Terms & Conditions

Welcome and thank you for your interest in Global DDI Solutions, an online platform initiated and owned by Virology Education B.V. (hereinafter referred to as “VE” or “We” or “Us”) and also owned by Global DDI Solutions B.V. (hereinafter referred to as “GDDIS”). Both VE and GDDIS shall be collectively referred to as "Parties".

The Parties operate the web site located at ddimanager.co (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”). The following Terms of Service are a legal contract between you (hereinafter referred to as “You”) and the Parties regarding your use of the Website. Users of the Website are referred to individually as “User” and collectively as “Users”.

Upon completion of the registration form, an account will be created for you, granting you access to the Website.

By registering, you affirm that you have reviewed and accepted the Terms, as well as our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. (hereinafter referred to Collectively as the “Terms”)

Your acceptance of the Terms occurs at the moment when you complete the registration process. Your continued use of the Website constitutes an ongoing acknowledgment and agreement to abide by these Terms throughout your usage.

Please note that only registered Users are granted access to the Website. For any queries or concerns about these Terms, you may contact us at info@global-ddi-solutions.org.

Our Privacy Policy can be viewed here.

Our Cookie Policy can be viewed here.

1. Eligibility

The Website is not available to (a) any persons under the age of 18 whose registration has not been approved by a legal parent or guardian. By registering for an account for the Website, You represent (a) that You are either (i) at least 18 years of age; and (b) that your registration and your use of the Website is in compliance with any and all applicable laws and regulations.

2. Privacy and Data Protection

The Parties protect the privacy of personal information and other information provided by You. Any information provided by You will only be utilized for the specific purpose of processing and facilitating your online account on the Website. The Parties maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from You. Legal Obligation: The Parties may disclose User information if required to do so by law or if we have another basis to do so under clause 6 of the GDPR. Please view our Privacy Policy for more information.

3. Trademarks

The Website and GDDISs, logos and seals of Global DDI Solutions B.V. are trademarks ("Trademarks") owned by the Parties. You may not use any of these Trademarks, or any variations thereof, without the express prior written consent of the Parties. You may not use any of these Trademarks, or any variations thereof, for promotional purposes, or in any way that deliberately or inadvertently claims, suggests or, in The Parties’ sole judgment, gives the appearance or impression of a relationship with or endorsement by the Parties. All Trademarks not owned by the Parties that appear on the Website or on or through the services made available on or through the Website, if any, are the property of their respective owners. Nothing contained on the Website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Website without the written permission of the owner of the applicable Trademark.

4. Proprietary Materials and Licenses

The Website is owned and operated by the Parties. The visual interfaces, graphics, design, compilation, information, computer code (including source code or object code), software, services, content, educational videos and exercises, and all other elements of the Website (the “Website Materials”) are protected by EU and international copyright, patent, and trademark laws, international conventions and other applicable laws governing intellectual property and proprietary rights. All Website Materials, and all trademarks, service marks, and trade GDDISs, contained on or available through the Website are owned by or licensed to the Parties, and the Parties reserve all rights therein and thereto not expressly granted by these Terms.

5. Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to:

• use the Website for any commercial use or purpose without the prior written express consent of the Parties;
• impersonate any person or entity, falsely claim an affiliation with any person or entity, or access the Website accounts of others without permission, or perform any other fraudulent activity;
• use the Website for any illegal purpose, or in violation of any local, state, national, or international law, including, without limitation, laws governing intellectual property and other proprietary rights, and data protection and privacy;
• defame, harass, abuse, threaten or defraud Users of the Website, or collect, or attempt to collect, personal information about Users or third parties without their consent;
• remove, circumvent, disable, damage or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Website;
• reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Website or any part thereof, except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation;
• modify, adapt, translate or create derivative works based upon the Website or any part thereof, except and only to the extent expressly permitted by the Parties herein or to the extent the foregoing restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law; or
• intentionally interfere with or damage the operation of the Website or any user’s enjoyment of it, by any means, including without limitation, by participation in any denial-of-service type attacks or by uploading or otherwise disseminating viruses, adware, spyware, worms, or other malicious code.

6. Copyright

All rights reserved. Unless otherwise stated, all rights to information that you find on this site and all underlying pages belong to Virology Education B.V. (hereinafter "VE" or "We" or "Us") and Global DDI Solutions B.V. (hereinafter “GDDIS" or "We" or "Us") or are licensed to VE and GDDIS. Both VE and GDDIS will hereinafter be collectively referred to as "Parties". Entire or partial acquisition, placement on other sites, reproduction in any other way and / or commercial use of this information is not permitted, unless explicit written permission has been granted by the Parties or unless the following conditions are met. This information may be viewed on a screen, downloaded on a hard disk or printed, provided that this is done for personal, informative and non-commercial use, provided that the information is not changed/altered in any way, provided that the following copyright text is present in each copy: "© Copyright Virology Education B.V." and "Copyright Global DDI Solutions B.V.” provided copyright, trademark and other applicable texts are not removed and provided that the information is not used in another work or publication in any medium.

7. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Parties, its affiliated companies, contractors, employees, agents and its third-party suppliers, licensors, and partners (“the Parties Indemnitees”) from any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including legal fees and expenses), arising out of any use or misuse of the Website, any violation of the Terms, or any breach of the representations, warranties, and covenants made herein.

8. Content

The Parties and their suppliers, licensors and affiliates do not warrant that the Website or any data, user content, functions or any other information offered on or through the Website will be uninterrupted or free or errors, viruses or other harmful components and do not warrant that any of the foregoing will be corrected.

9. Harm to your Computer

You understand and agree that your use, access, download or otherwise obtaining of content, website materials, software or data through the Website is at your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your property (including your computer system) or loss of data that results therefrom.

10. Limitation of Liability

Under no circumstances, including but not limited to, negligence, will the Parties or their affiliates, contractors, employees, agents or third-party partners, licensors or suppliers be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive, reliance or exemplary damages (including without limitation damages arising from any unsuccessful court action or legal dispute, lost business, lost revenues or profits, loss of data or any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary loss or damage of any nature whatsoever) arising out of or relating to the terms of use of (or inability to use) the Website or any reference sites or any other interactions with the Parties, even if the Parties or an authorized representative of the Parties has been advised of the possibility of such damages. A limitation of liability within the meaning of this article does not apply to loss or damage resulting from deliberate recklessness or intentional breach on the part of the Parties'. Thus, such a limitation of liability could be otherwise null and void. The provided information pertains solely to known or suspected interactions between medications, relying on publicly available data. It does not offer clinical advice. Healthcare professionals should use their judgment regarding the risks and benefits of combining drugs, taking into account factors beyond drug interactions. Global DDI solutions B.V. and Virology Education are not liable for how this information is applied or used, and users must absolve them of any resulting consequences.

11. Governing Law

The Terms are is governed by and construed under the laws of the Netherlands. Any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or claim of breach hereof shall be brought exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction in the Netherlands. By execution of the Agreement, You and the Parties hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts, and waive any right to challenge jurisdiction or venue in such courts with regard to any suit, action, or proceeding under or in connection with this Agreement.

12. Severability

If any provision of the Terms is held to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be limited or eliminated from the Terms to the minimum extent necessary and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

13. Assignment

The Terms and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by You without the Parties' prior written consent, but may be assigned by the Parties without consent or any restriction. Any assignment attempted to be made in violation of the Terms shall be null and void.

14. Entire Agreement

The Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between You and the Parties relating to the subject matter herein and will not be modified except in writing, signed by both parties, or by a change to the Terms made by the Parties.

15. Disclosures

The Website is hosted in the Netherlands, and the services provided hereunder are offered by the Parties: Biltstraat 106, 3572 BJ Utrecht, The Netherlands; info@global-ddi-solutions.org.

16. How to contact us

If you have any questions about this privacy notice, or our use of your personal information, or if you want to change or correct your personal information, please contact us by: Data Controller Contact Virology Education, Academic Medical Education, Global DDI Solutions.

Phone: +31 (0)30 230 7145

Email: info@global-ddi-solutions.org

Privacy Policy

Virology Education’s Privacy Statement

At VE and GDDIS, we are committed to protect and respect your privacy in compliance with EU-General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/679, dated April 27th 2016. This privacy statement clarifies when and why we collect personal information, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure. This Privacy Statement applies to the use of our services. The following statements describe what we are doing with your data, how long we store it so you are fully informed.

Information that we collect

We only collect standard internet log information, details of how Users use and navigate the site, and information on downloads. This information is collected on an aggregate basis across all Users and is used to improve the operation of the site (see Use of Cookies below) and to understand how useful you find our information and services. We do not use this information to attempt to identify you. We will collect information about your use of these products and services, such as the activities in which you participate and the e-mail updates or other information sources that you subscribe to. The type of personal information we collect may include:

• Contact information (such as name, address, phone number, fax, e-mail address etc.)
• Other personal information (such as information about your educational/professional background, affiliation or area of specialty, as well as any other personal information that you choose to provide).

We may use your information for the following purposes:

If you register to receive services via this website, in general, we will use this information to:

• provide access to services
• provide you with information on relevant or related products and services
• inform you about updated content and information
• determine if you are eligible for certain products or services
• respond to your questions or requests for information
• enhance our website content based on audience profile
• provide customer service

We will not use this information for any other purpose without notifying you.

How long do we keep your personal data?

We only store personal data as long as required for the purpose the personal data was collected, while also considering our need to answer your queries or resolve possible problems, to comply with legal requirements under applicable laws, to attend to any legal claims/complaints, and for safeguarding purposes. We may retain your personal data for a reasonable period of time after your last interaction with us. When the personal data that we have collected is no longer required, we will delete it in a secure manner. We may process data for statistical purposes, but in such cases, data will be anonymized.

Use of sub-contractors (processors and sub-processors)

We may use sub-contractors to process personal data on our behalf, we are responsible for making sure they commit themselves to adhere to this Privacy Policy and applicable data protection legislation. If the sub-contractor processes Personal Data outside the EU/EEA area, such processing must be in accordance with the EU Privacy Shield Framework, EU Standard Contractual Clauses for transfer to third countries, or another specifically stated lawful basis for the transfer of personal data to a third country.

Our Legal Basis For Collecting Personal Data

Collecting personal data based on consent:

• The collection of personal data based on consent from the data subject will be done by using “Consent Forms” that will store documentation related to the consent given by the individual. Individual consents will always be stored and documented in our systems. Collecting personal data based on contracts:
• We use personal information for fulfilling our obligations related to contracts and agreements with customers, partners and suppliers.

Your Rights To Your Personal Data

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

• The right to request a copy of your personal data that the Parties hold about you.
• The right to request that the Parties correct your personal data if inaccurate or out of date.
• The right to request that your personal data is deleted when it is no longer necessary for the Parties to retain such data.
• The right to withdraw any consent to personal data processing at any time. For example, your consent to receive newsletter communications:
• If you want to withdraw your consent to newsletters, please make use of the link to manage your subscriptions included in our communication.
• The right to request a restriction on further data processing, in case there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of your personal data.
• The right to object to the processing of personal data, in case data processing has been based on legitimate interest.

Queries about your Privacy Rights should be sent to dataprotection@amededu.com

The use of cookies and beacons

We use cookies and web beacons (‘Website Navigational Information’) to collect information as you navigate the company’s websites. Website Navigational Information includes standard information from your web browser, such as browser type and browser language; your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address; and the actions you take on the company’s websites, such as the web pages viewed and the links clicked. This information is used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide business and marketing information to the owners of the site, and to gather such personal data as browser type and operating system, referring page, path through site, domain of ISP, etc. for the purposes of understanding how users use a website. Cookies and similar technologies help us tailor our website to your personal needs, as well as to detect and prevent security threats and abuse. On their own, cookies and web beacons do not allow us to access personal information other than what has already been stated, nor can they be used to personally identify you. For more information on our Cookie policy, please see here.

Do we share your data with anyone?

We do not share, sell, rent, or trade your information with any third parties without your consent, except from what is described below: Third-party Service Providers working on our behalf: We may pass your information on to our agents, sub-contractors and other associated organizations with the purpose of them providing services to you on our behalf. For example, your data will be shared with other organizations and third parties in order to process your registration and/or abstract submission in relation to one of our meetings. Third-party Product Providers we work in association with include:

• Microsoft Azure Data Center
• Ogone online payment provider
• Adobe
• Google Analytics
• Google Ads
• HubSpot
• In the context of data collected through Google Analytics and similar tools, we seek your explicit consent through cookie preferences or other mechanisms as required by law. By using the Website, you agree to our use of such tools in accordance with our Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy.
• Therefore, we commit to obtaining your explicit consent or complying with legal requirements before sharing your personal information with third parties, except as outlined above.

If required by law: We will disclose your personal information if required by law or if we, as a company, reasonably believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our company’s rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order or legal process. However, we will do what we can to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected, or if we have another basis to do so under clause 6 GDPR.

Changes to this Privacy Statement

The Parties reserve the right to amend this Privacy Statement at any time. The applicable version will always be found on our websites. We encourage you to check this Privacy Statement occasionally to ensure that you are satisfied with any changes. If we make changes that significantly alter our privacy practices, we will notify you by email or post a notice on our websites prior to the change taking effect. Any queries should be sent to dataprotection@amededu.com.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about this privacy notice, or our use of your personal information, or if you want to change or correct your personal information, please contact us by: Data Controller Contact Virology Education and Academic Medical Education Phone: +31 (0)30 230 7145 Email: info@global-ddi-solutions.org

Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that are stored on your computer or mobile device. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently. There are a couple of different types of cookies: First party cookies are cookies set by the website you are visiting. Only that website can read them. Third party cookies are cookies set by external services that are used by a website. Persistent cookies are cookies saved on your computer or mobile device that are not deleted automatically when you quit your browser. A session cookie is deleted when you quit your browser. These cookies enable academicmedicaleducation.com (the site) to recognize you and remember important information that will make your visit to the site more convenient. Such information includes your preferences (user name, language, etc.) which are stored by cookies for a certain period of time. Through this, you do not have to re-enter your preferences when browsing around the site during the same visit. Furthermore, cookies can also be used to establish anonymized statistics about the browsing experience on our site. Every time you visit the site, you will be prompted to accept or refuse cookies.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies, using services provided by both Google Analytics and Mixpanel, allow us to recognise and count our users and to see how Users use the website. This helps us to improve website functionality, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. We will also use this information to assess how successful certain areas of the site are by the amount of traffic they receive. These cookies help us measure and improve site performance and personalise your experience by tailoring the content you see, thus optimising your user experience. | Cookie | Issuer | Expiry | Purpose | | | ---------------- | ---------------- | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | | __utma | Google Analytics | 2 years | This is a tracking cookie used to track return visits to a site. | More information | | __utmb | Google Analytics | 30 mins | This cookie is used to establish a session. | More information | | __utmc | Google Analytics | End of session | This cookie is used to establish a session. | More information | | _utmz | Google Analytics | 6 months | This cookie tracks where users to our sites come from and which search engines they used. It is also used to determine Users navigation within the site. | More information | | mp*_mixpanel | Mixpanel | 1 year | This cookie is set by mixpanel analytics and helps us understand how people are using the site so we can improve the experience. | More information |

How can you manage cookies?

You can block the use of cookies or remove cookies that are already installed on your browser. Please note that disabling cookies may prevent you from accessing certain features of the site, or prevent it from working as intended. You can set your browser to accept or reject all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is issued, to check its validity, duration and content, and to periodically delete cookies. Please note, deleting cookies may cause you to lose some saved information on the site such as saved login details and preferences. For more information about cookies, including how they are installed and how you can manage and delete them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Disclaimer Statement

Information presented relates only to known or suspected effects of interacting medications, and is based on relevant data in the public domain. No clinical advice is given or implied, clinicians must exercise their own judgement in relation to the risks and benefits of combining drugs, which depend on factors beyond pharmacokinetic interactions between two drugs. Global DDI solutions B.V. and Virology Education shall not be held responsible for the application or use of any information it gives and the user shall hold Global DDI solutions B.V. and Virology Education harmless against any consequences arising from the same.