Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions

Last updated: September 24, 2022

1. Introduction

1.1. Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

1.2. Definitions

For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions:

Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
Country refers to: Egypt
The Website (referred to as either “We”, “Us”, “Our” or “Service” in this Agreement) refers to Physical Therapy Directory for Statistical Database website or PT-DSD.
Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
Service refers to the Website.
Terms and Conditions (also referred as “Terms”) mean these Terms and Conditions that form the entire agreement between You and the Website regarding the use of the Service.
Third-party Social Media Service means any services or content (including data, information, products or services) provided by a third-party that may be displayed, included or made available by the Service.
Website refers to PT-DSD, accessible from https://test.org
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the Website, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

1.3. Agreement

These are the Terms and Conditions governing the use of this Service and the agreement that operates between You and the Website. These Terms and Conditions set out the rights and obligations of all users regarding the use of the Service.

These Terms and Conditions apply to all visitors, users and others who access or use the Service.

By signing up to this website (www.ptdsd.org), registering an account or accessing or the Service, you agree to enter into a legally binding contract with the Website and therefore accept all these Terms. Your access to and use of the Service is conditioned on Your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms and Conditions.

The Terms and any policies linked to it, constitute the entire and only agreement between You and Us regarding the Service.

Your access to and use of the Service is also conditioned on Your acceptance of and compliance with the Privacy Policy of the Website. Our  Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your personal information when You use the Application or the Website and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. Please read Our  Privacy Policy carefully before using Our Service.

1.3. Changes to This Agreement 

We reserve the right, at Our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material, We will make reasonable efforts to notify You in advance. What constitutes a material change will be determined at Our sole discretion.

By continuing to access or use Our Service after those revisions become effective, You agree to be bound by the revised terms. If You do not agree to the new terms, in whole or in part, please stop using the website and the Service.

2. Obligations

2.1. Service Eligibility

You represent (1) that you are over the age of 18. The Website does not permit those under 18 to use the Service, (2) and that You are not creating an account on behave of others who are restricted or not eligible to use the Service.

2.2. Creating An Accounts

By creating an account (be a Member), you agree that you: (1) use valid email address (2) create strong password and maintain it securely, (3) are responsible for any activity happening on your account including any harm caused by your account to Us or to others unless you report misuse or breach of security before harm or damage caused by your account occurs, (4) and you will follow the law and any Guidelines PT-DSD may communicate to You as a member.

You can delete your account, that means cancelling any agreement between You and PT-DSD, at any time from your account settings.

2.3. Content

Our Service allows people to network, communicate and post content for academic and research purposes. Therefore, you are fully responsible for any information and content You may provide within Our Service, your contributions and activities within our PT-DSD community should respect the others and their rights. You should be professional in every activity You do.

We are not required to publish or post any information or content in our Services, and if we post or publish any information or content, we can remove it without any notice.

If you delete your account, all Your personal data and published content will be deleted.

2.4. Communication

You agree that we may send you notifications and/or messages within the Service or via your contact information You will provide. You agree that you will keep Your contact information update.

3. Rights and Limits

3.1. Our Rights to the Content You Provide

You retain ownership of the content and information you provide within the Service, and you are granting Us and Our affiliates the non-exclusive license to use your content in the ways detailed below:

A. You agree to grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable right to use, copy, modify, reproduce, share, publish, distribute, adapt, and process, the information and content you provide, upload or post within our Service without further notice to you, consent from you, and/or any compensation to you or to others. However, there are some limitations to this right shown as follows:

1. You have the right to license your information and content to others, allow others to sublicense your information and content, or make them available under a Creative Commons license term.
2. You have the right to delete your account or delete any information or content you have provided within our Service which will end the above-mentioned license in (A).
3. We will not publish your content outside PT-DSD or give third parties the right to do so without your consent.

B. By submitting or sending to us any feedback or suggestions related to Our Service, you agree that we can use, modify, and share these materials for any purpose without any payment to you or to others.

C. You agree that we may access, use, process and/or store your information, content and personal data You provide within our Service in line with our Privacy Policy and Your privacy choices and settings you set on Our Service.

D. You warrant and represent that you have all the necessary rights and authority to authorize Us to use any information and content that you submit including getting the necessary consents from the patients You provide their personal and medical information to Us. Also, you agree that you provide truthful profile information and all the information and content you provide, anywhere within our Service, do not contain any libelous, defamatory, indecent, inappropriate, offensive material and do not violate the law or violate anyone’s rights.

3.2. Services Availability

We reserve the right to modify, pause or completely discontinue any Service we provide including services provided by third parties in connection with our Services such as Zoom Web Conferencing. Also, we may modify the prices of our Services effective prospectively to the extent that the law allows.

3.3. Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to third-party web sites or services that are not owned or controlled by the Website.

The Website has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party web sites or services. You further acknowledge and agree that the Website shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, or services available on or through any such web sites or services.

We strongly advise You to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third-party web sites or services that You visit.

4. Miscellaneous Legal Terms

4.1. Disclaimer

The Service is provided to You “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” and with all faults and defects without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, the Website, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates and its and their respective licensors and service providers, expressly disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, with respect to the Service, including all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement, and warranties that may arise out of course of dealing, course of performance, usage or trade practice. Without limitation to the foregoing, the Website provides no warranty or undertaking, and makes no representation of any kind that the Service will meet Your requirements, achieve any intended results, be compatible or work with any other software, applications, systems or services, operate without interruption, meet any performance or reliability standards or be error free or that any errors or defects can or will be corrected.

Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Website nor any of the Website’s provider makes any representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied: (i) as to the operation or availability of the Service, or the information, content, and materials or products included thereon; (ii) that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free; (iii) as to the accuracy, reliability, or currency of any information or content provided through the Service; or (iv) that the Service, its servers, the content, or e-mails sent from or on behalf of the Website are free of viruses, scripts, trojan horses, worms, malware, timebombs or other harmful components.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain types of warranties or limitations on applicable statutory rights of a consumer, so some or all of the above exclusions and limitations may not apply to You. But in such a case the exclusions and limitations set forth in this section shall be applied to the greatest extent enforceable under applicable law..

4.2. Limitation of Liability

Notwithstanding any damages that You might incur, the entire liability of the Website and any of its suppliers under any provision of this Terms and Your exclusive remedy for all of the foregoing shall be limited to the amount of 100 L.E.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the Website or its suppliers be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages whatsoever (including, but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, loss of data or other information, for business interruption, for personal injury, loss of privacy arising out of or in any way related to the use of or inability to use the Service, third-party software and/or third-party hardware used with the Service, or otherwise in connection with any provision of this Terms), even if the Website or any supplier has been advised of the possibility of such damages and even if the remedy fails of its essential purpose.

Some states do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, which means that some of the above limitations may not apply. In these states, each party’s liability will be limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.

4.3. Severability and Waiver

4.3.1. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision will be changed and interpreted to accomplish the objectives of such provision to the greatest extent possible under applicable law and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

4.3.2. Waiver

Except as provided herein, the failure to exercise a right or to require performance of an obligation under these Terms shall not affect a party’s ability to exercise such right or require such performance at any time thereafter nor shall the waiver of a breach constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach.

4.3.3. Translation Interpretation

These Terms and Conditions may have been translated if We have made them available to You on our Service. You agree that the original English text shall prevail in the case of a dispute.

5. Termination

We may terminate or suspend Your access immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if You breach these Terms and Conditions.

Upon termination, Your right to use the Service will cease immediately..

6. Governing Law

The laws of the Country, excluding its conflicts of law rules, shall govern this Terms and Your use of the Service. Your use of the Application may also be subject to other local, state, national, or international laws.

7. Disputes Resolution

If You have any concern or dispute about the Service, You agree to first try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting the Website.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, You can contact us by visiting this page on our website: https://ptdsd.org/contact.

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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 24, 2022

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

1.1. Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

1.2. Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
Website (referred to as either “We”, “Us”, “Our” or “Service” in this Agreement) refers to Physical Therapy Directory for Statistical Database website or PT-DSD that’s accessible from https://ptdsd.org.
Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Country refers to: Egypt
Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Website.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Website to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Website in analyzing how the Service is used.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Website refers to PT-DSD, accessible from https://PT-DSD.org
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

2. Collecting and Using Personal Data

2.1. Types of Data Collected

2.1.1. Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• Phone number
• Educational information
• Professional certificates information
• Social accounts
• Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
• Usage Data

2.1.2. Others’ Personal Data You Provide

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain Personal Data about others (Your patients) in connection with other unidentifiable data that’s needed for academic research purposes. This Personal Data is necessary for data verification or validation purposes. You agree that you have taken the necessary consent from your patients before providing their Personal Data to Us.

2.1.3. Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

2.1.4. Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
• Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

 Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. Learn more about cookies on the Privacy Policies website article.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

• Necessary / Essential Cookies:
  Type: Session Cookies
  Administered by: Us
  Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services. 

• Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies:
  Type: Persistent Cookies
  Administered by: Us
  Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

• Functionality Cookies:
  Type: Persistent Cookies
  Administered by: Us
  Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

2.2. Use of Collected or Provided Personal Data

The Website may use Your Personal Data and the data You provide about others (Your patients) for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
• To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
• To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, or services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
• To Contact Patients: to verify or validate the information You provide about them. We need to use the patients’ identifiable personal information to contact them.
• To provide You with news and general information about other services and events which we offer that are similar to the current ones unless You have opted not to receive such information.
• To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
• For Website Ownership Transfers: We may use Your information or the information You provide about others (patents) to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of any other reason, in which Personal Data held by Us is among the assets transferred.
• For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

3. Sharing Collected or Provided Personal Data

We may share Your personal information and the information You provide about others (Your patients) in the following situations:

• With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information and the information You provide about others (Your patients) with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
• For Service Transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information and the information You provide about others (Your patients) in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Website assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our Website to another organization.
• With Affiliates: We may share Your information and the information You provide about others (Your patients) with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates may include another website we control, any other joint venture partners or other organization that We control or that are under common control with Us.
• With partners: We may share Your information and the information You provide about others (Your patients) with Our partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
• With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
• With consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent. The same way, we may disclose the personal information You provide about others (Your patients) for any other purpose after We have taken the necessary consent.

4. Retention of Collected or Provided Personal Data

The Website will retain Your Personal Data and the data You provide about others (Your patients) only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data and the data You provide about others (Your patients) to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain Your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Website will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

5. Transfer of Collected or Provided Personal Data

Your information and the information you provide about others, including Personal Data, is processed at Our operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Website will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data and the data You provide about others are treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data and the Personal Data You provide about others will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your and Your patients’ data and other personal information.

6. Deleting Collected or Provided Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service. You may also be given the ability to delete the information You provide about others (Your patients).

You may update, amend, or delete Your information and the information you provide about others at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage these personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

7. Disclosure of Collected or Provided Personal Data

The website may disclose collected or provided Personal Data in the following cases:

• Website Transactions
  If the Website is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data and the data you provide about others may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data and the data you provide about others are transferred and become subject to a different Privacy Policy.

• Law Enforcement
  Under certain circumstances, the Website may be required to disclose Your Personal Data and the data you provide about others if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

• Other legal requirements
  The Website may disclose Your Personal Data and the Personal Data you provide about others in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Website
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

8. Security of Collected or Provided Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data and the Personal Data you provide about others are important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data and the Personal Data you provide about others, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.

10. Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

11. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us by visiting this page our website: https://ptdsd.org/contact.

 

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