Privacy Policy
The APL is committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information of APL members, subscribers, event attendees, applicants for membership and speakers.
The Association is a data controller under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This means that we are responsible for deciding how we collect, hold, use and protect your personal information and we are required to give you certain information about how and why we do this.
1. Personal information we may collect about you
Personal information means, broadly, information that identifies (or that could, with other information that we hold or are likely to hold, identify) a living individual. We collect your personal information when you apply to join the Association, join our mailing list or attend or speak at one of our events.
2. What we may use your personal information for
We may use your personal information to administer membership of the Association, to run events hosted by the Association or jointly with other organisations, and to communicate with you about the Association’s activities.
3. Keeping your personal information safe
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal information from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach.
4. Sharing your personal information
We may share your personal information with the Association’s service providers, other organisations with whom the APL may organise events, hotels and conference suppliers, and other third parties as required by law.
5. How long do we retain your personal information?
We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, and review at periodic intervals whether data we hold is no longer needed and can be destroyed.
6. Your rights regarding the personal information you provide to us
You have the right, in accordance with the law, to withdraw consent, to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you, to request its correction or deletion, to object to processing, and to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
7. What if you do not provide us with your personal information?
We may not be able to perform actions necessary to achieve the purposes set out above and you may not be able to make use of the services offered by us.
8. Changes to our data protection arrangements
From time to time, we may update this privacy notice and the data protection arrangements described above. If we make any substantial changes, we will provide you with a new version of this notice.
9. How to contact us
If you have any questions, comments or requests about this privacy notice, please contact membership@apl.org.uk.