2020health.org Privacy Policy

We take privacy issues seriously and we are committed to protecting your personal information. This privacy policy explains what information is being collected about you, how personal information is being used, to whom personal information is being disclosed, and how this personal information is stored and protected. This privacy policy has been developed in accordance with our legal obligations.

(a) What information is being collected?

Please note that the type of information we collect and hold about you will depend on whether or not you are a registered user. There is no obligation on you to contribute information to this site, unless you decide to register with us.

If you register with the site, you will be asked to submit personal information. This may include your name, surname, GMC or other regulatory body membership, date of birth, post code and email address. For other online services, we may require further personal details. We gather this information to allow us to process your registration and keep you in contact in the most effective and relevant way.

Whether you are a registered user or not, our webserver may collect certain information including, but not limited to:

a. IP addresses;
b. host names;
c. domain name;
d. the time and date information is requested;
e. the browser version and platform when information is requested;
f. a record of which pages have been requested.

We use this information to produce aggregate visitor statistics in relation to which pages are being accessed. We may also use it to monitor usage patterns on this website in order to improve navigation and design features to help you get information more easily. This information is collected and processed as you browse the website, and also in daily logs that are available to us.

In order to help us develop the website and our services we may provide such aggregate information to third parties. These statistics will not include information that can be used to identify any individual.

(b) How is personal information being used?

If you are a registered user, we may use your personal information to communicate with you generally so that you can get the most out of the services and features that 2020health.org provides. You have the option to unsubscribe from these messages at any time.

We will never share your personal information with a third party unless we have your specific and explicit permission to do so.

The nature and purpose of 2020health.org is to collect information and opinions to help in the formation of health policy. We will always make it clear whether we are collecting information for administrative purposes and when it is for research purposes. We will make it clear how any information might be handled, and allow you to specify how you wish it to be used.

You may delete your online account with 2020health.org at any time.

(c) To whom will personal information be disclosed?

We may disclose your personally identifiable information to our agents, who will be bound by duties of confidentiality, for the purposes of fulfilling the stated aims and objectives of 2020health.org.

We may also disclose your personally identifiable information to other third parties unless you have indicated that you prefer us not to do so, in which case we will not unless we are required to do so by law.

(d) How is personal information stored and protected?

Keeping your personal details private is very important to us. All data is stored safely and is protected against unauthorised access.

Despite our best efforts, unfortunately no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot warrant the security of any information you transmit to us via our website, online products or other services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best efforts to ensure its security on our systems.

(e) The use of cookies

Cookies are small pieces of information stored by a web server on your computer when you visit a website. The information stored by a web server is in the form of a small data file written to your hard drive. These small data files contain information which enables our web server to personalise your future use of our site.

Cookies are not required to use 2020health.org, but some features may be missing or limited if cookies are not enabled in your browser. Most browsers allow the user to control the cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them. We will always make it clear when cookies might be used.

(f) IP addresses

Each time you use the internet, an IP address is assigned to your computer via your Internet Service Provider. This number may either be the same or different each time. Each time your computer requests information from our website, we log your IP address on our server. We may use this information in order to gather information about website traffic.

(g) Updating your details

Should you wish to update or change any of the details that we hold about you, you may do so via the website or by contacting us or sending an email to the Website Administrator.

(h) Your consent

By submitting your information you consent to the use of that information as set out in this policy. If we change our privacy policy we will post the changes on this page, and may place notices on other pages of the website, so that you may be aware of the information we collect and how we use it at all times