How MedMaps.co.uk protects your personal data

MedMaps.co.uk wants to provide you with a service you can trust. A central part of achieving this trust is the MedMaps.co.uk privacy policy.

MedMaps.co.uk will never sell or pass on your e-mail address without your permission.

Consent
Whenever you give MedMaps.co.uk personal data, you are consenting to its collection and use in accordance with this privacy policy, including MedMaps.co.uk contacting you by e-mail to let you know about its services and to provide information (including promotional information) about other goods and services in which you may be interested, for example those of organisations such as professional colleges, DH, GMC, NICE, other government bodies, NHS Trusts, medical schools, pharmaceutical companies, medical device companies, financial services companies and medical indemnity organisations.

You do, however, have the right at any time to opt out of MedMaps.co.uk contacting you in this way for marketing purposes, except where this information is included in the MedMaps.co.uk Newsletter.

How does MedMaps.co.uk use your personal data?
In addition to the specific uses mentioned elsewhere in this policy, or for which you have given permission, MedMaps.co.uk uses your personal data to provide services to you, to carry out membership administration, to let you know about other goods and services in which you may be interested, to inform you about changes and improvements to the MedMaps.co.uk website and services, and for direct marketing purposes (but you do have the right to opt out of this).

MedMaps.co.uk may also use personal data to monitor the use of the site, to record traffic flows and to carry out research about member demographics, interests and behaviour. MedMaps.co.uk does this to better understand the needs of members.

To whom might MedMaps.co.uk disclose your personal data?
MedMaps.co.uk has agreements with sponsors and medical information companies, regulating how they may use your personal data.

If you choose to participate in certain programmes run on the website (for instance by accessing the materials published in connection with it) your participation in that programme, together with your personal identifier, may be passed on to the sponsor of that programme or its associated companies and data processors. You will always be able to refuse permission for this data to be passed to the sponsor if you so wish. Some of the sponsors may be located outside the European Economic Area.

Sponsors undertake to use such data only for assessing your access (and the frequency of that access) to material provided by them via the MedMaps.co.uk website for their internal auditing purposes.

Except as set out above, or with your permission, MedMaps.co.uk will not disclose your personal data unless obliged to do so by law, or where MedMaps.co.uk needs to do so in order to run its business (for instance where MedMaps.co.uk outsources services for the processing of data.)

Confidentiality
MedMaps.co.uk respects the confidentiality of members and uses systems to help keep all data secure.

MedMaps.co.uk protects the confidentiality of information members send and receive by using a system of password protection for the website and a data storage solution with in-built security features. However, members are reminded of the GMC and BMA guidance that they should not send any patient identifiable data across the Internet and you should not post such information in the Forum area.

Security
MedMaps.co.uk has security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of personal data under MedMaps.co.uk's control.

Registration
Members set up an account using a valid e-mail addres. MedMaps.co.uk also collects details about your seniority and speciality. This is used to tailor your experience of the MedMaps.co.uk website.

Updating profile information
MedMaps.co.uk gives members the option to change and modify information previously provided. To update profile information, click the 'Update Your Profile' link on your Homepage. In order to provide a service appropriate to your personal circumstances, you will be asked periodically to update information about your speciality, seniority and location.


Measuring website activity
Statistics are collected on how and when members use MedMaps.co.uk in order to administer the website and to improve services.

Website links
This website contains links to other websites. Please note that MedMaps.co.uk is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.



The Comments area
Members can comment on different mindmaps. Comments are always annotated with the username of the member commenting, and cannot be posted anonymously.

Direct marketing
MedMaps.co.uk may contact you by e-mail or SMS to market its goods and services, and other goods and services in which you may be interested, but you may at any time request that MedMaps.co.uk stops using your personal data for direct marketing purposes. If you wish to do this please contact help@medmaps.co.uk.

Communications data
MedMaps.co.uk may retain Communications Data (such as records of the mindmaps you have visited, services you have used, location data, and installation data) in accordance with the Retention Of Communications Data (Code of Practice) Order 2003, as amended from time to time.

Access to your personal data
Individuals have certain rights of access to their personal data. If you want to request any information about your personal data, please contact help@medmaps.co.uk.

Inaccuracies and corrections
MedMaps.co.uk would like to keep your personal data accurate and up to date. If you become aware of any errors or inaccuracies please let MedMaps.co.uk know by contacting help@medmaps.co.uk.

Contacting MedMaps.co.uk
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please e-mail MedMaps.co.uk at help@medmaps.co.uk.
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