Legal notice

1. Applicability

1.1  All content of the website [https://www.ehden.eu/] is owned or controlled by the Consortium of the European Health and Data Evidence Network (“EHDEN”) Project (hereinafter referred to as the “EHDEN Consortium” or the “Consortium”) and the terms and condition of use of the website [https://www.ehden.eu/] are set out in this legal notice except for section 1.2, which only applies to the use of the European Health Data & Evidence Network Portal [https://portal.ehden.eu/].

1.2 This legal notice (except for section 1.1, which only applies to the use of the website [https://www.ehden.eu/] contains the terms and conditions of use of the website [https://www.ehden.eu/] and the European Health Data & Evidence Network Portal [https://portal.ehden.eu/] (hereinafter, the “Website”), and if you do not accept these you must not use the Website. Use of this Website is taken to mean that you have accepted these terms and conditions.

2. Content

2.1 The aim of this Website is to keep the public informed about the activities of the EHDEN Consortium and its efforts in the harmonisation and standardisation of health data. This Website is intended for use by the residents of the European Economic Area.

2.2 We strive to keep the information and materials provided on the website [https://www.ehden.eu/] up-to-date and accurate. If any errors are brought to our attention, we will do our best to correct them.

3. Disclaimer & Liability

3.1 However, the EHDEN Consortium makes no warranties or representations of any kind as to the content’s accuracy, currency or completeness. Neither the EHDEN Consortium, IMI, EFPIA, associated partners or any individual party involved in creating, producing or delivering content for this Website shall be liable for any damages resulting from your access to, or inability to access, this Website or from your reliance on any materials or information provided on this Website.

3.2 In order to give the public additional information on the EHDEN project, this Website may provide links or references to external websites over which the EHDEN Consortium has no control and for which the EHDEN Consortium partners – except for the EHDEN Consortium partner to whose website the link is made – assume no responsibility. Once you visit an external website, you are subject to the policies of that website. The EHDEN Consortium partners do not intend to advertise or market directly or indirectly any of the products, services or other items which may be mentioned on such external website.

3.3 EHDEN CONSORTIUM MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT USE OF THIS WEBSITE, OR MATERIALS DOWNLOADED FROM IT, WILL NOT CAUSE COMPUTER VIRUS INFECTION OR OTHER DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. YOU ARE ADVISED TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE ADEQUATE MEASURES TO PREVENT ANY SUCH PROBLEMS.

4. Acceptable use

4.1 Please feel free to explore our Website and, where available, contribute to it. However, use of the Website and materials posted to it should not be illegal or offensive in any way.

4.2 You should be mindful not to:

  • breach another person’s right to privacy;
  • infringe any intellectual property rights;
  • make statements that are defamatory, relate to pornography, are of a racist or xenophobic nature, promote hatred or incite to violence or disorder;
  • jeopardize the integrity of the Website.

5. Intellectual Property

5.1 All content of this Website is protected by worldwide copyright. You may download content for your personal use or for non-commercial purposes, but no modification or further reproduction of the content is permitted. Furthermore, it is not permitted to link this Website to any third-party website without the EHDEN Consortium’s prior written consent.

5.2 The EHDEN Consortium partner’s names and logos and all related trademarks, trade names, and other intellectual property rights are the property of the EHDEN Consortium partners and cannot be used, copied or distributed in any way without the express prior written permission of the EHDEN Consortium partner concerned.

6 Data privacy

6.1 The EHDEN Consortium is committed to user privacy. The collection, storage and processing of personal data in connection with your use of this Website is governed by the Privacy Policy [https://www.ehden.eu/policy-privacy/].

7 IMI funding

7.1 The EHDEN project has received funding from the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 806968. The JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and EFPIA.

8 Governing law and jurisdiction

8.1 You and EHDEN Consortium agree that any claim or dispute relating to the Website shall be governed by the law of Belgium and brought before the courts of Brussels.

9 Update

9.1 This legal notice may be changed when necessary. The updated version will always be made available immediately on this Website. This legal notice was last updated on February 2, 2021.

10 Contact us

10.1 If you have any questions about this legal notice, please contact us by sending an e-mail to enquiries@ehden.eu[or by using our contact form (available at ehden.eu/feedback) if you are a EHDEN-portal user].