Terms and Conditions

Introduction

Your access to and use of 3Shape A/S’ or one of its affiliates’ (3Shape) community site 3Shape Community (hereinafter the “Community”) is subject to the following General Terms and Conditions (“GTC”) and all applicable laws. By browsing and accessing this Community, you accept, without limitation or qualification, the GTC’s. You acknowledge and accept that any other agreements regarding the use of this Community between you and 3Shape are superseded and of no force/effect. The GTC applies to the Community only, not to any other 3Shape platforms or platforms supported directly or indirectly by 3Shape. Further, by using the Community, you accept 3Shape’s Cookie and Privacy Policy in force at any given time.

Changes to Terms and conditions

3Shape may at any time and without further notice change the GTC’s. 3Shape is not obliged to inform you about such changes other by means of updating the GTC’s and by updating this posting. You are legally bound by any such update and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the current GTCs to which you are bound.

No direct support

The Community is a peer-to-peer community enabling conversations, training, networking and events. The Community is not a support forum. For direct support, please contact your reseller.

Registration, security and validation

Only users who own or have a license to use 3Shape products can enter the community. When you log into the Community, you use your 3Shape Communicate account user name and password. Your e-mail, user name and password from 3Shape Communicate are transferred into the Community. In the Community, you may enrich your profile with further information: Image, about text, occupation, hobbies, Education, e-mail (public), website, location, birthday, gender, blog, gallery, account information for Twitter, Facebook, AOL, Yahoo, Google, Windows Live.

It is your responsibility to continually update the information so it is correct. If you provide incorrect information, or if 3Shape has reason to believe that the information is incorrect, 3Shape may at its discretion choose to deny you access to the Community without further notice.

3Shape develops and manufactures 3D dental scanners, which are classified as medical devices. In the Community, 3Shape will make promotional materials available and communicate about the scanners. In some countries, local legislation states that only Health Care Professionals (HCP’s) may enter websites communicating about certain medical devices. This means that in such countries 3Shape may only allow HCP’s to enter the Community and we will validate you as a HCP with your official local HCP ID number (or by other similar means).

 

Product and service information

In the Community, 3Shape will provide medical device related information, which is intended for general information and promotional purposes. Some of the medical devices may not (yet) be available in your country. 3Shape strives to present correct and precise information about e.g. products and services in the 3Shape Community, however, we cannot guarantee that all information is correct.

SHOULD YOU BE AWARE OF A MEDICAL CONDITION, WHICH MAY BE CONSIDERED REPORTABLE AS AN “INCIDENT”, CF. THE MEDICAL DEVICE REGULATION OR ON OTHER LEGAL BASIS, PROMPTLY REPORT SUCH INCIDENT TO THE RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY. THIS COMMUNITY IS NOT INTENDED FOR THE OFFERING OF ANY DIAGNOSIS OR PATIENT-SPECIFIC TREATMENT.

You should always obtain complete information about the medical devices (including their intended uses, incident related issues etc.) by discussing the appropriate use of the medical devices, where appropriate, with regulatory authorities or similar for information appropriate to your country.

Please also note, that regulations in some countries may limit (or even prohibit) 3Shape’s ability to provide information and/or to respond directly to patient and/or user questions regarding the medical devices.

 

Information you supply to us/the Community

Except for information comprised by 3Shape’s Privacy Policy, any communication or material you transmit to the Community by means of electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary.

Anything you transmit or post becomes the property of 3Shape and may be used for any purpose, including, but not limited to, disclosure, reproduction, publication and posting.

3Shape is free to use, without compensation to you, any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you provide using the Community for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, marketing, research, developing, manufacturing using such information.

 

User content

Even though 3Shape may from time to time review or monitor discussions, chats, postings, transmissions and the like on the Community, 3Shape does not approve content posted etc. by you or other users in the Community. 3Shape is under no obligation to review or monitor and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content, including, but not limited to, any error, libel, slander, omission, promotional materials, privacy disclosure or inaccuracy, contained in any information within the Community. 3Shape can therefore not be held responsible for the content users post. The responsibility for content and actions lies exclusively with the user.

3Shape may at its discretion and without any explanation, remove, modify or deny content at any time if the content is incompliant with the GTC, legal restrictions or is otherwise considered inappropriate.

You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, promotional, libelous, defamatory, inflammatory content or any content that could constitute or encourage conduct that would give rise to civil liability, be considered a criminal offense, or otherwise violate any law or regulation. Posts and content cannot contain:

• Patient data such as name, date of birth, social security number, etc. or other information which may lead to the (re)identification of an individual
• Images of individuals that may be recognizable
• Spam
• Advertising of any third party or 3Shape products, services, websites, etc.
• Repeated posts with the same content or of the same character
• Promotion of any use of 3Shape or third party medical devices neither within or outside the field of intended use
• Personal attacks on other users or persons not using the Community
• Files or links with/to harmful or dangerous content or software such as viruses, malware, worms or trojan horses
• Content or referral to content that is incompliant or encourages to incompliance with the GTC
• Encouragement to actions that may be dangerous
• Encouragement to actions that may be harmful for 3Shape products or services, including content which may increase the risk of 3Shape’s products being used contrary to the intended purposes

Please note that the list above is not exhaustive and that 3Shape has the right to revise and/or remove content that in 3Shape’s discretion is viewed as incompliant with the GTC.

Please note that the Community cannot be used for advertising for websites, products, services or other commercial content.

By using the Community, you accept that, at any given time, 3Shape may introduce or change guidelines or policies for how long posts or content can be available on the site or size of the content. Further, 3Shape is not responsible for lost user posts or content.

3Shape can delete inactive accounts and accounts belonging to users violating the GTC.

 

Data protection

Personal data is collected, processed and used exclusively in observance of Danish data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation. More detailed information on data protection can be found in the Privacy Policy.

 

Disclaimer of warranties

3Shape makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy of the content of the Community. 3Shape assumes no liability or responsibility, whatsoever, for any omissions, errors or the like in the Community’s content.

INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. 3SHAPE PROVIDES NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNITY’S CONTENT OR ITS USES. NEITHER 3SHAPE [NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THIS COMMUNITY TO YOU] SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF ACCESS TO, USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS COMMUNITY, OR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE COMMUNITY’S CONTENT.

3Shape assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer, tablet or other property on account of your access to, or use of the Community. 3Shape reserves the right to discontinue this Community at any time without notice and without liability.

 

Report violations of the GTC

Please contact the Community Manager at [email protected], if you consider specific content to be violating the GTC or by other standards seem inappropriate. Content debating these GTC and/or Community Managers’ enforcement of these, will be removed without any explanation. 3Shape encourages feedback, however, users are invited to use our help desk if you have any questions or concerns.

 

Governing Law and Venue

The GTC’s, any 3Shape policy and/or guidelines related to use of the Community, including any dispute concerning its existence and validity thereof, and the use itself of the Community, are governed exclusively by the laws of Denmark, excluding its conflict of laws rules.

Any dispute arising out of or in connection with the use of the Community shall be brought before the ordinary Danish courts.