Special Terms of Use - Siemens Healthcare User Forum

as of: January 2014, Version 1.1

1. Scope

1.1 These Special Terms of Use, together with and in addition to the Terms of Use, govern the relationship between Siemens and the relevant user of the “Siemens Healthcare User Forum” platform (hereinafter referred to as “You”). Certain individual user groups within the Siemens Healthcare User Forum can be governed by additional terms which will be made available to You when applying for access to the relevant user group.


1.2 These Terms of Use might be changed from time to time. You will be notified ac-cordingly and asked to accept the new Terms of Use. If You do not accept the changed Terms of Use, Siemens may terminate Your membership.

2. Service provider and contact information


The Siemens Healthcare User Forum is provided by Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin and Munich, Germany (view full corporate in formation here), or by a subsidiary of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft if this is set out in the additional terms for a certain User Group.

3. Registration, Membership and User Groups


3.1 The Siemens Healthcare User Forum is an access-restricted, international, free-of-charge community intended to primarily give Siemens customers and interested healthcare professionals the opportunity to find, discuss and share information on the clinical usage and optimization of care with Siemens Healthcare systems and applica-tions. It is not intended for the general public or for consumers.


3.2 By applying for registration, You confirm:-

  • that You will use the Healthcare User Forum as part of your profession and not as a consumer and/or part of the general public;
  • that You have read and understood these Special Terms of Use;
  • that You accept the Terms of Use and these Special Terms of Use.

3.3 If Siemens approves your application, You will become a user of the Siemens Healthcare User Forum, and You may register for one or more user groups within the Siemens Healthcare User Forum.


3.4 If You have successfully registered for a user group, You may read and engage in expert discussions on a specific, pre-defined topic by posting and commenting online in compliance with the following rules.


3.5 Unless explicitly stated, posts and comments do not reflect Siemens’ opinion, and Siemens does not accept any liability for posts and comments by You or another user of the Siemens Healthcare User Forum.

4. Rules of Communication

4.1 Using the Siemens Healthcare User Forum requires all users to communicate with mutual respect and in compliance with the laws applicable to You.


4.2 As the Siemens Healthcare User Forum is open for various users, Siemens can-not monitor the content that users post when using the Healthcare User Forum. How-ever, Siemens reserves the right to delete any content generated by You or any other user.


4.3 You are fully responsible for any post, messages or other information posted by You in a user group. You agree to indemnify Siemens from all claims, costs and ex-penses (including legal expenses) arising from any post, message or other information posted by You in a user group.


4.4 When using the Healthcare User Forum You must not, for example:-

  • post any illegal content;
  • post any information You are not allowed to disclose;
  • post any identifiable patient information
  • misrepresent Your relationship with Siemens and the Siemens Healthcare User Forum or present false information about Siemens and the Siemens Healthcare User Forum;
  • post and/or send any message containing any form of advertising or promo-tion for goods and services;
  • post and/or send any message which is not related to the topic of the relevant user group;

4.5 When using the Healthcare User Forum You must, for example:

  • follow the instructions of the group moderator;
  • comment in a way which is in compliance with the intended use of the rele-vant device;
  • report any misuse to Siemens using the following email address: userforum.healthcare@siemens.com

5. Grant of Rights of Use

Siemens is free to use comments, posts or other information provided by You via the Healthcare User Forum. By posting such information on the Healthcare User Forum, You grant Siemens a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to repro-duce, modify, translate, make available, distribute and sub-license the relevant informa-tion in whole or in part and in any form or media. Such information includes personal in-formation such as the user name and/or alias, picture(s) and the user’s expression of opinion.

6. Privacy Policy and Data Protection


The Privacy Policy applies.

as of: December 2012, Version 1.0


1. Description of the User Group

The Artis zeego Club is a platform for users of a Siemens “Artis zeego” system where users can exchange experiences made when using the Artis zeego system. The user group is not open for any other users.


2. Membership

By applying for membership in the Artis zeego Club, You confirm:

  • that You are a healthcare professional, and
  • that, as part of your profession, You operate a Siemens “Artis zeego” system.

as of: March 2013, Version 1.0

1. Description of the User Group

The syngo.via Community is a platform for users of a Siemens syngo.via users can exchange experiences made when using syngo.via. The user group is not open for any other users.

 

2. Membership

By applying for membership in the syngo.via Community, You confirm:

  • that You are a healthcare professional, and
  • that, as part of your profession, You operate a Siemens syngo.via system.

a partir de: Janeiro de 2014, Versão 1.0


1. Descrição do provedor de serviços do Grupo de Usuários “Na frequência certa”


O Grupo de Usuários "Na Frequência Certa" é para clientes do Brasil que têm um contrato de serviço com a Siemens ou que tenham adquirido um equipamento médico da Siemens dentro do período de doze meses anteriores ao registro. O Grupo de Usuários "Na Frequência Certa" destina-se a facilitar uma rápida e fácil auto-ajuda, no que se refere aos equipamentos Siemens. O idioma do Grupo de Usuários é o Português. O grupo de usuários não está aberto para outros usuários que não preencham as condições acima. Este serviço Grupo de Usuários é fornecido pela Siemens Ltda, Brasil (ver informação corporativa completa aqui).

2. Membros


Ao solicitar a adesão no Grupo de usuários "Na Frequência Certa", Você confirma :

  • que Você é um profissional de saúde e/ou atua na área da saúde, e
  • que você tem um contrato de prestação de serviços para equipamentos médicos firmado com a Siemens ou comprou um equipamento médico da Siemens no período de doze meses, anteriores ao registro, e
  • que você concorda que a Siemens não terá qualquer responsabilidade se Você usar o seu equipamento Siemens baseado em informações disponibilizadas neste grupo de usuários, em detrimento das instruções de uso preconizadas pelo manual do fabricante, e
  • Você concorda que a Siemens pode reportar problemas de produtos para ANVISA se vier a tomar conhecimento de tal problema por meio do Grupo de Usuários e constatar que o mesmo deve ser relatado, e
  • que leu e concorda com os Termos de Uso , do o Forum de usuários Siemens Healthcare com Termos Especiais de utilização, bem como com a Política de Privacidade .

3. Lei Aplicável e Foro
O relacionamento entre você e Siemens Ltda. Em relação ao grupo de usuário " Na Frequência Certa" é regido pelas leis do Brasil. Local será São Paulo.

as of: January 2014, Version 1.0

The syngo.via Frontier Forum is for users personally invited by Siemens only. The user group is not open for any other users.
 

1 Scope

  • 1.1 These Special Terms of Use, together with and in addition to the Terms of Use of Siemens Italy Websites govern the relationship between Siemens and the relevant user of the “Siemens Healthcare User Group - ADVIA Hematol-ogy User Group Italy” platform (hereinafter referred to as “You”)..
  • 1.2 These Terms of Use might be changed from time to time. You will be notified ac-cordingly and asked to accept the new Terms of Use. If You do not accept the changed Terms of Use, Siemens may terminate Your membership.

2 Service provider and contact information

The ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy is provided by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics S.r.l., Via Piero e Alberto Pirelli, 10, Milano, Italy (“Siemens”).

3 Registration, Membership and User Groups

  • 3.1 The ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy is an access-restricted free-of-charge platform for users of a Siemens “ADVIA” hematology system where healthcare profes-sionals only can exchange experiences made when using the ADVIA system. The user group is not open for any other users.
  • 3.2 By applying for membership in the ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy, You confirm:
  1. that You are a healthcare professional
  2. that You will use ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy as part of your profes-sion and not as a consumer and/or part of the general public;
  3. that, as part of your profession, You operate a Siemens “ADVIA” system in It-aly,
  4. that You have understood the English version of these Special Terms of Use for the ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy ; and
  5. that You accept the Terms of Use and these Special Terms of Use.
  • 3.3 Your final admission to the ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy is subordi-nated to receipt of suitable documents supporting the above qualifications. In this connection you should contact:AdviaHematologyUserForum.it@siemens.com
  • 3.4 If You are admitted to ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy , You may read and engage in expert discussions on a specific, pre-defined topic by posting and commenting online in compliance with the following rules.
  • 3.5 Unless explicitly stated, posts and comments do not reflect Siemens’ opinion, and Siemens does not accept any liability for posts and comments by You or another user of the ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy.

4 Rules of Communication

  • 4.1 Using the ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy requires all users to communi-cate with mutual respect and in compliance with the laws applicable to You.
  • 4.2 As the ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy is open for various users, Siemens cannot monitor the content that users post when using the ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy. However, Siemens reserves the right to delete any content generated by You or any other user.
  • 4.3 You are fully responsible for any post, messages or other information posted by You in a user group. You agree to indemnify Siemens from all claims, costs and ex-penses (including legal expenses) arising from any post, message or other information posted by You in ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy.
  • 4.4 When using ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy You must not, for example:
  1. post any illegal content;
  • post any information You are not allowed to disclose;
  1. post any identifiable patient information
  2. misrepresent Your relationship with Siemens and the ADVIA Hematology Us-er Group Italy or present false information about Siemens and the ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy;
  3. post and/or send any message containing any form of advertising or promo-tion for goods and services; and
  4. post and/or send any message which is not related to the topic of the relevant user group;
  • 4.5 When using the ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy You must, for example:-
  1. follow the instructions of the group moderator;
  2. comment in a way which is in compliance with the intended use of the rele-vant device; and
  3. report any misuse to Siemens using the following email address :AdviaHematologyUserForum.it@siemens.com

5 Special Disclaimers

  • 5.1 The ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy services and platform are provided "as is" with the limited purpose of offering to professional users an additional channel to ex-change information among healthcare professionals.
  • 5.2 The use of the services provided by the ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy does not and should not substitute any other source of information or advice.
  • 5.3 The ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy does not allow the upload, transmission or exchange of personal data; each user undertakes therefore to abstain from uploading or communicating any personal data and to anonymize any data exchanged in the User Group.
  • 5.4 Each user is personally responsible for the information she or he made available or communicate to the other users.
  • 5.5 Rankings or qualifications of the users have a purely informative purpose; they do not intend to convey or guarantee any status or level of reliability.
  • 5.6 Siemens reserves the right to cancel, suspend or modify the ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy services and to delete the information exchanged among the users, without advice.

6 Grant of Rights of Use

Siemens is free to use comments, posts or other information provided by You via the ADVIA Hematology User Group Italy. By posting such information on the ADVIA Hema-tology User Group Italy, You grant Siemens a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to copy, reproduce, modify, translate, make available, distribute and sub-license the relevant information in whole or in part and in any form or media. Such information includes personal information such as the user name and/or alias, picture(s) and the user’s expression of opinion.

7 Privacy Policy and Data Protection

The Privacy Policy applies.

8 Applicable law and venue

Any relationship between You and Siemens is governed by Italian laws. The Exclusive Venue shall be Milan, Italy.