Privacy Statement

For the purpose  of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the GDPR, the data controller is The Society for Cardiac Science & Technology (SCST) 9 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 5HW

We will  regularly review our retention of your personal data and delete any personal  data which is not necessary for us to retain.

Information  Collection and Use

We collect information from our users at several different points on the  website – this is for customer service and billing purposes, we also collect  data from our users so that we can customise the site according to individual  selections. The Society for Cardiac Science & Technology is the sole owner of the  personal information collected from this site. We will not sell, share, or rent  this information to others.

Legal basis for the use of your data

We rely on the following clauses as a legal basis for the  collection and processing of your data:

Consent

Some of the personal data we collect and process is done  with your consent. For example, we rely on consent when we send you a  membership or courses email if your email subscription preferences indicate you  are willing to receive such emails. You have the right to withdraw consent at  any time. See more information about your rights to withdraw consent further  down.

From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or  contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary  and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose any information  requested. Information requested may include contact information (such as name  and delivery address), and demographic information (such as postcode, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving  the functionality of the site.

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing  purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend  to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information  to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent  such processing by not checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect  your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at admin@scst.org.uk

Legitimate  interest

Our legitimate  interests include ensuring that the SCST website is operating effectively and  that you as a user can make use and benefit of all its services (browsing,  registering for a course or conference, getting notifications regarding membership  renewals etc.). SCST Members are also sent regular membership communications  (these include; announcements, cardiology news, guidance, membership benefits,  SCST courses, education and so forth), using contact information taken from their membership application form.

In order to receive our email alerts, users have to complete a registration form. During registration a user is required to give contact information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact the user about  the services on our site for which they have expressed interest. It is optional  for the user to provide demographic information (such as income level and  gender), and unique identifiers, but encouraged so we can provide a more  personalised experience.

You may  unsubscribe from membership news communications at any time, although we will  still contact you regarding your membership account under the legitimate  interest to do so and when this interest is not overridden by your data  protection rights.

The SCST may  process your data to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations e.g. preventing, investigating crime or working with law enforcement agencies.

Website  usage & data collection/processing

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file written to a users’ hard drive that contains the  User ID. The cookies do not contain any personal information about users. The  use of cookies is now widespread. The reason we use cookies is to save our  users time on the site (so that users do not have to log in with a password  more than once); and also so that we can personalise a user’s experience of the  site. If a user sets up his browser to reject the cookie, he or she may still  use the site although functionality will be impaired.

Log Files

We use IP addresses to analyse trends, administer the site, track users  movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.

Links

This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that the The Society for Cardiac Science & Technology is not responsible for the privacy practices of such  other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to  read the privacy statements of these third party sites. This privacy statement  applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Security

This website takes every precaution to protect our users information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line.

If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an  email to admin@scst.org.uk

Retention cessation

If you request  to delete your data, then the data will stop being retained and deleted or  anonymised immediately.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure.  Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee  the security of your data transmitted to SCST; any transmission is at your own  risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and  security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

International  transfers of personal data

Though SCST is  based within the United Kingdom and is subject to GDPR, there are instances  where we may send information outside of the UK, EU or EEA, due to the nature  of the SCST website, international membership access and communications and the  technologies required (transmission of data via Internet), your data may be  transferred to a destination outside the EEA.

In such  scenario, we ensure that we transfer the minimum amount of data necessary enter  legal contracts to with these third parties to ensure your data is treated in  accordance with this Privacy Policy and the European levels of data protection.

Your rights (as a data subject)

You have the  right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data by  submitting a written request to that effect to admin@scst.org.uk. Furthermore, if you  believe any of the personal data we hold about you is inaccurate, please tell  us so we can correct it as necessary.

You always have  the right to request for the deletion of your data. We have a formal process  which we will follow if you decide you would no longer like us to retain our  data. We will follow our usual customer service response and be in touch to  confirm we have received the request in less than four business hours (Monday  to Friday from 9am to 5:30pm). Once the request has been received, it will take  7 business days for it to be completed.

Please email admin@scst.org.uk if you would like to  request deletion of your data.

If you are  unhappy with the way your personal data has been processed by us, you have the  right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office through  their site www.ico.org.uk

Changes  to this policy

Any changes we  make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where  appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any  updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Contact

Questions,  comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be  addressed to admin@scst.org.uk

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