Privacy policy

Health care communication (HCC) is committed to the protection of your personal information. This privacy policy explains and describes our practices regarding the collection and use of your personal information which we collect and use as part of our business activities.

What personal information do we collect?

Some of the information collected is required for business engagement purposes, and other information is voluntarily given by the individual. The type of personal information that HCC may collect include, but is not limited to the following:

Full name
Address
Email addresses
Other contact information
Company, organization, agency, or other entity information
Information that you provide to us for the purpose of attending meetings, events, webinars, and other programs
Any other information relating to you (or other individuals) which you may provide to us voluntarily

If you provide personal information to us regarding or related to a third party, then you confirm that you have the consent of the third party to share such personal information and that you have made the information in this privacy policy available to the relevant third party.

Website usage information

We collect information when you provide it to us, such as when you email us information, connect with us on social media, use the “contact us” feature, use the subscription feature located on our website, or when you engage in any other communication, recorded or otherwise communicated.

HCC also collects certain information automatically when you use the website, such as the IP addresses and domain names of visitors, browser type, history of pages viewed and other usage information about your use of the website. We collect this information for site administration purposes, such as to analyze this data for trends and statistics. This data is used to customize our website content to deliver a better experience to our users. Please see the section below on cookies for information.

How do we obtain your personal information?

As noted above, we collect information from you in the course of your use of the ESFH2020-website, products, and services. For example, we collect information from you when you subscribe to our mailing list. We collect information from you when you contact or communicate with us (including through the website, by email, or otherwise). We collect your personal information while monitoring the ESFH2020-website, and services. We gather information about you when you provide it to us, or interact with us directly, for instance engaging with staff or registering for an event. We may also in certain cases collect or receive information about you from other sources, such as third party companies.

How do we use the personal information that we collect?

HCC collects personal information for the following principal purposes.

To provide the ESFH2020 website to you
To enroll you in our mailing list
To register individuals for events, online educational courses, webinars, conferences, summits, congresses, and other services
To communicate with you and to respond to your questions, inquiries, or concerns

Your rights, including removing, correcting or updating personal information

If you change your mind on how HCC may use your information, or wish to access, correct or update personal information (such as your address), we will endeavor to correct, update or remove the personal data that you have given us.

How long will we keep your personal information?

We will keep your personal information for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed.

Links to other websites

HCC may contain links to other sites such as our sponsors or media partners. These sites are not controlled by HCC and HCC is not responsible for any content contained on any such website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by other sites, and the privacy practices employed by such sites may not be the same as HCC’s policies and practices.

HCC uses cookies to manage our website and email programs. A cookie is a small text file placed on your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are used to store information to manage your website experience such as your type of web browser. A cookie can also store preference information to customize your website experience.

Cookies help us understand how consumers use our websites and emails so we can provide you with the best service and user experience. Web browsers can be adjusted to disable cookies; however, HCC may not be able to provide you with all the service or functionality you require on the ESFH2020-website if you choose to disable cookies.

Contacting HCC with questions, concerns, or complaints

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about this privacy policy, please contact office@healthcc.at.