McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine Newsletter Terms and Conditions

§ 1 Basic information

1. “Medycyna Praktyczna” Wojciech Bodzoń, Piotr Gajewski, Jarosław Kużdżał, Wiesław Latuszek-Łukasiewicz, Bernard Wirkijowski Spółka jawna, with headquarters at ul. Rejtana 2 in Kraków (postal code: 30-510) (hereinafter "Service Provider") is the owner of the empendium.com website (hereinafter “Website”) and publisher of the McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine newsletter (hereinafter “Newsletter”).
2. The Website and Newsletter are intended for physicians, pharmacists, and other health-care professionals.
3. A Newsletter subscriber (hereinafter “Subscriber”) is a person who has accepted these terms and conditions (hereinafter “Terms and Conditions”) and subscribed to the Newsletter.
4. The Newsletter is issued on a semi-regular basis, once a month or biweekly.
5. The Service Provider reserves the right to change the frequency of Newsletter publication without amending the Terms and Conditions.

§ 2 Service description

1. The Service Provider provides the electronic Newsletter service that involves sending selected information published on the Website, including commercial information, in an email delivered at the email address indicated by the Subscriber.
2. Newsletter subscription is free of charge.
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4. The Subscriber can unsubscribe from the Newsletter at any time.
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6. As a result, the Service Provider will send an email confirming that the Service has been deactivated and will not be sending subsequent Newsletter issues to the client.
7. A person who unsubscribed from the Newsletter can order the Service again.
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9. Complaints will be considered within 14 days from their receipt.

§ 3 Personal data

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The Terms and Conditions shall be in force starting from August 1, 2021.