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| This page describes the legal instructions which apply to every Internet user visiting this site. In consulting this site you undertake to respect these instructions without reservation. You are advised to consult these instructions regularly, as they may be modified from time to time and without warning. |
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| 1. Intellectual property |
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This site is owned and operated by the sanofi-aventis Canada Inc. (hereinafter "sanofi-aventis"). The presentation and each of the materials, including trademarks, logos and domain names, posted on the website located at www.sculptra.ca (hereinafter "the Site"), are protected by the applicable laws as regards intellectual property, and are owned by sanofi-aventis or its subsidiaries, or have been subjected to authorization of use granted to it.
No material from the Site may be copied, reproduced, modified, republished, uploaded, distorted, transmitted or distributed in any way, on any support, in total or in part, without sanofi-aventis’ prior written consent, except for press use only, on condition that intellectual property rights and all other property rights are respected. The only authorized copies are for personal, non-commercial, home use.
The following notice shall appear on all copies of all or part of the content of the Site: "© 2005-2008 SANOFI-AVENTIS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED".
All authorized use of visuals, whether constituting the site or included within it, must not be distorted, modified or altered in any way whatsoever.
Sanofi-aventis or its subsidiaries reserve the right to take legal action against any counterfeit of its intellectual property rights. |
| 2. Nature of information |
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From time to time, expert opinions on certain subjects relating to the content of the Site, or extracts from press articles, shall be posted on the Site. Such information represents only the opinions of the respective experts or of the publication, which are not necessarily the opinions of sanofi-aventis. Such experts are not employees of sanofi-aventis and do not receive any compensation from sanofi-aventis for the use of their opinion. Sanofi-aventis is not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any information or opinions set forth in such materials. Expert advice reflects only the personal view of that expert, and in no case shall it be regarded as the opinion or responsibility of sanofi-aventis.
Moreover, the Site contains information relating to health, fitness, the medical domain and various kinds of medical treatment reserved exclusively for use by humans. This is for information purposes only and is not meant to be a substitute for the advice provided by your own physician or health care professional. You should not use the information contained herein for diagnosing any illness or physical problem or in order to prescribe or use any medication or medical device presented on the Site. You should always consult your own physician or health care professional. |
| 3. Links to other sites |
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The responsibility of sanofi-aventis will not be called into account with regard to any third-party site to which you may have gained access via the sanofi-aventis website. We have no way of controlling the content of these third-party sites, which remain totally independent of sanofi-aventis. What is more, the existence of a link between the Site and any third-party site in no way implies that sanofi-aventis in any way approves of the content of this site, or, moreover, any use to which such content may be put. Furthermore, it is your responsibility to take the necessary precautions to prevent the Site being contaminated by, including, but not limited to, one or more “viruses,” “Trojan Horses” or any other “parasites.”
External sites may contain hyperlinks leading to the Site. Any such hyperlink shall not be installed without sanofi-aventis’ express prior consent. In any case, sanofi-aventis is in no way responsible for the unavailability of such external sites and sanofi-aventis does not review, control, approve, nor is it responsible for any content, advertising, products or other materials available on or accessible via these sites. |
| 4. Privacy policy |
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4.1 Sanofi-aventis will not divulge to any third party personal information concerning you which you may communicate via electronic mail. This information will be used for the sole purpose of replying to you in the most efficient way possible.
In accordance with laws pertaining to the protection of personal information, you have a right to access, to modify, to rectify and to suppress any personal data concerning you, simply by submitting your request:
On-line to: cainternet@sanofi-aventis.com; or
By post to: sanofi-aventis, 2150 St. Elzear Blvd. West, Laval, Quebec, H7L 4A8, Canada
4.2 The Site is not designed to receive any confidential information which you may submit. As a result, and with the exception of the personal data outlined above, all information, whatever form it is in – document, data, graphics, questions, suggestions, concepts, remarks or other – which you communicate via the Site will in no way be considered as confidential. As result of this, the simple fact of your transmitting this data to us grants us the right to use, reproduce, diffuse or modify this data, or to transmit it in the aim of processing your request. |
| 5. Limitations of liability |
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Sanofi-aventis makes every effort to ensure to the best of its abilities the accuracy and updating of the information broadcast on the Site, whose content the company reserves the right to change at any time and without prior notice. Nonetheless, sanofi-aventis cannot fully guarantee the accuracy, precision, updating or exhaustiveness of the information made available on the Site.
As a result, and with the exception of direct damage resulting from wilful misconduct or gross negligence by sanofi-aventis, the latter cannot be held liable for:
- any imprecision, inaccuracy or omission relative to the information provided on the Site;
- any damage resulting from fraudulent intrusion by a third party leading to the modification of the information or materials provided on the Site;
- in a more general way, any damage, direct or indirect, regardless of its cause, origin, nature or consequences, even if sanofi-aventis has been aware of the foreseeability of such damage, whether it be the result of (i) access or inability to access the Site, (ii) the use of the Site, including any damage or virus which may infect your computer system or any other product, and/or (iii) credit given to any information provided directly or indirectly by the Site.
The materials in the Site and all other sites are provided as is, without any kind of warranty, whether express or implied. Sanofi-aventis does not offer any express or implied warranty relative without limitation to their merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
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| 6. Availability of the Web site |
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You acknowledge that (i) it is technically impossible that the Site will be provided free of defaults and that sanofi-aventis cannot take any responsibility for this, (ii) that defaults may lead to the temporary unavailability of the Site, and that (iii) the operation of the Site may be adversely affected by conditions and performances outside sanofi-aventis’ control, such as, for example, transmission and telecommunication links between sanofi-aventis and you and between sanofi-aventis and other systems and networks.
Sanofi-aventis and/or its suppliers may, at any time, temporarily or permanently modify or interrupt all or part of the Site in order to perform maintenance work and/or make improvements and/or changes to the Site. Sanofi-aventis is not liable for any modification to or suspension or interruption of the Site. |
| 7. Product information |
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The information contained and broadcast on the Site may contain direct or indirect references to sanofi-aventis products, programs and services which are not proposed or available in certain countries or regions, or which may be offered under a different trademark, and which may be subject to different regulations and conditions of use according to the country. Such references do not imply any intention on the part of sanofi-aventis to sell these products, programs or services in your country. This website is destined to Canadian consumers and physicians only. Please consult the local sanofi-aventis subsidiary or your sanofi-aventis commercial partner for any information concerning the products, programs and services which are available in your region/country. |
| 8. Jurisdictional disposal |
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The Site and its content are governed by the laws of Canada. Any possible litigation referring to the Site and its content will come under the competence of Canadian courts. |
| 9. Legal notice |
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Site Editor:
Sanofi-aventis Canada Inc.
2150 St. Elzear Blvd. West
Laval, Quebec H7L 4A8 Canada
Publishing Director:
Joëlle Sissmann
Vice-President, Communications, Public Affairs and Provincial Partnerships
Last Updated: April 2nd, 2008
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