GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation

International Ophthalmic Floater Society Privacy Policy and GDPR

INTRODUCTION

International Ophthalmic Floater Society (“IOFS” or “we” or “us”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy in line with current legislation. This privacy policy is relevant to anyone who is using this service and it tells you what personal data is collected and what we do with that personal data.

The International Ophthalmic Floater Society service uses your Personal data in order to fulfill the service you have purchased. A full description of the “IOFS” service can be found in the Terms of Service on our website.

ABOUT INTERNATIONAL OPHTHALMIC FLOATER SOCIETY

International Ophthalmic Floater Society is a registered company in the United States Of America

International Ophthalmic Floater Society is registered with the registration number

SECTION 1: DEFINITIONS

In the provision of the International Ophthalmic Floater Society service, Personal Data will be collected and used.

Personal Data means data which relates to a living individual who can be identified from the data or from the data and any other information which is in the possession of, or likely to come into the possession of, the data controller.

Member means an individual who has signed up to the International Ophthalmic Floater Society service and accepted the International Ophthalmic Floater Society Member terms (of use).

The GDPR [and Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA)], which became law in the Europe in May 2018, requires International Ophthalmic Floater Society to protect personal data of individuals We are constantly monitoring the compliance with GDPR and data protection laws.

SECTION 2: WHAT DATA WE USE

SECTION 4: WHERE DO WE STORE YOUR DATA

All Data is stored within Servers in the Unites States of America. We conduct annual security testing to ensure our database is secure.

SECTION 5: LAWFUL BASIS OF PROCESSING

Article 6 of the GDPR requires us to determine our lawful basis of processing personal information. We rely on Legitimate Interest [Article 6 (1) (f)]. Where we are processing sensitive or special categories of data, in order to meet the conditions required, for our customers we rely on Article 9 (2) (h) and for our employees we rely on Article 9 (2) (b).

Where an individual has decided to use the International Ophthalmic Floater Society service we are also processing personal information because it is necessary for the performance of a contract with that individual.

SECTION 8: YOUR RIGHTS

Current data legislation provides data subjects who use the International Ophthalmic Floater Society service with various rights relating to their personal data. These rights are set out in Chapter 3 of the GDPR.

Specifically, we can be contacted at the addresses below for one or more of the following reasons:

• Right of access by the data subject (Art.15) - To ask us to send you the personal data we have about This is sometimes called a "subject access request".

• Right to rectification (Art.16,19) - To ask us to fix personal data about you that is wrong or

• Right to erasure (Art.17,19) – To ask us to delete personal data about

• Right to restriction of processing (Art.18) - To request that we restrict use of Your Personal Data or to object to its use (including objecting to data used in our "legitimate interests").

• Right to data portability (Art.20) - To ask us to provide you with the Personal Data you have provided to We will provide the Personal Data in a CSV formatted document so that another organisation's software can understand that Personal Data. This is sometimes called a "data portability" right.

• Right to object to processing (Art.21) - To tell us to stop using Your Personal Data for direct marketing

There may be occasions when we are unable to fully meet our obligations to you under your rights – for example, where we are required by law under the restrictions laid out in Article 23 of the GDPR.

SECTION 9: IF YOU ASK US TO STOP USING YOUR DATA

You can ask us to stop using your Data at any time, however in doing so we will be unable to continue providing the service.

In order to request that we stop using your data, you can send us an email to contact@thefloatersociety.com stating that you wish for us to stop using your data immediately.

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON’T GIVE US SOME OF YOUR DATA

It is entirely optional for you to provide us with your personal data so we can process that data to deliver our service. However, where you do not provide the Data we need in order to provide the requested International Ophthalmic Floater Society service or for us to fulfill a legal requirement, we will not be able to fulfill the service requested.

HOW TO CONTACT US ABOUT THIS PRIVACY POLICY

You may contact us at any time via email or post to query anything that may have come up from reading this policy.

By Post: International Ophthalmic Floater Society, Att: Operations, United States Email: contact@thefloatersociety.com

SECTION 10: COMPLAINTS

You have the right to complain about how we treat your personal data to the Information Commissioner's Office (the "ICO"). The ICO can be contacted at:

• Address: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
• Telephone: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745
• Email: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/

SECTION 11: CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of the changes where required by law to do so.