General Terms and Conditions
General Terms and Conditions – BioAlps Association
We are BioAlps Association, a Swiss association, headquartered in c/o Biopôle) SA, Route de la Corniche 8, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland, (BioAlps, we, us, or ourselves). We operate an online website https://bioalps.org/ and a mobile app BioAlps Connect (together, the Platforms) where life sciences stakeholders, including companies, startups, investors, academic and research institutions, and their representatives (the Users, you, your, or yourself) can access a dynamic network, an innovative and supportive ecosystem, and immediate access to exclusive events, conferences, resources and the latest news and updates in the field of life sciences and innovations (the Services) in accordance with these Terms and Conditions (Terms).
These Terms govern your access and use of the Platforms as well as your legal relationship with BioAlps. Unless expressly provided otherwise, any new feature that enhances the existing Service or any new service will be subject to these Terms.
We may change these Terms and/or features of the Platforms at any time. If you have registered on the Platforms, material changes to these Terms will be communicated to you in advance via email, and you will be deemed to have accepted the changes the first time that you use the Platforms after receiving notice of the changes.
By clicking on "I accept", or otherwise by using the Platforms or accessing the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, or if you do not wish to be bound by them, you do not have the permission to use the Platforms or benefit from our Services. Please read these Terms carefully as they contain important information and affect your rights.
Intellectual property
The contents and layout of the Platforms are protected by copyrights (all rights reserved) and other intellectual property rights owned by us or certain third party providers. Information provided on the Platforms may only be downloaded, printed or otherwise reproduced for personal, non-commercial purposes and provided that the copyright notices and other designations regarding proprietorship are retained. You do not acquire rights by reproducing or copying any information available on the Platforms; we retain all such rights. Any other use not mentioned in these Terms are subject to prior written permission from us, which can be requested from contact@bioalps.org. You may link to the relevant page on this website on the condition that the BioAlps Association URL appears clearly;
BioAlps Association’s prior written permission should also be obtained for translation, adaptation or reproduction in other formats of BioAlps documents, except if this is for personal and individual use.
You are strictly prohibited from copying in any way whatsoever any software or other tools available on the Platforms and from framing the Platforms, or accessing it through a frame, in each case without our prior written approval.
For information on the use of the BioAlps logo and other trademarks appearing on this website, please email contact@bioalps.org.
All enquiries and requests for permission concerning use of material published on this website should be submitted to contact@bioalps.org.
"BioAlps" and related brands or logos are, among others, marks owned by BioAlps. Other verbal and/or graphic elements featured on the Platforms and used to identify the origin of a product or service may be the trademarks of third parties, for example the trademark of one of our partners or sponsors. These trademarks may not be reproduced or used without the prior consent of their owners.
As part of its Services, BioAlps may reference life sciences companies as a Health Valley Actor in its interactive map available on its website (https://bioalps.org/community/). Should your company wish to be removed or de-referenced, please send us a request to contact@bioalps.org and we will ensure the removal in a prompt manner.
Special terms for BioAlps Connect App
When using the BioAlps Connect app, you agree to use a strong password and keep it confidential.
You shall immediately notify us if you suspect or become aware of any loss or theft of your password or any unauthorized use of your account.
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account with immediate effect and for an indefinite period, if we have a reason to believe that the data you have provided is incorrect or false, or that the security of your account has been compromised in any way, or for any other reason we may find just or equitable.
You agree to not transfer any part of your account to any third party.
You commit to truthfully provide, and keep complete and up-to-date, your registration details.
You have the right to delete your account at any time via your account settings or by contacting us. Please note that by doing so, some of our Services, including access to certain information or documents exclusively accessible through the BioAlps Connect App, may no longer be accessible to you.
You further agree to comply with any specific terms applicable to the BioAlps Connect app, as may be communicated by BioAlps from time to time.
Data protection
If you process personal data available on the Platforms or made accessible to you in connection with the Services (e.g. a list of attendees to one of our events with contact details), you must comply with applicable personal data protection laws and regulations and in particular process such data lawfully, fairly and transparently.
When you visit the Platforms and use our Services, we also collect and process your data. Data-related aspects are dealt with in more details in our privacy policy, available here https://bioalps.org/bioalps-association-privacy-policy/. Our privacy policies may be updated from time to time. For some specific data processing activities, we may request your prior express consent.
Linking to our website
BioAlps (which includes its subsidiaries and affiliates) wholly encourages users to include hyperlinks to the BioAlps website and its pages to their own sites without having to ask prior permission subject to the following conditions:
These hyperlinks must not infringe BioAlps’s rights, in particular relating to its logo, acronym and intellectual property rights;
- These hyperlinks must not be used for the promotion of an organisation or company, or of any commercial products or services
- If you link to this website, you must refrain from creating frames, or using other visual altering tools, around the BioAlps pages;
- Direct links to PDF documents published or hosted on this website are not permitted. Permission is only granted to link to the page presenting the document on the condition the BioAlps URL appears clearly, as specified above;
- Once a link to our website has been created, it should be tested to ensure that it works and meets the above conditions. We would then appreciate being notified via contact@bioalps.org.
If you have further questions about linking to our website, please contact us at contact@bioalps.org.
Proper use of the Platforms
You undertake to use the Platforms in a proper and reasonable manner, and not to misuse the Platforms in any way or use it in a way that might cause harm to us, our partners or other users of the Platforms. In particular, you undertake not to:
- engage in "email bombing", denial-of-service attacks, or any action which may result in the injection of malicious code in the Platforms;
- circumvent or attempt to circumvent or to disable or attempt to disable the Platforms's security features;
- perform systematic retrieval or web scraping of content from the Platforms (including robots, crawlers, automatic devises or manual processes).
Services Availability and Disclaimers
Information on the Platforms (including any information sent to you through our newsletter) is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. BioAlps makes every effort to ensure, but does not guarantee, the accuracy or completeness of the information on this website.
BioAlps may add, change, improve, or update the information on the Platforms without notice. BioAlps reserves its exclusive right in its sole discretion to alter, limit suspend or discontinue whole or part of the Platforms. The operation of the Platforms may be suspended or interrupted at any time. Under no circumstances shall BioAlps be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered which is claimed to result from your use of the Platforms, or for any such interruptions and suspensions, may they be intentional (e.g. for maintenance) or involuntary (e.g. because of a system failure). BioAlps provides no guarantees or warranties – expressed or implied – about the Platforms, the use of which is at your own and sole risks.
The Platforms may contain advice, opinions and statements from external websites. Hyperlinks to non-BioAlps Internet sites do not imply any official endorsement of, or responsibility for, the opinions, ideas, data or products presented at these locations or guarantee the validity of the information provided. The sole purpose of links to other sites is to indicate further information available on related topics.
The mention of specific companies or certain products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by BioAlps in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned.
BioAlps accepts no responsibility with regard to any issues (such as failure of performance, computer virus, communication line failure, alteration of content, etc.) as arising from or in connection with the use of the Platforms or any link to external sites.
The Users specifically acknowledge and agree that BioAlps is not liable for any conduct of any other user, including, but not limited to, the types of conduct listed above.
For site security purposes and to ensure that this website remains available to all users, software programmes are used to monitor network traffic to detect possible security breaches.
Miscellaneous
Severability. Should any provision of these Terms or any part thereof be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any manner whatsoever pursuant to the legislation of any given jurisdiction, this will not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Terms and any part thereof, and we will endeavor to reach an agreement with you and/or replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision by a legal, valid and enforceable solution that comes as close as possible to the purpose of the affected provision. If a provision of these Terms or any part thereof becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable because of a law or regulation enacted or adopted hereafter, the affected provision will be deemed modified or superseded, as the case may be, by the applicable provisions of such law or regulation.
Assignment. You may not assign any of your rights and obligations under these Terms (or any part thereof) without our prior written consent. This provision applies to your user account.
Applicable law. These Terms, and any disputes or claims arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims), are governed by and construed in accordance with Swiss law, excluding its conflict or laws rules.
Jurisdiction. All disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms, including disputes on its conclusion, binding effect, amendment and termination, shall be referred to the district courts of the city of Lausanne, Switzerland.
How to contact us. For general inquiries, you may contact us at contact@bioalps.org