Introduction
IPSO takes privacy issues seriously and is committed to protecting information that it holds in its database about IPSO members. This policy explains what information IPSO has in its database about you, how that information is used, to whom it is disclosed and how it is stored and protected. It is important to note that as IPSO shares key administrative resources with the IPA, and therefore IPSO member information is communicated between these two entities for various reasons necessary to conduct IPSO business. This information is processed by IPSO and the IPA in its central office in London or on occasion by trusted third parties for example for congress registrations.
What information do we keep about you?
It is a condition of IPSO membership that your name, society, addresses, languages, telephone numbers and email addresses, are recorded in the IPA database and shared with IPSO. This is a requirement of IPSO membership, as without access to member information we cannot communicate effectively with members and conduct our necessary business. IPSO may also collect other information about you, which will not be disclosed to others, such as any donations you have made, loans you have received, details of services you have requested from IPSO, including registration for conferences, purchase of publications and other such items.
How do we use your information?
IPSO uses your contact details to communicate with you and to enable you to get the most out of the IPSO services available. For example, IPSO will use your contact details to distribute information about special programmes, newsletters, publications, or congress news. It will also allow you to register for conferences, make donations and buy products or other special services offered by IPSO.
To whom is your information disclosed?
Your personal information listed above is held in a password protected area of the IPA website and shared directly with IPSO when required.IPSO may also share your contact details with IPA Societies, the regional psychoanalytic organisations and the supplier of the database (for maintenance purposes). Sharing your information in this way may mean transferring your data outside the European Economic Area. In providing us with your information you consent to any such transfers.
How secure is my information?
IPSO will ensure that your personal information is stored securely, using sufficient and up-to-date protection measures. On website, your personal contact details will be located in a password-protected section of the site.
Web beacons
Emails you receive from IPSO sometimes uses web beacons to compile information about your interaction with such emails. (A web beacon is an electronic image, called a single-pixel, web bug, tracking bug, tracking pixel, pixel tag or clear GIF). Web beacons can recognize certain types of information on your computer such as the time and date of a page viewed, and a description of the folder where the email is stored.
You may be able to disable web beacons in email messages by not downloading images contained in the message you receive. (This feature varies depending on the email software used on your personal computer). However, this may not always disable a web beacon or other automatic data collection tools in the email message due to specific email software capabilities. For more information about this, please refer to the information provided by your email service provider.
If you receive emails or newsletters from IPSO we may automatically collect personal information about you. For example, through web beacons and personalized URLs embedded in these emails or newsletters, IPSO can track whether you’ve opened those messages and whether you’ve clicked on links contained within those messages. For more information on embedded web links, see below.
Embedded web links
Emails from IPSO often use links designed to lead you to a relevant area on the IPSO website. This system allows IPSO to determine the effectiveness of our various initiatives and campaigns.
In emails, such web links may also allow IPSO to determine whether you have clicked a link in an email, and this information about the interaction may be connected to your personal data in the IPSO database. If you do not want IPSO to collect information about the links that you select, you can choose not to click any links in an email that IPSO sends.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
Any changes made to this Policy will be posted on this website. We may alert you to such changes and ask you to review them from time to time. Changes to the Policy will be dated below.
How can you contact us?
If you have a data protection enquiry, please contact the IPSO Membership Secretary, by email at IPSO-mail@ipso.world
