This policy (together with our terms and conditions of use) sets out the basis on which any Personal Information we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your Personal Information and how we will treat it.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is Genus Pharmaceuticals Limited of Park View House, 65 London Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1JN registered in England with company number 01986459.
- “Personal Information” as used in this Policy means information or data relating to you as an individual such as name, address, job title, employer, professional interests, and contact details provided by you or collected by Genus as a result of your using the Website, becoming a registered user, corresponding with Genus and responding to any survey. Genus will also collect information on your IP address, operating system, browser type, host names, domain name, time and date information and the browser version and platform used by you and details of your visits to the Website including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, whether this is required for our own billing purposes or otherwise and the resources that you access for system administration. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
- By using the Website and/or becoming a registered user you are agreeing to the terms of this Policy and consenting to the processing of Personal Information as described in this Policy; if you do not agree with any of these terms you should cease using the Website immediately.
- Please tell Genus as soon as possible if any of your Personal Information is incorrect britlofex@genuspharma.com
- Genus will keep all your Personal Information provided by you in accordance with the provisions of this Policy. Genus may use Personal Information for any of the following purpose in accordance with the prevailing ABPI Code of Practice:
> Administration, general correspondence, support, profiling and processing (including personalising the Website for your use);
> Contacting you to register your use of the Website, to advise you of any meetings, to notify you of new features or to resolve any queries you or Genus may have regarding Genus or the Website or its use;
> Responding to any requests or queries from you;
> Profiling you and the users of the Website;
> Contacting you to notify you of other services or products that might be of interest to you (although you can elect not to receive any of these at any time by contacting Genus as set out below); and
> Subscribing you to newsletters or email alerts or online surveys (although you can unsubscribe from these at any time by contacting Genus as set out below); and
> Sharing anonymised profiles and data on you and other registered users with other potential registered users or sponsors only.\ - You have the right to ask us not to process Personal Information for marketing purposes. Genus will usually inform you if it intends to use Personal Information for such purposes or to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms Genus uses to collect Personal Information. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at Genus Pharmaceuticals Limited, Park View House, 65 London Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1JN or britlofex@genuspharma.com. Other non-Personal Information collected by Genus will be used to provide aggregate statistics in relation to pages being accessed and to monitor usage patterns on the Website in order to improve navigation and design features. This non-Personal Information may be aggregated and provided to third parties.
- The Personal Information that Genus collects from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for Genus (or for one of its suppliers). By submitting your Personal Information, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. Genus will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your Personal Information is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although Genus will use reasonable endeavours to protect Personal Information, Genus cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to the Website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your Personal Information, Genus will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
- Genus may disclose Personal Information to its holding, affiliate and subsidiary companies, as defined by the Companies Act 2006. Genus may disclose Personal Information to third parties:
> In the event that Genus sells or buys any business or assets, in which case Genus may disclose Personal Information to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
> If Genus or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case Personal Information held by it will be one of the transferred assets.
> If Genus is under a duty to disclose or share Personal Information in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms and conditions of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Genus. - The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information Genus holds about you.
- This Privacy Policy does not cover links within the Website to other websites and you must review the terms applicable to such other websites.
- Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted here.
- For further information on privacy or to unsubscribe or elect not to receive details of other services or products please contact britlofex@genuspharma.com . You may cease being a registered user at any time by notifying us in writing or by email britlofex@genuspharma.com
- Genus reserves the right to refuse your application to become a registered user without giving any reason therefor. Genus reserves the right to bar or suspend any registered user from the Website on a permanent or temporary basis at its discretion and without giving any reason. You may cease being a registered user at any time by notifying us in writing or by email britlofex@genuspharma.com
- You are not required to provide all the Personal Information specified by Genus but, if you do not, then you may not be able to become a registered user and visit all sections of the Website.
- Genus may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help Genus to improve the Website and to deliver a better and more personalised service:
> To estimate audience size and usage pattern.
> To store information about your preferences, and so allow Genus to customise the Website according to your individual interests.
> To speed up your searches.
> To recognise you when you return to the Website.
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, Genus’s system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.