Terms and conditions for World Medical Card^©, onMobile^© and onWeb^©

1. When you order World Medical Card, including the products onMobile and onWeb, you agree to the use and disclosure of your medial information to authorized medical personnel for the purpose of your health care treatment according to the following terms:

2. Willingly, and according to your own request, you subscribe to a membership which means you enter a time-limited contract with World Medical Center US Inc. (WMC), 1425 K Street NW, Suite 350, 20005 Washington DC, and authorize WMC to receive and store your medical and pharmaceutical data and other personal data, given by yourself or yourself with the collaboration of your own medical doctor, in order for WMC to produce your World Medical Card for the duration of the contract period which is 2 - two - years. As an additional service you can willingly request the same data to be accessible by the means of electronic communications, via mobile phone (onMobile).

3. All your personal data transmitted to the WMC computing system will be stored for the contract period only. After the contract period is terminated, your medical and pharmaceutical data will be deleted permanently after 6 - six - months.

4. World Medical Center Holding SA of Switzerland, as represented by the CEO, is in accordance with the European Union Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC responsible for the handling and storage of your personal data. In the United States, this company as represented by its Managing Director, is delegated authority to be the representative of World medical Center Holding SA.

5. To secure the integrity of your data and to prevent them from going astray, WMC uses market leading security technology, both during communication, production and storing. All medical and pharmaceutical data received in our computer systems is stored in an encrypted format. All access to these data is strictly limited to solely authorized personnel that have signed duty of confidentiality not to disclose, copy or use any of this information for other purposes.

6. WMC acknowledges that there will always be a risk that any information, whether it is in a written or printed format, or it is stored within a computer system, or it is being communicated, may be subject to misuse or theft. WMC therefore emphasizes that we take the utmost precautions at all times to protect your data against unauthorized access and that we comply with the regulations stated in applicable law.

7. According to applicable law, you are at any time entitled to access your personal data registered and stored by WMC, and furthermore demand parts or all of the registered data be modified. The same directive entitles you to withdraw your original consent at any given time. The effect of such a withdrawal is the permanent deletion of all your personal data stored by WMC on your request.

8. All information presented in printed or electronic versions of your World Medical Card is a reproduction of the medical and pharmaceutical data submitted to WMC by you or your medical doctor for information purposes to treating medical personnel only.

9. No information in WMC's computer systems or your World Medical Card must be used as a substitute for medical consultation at a professional, such as a doctor, licensed to practice medicine. The medical information which is stored in your World Medical Card shall not, and cannot, replace any medical service or advice from medical staff.

10. Your medical status changes over time and the information in your World Medical Card may be outdated. It may be required to update this by renewing your World Medical Card. In general all medical data older than 2 years should be considered outdated. It is your responsibility to keep the personal information in your World Medical Card updated and to use the latest issued World Medical Card only.

11. If you suffer from any chronic illness/diagnosis or you use medicine permanently we recommend that you consult a medical doctor when creating your personal health record, in order to ensure the correctness of the information in your World Medical Card. WMC also recommends regular review and screening by your own medical doctor.

12. It is your responsibility to ascertain that all information you enter into your World Medical Card is correct, true and updated, It will not be verified nor modified by WMC, but the medical and pharmaceutical data will be coded according to international coding standards. It is therefore your responsibility to ascertain that the information you receive from WMC in your World Medical Card is correct, true and complete. WMC cannot be held liable for the correctness of the contents of your World Medical Card, or any ways of using it. If you are in doubt regarding the definitions of your diagnoses or pharmaceuticals we recommend you to contact your medical doctor.

13. You unconditionally acknowledge and accept that WMC has no responsibility related to incorrectness or missing parts of any kind, regarding the data in your World Medical Card, since it is your and eventually your medical doctors responsibility to verify the correctness of this.

14. It is accepted that WMC under no circumstances may be held liable, whether or not the possibility of such damage has been advised or not, for indirect or consequential damages of any kind howsoever caused by, or arising out of, or having been suffered, in connection with any event or incident in using World Medical Card, or electronically using or accessing the same information, via a mobile phone or the internet.

15. Whilst WMC make reasonable efforts to ensure an uninterrupted service we do not make any guarantee representation or warranty that your use of the website or the Services will be uninterrupted and without error and you recognise that WMC may temporarily suspend the Services from time to time without notice to you in order to undertake essential maintenance. The Services are also provided to you subject to the continuing relationship between WMC and the relevant mobile telephone service provider. WMC have put in place security procedures to protect your information as explained in this document and the Terms of Sale, however, you acknowledge that the internet and mobile telephony are not secure mediums. We cannot accept responsibility for any unauthorised access or loss of personal information that is beyond our control.

16. The duration of the contract period is limited to either 1 or 2 years from the date of your registration, depending on which option was selected at the time of ordering.

17. Unless terminated by the member within 5 weeks prior to the expiration of the contract's duration, the membership will automatically be reneweed for a new period of the same duration.

18. If the member is paying by Credit or Debit Card, WMC will withdraw the payment for the World Medical Card from Customer's credit card or bank account upon Customer's acceptance of these Terms of Sale.

19. Any medical or health advice provided and hosted on this site will only be given by medically trained and qualified professionals unless a clear statement is made that a piece of advice offered is from a non-medically qualified individual or organisation.

20. The information provided on this site is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her existing physician.

21. Confidentiality of data relating to individual patients and visitors to a medical/health Web site, including their identity, is respected by this Web site. The Web site owners undertake to honour or exceed the legal requirements of medical/health information privacy that apply in the country and state where the Web site and mirror sites are located.


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