TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Summary

Your access to and use of site is subject exclusively to these Terms and Conditions.  

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) UK may occasionally update these Terms and Conditions without notice. Please review this page regularly, and if you are not happy with any changes made, please do not use the Site. We will assume that you have read and accepted the updated Terms and Conditions if you continue to use the Site after such changes have been made. 

Full policy

Copyright 

i) All content on the online platform is the property of MSF UK and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Any unauthorised downloading, distribution, copying or re-recording will constitute an infringement of copyright. 

ii)You may make single copies of the materials available through this website solely for your personal, non-commercial use, and only if MSF UK preserves any copyright or other notices contained in or associated with them. You may not distribute such copies to others, whether or not in electronic form, whether or not for a charge or other consideration, without prior written consent of the owner of the materials. Requests for permission to reproduce or distribute materials available through this website should be emailed to our alumni platform  administrator: ghhm@london.msf.org      

ii) . Any use of this data outside the explicit purpose of the alumni platform  will also constitute a breach of Data Protection law. 

Accounts:

The online accounts and profiles serve as a way to engender a sense of community in our environment as well as to protect the intellectual property of our contributors and sensitive information included in our materials. We ask that: 

iv) All information provided in relation to your Learner Account is and will be accurate, current and complete at all times; 

v) You will not share access information for your account, allow third party access or fail to keep your password secure. If you suspect that your account is no longer secure please contact the Alumni platform administrator s immediately; 

vi) You will not access or attempt to access any other Visitor or Learner’s account or falsely state, impersonate, or otherwise misrepresent your identity, including but not limited to the use of a pseudonym or misrepresenting your affiliations with a person or entity, past or present. 

Privacy Policy

MSF UK takes your online privacy seriously. It is the stated policy of Médecins Sans Frontières UK that they will act in accordance with current legislation and aim to meet current best practice with regard to the processing of personal data. Médecins Sans Frontières UK complies with current Data Protection law. 

Registration information such as username, name, email and place of residence will be visible on your profile. Your password and any other information you choose to hide will not be disclosed. 

MSF-UK collects your personal data provided via the online platform for the sole purpose of administering the Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine Course Alumni Platform. The data is processed under Article 6(1)(b) (performance of a contract) and Article 6(1)(f) (legitimate interests) of the General Data Protection Regulation.. e. You have a right to object to the processing of your data, and to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office should you feel our processing of your personal data is not compliant with the law. For full details of MSF-UK’s Privacy Policy, and how to contact us, please see our website: https://www.msf.org.uk/msf-uk-privacy-notice.   

Should you discover any inaccuracies in your personal information or wish Médecins Sans Frontières UK to cease using your data as set out in this policy, please contact ghhm@london.msf.org. 

Once we receive your data transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems and we take reasonable steps to protect the information you provide us from theft, alteration or unauthorised inspection. However, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information. Médecins Sans Frontières UK cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. 

Code of Conduct 

We strive to create an accessible and inclusive learning environment. We hold the right to suspend your account if in the platform administrator’s view you have: 

         i.            used racist, sexist, homophobic, sexually explicit or abusive terms or images, or language that is likely to cause offence; 

       ii.            personally attacked or harassed other participants; 

     iii.            engaged in behaviour that may disrupt the learning environment such as using the forum for personal promotion or advertising that is irrelevant, sent spam mail or been actively hostile to other members; 

Please note that when participating in forums, chats or discussions your registered details will be used to identify you. By participating in these forums, you should remember that you are legally liable for the material you post, including libel and copyright infringement. 

Disclaimer of warranties and liability

Because of the number of possible sources of information available through this website, and the inherent hazards and uncertainties of electronic distribution, there may be delays, omissions, or inaccuracies in such information. MSF cannot and does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, currentness, noninfringement, or fitness for a particular purpose of the information available through this website. MSF makes no warranty that this website will be error-free or continuously available, that defects will be corrected or that the Website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or anything else which may be harmful or destructive. 

To the extent permitted by law, MSF will not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever (including without limitation loss of business, opportunity, data, profits) arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website. 

MSF cannot be responsible for and does not endorse any statements made by third parties on this site or on any third-party websites. If you visit any website via a link on this Website you do so at your own risk. 

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed so as to exclude or limit the liability of site for death or personal injury as a result of the negligence of site or that of its employees or agents. You, the site user, agree to indemnify and hold MSF and its employees and agents harmless from and against all liabilities, legal fees, damages, losses, costs and other expenses in relation to any claims or actions brought against site arising out of any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions or other liabilities arising out of your use of this Website. 

If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction then such Term or Condition shall be severed and the remaining Terms and Conditions shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable. 

If you breach these Conditions of Use and we take no action, we will still be entitled to use our rights and remedies in any other situation where you breach these Conditions of Use. 

World wide web links to this site 

Without the prior written consent of the GHHM alumni platform administrators, you may not create a link to this site that incorporates or relies upon, in whole or in part, any content from any page on this website, or that incorporates any copyrighted or otherwise intellectual property of MSF.