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Operator of the website IFB

IFB
Martine Wouters, Managing Director, +32 (0)498 110114 / martine.wouters@ifbseminars.be
Karel Oomstraat 100 – 1402
2018 Antwerp
Belgium (19/04/2018)
BE 0450.569.651

These terms and conditions govern your use of this website; by using this website, you accept these terms and conditions in full. If you disagree with these terms and conditions or any part of these terms and conditions, you must not use this website.

Cookies
We may use cookies to make the website user-friendly. A cookie is a small text file that is automatically stored on the hard disk of your computer to facilitate and accelerate access to the site and to customise the site in accordance with your personal preferences. For example, a cookie remembers your language choice, so that you will not have to enter this every time you visit the site. You can refuse these cookies by adjusting the settings of your internet browser to ensure that you are informed about the existence of the cookies or that these are systematically refused. You can refuse the placing of cookies, but in that case, some parts of our websites will not work, or will not work properly.

Visit to our website
The texts, format, images, logo's, content, information and all other items on this website are IP protected. It is forbidden to reproduce, change, translate, re-use this website. You may view and print pages from the website for your own personal use, subject to the restrictions set out below and elsewhere in these terms and conditions.

You must not:

• republish material from this website (including republication on another website);
• sell, rent or sub-license material from the website;
• show any material from the website in public;
• reproduce, duplicate, copy or otherwise exploit material on this website for a commercial purpose;
• edit or otherwise modify any material on the website;
• redistribute material from this website except for content specifically and expressly made available for redistribution

You must not use this website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the website; or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity. You must not use this website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software. You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to this website without AFC's express written consent. You must not use this website to transmit or send unsolicited commercial communications. You must not use this website for any purposes related to marketing.

Registration and storage of personal data
If you register for the IFB Newsletter or for participation in a course/participation in the IFB network, your personal data will be stored in our computer files. IFB is the sole owner of this protected file and the party responsible for processing the personal data collected by way of this registration. Personal data will not be transferred to third parties or disclosed. This data is kept in conformity with the Belgian Privacy Protection Act of 8 December 1992. You will always be entitled to view, alter, correct and remove your personal data, free of charge.

• If you register for the IFB Newsletter, the following information will be kept in our database: first name (mandatory), name (mandatory), email address (mandatory), company name (mandatory) and the language of your choice. These data are used to send the required IFB Newsletter to you for the purpose of keeping you up to date on the services we offer by means of courses and networking opportunities. IFB will not retain the collected data for a longer period than legally permitted, and in any case not longer than is necessary for the above-mentioned purposes. The IFB Newsletter is and will remain free of charge. Visitors to www.ifbseminars.be can register for the IFB Newsletter through the website.
• If you register for a course, the following information will be kept in our database: first name (mandatory), name (mandatory), email address (mandatory), company name (mandatory) and the language of your choice, position (mandatory), telephone number (mandatory) and mobile number, company address (mandatory), VAT number (mandatory), PO required/not required, receive newsletter yes/no. These data are used to enable the IFB network to work for you as an IFB participant, to confirm your participation in courses, to invite you to participate in courses, to invoice your participation in courses. We only use the collected data for the purposes for which we received it.
• If you register for participation in the IFB Life Science Management Course and therefore wish to be part of the IFB network, the following information will be kept in our database: first name (mandatory), name (mandatory), email address (mandatory), company name (mandatory) and the language of your choice, position (mandatory), telephone number (mandatory) and mobile number, company address (mandatory), VAT number (mandatory), PO required/not required, receive newsletter yes/no. Through this subscription you enter the IFB network until you decide to remove you from this network. These data are used to confirm your participation in courses, to invite you to participate in courses, to invoice your participation in courses, and to enable the IFB network to work optimally for you as an IFB member/participant. You will be able to view the following on the protected part of our website after login:
  • The online IFB network booklet
  • The annual photographs of the last 30 years
  • The presentations that you can download
  We only use the collected data for the purposes for which we have received it.

Limitations of liability
IFB will not be liable to you (whether under the law of contact, the law of torts or otherwise) in relation to the contents of, or use of, or otherwise in connection with, this website.

No warranties
This website is provided "as is" without any representations or warranties, express or implied. IFB makes no representations or warranties in relation to this website or the information and materials provided on this website.

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, IFB does not warrant that:

• this website will be constantly available, or available at all; or
• the information on this website is complete, true, accurate or non-misleading.

Nothing on this website constitutes binding advice of any kind. It is AFC's sole purpose to offer some services for those who want to participate, but there will be no ground for restitution whatsoever in any case where IFB won't be able to deliver these services.

Third-party information
The newsletter may contain links to other websites that may be of interest to persons registered with IFB. IFB is not responsible for the content of those linked sites.

19/04/2018

Participant:
If you need to cancel, only cancelations in writing will be accepted (mail, fax or email).

• Notifications received 3 months before the start of an event, get refunded for 100% minus an administrative fee of 100 euro.
• All notifications received between 1 and 3 months before the start of the event, get refunded for 50% minus an administrative fee of 100 euro.
• Cancellations requests received less than 1 month before the start of the event won't be refunded.
• Replacement by a colleague is allowed upon notification to IFB before the start of the course.

IFB:
Replacement of top speaker or postponement of event, due to reasons beyond our control, will not be refunded.

IFB is committed to protect your personal data.
In this privacy statement, we want to provide clear and transparent information about the way we handle personal data. We hereby declare that we comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and that we therefore always will act in a proportional and transparent way. Participants of the IFB activities or the IFB network may exercise the rights accorded to them pursuant to the GDPR.

Registration and storage of personal data
If you register for the IFB Newsletter or for participation in a course/participation in the IFB network, your personal data will be stored in our computer files. IFB is the sole owner of this protected file and the party responsible for processing the personal data collected by way of this registration. Personal data will not be transferred to third parties or disclosed. This data is kept in conformity with the Belgian Privacy Protection Act of 8 December 1992. You will always be entitled to view, alter, correct and remove your personal data, free of charge.

• If you register for the IFB Newsletter, the following information will be kept in our database: first name (mandatory), name (mandatory), email address (mandatory), company name (mandatory) and the language of your choice. These data are used to send the required IFB Newsletter to you for the purpose of keeping you up to date on the services we offer by means of courses and networking opportunities. IFB will not retain the collected data for a longer period than legally permitted, and in any case not longer than is necessary for the above-mentioned purposes. The IFB Newsletter is and will remain free of charge. Visitors to www.ifbseminars.be can register for the IFB Newsletter through the website.
• If you register for a course, the following information will be kept in our database: first name (mandatory), name (mandatory), email address (mandatory), company name (mandatory) and the language of your choice, position (mandatory), telephone number (mandatory) and mobile number, company address (mandatory), VAT number (mandatory), PO required/not required, receive newsletter yes/no. These data are used to enable the IFB network to work for you as an IFB participant, to confirm your participation in courses, to invite you to participate in courses, to invoice your participation in courses. We only use the collected data for the purposes for which we received it.
• If you register for participation in the IFB Life Science Management Course and therefore wish to be part of the IFB network, the following information will be kept in our database: first name (mandatory), name (mandatory), email address (mandatory), company name (mandatory) and the language of your choice, position (mandatory), telephone number (mandatory) and mobile number, company address (mandatory), VAT number (mandatory), PO required/not required, receive newsletter yes/no. These data are used to confirm your participation in courses, to invite you to participate in courses, to invoice your participation in courses, and to enable the IFB network to work optimally for you as an IFB member/participant, so that you will be able to view the following on the protected part of our website after login:
  • The online IFB network booklet
  • The annual photographs of the last 30 years
  • The presentations that you can download
  We only use the collected data for the purposes for which we have received it.

No data transfer to third parties
Personal data will not be transferred to third parties or disclosed. We will at all times respect the confidentiality of the data within our organisation. To ensure that your data is protected from, among other things, unauthorised access, unlawful use, loss or unauthorised alterations, the services make use of appropriate security techniques and procedures. All persons who may have access to your data on behalf of IFB are bound by confidentiality. We apply a username and password policy for all our systems; we use pseudonymisation and encryption of personal data where necessary; we make backups of the personal data to enable us to restore this in case of physical or technical incidents; we test and evaluate our measures on a regular basis. Further, we will not transfer any data provided by you to third parties, unless this is required and/ or permitted by law.

Retention period
IFB will not keep personal data longer than is necessary for the purpose for which they were provided or pursuant to a legal obligation. Your data will therefore be kept in respect of the activity and the duration of the IFB network. You are at all times entitled to retrieve, alter or correct your data, or have it removed.

Third-party information
The newsletter may contain links to other websites that may be of interest to persons registered with IFB. IFB is not responsible for the content of those linked sites.

Access to the data
Pursuant to the Belgian Privacy Protection Act of 8 December 1992, you are at all times entitled to retrieve, alter or correct your data, or have it removed. If you no longer wish to receive the information about our activities or if you want to have your data altered, corrected or removed, you can do this yourself or contact us at any time.

Contact:
If, after reading our privacy policy, you have any questions or wish to contact us with regard to this policy, you can do so through the following contact details:
IFB
Martine Wouters, Managing Director, +32 (0)498 110114 / martine.wouters@ifbseminars.be
Karel Oomstraat 100 – 1402
2018 Antwerp
Belgium

Please note
As privacy legislation is changing significantly, IFB reserves the right to adjust the privacy section of this site at any time and without previous notification; this privacy section may be referred to at any time.

Cookies
We may use cookies to make the website user-friendly. A cookie is a small text file that is automatically stored on the hard disk of your computer to facilitate and accelerate access to the site and to customise the site in accordance with your personal preferences. For example, a cookie remembers your language choice, so that you will not have to enter this every time you visit the site. You can refuse these cookies by adjusting the settings of your internet browser to ensure that you are informed about the existence of the cookies or that these are systematically refused. You can refuse the placing of cookies, but in that case, some parts of our websites will not work, or will not work properly.

Cancellation policy:
Only cancelations in writing will be accepted (mail, fax or email). Notifications received 3 months before the start of an event, get refunded for 100% minus an administrative fee of 100 euro. All notifications received between 1 and 3 months before the start of the event, get refunded for 50% minus an administrative fee of 100 euro. Cancellations requests received less than 1 month before the start of the event won't be refunded. Replacement by a colleague is allowed upon notification to IFB before the start of the course. For exception, please contact Martine Wouters.