The International Society for Condensed Matter Nuclear Science
Customer Privacy Notice
This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
Contact details
What information we collect, use, and why
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Where we get personal information from
How long we keep information
Who we share information with
Sharing information outside the UK
How to complain
Contact details
What information we collect, use, and why
We collect or use the following information to provide services and goods, including delivery and third party referrals:
Names and contact details
Gender
Addresses
Date of birth
Emergency contact details
Photographs or video recordings
Service use history
Dietary information (including allergies and health conditions)
Information about support requirements
Information about lifestyle, interests or personal history
Records of meetings and decisions
Information about income and financial needs for funding or personal budget support
Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)
Website user information (including user journeys and cookie tracking)
Information relating to compliments or complaints
We collect or use the following information to receive donations or funding and organise fundraising activities:
Names and contact details
Addresses
Payment or banking details
Donation history
Tax payer information (for Gift Aid purposes)
We collect or use the following personal information for service updates or marketing purposes:
Names and contact details
Addresses
Marketing preferences
Recorded images, such as photos or videos
Purchase history
Donation history
IP addresses
Website and app user journey information
Records of consent, where appropriate
We collect or use the following personal information to comply with legal requirements:
Name
Contact information
Identification documents
Financial transaction information
Health and safety information
We collect or use the following personal information for recruitment purposes:
Contact details (eg name, address, telephone number or personal email address)
Date of birth
Employment history (eg job application, employment references or secondary employment)
Education history (eg qualifications)
Right to work information
Details of any criminal convictions (eg Disclosure Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland checks )
Security clearance details (eg basic checks and higher security clearance)
We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:
Names and contact details
Address
Payment details
Account information
Purchase or service history
Customer or client accounts and records
Financial transaction information
Information relating to health and safety (including incident investigation details and reports and accident book records)
Correspondence
We also collect or use the following information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.
Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:
Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can read more about this right here.
If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide services and goods, including delivery and third party referrals are:
Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to receive donations or funding and organise fundraising activities are:
Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for service updates or marketing purposes are:
Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to comply with legal requirements are:
Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for recruitment purposes are:
Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:
Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Where we get personal information from
Directly from you
Family members or carers
Schools, colleges, universities or other education organisations
Publicly available sources
How long we keep information
We retain personal information in several databases related to our roles as a publisher, fundraiser, event organiser and membership organisation. This data is held perpetually unless we receive a request to remove it.
Who we share information with
Data processors
Stripe
This data processor does the following activities for us: Payment processing.
Others we share personal information with
Insurance companies, brokers and other intermediaries
Charities and voluntary organisations
Organisations we need to share information with for safeguarding reasons
Professional advisors
Legal bodies or authorities
Local authorities or councils
Relevant regulatory authorities
External auditors or inspectors
Organisations we’re legally obliged to share personal information with
Publicly on our website, social media or other marketing and information media
Suppliers and service providers
Professional consultants
Sharing information outside the UK
Where necessary, our data processors may share personal information outside of the UK. When doing so, they comply with the UK GDPR, making sure appropriate safeguards are in place.
For further information or to obtain a copy of the appropriate safeguard for any of the transfers below, please contact us using the contact information provided above.
Organisation name: Google
Category of recipient: Cloud storage
Country the personal information is sent to: United States
How the transfer complies with UK data protection law: Transfer made under appropriate safeguards.
Organisation name: Squarespace
Category of recipient: Content publishing
Country the personal information is sent to: United States
How the transfer complies with UK data protection law: Transfer made under appropriate safeguards.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint
