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Terms of Use
AnimalhealthEurope (“AnimalhealthEurope” or “we”) is an international non profit organisation, with registered seat at 9-13 rue d’Idalie, box 5, 1050 Brussels and registered with the Register of Companies under 875.168.345.
Your use of this website (the “Site”) constitutes your agreement to these terms of use (“Terms of Use”) and the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with these terms of use, please do not use this Site.
AnimalhealthEurope reserves the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms of Use at any time. Please check this page periodically for any modifications. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of the changes.
The Site is owned and operated by AnimalhealthEurope or one of its affiliates. The content on this Site, such as text, graphics, images, photographs, illustrations, trademarks, trade names, logos, audio or video materials, information obtained from third parties and the lay-out of the public area of this Site (“Content”) is the property of AnimalhealthEurope or their respective owners, and is protected by international intellectual property laws. Nothing on this Site shall be construed as granting any license or right to use for non-personal purposes the Content without prior written permission from AnimalhealthEurope, except as otherwise described herein.
You may not publish, distribute, reproduce, copy, display, post, retransmit, sell or provide access to the Content on this Site in any forms and by any means without the prior permission of AnimalhealthEurope,or except as permitted under applicable law and as described in these Terms of Use.
You may display, print or download content on the public area of this Site only for your personal, non-commercial use, provided you do not remove or alter any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary notices or legends.
You may not engage in systematic retrieval of content from this Site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without prior written permission from AnimalhealthEurope.
You may not, without AnimalhealthEurope’s written permission, “mirror” any Content contained on this Site. You may not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use. You may not use the Site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Site, or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site.
The use of the Site is at your own risks. To the largest extent permitted by applicable law, the services, all information, and any Content included in or accessible from this Site are provided “as is” and without warranties of any kind (express or implied), which AnimalhealthEurope expressly disclaims.
To the largest extent permitted by applicable law, AnimalhealthEurope does not warrant that the functions contained in the Content or the Site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this Site or the server that makes it available to you are free of viruses or other harmful components. You shall assume the entire costs of all necessary repairs or corrections of any device, including data associated with this device, used to access this Site.
AnimalhealthEurope does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use of or the results of the use of the Content of this Site regarding their correctness, accuracy reliability or otherwise.
The information that AnimalhealthEurope provides on this Site is provided in utmost good faith and has been based on the best information currently available. In no event shall AnimalhealthEurope and its affiliates be liable for any any loss or any special, indirect or consequential damages of any kind resulting from the use of, access to, or reliance on, the information or from the inability to use, performance or non-performance of this Site.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold AnimalhealthEurope and its affiliates harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements, losses, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of the use or unauthorized copying of this Site or Content, the violation of these Terms of Use or any applicable laws or regulations.
6.1 General
Our social media channels have been created to share information with you and to allow you to communicate with us and about us. AnimalhealthEurope welcomes your thoughts, views, opinions and comments on the posts, photos or other items that AnimalhealthEurope places on the social media channels and you may share what we place on the social media channels, provided that you do not amend it and that you cite us as the source. If you access AnimalhealthEurope social media channels, you do so at your own risk and to the largest extent permitted by applicable law, AnimalhealthEurope is not responsible for any losses or other damage you suffer as a result of its use.
Please be aware that:
(a) our social media pages are public and any contribution you make will be available for anyone to see; and
(b) messages sent over the internet, via mobile applications or other publicly accessible networks may not be completely secure and are subject to possible interception, loss or alteration. This is not within AnimalhealthEurope’s control and to the largest extent permitted by applicable law, AnimalhealthEurope shall not be held responsible for such interception, loss or alteration and does not assume any liability towards you or anyone else for any costs or any special, indirect or consequential damages of any kind, or otherwise you or anyone else may incur as a result of any message sent by you to us or any message sent by us to you over the internet or through a mobile application or other publicly accessible networks.
AnimalhealthEurope’s social media channels are subject to the terms applicable to such social platforms, and you undertake to comply mutatis mutandis to such terms. In addition, your use of AnimalhealthEurope’s social media channels is subject to AnimalhealthEurope’s Terms of Use and Guidelines posted by AnimalhealthEurope on such platforms as well as these Terms of Use.
6.2 Users Submissions
You agree to use AnimalhealthEurope’s social media channels only for lawful purposes. When posting content please be polite, respectful, relevant, accurate where stating facts and civil to others, even if your views differ.
You may not upload, post or transmit any material:
(a) that is threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, indecent, offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy, which may cause annoyance or inconvenience, or otherwise objectionable material; or
(b) for which you have not obtained all necessary permissions, licences and/or approvals; or
(c) which constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law of or infringe the rights of any third party, in any country in the world; or
(d) which is technically harmful (including, without limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data);
(e) which constitutes any advertisements or solicitations of business.
You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever content you submit, including its legality, reliability and appropriateness.
By uploading, posting or otherwise transmitting material, you warrant that the material does not breach any right of third party and in particular that it is your own or is in the public domain or otherwise free of proprietary or other restrictions and that you have the right to post it on AnimalhealthEurope’s social media channels.
If we consider the material transmitted by you to be inappropriate for any reason, we may choose to refrain, in our sole discretion, from posting or deleting such material from the relevant social media channel(s) (although we shall not be required to do so). We shall be under no obligation to notify you of such decision.
AnimalhealthEurope reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access to all or any of our social media channels in the event that you fail to comply with these Terms of Use or AnimalhealthEurope’s Terms of Use and Guidelines posted by AnimalhealthEurope on its social media channels.
6.3 Exclusion of Liability of Third Parties Content
Users of AnimalhealthEurope’s social media channels may post views, opinions and comments in reaction to AnimalhealthEurope’s materials and your materials. Any of such materials, other than the content provided by AnimalhealthEurope, are solely the views, opinions and responsibility of the users submitting them and do not reflect AnimalhealthEurope’s views or opinions.
We aim for open, respectful communication on the relevant topics within our social media channels. While, where possible, AnimalhealthEurope conducts moderation. However, AnimalhealthEurope can neither review all material before it is posted nor ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, to the largest extent permitted by applicable law, AnimalhealthEurope does not assume any liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications or materials uploaded, posted or otherwise transmitted on AnimalhealthEurope’s social media channel(s) by third parties. Any use or reliance on such content or materials posted is at your own risk.
By using our social media channels, you may be exposed to content that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or are otherwise misleading.
We do not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy or reliability of any content posted by third parties. To the largest extent permitted by applicable law, under no circumstances will AnimalhealthEurope be responsible or liable in any way for any material posted on its social media channels by you or other users, or for any loss or any special, indirect or consequential damages of any kind incurred as a result of any material transmitted through AnimalhealthEurope’s social media channels. In no event shall AnimalhealthEurope be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever resulting from the loss of use or data arising out of or in connection with the availability, use or performance of any information communicated on AnimalhealthEurope’s social media channels.
If you have any complaint about materials which appear on AnimalhealthEurope’s social media channels please email us at info@animalhealtheurope.eu.
This Site and on our social media channels may contain links to third parties websites or pages and are provided solely for your convenience or as part of the nature of how social media channels operate. AnimalhealthEurope has not reviewed their content and does not control and is not responsible for such websites or pages regarding their content and availability. AnimalhealthEurope does not make any representations or extend any warranties of any kind, either express or implied, about them, or any Content on these websites or pages nor any results that may be obtained from using them. Any access of third party content you choose to make is entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms of use and privacy policy of such websites or pages.
Any health-related information supplied through this Site and AnimalhealthEurope’s social media channels or by any employee or member of AnimalhealthEurope, whether by telephone, e-mail, letter, or other form of communication, is presented for informative purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment, and it is important that you not make medical decisions without first consulting a licensed veterinarian. You should never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking such advice because of something you have read on this Site or AnimalhealthEurope’s social media channels. IF YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY OR NEED IMMEDIATE MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR YOUR PET, PLEASE CONSULT AN ANIMAL HOSPITAL OR EMERGENCY VETERINARY FACILITY.
Similarly, if you are using or have used a veterinary medical product and you have questions or concerns about a specific product or want to report a suspected adverse effect or reaction, please contact the manufacturing company directly. Alternatively, please contact the body that licenses the use of veterinary medicines or vaccines in your country for advice.
While AnimalhealthEurope endeavours to safeguard the privacy of any personal information you provide us and treat such information in accordance with our Privacy Policy, in no event will the information you provide to us via this Site or AnimalhealthEurope’s social media channels be deemed to be confidential.
AnimalhealthEurope’s collection and processing of your personal information is described in the Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use.
Should a provision contained in these Terms of Use be declared invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity of the remaining provisions contained shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or invalidated thereby. The invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a provision that approximates its sense and purpose as closely as possible.
These terms of use are governed by the laws of Belgium, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
Any claim, cause of action or dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use shall be exclusively resolved by Belgian Courts.
We welcome your views about this Site, these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. If you would like to contact us with any queries or comments, please send an email to info@animalhealtheurope.eu or send a letter to AnimalhealthEurope – 19-13 rue d’Idalie, box 5, 1050 Brussels.
These Terms and and Conditions were last updated on 2 May 2024
Privacy Policy
This policy describes the personal information we collect about you as a visitor/user and how this information is used. If you have any questions regarding this Policy, please contact privacy@animalhealtheurope.eu
AnimalhealthEurope is an international non profit organisation, with registered seat at 9-13 rue d’Idalie, box 5, 1050 Brussels and registered with the Register of Companies under 875.168.345.
Please note that the practices of AnimalhealthEurope with respect to data collected and used in connection with this website (the “Site”) are governed by this Privacy Policy.
1 General Data Protection Regulation
We respect the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of 14 April 2016. AnimalhealthEurope is the data controller of this website.
Your access and use of this Site constitutes your agreement to this online privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”), which may be amended from time to time. The updated version is applicable and not the privacy policy in effect at the time the data was collected. Please regularly review our Privacy Policy. If at any time you do not agree or have objections to the Privacy Policy, you should immediately discontinue use of this Site and follow the procedure described in the section entitled “Updating your Personal Information”.
1.1 Collection of Personal Information
You are not required to provide any personal information (“Personal Information”) on any areas of the Site. However, you may choose to voluntarily provide us with Personal Information about yourself, for example your name, postal address, email address, telephone number and/or other information, for various purposes. Personal Information submitted by you will be used to allow us, our employees, agents, consultants and sub-contractors to process your request for the purpose for which you give your consent, for example, to send you information on news, publications, seminars and events. AnimalhealthEurope does not collect or store data of a sensitive nature.
1.1.1 In-person Contacts
We may also collect information about individuals with whom we would like to stay in touch at events, for example, by exchanging business cards. This information may be used in the future to contact you about relevant issues, events, activity updates, resources, etc.
1.1.2 Legitimate Interest Contacts
We also rely on the legitimate interest legal basis for some processing, which applies to the following:
- Where you are an established member of AnimalhealthEurope and we are contacting you about our activities.
- We consider that we have a legitimate interest in continuing to contact you by email, post and/or telephone once you have provided your details and there is no overriding prejudice to you by our use of your data in this way and for these purposes subject always to our carrying out appropriate checks.
1.2 Collection of Aggregate Information
We may also collect aggregate information and statistics (“Aggregate Information”) for the purpose of monitoring the Site usage in order to help us develop the Site and our services. These statistics are non-personally identifiable / anonymous information about you and will therefore not include information that can be used to identify any individual.
When you use this Site, AnimalhealthEurope may consequently collect certain information about your computer. For example, we may log environmental variables, such as browser type, operating system, CPU speed, referring or exit webpages, and the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer. We do not match such information with any other information unless we have your consent.
1.3 Data collection and use
AnimalhealthEurope collects your Personal Information in order to:
- record support and facilitate your participation in the activities you select;
- contact you and communicate with you;
- verify compliance with legal requirements of applicable laws, rules and regulations.
The collection of Personal Information by AnimalhealthEurope will be limited to what is necessary for the purposes of collection. If the Personal Information is collected and processed for other purposes, your consent will be obtained before or at the time it is collected.
AnimalhealthEurope will collect, process or disclose your Personal Information only with your consent, except where required or permitted by law.
You may withdraw your consent at any time by sending an email to privacy@animalhealtheurope.eu.
AnimalhealthEurope keeps your Personal Information only as long as needed for the purposes for which it is originally collected or to which you have subsequently consented and for legitimate purposes (such are legal compliance).
AnimalhealthEurope does not sell, trade or transfer otherwise your personal data to any third parties other than to our agents, consultants and sub-contractors who assist us in running this Site and related services, and who are subject to security and confidentiality obligations. We only work with third parties that strictly comply with local data protection laws and the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679. AnimalhealthEurope will observe applicable law and take reasonable steps to ensure that any person or entity receiving or accessing your Personal Information for the purposes described here above are obligated to protect and keep secure the Personal Information.
1.4 Cookies
AnimalhealthEurope does not use cookies on this Site other than the first-party cookie “Google Analytics” which allows tracking visitor interactions, giving us insights into this Site traffic and effectiveness. All data collected with the Google Analytics cookie is anonymous (such as browser information, date/time, demographic data, page views, etc.) or pseudonymous (such as IP address). These data are non-personally identifiable / anonymous information about you and will therefore not include information that can be used to identify any individual. You may set your browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To enable or disable cookies, you may change your browser settings.
1.5 Data Security
We will keep your information confidential and secure and use it in accordance with our internal procedures covering the storage, access and disclosure of information, and all applicable laws. AnimalhealthEurope has implemented physical, technical and administrative safeguards reasonably designed to protect your Personal Information.
AnimalhealthEurope will keep your Personal Information as accurate, complete and up-to-date as necessary for the purposes for which it is collected and processed. If any of the information that you have provided to us changes, for example if you change your email address or if you wish to cancel your request, please let us know by sending an email to privacy@animalhealtheurope.eu
1.6 Updating your Personal Information – Your Rights
You have the right to access the information we hold about you, to have any inaccurate information corrected or any part or all of your data deleted and to object to/restrict the processing of your information. You also have the right to request an export of your data. To do so, please send your request to privacy@animalhealtheurope.eu.
1.7 Links to Other Sites
This Site may contain links to other websites which may have their own privacy policy. AnimalhealthEurope, its employees, agents, consultants and sub-contractors have no responsibility for those websites and we provide these links solely for your convenience. These websites may send their own cookies and collect/process personal information in a way inconsistent with this Privacy Policy. Any access of third party websites you choose to make is entirely at your own risk and subject to the privacy policy of such websites. We encourage you reviewing the privacy policies of any third party websites.
1.8 Social Media Links
This Site may provide links to AnimalhealthEurope’s social media channels which have been created to share information with you and to allow you to communicate with us and about us. By accessing such social media channels, you acknowledge that you will comply with the terms of such social media platforms, AnimalhealthEurope’s Terms of Use and that you consent to the privacy policies of such social platforms. You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever Personal Information you submit to such social media platforms. AnimalhealthEurope does not collect any of your Personal Information you post and share on social media platforms. On this Site, AnimalhealthEurope only provides links to its social media channels and does not use social plug-ins (imbedded buttons or widgets on a website provided by social media service providers).
We welcome your views about our Site and our Privacy Policy. If you would like to contact us with any queries or comments or to exercise your rights in accordance with this Privacy Policy, please send an email to privacy@animalhealtheurope.eu or send a letter to AnimalhealthEurope – rue d’Idalie 9-13, box 5, 1050 Brussels.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 2 May 2024