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Privacy Statement

How we will use your data
Smith & Nephew UK Limited is responsible for operating this Website. This privacy policy is integral to the operation of the site and explains how we will use the personal information which we collect from you when you submit your details.

Smith & Nephew UK Limited is required to comply with European legislation (Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC) as implemented in the UK by the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to the personal data which we hold about you. Personal information requested to enter the site has been kept to a minimum and is held securely. Smith & Nephew UK Limited will use your personal data for the proper operation and functioning of the website. The data will be used for administration purposes by being held on a database so that we have a record of our users' details and so that we can monitor the number of people accessing the site. This information will be used by Smith & Nephew UK Limited for the purpose of market research in order to assist us in the further development of this website content.

This website may use cookies to gather marketing information. Cookies are small pieces of information used to track your use of this website and to identify the type of information that you may be interested in. The information which we gather in this way will also be used for market research, again so that we can continually work to improve the content of this website. If you wish to find out how to remove cookies or other tracking devices please go to www.aboutcookies.org.

Information you may receive from us
In addition to the information which is posted on the website, we also offer supplemental bulletins which, if you so choose, will be sent to you directly by e-mail once you have become a registered user. These bulletins may cover a range of topics which you may be interested in and may include educational updates, details of forthcoming Smith & Nephew conferences and some Smith & Nephew product information. If you would like to receive these e-mail bulletins, please tick the box which appears if appropriate to this site. Note that if you opt to receive these bulletins but at a later stage decide that you no longer wish to receive them, please let us know by deselecting the option on our website. Instructions on how to do this will be available both on our website and with all the e-mail bulletins.

Transfers of Information
The personal information which you provide to us will be held on a central database by Smith & Nephew UK Limited in the UK. In order to send all the information which you may request by way of e-mail updates, as efficiently as possible, your personal data which we hold on our database may be accessed by our Smith & Nephew operation in the United Kingdom so that it can send the bulletins to you. In addition, the database may be accessed by other companies within the Smith & Nephew Group of Companies on a global basis. This is for the purpose of monitoring the use of the website and to generate information for market research purposes. In addition, it may also from time to time be necessary to transfer your details to other Smith & Nephew Group Companies, which may be in other countries, in order to send to you the e-mail updates which you may have requested. From time to time, we may also transfer your personal information to carefully selected third parties in order to ensure the proper functioning of the website, for example our external service provider who is responsible for the maintenance of our IT system. It may also become necessary to employ a third party organisation to manage the database in which your data is contained. This will involve the transfer of your data to that organisation in order for it to administer the database on our behalf.

By accepting these Terms and Conditions you consent to Smith & Nephew UK Limited and other companies within the Smith & Nephew Group using your personal data for the purposes outlined in these Terms and Conditions and you consent to your data being held in the UK.

Contacting Us
For general website questions, questions pertaining to this disclaimer or for details on or modifications to the information which we hold about you, please contact Andrew Jackson at the address below. You have the right to have any information which we hold about you updated if the details become inaccurate or out of date and we would ask you to let us know if your details change so that we can update our records. You also have the right to be informed of the nature of the information which we hold about you and you should direct any enquiries which you have in this regard to Andrew Jackson as below. We may request from you a small fee to cover our administration charges of supplying this information to you.

Andrew Jackson
Head of Technical Services
Smith & Nephew
Research Centre
York Science Park
Heslington
York
YO10 5DF

For any enquiries which pertain to the UK Data Protection Act, contact Andrew Parkes at the address below.

Andrew Parkes
Data Protection Manager
Smith & Nephew Medical Ltd.
PO Box 81, Hessle Road
Hull, HU3 2BN
England

This website contains links to other websites. Please note that these websites may have privacy policies that differ from those of this website and that Smith & Nephew UK Limited cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for the content of those websites or for any such privacy policy contained on such websites.

Terms and Conditions of Use

1. This website is intended for use by R&D/Technical professionals only for general, non case specific research and educational purposes and is in no way intended for use by persons who are not R&D/Technical professionals. Nothing in this website should be construed as the giving of medical advice and in all circumstances, the advice of a fully qualified medical practitioner should be sought.
2. All website design, text, graphics, the selection and arrangement thereof, and all software compilations, underlying source codes, software and all other material on this website are subject to copyright which is either owned by Smith & Nephew UK Limited or used under license from third party copyright owners. Under no circumstances shall a user of this website acquire any interest in any intellectual property rights whatsoever belonging to Smith & Nephew UK Limited by using this website.
3. You may download materials contained on this website to a single personal computer and to print hard copy portions of this website but in each case solely for your own private research and study and non-commercial use. No part of this website or any of the software may be reproduced, copied, transmitted or distributed in any form, for any other purpose.
4. No rights are granted to you to use any trade marks or trade names as referred to on this website whatsoever.
5. You will not nor will you allow any other person to:- 5.1 reproduce, publish, transmit, circulate, distribute, copy, alter, add to, delete, remove or tamper with this website or any part of it; or 5.2 directly or indirectly disrupt or interfere (or attempt to disrupt or interfere) with or alter this website other than in the course of viewing or using this website in accordance with these Terms and Conditions of Use.
6. Neither Smith & Nephew UK Limited nor any of its affiliates, group members, directors, employees, agents or other representatives, will be liable (whether under contract, tort, statute or otherwise howsoever arising) for any damages, losses, costs, claims, liabilities or expenses arising out of or in connection with the use of this website or any other information supplied to you by Smith & Nephew UK Limited in connection with your use of this website. This limitation of liability shall apply to ALL damages, losses, costs, claims, liabilities and expenses of any kind, including (but without limitation whatsoever); (a) any direct loss or damage of any kind howsoever caused including without limitation direct loss of profit or direct loss of anticipated savings; or (b) any indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind howsoever caused, including without limitation any indirect loss of profit, loss of use of monies, loss of anticipated savings, loss of business, loss of opportunity, loss of goodwill or reputation, loss of data and/or any wasted expenditure. For the avoidance of doubt, the sub-clauses of this Clause 6 are intended to be severable. Nothing in this Agreement shall exclude or limit the liability of Smith & Nephew UK Limited for death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for fraudulent misrepresentation.
7. These Terms and Conditions and your use of this website shall be governed by and construed in all respects in accordance with English law and by using this website you accept that any dispute under these Terms and Conditions or arising out of the use of this website shall be subject to the executive jurisdiction of the English Courts to which you submit. This Clause shall not prejudice the rights of Smith & Nephew UK Limited to bring an action in any other court of competent jurisdiction.
8. If for any reason part of these Terms and Conditions is deemed to be unenforceable, the validity of the remaining terms shall not be affected.
9. Any waiver by Smith & Nephew UK Limited of a breach of any provision under these Terms and Conditions shall not be considered a waiver of any subsequent breach of any provision.
10. Smith & Nephew UK Limited reserves the right to modify, adapt, delete or supplement these Terms and Conditions at any time and without notification to anyone.
11. The Privacy Statement and the Disclaimer form part of these Terms and Conditions of Use of this website. If you do not agree with, or are not prepared to be bound by any of the Terms and Conditions of this website or if you do not consent to Smith & Nephew UK Limited using your personal data as described in the Privacy Statement then, you must stop using this website. By continuing to use this website, you are deemed to have agreed to all Terms and Conditions contained within this website and are deemed to have given your express consent to Smith & Nephew UK Limited using your personal data as described in the Privacy Statement.
12. A person who is not a party to these Terms and Conditions shall have no rights pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any of the terms. Any right or remedy which exists or is available apart from the Act is not affected.