Legal Notice

This Legal Notice is published in accordance with Book III, Title 2 and Book XII, Title 3 of the Belgian Code of Economic Law, and with the rules of professional conduct of the Belgian Order of Physicians (Code of Medical Deontology).

Publisher of medaryn.com

• Trade nameMedaryn
• Legal formSole proprietorship (eenmanszaak / natural person)
• Natural personTom De Coninck
• Professional capacityMedical Doctor — Emergency Physician
• Registered officeOktrooiplein 1, bus 201, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
• Enterprise number (KBO/BCE)1037.604.545
• VAT numberBE1037.604.545
• VAT regimeSmall-business exemption — Article 56bis of the Belgian VAT Code
• Order of PhysiciansProvincial Council of East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen)
• Emailinfo@medaryn.com
• Telephone+32 485 95 63 69

Belgian regulatory framework

The publisher is a physician authorised to practice medicine in Belgium. As such, the publisher is bound by, and operates in accordance with:

• The Belgian Coordinated Law of 10 May 2015 on the practice of healthcare professions;
• The Code of Medical Deontology of the Belgian Order of Physicians, including its rules on medical secrecy, independence, and the prohibition on misleading or unduly promotional communication;
• Article 458 of the Belgian Penal Code (medical secrecy);
• Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the General Data Protection Regulation) and the Belgian Law of 30 July 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data;
• The Belgian Code of Economic Law, in particular Books VI (market practices and consumer protection), III (enterprise information), and XII (the digital economy).

Channels and brands operated under Medaryn

The Medaryn trade name covers, among others, the website medaryn.com and the public channel brand ERDocExplains (operated on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and any successor platforms). All such channels are operated by the same publisher and are subject to this Legal Notice.

Registered activities (NACEBEL)

The following activities are registered with the Belgian Crossroads Bank for Enterprises:

• 85599 — Other forms of education n.e.c.
• 47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
• 58290 — Other software publishing
• 62100 — Computer programming activities
• 73110 — Advertising agencies

Website hosting

• Hosting providerNetlify, Inc.
• Provider address512 2nd Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94107, United States
• Provider websitewww.netlify.com

Intellectual property

All content published on medaryn.com and on channels operated under the Medaryn name — including text, photographs, illustrations, video, audio, graphics, software, downloadable documents, and the Medaryn and ERDocExplains names and logos — is the property of the publisher unless otherwise indicated, and is protected by Belgian and international copyright, trademark, and related rights.

Reproduction, distribution, public communication, modification, translation, or any other use of this content is prohibited without the publisher's prior written consent, except for personal, non-commercial use, or as expressly permitted under applicable copyright exceptions (in particular Articles XI.189 and following of the Belgian Code of Economic Law).

Third-party content included under licence or under a permitted exception is credited where required.

Reporting issues, content concerns, and notice-and-action

To report inaccurate content, broken links, intellectual-property concerns, illegal content, or any other issue with this website, please contact info@medaryn.com. The publisher will examine notifications diligently in accordance with applicable law, including the EU Digital Services Act where applicable.

Applicable law and jurisdiction

This website is operated from Belgium. Use of this website is governed by Belgian law. Without prejudice to mandatory consumer-protection rules, any dispute arising from or relating to this website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of the judicial district of East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium.