British Society for Genetic Medicine
for anyone professionally involved in human genetics

Purchasing

When submitting your membership application, renewal or other order you are allowing The British Society for Genetic Medicine and The Royal Society of Biology to use your personal details to fulfil your order. In the event of there being a problem with your order we will communicate with you via e-mail, telephone or letter.

Only bookings for events, subscriptions to our publications, membership related services and membership of a special interest group are provided via this website. No goods or products are sold through this site.

Transactions take place over a secure connection. Where applicable VAT is charged at the standard UK rate.

Cancellation and amendments

If you pay for a membership subscription, renewal, membership of a special interest group or publication, you have in accordance with applicable EU and UK law a 7 day cooling off period during which you have the right to cancel and receive a refund. You don’t need to give a reason to cancel. If you do decide to cancel within the 7 days, we will refund your payment usually within 7 days, but no later than within 30 days of your cancellation.

Your statutory rights are not affected.

Organisation details and address

The British Society for Genetic Medicine
1 Naoroji Street
London
WC1X 0GB
Registered Charity No: 1058821
All enquiries: 020 3925 3675
membership@bsgm.org.uk

For any queries or complaints about goods or services please contact us or write to the above address. You can telephone on 020 3925 3675. Lines are open Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00.

We advise you to print and keep a copy of these terms and conditions for your records.

Who we are

The British Society for Genetic Medicine is a registered charity (No.1058821), providing a forum for professionals involved in Genetics as a clinical service and research. Its roles are defined by its council and constitution. Its membership is in excess of 2000 and includes a wide spectrum of clinical, laboratory and research disciplines. The British Society for Genetic Medicine has contracted the Royal Society of Biology to provide membership and related services to its members.

The Royal Society of Biology is a registered charity (No. 277981) and is incorporated by Royal Charter. The Royal Society of Biology is registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (No. Z5761557) in the UK under the Data Protection Act 1998.

What we collect

The types of personal information we collect may include your title, first name, surname, gender, date of birth, your qualifications, home and work contact details (telephone, fax, street address, email address, credit card details or bank details) and your mailing address. We may also collect information relating to your employment, including where you are currently employed, your job title, areas of interest/expertise and your job function if this is relevant to your membership or membership of a special interest group. In applications for some categories of membership or special interest groups we ask you to identify a nominating person and/or referees and to provide contact information for them.

How we handle your personal information

The British Society for Genetic Medicine and the Royal Society of Biology respect the privacy of members and website users, and aims to act consistently with the Data Protection Act, and the 8 principles of data protection.

Generally, The British Society for Genetic Medicine and the Royal Society of Biology collect personal information directly from you when you:

• Deal with us in person, by telephone, letter, fax or email
• Fill out and submit a membership application form
• Submit any other information in connection with your application for membership, membership of a special interest group or renewal of membership or the purchase of other services
• Register for a publication subscription
• Make an enquiry
• Apply for a bursary or grant
• Register to attend an event

Why we collect information

We collect personal data to administer our activities, events, publications, services or grants and bursaries.

Maintaining the accuracy of data

Members can correct or update personal data using their online mySociety account or by contacting us by emailing membership@bsgm.org.uk

Payment and bank details

Any information provided by you in connection with a Direct Debit payment or transaction regarding your credit or debit card numbers, expiry date and billing or delivery address will be used by us to process the transaction.

Credit card details are not stored on our servers, but are securely stored on the WorldPay payment gateway employed by us for the processing of card payments.

Use and disclosure

The policy of The British Society for Genetic Medicine and the Royal Society of Biology is not to disclose any personal information that we hold on you to any unrelated third party, except where you have given your express consent for us to do so or where required by law.

The British Society for Genetic Medicine (or its committee members/representatives) may use your email address for the purpose of notifying you about products, services, events or activities of relevance to you. If you tell us that you do not wish us to use your personal information for a particular purpose, we will not do so.

We also collect email addresses from people who subscribe to our email lists. If you do not want to receive email from us in the future please let us know by sending an email to membership@bsgm.org.uk

Personal information collected on this website will be used only for the purpose stated (such as the processing of membership or grant applications) and such information will be held for as long as necessary to fulfil the stated purpose. Personal data collected during the process of membership application will be kept indefinitely, in a secure database, for the purpose of lapsed membership campaigns.

The British Society for Genetic Medicine (or its committee members/representatives) may, from time to time, email you with additional information considered to be relevant to your professional/scientific interests, but only to those who have given their agreement to receiving such communications.

Information that you supply to The British Society for Genetic Medicine and/or the Royal Society of Biology through this website is held securely and strict security procedures are followed to prevent unauthorised access or use.

Information to improve our site

We also collect information automatically about your visit to our site. This information is used to help us follow browsing preferences on our site so that we can regularly improve our website and enable more advanced features of our website.

Cookies on our site

A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie folder of the browser on your computer's hard disk so that the website can remember who you are. The law relating to cookies changed on 26 May 2011. The new rules require that cookies can only be placed on machines where the user has given their consent.

This website uses cookies for essential functions such as login and account management. We also use Google analytics to monitor website usage and to make relevant improvements. If you do not want to be tracked by Google analytics then please follow Google's opt-out instructions. More information about cookies and how to opt out of using them is available at www.allaboutcookies.org

Please note that you will not be able to login to this website without using cookies.

Access to personal information

You can seek access to the personal information we hold about you, by contacting us. You should include your name, address and telephone number. If the information we hold about you is inaccurate, incomplete or outdated, please inform us so that we can correct it.

Your consent to this policy

By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of information by The British Society for Genetic Medicine and the Royal Society of Biology as specified above. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will gain consent where appropriate and post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect and how we use it.

How to contact us

Data Protection Officer
The British Society for Genetic Medicine
1 Naoroji Street
London
WC1X 0GB
020 3925 3675
membership@bsgm.org.uk