Association for Palliative Medicine
Lancaster Court
8 Barnes Wallis Road
Fareham
PO15 5TU
England
T: 01489 668332
E: Office@compleat-online.co.uk
The type of personal information we collect
We currently collect and process the following information:
- Personal identifiers, contacts and characteristics (for example, name and contact details)
- Professional details (for example GMC number, qualifying date or anticipated date, employer or place of work, employment history and biography)
- Financial information (for example bank account number, direct debit mandate)
How we get the personal information and why we have it
All of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:
- Membership administration (which includes the following activities): Providing current awareness
- The making of, and nominating for, awards
- Carrying out surveys (eg Famcare, Workforce)
- The publication of articles via the website or bulletins
- Carrying out duties concerned with the administration of the Association
- Promoting our activities
- Advertising or promoting material on behalf of third parties
- The publication of vacancies or other employment related opportunities
- Attendance at events (the Palliative Care Congress has its own Privacy Notice)
We may share this information to support your membership (for example with the providers of subscription journals, conference providers, Board and committee members) and if you become a member of our Board (for example with Companies House, the Charity Commission).
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
(b) We have a contractual obligation.
(f) We have a legitimate interest.
How we store your personal information
Your information is securely stored electronically or in hard copy via our registered office.
We keep information about you while you are a member of the Association. We will securely dispose your information within one year of you leaving the APM.
Information about your participation in notable works or your public achievements will be held in perpetuity (as part of the Association’s historic record).
If you are not a member of the Association, we will securely destroy your information six months after attendance at our events.
Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
- Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
- Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
- Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- 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, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
Please contact us at office@compleat-online.co.uk if you wish to make a request.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at office@compleat-online.co.uk.
In the United Kingdom, you can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: www.ico.org.uk
In Ireland, you may also complain to the Data Protection Commissioner.
The DPC’s address:
Data Protection Commission 21 Fitzwilliam Square South Dublin 2 D02 RD28 Ireland
DPC website: www.dataprotection.ie