CARISA Terms & Conditions

DEFINITIONS

The following terms shall bear the meanings assigned to them below:

CARISA means the Cancer Research Initiative of South Africa which is jointly owned by the MRC and CANSA and situated at the MRC's premises at Francie van Zijl Drive , Parrow valley, Cape Town , Western Cape , South Africa . Reference to CARISA shall be deemed to include reference to both the MRC and CANSA.

CARISA VISION is “to make a meaningful contribution in the eradication of cancer”.

CANSA means the Cancer Association of South Africa with registration no. 1932/003720/08 and which is a non-profitable organisation with NPO No. 000-524. More information about CANSA can be found on its website http://www.cansa.org.za .

CARISA WEBSITE means this website and reference to the CARISA Website shall include reference to its content, information and all services provided on the CARISA Website. Reference to the CARISA Website shall exclude reference to User Information.

MRC means the South African Medical Research Council, a statutory body corporate established and operating in terms of the South African Medical Research Council Act, No. 58 of 1991. More information about the MRC can be found on its website http://www.mrc.ac.za .

MEMBER means a User who is registered as a Member on the CARISA Website.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY means any form of Intellectual Property in any jurisdiction and under any law, whether now or hereafter existing and include (without limitation) patents (registered patents or patent applications), designs (registered designs or design applications), know-how, ideas, concepts, logos, trademarks (registered trademarks or trademark applications), copyrighted works (registered and non-registere d copyrighted works), computer software, source codes, computer programmes, the on screen layout and specifications in respect of the CARISA Website.

USER means you as the individual using this CARISA Website and reference to User may include a Member (as the case may be).

USER INFORMATION means all the content and information (in any form) submitted and/or provided by a User on the CARISA Website.

APPLICABILITY

This CARISA Terms and Conditions is applicable to this CARISA Website with website address https://secure.carisa.org.za irrespective of which open website the User is registered with or logged onto.

RIGHT TO USE AND CHANGE

• CARISA has the right to change The CARISA Terms and Conditions and the CARISA Website from time to time as it deems fit without notice to Users. Users must ensure themselves of the terms and conditions applicable to them and any content, information and/or services available to Users each time they are using the CARISA Website.

• CARISA has the right to make different services, contents and/or information available to different Users and may use or change any content, information and/or services available to Users.

• CARISA has the right to amend and to use any User Information as it deems fit.

TARGET AUDIENCE

The User must be eighteen (18) years of age or older and/or must have obtained the required consent of its legal guardian to use this CARISA Website. Any registration by, use of, or access to the website by anyone under the age of 18 years is unauthorized, unlicensed and in violation of these terms of use.

CONTENT, INFORMATION & SERVICES

The User may have access to the following content, information and/or services when making use of the CARISA Website:

• General cancer related Information.
• Conferences to discuss cancer related topics.
• A search engine to provide Members with information based on the Member input received.
• Facilitation of knowledge sharing between Members (e.g. virtual knowledge sharing, networking platforms and discussion groups). Members may communicate with other Members in real time by making use of “Global Voice” with website http://www.globalvoice.com subject to Global Voice's terms and conditions.
• Cancer research opportunities and grant opportunities for Members. CARISA has the right to approve or decline any applications received based on a peer review process.
• A Scientific Editorial Committee and a Scientific Editorial Board to investigate, review and comment on any User Information or cancer related matters referred to them for review.
• Any other content, information and services which CARISA may make available on the CARISA Website to Users from time to time.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

• All rights in respect of Intellectual Property on the CARISA Website shall vest exclusively in CARISA unless otherwise indicated on the CARISA Website. The User undertakes to obtain the prior written consent of CARISA and to comply with all requirements to use any Intellectual Property belonging to CARISA.

• The User undertakes to refrain from infringing the existing rights of CARISA and any third party in respect of Intellectual Property with regard to the User Information submitted or provided by it on the CARISA Website.

• Any rights in respect of Intellectual Property generated by the User as a result of the CARISA Website shall vest in both CARISA and the relevant User involved at that time and the parties may enter into future agreements to further regulate these rights.

THE USER'S UNDERTAKINGS

The User agrees that it shall be solely responsible and accountable for all User Information submitted or provided by it on the CARISA Website and that it shall at all times aim to promote the CARISA Vision when making use of the CARISA Website. Without limiting the generality of the aforementioned the User undertakes:

• to use the CARISA Website and any User Information solely to promote the CARISA Vision and for no other reason.

• t o ensure that the User Information submitted or provided by it does not violate any laws and that it shall (without limitation) be true, correct, suitable, relevant, accurate, complete, non-offensive, non-defamatory, non-libelous, non-discriminatory, non-misleading and non-pornographic.

• to submit or provide at all times true , correct, accurate, complete personal information when registering as a Member, to refrain from using any pseudonyms or pen names and to make any changes to personal information without due delay.

• not to Use the CARISA Website and User Information in a way that would impair the CARISA Website's vision and ability to operate.

• not to use the CARISA Website and User Information for commercial gain, marketing, advertisement, trade, distribution and/or promotion purposes.

• not to use the CARISA Website and User Information for personal purposes and to refrain from sending any chain letters, private messages , spam messages, unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitations, promotional materials, “junk mail”, pyramid schemes to Users.

• to submit photographs, graphics and pictures that is a true, correct and current reflection of the User, the object or detail (as the case may be) so that the User, the object or detail can be clearly identified and recognised. Photographs of Users must be recently taken photographs.

• not to submit or provide User Information that will violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party, including copy right, trade mark, privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary rights, without obtaining such third party's prior permission.

• to ensure itself of the relevance and applicability of User Information when submitting or providing it on the CARISA Website.

• maintain the security of your password and identification.

• maintain and promptly update the registration data and any other information the user provides to CARISA, to keep it accurate, current and complete.

• not to use the service or the website to harvest or collect e-mail addresses or other contact information of other users from the service or the website by electronic or other means for the purposes of sending unsolicited e-mails or other unsolicited communications.

• not to use the service or the website in any unlawful manner or in any other manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the website.

• not to upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available any content that CARISA deem to be harmful, threatening, unlawful, defamatory, infringing, abusive, inflammatory, harassing, vulgar, obscene, fraudulent, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable.

• not to impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent the user, his/her age or affiliation with any person or entity.

• not to upload, post, transmit, share or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer codes, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.

• not to upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available content that, in the sole judgement of CARISA, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the website, or which may expose CARISA or it's users to any harm or liability of any type.

CONSENT

Any use of the CARISA Website and User Information otherwise as indicated in this CARISA Terms and Conditions and on the CARISA Website shall require the prior written consent of CARISA.

CANCELLATION OF MEMBERSHIP

• CARISA has the right at any time to cancel a Membership by means of giving notice to a Member.

• A Member may cancel its Membership at any time by means of prior written notice per letter, fax or e-mail to CARISA as per contact details set out in clause 22 below, which cancellation shall take effect within two (2) weeks of date of receipt of such notification by CARISA.

INDEMNITY

The User indemnifies CARISA against all and any responsibility and liability, including all and any loss, damage (whether directly, indirectly, special or consequential), claims and/or expenses incurred (directly, indirectly or attributable) arising out of (or as a result of) the use by it of the CARISA Website or User Information, the submission or provision by it of User Information on the CARISA Website, or the breach by it of any CARISA Terms and Conditions, including negligent acts, omissions or fraudulent acts by it.

DISCLAIMER

The CARISA Website is available to Users on a “as is” basis and the User's use of the CARISA Website and User Information is therefore at its own risk. CARISA shall not be responsible or liable to any User or any third party with regard to any loss, damage (whether directly, indirectly, special or consequential), claims and/or expenses incurred (directly, indirectly or attributable) arising out of the User's use (or as a result) of the CARISA Website or User Information, the submission or provision by it of User Information on the CARISA Website, or the breach of any CARISA Terms and Conditions, including negligent acts, omissions or fraudulent acts.

11.2 CARISA assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, user communications. CARISA is not responsible for any technical malfunction or other problems of any telephone network or service, computer systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software or failure of e-mail on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any site or combination thereof, including injury or damage to a user's or to any other person's computer or other hardware or software, related to or resulting from using or downloading materials in connection with the web and/or in connection with the server.

11.3 CARISA disclaims any representation and warranties, whether express or implied, including implied warranties of title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. CARISA cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results form use of the website and/or the server. CARISA does not represent or warrant that software content or materials on the website or the service are accurate, complete, reliable, current or error-free or that the website or service is free of viruses or other harmful components. The user should therefore exercise caution in the use and downloading of any such software, content or materials and use industry's recognised software to detect and disinfect viruses. Without limiting the foregoing, the user understands and agrees that he/she downloads or otherwise obtains content, material, data or software from or through the website or the service at his/her own discretion and risk and that he/she will be solely responsible for his/her use thereof and any damages to his/her computer system, loss of data or other harm of any kind that may result.

11.4 Reference to any products, services, processes or other information, by trade name, trade mark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof, or any affiliation therewith, by CARISA.

PRIVACY STATEMENT

The User hereby consents to the use of its Personal Information as set out below:

The following information will be regarded as Personal Information for the purposes of this CARISA Website:

• User name;

• Password;

• Browsing habits and clicking patterns of the User;

• Name;

• Surname;

• Date of Birth;

• E-mail address;

• Business e-mail

• Street address;

• Postal address;

• Position (title);

• Area code;

• Company name;

• Industry;

• Country and city;

• Views and opinions by the User.

• CARISA will take all reasonable steps to protect the Personal Information of Users as set out in this Privacy statement and to treat it as confidential at all times.

CARISA will collect, store and use the Personal Information for the following purposes:

• Communicate requested information to the User;

• Provide CARISA Services (as set out in the Terms and Conditions) to the User;

• Authenticate the User;

• Provide the User with access to restricted pages on this CARISA Website when registering as a Member;

• Sharing of views, opinions or preferences between Members;

• Provide Members with monthly newsletters;

• Provide Members with invitations to events;

• Transfer Personal Information to the joint owners of CARISA or service providers;

• Compile non-personal statistical information about browsing habits, click-patterns and access of Users to this CARISA Website.

The following Personal Information will be regarded as compulsory information which must be provided by the User when registering as a Member:

• First Name

• Last Name

• User name;

• Password;

• E-mail address (business)

• Non-personal browsing habits and click-patterns.

The following Personal Information will be regarded as voluntary personal information and the User has a choice whether to provide such information (or not) as it may be available to other Members:

• Gender;

• Birthday;

• Professional related information;

• Associated institutions / organisation related information;

• Views, opinions or preferences of Members;

• Grants, awards or prizes made to a Member.

• The Personal Information indicated above is collected either electronically by using cookies or is provided by the User during the Member registration process. Users may determine cookie use independently through their browser settings.

• CARISA may compile, use and share any Personal Information that does not relate to any specific individual and may only share or disclose any Personal Information related to a specific User subject to the prior written consent of the User whose Personal Information it is, unless it is through due legal process.

• CARISA uses a secure server and uses appropriate technical and other security measures to safeguard Personal Information disclosed by a User on the CARISA Website. It further keeps such Personal Information only for the duration of Member registration and the purpose necessary of which it is used.

• The User will at all times have access to its Personal Information and will be responsible to correct any inaccuracies and to change it without undue delay.

OTHER WEBSITES

This CARISA Website and the CARISA Terms and Conditions may contain hyperlinks to other websites and such hyperlinks are provided for the User's convenience only. The terms and conditions of these websites shall not apply to the CARISA Website and the CARISA Terms and Conditions.

FORCE MAJEURE

CARISA will not be held liable for any breach of its obligations in terms of the CARISA Website and the CARISA Terms and Conditions nor shall it be liable to the User or third parties for any loss or damage it may have suffered due to any cause beyond CARISA's reasonable control including (without limitation) any act of God, war, fire, revolution, invasion, insurrection, riot, explosion, storm, floods or other similar cause beyond CARISA's control.

VIRUSES

Whilst CARISA makes all reasonable effort to exclude viruses from the CARISA Website and User Information, it cannot ensure the exclusion thereof and the User must take all necessary precautions to safeguard itself in this regard.

AVAILABILITY

CARISA shall endeavour its best to ensure availability of the CARISA Website without interruption. However, the User acknowledges and accepts that it may not be possible for CARISA to achieve 100% availability of the CARISA Website at all times due to events beyond CARISA's control.

AGREEMENTS

If a User enters into an agreement with another User/ party as a result of the CARISA Website or User Information, CARISA will not be a contracting party to the agreement and does not necessarily approve such agreement. CARISA disclaims all and any liability in this regard.

INFORMING CARISA

The User undertakes to inform CARISA immediately of any User Information and activities by Users which may infringe any rights, violate any laws, are in conflict with these CARISA Terms and Conditions, the CARISA Website and/or the CARISA Vision, by e-mailing CARISA at info@carisa.org.za .

BREACH

In the event that the User committing a breach of any of the CARISA Terms and Conditions, then CARISA shall be entitled to cancel its access to the CARISA Website (including to cancel its Membership) forthwith and CARISA may claim such damages and/or losses it may have suffered in this regard.

DISPUTES AND CLAIMS

Should any disputes or claims arise between the User and CARISA in connection with this CARISA Website or user Information, then the parties shall first attempt in good faith to resolve any such dispute or claim. Nothing shall prevent any party from obtaining urgent relief in a competent court of law or to exercise any other rights it may have in this regard.

JURISDICTION

The CARISA Website and the CARISA Terms and Conditions shall be governed and construed according to the laws of the Republic of
South Africa.

CONTACT DETAILS

The contact details for CARISA are as follows:

• Postal address: P O Box 19070 , Tygerberg, 7505, South Africa• Residential address: Francie van Zijl Drive, Parow Valley , Cape Town (“Domicilium citandi et executandi”)
• E-mail address: admin@carisa.org.za
• Fax number: +27 21 938 0460
• Telephone number: +27 21 938 0868

GENERAL

• No indulgence which CARISA may grant or allow a User (whether expressly or implied) shall constitute a waiver of or prejudice any of the rights of CARISA under this CARISA Terms and Conditions.

• If any part of this CARISA Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid or unenforceable it shall be severed from the remainder of the CARISA Terms and Conditions which shall be valid and enforceable.

• The User may not cede its rights or delegate its obligations in respect of this CARISA Terms and Conditions without the prior written consent of CARISA.

• Should there be any contradictions between this CARISA Terms and Conditions and the CARISA Website, then the CARISA Terms and Conditions shall prevail.

• These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement between the user and CARISA regarding the use of the website and/or the service.

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Privacy Statement

Terms and Conditions on Data Protection

“CARISA” refers to the service provided subject to these General Terms and Conditions and / or the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC); Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA).

The protection of your personal data is of utmost concern to CARISA.

In these terms and conditions on data protection, CARISA would like to inform you about how CARISA treats your personal data and how you can exchange this data with other users of CARISA.

These terms and conditions supplement the General Terms and Conditions for using CARISA Web Portal.

1. Basic Principles of CARISA for handling your Personal Data

CARISA strictly adheres to the following basic principles in the protection of your Personal Data:

CARISA shall collect, process and use your Personal Data in accordance with the laws and statutes on data protection of the Republic of South Africa .
CARISA shall use your Personal Data solely to provide you the CARISA Services on the Internet for which you have registered. CARISA will never pass your Personal Data on to any third party, neither for advertising, nor for marketing for any other purposes.
With the exception of some general information about your profession you alone decide which of the Personal Data you have made available to CARISA may be displayed by CARISA to other members of CARISA (cf. Section 3 of these Terms and Conditions on Data Protection).
Persons not registered with CARISA may only view your Personal Data to the extent that you enable and allow them to do so (cf. Section 4).

2. Definitions

The following terms used in these Terms and Conditions on Data Protection shall have the following meanings:

"Personal Data" shall mean all data and / or information about your profession or your person.
"CARISA Web sites" shall mean all web sites on which CARISA provides the CARISA Services.
"CARISA Members" shall mean all registered users of CARISA on the CARISA Web sites.
"CARISA Services" shall mean all registration based services provided by CARISA on the CARISA Web sites.
"Registration Data" shall mean the Personal Data you are obliged to make available to CARISA in the registration process for the CARISA Services (mandatory fields).
"Profile" shall mean the CARISA Web site page where the Personal Data you have made available to CARISA is displayed in accordance with your specifications and your consent.

3. What does CARISA know about you, what do you give CARISA and CARISA Members permission to do, and what happens with your Personal Data?

3.1 Registration Data

In order for the CARISA Services to function, CARISA needs to collect and process certain elements of your Personal Data in the course of the registration process. First of all, this consists of the following data:

User name
Password

Your password and / or your user name are never visible to any CARISA Member at any time. CARISA shall never disclose or pass your password and / or your user name on to any third party.

Furthermore, you will need to fill out the following Personal Data in the course of the registration process (mandatory fields):

Business email account
Business telephone number
First name, surname, form of address
Birth date
Professional status
Company name
Position (Title)
Industry
Country and city of your company

The following Personal Data from these mandatory fields is accessible to other CARISA Members without any restrictions:

First name, surname
Professional status
Company name
Position (Title)
Industry
Country and city of your company

With respect to the following mandatory Personal Data, you may choose in each individual case whether the data shall be displayed to a specific other CARISA Member or not:

Business email account
Business telephone number
Birth date

3.2 Voluntary Data

If you wish, you may provide additional information about yourself apart from the mandatory data on a voluntary basis (hereinafter referred to as "Voluntary Data" ), to allow other CARISA Members to get to know you better and possibly encourage them to choose you as an appropriate business contact. This information would also assist CARISA in refining your profile in order to identify which information would most probably satisfy your information needs based on profession, area of expertise, extraordinary information requirements or personal needs. At the moment, you are able to choose from the following Voluntary Data, for example: your interests, your education, companies you have previously worked for, what you have to offer to other CARISA Members, what you are looking for from other CARISA Members, etc. You may also upload a photograph of yourself, if you wish.

The Voluntary Data you choose to provide to CARISA is accessible to all other registered CARISA Members, unless the data is particularly identified. With regard to such particularly identified data you may choose in each individual case if the data shall be displayed to a specific other CARISA Member.

3.3 Your Profile, Contact Management

The following sections of the Personal Data you have made available to CARISA is visible to all other CARISA Members:

First name, surname
Professional status
Company name
Position (Title)
Industry
Country and city of your company

All other CARISA Members may access your Profile and view the information displayed on the Profile, including such Voluntary Data you have specified to be made available to all other CARISA Members. Certain CARISA Members may be able to access further of your Voluntary Data in accordance with your specifications (chosen settings) for the respective CARISA Member in each individual case.

If you send CARISA Members a request for personal contact, these CARISA Members are then saved in your Profile on a contact list. Should a CARISA Member confirm your request for contact, this CARISA Member shall be listed as a so called "confirmed contact" . Confirmed and unconfirmed contacts shall be registered separate from one another. Other CARISA Members may only ever view your list of confirmed contacts.

CARISA has preset your privacy settings under "Privacy" per default so that the list of your confirmed contacts is displayed to all CARISA Members. However, you may change this setting at any time by yourself to the effect that your list of confirmed contacts is not visible to anybody at all or only to certain of your contacts, for example to the direct contacts of your contacts (i.e. second degree contacts) or only to third degree or fourth degree contacts.

The following of your personal statistics are visible to all CARISA Members at all times:

Number of your confirmed contacts
Number of hits on your Profile
Month and year of your membership
Type of membership

On your Profile you will find a so-called activity meter . This meter indicates whether you use the CARISA Services regularly, however, it does not show any details about the way or the times you use the CARISA Services. The activity meter is intended as an indication for other CARISA Members to determine how often you use the CARISA Services so that the other CARISA Members can evaluate whether you will presumably react quickly to a request via the CARISA Services. You may choose to hide the activity meter at any time in your privacy settings under "Privacy" so that the activity meter is not visible to other CARISA Members.

CARISA has provided a guest book on your Profile to invite other CARISA Members to leave a comment, if they wish to do so. Entries in the guest book are visible to all other CARISA Members. CARISA has preset your privacy settings under "Privacy" per default to the effect that a guest book is available and displayed to all CARISA Members on your Profile. You may change this setting at any time in your privacy settings under "Privacy", if you prefer not to have a guest book on your Profile.

Other CARISA Members may send you private messages to you in order to establish contact with you. CARISA has preset your privacy settings under "Privacy" per default so that all CARISA Members may send you private messages. You may restrict the ability of CARISA Members to send you private messages at any time to the effect that either no CARISA Members or only selected contacts may send you private messages, for example only the direct contacts of your contacts (i.e. second degree contacts) or only third degree or fourth degree contacts.

As you can see, CARISA gives you complete control over your own privacy at all times!

4. Availability of your Profile to Non-Members of CARISA

CARISA has preset your privacy settings under "Privacy" for the protection of your privacy per default so that your Profile is not available to non-members / unregistered members of CARISA and that your Profile is not traceable by search engines on the Internet. You may change this setting at any time and thus make your Profile visible to a larger audience. If you choose to do so, you can strongly increase your presence on the Internet and at the same time considerably enlarge your availability for potential business contacts.

However, please note that if you do release your Profile to non-members or search engines, this will automatically mean that the following sections of your Registration Data are displayed to non-members of CARISA:

First name, surname
Professional status
Position (Title)
Previous companies and positions
Industry
Country, state and city of your company

Furthermore, such Voluntary Data that you have specified in the settings under "Privacy" to be visible to other CARISA Members will then also automatically be visible to non-members of CARISA. Finally, a maximum of four (4) of your confirmed contacts will then automatically become visible, chosen at random. You may suppress the display of these four (4) confirmed contacts at any time by changing the setting for the display of confirmed contacts under "Privacy" to any other setting than "all members".

5. Groups

On the CARISA Web sites, CARISA offers certain groups, forums and similar services.

Each group has one (1) or more moderator(s). The moderator decides for each group whether the group is public or whether it is only accessible to a specific group of people, as well as who has read and / or write access for each relevant group. This information will be displayed on the CARISA Web sites for the relevant group. It is visible to CARISA Members and it may also be visible to non-members of CARISA, depending on the settings chosen by the moderator.

Please note: where a group is specified as "public" on the CARISA Web site and in the event that the moderator has not restricted the access rights to the group, all contributions of CARISA Members to such a group can be read by all other CARISA Members, and these contributions are then also accessible to non-members of CARISA on the Internet without any restrictions. You may deactivate the traceability of your contributions to a group by Internet search engines or by so called RSS-readers in your privacy settings under "Privacy". However, any contributions you posted on the group prior to deactivation will remain visible after the deactivation as well. RSS-readers are programs which trace updates of an Internet web site, providing the Internet web site technically supports the so called RSS-standard. Where Internet group support the RSS-standard the RSS-reader may track if, when and which new articles have been published.

6. Appointments, Activities, Event Management

On the CARISA Web sites, CARISA offers you the possibility to enter your appointments, activities and events as well as similar services (collectively hereinafter referred to as "events"). With this function you may manage and coordinate your events with other CARISA Members and / or with non-members of CARISA, and you may also invite other CARISA Members and / or non-members to specific events.

Each event has one (1) or more hosts (organisers). The host decides for each event if and which information about the event is visible to other CARISA Members and / or for non-members of CARISA. Among other things, this information may include whether the event is reserved to CARISA Members or whether it is a public event and as such accessible to non-members, whether the number of participants is limited, whether the guest list is visible without any restrictions or if and which restrictions should apply to the visibility of the guest list. The above information shall be displayed on the CARISA Web sites for the relevant event. It is visible to CARISA Members, and it may also be visible to non-members, depending on the settings chosen by the host.

7. Invitations

As a CARISA Member you may invite others to join CARISA. CARISA shall process personal data collected in the course of the invitation solely for the invitation and shall not use it for any other purposes.

Please note that the following sections of your Personal Data are displayed to the recipient of the invitation:

Your photograph
Number of your confirmed contacts
Number of hits on your Profile
Month and year of your membership
Type of your membership

8. What does "Global Voice" mean?

"Global Voice" is an application that allows members to:

• Interact, collaborate, communicate and share ideas in real time

• Use voice, text, presentation sharing, visual aids and digital whiteboards to communicate with up to thirty participants

• Use anytime, anywhere

• Pug and play

• Connect with your global audience

• No need to leave your desk

• All that is needed is a computer, Internet connection and headset

• Works over any Internet connection, such as dial-up, ADSL, ISDN and corporate LANs.

Participants are able to talk to one another by using a headset. A digital whiteboard allows participants to draw, including the ability to add text. Participants are able to send both private messages (to one participant) and public messages (to all participants). Web pages, real time screenshots and presentation material can be uploaded and displayed instantaneously. Presentation slides can be saved to a participant's computer for later use. For quick and easy communication, emotions can be used to indicate participants' emotions. Presentation material can be uploaded to share with participants. Document types supported are Microsoft, Powerpoint, Word, Excel and Adobe PDF. A variety of annotation tools allow the user to draw, highlight, and more on the presentation in real time, instantaneously. Global Voice is supported by a comprehensive Web based scheduling system, which includes:

• Scheduling Global Voice sessions

• Uploading presentation material for sessions

• Managing participants

• Participant and facilitator evaluations (for learning and training)

• Reports on sessions attended.

While the use of the Global Voice application will be covered by CARISA, participants are responsible to download and install the free online application at Global Voice . Participants would also be required to connect using their own connection facility and ensure that this Internet connection is supported by the communications application, and ensure that they have the necessary accessories, e.g., headset and microphone, to use the application.

By using Global Voice you can see which Profiles of other CARISA Members you have engaged with in these virtual interactive sessions. You can also check which other CARISA Members have visited your Profile. By the same token, all other registered Members of CARISA can do the same, i.e. they may see whether you have visited their Profile. This feature is an essential part of contact management on CARISA and as such an essential feature of the CARISA Services: you are not able to deactivate this feature in your privacy settings. If you do not agree that other CARISA Members may see that you have visited their Profile, you should not use the CARISA Services.

9. Search Functions

The CARISA Services offer various possibilities to search for particular CARISA Members, including a Powersearch feature and a Search Agent feature. These various search functions may assist you, for example, in finding other CARISA Members with similar interests. The search functions can also help you to initiate contact with other CARISA Members who offer exactly what you are looking for. Thus, you can find the contacts you need - and systematically expand your personal network .

10. Newsletter, weekly Status-Emails

CARISA regularly sends out newsletters or weekly status emails (collectively hereinafter referred to as the "newsletter(s)") to all CARISA Members. In these newsletters, CARISA may inform you, among other things, about new features on CARISA, about your events in the upcoming week, and CARISA may also provide you with specific personal statistics from the respective past calendar week (i.e. the number of hits on your Profile, whether you have new contacts to be confirmed and/or new private messages, etc.).

Furthermore, CARISA may present three (3) new members of CARISA to you in each newsletter. It may also be the case that CARISA presents you as a possible contact to other CARISA Members in a newsletter. If you do not wish to be presented as a possible contact to other CARISA Members in a newsletter, you can change the settings under "Privacy" at any time so that this shall not happen.

Finally, CARISA may inform you about three (3) random CARISA Members who have visited your Profile in the past week. Of course, this may also apply to yourself vice versa, i.e. you may be one of those random CARISA Members with regard to another CARISA Member who's Profile you have visited in the past week.

You may choose to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by sending an email to the link provided at the end of each newsletter.

11. Cookies

After you have logged in to the CARISA Services with your user name and password, CARISA uses cookies in order to identify you during the course of your session. A cookie will be stored on your computer. Upon the termination of your session the cookie will be automatically deleted. You can save this cookie on your computer to enable automatic login for subsequent sessions by activating the function: "Login automatically on this computer". The cookie will then store part of your login data in encrypted form. If you select automatic login, please be aware that this will then only be possible on the same computer on which the cookie was first saved, i.e. an automatic login on two (2) different computers is not possible.

12. Log Files

Each time you access a web site from the CARISA Web sites, CARISA will save the following data in a log file (the so called "server log"):

Your IP address (by which your computer can be clearly identified),
The name and IP address of the computer requesting the respective page from the CARISA Web sites (the so called "remote host computer"),
The time, status, and amount of the transferred data, as well as the Internet Web site from which you have reached the requested page of the CARISA Web sites (the so called "referrer")
The product and release information from your Internet browser (the so called "user agent").

This log file will be stored by CARISA in the standardised "combined" log file format for the Apache Web server. CARISA uses the data from this log file in anonymous form without reference to your person for statistical purposes. In doing so, CARISA may analyse on which days and at which time the CARISA Services are particularly frequented and how much data volume is created on the CARISA Web sites. Furthermore, by using the log file, CARISA can identify defects on the CARISA Web sites, such as defective hyperlinks or program defects, and thus continually improve the quality of the CARISA Web sites. CARISA does not attribute the Web site demands stored in the log file to specific individual users. However, CARISA reserves the right to review the log files from the last known IP address of a CARISA Member where CARISA has reasonable cause to believe that the member is using CARISA Services in breach of contractual agreements or the applicable legislation. In doing this, CARISA is protecting other CARISA Members, the safety of CARISA Members' data, as well as CARISA Web sites and the CARISA Services.

13. Under Age

Membership of CARISA Services who have not reached the legal age of 18, will be legally bound by their parents or legal guardians. Parents and legal guardians are responsible for the protection of their children's privacy.

14. Changes to these Terms and Conditions on Data Protection

CARISA reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions on Data Protection, in the event that this becomes necessary due to gaps in these Terms and Conditions on Data Protection identified after their release, or in the event that it becomes necessary with respect to additional or amended services provided by CARISA. CARISA will notify you of any amendments to these Terms and Conditions on Data Protection by email to the email account you provided to CARISA in the course of your registration.

15. Accessibility of these Terms and Conditions on Data Protection

These Terms and Conditions on Data Protection are accessible from any of the CARISA Web sites under the link "Data Protection" .

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While all reasonable steps have been taken to ensure the accuracy and safety of the CARISA Web site, including a scientific editorial process, the use of the products or services advertised on this Web site are used at the user's own risk. The user accepts full responsibility and risk of any injury, damage, or loss resulting from the use thereof. CARISA will not be liable for any personal or physical damage or loss, how so ever caused, whether directly or indirectly, resulting from the use of the CARISA Web portal.

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