About this site – privacy policy and legal information
PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT THIS WEBSITE COLLECTS AND WHY WE COLLECT IT
Like most websites, this site uses Google Analytics (view Google’s privacy policy) to track user interaction. We use this data to determine the number of people using our site, to better understand how they find and use our web pages and to see their journey through the website. Although Google Analytics records data such as your geographical location, device, internet browser and operating system, none of this information personally identifies you to us. Google Analytics also records your computer’s IP address which could be used to personally identify you but Google do not grant us access to this. We consider Google to be a third party data processor. Google Analytics makes use of cookies, details of which can be found on Google’s developer guides. Disabling cookies on your internet browser will stop GA from tracking any part of your visit to pages within this website.
Email links
Should you choose to contact us using an email link like, none of the data that you supply will be stored by this website or passed to / be processed by any third party data processors. Instead the data will be collated into an email and sent to us over the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).
HOW WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
If you submit data on this website some personal information will be stored within this website’s database. This data is currently stored in an identifiable fashion. In the near future we aim to change the storage of this data to a pseudonymous fashion meaning that the data would require additional processing using a separately stored ‘key’ before it could be used to identify an individual. Pseudonymisation is a recent requirement of the GDPR which many web application developers are currently working to fully implement. We are committed to keeping it as a high priority and will implement it on this website as soon as we are able to.
ABOUT THIS WEBSITE’S SERVER
This website is hosted by metanet within a Swiss data center.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy policy may change from time to time in-line with legislation or industry developments. We will not explicitly inform our clients or website users of these changes. Instead, we recommend that you check this page occasionally for any policy changes. Specific policy changes and updates are mentioned in the change log below.
LEGAL INFORMATION
This site has been designed to provide general information about the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB). You may use this website provided you comply with these terms and conditions
Your Acceptance of These Terms and Conditions
Please take a few minutes to review these terms and conditions carefully, which include the Privacy Statement above. By accessing and using this site you agree to follow and be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to follow and be bound by them, you may not access, use or download materials from this website
These Terms and Conditions may change
IOB reserves the right to update or modify these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice. We therefore encourage you to review them every time you use this website. These terms and conditions were last reviewed in May 2020
Copyright notice and Limited License
Everything you see and hear on this website (the “Content”), including, for example, all of the text, photographs, illustrations, graphics, audio clips, video clips, and audio-video clips, is copyrighted.
You are granted a non-exclusive license to the Content, subject to the following limitations:
You may download, store, print, and copy selected portions of the Content of this site, provided you:
- only use the Content you download for your personal, non-commercial use or to further your interaction with IOB;
- do not publish or post any part of the Content on any other internet site;
- do not publish or broadcast any part of the Content in or on any other media;
- do not modify or alter the Content in any way, or delete or modify any copyright or trademark notices or notices of confidentiality.
Except as expressly stated above, you may not copy, download, print, publish, display, perform, distribute, transmit, transfer, translate, modify, add to, update, compile, abridge or in any other way transform or adapt all or any part of the Content of this site without first obtaining written permission from IOB.
Except as expressly stated above, no right, title or interest in the downloaded Content is transferred to you when you download Content from this site. Except for the limited, non-exclusive license expressly granted above, nothing contained in these terms and conditions and on this website shall be construed as conferring a license or any other right under any copyright, trademark, patent, or other intellectual property right of IOB or any third party
Trademark notice
The trademarks, service marks and logos displayed on this website (the “Trademark(s)”) are registered and unregistered trademarks of IOB or third parties. Except as expressly stated in these terms and conditions, you may not reproduce, display or otherwise use any Trademark without first obtaining written permission from IOB.
Unsolicited ideas
IOB welcomes your comments and feedback regarding this website. All information and materials submitted to IOB through email links on this website, such as any comments, feedback, ideas, questions, designs, data or the like, will be considered NON-CONFIDENTIAL and NON-PROPRIETARY. For this reason, we ask you not to send us any information or materials that you do not wish to assign to us, including, without limitation, any confidential information or original creative materials.
You are responsible for the communications you submit through this website, including, without limitation, their truthfulness and accuracy.
Please note that your submissions (e.g. via our contact, media or hr mailboxes) do not have any legally binding effect on IOB. Therefore, invoices, reminders and the like must be exclusively sent to the addresses set forth in the respective contract.
Third-party information
Some of the information, articles and other materials available through this site are provided to IOB by third parties. We provide them for your interest and convenience only. Wherever practical, in our opinion, the source of these third-party materials is identified. IOB does not warrant or represent that these materials are current, accurate, complete or reliable. IOB accepts no responsibility for any use to which third-party information is put.
Links to other websites
This site contains hyperlinks to websites that are not operated by IOB. These hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only. They do not imply any endorsement of the material on these third-party websites or any association with their operators. IOB does not control these websites and is not responsible for their contents. You access and use these websites solely at your own risk.
Right to alter website
IOB RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ALTER THE CONTENT AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS WEBSITE IN ANY WAY, OR TO LIMIT ACCESS TO THIS WEBSITE, OR TO SHUT DOWN THIS WEBSITE, AT ANY TIME, FOR ANY REASON, WITHOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH CHANGES.
Forward-looking statements
Our website may contain forward-looking statements - i.e., statements not of historical fact, including statements about our beliefs and expectations. These statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections, with regard to which IOB shall in no way be liable. These statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside IOB control. IOB undertakes no obligation to update any of the statements in light of new information or future events.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, IOB DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, IOB DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THIS WEBSITE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION OR THAT ITS OPERATION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. IOB DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE CONTENT OF THIS SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES, “WORMS” OR OTHER CODE THAT MAY MANIFEST CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES. ALTHOUGH IOB HAS MADE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE GREAT EFFORTS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION, ITEMS PUBLISHED ON THIS WEBSITE MAY BE INCOMPLETE OR OUTDATED AND MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. IOB DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, VALIDITY, ACCURACY, CURRENCY OR RELIABILITY OF, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF, OR OTHERWISE RESPECTING THIS WEBSITE OR ANY INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON THIS WEBSITE.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, SHALL IOB OR ANY OF ITS BOARD MEMBERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS, TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE APPLICABLE LAW, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS OF, USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE OR YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, IOB SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR POSSIBLE ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENTS OF THIS SITE. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THAT APPLIES TO ALL LOSSES AND DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE OR PROFITS. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER BASIS. IF ANY PART OF THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE, THEN THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF IOB UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES FOR LIABILITIES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIMITED SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED (CHF 100.00) SWISS FRANCS.
Effective Date
The terms and conditions set forth above are effective as of January 2018.