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Terms and conditions
Last updated: May 15, 2022

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”, “Terms and Conditions”) govern your relationship with the # website (the “Service”) operated byROYAL COLLEGE OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS OF THAILAND (RCOST) (”RCOST”, “us”, “we”, “our”).

Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully before using the Service. Your access to and use of the Service is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to all visitors, users and others who access or use the Service.

By clicking on the Proceed button you will access the Service, meaning you agree to be bound by these Terms.

Intellectual Property

The Service and its original content, features and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property ofRCOST and its licensors. The Service is protected by copyright and trademark, under governance of the Swiss law. Any, and all, disputes arising out of or in connection with the Service shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the ordinary courts at the registered offices ofRCOST in Rolle, Thailand. Our trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service without the prior written consent ofRCOST.

Privacy Policy
We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Personal Data

Personal Data refers to information about a living individual who can be identified from this information (or from other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession). 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 (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
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RCOST uses your Personal Data for various purposes:

To provide and maintain our Service
To notify you about changes to our Service
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
To provide customer support
To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
To monitor the usage of our Service
To detect, prevent and address technical issues
To provide you with congress related news and information
Your data will be shared as referred to above withRCOST third-parties suppliers for several congress-related features (use of registration platform, integration within the scientific programme on theRCOST website and congress App, etc…)

Personal Data is used for the functionality of our Service during the organisational period of the congress edition for which it was collected.RCOST stores Personal Data in a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free manner only to the extent required for educational purposes (congress marketing material content, online scientific programme, etc…).

Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device (computer or mobile device). Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

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 portions of our Service. Examples of Cookies we use:

Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

Data Controller
Data Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed.

Data Processors (or Service Providers)
Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.

Data Subject (or User)
Data Subject is any living individual using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

Processing Personal Data Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA),RCOST’s legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.RCOST may process your Personal Data because:

You have given us permission to do so
The processing is in our legitimate interests and it’s not overridden by your rights
To comply with the law

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights.RCOST aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data. If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.
The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.
The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time whereRCOST relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

Retention of Data

RCOST will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data 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.

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, 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. Please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Thailand and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.RCOST will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure for Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances,RCOST may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Legal Requirements

RCOST may disclose your Personal Data in the belief that such action is necessary to:

To comply with a legal obligation
To protect and defend the rights or property ofRCOST
To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
To protect against legal liability

Security of Data

The security of your data is 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, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Abstract Submission Rules & Requirements

Authors can modify the authors information, classification and content of their abstract(s) directly on the submission system until the deadline given, . No extension will be possible.

Consider carefully your submission main section (experimental study Vs. clinical study), topic (3 levels to be chosen from the predefined topic tree) and presentation type. If there is a discrepancy detected between the content of the abstract and its classification,RCOST reserves the right to change any of the given fields. Authors of abstracts with changed classification or topic will receive a special notification.

Authors declare that the work described in their piece of work has been conducted in accordance with Good Clinical Practices (GCPs) for studies with both human and non-human animal subjects.

As part of the submission process for theRCOST, the submitting author accepts, on behalf of all authors, their abstract(s) to be made public on theRCOST online community platform and grants the authorization to publish the work in anyRCOST proceedings in case of need.

Authors must not refer to specific products and/or brands in their abstracts and presentations, unless in connection with an evidence-based objective comparing similar products or brands. All content should be objective.

Authors are required to disclose for each author any relevant financial conflict of interest or other relationship with a commercial organization. It includes holding shares, receiving royalties, giving paid presentations for any institution, doing consulting work, receiving institutional support, etc...).

RCOST reviewers will judge the abstracts according to their scientific and clinical value, relevance to theRCOST activities, suitability of methods to aims, conclusions confirmed by results, objectivity of statements, originality of work and overall value to the Orthopaedics & Trauma community.

Acceptance of the submitted work is at discretion of theRCOST Scientific Committee.

Presentation acceptance
Authors with accepted abstract(s) warrant that nothing in the presentation is copied from or infringes any copyrights from any third parties or breaches any contract. The author undertakes to indemnifyRCOST against all losses, costs or other damages incurred byRCOST as a result of a third party claim on basis of the author’s violation of this warranty.

Authors of accepted abstracts authorizeRCOST to share his/her Personal Data with third-parties suppliers for congress needs (congress registration, online display of scientific programme on theRCOST website, integration within the congress App, etc…)

Authors authorizeRCOST to record and/or broadcast their presentation(s) and to use any related materials, such as slides and speaker notes (referred collectively as “Presentation”). Authors grant toRCOST the perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free right to use their name, picture, abstract, Presentation and biographical information to the extent required for educational purposes only.

If the presenting author is unable to present his/her work at the congress, it is his/her responsibility to ensure that one of the co-authors overtakes the role. In such case, authors need to inform theRCOST Head Office about the change and communicate the corrected naming of authors in the abstract (#). Failure to present the abstract on-site will result in exclusion from the submission process for the future.

Disclaimer

Your use of the Service is at your sole risk. The Service is provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. The Service is provided without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or course of performance.

RCOST, its subsidiaries, affiliates, and its licensors do not warrant that a) the Service will function uninterrupted, secure or available at any particular time or location; b) any errors or defects will be corrected; c) the Service is free of viruses or other harmful components; or d) the results of using the Service will meet your requirements.

Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Thailand, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between us regarding our Service, and supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have between us regarding the Service.

Changes
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material we will try to provide at least 15 days notice prior to any new terms taking effect. 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, please stop using the Service.

Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us

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Cookies Policy

What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are received in the terminal from the visited website and are used to record certain interactions of the navigation on a website by storing data that can be updated and recovered. These files are stored on the user's computer and contain anonymous data that is not harmful to your computer. They are used to remember the user's preferences, such as the selected language, access data or personalization of the page.
Cookies can also be used to record anonymous information about how a visitor uses a site. For example, from which Web page you have accessed, or if you have used an advertising "banner" to arrive.

Why do we use cookies?
We uses strictly necessary and essential cookies for you to use our websites and allow you to move freely, use secure areas, personalized options, etc. In addition, We uses cookies that collect data related to the analysis of use of the Web. These are used to help improve customer service, measuring the use and performance of the page, to optimize and customize it.
Our sites can also have social network links (such as Facebook or Twitter). We does not control the cookies used by these external websites. For more information about cookies from social networks or other third-party websites, we advise you to review your own cookie policies.

What use do we give to different types of cookies?
Session cookies: Session cookies are those that last as long as the user is browsing the website and are deleted at the end.
Persistent cookies: These cookies are stored in the user's terminal for a longer time, thus facilitating the control of the chosen preferences without having to repeat certain parameters every time you visit the website.
Own cookies: They are cookies created by this website and can only read the site itself. For example: technical cookies for loading images, cookies for customizing web parameters, traffic analysis cookies, etc.
Third party cookies: They are cookies created by third parties and we use them for different services (eg website analysis or advertising)
According to its purpose:
Technical cookies: Technical cookies are those essential and strictly necessary for the proper functioning of a Web portal and the use of the different options and services offered. For example, those that serve for the maintenance of the session, the management of response time, performance or validation of options, use security elements, share content with social networks, etc.
Personalization cookies: These cookies allow the user to specify or customize some characteristics of the general options of the Web page, for example, to define the language, regional configuration or browser type.
Analytical cookies: Analytical cookies are those used by our website, to develop navigation profiles and to know the preferences of its users in order to improve the offer of products and services. For example, an analytical cookie would control the geographic areas of greatest interest of a user, which is the most accepted product, etc.
Advertising cookies: Advertising cookies allow the management of advertising spaces based on specific criteria. For example the frequency of access, the edited content, etc. Advertising cookies allow through the management of advertising to store behavioral information through the observation of habits, studying access and forming a profile of user preferences, to offer advertising related to the interests of their profile.

How can I change the configuration of cookies?
Internet Explorer cookie settings
Firefox cookie settings
Google Chrome cookie settings
Safari cookie settings
Cookies Flash configuration

These browsers are subject to updates or modifications, so we can not guarantee that they comply fully with the version of your browser. It may also be that you use another browser not included in these links such as Konqueror, Arora, Flock, etc. To avoid these imbalances, you can access directly from the options of your browser that is usually found in the Options menu, in the "Privacy" section. (Please check your browser's help for more information.)

Revocation of consent
It is also possible to limit how third-party websites install cookies on your computer, to avoid data collection and registration of your browsing activity. To limit the use of third-party cookies you can go to the configuration website or OptOut:
Select the option "Delete all sites" or select the specific web you want to delete and "Remove Website".
Keep in mind that if you reject or delete cookies from browsing the web, we will not be able to maintain your preferences, some features of the pages will not be operational, we will not be able to offer you personalized services and every time you go to browse our website we will have to request you new your authorization for the use of cookies.
If you still decide to modify the configuration of your access to the web page, you should know that it is possible to eliminate cookies or prevent this information from being registered on your computer at any time by modifying the configuration parameters of your browser.

¿Where can i get more information?
You can find more information about cookies in www.allaboutcookies.org o www.youronlinechoices.eu.

We use our own and third party cookies to improve our services and facilitate the use of the website by analyzing your browsing preferences. If you go on surfing, we will consider you accepting its use. You can get more information, or know how to change the configuration, in our Cookies Policy.

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