TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Your attention is particularly drawn to the provisions of paragraph 16 (Liability).
This page gives you information about us and sets out the legal terms and conditions (Terms) on which we may make the LifeScience ORG Community platform (Community) available to you.
These Terms apply to any contract formed between us relating to your access to the Community (Subscription). You can find out more about what our Community offers on https://www.lifescienceorg.com (our site).
Please read these Terms carefully and make sure that you understand them before accessing our Community. Please note that before you access our Community you will be asked to agree to these Terms. If you refuse to accept these Terms, you will not be able to access our Community.
We may amend these Terms from time to time as set out in paragraph 11. Please check this page regularly to ensure that you are familiar with and understand the terms which will apply at that time.
These Terms were most recently updated in January 2022. These Terms, and any contract between us, are only in the English language.
1 Information about us
1.1 We are LifeScience Connect Ltd (trading as LifeScience ORG), a company registered in England and Wales under company number 12688952 and with our registered office at 4 Cross Street, Beeston, Nottingham. NG9 2NX.
1.2 You may contact us by e-mailing us at members@lifescienceorg.com.
2 Our relationship with Mighty Networks
2.1 Mighty Networks is the hosting provider of our Community.
2.2 The contract relating to your use and access of the Community is between you and LifeScience ORG, but Mighty Networks also has terms and conditions which you must adhere to (Mighty Networks Terms). LifeScience ORG is referred to as a ‘Host’ in the Mighty Networks Terms. You will be asked to read and agree to the Mighty Networks Terms before accessing our Community.
3 Applications
3.1 Access to our Community is restricted to individuals that have been approved by us. You may apply to become a member of our Community by completing an application form on our site at members.lifescienceorg.com. Should you have been referred by an existing member, you will need to confirm to us within 48 hours, that you qualify for membership.
3.2 We may approve or reject your application (or referral) at our sole discretion and will inform you of our decision via e-mail to the e-mail address provided on the application form.
3.3 Should we accept your application, we shall provide you with an e-mail link which will enable you to subscribe to our Community (Subscription Link). If you have been referred by a member and are already in the community you will received a confirmation email. The Subscription Link / or confirmation email is our offer to contract with you on the basis of these Terms. You accept our offer by subscribing to the Community using the Subscription Link. The Subscription Link, and therefore our offer, will expire after 28 days of being sent by us (whether or not you actually received the Subscription Link).
4 Subscribing to our Premium Access Community and the Premium Access Subscription Period
4.1 We offer two levels of membership. Community Access, which is free for qualifying members and Premium Access.
In consideration of you paying the Fees (as defined in paragraph 5), we will make the Premium Access Community available to you in accordance with these Terms.
4.2 Your Premium Access Subscription shall begin on the on the date on which you sign up for our Premium Access Community using the Subscription Link and continue for 28 days on a free of charge trial basis (Trial Period). On expiry of the Trial Period, you may choose to continue with your Subscription for a period of one year (Initial Period) in accordance with paragraph 6.1. On expiry of the Initial Period (Renewal Date) your Subscription shall automatically renew for successive one-year periods (each a Renewal Period) until your Subscription is terminated in accordance with these Terms. Together, the Trial Period, Initial Period and each subsequent Renewal Period shall be known as the Subscription Period.
4.3 We shall notify you by e-mail of each upcoming Renewal Period at least seven days before the relevant Renewal Date.
5 Fees payable by you
5.1 In these Terms, Annual Subscription Fees shall mean the yearly fees payable by you for your Subscription in respect of the Initial Period and each Renewal Period that follows (as appropriate). The Annual Subscription Fees are as set out on our site at https://www.lifescienceorg.com/faqs. The Annual Subscription Fees shall not be payable during the Trial Period.
5.2 We may change the Annual Subscription Fees from time to time by updating our site and by notifying you by email and, subject to paragraph 5.6, these changes will take effect from the start of your Initial Period or your next Renewal Date (as applicable).
5.3 In addition to the Premium Access Annual Subscription Fees, you may choose to purchase additional content (in these Terms, the word “content” includes all content accessible via the Community including, without limitation, all posts, articles, photos, videos, questions, polls, links, files, events, groups, discussions, courses and workshops uploaded to or otherwise accessible via the Community) from time to time (Additional Content). The Additional Content is not included within the Annual Subscription Fees and shall be charged for separately (Additional Content Fees) if you choose to access it. The Additional Content Fees shall be made clear to you on our site and the Community.
The Annual Subscription Fees and Additional Content Fees shall together be known as the Fees.
5.4 We take all reasonable care to ensure that the Fees are correct but will notify you if we become aware that we have made a mistake on our site, Community or in any other communication to you.
5.5 The Fees, unless otherwise indicated on our site, exclude any sales or other local tax which shall, if applicable, be payable by you in addition at the rate from time to time in force.
5.6 If we notify you of a mistake (as referred to in paragraph 5.4) above, or change our Fees (as referred to in paragraph 5.2), and you no longer wish to proceed with your Subscription or purchase of Additional Content (as applicable), you may cancel your Subscription or purchase of Additional Content (as applicable) in accordance with paragraph 7.1 and we shall refund you the applicable Fees.
6 When and how to pay
6.1 No Annual Subscription Fees shall be payable by you during the Trial Period. Should you wish to continue your Subscription beyond the Trial Period (i.e. for the Initial Period) you must pay the Annual Subscription Fees via the link that we will email to you shortly before your Trial Period is due to expire. These Annual Subscription Fees must be paid by no later than the last day of your Trial Period.
6.2 Following expiry of your Initial Period, the Annual Subscription Fees shall be charged to your payment card on your Renewal Date and each subsequent Renewal Date (in each case in respect of the upcoming Renewal Period), unless you cancel your Subscription before the relevant Renewal Date in accordance with these Terms.
6.3 Additional Content Fees are payable immediately on registering to access Additional Content via the Community.
6.4 You can pay the Fees via any of the methods listed on our site or the Community (as applicable).
7 Your Subscription and how to cancel it
7.1 If you wish to cancel your Premium Access Subscription, you may do so at any time through accessing your account on our Community or by sending us a written request by e-mail. We will aim to respond to any such request and notify you by email that we have processed your requested change or cancellation, within 48 hours.
7.2 Where you cancel your Subscription by following the procedure set out in paragraph 7.1 above, your cancellation shall take effect on expiry of the Trial Period, Initial Period or current Renewal Period (as applicable). No refund shall be given in respect of any Fees already paid by you prior to the date of cancellation of your Subscription.
7.3 If you cancel your Subscription within your Trial Period, you shall not be charged any Annual Subscription Fees. However, we shall not refund any Additional Content Fees incurred during your Subscription and these, to the extent unpaid, shall remain payable by you.
7.4 Any Additional Content Fees paid by you are non-refundable except in accordance with these Terms.
8 Our rights to terminate your Subscription
8.1 We may suspend or terminate your Community Access Membership, your Subscription or your access to particular Additional Content (at our discretion and without notice) in the event you:
8.1.1 do not pay any Fees payable by the due date;
8.1.2 you share content of other members (or any other user of the Community) or LifeScience ORG outside of the Community;
8.1.3 breach any provision of these Terms;
8.1.4 breach any provision of the Handbook; and/or
8.1.5 breach any provision of the Mighty Networks Terms.
8.2 Please be aware that Mighty Networks may also suspend or terminate your Subscription in accordance with the Mighty Networks Terms.
8.3 If your Subscription is suspended or terminated under this paragraph 8, no refund of Fees shall be issued to you.
9 How we use your personal information
We only use your personal information obtained via the Community in accordance with our Privacy Policy set out on our site (https://www.lifescienceorg.com/privacy-policy-1). Please take the time to read our Privacy Policy, as it includes important information which applies to you. Mighty Networks may also use your personal information for their own purposes and will set and control cookies on the Community, and you should refer to their privacy policy and cookie policy for further details.
10 Authority
10.1 The Community is a platform that is designed for individuals over the age of 18 acting for purposes related to their trade, business, craft, or profession. We shall not accept any applications made by individuals acting in the capacity of a consumer and you must only use the Community for business purposes.
10.2 These Terms and any document expressly referred to in them constitute the entire agreement between you and us and supersede and extinguish all previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between us, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter.
10.3 You acknowledge that in purchasing a Subscription or any Additional Content you do not rely on any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in these Terms or any document expressly referred to in them.
10.4 You and we agree that neither of us shall have any claim for innocent or negligent misrepresentation or negligent misstatement based on any statement in these Terms.
11 Our right to vary these Terms
We may vary these Terms, and our Community, from time to time by publishing updated Terms and/or by notifying you by e-mail. If we revise these Terms as they apply to your Subscription, and you do not agree to the changes, you may cancel your Subscription in accordance with the paragraph 7.1 above.
12 Your content
12.1 Our Community enables you to upload your own content and view the content of others.
12.2 Content created and uploaded by you is your sole and entire responsibility and all content you create is at your own risk.
12.3 You shall not upload any content to, sell any products on, or otherwise carry out any activity on, our Community which infringes the intellectual property rights, or any other rights, of any third party.
12.4 At all times when using the Community, you and your content must comply fully with these Terms, the Handbook (as defined below) and the Mighty Networks Terms.
12.5 You must treat your Subscription details, including your username and password, as confidential, and not disclose them to any third party including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, any of your colleagues at your place of business or other business contacts.
12.6 If you know or suspect that anyone knows your username or password, you must promptly notify us at the e-mail address listed in paragraph 1 of these Terms. We shall not be liable to you or any third party for any loss or damage which may arise as a result of any failure by you to keep your password or account confidential.
12.7 The Community may only be used for lawful purposes. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Community or using it to obtain products or services not properly ordered and fully paid for.
12.8 You may not interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of the Community in any way or send unsolicited email messages to or through the Community or otherwise harass us or other members.
13 Our provision of the Community
13.1 We will always make reasonable efforts to keep the Community operational. Technical difficulties may result in temporary interruptions to the Community.
13.2 Certain content or areas of our Community may also be temporarily unavailable to you if capacity for that content or area has been reached.
13.3 No interruptions to the Community shall entitle you to a refund of any payment already made by you or any compensation for revenue lost.
13.4 We are under no obligation to provide any content for the Community and reserve the right to upload, remove, vary or otherwise deal with any Content provided on the Community from time to time.
13.5 We shall provide the Community to you in accordance with applicable laws.
14 Your obligations and the Handbook
14.1 You, and all of your content, must comply with the LifeScience ORG Handbook (available at Link Handbook ) and in particular the Community Guidelines (Handbook) throughout your Subscription. We may vary the provisions in the Handbook from time to time and shall notify you of any changes. The Handbook, as amended from time to time, shall form part of these Terms.
14.2 You must not use the Community:
14.2.1 in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation;
14.2.2 to bully, insult, harm, intimidate or humiliate any person;
14.2.3 to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam); and
14.2.4 to knowingly or recklessly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
14.3 Your content must be accurate (where it states facts), genuinely held (where it states opinion), comply with these Terms and all applicable laws. In particular, but without limitation, your content must not:
14.3.1 be defamatory of any person;
14.3.2 be obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory;
14.3.3 promote, include or refer to sexually explicit material, violence, illegal activity, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
14.3.4 infringe any intellectual property rights of any other person;
14.3.5 be likely to deceive any person;
14.3.6 breach the Mighty Networks Terms;
14.3.7 be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety; and
14.3.8 be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
15 Confidential information and intellectual property
15.1 Subject to the compliance with applicable data protection legislation, any content, except for financial or security information or any information which we inform you we will keep confidential, sent to us will be deemed NOT to be confidential. By sending us any content or uploading or making available any content to or via the Community, you give us an unrestricted, irrevocable, sublicensable licence to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute that content, and you also agree that we are free to use any content (including any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques) that you send us or upload to or make available via the Community for any purpose. For the avoidance of doubt, this licence shall include the ability to grant sub-licences to other members of the Community.
15.2 Any confidential information we provide to you that is confidential or proprietary in nature (including, without limitation, details of Additional Content Fees) shall be classed as confidential information. You shall not share our confidential information with any third party unless you have our written permission to do so or you are required to do so by law. In particular, any content not uploaded to or inputted into the Community by you must not be shared outside of the Community by you.
15.3 All intellectual property rights, and all other rights including goodwill, whether now known or created in the future, in our site, Community, and any content we provide you is our property or our licensors and shall vest in us or our licensors (as appropriate).
15.4 Save where such a licence is granted to you via the Mighty Networks Terms and only to the extent we have a right to do so, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, revocable licence (without the ability to sub-licence) to use, view, access, or print content provided through the Community (whether by us or other members of the Community) for use by you for the sole purpose of accessing and benefitting from the Community (Licence). When you use, transmit, download or print any content, you must ensure that all copyright, trade mark and other proprietary notices comprised within that content are retained. The Licence shall automatically terminate upon the termination or expiry of your Subscription.
15.5 You shall not assign or sub-licence your rights under the Licence.
15.6 Your Licence does not permit you to:
15.6.1 share content with any other person or body corporate outside of the Community, whether in hard copy, soft copy, or via the internet (including using social media);
15.6.2 copy, adapt, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any of our source code;
15.6.3 copy, adapt or modify any of our trade marks or content;
15.6.4 use any of our trade marks or content other than as provided in accordance with these Terms,
or authorise or assist anyone else to do so without our express prior written consent.
16 Liability
16.1 Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes our liability for:
16.1.1 death or personal injury caused by our negligence; or
16.1.2 fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
16.1.3 any other loss or liability which may not be excluded or limited by law.
16.2 Subject to paragraph 16.1, we will under no circumstances whatsoever be liable to you, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise howsoever arising for:
16.2.1 any loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
16.2.2 loss or corruption of data, information or software;
16.2.3 loss of business opportunity;
16.2.4 loss of anticipated savings;
16.2.5 loss of goodwill; or
16.2.6 any indirect or consequential loss.
16.3 You acknowledge that LifeScience ORG brings together like-minded individuals but that it is not responsible to you for any content or other information you obtain via the Community, including, without limitation, any content posted by other members or users of the Community (including LifeScience ORG). Considering this, except as expressly stated in these Terms, we do not give any representation, warranties or undertakings in relation to the Community or the content accessible via the Community. Any representation, condition or warranty which might be implied or incorporated into these Terms by statute, common law or otherwise is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. In particular, we will not be responsible for ensuring that the content via the Community is suitable for your purposes.
16.4 Subject to paragraph 16.1, 16.2, and 16.3, our total liability to you per event or series of connected events, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise howsoever arising, shall in no circumstances exceed 100% of the total Fees paid by you in the 12-month period prior to the date on which the act or omission giving rise to the liability occurred.
16.5 You shall remain solely responsible for compliance with your own legal duties and obligations, including (but without limitation) in respect of the content of you input into the Community (except to the extent we have provided this content to you).
17 Indemnity
17.1 You shall indemnify us against all liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and losses (including but not limited to any direct, indirect or consequential losses, loss of profit, loss of reputation and all interest, penalties and legal costs (calculated on a full indemnity basis) and all other reasonable professional costs and expenses) suffered or incurred by us arising out of or in connection with:
17.1.1 your breach or negligent performance or non-performance of any of these Terms of the Mighty Networks Terms;
17.1.2 any claim made against us for the actual or alleged infringement of any third-party intellectual property rights arising out of or in connection with your use of the Community and/or any content inputted into the Community by you; and
17.1.3 any claim made against us by any third party arising out of or in connection with the content you input into the Community.
18 Communications between us
When we say "in writing", this includes e-mail. Any notice or other communication given by you to us, or by us to you, under or in connection with these Terms needs to be in writing sent by email to the email address listed in paragraph 1 of these Terms. We will contact you at the e-mail address you provide when you complete an application form. A notice or other communication will be assumed to be received one working day after transmission. This paragraph 18 will not apply to any documents or proceedings served on us in any legal action.
19 Other sites
19.1 When you visit or purchase from a website affiliated with us or linked to the Community, you use the other site at your own risk and that site’s terms and conditions of use and privacy policy will apply. We have not examined the content of any other website, and are not responsible for the actions, products, services, or content of any such other site or its related businesses.
19.2 You may link to our Community’s public homepage only, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You must not establish a link to the Community in any website that is not owned by you. The Community must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of the Community other than the home page. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
20 Other important terms
20.1 We may transfer our rights and obligations under our contract with you to another organisation, but this will not affect your rights or our obligations under these Terms.
20.2 You may only transfer your rights or your obligations under our contract with you if to another person if we agree in writing.
20.3 Our contract is between you and us. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of its terms, whether under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise.
20.4 Our contract with you and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with our contract with you or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
20.5 We both agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with our contract or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).
Privacy Policy
This privacy policy applies between you, the User of this Website and Life Science Connect Ltd, the owner and provider of this Website. Life Science Connect Ltd trading as LifeScience ORG takes the privacy of your information very seriously. This privacy policy applies to our use of any and all Data collected by us or provided by you in relation to your use of the Website.
For Members if our Community, this privacy policy should be read alongside, and in addition to, our Terms and Conditions, which can be found at: www.lifescienceorg.com/terms-and-conditions.
Please read this privacy policy carefully.
Definitions and interpretation
1. In this privacy policy, the following definitions are used:
Data
collectively all information that you submit to Life Science Connect Ltd trading as LifeScience ORG via the Website. This definition incorporates, where applicable, the definitions provided in the Data Protection Laws;
Cookies
a small text file placed on your computer by this Website when you visit certain parts of the Website and/or when you use certain features of the Website. Details of the cookies used by this Website are set out in the clause below ( Cookies);
Data Protection Laws
any applicable law relating to the processing of personal Data, including but not limited to the Directive 96/46/EC (Data Protection Directive) or the GDPR, and any national implementing laws, regulations and secondary legislation, for as long as the GDPR is effective in the UK;
GDPR
the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
Life Science Connect Ltd, we or us
Life Science Connect Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 12688952 whose registered office is at 4 Cross Street, Beeston, Nottingham. NG9 2NX,
UK and EU Cookie Law
the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as amended by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011;
User or you
any third party that accesses the Website and is not either (i) employed by Life Science Connect Ltd trading as LifeScience ORG and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to Life Science Connect Ltd and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services; and
Website
the website that you are currently using, www.lifescienceorg.com, our community platform members.lifescienceorg.com and any sub-domains of this site unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.
1. In this privacy policy, unless the context requires a different interpretation:
1. the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
2. references to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or appendices are to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or appendices of this privacy policy;
3. a reference to a person includes firms, companies, government entities, trusts and partnerships;
4. "including" is understood to mean "including without limitation";
5. reference to any statutory provision includes any modification or amendment of it;
6. the headings and sub-headings do not form part of this privacy policy.
Scope of this privacy policy
1. This privacy policy applies only to the actions of Life Science Connect Ltd and Users with respect to this Website. It does not extend to any websites that can be accessed from this Website including, but not limited to members.lifescienceorg.com which hosts the membership area of our community and has it’s own policies as well as any links we may provide to social media websites.
2. For purposes of the applicable Data Protection Laws, Life Science Connect Ltd is the "data controller". This means that Life Science Connect Ltd determines the purposes for which, and the manner in which, your Data is processed.
3. Members of the LifeScience ORG community platform are additionally subject to the privacy policy of our software provider Mighty Network.
Data collected
1. We may collect the following Data, which includes personal Data, from you:
1. name;
2. job title;
3. profession;
4. contact Information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
5. IP address (automatically collected);
6. information about your business and/or investment habits;
This public website of LifeScience ORG collects certain personal data automatically to power our site analytics, including:
· Information about your browser, network, and device
· Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
· Your IP address
This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:
· Clicks
· Internal links
· Pages visited
· Scrolling
· Searches
· Timestamps
We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.
in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.
How we collect Data
1. We collect Data in the following ways:
1. data is given to us by you ;
2. data is received from other sources; and
3. data is collected automatically.
Data that is given to us by you
1. Life Science Connect Ltd will collect your Data in a number of ways, for example:
1. when you contact us through the Website, by telephone, post, e-mail or through any other means;
2. when you register with us and set up an account to receive our products/services;
3. when you complete surveys that we use for research purposes (although you are not obliged to respond to them);
4. when you use our services;
in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.
Data that is received from publicly available third parties sources
1. We will receive Data about you from the following publicly available third party sources:
1. things published in the public domain.
Data that is collected automatically
1. To the extent that you access the public Website and/or the membership area of the website, we will collect your Data automatically, for example:
1. we automatically collect some information about your visit to the Website. This information helps us to make improvements to Website content and navigation, and includes your IP address, the date, times and frequency with which you access the Website and the way you use and interact with its content.
2. we will collect your Data automatically via cookies, in line with the cookie settings on your browser. For more information about cookies, and how we use them on the Website, see the section below, headed "Cookies".
Our use of Data
1. Any or all of the above Data may be required by us from time to time in order to provide you with the best possible service and experience when using our Website. Specifically, Data may be used by us for the following reasons:
1. internal record keeping;
2. improvement of our products / services;
3. transmission by email of marketing materials that may be of interest to you;
4. contact for market research purposes which may be done using email, telephone, fax or mail. Such information may be used to customise or update the Website;
in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.
1. We may use your Data for the above purposes if we deem it necessary to do so for our legitimate interests. If you are not satisfied with this, you have the right to object in certain circumstances (see the section headed "Your rights" below).
2. For the delivery of direct marketing to you via e-mail, we'll need your consent, whether via an opt-in or soft-opt-in:
1. soft opt-in consent is a specific type of consent which applies when you have previously engaged with us (for example, you contact us to ask us for more details about a particular product/service, and we are marketing similar products/services). Under "soft opt-in" consent, we will take your consent as given unless you opt-out.
2. for other types of e-marketing, we are required to obtain your explicit consent; that is, you need to take positive and affirmative action when consenting by, for example, checking a tick box that we'll provide.
3. if you are not satisfied about our approach to marketing, you have the right to withdraw consent at any time. To find out how to withdraw your consent, see the section headed "Your rights" below.
3. When you register with us and set up an account to receive our services, the legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.
4. We may use your Data to show you Life Science Connect Ltd adverts and other content on other websites. If you do not want us to use your data to show you Life Science Connect Ltd adverts and other content on other websites, please turn off the relevant cookies (please refer to the section headed "Cookies" below).
Who we share Data with
1. We may share your Data with the following groups of people for the following reasons:
1. any of our group companies or affiliates - in order to provide our service to you;
2. our employees, agents and/or professional advisors - in order to provide our service to you;
3. third party service providers who provide services to us which require the processing of personal data - to help third party service providers in receipt of any shared data to perform functions on our behalf and or to help ensure the website runs smoothly;
4. third party payment providers who process payments made over the Website - to enable third party payment providers to process user payments and refunds;
5. relevant authorities - if required by law;
2. LifeScience ORG uses the following external service providers to store data and communicate with our users, each of whom has their own privacy policy.
https://monday.com - as our CRM and Email provider
https://convertkit.com – as our email provider
https://docs.google.com/ - to store data
https://www.xero.com - as our accounting system
https://stripe.com/en-gb-ch - to take payment
https://www.typeform.com - the sign you up and to occasionally do surveys
https://zapier.com/ - as an API connector transferring data between different providers
https://www.mightynetworks.com - as a software provider
Keeping Data secure
1. We will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard your Data, for example:
1. access to your account is controlled by a password and a user name that is unique to you.
2. we store your Data on secure servers, provided by external service providers..
2. Technical and organisational measures include measures to deal with any suspected data breach. If you suspect any misuse or loss or unauthorised access to your Data, please let us know immediately by contacting us via this e-mail address: info@lifescienceorg.com.
3. If you want detailed information from Get Safe Online on how to protect your information and your computers and devices against fraud, identity theft, viruses and many other online problems, please visit www.getsafeonline.org. Get Safe Online is supported by HM Government and leading businesses.
Data retention
1. Unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, we will only hold your Data on our systems for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy policy or until you request that the Data be deleted.
2. Even if we delete your Data, it may persist on backup or archival media for legal, tax or regulatory purposes.
Your rights
1. You have the following rights in relation to your Data:
1. Right to access - the right to request (i) copies of the information we hold about you at any time, or (ii) that we modify, update or delete such information. If we provide you with access to the information we hold about you, we will not charge you for this, unless your request is "manifestly unfounded or excessive." Where we are legally permitted to do so, we may refuse your request. If we refuse your request, we will tell you the reasons why.
2. Right to correct - the right to have your Data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
3. Right to erase - the right to request that we delete or remove your Data from our systems.
4. Right to restrict our use of your Data - the right to "block" us from using your Data or limit the way in which we can use it.
5. Right to data portability - the right to request that we move, copy or transfer your Data.
6. Right to object - the right to object to our use of your Data including where we use it for our legitimate interests.
2. To make enquiries, exercise any of your rights set out above, or withdraw your consent to the processing of your Data (where consent is our legal basis for processing your Data), please contact us via this e-mail address: info@lifescienceorg.com.
3. If you are not satisfied with the way a complaint you make in relation to your Data is handled by us, you may be able to refer your complaint to the relevant data protection authority. For the UK, this is the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The ICO's contact details can be found on their website at https://ico.org.uk/.
4. It is important that the Data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your Data changes during the period for which we hold it.
Transfers outside the European Economic Area
1. Data which we collect from you may be stored and processed in and transferred to countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA). For example, this could occur if our servers are located in a country outside the EEA or one of our service providers is situated in a country outside the EEA. We also share information with our group companies, some of which are located outside the EEA.
2. We will only transfer Data outside the EEA where it is compliant with data protection legislation and the means of transfer provides adequate safeguards in relation to your data, eg by way of data transfer agreement, incorporating the current standard contractual clauses adopted by the European Commission, or by signing up to the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, in the event that the organisation in receipt of the Data is based in the United States of America.
3. To ensure that your Data receives an adequate level of protection, we have put in place appropriate safeguards and procedures with the third parties we share your Data with. This ensures your Data is treated by those third parties in a way that is consistent with the Data Protection Laws.
Links to other websites
1. This Website may, from time to time, provide links to other websites. We have no control over such websites and are not responsible for the content of these websites. This privacy policy does not extend to your use of such websites. You are advised to read the privacy policy or statement of other websites prior to using them.
Changes of business ownership and control
1. Life Science Connect Ltd, from time to time, expand or reduce our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of Life Science Connect Ltd Data provided by Users will, where it is relevant to any part of our business so transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this privacy policy, be permitted to use the Data for the purposes for which it was originally supplied to us.
2. We may also disclose Data to a prospective purchaser of our business or any part of it.
3. In the above instances, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring your privacy is protected.
Cookies
1. This Website may place and access certain Cookies on your computer. Life Science Connect Ltd trading as LifeScience ORG uses Cookies to improve your experience of using the Website and to improve our range of services. Life Science Connect Ltd trading as LifeScience ORG has carefully chosen these Cookies and has taken steps to ensure that your privacy is protected and respected at all times.
2. All Cookies used by this public Website are used in accordance with current UK and EU Cookie Law. If you apply to join the private Membership Platform of LifeScience ORG you will be subject to and will have to agree to the Mighty Network Cookies Policy.
3. Before the Website places Cookies on your computer, you will be presented with a message bar requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies, you are enabling Life Science Connect Ltd trading as LifeScience ORG to provide a better experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of the Website may not function fully or as intended.
4. This Website may place the following Cookies:
Type of Cookie
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.
· These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.
· These analytics and performance cookies are used on this site, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. We use analytics cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.
When signing up to our newsletters, or applying to become a member, our service provider may also place cookies which may be governed by their own cookies policy:
https://monday.com/ - as our CRM and Email provider
https://convertkit.com – as our email provider
https://www.typeform.com - the sign you up and to occasionally do surveys
Purpose
Strictly necessary cookies
These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
Analytical/performance cookies
They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Functionality cookies
These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
Targeting cookies
These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
1. You can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser.
2. You can choose to delete Cookies at any time; however you may lose any information that enables you to access the Website more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, personalisation settings.
3. It is recommended that you ensure that your internet browser is up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.
4. For more information generally on cookies, including how to disable them, please refer to aboutcookies.org. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer.
General
1. You may not transfer any of your rights under this privacy policy to any other person. We may transfer our rights under this privacy policy where we reasonably believe your rights will not be affected.
2. If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of this privacy policy (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will, to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of this privacy policy will not be affected.
3. Unless otherwise agreed, no delay, act or omission by a party in exercising any right or remedy will be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, right or remedy.
4. This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted according to the law of England and Wales. All disputes arising under the Agreement will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.
Changes to this privacy policy
1. Life Science Connect Ltd trading as LifeScience ORG reserves the right to change this privacy policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the Website and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy policy on your first use of the Website following the alterations. You may contact Life Science Connect Ltd trading as LifeScience ORG by email at info@lifescienceorg.com.
Attribution
1. This privacy policy was created using a document from Rocket Lawyer (https://www.rocketlawyer.com/gb/en).
January 22nd 2024