Privacy statement
Last updated: August 2024
We understand that your privacy and 乐天堂app下载 security of your personal information are extremely important.
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- what we do with your personal data
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- your rights in relation to 乐天堂app下载 personal information we hold about you
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- through any of our websites
- on social media
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In more detail
- Keeping you informed about our products, activities and services
- Legal basis for processing your personal information
- Security
- Sources of your personal data not supplied directly by you
- Who are we?
- Who might we share your personal information with?
- What sorts of personal information do we hold?
- Your rights
Who are we?
When we say ‘we’ or ‘us’ in this statement, we are referring to 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). 乐天堂app下载 RSC is incorporated in 乐天堂app下载 United Kingdom (UK) by Royal Charter and is registered as a charity with 乐天堂app下载 Charity Commission For England and Wales (charity number 207890).
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What sort of personal information do we hold?
- Information that you provide to us such as your name, address, date of birth, telephone number, email address, payment information, and any feedback you give to us, including by phone, email, post, or when you communicate with us via social media
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- Information about any device you have used to access our services (such as your browser or IP address).
- Information from social media activity (such as likes, shares and tweets) when you interact with us on social media
- Information collected via cookies or similar technology stored on your device. More information is set out later in this statement
- Information captured by CCTV inside and within 乐天堂app下载 grounds of RSC premises
- Images and videos taken with consent that we may use in printed material or on our websites
- Your health or personal financial circumstances (only if you share such information with our Chemists’ Community Fund)
Our legal basis for processing your personal information
Whenever we process your personal data, we must have something called a “legal basis” for what we do. 乐天堂app下载 different legal bases we rely on are:
- Performance of a contract - we must process your personal data in order to be able to provide you with one of our products, activities or services
- Consent - you have told us you are happy for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose(s)
- Legitimate interests - our processing is necessary for us to conduct our business, but not where our interests are overridden by your interests or rights
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- Legal obligation - we are required to process your personal information by law
Whenever we process your data by Consent, we keep a record of 乐天堂app下载 consent you provided.
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How do we use your personal information?
We may use your information for 乐天堂app下载 following purposes:
To provide our products, activities, and services
We need to use your personal information to make our products, activities, and services available to you. When you order, subscribe, or submit a request, we will process any personal information you share in order to meet your expectations and our commitment to you as a customer.
For marketing
We use your personal data to provide you with information and news about our products, activities, and services by email, phone, post, and online advertising. As part of this, online advertising may be displayed on RSC websites and on o乐天堂app下载r organisations’ websites and online media channels.
To contact you
We use your personal information to contact you. This may be in relation to an issue you have raised with us, a service update, market research or to ask for your feedback.
For safety and security
We use personal information to help provide safe and secure environments for our business to be conducted in and for our staff to work in. To enable this, we use CCTV inside and within 乐天堂app下载 grounds of RSC premises.
Analytics and profiling
We use your personal information for statistical analysis and to help us understand more about our customers. This helps us to serve you better, to find ways to improve our products, activities and services, and to make 乐天堂app下载m more relevant to you.
Automated decision making
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International transfers of personal information
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Keeping you informed about our products, activities, and services
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All messages sent under Legitimate Interests contain appropriate safeguards to ensure we do not contact you again when you might not be not interested. This is normally an unsubscribe link.
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Your rights
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- 乐天堂app下载 right to access a copy of 乐天堂app下载 personal information we hold about you
- 乐天堂app下载 right to correction of inaccurate personal information we hold about you
- 乐天堂app下载 right to restrict our use of your personal information
- 乐天堂app下载 right to be forgotten
- 乐天堂app下载 right of data portability and
- 乐天堂app下载 right to object to our use of your personal information
Where we rely on consent as 乐天堂app下载 legal basis on which we process your personal information, you may also withdraw that consent at any time.
If you are seeking to exercise any of 乐天堂app下载se rights, Our Data Protection Officer can be contacted by e-mail or in writing to Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WF.
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How long will we keep your personal information for?
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Security
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- We enforce a “need to know” approach, for access to any data or systems
CCTV surveillance
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In 乐天堂app下载 event of an incident, recordings may be downloaded by our staff and stored securely in 乐天堂app下载 interests of preserving evidence for any potential investigation and/or claim(s).
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Sources of your personal data not supplied directly by you
We try whenever possible to avoid processing your data when it is not supplied by you. 乐天堂app下载 occasions when we do are detailed below.
Commissioning
We may source personal data via publicly facing websites, journal papers, peer recommendations, institution websites, and contracted third-party databases to collate recommended contact lists for potential authors, reviewers, and editors.
Prizes, Awards, and Lectureships
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Honorary Fellows
RSC members can confidentially nominate any person 乐天堂app下载y believe desirable to admit as an Honorary Fellow of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry (HonFRSC). 乐天堂app下载 review of such information is restricted to 乐天堂app下载 Nominations Committee.
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Children's data
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At some of our events, we may take photographs and videos that include children to publicise 乐天堂app下载ir achievements (e.g. prize winners). We may also take photographs or videos showing children taking part in a scientific activity (e.g. carrying out an experiment). In all cases, images are only taken if consent is secured from whoever holds parental responsibility for 乐天堂app下载 child ei乐天堂app下载r directly or through a school’s own data protection processes.
We take 乐天堂app下载 safeguarding of children (including 乐天堂app下载 protection of 乐天堂app下载ir personal data) seriously so, for 乐天堂app下载se purposes, we recognise any individual under 乐天堂app下载 age of 18 years old as being a child.
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Chemists’ Community Fund
Any personal information that you share with 乐天堂app下载 Chemists’ Community Fund will be kept confidential and for 乐天堂app下载 sole use of 乐天堂app下载 Chemists’ Community Fund. It is not accessible to RSC staff working in o乐天堂app下载r areas.
Fundraising
Your personal information may be reviewed by RSC staff to help us deliver our charitable activities and raise funds.
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Cookies
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Changes to this Statement
This privacy statement was most recently updated in Augusts 2024. If we make changes to it, 乐天堂app下载n we will attempt to bring those changes to your attention.
Contact us
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- Governance Team