Cookies and Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

The Society for the Study of Theology (SST) is the ‘Controller’ of the personal data you provide to us. The Officers of the Society act as the data processors.

1. We collect personal data from Members and Contacts of the Society for the Study of Theology such as name, institutional details, address, telephone details, e-mail address(es), nationality, gender, and special dietary requirements. If you book and pay for a conference place via SST’s website, at no point is your cardholder data entered into, transmitted by or stored on SST’s website or database. The task of taking payment is completely outsourced to a third party payment processor that has the highest level (Level 1) of PCI_DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards) certification.
2. The personal data we hold is processed by the Officers of the Society for the Study of Theology. If a booking is made to attend an Annual Conference, we will share basic personal data (such as name and special dietary requirements) with the conference venue. If you would like to stop receiving e-mails about Society activities, including conferences, please e-mail the word ‘STOP’ and your e-mail address(es) to admin@theologysociety.org.uk.
3. The Society for the Study of Theology would like to pass on to its Members and Contacts news of non-Society events which may be of interest. The income generated by providing this service goes directly towards the Bursary Fund of the SST, to help people to attend the Annual Conference. If you would like to receive such messages concerning non-Society related events and do not already, please e-mail admin@theologysociety.org.uk with the words: ‘I am happy to receive third-party e-mails from the Society’ and your e-mail address(es). If you would like to stop receiving news of non-Society events, please e-mail the word ‘UNSUBSCRIBE’ and your e-mail address(es) to admin@theologysociety.org.uk.
4. If you would like to update your contact details on our database, please visit www.theologysociety.org.uk and login to your account.
5. If you are a Member or a Contact of the Society for the Study of Theology we will maintain a record of your information until you inform us that you no longer wish for us to hold your data. We will keep a record of conference bookings, membership renewals, and bursary donations received via our website for a period of five years, after which the booking history will be expunged from our database.
6. You have the following rights: (a) The right to be informed. The Society for the Study of Theology has an obligation to provide transparent ‘fair processing information’. This Privacy Notice meets this need, as it tells you how we use your personal data. (b) The right of access. You have the right to obtain: (i) confirmation that your data is being processed; and (ii) access to your personal data. You can e-mail us to ask about what information we hold about you. (c) The right to rectification. You are entitled to have personal data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete. If at any point you believe the information we process on you is incorrect you can e-mail us to ask for it to be corrected. If you would like to update your contact details on our database, please visit www.theologysociety.org.uk and login to your account. (d) The right to erasure. You may request the deletion or removal of your personal data from our database where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing. If you inform us that you want to exercise your ‘right to be forgotten’, we will only keep a basic record of the withdrawal. (e) The right to restrict processing. You have a right to ‘block’ or suppress the processing of your personal data. When processing is restricted, Officers of the Society are permitted to store your personal data, but not further process it, to ensure that the restriction is respected in future. (f) The right to object. You have the right to object to: (i) processing based on legitimate interests; (ii) direct marketing (including profiling); and (iii) processing for purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics.

If you wish to complain about how we have handled your personal data, you can contact the Society’s Secretary and/or Treasurer, who will investigate the matter. If you are not satisfied with our response or do not believe we are processing your personal data in accordance with the law you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Cookies policy

This cookies policy applies to the Society for the Study of Theology’s website(s) at www.theologysociety.org.uk. By using Society for the Study of Theology’s website you consent to the policy.

1. We may gather information about your computer for our services and to provide statistical information regarding the use of our website to our advertisers. Such information will not identify you personally – it is statistical data about our visitors and their use of our site. This statistical data does not identify any personal details whatsoever. Similarly to the above, we may gather information about your general Internet use by using a cookie file. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer automatically. This cookie file is stored on the hard drive of your computer, as cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our website and the service that we provide to you. All computers have the ability to decline cookies. This can be done by activating the setting on your browser which enables you to decline the cookies. Please note that should you choose to decline cookies, you may be unable to access particular parts of our website. Our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. Such cookies (if used) would be downloaded once you click on advertisements on our website.
2. We may update this policy to reflect changes to the website and customer feedback. Please regularly review this policy to be informed of how we are protecting your personal data.

We welcome any queries, comments or requests you may have regarding this Cookies Policy. Please do not hesitate to contact us at admin@theologysociety.org.uk.

Version 1.0: December 2018