

Our group companies and service providers

Depending on the Service provided, we share your personal information with our:

• Affiliates, trading names and divisions within the European Academy of CME LTD group of companies and/or

• Suppliers and service providers, including editors, reviewers, payment processors, customer support, email service providers, event venues and service providers, mailing houses, shipping agents and IT service providers;

to process the information as necessary to provide the Service, complete a transaction or fulfil your request or otherwise on our behalf based on our instructions and in compliance with this privacy policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

Your choices

We may also share your personal information with our group companies and with sponsors, joint venture partners and other third parties, including entities for which we are acting as an agent, licensee, application host or publisher, such as societies, that wish to send you information about their products and services that may be of interest to you as determined by your choices in managing your communications preferences and other settings.

The Service may let you post and share personal information, comments, messages, materials and other content. Any such information that you disclose publicly or in discussion fora in the Service may be collected and used by others, may be indexed by search engines, and might not be able to be removed. Please be careful when disclosing personal information in these public areas.

Legal reasons

We also will disclose your personal information if we have a good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to:

• meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or other legal obligation;

• detect, investigate and help prevent security, fraud or technical issues; and/or

• protect the rights, property or safety of European Academy of CME LTD, our users, employees or others;

and as part of a corporate transaction, such as a transfer of assets to or an acquisition by or merger with another company.

Your personal account

We will share your usage activity, preferences and other information amongst these and related European Academy of CME LTD services, to help you improve your productivity. For example, we may recommend better content for you based on your library content, and we may present you a better tailored content feed based on your personal account.

Administrator data

If you are an administrator of an institution with a subscription to a Service, we will use your details to communicate with you about your institution's subscription and related services. If you supply us contact information of your colleagues, we may include a reference to you when we contact those individuals with communications about the Service.

Your communications preferences

You can customize and manage your communications preferences and other settings when you register with the Service, by updating your account features and preferences, by using the "opt-in/out" or subscribe/unsubscribe mechanisms or other means provided within the communications that you receive from us or by contacting us. We reserve the right to notify you of changes or updates to the Service whenever necessary.

Accessing and updating your information

The Service may allow registered users to directly access their account information and make corrections or updates at any time.

Keeping such information up to date is solely the responsibility of the user. Registered users may also close their account directly through the Service or by contacting the Service's customer support.

You have the right under European and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as may be applicable, to request free of charge:

• Access to and correction and deletion of your personal information;

• Restriction of our processing of your personal information, or to object to our processing; and/or

• Portability of your personal information.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us through the contact address provided below. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable laws. To protect your privacy and security, we may require you to verify your identity.

Data retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide the Service and fulfil the transactions you have requested, or for other essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, maintaining business and financial records, resolving disputes, maintaining security, detecting and preventing fraud and abuse, and enforcing our agreements.

Data security

We take precautions to safeguard your personal information against loss, theft and misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction through the use of appropriate technical and organizational measures.

Locations of processing

Your personal information may be stored and processed in your region or another country where European Academy of CME LTD companies and their service providers maintain servers and facilities, including Australia, France, Germany, India, Ireland, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

We take steps, including through contracts, to ensure that the information continues to be protected wherever it is located in a manner consistent with the standards of protection required under applicable law. Where personal information is transferred from the European Economic Area ("EEA") or Switzerland to a country that has not received an adequacy decision by the European Commission, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the European Commission-approved Standard Contractual Clauses and Privacy Shield Frameworks to transfer the data.

Grounds for processing

When we collect from you any personal information within the scope of European data protection laws, we do so:

• where necessary to provide the Service, fulfil a transaction or otherwise perform a contract with you or at your request prior to entering into a contract;

• where necessary for our compliance with applicable law or other legal obligation;

• where necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest;

• where applicable, with your consent; and/or

• as necessary to operate our business, protect the security of our systems, customers and users, detect or prevent fraud, or fulfil our other legitimate interests as described in the sections above, except where our interests are overridden by your privacy rights.

Where we rely on your consent to process personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, and where we rely on legitimate interests, you may have the right to object to our processing.

Changes

We will update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. If we make any material changes, we will provide notice through the Service or by other means.

Contact

If you have any questions, comments, complaints or requests regarding this privacy policy or our processing of your information, please contact:

info@eacme.co.uk

You also may lodge a complaint with the data protection authority in the applicable jurisdiction.

The data protection representative for our businesses that are processing personal data within the scope of European data protection laws and located outside of the EEA and Switzerland is European Academy of CME LTD Limited. You can contact European Academy of CME LTD Limited through the contact details provided above.