Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Congressly. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

2. Data We Collect

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you:

• Identity Data: first name, last name, title, professional credentials
• Contact Data: email address, telephone numbers, institution address
• Technical Data: IP address, browser type, time zone setting, location data
• Usage Data: information about how you use our platform and services
• Congress Data: abstract submissions, workshop selections, ticket purchases

3. How We Use Your Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• To provide and manage congress registration and abstract submission services
• To process ticket purchases and workshop selections
• To communicate with congress organizers about their events
• To improve our platform and services
• To comply with legal obligations

4. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest. We limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know.

5. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Congress data is typically retained for 7 years after the event conclusion.

6. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data:

• Request access to your personal data
• Request correction of your personal data
• Request erasure of your personal data
• Object to processing of your personal data
• Request restriction of processing your personal data
• Request transfer of your personal data
• Right to withdraw consent

7. GDPR Compliance

We are committed to ensuring that our platform complies with GDPR requirements. We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure data protection by design and by default.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at: contact@congressly.io