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THE ELCA WEBSITE LEGAL NOTICE, LIABILITY DISCLAIMER, AND TERMS OF USE

Access to and use of this ELCA Website is provided subject to following terms and conditions. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY SINCE THE USE OF THIS SITE CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF ALL THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. The Site is provided by ELCA Website in good faith but ELCA Website does not make any representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, in relation to all or any part of the Site or the Content or any websites to which the Site is linked, and all warranties and representations are hereby excluded to the extent permitted by law. Unless EXPLICITLY EXPRESSED, the contents of the ELCA Website do not constitute advice and should not be relied upon in making, or refraining from making, any decision. There is no absolute guarantee that the Site will be free of infection by viruses or anything else which may be harmful or destructive. To the extent permitted by law, ELCA Website hereby disclaims all liability (howsoever arising) in connection with any loss and/or damage, arising out of or in connection with any use of, or inability to use, all or any part of the Content, the Site and/or any website to which the Site is linked, or any action taken (or refrained from being taken) as a result of using any of these.

1. CHANGES TO THESE CONDITIONS OF USE

ELCA Website reserves the right to add to or change these conditions of use and agrees to ensure that a note of the date of any such amendments will be included as part of the conditions. Any changes will be posted to this page and it is your responsibility as a user to ensure that you are aware of any such changes from time to time. Changes will become effective within 72 hours after first posting and you will be deemed to have accepted any change if you continue to access the Site after that time.

2. SEVERENCE

If any of these Terms is held by a court of law in any territory to be invalid, illegal or otherwise unenforceable, then, to the extent that it is held to be so, and with regard to the relevant territory only, that provision shall be severed and deleted from these Terms, provided that the remaining provisions of these Terms shall remain binding and enforceable and the severed provision shall also remain so in all other territories.

3. GOVERNING LAW

These Terms shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, Egyptian law, and any disputes that may arise under or in relation to these Terms shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Egypt.

4. USER INFORMATION

ELCA Website collects information on what pages are accessed or visited by visitors, as well as information volunteered by the visitor, such as survey information and/or site registrations. ELCA Website uses this information for internal review, in order to improve the content of the Site and to notify visitors about updates to the Site. Information We Collect In some areas of ELCA Website we request or may request that you provide personal information, including your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, credit card number, contact information, billing information, and any other information from which your identity is discernible. In other areas of ELCA Website, we collect or may collect demographic information such as your age, career focus and discipline, preferences, gender, educational degrees, ethnic background, interests, and household income range. Sometimes we collect or may collect a combination of the two types of information. Examples of areas on ELCA Website where we collect or may collect personal or combined personal and demographic data are pages where you can sign up to use a service, post a resume, enter a contest, or forum discussions, or purchase a service (or product). We also gather or may gather certain information about your use of our site, such as what areas you visit and what services you access. Moreover, there is information about your computer hardware and software that we collect or may collect. This information can include, without limitation, your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. Please remember that if you post any of your personal information in Public Areas or Forum of ELCA Website, such information may be collected and used by others over whom we have no control. We are not responsible for the use made by third parties of information you post or otherwise make available in public areas of ELCA Website. We retain indefinitely all the information we gather about you in an effort to make your repeat use of our website more efficient, practical, and relevant. Use of information The information collected may be used by the ELCA for the purpose of operating and improving ELCA Website, fostering a positive user experience, and delivering the service (or product) that we offer. We may also use the information we gather to inform you of other service (or product) available from ELCA Website, or to contact you about your opinion of current products and services or potential new service (or product) that may be offered. We may use your contact information in order to send you e-mail, postal mail or other communications regarding updates at ELCA Website, such as, newsletters, new opportunities, Job Alerts and additional listings which may be of interest to you. We may also use it to send you information about third party products and services that match your interests and preferences, if you opt in for this communication. (We do not release any of your contact information to third parties in such instances). The nature and frequency of these messages will vary depending upon the information we have about you. In addition, at the time of registration for certain ELCA Website services (or product), such as Training, selected Cyber courses, Job Alerts, free partial access to ELCA Website you have the option to elect to receive additional communications, information, newsletters, and promotions relating to topics that may be of special interest to you. ELCA Website guarantees that if you supply your postal address on-line you will only be sent the information for which you provided your address but if you do not wish to receive e-mail from ELCA Website in the future, or if you wish to be removed from mailing lists, please let us know by emailing ELCA mail@ELCA .net

5. SUBMITTING CONTENT

Member appeals, reviews, shared guides and Forum (together known as the “Public Areas”). Any content, recommendation or other information within the Public Areas is viewed and used by you at your own responsibility and plenary volition and ELCA Website does not warrant, in any respect, the accuracy or reliability of any of the information posted in the Public Areas or Forum. The views expressed in the Public Areas or Forum are those of the individuals and are not necessarily those of ELCA Website By posting your comments or materials on the Public Areas or Forum, you grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, world-wide license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publish, distribute and display any content you submit to us in any format now known or later developed. If you do not wish to grant us these rights, please do not submit your reviews or materials to us. You may use the Public Areas or Forum only to post content that is proper and appropriate to such areas and you must not do any of the following: • post unlawful, defamatory, obscene, threatening, offensive, harmful or otherwise objectionable content (this includes text, graphics, video, programs or audio); • delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any content that is posted; • falsify the origin or source of content that is posted; • post content in a language other than English (or Arabic in the appropriate Arabic area); • post content that violates the legal rights of others, in particular, material that contains the intellectual property rights of third parties unless you have obtained all necessary licenses and consents to use such content; • advertise, promote or offer to sell any goods or services unless explicitly permitted by way of an Abiding, written, contract-endorsed, Consent from ELCA Website; • contribute content with the intention of committing or promoting an illegal act; • use inappropriate (e.g. vulgar or offensive) user names; • post content that contains viruses or that may damage ELCA Website or another user’s computer; • reveal any personal information about yourself or anyone else (for example, email address, telephone number or postal address). If you are under 18, please obtain your parent or guardian’s permission before you register to post any reviews or materials. ELCA Website shall be entitled at any time to delete, remove, or suspend the whole or any part of the Public Areas or any content posted on them without notice and without incurring any liability. If you find objectionable or offensive material in the Public Areas or Forum please let us know as soon as possible by emailing mededitor@ELCA .net

6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All intellectual property and other proprietary rights (including, but not limited to, brand names, product names, copyright and trade marks) and all technical, business or similar information (including, but not limited to, all designs, documents and other materials relating to the Products) used in the Products (together “the Intellectual Property”) are and shall remain the property of us or of our licensors. Other than as stated in The Clause below, ELCA Website does not grant permission for the use of the Intellectual Property and such use may constitute an infringement of the holder’s rights. All Website design, text and graphics appearing on this Website and the selection or arrangement thereof are the copyright of us or of our licensors. Permission is granted to print once in hard copy portions of this Website for the sole purpose of placing an order with or using this Website as a shopping resource for any of its vendible contents. Any other use of materials on this Site (including reproduction for purposes other than those noted above and modification, distribution, or republication in any form or media) without our prior written permission is strictly prohibited. We are the owner of the “ELCA” trademarks and get-up. Any other trademark materials, including, but not limited to, product names and company names or logos cited herein are the property of their respective owners. We will not be liable for any of the following losses which may arise by reason of any breach of a Contract or any implied warranty, condition or other term, any representation or any duty of any kind imposed on us by operation of law • a. any loss of anticipated profits or expected future business; • b. damage to reputation or goodwill; • c. any damages costs or expenses payable by you to any third party; • d. loss of any order or contract; • e. any loss that was not foreseeable by you and ELCA Website at the time our Contract was formed; • f. any loss not caused by any breach on the part of ELCA Website Without prejudice to any other provision of these Terms, we will not be in breach of the Contract for any delay in performing, or failure to perform, our obligations under it if that delay or failure was due to any cause or circumstance beyond our reasonable control, such as, without limitation, the failure of a third party, any act of God, civil commotion, riot, flood, drought, fire or the operation of any rule of law or legislative provision. This clause does not affect your statutory rights. We are providing the Site on an “as is” basis and we make no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the Site or its contents and disclaim all such representations and warranties. USE OF MATERIAL ON THE ELCA Website The information, artwork, text, video, audio, or pictures (collectively, “Materials”) contained on the ELCA Website are protected by copyright laws. All files on the ELCA Website are protected by copyright laws. You may not, under any circumstances, reproduce, record, publish, publicly exhibit, or distribute any media files (including, but not limited to, all audio, video or both formats files) made available for access on the ELCA Website without ELCA ‘s express written consent by ELCA Website. You may only access and use the Materials for personal or educational purposes. You may not modify or use the Materials for any other purpose without express written consent of ELCA Website and you must include any copyright notice originally included with the Materials in all copies. Except as provided below, you may not reproduce, republish, post, transmit or distribute any Materials on the ELCA Website. Any computer software downloadable or otherwise available from the ELCA Website is licensed subject to the terms of the applicable license agreement. Any services purchased or otherwise made available from ELCA Website are licensed under the terms of the applicable terms of service agreement. The Materials included on the ELCA Website site have been compiled by ELCA Website from a variety of sources, and are subject to change without notice. You should not attempt to “pass-off” any of ELCA Website content as your own work. LINKS TO FELLOW ASSOCIATIONS PORTALS AND ASSOCIATES ELCA Website contains links to other websites over which we have no control ELCA Website also offers Portals to other Association and Societies whether Academic, informative, Instructional, Institutional, Governmental or otherwise. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of other websites to which you choose to link or access, from ELCA Website portal. BANNERS Several esteemed companies support educational programming provided through ELCA Website, and “ELCA, or else sponsor some of its benevolent activities. These materials may discuss therapeutic products that may have not received final approval, by the time of discussion by the US Food and Drug Administration and analogous Health (pharmaceutics) Authorities in Egypt as well as off-label uses of approved products. A qualified healthcare professional should be consulted before using any therapeutic product discussed. Readers should verify all information and data before they medically expound it to, or apply on, patients or others or employing any therapies described in this educational activity since individual disparities always prevail.

7. CYBER COURSE DISCLAIMER:

All participating authors acknowledge that the information contained in their submissions is accurate when submitted; their ‘lecture or article will be shareware to be used and shared by others. Some of the Lectures appearing on the Cyber Course site may contain the opinions of the submitting authors which are not to be construed as the opinions, policies or positions of the website developer the website provider. The opinions expressed in the lecture are those of the authors and not necessarily those of their institutions. All Cyber course lectures cannot be privatized or sold unless allowed by the ELCA Website by way of a Dedicated Access Code. E-MAIL DISCLAIMER: ELCA Website e-mail, any attachment and response string are confidential and may be legally privileged. Confidentiality & Disclaimer Note: ELCA Website sent e-mails and any attachments thereto, contain protected and confidential information intended for the sole use of the addressee individual or organization. If you are not the addressee or an authorized agent for him/it, or if you have received such message(s) by error please notify the sender immediately by returning the message(s), and delete this copy from your system without any illegal use. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment immediately. Please do not copy or forward this message or attachment. Any opinions expressed in this mail do not necessarily reflect the opinions of ELCA Website Internet communications are not secure and therefore ELCA Website does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message as it has been transmitted over a public network. ELCA Website shall not be liable for the improper or incomplete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt or damage to your system. If you suspect the message may have been intercepted or amended, please call the sender. ELCA Website believes that this e-mail and any attachments are free of viruses. However, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure it is virus free and ELCA Website will not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage that may arise from the use of this e-mail or its contents.

8. OPT-IN AND OPT-OUT CHOICES

The registration forms and other sections of ELCA Website where we collect your information provide you with relevant opt-in and opt-out choices regarding promotional and other activities. There are inherent dangers in the use of any software found on the Internet, and ELCA Website cautions you to make sure that you completely understand the risks before retrieving any software on the Internet. ELCA Website is the Sole representative of ‘ELCA”, the Egyptian consultants assossiation and thereof speaks for its Board of Directors. ** ELCA Website, “ELCA” represent One Body, and would wherefore be used Interchangeably whenever deemed apposite or desirable by the Service Providers.