1. CONTACT DETAILS

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www.WorldPhDs.com
By VIL (LLC Reg: 16151193)
Wollaton NG8, Nottingham
United Kingdom
E-mail: info@worldphds.com

2. WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION WE HAVE

When you use our website, we may collect and process the following types of personal information: Names, address, email address/phone number, unique identifiers such as username and password; Financial information which in essence is data related to your payment method which includes valid debit and credit card details; Derivative Information which refers to data automatically collected by our web servers when you access our Site such as IP address, browser type, operating system and access times, etc.

3. HOW WE GET THE INFORMATION AND WHY WE HAVE IT

Most of the personal information we process are provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:

Account Registration

To create/open an account on our platform and access the premium services on offer, you may be required to provide the following information:  name, address, email address/phone number and password.

Subscriptions

When you need to make payments for subscriptions to enjoy access to premium services, you may be required to provide details of your credit card and address for billing purposes.

Creation of User Profiles

As an individual registered user of our platform, we may collect the following information for the creation of your profile. They include Name, address, email, education, work experience, professional specialisation, and proof of any claim. As a registered organisation on our platform, in the creation of a corporate profile we may collect name of organisation, name(s) of business contact(s), address, and email.

Posts on Our Platform

When you post contents or upload documents on our platform, we may collect personal data from your publication on our platform.

We also receive personal information indirectly from the following sources in the following scenarios:

Posts by Others

When other users on our platform post content that includes your personal data, we may collect information about you.

Use of Services of Partners and Affiliates

When you use the services of our partners and affiliates, we may receive data about you from them, for the purpose of networking our Services. An example of data which may be collected include name, email address etc.

Linking profile to User Accounts in 3rd Party Sites

When as a user, you link your profile contents from other social networking sites where you have a profile, to post on our platform, we collect and process your personal data on those sites, such as name, email, and other details you choose to make public. However, this would only be possible if you grant Our Site permission to access this information.

Service Use

As you access our Site, our web servers automatically collect information such as IP address, device ID, browser type, Operating System type, time of access and pages viewed through the server log files. This information is collected for security purposes both for our Site and the accounts of users.

Placement of Cookies and Use of Similar Technologies

As a visitor to our Site or a registered user of our Site, we collect your personal data through the placement of cookies on your device, subject to your consent as to the choice of cookie permitted to be place, except for strictly necessary non -invasive cookies. These cookies are placed for the purposes of providing a personalized services to you, advertising, marketing, and analytical purposes. However, you can at any time opt out from our use of your personal data obtained from cookies and other tracking technologies. We may also allow 3rd party use of cookies, as contained in our Cookies Policy.

Device Location

When you access our Services we collect data about your device location, to provide security to our platform and your account, as well as for ad-targeting.

Usage Data

We obtain usage data about you whenever you use our Services. This may include actions you performed on our Site and webpages visited. Furthermore, our web servers keep log files that record data each time a device access those servers.

4. LAWFUL BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR DATA

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

1. Your consent. You can remove your consent at any time. You can do this by Contacting Us.
2. We have a contractual obligation.
3. We have a legal obligation.
4. We have a legitimate interest.

5. WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE HAVE

We use the information that you have given us to:

1. Create and manage your account.
2. Deliver targeted advertising to you.
3. Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for internal use.
4. Enable user-to-user communication.
5. Assist law enforcement and respond to subpoena.
6. Send emails to you regarding your account or order.
7. Fulfill and manage purchases, orders, payments, and other transactions related to the Site.
8. Monitor and analyse usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
9. Increase the efficiency, security, and operation of the Site.
10. Notify you of updates to the Site.
11. Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor, and protect against theft and other criminal activity.
12. Offer new products and services.
13. Request feedback and contact you about your use of our site.
14. Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.
15. Respond to product and customer service requests.
16. Send you a newsletter.
17. Personalise your use of the Site, by creating a personal profile about you

6. SHARING YOUR DATA WITH THIRD PARTIES

We may also share this information with the following organisations or individuals in the following circumstances:

3rd Party Service Providers – In the offering of our Services, we integrate third party service providers, to provide such services as audit, payments, fraud detection, marketing, maintenance, and information security etc., all forming part of our value chain.

Legal Disclosures – The protection of your rights and safety, as well as ours, is of premium importance, hence we may share your data when we believe it is required by law to protect your rights and that of others.

Change in Ownership – We may share your data when our business is acquired by others, but it will be used in accordance with this privacy policy. We may also share personal data as part of consideration for merger. The entity that acquires our business will have the right to the continuous use of your data albeit subject to this privacy policy except you agree otherwise.

Affiliates – We may share your personal data with our affiliates, whose process of your data shall be subject to their privacy policies.

Business Partners – We may share your data with business partners to offer you certain products or services.

Third-Party Advertisers – We may partner with third party advertising companies such as those listed as our Networks and Sponsors to serve ads when you visit the site. These companies may use first party cookies and third-party cookies, to, among other things, analyse and track users’ use of the Site, to provide personalised internet-based adverts and website analytics. By accessing our Site, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information by these third-party vendors. You are encouraged to review their privacy policy, as the processing of your data in these circumstances shall be subject to their respective privacy policies.

7. HOW WE STORE YOUR INFORMATION

Your information is stored securely in our data centre, as we deploy robust administrative and technical security measures to protect your data while in our custody. However, even though we take reasonable steps to secure your personal data, we cannot fully guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted via our Site.

Furthermore, we retain your personal data, for as long as your account with us remains open, to enable us provide services to you, or as required to comply with legal and regulatory obligations. We shall not retain your personal data for any period longer than is necessary to serve the original purpose for which the data was collected and processed.

When your personal data is no longer required for the original purpose for which it was collected and processed, it shall be deleted within reasonable time by removing, it from our information systems or by completely anonymising the data such that it can no longer be used to identify you.

8. YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your Right of Access

You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

Your Right to Rectification

You have the right to ask us to rectify information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

Your Right to Erasure

You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.

Your Right to Object to Processing

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

Your Right to Data Portability

You have the right to ask that we transfer the information you gave us to another organization, or to you in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. Please Contact Us if you wish to make a request.

9. HOW TO COMPLAIN

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: +44 303 123 1113