Privacy Statement

At Optic Neuropathies Training Day, we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains when and why we collect personal information about people who visit our website, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others, and how we keep it secure.

What personal information is held about you and how do we use it?

Information that you provide to us:

Optic Neuropathies Training Day collects personal data in the course of its day-to-day work. The nature of this work is outlined below, together with a summary of the data collected and the legal basis for processing.

The personal information we collect from you when you register for our meeting or have a query about the Optic Neuropathies Training Day may include name, email address and job title.

Optic Neuropathies Training Day collects contact details from various public access routes including but not limited to the internet and publications. We do not hold private patient information about patients.

We will use this personal information:

To fulfil our obligations to the registered users of our services. The legal basis for processing your personal information is to meet obligations ‘the Contractual Need’.
To send you personalised communications for which you have asked or may be of interest to you. These may include information about our meetings, publications or ophthalmology relevant information. The legal basis for processing your personal information for this purpose is ‘Legitimate Interest’. Optic Neuropathies Training Day ensure the communications are relevant to you, with no significant effect on you or your rights. Personal information will not be made available to third-party recipients for direct marketing of their services.

How will my personal information be shared?

The Optic Neuropathies Training Day and all third-parties providing event services are bound by the same Privacy Policy.

We do not permit our third-party service providers to use the personal information that we share with them for their marketing purposes or for any other purpose than in connection with the services they provide to us. Optic Neuropathies Training Day will, in certain circumstances, disclose your personal information if required to do so by law. The lists of categories for our third-party recipients may manage are as follows:

Conference venues – (only list of names)
Event management
E-communications management including websites
Marketing and public relations

How long will you retain my personal information?

We will retain and process your personal information for as long as necessary to provide the service that you’ve elected to receive from us.

For personal information used by us for our own direct marketing purposes, we will retain the data while accurate or responsive and, if not, no longer actively use after 7 years.

How is my personal information kept secure?

Optic Neuropathies Training Day is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We will use a variety of security technologies and procedures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, use, or disclosure.

Personal information is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol, when transmitted to other websites. Our website uses SSL protocol.

What are my choices with my personal information?

Optic Neuropathies Training Day is committed to enable you to control how your data is used and processed. You can review, edit, or delete your personal information by contacting us directly at louise@healthology.eu, or via postal communication to Optic Neuropathies Training Day, C/O Louise Richards, 5 St Helen’s Villa, 145 New Church Road, Hove, BN3 4DB.

Your rights concerning your personal information are:

You can ask about the personal information we hold about you and we will show you.

You can ask us to correct your personal information, and we will update the details and inform you when completed.
You can object to your data being processed, and we will stop processing your data once it is no longer required to fulfil our contractual or legal obligations.
Any direct marketing communications you receive from us will always include a clear, simple method to ‘opt-out’ of future communications by channel.

Your right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner Office

You are entitled to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner Office (www.ico.org.uk).

Changes to this Policy

You are invited to review this policy on a regular basis to keep yourself aware of how we protect your information.

We welcome your comments on this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices. Please contact us by email at louise@healthology.eu or telephone at: +44 (0) 7950 273790, our address is: Optic Neuropathies Training Day, C/O Louise Richards, 5 St Helen’s Villa, 145 New Church Road, Hove, BN3 4DB.

If you wish to change how we process your data or update your marketing communication preferences, then please email: louise@healthology.eu

GDPR Data Processing Preferences

Except for fulfilling our contractual obligation for any service you’ve requested or purchased, if you would prefer that we do not process your data as set out in this Privacy Policy, then please email: louise@healthology.eu.