Social Media
PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SITE
Our social media channels are for you to connect and engage with us. We hope to provide useful and interesting content, to share company news and announcements, provide corporate information, and foster an open and respectful dialogue.
This website social media use policy sets out the content standards that apply when you upload content to our site, make contact with other users on our site, link to our site or interact with our site in any way.
WHO WE ARE AND HOW TO CONTACT US
https://akamisbio.com is a site operated by AKAMIS BIO LIMITED (the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 06001442 and have our registered office at Akamis House 4-10 The Quadrant, Abingdon Science Park, Abingdon, England, OX14 3YS.
We are the controller and are responsible for your personal data. We have appointed staff who are responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this privacy policy. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact us via email at enquiries@akamisbio.com.
BY USING OUR SITE YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS
By using our site, you confirm that you accept the terms of this policy and that you agree to comply with them.
If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our site.
We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference.
THERE ARE OTHER TERMS THAT MAY APPLY TO YOU
Our terms of website use and privacy policy also apply to your use of our site.
WE MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY
We may amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time. These terms were most recently updated on May 20, 2022.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR CONTENT
You are responsible for content that you post or comment on our social channels. You should only post content that is original and that you have the right to post. We ask that everyone show respect for other members of our social channels and share your viewpoint in a way that is respectful to us and our community. Akamis is not responsible for any content posted by you and has no duty to monitor the content. Using any information provided by other users is at your own risk. We reserve the right to monitor, review, edit, remove, and delete user content, as well as disable, refuse, restrict, or terminate access to our social media channels at our sole discretion, with or without notice.
The healthcare industry is highly regulated with unique legal and regulatory guidelines. We may often be unable to engage in some discussions about our product pipeline, financial affairs, or legal or regulatory matters.
PROHIBITED USES:
You may not use our site:
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In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
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In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
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For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
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To bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate any person.
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To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards.
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To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
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To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
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To upload terrorist content.
You also agree:
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Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site in contravention of the provisions of our terms of website use.
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Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
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any part of our site;
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any equipment or network on which our site is stored;
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any software used in the provision of our site; or
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any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.
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CONTENT STANDARDS
These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our site (Contribution).
The Content Standards must be complied with in spirit as well as to the letter. The standards apply to each part of any Contribution as well as to its whole.
Akamis will determine, in its discretion, whether a Contribution breaches the Content Standards.
A Contribution must:
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Be accurate (where it states facts).
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Be genuinely held (where it states opinions).
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Comply with the law applicable in England and Wales and in any country from which it is posted.
A Contribution must not:
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Be defamatory of any person.
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Be obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
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Bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate.
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Promote sexually explicit material.
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Include child sexual abuse material.
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Promote violence.
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Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
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Infringe any copyright, database right or trademark of any other person.
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Be likely to deceive any person.
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Breach any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
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Promote any illegal content or activity.
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Be in contempt of court.
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Be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
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Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
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Impersonate any person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.
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Give the impression that the Contribution emanates from Akamis, if this is not the case.
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Advocate, promote, incite any party to commit, or assist any unlawful or criminal act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.
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Contain a statement which you know or believe, or have reasonable grounds for believing, that members of the public to whom the statement is, or is to be, published are likely to understand as a direct or indirect encouragement or other inducement to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
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Contain any advertising or promote any services or web links to other sites.
We will remove any content that:
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Mentions our product pipeline in a manner which is non-compliant with regulatory approvals or mentions the products of other companies
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Infringes on the copyright, trademark, patent, or other intellectual property of any third party
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Violates a third party’s right to privacy or publicity
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Is inappropriate, vulgar, degrading, abusive, harassing, profane, or violent
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Constitutes spam
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Violates any applicable local, state, national, or international law, or advocates illegal activity
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Violates social media platform rules
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If you are under the age of 18, do not share your comment or content without the knowledge and permission of a parent or legal guardian.
Please also note that our social media channels are English-speaking only and as such any non-English messages may not receive a response.
Akamis will link to or follow accounts from related groups and communities. Accounts that Akamis follows (or are followed by) are not an indication of endorsement of these accounts, their opinions, or their content.
When you engage with any of our social media channels, you are agreeing to these Community Guidelines in addition to the Privacy Policy or other legal notices provided by Akamis and those of the respective social platform.
Medical and Healthcare
Please keep in mind that social media is a public forum and that anyone may see or save your comments. We recommend not sharing any personal information within comments or posts on our pages. Sharing specific information concerning your personal health should be avoided. Health concerns are best handed by trained professionals. If you have any questions about your medical care, you should consult your physician, pharmacist, or other healthcare professional immediately. Please note, Akamis does not give medical advice, nor does it provide medical or diagnostic services.
If you are interested in participating in an Akamis clinical trial, details of all ongoing clinical trials run by Akamis are posted in the https://clinicaltrials.gov/ website. More information and trial site contact information on individual trials are available on this site. Unfortunately, Akamis is prohibited from communicating directly with any patient or potential patient for legal and regulatory reasons.
Storing and Using Private Information
We do not collect your social media handles/IDs, email addresses or any other personal information, except in certain limited situations. For more information on Akamis’ Privacy Policy, go to our Privacy Policy Page.
Breach of this policy
When we consider that a breach of this acceptable use policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.
Failure to comply with this acceptable use policy constitutes a material breach of the terms of use upon which you are permitted to use our site, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:
Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site.
Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any Contribution uploaded by you to our site.
Issue of a warning to you.
Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
Further legal action against you.
Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary or as required by law.
If a breach of the Social Medial Policy is identified, at Akamis sole discretion, any content may be removed from view and we may report to the social media provider using their reporting processes or take further action as outlined in this policy.
We exclude our liability for all action we may take in response to breaches of this acceptable use policy. The actions we may take are not limited to those described above, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.
How this contract can be transferred
We can transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to any third party, provided this does not adversely affect your rights under these terms.
Which country's laws apply to any disputes?
If you are a consumer, please note that the terms of this policy, its subject matter and its formation are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.
If you are a business, the terms of this policy, its subject matter and its formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Akamis reserves the right to change these guidelines at any time in its sole discretion and without notice.