Privacy & General Data Security Policy

Introduction

This Data Privacy and Security Policy is a dynamic document, which will reflect our continuing vigilance to properly handle and secure information that we are trusted to maintain.  This privacy policy informs you about the information we collect and how we may share it and your choices regarding the sharing of your personal information. This policy applies to the "lifescience.place" website, Social Media pages, Mobiles Applications, Contact form, registration form, Membership,  newsletter registration and other places where we may collect personal information.

By registering under A "lifescience.place", you are accepting the practices described in this “Privacy & General Data Security Policy”.
The “Website” includes, without limitation the "Life Science place" Website, statistics collections, and any other online platforms and/or mobile applications used by "Life Science place" which could require your personal data.

This policy is also designed to establish processes for ensuring the security and confidentiality of confidential information and to establish administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect against unauthorized access or use of this information.

Privacy

Website and Registration

Some features on the Website may require you to register as a user and to receive our authorization before you can use those particular features. Whether you are an individual or a corporation, partnership, or other forms of commercial enterprise, in order for you to obtain our authorization to use those features and to be considered a registered user, you may be required to provide us with certain information about you or your business and affiliation (e.g. names, addresses, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, and other personally identifiable information of each individual who will use the Website). Once we have authorized you as a registered user and/or "Life Science Place" Member, we may provide you with a customer identification (Login) and a password. As a "Life Science Place" Member you will have access to the private area dedicated to the "Life Science Place" Members.

Generally (depending on the program), you will be able to change your password and any personal data you have given to us. Please note that submitting information to us is not a guarantee or assurance that we will grant authorization to you or permit you, or anyone you designate, to use any or all of the services of the Website. If for any reason you are not granted authorization we will retain the information you submit to us only in order to communicate with you regarding your application; we may, however, request additional or follow-up information as may be required by law or regulation.

How does  "lifescience.place" collect personal information, how do we use it and how can you have access to it?

"Life Science place" is a "place" which combines a wide range of activities e.g. link registration, ads, newsletter, articles publication, news...

The sources of personal information received by "Life Science Place" are:

• The individuals themselves
• Third parties acting on behalf of individuals (eg. an agent or secretary arranging registration)

"Life Science place" may collect personal information in the following ways:

• When you register personal details when creating or updating your account on the "Life Science Place" Website
• When you, or an agent or secretary on your behalf, enter personal details on a form (electronic or paper) requesting a "Life Science Place" product or service (eg when registering for an "Life Science Place" organized meeting or event or to become a member)
• When you, or someone on your behalf, submits proposals or content in connection with scientific sessions at a "Life Science Place" organized meeting or events (eg Abstract submission)
• When you enter personal details on a form applying to become a "Life Science Place" member or to apply for submitting a website link.
• When you subscribe to a "Life Science Place" newsletter or other electronic communication
• When you participate in a survey, questionnaire or forum discussion
  
  

What personal information is collected by "Life Science Place"?

Mandatory Personal Information
As a general rule, to enable "Life Science Place" to correctly identify you, to provide you with the products and services you have requested, to communicate with you and to become a "Life Science Place" Member, the following minimum information must be provided in order for your order, request, application, etc. to be processed:

• First Name(s)
• Last Name(s)
• Full Postal Address
• Email address
• VAT Number
• Date of Birth

Credit Card and payment Information
Credit Card information, along with other information related to specific transactions, is collected at the time of your order, request or application, and is used only for the purposes of that particular transaction through third party like PayPal. For your protection, the Credit Card information is not retained in the "Life Science Place" system for later use for other transactions. The record of the transaction (without Credit Card information) is kept for 10 years for legal reasons.
"Life Science Place" takes every precaution to ensure that this information is stored in a safe location and that it cannot be accessed by unauthorized parties. For further information about security, please refer to Data Security.

Email address information
Your email address is mandatory when you use "Life Science Place" electronic services.
Electronic communication is for most purposes "Life Science place"’s preferred method of communication because it is generally convenient, rapid, environmentally friendly and efficient.
You are required to supply your email address when you create your "Life Science place" account, which enables you to access a variety of online services.

Data from surveys and questionnaires
"Life Science Place" can conduct a number of surveys or questionnaires whereby we collect data from volunteer respondents about a certain number of topics that are of interest to us as a society. The respondent data remain completely anonymous unless the respondents specifically choose to share their contact data. Upon completion of the survey or questionnaire, to ensure confidentiality, information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to the survey tool platform. Data entered are stored on the survey tool server, which is accessible through a dedicated "Life Science Place" account only. When exported, data are stored on "Life Science Place"'s internal server. To ensure the complete anonymity of all respondents, all data collected are kept confidential and no individual respondent’s answers will be disclosed at any time by "Life Science place".

How does "Life Science Place" use personal information?
Personal information is needed by "Life Science place" to enable it to properly manage its member files. These files are used to enable "Life Science place" to fulfill its role in providing a wide range of services to its members or contributors.
The personal information which you supply may be specifically used to enable "Life Science Place" to:

• provide you with the products or services you request
• communicate with you about specific matters regarding your transaction, eg. registration for a meeting or event, abstract submission, grading, membership.
• send you information about "Life Science Place" activities/info which it believes may interest you

Listed below are some of the security procedures that "Life Science Place" uses to protect your privacy:

• A personal username and a password is required in order for users to access their personal data
• Uses firewalls to protect information held in our servers.
• Closely monitors the limited number of "Life Science Place @4ARM.be" employees who have access to your data
• Requires all "Life Science Place" employees to abide by our Privacy Policy and be subject to disciplinary action if they violate it.
• Backs-up our systems to protect the integrity of your data.
• Keep all your data private and not sell it or distribute it to others

Accessing your personal information
You may at any time manage your personal information held by "Life Science Place" by accessing the private area. If you are a "Life Science Place" Member or have used "Life Science Place" products and services in the last three years, a record will already exist for you which you can potentially access by logging in online through:

• use of your existing login details (username and password)
• the ‘Retrieve your Login’ and/or ‘Retrieve your Password’ feature which, if your email address is recognized, will automatically send details of your username and a newly generated password (for your protection) to the email address given
• the password is encrypted in the database, it then becomes impossible to retrieve it

Managing your personal information
You have the absolute right to access, amend, and oppose the use of your personal data. By accessing the Private area, you have direct control over the information in your personal profile. You can access and change this information at any time from your Private Membership homepage. Once logged in to your account, you can easily view and update your personal details, email address and password. Usernames are unique and cannot be updated.

Right of access to your "Life Science Place" information
If you would like to know exactly what personal information "Life Science Place" holds about you, you are entitled to obtain it. If it transpires that the information is inaccurate, or you wish to oppose its use in the future, "Life Science Place" will make the necessary amendments and confirm that these have been made. Please contact "Life Science place" in either of the following ways:

• By contacting us by email: contact form.
• By writing to "Life Science place", see Legal Information