IHIET INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE SERIES PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as
"Policy") of the IHIET International Conference series
(hereinafter referred to as "IHIET") explains the practices
regarding the collection of personal information when you use
the IHIET website and services. This Policy also explains
practices regarding personal information obtained from sources
other than the IHIET website, such as written, verbal and
email communications.
Please read this Policy carefully before submitting any
personal information to the IHIET.
COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
IHIET collects personal information that you provide to us. In
addition to any other information you may choose to provide to
us, collected personal information may include your title,
name, affiliation and contact address.
HOW IHIET USES YOUR COLLECTED PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use your personal information to provide IHIET services
such as newsletters, promotions of Conference events and
featured specials, etc., in the context of the IHIET
Conference series, via email, or post. We do not share, sell
or rent your personal information to any third party.
PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM CHILDREN
We do not knowingly collect personal information from
individuals under 16 years of age. As a parent or legal
guardian, please do not to allow your children to submit
personal information without your permission.
SENSITIVE INFORMATION
The term "sensitive information" refers to information related
to your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion
or other beliefs, health, sexual orientation, criminal
background or trade union membership. We do not knowingly
collect sensitive information.
COLLECTION OF NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION
As with many other sites, our website uses "cookies" or other
technologies for a number of purposes, such as to allow our
websites and services to function correctly. Cookies, by
themselves, cannot be used to disclose your individual
identity. This information identifies your browser, but not
you, to our servers when you visit our website.
Cookies are actually a small data file sent from a server to
your web browser or mobile device that is stored on your
browser cache or mobile device. There are ways you can control
your cookies preferences and set whether you want to accept or
reject cookies (see what your options are below). We use these
tracking technologies for a few general purposes like:
• To allow our website and services to function correctly.
• To understand how our website is functioning and to inform
any improvements in performance and our services.
You can change your web browser’s settings to
reflect your cookie preferences. Use these links to find out
more information about cookie settings for these common
browsers:
1. Chrome
2. Firefox
3. Internet Explorer
4. Safari
Just keep in mind that if you disable cookies there might be
some functionality that will not work or not operate correctly
on our websites and services.
LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
The IHIET website contains links to third parties' websites.
Please note that we are not responsible for the collection,
use, maintenance, sharing, or disclosure of data and
information by such third parties. If you provide information
on third party websites, the privacy policy and terms of
service on those sites are applicable. We encourage you to
read the privacy policies of websites that you visit before
submitting personal information to them.
HOW TO ACCESS, CHANGE OR ERASE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
If you have subscribed to the IHIET Newsletter, the
information you have provided to us may be accessed, reviewed
and updated at any time, through the IHIET website.
To the extent required by applicable law, you have the right to ask for a copy of the information that we maintain about you and, where appropriate, request that we update, correct, and/or suppress personal information about you that we maintain in our active database. We may not provide you with a copy of your personal information if we have another legal reason not to do so.
In certain circumstances, you may ask for your personal
information to be removed from IHIET website and services.
Unless there is a reason that the law allows us to use your
personal information for longer, we will make reasonable
efforts to comply with your request. In the above situations,
we may only process your personal information whilst its
processing is restricted if we have your consent or are
legally permitted to do so, for example for storage purposes,
to protect the rights of another individual or company or in
connection with legal proceedings.
We will make all required updates, changes and deletions
within the time specified by the applicable law. Such requests
must be submitted by email to: privacy@ahfe.org or in writing
to the following postal address: IHIET Conference
Administration, Attn: Customer Privacy Department. To protect
your confidentiality, we can only respond to such requests to
the email address that you have registered or otherwise
provided to us. Please remember that if you make such a
request, we may not be able to provide you with the same
quality and variety of services to which you are accustomed.
PROTECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION
The IHIET will take appropriate measures to: (i) protect
personal information collected against unauthorized access,
disclosure, alteration or destruction, and (ii) keep personal
information accurate and up-to-date, consistent with
applicable law.
We also seek to require our service providers to exercise
reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality of personal
information about you. Unfortunately, however, no security
system or system of transmitting data over the Internet can be
guaranteed to be entirely secure. In case that we notice any
breach of security, concerning your personal data, we will
notify you as soon as reasonably feasible. For your own
privacy protection, we encourage you not to include sensitive
personal information in any emails you may send to us. Please
do not send credit card numbers or any sensitive personal
information to us via email.
RETAINING PERSONAL INFORMATION
We retain personal information about you for the period
necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Policy.
OPT OUT OPTION
If you have given us your contact information, we may want to
inform you about our services or invite you to IHIET
Conference series events, by email, telephone or post.
If you prefer not to receive promotional materials from us
pertaining to the IHIET Conference series, you may change your
preferences at any time by: (i) sending us an email to
privacy@ahfe.org or (ii) using the unsubscribe procedure in
the email you receive from us.
We will update your preferences as soon as reasonably
practical.
POLICY MODIFICATIONS
We may modify this Policy from time to time. When we make
material changes to this policy we will post the revised
policy on the homepage of our website. You can tell when this
Policy was last updated by looking at the date at the top of
the Policy. Any changes to our Policy will become effective
upon posting of the revised Policy on the website. Use of the
IHIET website following such changes constitutes your
acceptance of the revised Policy then in effect.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
If you have any questions or you need additional information
about this Policy or how the IHIET processes your personal
information, please contact us by email to: privacy@ahfe.org
Adherence to GDPR
The IHIET International News (IHIET and Affiliated Conference News), distributed through email, is a newsletter that provides information about the IHIET International Conference Series, book reviews, news from the field of IHIET, as well as links to interesting articles and other conferences.
If your email address is included in our IHIET News email list and you wish to maintain your subscription, no action is necessary. Please note that you can unsubscribe at any time through the option available in each email sent to you.
You are kindly asked to review our Privacy Policy, as it has been recently updated in response to the GDPR.