SICOT (the Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie) 

SICOT is committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose your personal data.

Why do we collect personal data?

– To register individuals to SICOT courses, events, and meetings;
– To manage accommodation and travel for participants to SICOT courses, events, and meetings;
– To process payments;
– To send non-marketing messages like surveys, certificates, newsletters, etc.

Which personal data do we collect?

SICOT collects information that you provide by filling in forms on our website. This may include:
– Full name
– Email address
– Title
– Gender
– Age
– Date of birth
– Nationality
– Address(es) and phone number(s)
– Institution
– Address of institution
– Diploma(s) and certificate(s)
– Professional experience
– Passport details
– Affiliations
– Declaration of interests
– Photo
– Motivation
– Level of English
– Job titles
– Bank account details
– Dietary requirements

This data is collected only if it is necessary and relevant for specific activities.

Automatic technical collection of data

The use of this website implies that various technical data will be collected automatically. Among this, but not restricted to, is the following information: access logs, referrer URL, IP address, date and time of access. This data will be saved routinely and deleted automatically after an appropriate period of time. This data may be linked to individual user data.
The use of some services may require the acceptance of cookies (text files that may, for example, contain your preferences and login data to allow automatic log-in and extended functionality). The usage of cookies can be configured and deleted in the settings of your computer.

Who are the recipients of the personal data we collect about you?

The recipients of your personal data are limited exclusively to the personnel working at the SICOT Secretariat.
Whenever necessary, data may be transmitted to sub-contractors or service providers acting on our behalf to help us provide you with our services. Data may also be transmitted to SICOT organizing committees. This may include transmission of data to other countries, including countries outside the European Union. These service providers are required to keep your personal data confidential and secure and to use it only for the services entrusted to them.

How long will my personal data be kept?

SICOT will not retain personal data for longer than necessary. Personal data that is no longer required to fulfill the original or directly related purpose for which it was collected will be erased.

Right of access/modification/withdrawal

You may request information regarding your personal data stored with us, including data sources, data recipients, and the purpose of data storage and processing. To receive the requested information, you must contact the SICOT Secretariat in writing and prove that you are the eligible recipient. Similarly, you may modify your personal data or withdraw your consent at any time. If you have any queries concerning the processing of your personal data, you may address them to the SICOT Secretariat. You also have the right of recourse at any time to the Privacy Commission for matters relating to the processing of your personal data.

Security

To protect and safeguard the personal data provided to us, we have implemented appropriate business systems, procedures, and security measures. Only authorized employees are permitted to access personal information to perform their duties regarding our services. Our servers and network are protected by firewalls against unauthorized access, and intrusion detection systems monitor and detect unauthorized (attempts to) access or misuse of our servers.

Fonts from fonts.com

This site uses web fonts provided by “fonts.com”, a font service of Monotype GmbH, Horexstrasse 30, 61352 Bad Homburg, Germany. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, your browser must connect to the fonts.com servers, informing fonts.com that your IP address has been used to access our website. The use of fonts.com ensures a consistent and appealing presentation of our online offerings, representing a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. IP addresses are stored in encrypted form and deleted after 30 days.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font is used.
Fonts.com Privacy Policy

Twitter plugin

Twitter features may be integrated into our website. These are offered by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Using Twitter functions (like “Retweet”) may transfer data to Twitter. SICOT has no control over data transferred or its usage by Twitter.
Twitter Privacy Policy
Your privacy preferences with Twitter can be modified at: https://twitter.com/account/settings

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses cookies to analyze website usage. Information generated by cookies may be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

We have enabled IP anonymization, and data is only merged with other Google data in exceptional cases. You may opt out of data collection by Google Analytics via: Browser Plugin or Disable Google Analytics.

More info: Google Analytics Privacy Policy