HIV-TRePS Policy Statement

This document lists the personal data that we collect from users of the system, the purpose of the data, how the data are processed, stored and protected, who has access to the data, how you can access, correct or delete the information and our retention policy. Use of HIV-TRePS is conditional upon your consent to this use of your data.

The data

When you register to use HIV-TRePS we ask for the following data:

First and last name
Email address
Telephone number
Name of institution
Address of institution
Preferred date format
Currency preference
Email reports to you
Confirmation that you are a healthcare professional
Acceptance of the terms and conditions associated with use of the HIV-TRePS system (see below)

The purposes

The data are used for the following purposes:

To create a password created user account for you
To send you the reports when you use HIV-TRePS
To contact you when we make any changes to the HIV-TRePS system, or there is any issue of which you should be aware
To enable us to check that you are a healthcare professional
To enable us to prepare general statistics on the population of HIV-TRePS users (geographical spread. Types of institution etc)

Processing, security, access and retention

The data are stored on the RDI’s highly secure servers, SSL certificates are in use and the servers are ISO-27001:2013 certified.
Only HIV employees have access to your personal details and they are not shared with anyone else
You can access your personal data via your user account, update those details where necessary or close your account, with the removal of your data at any time
Once you have opened a user account with us for HIV-TRePS we will store those data until such time as you delete it, close the account or instruct us to do so. In addition, if you have not used HIV-TRePS for five years we will delete your account.

Terms and conditions for use of HIV-TRePS

HIV-TRePS is an on-line software programme ("Programme") which enables physicians to input specific user-defined information in order to obtain predictions concerning the use of combinations of antiretroviral drugs ("Predictions").
The Predictions provided by the Programme are produced by an experimental system that is unproven and intended for research use only.
Responses to HIV treatment are complex and affected by a number of factors not taken into account by the Programme.
The selection of drugs for the treatment of HIV infection is the responsibility of the physician in consultation with the patient and reliance should not be placed on the Predictions for such purposes.
The Predictions are not intended to replace professional medical care and attention by a qualified medical practitioner and consequently the RDI does not accept any responsibility for the selection of drugs, the patient's response to treatment or differences between the Predictions and patients’ responses.
Data entered into the Programme will be stored on the RDI’s computers for the purposes of producing the Predictions, may be used thereafter by the RDI for research purposes but will not be shared with third parties.