This privacy policy sets forth what information we collect about the client, how the client uses their information and the choices the client has about how we use their information.

1.- Collection and Registration of Personal Information

We sometimes request Users of the Site to provide personal information. The information collected from a User is strictly voluntary and may include contact information such as the User's name, e-mail address, phone number, postal address, city, country, organization, department and medical specialty. The submitting of personal, identifiable data on this website, via registration form or via e-mail, is confidential and shall be included in our files, the exclusive owner of which is Prous Science, S.A. (Provenza 388, Barcelona 08025, Spain). This file is intended for the management of the Users of this website. Moreover, the Users grant Prous Science the right to send promotional information regarding the latest updates in the field of services provided by Prous Science. This promotional communication shall be identified with the word Publicity at the beginning of each subject of the message sent via e-mail. In case the Users wish to stop receiving the aforementioned information, an e-mail sent to service@prous.com at any time will suffice.

In order to access certain content and to make use of the full functionality of the Site, we ask you to register and obtain a personal User Name and Password. You may be prompted to register when you:

• Choose the "Contact" link from the home page
• Choose the "Register" or "Subscription" link from other Prous Science sites
• Provide feedback

The information collected from the registration form that is presented to Users when they choose to register may include contact information, such as the User's name, e-mail address, postal address, organization, country and medical specialty ("Contact and Registration Information"). The Contact and Registration Information, such as the User Name and Password chosen by the User or the e-mail address, can only be retrieved by supplying the correct User Name and Password that is linked to that profile.

2.- Rights of Access, Rectification, Cancellation or Opposition

You can exercise your right of access, rectification, cancellation, or opposition to the treatment of your personal details, under the terms and conditions anticipated by the Spanish Organic Law 15/1999 for the Protection of Data itself.

For your convenience, you can exercise the aforementioned rights by writing to Prous Science, S.A., Provenza 388, 08025 Barcelona, Spain (to the attention to Customer Service or to our e-mail address: service@prous.com).

Prous Science reserves the right to change this policy at any time without notice. Any changes to this policy will be posted on this web page, as deemed necessary.

3.- How Personal Information is Used

We use the personal information that you provide for such purposes as:

• Completion and support of the activity for which the information was provided, such as allowing access to our services or responding to your requests or inquiries;
• Web site and system administration, such as for the technical support of the Site and its computer system, including processing computer account information, information used in the course of securing and maintaining the Site, and verification of Site activity by the Site or its agent;
• Tailoring or customizing content or design of the Site during a single visit to the Site and individualized personalization of the Site on repeat visits;
• Research and development to enhance, evaluate and improve the site and our services;
• Pseudonymous analysis to create a profile used to determine the habits, interests or other characteristics of Users for purposes of research, analysis and anonymous reporting;
• Communicating with the client about changes or updates to the site and our services and, with your consent, special registration offers, promotions or market research surveys; and
• Sending promotional information of the latest updates among the services provided by Prous Science.

4.- Access and Changes to your Registration Information and Preferences

Registered Users may access their identified contact information and other Registration Information and correct any discrepancies or update information by clicking on the "Contact" link from our home page at any time. The accuracy of such information is solely the responsibility of the User.

5.- User's consent

The submitting of details by way of this website's electronic forms or by e-mail messages, signifies the sender's consent for the automatic treatment of the data included in the means of communication indicated. This data will not be passed on to third parties without prior User's permission. The User guarantees that the personal details provided to Prous Science are true and accepts responsibility for communicating to the latter any modification to the same.

Except for the fields in which the contrary is specifically indicated, the submitting of information required concerning personal details is voluntary in nature, with no reduction in the quality or quantity of the services you request being implied from the negation to provide said information. Failure to fill in the fields marked as obligatory, or the submitting of incorrect details, will make it impossible for Prous Science to provide the client with the services they select, to process their request or to send them the requested information.

Moreover, the User agrees that his/her personal information may remain in the company files that make up part of Prous Science. Prous Science guarantees the confidentiality of this personal information and ensures that under no circumstances will it be ceded to other companies outside our company, just as it is specified in point 6 above.

6.- Transfer of personal data

The Users authorize Prous Science to transfer their personal data, solely for the purposes defined in this Privacy Policy, to the following companies of the group:
Prous Science, S.A (C/ Provenza 388, Barcelona 08025, Spain), Prous Science, Inc. (1500 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19102, U.S.A), Prous Science Japan Inc. (Da Vinci Kamiya-cho 3F, 1-11-9, Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0041, Japan), Prous Science Argentina (Avda. Cabildo 2720, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina).

More specifically, the Users consent the transfer of their personal data to the companies located in the abovementioned countries, even though the level of protection offered by their respective national legal regimes on Personal Data Protection would not be equivalent with the legal regime established by Spanish Organic Law for the Protection of Data.

The Users may also exercise the rights of access, rectification, cancellation or opposition described in point 2 of this Privacy Policy, by writing to the address of the abovementioned companies of the group or by sending an e-mail to service@prous.com.

7.- Retention of Personal Information

We retain the personal information we collect from the client for as long as the information is relevant to our business purposes or until the client requests that we remove the data by contacting our Customer Service at the address detailed below.

8.- Collection of Information Through Use of Cookies

The Prous Science website has cookies, which allow our system to register the User when he or she simply accesses the website. The cookies used cannot read data from your hard disk nor read cookie files created by third parties. The cookies used are harmless and are used to improve the User's surfing of the website. If you so wish, you can refuse all cookies by activating the corresponding menu option on your own browser.

9.- About This Privacy Policy

The foregoing is the current privacy policy of the site. Prous Science reserves the right to change this policy at any time without notice. Any changes to this policy will be posted on this web page and and communicated to the Users in order to obtain their consent regarding the new version of the Privacy Policy.

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