Thank you for visiting the IMP Group’s website. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and store your personal data when you interact with our website and services. By using our website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Preliminary information about the website: 

Website address: Impgroup.org

Website name: IMP Group

Data controller: The IMP group is the data processer and has the responsibility to inform individuals about their rights regarding the processing of their personal data.

Data Processer: The University of Denmark hosts the website for the IMP group in Denmark. The server is located within the EU and is compliant with GDPR. 

Contact e-mail: impgroup@sdu.dk

1. Collection of Personal Information:

We collect personal information from you when you voluntarily provide it to us, such as when you subscribe to our newsletter, request information, or participate in the forum or conference. 

The types of personal information we collect upon registering for the website include 

• name, email address, pictures, company name, job title, city, country, referral and referral documents.
• Papers, books, dissertations and ResearchGate profile.
• Information stored when participating in the forum. 
• Information regarding attending, registering or attended conferences.

We may also register your comments personal information when you leave a comment. When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

A pseudonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

1a. Data processing and legal basis

The legal basis for processing the information on the website is consent:

• (GDPR Article 6(1)(a)): the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes.

2. Use of Personal Information:

We use the personal information you provide to us for the following purposes:

– To send you newsletters, updates, information about conference participation, publications, or promotional materials if you have subscribed to them.

– To facilitate upload of papers, books, dissertations and related personal information for website viewing or contribute content to the website forum. 

– To show photos on the website if you have enabled this. 

4. Disclosure of Personal Information:

We may disclose your personal information to third parties in the following circumstances:

– With your consent.

– To our service providers who assist us in operating our website and providing services to you.

– To comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal processes.

– To protect rights, safety, or property, as well as the rights, safety, or property of our users or others.

4. Security:

We take appropriate organizational and technical measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. 

5. Third-Party Websites:

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those websites before providing any personal information.

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

6. Data Retention:

We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. 

Users and their data are at maximum retained for 5 years, then notified via e-mail about a pending deletion of data. 

7. Your Rights:

You have the right to withdraw consent, access, correct, update, or delete the personal information we hold about you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights or have any questions or concerns regarding our privacy practices, please contact us at impgroup@sdu.dk . 

8. Filing a Complaint:

If registered individuals wish to file a complaint about the processing of their personal data, they can find their national Data Protection Authorities here.

10. Changes to the Privacy Policy:

We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. We will tell you about any important changes through a popup notification.