ATRIP Privacy Policy
Introduction
Welcome to the official website of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (“ATRIP“), available at www.atrip.org (“Website“). The Website is owned and operated by ATRIP (the “Association“, or “we“, “us“, “our“).
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains how we collect and use your information when you browse and use the Website. it is an integral part of our Terms of Use.
We are committed to complying with applicable data protection laws, including the EU and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
This Policy may be amended from time to time. We will post any change to this Policy on our Website at a reasonable time in advance of the effective date of the change, and we will also make efforts to proactively notify you of the changes if we have your email address.
Contact us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding this Policy or our processing of your personal information, please contact us through our online contact form.
What we collect & why
Scenario | Purposes | Categories of information processed |
Contacting us through our online contact form | Responding to your inquiry, our professional development | Your name, email address and the subject and content of your inquiry. |
Applying for ATRIP Membership | Handling your membership application | Your full name, country of residence, home and office address, phone number, business email address, the languages you speak, your academic degrees, your professional information such as your current role and field of teaching or research, your cv and any other information we may request from time to time or based on your professional status. You may choose to provide us with additional information such as your personal email, the professional activities you take part in and other professional memberships you hold. |
Payment of Membership fee | Fulfilling your Membership with us and providing you with exclusive content on the Website | Your payment details. |
Use of third party tools and cookies on the Website | Facilitating a feature on the Website that the user specifically requested, analyzing the Website usage to evaluate and improve its performance, improving and personalizing user experience on the Website | IP address from which you access the Website, time and date of access, type of device and browser used, language used, links clicked via a mouse or a touch screen, and actions taken while using the Website. |
You do not have a legal obligation to provide the above Information; however, if you choose to not share this information with us, we may not be able to respond to your inquiry, handle your Membership application or provide you with the full experience of the Website.
Methods & sources for collecting your personal information
We collect the personal information from several sources:
- Directly from you when you contact us with inquiries, apply for Membership or pay the Membership fee.
- From our service providers helping us to operate the Website.
- Through the device you use to access our Website, including through third party tools such as Google Analytics.
Sharing your personal information
We will not share your information with third parties, except in the events listed below or when you provide us your explicit and informed consent.
Scenario | Purposes | Third parties involved |
We will share your information with our service providers who assist us with the internal operations of the Website. These companies are authorized to use your personal information in this context only as necessary to provide these services to us and not for their own promotional purposes | Operating the Website and managing our Association | AR Members: https://www.armemberplugin.com/terms-and-conditions/ Stripe: https://stripe.com/legal/consumer Cloudways: https://www.cloudways.com/en/terms.php |
If you are a Member, we will share your name and affiliation with other Members | Managing our Association and maintaining Members relations | Other Members of ATRIP |
If you abused your rights to use the Website or violated any applicable law while engaging with us | Responding to, handling, and mitigating suspected violations of law in connection with our Association | Competent authorities, legal counsels, and advisors |
If a judicial, governmental, or regulatory authority requires us to disclose your information | Complying with a binding request from a competent authority | Competent authorities |
If the operation of the Website or our Association is organized within a different framework, or through another legal structure or entity | Enabling a structural change in the operation of the Website and our Association. | The target entity of the merger or acquisition, legal counsels, and advisors. |
Cookies
When you interact with our Website, we obtain certain information using automated technologies, such as cookies. A “cookie” is a text file that websites send to a visitor’s computer or other internet-connected device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser.
Our Website uses cookies to provide you with an enhanced user experience as well as allowing us to analyze and improve our Website, as further detailed in our Cookie Policy.
Data retention & security
We retain your information for as long as needed to operate the Website or for as long as you are an active Member of ATRIP, and thereafter as needed for record-keeping matters.
We will retain your information for as long as needed to operate the Website. Thereafter, we will still retain your personal information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, establish, and defend legal claims and enforce our agreements.
We implement measures to secure your information
We implement measures to reduce the risks of damage, loss of information and unauthorized access or use of information, such as HTTPS. However, these measures do not provide absolute information security. Therefore, although efforts are made to secure your personal information, there is no guarantee that it will be immune from information security risks.
Additional information for individuals in the EU or UK
Controller
The International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research of Intellectual Property is the data controller of the personal information collected via the Website. We are located at the University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 74, CH-8001 Zurich.
International data transfers
To facilitate processing your information through the Website and by our service providers, we may transfer your information to countries outside the EU or the UK. When applicable, we will do so to countries recognized having an adequate level of protection by the EU or the UK or under the terms of a data transfer agreement which contain standard data protection contract clauses with adequate safeguards determined by the EU Commission and UK Information Commissioner’s Office.
Legal basis for processing your personal data
Purpose or Scenario | Legal Basis |
Responding to your inquiry | Our legitimate interests in responding to your inquiry and our professional development |
Processing and handling your ATRIP Membership application | Our legitimate interest in expanding the Association’s activity and our list of Members |
Processing your Membership fee payment | Performance of our Terms of Use agreement with you. |
Use of strictly necessary cookies on the Website | Our legitimate interest in providing you with the Website features you specifically requested. |
Use of non-essential cookies on the Website | Your consent. |
Sharing your name and affiliation with other ATRIP Members (if you are a Member) | Our legitimate interest in expanding the Association’s activity and maintaining Members relations. |
Responding to, handling, and mitigating suspected violations of law in connection with our Association | Our legitimate interests in defending and enforcing against violations and breaches that are harmful to our Association. |
Complying with a binding request from a competent authority | Our legitimate interest in complying with mandatory legal requirements imposed on us. |
Enabling a structural change in the operation of the Website and our Association | Our legitimate interest in the Association’s continuity. |
Data subject rights
If you are in the EU or the UK, you have the following rights under the GDPR:
Right to Access and receive a copy of your personal information that we process.
Right to Rectify inaccurate personal information we have concerning you and to have incomplete personal information completed.
Right to easily and at any time withdraw your consent to the use of non-essential cookies on our Website. The withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Right to Data Portability, that is, to receive the personal information that you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You have the right to transmit this data to another person or entity. Where technically feasible, you have the right to have your personal information transmitted directly from us to the person or entity you designate.
Right to Object to our processing of your personal information based on our legitimate interest. However, we may override the objection if we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds, or if we need to process such personal information for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
Right to Restrict us from processing your personal information (except for storing it): (a) if you contest the accuracy of the personal information (in which case the restriction applies only for a period enabling us to determine the accuracy of the personal information); (b) if the processing is unlawful and you prefer to restrict the processing of the personal information rather than requiring the deletion of such data by us; (c) if we no longer need the personal information for the purposes outlined in this Policy, but you require the personal information to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) if you object to our processing based on our legitimate interest (in which case the restriction applies only for the period enabling us to determine whether our legitimate grounds for processing override yours).
Right to be Forgotten. Under certain circumstances, such as when you object to our processing of your personal information based on our legitimate interest and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, you have the right to ask us to erase your personal information. However, notwithstanding such request, we may still process your personal information if it is necessary to comply with our legal obligations, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us through the channels listed in this Policy.
When you contact us, we reserve the right to ask for reasonable evidence to verify your identity before we provide you with information. Where we are not able to provide you with information that you have asked for, we will explain the reason.
Subject to applicable law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. If you are in the EU, then according to Article 77 of the GDPR, you can lodge a complaint to the supervisory authority, in the Member State of your residence, place of work or place of alleged infringement of the GDPR. For a list of supervisory authorities in the EU, click here.
If you are in the UK, you can lodge a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) pursuant to the instructions provided here.
Atrip Cookies Policy
Introduction
This Cookies Policy explains how the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (”we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies on its website, available at www.atrip.org (“Website“). It explains what cookies are and why we use them, and provides information about the manner in which you may control our use of them.
The following information may be collected through cookies: the IP address of the device from which you access the Website, time and date of access, type of device and browser used, language used, links clicked via a mouse or a touch screen, and actions taken while using the Website.
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational or legal reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookies Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies.
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, contact us through our online contact form.
About cookies
Cookies are text files, comprised of small amounts of data, that are saved on your computer or other device (e.g. smartphone, tablet, etc.) when you use the internet and visit various websites.
The information that the cookies maintain is read by the website you visit, during the session of your visit to the website (these are called ‘session’ cookies), and when you return to visit it again (these are called ‘persistent’ cookies).
Why do we use cookies?
We use Cookies for several purposes, as detailed below:
Performance cookies. These cookies are used to collect information about your use of the Website, for the purpose of facilitating the Website’s features and improving the Website’s performance.
Cookie name | Source | Expiry |
m.stripe | Third party – Stripe | 13 months |
Functionality cookies. These cookies are used to tailor the Website’s user experience to you and provide you with enhanced features. The information these cookies collect is not used to identify you or to track your browsing activity on other sites or services.
Cookie name | Source | Expiry |
__stripe_mid | First party | 1 year |
__stripe_sid | First party | 30 minutes |
Deleting or disabling cookies
You can always delete or disable cookies. Disabling cookies for future uses is possible either through your browser or device settings, or through our cookies management center. If you want to remove existing cookies from your device, you can do so through your browser settings.
Please bear in mind that deleting or disabling cookies may affect your experience when using the Website