The society’s aims are to:
Privacy Policy Notice The policy: This privacy policy notice is for this website www.pleura.org.uk and served by UK Pleural Society and governs the privacy of those who use it. The purpose of this policy is to explain to you how we control, process, handle and protect your personal information while browsing or using this website, including your rights under current laws and regulations. If you do not agree to the following policy you may wish to cease viewing / using this website. Policy key definitions: “I”, “our”, “us”, or “we” refer to the Society, UK Pleural Society. “you”, “the user” refer to the person(s) using this website. GDPR means General Data Protection Act. PECR means Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulation. ICO means Information Commissioner’s Office. Cookies mean small files stored on a users computer or device EMS means email marketing service Processing of your personal data Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) we control and / or process any personal information about you electronically using the following lawful bases. We are registered with the ICO under the Data Protection Register, our registration number is: A8366398. The lawful basis under which we hold your data is: Consent The reason we use this basis: You have agreed that UK Pleural Society may hold your data We process your information in the following ways: We hold your data for the purposes of maintaining a membership register and for contacting you. Data retention period: We will continue to process your information under this basis until you withdraw consent or it is determined your consent no longer exists. You may view or delete all your data at any time by logging in to the manage account area. Sharing your information: We do share your personal information with third parties. They include: payment processors (Paypal and Stripe) for the purposes of processing any payment, Mailchimp to maintain a mailing list, and Mailgun to send emails from the website. We also use Google analytics to collect high-level information such as the number of website users and their location. If, as determined by us, the lawful basis upon which we process your personal information changes, we will notify you about the change and any new lawful basis to be used if required. We shall stop processing your personal information if the lawful basis used is no longer relevant. Your individual rights Under the GDPR your rights are as follows. You can read more about your rights in details here;