Privacy Policy Information

This privacy statement describes the privacy practices for:

• Sjogren Europe’s Meeting “Unlocking Clinical Trials: From Design, to Participation and Beyond” from now on called SEGM2024 Meeting
• our congress registration system (provided by Alpha Public Relations & Integrated Marketing S.A.)

It applies solely to information collected via these websites/systems.

Legal bases

The law on data protection sets out a number of different reasons for which an organisation may collect and process your personal data, including:

Consent

We can collect and process your data with your consent. For example, when you subscribe to our mailing list.

How we use your data

SEGM2024 Meeting uses your personal data to provide services to you as regards the conference.

Sharing data with third parties

In order to make certain services available to you, we may need to share your personal data with our IT service providers, who can only use your data to provide services for the SEGM2024 Meeting, and for no other purposes. We will never sell your data.

How long do we keep your data?

Whenever we collect or process your personal data we will only keep it for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. At the end of that retention period your data will either be deleted completely.

What personal data do we collect?

When you register with SEGM2024 Meeting website we will ask for personal information such as your name, primary telephone number, mobile, email address, country of residence and specialty. The SEGM2024 Meeting website does not collect any personal information, including email addresses, unless it is voluntarily provided by you. Any email addresses given via this site will be used for the purpose for which they have been provided. This data will not be passed on or sold to any other organisation without prior approval.

Keeping your details private

If you are accessing the web in a public location, we recommend that you always log out and close the website browser when you complete an online session. In addition, we recommend that you take the following security measures to enhance your online safety:

• keep your account passwords private. Remember, anybody who knows your password may access your account.
• when creating a password, use at least 8 characters. A combination of letters and numbers is best. Do not use dictionary words, your name, email address, or other personal data that can be easily obtained.
• avoid using the same password for multiple online accounts.

Your rights

At any time you may:

• ask what personal data we hold about you
• ask us to update and correct any out-of-date or incorrect personal data that we hold about you
• Your right to withdraw your consent

Whenever you have given us your consent to use your personal data, you have the right to change your mind at any time and withdraw that consent.

Where we rely on our legitimate interest

In cases where we are processing your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interest, you can ask us to stop for reasons connected to your individual situation. We must then do so unless we believe we have a legitimate overriding reason to continue processing your personal data. If we choose not to action your request we will explain to you the reasons for our refusal. If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, please info@apr.com.gr

Cookies

Session cookies

Whenever you visit SEGM2024 Meeting website, it stores your unique session id as a cookie in your browser to ensure you don’t have to keep logging in each time you visit a new page. This cookie is generated whenever you login to the site and terminated once you exit.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a popular web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help us analyse how users use the site. It counts the number of visitors, and tells us things about their overall behaviour – such as the typical length of stay on the site, or the average number of pages a user views. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by la

Newsletters

If you wish to receive SEGM2024 Meeting newsletters you must subscribe via Zoho. Only your email address will be collected, and this will only be used to send SEGM2024 Meeting newsletters. You can change your mind at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any newsletter you receive from us, or by contacting info@apr.com.gr

Zoho

SEGM2024 Meeting uses the services of Zoho One to send newsletters. This service is provided by Zpho Chengalpattu, Estancia IT Park, Plot no. 140, 151, GST Road, India. Zoho is an online, multi-user, email marketing solution with Zoho CRM & Social Media Integration.If you provide your email address to subscribe to our newsletter, it will be stored on Zoho servers. Zoho is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is an agreement between the European Union (EU) and the US to ensure compliance with European privacy standards in the US. We use Zoho One to analyse our newsletter campaigns. When you open an email sent by Zoho One, a file included in the email (called a web beacon) connects to Zoho’s servers in the US. This allows us to determine if a newsletter message has been opened and which links you click on. In addition, technical information is collected (e.g. time of retrieval, IP address, browser type, and operating system). This information cannot be assigned to a specific recipient. It is used exclusively for the statistical analysis of our newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to better tailor future newsletters to your interests. If you do not want your usage of the newsletter to be analysed by Zoho One, you will have to unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can do this at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any newsletter you receive from us, or by contacting info@apr.com.gr For further details, see the Zoho Privacy Policy

Links

This website contains links to websites owned and operated by third parties. Please be aware that SEGM2024 Meeting is not responsible for the privacy practices of these sites. We encourage users to read the privacy policies of other websites. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.

Contact information

If you have any questions about how SEGM2024 Meeting uses your personal data, or if you want to exercise your rights regarding your personal data, please contact us at: Alpha Public Relations & Integrated Marketing S.A. 55 Pytheou str. GR11743 Athens, Greece Email: info@apr.com.gr You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. 

Notification of changes

This policy is updated on April 2024 and is subject to change. Details of any changes will be posted to this page.