Terms and conditions
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lifescience-online.com (LSO) is a product of Lifescience-consulting SA (LSC).
These terms and conditions were last updated on May 24th 2007 and replace all previous terms and conditions for LSO.
The following Terms and Conditions govern all pages hosted at LSO and personal information that is shared with LSC via other means. These Terms and Conditions do not apply to pages hosted by other companies to which we may link and whose privacy and other policies may differ. If you use LSO during your business, you are also agreeing to these terms and conditions on behalf of that business. We recommend you to print a copy of these terms and conditions for your records.
These Terms and Conditions may change from time to time. LSO. By using LSO after the changes have been posted, you are agreeing to be bound by them. Accordingly, you may wish to visit this page from time to time to review the current status of LSO Terms and Conditions.
If you do not agree with the current Terms and Conditions or with the changes we might make, you should leave LSO website and discontinue use of LSO. services immediately. If you wish to registe and use LSO services, you must read these terms and Conditions and indicate your acceptance during the registration process.
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Access and Use
LSO is split into three areas, which are (1) accessible to all; (2) accessible to registered users; and (3) accessible to paying subscribers.
All LSO information belongs to LSC or its licensors. The LSO website contains trademarks and logos property of LSC which may not be used or displayed without owner’s express written consent. The information provided in the LSO website may be displayed and printed for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not reproduce, re-transmit, modify, adapt, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast or circulate the information in any form or media to anyone, without the express written consent of LSC.
You may use LSO only for lawful purposes and in a manner which does not infringe the rights of any third party. Appropriate legal action will be taken for any illegal or unauthorized use of the LSO Services.
You may not do any of the following, without prior written permission from LSC (and neither may you allow thirds parties to do so):
remove the copyright or trade mark notice from any copies of LSO content made under these terms and conditions; or create a database by systematically and/or regularly downloading, caching, printing and storing all or any of the LSO content. collect usernames and/or email addresses of LSO members for the purpose of sending unsolicited emails or unauthorized framing of or linking to the LSO website
If you are using LSO at work and your use extends beyond personal, non-commercial use, you should contact LSC at helpdesk@lifescience-consulting.com, since it might be possible that your use of LSO content extends beyond what is permitted by these Terms and Conditions.
Privacy Policy and Registration
All information regarding your personal profile, collected during your use of LSO, will be used by LSC in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
When you choose to become a member, you will be asked to provide accurate registration information and it is your responsibility to update all changes to this information. LSC is entitled to rely on any information you provide to us. You will be also asked to choose an ID and a password. You are entirely responsible for keeping the confidentiality of your password, by not disclosing it to third parties. We recommend that you choose a strong password that you change on a regular basis.
Each registration is for a single user only. LSO does not allow any other third party sharing your ID. LSC may cancel or suspend your access to LSO if you do this without further obligation to you. However, if you suspect any unauthorized use of your account or access to your password you should notify LSC immediately (customers@LSC.com).
Third Party Websites and Services
LSO contains links to other Internet websites or online services provided by independent third parties. LSO is not responsible for the availability or content of Third Party Webites and will not be a party to, or in any way responsible for, any transaction concerning goods or services available from such Third Party Sites. Our Privacy Policydoes not apply to Third Party Sites.
LSO contains advertising and sponsorship. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on LSO complies with international and national law. LSO will not be responsible for any error or inaccuracy in advertising or sponsorship material.
Paid for Services
LSC offers the following types of Paid for Services: LSO membership services, different types of reports and advertising services. LSC reserves the right to alter its prices or to cease offering its services free of charge at any time.
You must provide us with complete and accurate payment information. You can pay by credit card. If we do not receive payment authorization or if any authorization is subsequently canceled, we may immediately terminate or suspend your access to any Paid for Services.
LSC will inform its Members by email about any change in the price of a service. You can then decide whether you want to stop or to continue using the service in question. Your continued use of the service after the announced modification for at least one month will be considered acceptance of the new fee. If your membership is ceased upon your violation of LSO Terms and Conditions, you shall not be entitled to the refund of any unused portion of subscription fees.
Proprietary rights in content
LSC does not claim any ownership rights in the text, files, images, video or any other material that you post to LSO services. After posting your material on LSO, you continue to retain all ownership rights, and you continue to have the right to use your material in any way you choose. By posting any material on or through the LSO Services, you accept to grant a limited license to LSC to use, modify, display, distribute and reproduce such Content on and through the LSO Services.
You represent and certify that (1) you own the material you posted on or through the LSO Services or have the right to grant the license described above, and (2) the posting of your material on or through the LSO Services does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, intellectual property rights (including copyrights), contract rights or any other rights of any person. You agree to pay for all royalties and fees to the owner of any material posted by you to or through the LSO Services.
Warranties and Limitation of Liability
The LSO Content is proposed for general circulation and are circulated for general information only. In particular, the LSO Content does not constitute any form of advice, recommendation, endorsement or arrangement from LSC. The LSO Content does not have regard to specific investment objectives, financial situation and the particular needs of any particular person who may receive these data. Appropriate independent advice should be obtained before making any such decision. Any agreements, transactions or other arrangements made between you and any third party linked to LSO are at your exclusive risk and responsibility.
LIMITED WARRANTY What we can guarantee LSO has reasonable security procedures in place.
What we cannot guarantee: Except the statement in the above paragraph, LSC does not give any warranties in respect of LSO. To the extent allowed by applicable law, LSC hereby disclaims all other warranties, conditions or duties of every nature whatsoever, including without being exhaustive, any implied warranties of satisfactory quality, merchantability or of fitness for a particular purpose, any express or statutory warranties, and any warranties or duties regarding accuracy, timeliness, completeness, performance, availability, lack of negligence or of workmanlike effort. Neither do we provide any warranty that LSO is free from infection by viruses or anything else that has contaminating or destructive properties.
OUR LIABILITY EXCLUSION TO THE FULL EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AGREE THAT LSC WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSSES WHICH RELATE TO YOUR BUSINESS OR INVESTMENT CHOICES OR WHICH ARE NOT A DIRECT CONSEQUENCE OF YOUR USE OF LSO (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS OR LOSS OF PRIVACY OR LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO DATA) OR WHICH ARISE AS A RESULT OF YOUR USAGE OFLSO.
IN ADDITION TO BUT SEPARATE FROM THE ABOVE SPECIFIC EXCLUSION AND TO THE FULL EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU ALSO AGREE THAT LSC WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY OTHER INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER THAT ARISE OUT OF OR ARE RELATED TO YOUR USE OF LSO.
YOUR REMEDIES LSC SHALL USE REASONABLE ENDEAVOURS TO PROMPTLY REMEDY ANY FAULTS IN LSO OF WHICH IT IS AWARE.
YOU AGREE THAT YOUR ONLY OTHER REMEDY (INCLUDING FOR NEGLIGENCE) FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT YOU INCUR ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF LSO (TO THE EXTENT THAT LSC LIABILITY IS NOT EXCLUDED BY THIS SECTION) IS AS FOLLOWS:
IF YOU HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO RECEIVE ANY PAID FOR SERVICES, YOUR REMEDY IS LIMITED TO THE DIRECT DAMAGES YOU ACTUALLY INCUR ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF LSO. THIS IS SUBJECT TO A LIMIT EQUAL TO THE ANNUAL FEE PAID BY YOU TO LSC PURSUANT TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DURING THE YEAR IN WHICH THE DAMAGE IS INCURRED. YOU MAY AT YOUR OPTION RECEIVE PAID FOR SERVICES TO THE EQUIVALENT VALUE OF THIS LIMIT IN PLACE OF MONETARY DAMAGES.
IF YOU HAVE NOT SUBSCRIBED TO RECEIVE ANY PAID FOR SERVICES, THEN NO REMEDY WILL BE ALLOWED.
IF A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION DETERMINES THAT ABOVE LIMIT ON OUR LIABILITY ARE UNENFORCEABLE, THEN YOU AGREE THAT IN ANY EVENT OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU SHALL NOT EXCEED DAMAGES GREATER THAN THE VALUE OF THE HIGHEST APPLICABLE ANNUAL LSO SUBSCRIPTION FEE.
The above disclaimers and restrictions on liability apply equally to your use of LSO and all LSO Content.
Choice of Law and Jurisdiction
This website is administered by LSC from its offices in Geneva, Switzerland. These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Switzerland.
Any disputes relating to the use of this website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Switzerland. The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of Switzerland shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of, under, or in connection with these terms and conditions, and for those purposes irrevocably submit all disputes to the jurisdiction of the Swiss courts.
For the exclusive benefit of LSC and to the extent possible in the applicable jurisdiction, LSC will retain the right to bring proceedings in the courts of the country of your residence or, where these terms and conditions are entered into the course of your trade or profession, the country of the place of business in which you agreed to these terms and conditions or (if different) the country of your principal place of business.
Changes to Terms and Conditions
These terms and conditions were published on 1st June 2007 and replace with immediate effect the terms and conditions previously published. If there is any conflict between these general Terms and Conditions and any rules and/or specific terms of use appearing on this site then the latter shall prevail.
I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED ABOVE.