Disclaimer

1. Introduction
Welcome to INATE.org. INATE stands for INvestigators Against ThromboEmbolism.

INATE was conceived at the start of 2001 by a core group of international opinion leaders in the field of venous thromboembolism (VTE) to be the source of information for both healthcare professionals and patients in the prevention and treatment of VTE. INATE is more than just an Internet site, details about the entire initiative can be found in 'What is INATE?' The site contains information for both patients and healthcare professionals. INATE is sponsored by an unrestricted educational grant from sanofi-aventis. This website is free of charge.

Healthcare Professionals. We require that all healthcare professionals register to access the information pages. On the date that the registration process is completed you become an authorized Member of the INATE initiative and your agreement to all the provisions contained in these Terms and Conditions is a prerequisite of continued membership. In return, INATE.org will provide you with a reliable source of high-quality information and education resources. The information contained in the healthcare professionals’ section does not constitute medical advice. Appropriate medical judgment must be used in the management of each individual patient.

Patients. We aim to provide a highly valued and comprehensive information source about VTE and practices in its prevention and treatment. The INATE Core Group Members have placed special emphasis on educating patients in order to raise awareness and understand the risk of deep-vein thrombosis. For questions regarding the content of the site, please e-mail inate@elsevier.com

2. Privacy statement
INATE.org respects and protects the privacy of our users and promises never to sell, exchange or release your personal information. Personal information includes name, e-mail address, postal address and answers to survey questions. We use this information only for internal purposes and to help us further develop this Internet site.
What information do we collect from our users?
INATE.org collects personal identification information from our users during:
· online registration
· online surveys
We contact only those people who specifically ask us to do so.

3. How do we use cookies?
A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie is required for automatic login. We use cookies to help track an individual's movements around the INATE.org Internet site and to monitor the presentation of advertisements. They are not used to retrieve information from your computer that was not originally sent in a cookie. If you prefer not to receive cookies, you are able to set your browser to refuse them.

4. Copyright and legal notice
© 2005 sanofi-aventis, Excerpta Medica and INATE. All rights reserved.
To the extent permissible under applicable laws, no responsibility is assumed and responsibility is hereby disclaimed by sanofi-aventis, Excerpta Medica and INATE for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a result of any actual or alleged libelous statements, infringement of intellectual property or privacy rights, or products liability, whether resulting from negligence or otherwise, including, without limitation, such injury and/or damage arising from any use or operation of any ideas, instructions, procedures, products or methods contained in the material herein. Access to this site is provided on an "as is" basis, and sanofi-aventis, Excerpta Medica and INATE do not warrant that the information or software contained herein is complete, accurate or free from error.
We assure users that every effort has been taken to validate the data in the INATE.org Internet site. Sanofi-aventis, Excerpta Medica and INATE cannot, however, accept responsibility for any errors or gaps in the data. Certain links on INATE.org lead to websites maintained by third parties over whom sanofi-aventis, Excerpta Medica and INATE have no control. Sanofi-aventis, Excerpta Medica and INATE accept no responsibility as to the accuracy or any other aspect of the information contained on such sites.

5. Your membership to INATE.org
Your membership is personal to you whether you are acting in a personal, business, professional, or representative capacity. You must not, therefore, share your password with any other person or entity and will be held responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and for any loss resulting from disclosure of it. This is to help INATE.org keep your information and material secure. Either you or INATE.org may terminate or suspend your membership, at any time by notification. In case of INATE.org the notification will be sent to your last known registered e-mail address, and in your case via e-mail by clicking here.

6. Your use of material
You may download public domain material (e.g. images, text and programs) using the site providing that you comply with all relevant copyright laws in doing so. It is your responsibility to check that such material is in the public domain and INATE.org or sanofi-aventis, Excerpta Medica and INATE shall not be responsible for your failure to do so. You must not distribute or copy copyright material unless expressly permitted. Copyright material may not be changed nor can any author-attribution notice or copyright notice appearing on any copyright material be altered. Note that information and images contained on INATE.org site are copyright 2005 sanofi-aventis, Excerpta Medica and INATE unless otherwise indicated.
You may also download for your personal use or make a single copy of the material available on INATE.org in which sanofi-aventis, Excerpta Medica and INATE owns the copyright. If you do so, you must preserve any copyright or other notices (if any) contained in or associated with them.
sanofi-aventis, Excerpta Medica and INATE cannot guarantee that you have any right to use proprietary material on the INATE.org site belonging to any third party and you must obtain permission from such a third party before using such material.