Identification and Ownership
In compliance with Article 10 of Law 34/2002, of 11 July, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce, the Owner sets out its identification details.
Company name: AMPERSAND INTEGRAL PROJECTS S.L.
Registered office: C/Muntaner, 177, 1st A. 08036 BARCELONA
Tax ID: B67507491
Commercial registry details: Tomo 47093, Folio 215, Hoja b540895, Entry 1
Email address: info@ampersandconsulting.es
Phone: +34 930 312 466

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Project sponsor and data controller
The Advanced Sutures project is sponsored by B. Braun Medical, S.A. (B. Braun) Carretera de Terrassa, 121, 08191 Rubí – Barcelona, Spain.
AMPERSAND INTEGRAL PROJECTS S.L. acts as the data controller for the personal data processed through the Website and the application associated with the project, and is responsible for the operational and methodological coordination of the study.

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Purpose
The purpose of the website advancedsutures.ampersandconsulting.es is to manage the Advanced Sutures project, facilitate the participation of invited healthcare professionals, enable access to questionnaires and forms, manage communications related to the study, and allow the compilation of aggregated results in accordance with the Delphi methodology. This website has no general informational, commercial or sales purpose.

 

Terms of Use
Using the Website grants you the status of User and implies full acceptance of all the clauses and terms of use included on the following pages:

• Legal Notice

• Privacy Policy

• Cookie Policy

If you do not agree with each and every one of these clauses and conditions, please refrain from using this Website.
Certain areas, forms or questionnaires may be reserved exclusively for healthcare professionals invited by the project organization.
Through this Website, the Owner provides access to and use of content, forms, questionnaires and materials related to the Advanced Sutures project.
To this end, you are required and undertake NOT to use any of the Website's content for unlawful purposes or effects prohibited in this Legal Notice or by applicable law, that infringe the rights and interests of third parties, or that could in any way damage, disable, overburden, impair or prevent the normal use of the content, IT equipment, documents, files and other elements belonging to or contracted by the Owner, other users, or any Internet user.

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Participation in the project
Participation in the project is voluntary and is aimed exclusively at healthcare professionals invited by the organization.
Participation may consist, among other activities, of answering questionnaires, rating statements, reviewing aggregated results, or providing comments related to the purpose of the study.
The answers and ratings provided by participants may be analysed in aggregate form for the preparation of reports, consensus documents or results derived from the study. Unless expressly authorized by the participant or required by applicable law, individual answers will not be published or disclosed by name.

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Electronic acceptance of the participation terms
The organization may request acceptance of the participation terms by email or through forms and procedures enabled within the project application.
The express acceptance given by the participant will constitute sufficient evidence of acceptance of the participation, confidentiality and data protection terms applicable to the project. This acceptance may be documented by an affirmative reply to the invitation email, ticking an acceptance box, completing the corresponding form, or any other equivalent mechanism enabled by the organization.

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Financial compensation for participation
Participation may give rise to financial compensation in accordance with the terms communicated individually to each participant.
To properly manage this compensation, identification, professional, tax, administrative, financial and banking data necessary to verify the participant's identity, manage payments or transfers, issue supporting documentation, and comply with legal, tax, accounting and administrative obligations may be processed.

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Evidence of acceptance and traceability
The organization may keep the invitation email, the participant's acceptance, the date and time of acceptance, platform access logs, completed forms, answered questionnaires, and communications related to the project, in order to evidence acceptance of the terms and the proper administrative and legal management of the study.

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Security measures
The personal data you provide to the Owner may be stored in automated or non-automated databases, owned exclusively by the Owner, which adopts reasonable technical, organizational and security measures to guarantee the confidentiality, integrity and quality of the information in accordance with applicable data protection regulations.
However, you should be aware that the security measures of computer systems on the Internet are not entirely reliable and, therefore, the Owner cannot guarantee the total absence of incidents, notwithstanding that it uses all necessary means and takes appropriate security measures to prevent them.

Personal data
You can view all the information regarding the processing of personal data collected by the Owner on the Privacy Policy page.

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Confidentiality
The participant agrees to treat as confidential any non-public information they may access in connection with the project, including working materials, questionnaires, preliminary results, internal communications and any other documentation identified as confidential or that should reasonably be considered as such by its nature.

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Content
The Owner has obtained the information, multimedia content and materials included on the Website from sources it considers reliable, but does not guarantee that they are accurate, complete or up to date. The Owner expressly disclaims any liability for errors or omissions in the information contained on the pages of this Website.
The content of the Website is for informational purposes and for the management of the Advanced Sutures project, and under no circumstances should it be used or considered as individualized medical, care, diagnostic, therapeutic, commercial or professional advice.
The Owner reserves the right to modify, suspend, cancel or restrict the content of the Website, its links, or the information obtained through the Website, without prior notice.

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Cookie policy
On the Cookie Policy page you can view information about the technical, strictly necessary cookies used for the operation of the application.

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Links of interest to other websites
The Owner may provide you with access to third-party websites through links, in order to inform you about the existence of other sources of information on the Internet.
These links to other websites do not in any way constitute a suggestion or recommendation that you visit the destination web pages, which are outside the Owner's control; therefore, the Owner is not responsible for the content of the linked websites or the outcome of following the links.
If you access an external website through a link found on the Website, you must read that other website's own privacy policy, which may differ from that of this Website.

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Intellectual and industrial property
All rights reserved.
All access to this Website is subject to the following conditions: the reproduction, permanent storage and dissemination of the content, or any other use for public or commercial purposes, is expressly prohibited without the Owner's prior express written consent.

Limitation of liability
The information and services included in or available through this Website may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. The Owner periodically makes improvements and/or changes to the information contained and/or the Services, which it may introduce at any time.
The Owner does not represent or warrant that the services or content will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the service or the server making it available is free of viruses or other harmful components, notwithstanding that it makes all reasonable efforts to prevent this type of incident.
Before making decisions and/or taking action based on the information included on the Website, the Owner recommends checking and verifying the information received against other sources.

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Jurisdiction
This Legal Notice is governed entirely by Spanish law.
Unless otherwise required by law, for any matter arising from the interpretation, application and compliance with this Legal Notice, as well as any claims that may arise from its use, the parties agree to submit to the Courts and Tribunals of the province of Barcelona, expressly waiving any other jurisdiction that might apply to them.

Contact
If you have any questions about these Legal Terms or wish to make any comment about this Website, you can send an email to the address info@ampersandconsulting.es

Ampersand Integral Projects S.L. hereby informs you of its Privacy Policy regarding the processing and protection of personal data that may be collected through browsing, invitation, participation, completion of forms, answering questionnaires and administrative management of the Advanced Sutures project via the website
In this regard, the Owner guarantees compliance with the data protection regulations in force, as reflected in Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and the Guarantee of Digital Rights (LOPD GDD). It also complies with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons (GDPR).
Use of the Website and the project application implies acceptance of this Privacy Policy as well as the terms included in the Legal Notice.

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Identity of the data controller
Data controller: AMPERSAND INTEGRAL PROJECTS S.L.
CIF: B67507491
Address: C/Muntaner, 177, 1st A. 08036 BARCELONA
Email address: info@ampersandconsulting.es
Email address for data protection matters: rgpd@ampersandconsulting.es
Website: advancedsutures.ampersandconsulting.es

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Project sponsor
The Advanced Sutures project is sponsored by B. Braun. B. Braun's status as project sponsor does not change the identification of AMPERSAND INTEGRAL PROJECTS S.L. as the data controller for the personal data managed through this Website and the project application.
Certain data or information related to participation may be disclosed to B. Braun when necessary for the coordination, monitoring, justification, regulatory compliance, administration or documentation of the project, as well as for compliance with applicable legal or transparency obligations.

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Principles applied to data processing
In processing your personal data, the Owner will apply the following principles, which comply with the requirements of the European data protection regulation:

• Principle of lawfulness, fairness and transparency: the Owner will process personal data on valid legal bases and will clearly inform data subjects in advance of the purposes of the processing.

• Principle of data minimization: the Owner will only request the data necessary for the management of the project and participation in the study.

• Principle of storage limitation: the data will be kept for as long as necessary for the purposes of the processing and for the legally required periods.

• Principle of integrity and confidentiality: the data will be processed in a way that reasonably guarantees its security, confidentiality and integrity.

Collection of personal data
To browse certain informational pages of the Website, you do not need to provide personal data. The cases in which you may provide personal data are as follows:

• By responding to a project invitation or sending an email to the organization.

• By filling in identification, participation, terms acceptance or administrative data forms within the project application.

• By answering questionnaires, providing comments, or making ratings within the Delphi study.

Your rights
The Owner informs you that, regarding your personal data, you have the right to:

• Request access to the data stored.

• Request rectification or erasure.

• Request the restriction of its processing.

• Object to the processing.

• Request the portability of your data.

• Not be subject to automated individual decisions where applicable.

The exercise of these rights is personal and must therefore be carried out directly by the data subject, by requesting it directly from the Owner.
To exercise your rights, you may send an email to rgpd@ampersandconsulting.es or write to AMPERSAND INTEGRAL PROJECTS S.L., C/Muntaner, 177, 1st A. 08036 BARCELONA, providing sufficient information to prove your identity.
You have the right to effective judicial protection and to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, in this case the Spanish Data Protection Agency, if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the Regulation.

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Purpose of processing personal data
Personal data may be processed to:

• Manage the invitation and participation in the project.

• Manage forms, questionnaires, access and communications.

• Verify and retain evidence of acceptance of the participation, confidentiality and privacy terms.

• Compile aggregated results in accordance with the Delphi methodology.

• Manage financial compensation, payments and associated documentation.

• Comply with applicable legal, tax, accounting, administrative, transparency or security obligations.

• Disclose to B. Braun the information necessary for the coordination, monitoring, administration, justification, regulatory compliance or documentation of the project.

• Use strictly necessary technical cookies to maintain the session, manage secure access, and enable the application to function.

Legal basis for data processing
The legal basis for processing the data is the participant's consent, the performance of actions necessary to manage their participation in the study, compliance with applicable legal obligations, and the Owner's legitimate interest in retaining evidence of acceptance, documenting the execution of the project, and ensuring the security of the Website and the application, provided that the rights and freedoms of the data subjects do not prevail.

Categories of personal data
The categories of personal data processed by the Owner are:

• Identification data.

• Professional data.

• Contact data.

• Data on participation in the study, including answers, ratings, comments, completion dates, access logs and related communications.

• Administrative, tax, financial and banking data necessary to manage financial compensation.

• Strictly necessary technical data arising from the use of the platform and the Website, including session, authentication and security logs.

No clinical information on identified or identifiable patients is requested or intended to be processed. Participants must avoid including personal data of patients or other individuals in their answers or comments.

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Retention of personal data
Personal data will be retained for as long as necessary for the management of the project and for the periods required by applicable legal, tax, accounting and administrative regulations.
Evidence of acceptance of the terms, relevant communications, access and completion records, project-related documentation, and information necessary to justify payments or compensation may be retained for the legally required periods or for the time necessary to prove compliance with applicable obligations.

Recipients of personal data

• B. Braun, as project sponsor, when necessary for the coordination, monitoring, justification, administration, documentation, regulatory compliance or transparency of the study.

• Technology providers, questionnaire platforms, communication tools, advisors, financial institutions, administrative providers and other third parties necessary for the execution of the project.

• Public authorities or competent bodies when there is a legal obligation to do so.

The scientific or technical results of the project will preferably be presented in aggregated or non-nominative form. Individual answers linked by name to a participant will not be published unless expressly authorized or permitted by a legal basis.

Security of personal data
To protect your personal data, the Owner takes reasonable precautions and applies technical and organizational measures designed to prevent its loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.

Web browsing
When browsing the Website, strictly necessary technical data for the operation of the application may be collected, such as session identifiers, authentication logs, date and time of access, browser technical information, and data necessary for the security of the platform. The application does not use analytics, advertising, marketing, profiling, or product/service-sales cookies.

Accuracy and truthfulness of personal data
You undertake that the data provided to the Owner is correct, complete, accurate and up to date, and to keep it duly updated. As a User of the Website, you are solely responsible for the truthfulness and accuracy of the data you submit to the site, releasing the Owner from any liability in this regard.

Acceptance and consent
As a participant, you declare that you have been informed of the personal data protection terms and you agree to the processing of your data by the Owner in the manner and for the purposes indicated in this Privacy Policy.
Acceptance may be given within the application using wording equivalent to the following: “I have read and accept the participation, confidentiality and privacy terms published on the Advanced Sutures project website. I also confirm my willingness to take part in the Delphi study and I agree to the processing of my personal and administrative data necessary to manage my participation and, where applicable, the corresponding financial compensation.”

Revocability
To exercise your rights, you may send an email to rgpd@ampersandconsulting.es or write to AMPERSAND INTEGRAL PROJECTS S.L., C/Muntaner, 177, 1st A. 08036 BARCELONA, providing sufficient information to prove your identity.
The exercise of your rights does not include any data that the Owner is required to retain for administrative, legal, tax, accounting, contractual or security purposes.

Changes to the Privacy Policy
The Owner reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy to adapt it to legislative or case-law developments, technical or organizational changes, or project needs.
These policies will remain in force until amended by other duly published policies.