PRIVACY & COOKIES

MEDSU Ltd is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This privacy policy sets out how we use and protect any information that you provide to us when you use this website or subscribe to our services.

 

MEDSU is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office and is fully compliant with its legal duties to protect users private information. For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998, and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (effective 25 May 2018), the data controller is MEDSU Ltd and our Data Compliance Manager is Karim Stavron.

 

MEDSU may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 26th March 2018.

 

Information we may collect from you

The types of personal information we collect may include your title, first name, surname, your qualifications, work contact details (telephone,  email address), and your GMC No. We may also collect information relating to your employment, including where you are currently employed, your job title, areas of interest/expertise and your job function if this is relevant to your subscription and the provision of our services. 

Why we collect information

• We require this information to understand your needs, to support you in a professional capacity and provide you with a better service.
• We may periodically send promotional emails about new services, special offers or other information using the email address which you have provided, which we think you may find interesting. 
• We may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes.

Maintaining the accuracy of data

You can correct or update the personal data we hold for you by editing your Personal Profile at www.medsu.org, or by contacting MEDSU by email [email protected].

 

Payments

MEDSU will request any payment transactions be conducted via the GoCardless or Stripe billing service and does not directly store any of your credit or debit card numbers or bank details. You should ensure that you are familiar with the independent Privacy Policy of any external sites.

 

Use and disclosure

Our policy is not to disclose any personal information that we hold on you to any unrelated third party, except where you have given your express consent for us to do so or where required by law. 

 

Cookies on our site

A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie folder of the browser on your computer’s hard disk so that the website can remember who you are. The law relating to cookies changed on 26 May 2011. The new rules require that cookies can only be placed on machines where the user has given their consent.

 

Where relevant, this website uses cookies to store login session information during your login session. If you choose to remember your login, then the cookie will be retained on your computer after you log out. By logging into the system you are – by necessity- accepting these cookies.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google’s privacy policy here for further information [ http://www.google.com/privacy.html ].

 

Please note that our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control.

 

Where we store your personal data 
Your data is stored on encrypted servers based in the UK.

 

Security

Information that you supply to MEDSU is held securely and strict security procedures are followed to prevent unauthorized access or use.

 

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access the MEDSU portal, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone outside of MEDSU.

 

Access to personal information (Freedom of Information Act)

You can seek access to the personal information we hold about you, by contacting us. You should include your name, address and telephone number. MEDSU may charge a fee for responding to an access request. If the information we hold about you is inaccurate, incomplete or outdated, please inform us so that we can correct it. 

 

How to contact us:

 

Email: [email protected]

 

Or in writing:

Data Compliance Manager
MEDSU Ltd
D50, Moorside Business Park
Eastgates
Colchester
Essex
CO1 2ZF