AFC2023 website is dedicated to protecting your privacy when you visit or communicate with our site or personnel. The Privacy Policy offered here, along with our terms of use offers an explanation regarding any personal data you may provide to us or that we garner from you. The Policy is changed occasionally to update you regarding any changes, so please make sure you review the Privacy Policy.
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Data and Information Collected To operate our website it is essential to collect or process certain data, such as the following: |
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Information regarding your visits to our website, any resources you used such as traffic data, location data, weblogs, and any communication data (these items are included, but not limited to those specified). |
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Forms filled out on our website allow us to collect information about you regarding registration, abstract submission, lectures attended or visits to booths
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Any data collected from communications to us from you. |
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How we use Cookies |
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Our use of Google Analytic cookies is used for statistical analysis about our website for use by us or our advertisers. Any information shared will not identify who you are, rather, mathematical data about our visitors and their use on our site. The data does not give out any personal details. Cookies may be used to gather this general internet data. When used, cookies are downloaded to your computer without notifying you. The cookie file is stored on your hard drive, where files are transferred to. This information helps us improve our site and services to you. All computers can block cookies by activating proper browser settings. There is a place to enable you to decline cookies under the options menu. Please note if you decline cookies you may experience limited access to certain areas of our site. Advertisers can use cookies, which we do not control. By agreeing to our use of cookies, you should expect it to be downloaded to your device, particularly if you have clicked on an advertisement shown on our site.
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Information Use - Any information collected and stored regarding will enable us to offer better services to you. We may also use the data collected for the following: |
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We may use data you provided in order to offer you information you asked for from our site, in direct relation to our services or products. We may also send information on products we feel might interest you, as long as you have consented to such communications.
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We may use your information if consented to better equip us into fully committing to our customers |
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We may use your information to explain any changes our website has undergone such as structural or service/ product modifications, which could affect our service to you.
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If consented, an existing customer may be contacted regarding future conferences or meetings that were a subject of an earlier sale. |
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It is important to note that we will not share any information regarding your identity to any third parties without your consent except under the following circumstances: |
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(a) When legally requested |
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(b) For fraud protection and to minimise credit risk
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(c) Personal data may be communicated to third parties that have sponsored the event to which the users have registered. The communication of the data to such third parties can only be done for their promotional activities and can only take place with the consent of the user. The user can always withdraw his consent by communicating with the secretariat (see section 6).
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Anonymised statistics about our site's visitors may be provided from time to time. |
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Personal Data Storage |
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Any data provided to us will be stored on secure servers. Any transaction details will be encrypted to provide you safety.
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As transmission of data via the internet is never completely secure, we are unable to provide with an absolute guarantee that the data sent electronically or transmitted will be secured. Therefore, any information provided by our customers will be voluntary. If asked to provide a password, or if our site has provided you with a password, you will be able to access the secure section, and the onus is on our customers to keep the password private and confidential.
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Third Party Links |
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Third Party Links to websites on our website are not included in our privacy policy. You will need to check their privacy policy regarding data. We do not accept liability or responsibility for third party links and their privacy policies.
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Information Access |
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The Data Protection Act 2010 provides you with rights to access any information we may collect and store about you within our Content Management System. We are happy to receive any queries, comments, or requests you may have regarding our Privacy Policy. Feel free and do not hesitate to use the following email to contact us: [email protected] |
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