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PRIVACY POLICY

International Equine Professionals is committed to ensuring the protection of personal information collected in the conduct of its business. Our privacy policy is designed to inform our members and clients and others who deal with us, about how we collect, hold, use and disclose personal information.

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WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION & HOW DO WE COLLECT IT?

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International Equine Professionals collects personal information about our members, to ensure ongoing safety and high standards for our existing members and to effectively manage our business relationships. The types of personal information we collect may be business contact details or may include further information to enable us to support you as a member.

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WHAT WE COLLECT

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Prospective and Existing Members of IEP:

We may collect the following information:

  • Name and telephone number

  • Information including email address

  • Demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests

  • Detailed information about the services you offer and the approaches you use

  • Information pertaining to qualifications you have gained or courses that you are currently taking

Webinar Attendees:

  • We may collect the following information:

  • Name and email address

  • Information from PayPal regarding transactions between you (the ticket buyer) and us (the webinar provider)

Other Information:

If you send us an email, we may retain a copy in order to answer the enquiry to the best of our ability and for the purpose of future reference if applicable

 

WHAT DO WE DO WITH INFORMATION WE GATHER?

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We require the above information to ensure that we are only granting membership opportunities to those who uphold strong ethical values surrounding equines, their psychological and physical welfare

  • Internal record keeping

  • To improve our efficacy as a supportive, networking organisation

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We may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone or mail. We may use the information to customise the website or Facebook group according to your interests.​

 

DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

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International Equine Professionals  will not disclose, share, sell or rent any personal information we hold about you without your consent or are required by law to do so. Where International Equine Professionals have outsourced a function or activity to an external service provider, we will only disclose personal information that the service provider needs to undertake that function or activity. We will require external service providers to enter into confidentiality agreements, prohibiting them from using or disclosing personal information, for any purpose other than to carry out the function or activity for which they are engaged. 

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THE QUALITY, ACCURACY & CORRECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE HOLD

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Protecting personal information is a priority and International Equine Professionals always considers security and confidentiality when handling personal information. It is important that the information we maintain and use is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If at any time your personal details change, please let us know so we can update our records.

 

ACCESS TO PERSONAL INFORMATION

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We respect your right to access personal information International Equine Professionals holds about you and as such, you may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act (1998). If you believe that any information we hold about you is incorrect, please follow the contact details in the further information section.

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DATA SECURITY

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International Equine Professionals is committed to ensuring that your information is secure. International Equine Professionals takes reasonable steps to protect all personal information we hold from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure. All data and laptops are password protected. We will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your personal information when it is no longer needed.

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FURTHER INFORMATION

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If you have any questions about our privacy policy or require more information concerning our privacy practices, please address your enquiries to: internationalequineprofs@gmail.com

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