TERMS & CONDITIONS: SITGEC Membership

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Members must be 18 years old or older.
 
Applications for membership are received by the Society in good faith. Each application and any related membership subscription will be acknowledged by the Society on completion of the online process.
 
Membership benefits are available as soon as membership registration and payment has taken place.
 
Society members benefit from a lower fee to the SITGEC Congress. An active and paid membership must be in place in order to be able to register to the Congress at the lower member congress rate.
 
SITGEC membership runs on a calendar year, ie 1st January – 31st December. Membership lasts from the day it is taken out until the 31st December, regardless of date of purchase.
 
Usually, refunds are not given; requests can be sent to office@sitgec.it.
 
Membership fees and benefits are subject to change at no notice, and can be viewed on the membership page. By agreeing to these Terms & Conditions, you agree to the membership benefits as outlined on the membership page. 
 
Payment
Your invoice will be sent to you by an automated email on submission of a membership application form. Payment details are outlined on the invoice. If you do not receive an invoice, please check your spam folder, and then contact us at office@sitgec.it.
 
AGM and Board Elections
Members will receive an email invitation to attend the SITGEC Annual General Meeting (AGM). During the AGM, members will be allowed to vote on society issues raised during the AGM.
 
Members are also eligible to stand for election to the Board; elections are scheduled as announced in society emails.

 

Elections will be conducted by an online vote in which only active SITGEC members are eligible to take part. Members will receive voting instructions, including any deadlines, and results will be announced in the AGM and published on the SITGEC website and other SITGEC communication channels.
 
Your Data and our Communications

We use the personal data you provide to us as a member for the purpose of servicing your membership. It is provided as legitimate interest. It includes, but is not limited to:

• Sending you renewal information and administering your membership;

• Emailing you with information about our congress, events and activity updates (unless you tell us that you do not want to be contacted);

• Providing you with access to Human Gene Therapy Journal.
   

We will normally contact you via email, although we might occasionally need to write to you. If your membership lapses, we may contact you for up to 12 months after the lapse date to give you an opportunity to re-join unless you have expressly told us that you do not want to be contacted.

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SITGEC may use Brevo to send member email communications. Your name and email address may be stored and processed by Brevo in order to service your membership. Brevo stores data on servers located within the EU. We may also use Brevo to track campaign analytic data, such as whether a message has been opened and which links, if any, have been clicked. You can view Brevo's Privacy Policy at https://www.brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/.

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If you change your email address, or if any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, please email us at office@sitgec.it.

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Online membership applications are currently collected and stored on Google Drive, and include the use of Google Forms, Google Sheets, and the New Visions Cloudlab Autocrat add-on, which may store and process data on servers located outside of the EU. You can view Google's Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy and New Visions Cloudlab's Privacy Policy at https://cloudlab.newvisions.org/privacy-policy.

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For details about SITGEC data protection procedures, please see our Privacy Policy.

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By submitting a membership application form, you agree to the use of your data as outlined above and in our Privacy Policy.

 

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Changes to this policy

SITGEC reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions at any times, and any changes will be updated on this webpage.

 

These terms and conditions were updates on 07/06/2024. 

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