Privacy Policy

We are Veterinary Thought Exchange Limited (CRN: 11928932) (VTX, we, us, our). VTX are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. This Privacy Notice describes how we collect, use and look after your personal data when you visit our website www.vtx-cpd.com (our Site) (regardless of where you visit it from), register to become a Member with us, create and login to an Account with us or otherwise communicate with us or use the online information, articles and services made available via our Site, including the Clinical Advice Service, Forum, Courses and Webinars and any other interactive functions, facilities and digital products made available by our Site from time to time (the Services). It also tells you about your rights and how the law protects you.

1. Important information
   1. Supplemental Terms – This Privacy Notice supplements the other notices and terms published on our Site (including our terms of use (Terms)) and is not intended to override them.
   2. Controller – We are the controller of, and are responsible for, your personal data.
   3. Understanding – To assist you further in understanding this Privacy Notice, we have set out in the Schedule a glossary of terms used in this Privacy Notice, examples of types of personal data we collect, how we use it, the lawful basis for processing such data and further details of your rights.
   4. Questions – If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact us in writing, either by:
      Email: info@vtx-cpd.comPost: Marland House, 13 Huddersfield Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, S70 2LW.
   5. Complaints – You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.
   6. Who can use our Site – Our Site is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.
   7. Changes to this Privacy Notice – We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time by updating this page. Please check it regularly to ensure you are aware of any changes.
   8. This Privacy Notice was created in April 2022.
   9. Changes to your personal data – It is important that the data we hold about you is accurate and current, therefore please keep us informed of any changes to your personal data.
   10. Third-party links – Our Site may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. By clicking on these links or enabling connections you may be allowing third parties to collect or share your personal data. We have no control over these third-party websites, plug-ins or applications and are not responsible for their privacy notices, therefore you should read their privacy notices to understand what personal data they collect about you and how they use it.
2. The data we collect about you
   1. We may collect, use, store and transfer the types of personal data about you listed in Part 1 of the Schedule.
   2. We also collect, use and share aggregated data. However, if we combine aggregated data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat this as your personal data.
   3. We do not collect any special categories of personal data or any information about criminal convictions and offences.
   4. Failure to provide personal data – If we are required by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, to collect your personal data and you fail to provide it:
      1. we may not be able to enter into or perform the contract for the Services with you; and/or
      2. we may have to terminate your Account, your Membership, cancel your purchase for the Services and/or the contract (as applicable).

We will notify you of this at the relevant time.

1. How personal data is collected
   We collect personal data in the following ways:

   Direct interactions	You may provide personal data when you register for a Membership with us, set up an Account, purchase or enquire with us regarding the Services, sign-up to receive our latest offers and updates or otherwise correspond with us (by post or email).
   Automated technology	We automatically collect personal data (technical and usage) when you browse or interact with our Site, by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive technical data about you if you visit other websites which use our cookies. Please see our Cookies Policy [LINK] for further details.
   Publicly available sources	We may collect personal data from publicly availably sources based inside the UK.
   Third parties	We may receive personal data from: (a) one of your colleagues, acquaintances or business partners who register for a Membership or request an Account on your behalf; (b) analytics providers; (c) advertising networks; (d) search information providers; and (e) our suppliers such as IT, and website support and maintenance providers.

2. How we use your personal data
   1. We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data:
      1. to perform the contract we are to enter into or have entered into with you for the Services;
      2. to comply with a legal obligation; or
      3. where it is necessary to carry out our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
   2. Part 2 of the Schedule sets out the lawful basis we will rely on to process your personal data.
   3. Please note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your information.
   4. Marketing – You will only receive marketing communications from us if you have:
      1. created an Account on our Site;
      2. purchased the Services from us;
      3. signed up to our latest offers and updates via our Site; or
      4. provided your consent to receive marketing communications and have not opted out of receiving marketing communications, unsubscribed from our mailing list or withdrawn your consent.
   5. We will not share your personal data with third parties for their marketing purposes.
   6. How to opt out – You can opt out of email marketing by clicking the unsubscribe button within the particular marketing email. You can also withdraw your consent to receive marketing communications and asked to be removed from our mailing list at any time by contacting us.
   7. Even if you opt out of receiving marketing communications, we may still use your personal data for other purposes provided we have a lawful basis to do so.
   8. Change of purpose – We will only use your personal data for the purpose that we originally collected it for, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose or we have a lawful basis to change the purpose.
   9. If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to use your personal data in this manner.
   10. We may process your personal data (without your knowledge or consent) where this is required or permitted by law.
3. Disclosure of your personal dataWe may share your personal data with the Third Parties set out in Part 4 of the Schedule. We require all Third Parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. Such Third Parties can only process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
4. International transfers
   1. Some Third Parties may be based outside of the UK, therefore your personal data may be transferred outside of the UK.
   2. Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the UK, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:
      1. we will only transfer personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data; and
      2. we use specific contracts which give personal data the same protection it has in the UK with our services providers.
5. Data security
   1. We operate appropriate security measures to prevent personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. Access to personal data is restricted to individuals who have a business need to know it, are under confidentiality obligations and can only process it on our instructions.
   2. We have procedures in place to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
6. Data retention
   1. We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
   2. We may update our data retention practices from to time and you can request details by contacting us. However, we are legally required to keep basic information about our customers (including contact, identity, financial and transaction data) for six years after the end of the tax year in which they cease being customers, for tax purposes.
   3. We may also anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes. We can use anonymised information indefinitely without further notice to you.
7. Your legal rights
   1. Your legal rights in relation to your personal data are set out in full in Part 3 of the Schedule. If you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us.
   2. You will not have to pay a fee to exercise any of your rights unless your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. In which case, we may charge a reasonable fee for this information or refuse to comply with your request.
   3. We may ask you to provide further information to help us confirm your identity. This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who does not have the right to receive it.
   4. We aim to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. If your request is particularly complex, or you have made a number of requests, it may take us longer to respond. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

Schedule

Part 1 Types of personal data

Contact data	Billing address, email address and telephone number.
Financial data	Bank account and payment card details.
Identity data	First name, last name, username, education history, vet registration number, student number or similar identifier.
Marketing and communication data	Your preferences in receiving marketing from us.
Profile data	Your user name, password, and login credentials for your Account and the Courses and Webinars and Clinical Advice Services you purchase from us from time to time as part of the Services, your preferences, or feedback and survey responses.
Technical data	Internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access our Site.
Transaction data	Details about payments to and from you or that relate to you and other details of the Services you have purchased or that have been purchased on your behalf from us.

Part 2 Lawful basis for processing and processing activities

The lawful basis upon which we may rely on to process your personal data are:

Consent	You have given your express consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose.
Contract	The processing is necessary for us to perform our contractual obligations with you under our contract, or because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract with you.
Legal obligation	The processing is necessary for us to comply with legal or regulatory obligation.
Legitimate interests	The processing is necessary for our or a third party’s legitimate interest e.g., in order for us to provide the best service to you via our Site. Before we process your personal data on this basis, we make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you, and we will not use your personal data on this basis where such impact outweighs our interest.

Set out below are specific details of the processing activities we undertake with your personal data and the lawful basis for doing this.

Purpose/Activity	Type of data	Lawful basis for processing
To complete your application to register for a Membership with us and/or create your Account	Identity & contact	(i) to perform our contract with you.
To process and manage your request for the Services from time to time, manage payments, fees and charges and debt recovery.	Identity, contact, financial, transaction, & marketing and communications	(i) to perform our contract with you; and (ii) as necessary for our legitimate interest in recovering debts due to us.
To manage our relationship with you and notify you of changes to our Terms or Privacy Notice.	Identity, contact, profile, & marketing and communications	(i) to perform our contract with you; (ii) as necessary to comply with a legal obligation; and (iii) as necessary for our legitimate interests in keeping our records updated and analysing how customers use the Services.
To provide access to the Services you purchase or that have a been purchased on your behalf, including to provide access to you to our Courses and Webinars.	Identity, contact, profile and transaction data	(i) to perform our contract with you; (ii) to provide our Services to you where a third party has ordered Services on your behalf and you have confirmed to us you want us to provide the Services; or (iii) as necessary for our legitimate interests in performing our contract with a third party that has requested the Services on your behalf.
To administer and protect our business and our Site (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data).	Identity, contact & technical	(i) as necessary for our legitimate interests in running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise; and (ii) as necessary to comply with any legal obligations.
To deliver relevant website content/advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of our advertising.	Identity, contact, profile, usage, marketing and communications, & technical	As necessary for our legitimate interests in studying how customers use the Services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy.
To use data analytics to improve our Site, the Services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences.	Technical & usage	As necessary for our legitimate interests to define types of customers for the Services, to keep our Site updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy.

Part 3 Your legal rights

You have the following legal rights in relation to your personal data:

Access your data	You can ask for access to and a copy of your personal data and can check we are lawfully processing it.
Correction	You can ask us to correct any incomplete or inaccurate personal data we hold about you.
Erasure	You can ask us to delete or remove your personal data where: there is no good reason for us continuing to process it; you have successfully exercised your right to object (see below); we may have processed your information unlawfully; or we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. We may not always be able to comply with your request for specific legal reasons, which will be notified to you at the time of your request.
Object	You can object to the processing of your personal data where: we are relying on our legitimate interest (or those of a third party) as the basis for processing your personal data, if you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms; and we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms and in such circumstances, we can continue to process your personal data for such purposes.
Restrict processing	You can ask us to suspend or restrict the processing of your personal data, if: you want us to establish the accuracy of your personal data; our use of your personal data is unlawful, but you do not want us to erase it; you need us to hold your personal data (where we no longer require it) as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or you have objected to our use of your personal data, but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
Request a transfer	You can request a transfer of your personal data which is held in an automated manner and which you provided your consent for us to process such personal data or which we need to process to perform our contract with you, to you or a third party. We will provide your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
Withdraw your consent	You can withdraw your consent at any time (where we are relying on consent to process your personal data). This does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent.

Part 4 Third Parties

Service providers	Acting as processors who provide IT and system administration services.
Payment Gateway Providers	Acting as controller who require information to collect and process payments on our behalf for the Services ordered through our Site or to issue refunds being: Stripe Payments UK Ltd (CRN: 08480771) 9th Floor, 107 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6DN
Professional advisors	Acting as processors or controllers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.
HM Revenue & Customs, regulators and other authorities	Acting as processors or controllers who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.
Other third parties	Such third parties whom we may choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this Privacy Notice.

Part 5 Glossary

Aggregated data	Information such as statistical or demographic data which may be derived from personal data but which cannot by itself identify a data subject.
Controller	A body that determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.
Data subject	An individual living person identified by personal data (which will generally be you).
Personal data	Information identifying a data subject from that data alone or with other data we may hold but it does not include anonymised or aggregated data.
Processor	A body that is responsible for processing personal data on behalf of a controller.
Special categories of personal data	Information about race, ethnicity, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, health, genetic, biometric data, sex life and sexual orientation.
ICO	Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues.

 

We are Veterinary Thought Exchange Limited (CRN: 11928932) (VTX, we, us, our). VTX are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. Our website www.vtx-cpd.com (our Site) and the online information, articles and services made available via our Site, including the Clinical Advice Service, Forum, Courses and Webinars and any other interactive functions, facilities and digital products made available by our Site from time to time (the Services) use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Site and the Services. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Site or access and use the Services, and also allows us to make improvements.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that (if you agree to) we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

1. We use the following cookies:
   1. Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Site and the Services. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to make a purchase of the Services we offer on the Site.
   2. Analytical/performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Site works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
   3. Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our Site. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your username).
   4. Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our Site, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Site and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
2. You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below
   

   Cookie	Name	Purpose	Duration
   Functionality cookie	wp_woocommerce_session_#	This cookie enables us to store performed actions on our Site.	1 day after the end of a browsing session.
   Functionality cookie	wc_cart_hash_#	This cookie enables you to use our Site in a way that makes your browsing experience more convenient, for example by allowing us to store items in your shopping basket on our Site.	Persistent for the duration of the browsing session.
   Functionality cookie	wc_fragments_#	This cookie enables us to store your Account details, so you do not need to keep logging in to your Account if the browser is closed.	Persistent for the duration of the browsing session.
   Functionality cookie	ac_enable_tracking	This cookie enables us to store your cookie consent preferences.	29 days after the end of a browsing session.
   Functionality cookie	prism_#	This cookie enables you to store and track your interaction on our Site in order to estimate our audience size and usage pattern, and store information about your preferences and so allow us to customise our Site and to provide you with offers that are targeted at your individual interests.	29 days after the end of a browsing session.
   Functionality cookie	CookieConsent	This cookie enables us to store your consent to our use of cookies whilst you access and use our Site.	1 year after the end of a browsing session.
   Analytical/performance cookie	_ga	This cookie enables us to estimate our audience size and usage pattern, and store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our Site.	2 years after the end of a browsing session.
   Analytical/performance cookie	_gid	This cookie enables us to generate statistical data on how users access and use our Site.	1 day after the end of a browsing session.
   Analytical/performance cookie	_gat (Google Analytics)	This cookie is essential to enable the function of our Site and limits the number of requests which may be made to any given operation for performance purposes.	1 day after the end of a browsing session.

3. Except for essential cookies, all our cookies will expire following the end of their duration as set out in the table above.
4. Third Party Cookies – Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. Some of the third party cookies are listed below, and we may change these from time to time and will do our best to keep this list updated.
   1. We use the payment facility provided by Stripe Payments UK Ltd in order to process payments on our Site. Further information about the cookies Stripe Payments UK Ltd uses can be found at: Cookies and Similar Technologies | Stripe
   2. We use Vimeo to provide video content for our Site. Further information about the cookies Vimeo use can be found at: Vimeo Cookie Policy.
   3. Our Site uses Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to promote online content. Further information about the cookies used by Facebook, Twitter and Instagram can be found at:
   4. Cookie Policy (facebook.com);
   5. How cookies are used on Twitter | Twitter Help;
   6. Cookies Policy | Instagram Help Centre;
   7. Google’s Privacy & Terms.
   8. Please note we have no control over third parties or how they set their own cookies
5. Removing Cookies – You may change your website browser setting to withdraw consent and reject cookies or manage your cookie preferences at any time. The Help menu on the menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. You may block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our Site and/or the Services.
6. To deactivate the use of third party advertising cookies, you may visit the consumer page to manage the use of these types of cookies.
7. For further information about cookies and how to disable cookies depending on your web browser please see the UK Information Commissioner’s Office guidance which can be found at https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/online/cookies/.

How to contact us – please contact us by emailing info@vtx-cpd.com if you have any questions about this Cookies Policy.