Disclaimers

Disclaimer: Every effort has been taken to ensure that the information in the ESCCAP guidelines, which is based on the authors’ experience is accurate. However the authors and publishers take no responsibility for any consequence arising from the misinterpretation of the information herein nor is any condition or warranty implied.  ESCCAP emphasises that national, regional and local regulations must be borne in mind at all times before following ESCCAP advice.

Renuncia de responsabilidad: Se han hecho todos los esfuerzos para asegurar que la información contenida en esta guía, basada en la experiencia de los autores, sea precisa. Sin embargo, los autores y los editores no aceptan ninguna responsabilidad sobre actuaciones que puedan surgir como consecuencia de una mala interpretación de la información contenida en la misma, y tampoco hay ninguna condición o garantía que quede implicada. ESCCAP recalca que las normas nacionales, regionales y locales deben tenerse en cuenta antes de seguir estas recomendaciones.

Disclaimer: Wij hebben grote zorg en aandacht besteed aan de juistheid van de informatie in de richtlijn. Deze informatie is gebaseerd op de kennis en ervaring van de auteurs. Auteurs en uitgever kunnen echter geen verantwoording nemen voor gevolgen door een verkeerde interpretatie van de verstrekte informatie noch kunnen hieraan rechten worden ontleend. ESCCAP benadrukt dat nationale, regionale en lokale regelgeving altijd eerst in acht moet worden genomen alvorens adviezen van de ESCCAP op te volgen.

Disclaimer: Die Inhalte der Empfehlungen sind mit grösster Sorgfalt erstellt worden. Sie basieren auf den Erfahrungen und dem Wissen der Autoren, die alles unternommen haben, dass diese korrekt sind. Dennoch übernehmen Autoren und Herausgeber keine Verantwortung für Konsequenzen aus einer Fehlinterpretation dieser Inhalte noch sind damit irgendwelche Garantieren verbunden. ESCCAP unterstreicht, dass vor der Befolgung von ESCCAP-Empfehlungen in jedem Falle alle nationalen, regionalen und lokalen Vorschriften zu konsultieren sind.   

GENERAL WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

LAST UPDATED: 23 MAY 2018

  1. These terms and conditions apply to users of the Site whose purpose is general browsing only.
  2. European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites with registered name of ESCCAP is a private limited company by guarantee with registered in England and Wales. We, ESCCAP, own and operate this website (Site).
  3. Your use of the Site is subject to these Terms of Use. By using the Site, you will be deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these Terms of Use. We may make changes to these Terms of Use from time to time. We may notify you of such changes by any reasonable means, including by posting the revised version of these Terms of Use on the Site. You can determine when we last changed these Terms of Use by referring to the 'LAST UPDATED' statement above. Your use of the Site following changes to these Terms of Use will constitute your acceptance of those changes.
  4. You are responsible for all access to the Site using your internet connection, even if the access is by another person.
  5. We reserve the right to restrict your access to the Site or part of it. Access to restricted areas of the Site may be subject to registration and other conditions. If we grant you permission to access a restricted area, we may withdraw that permission at any time (including where you breach any of these Terms of Use).
  6. We will use reasonable efforts to ensure that the Site is available at all times. However, we cannot guarantee that the Site or any individual function or feature of the Site will always be available and/or error free. In particular, the Site may be unavailable during periods when we are implementing upgrades to or carrying out essential maintenance on the Site.
  7. The intellectual property rights in the Site and all of the text, pictures, videos and other content made available on it are owned by us and our licensors. You may not print or otherwise make copies of any such content without our express prior permission.
  8. We provide the Site on an 'as is' basis and make no representations as to the quality, completeness or accuracy of any content made available on the Site. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we expressly exclude:
    1. all conditions, warranties and other terms that might otherwise be implied by law into these Terms of Use; and
    2. any and all liability to you, whether arising under these Terms of Use or otherwise in connection with your use of the Site.
  9. The foregoing is a comprehensive limitation of liability that applies to all damages of any kind, including (without limitation) compensatory, direct, indirect or consequential damages, loss of data, income or profit, loss of or damage to property and claims of third parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in these Terms of Use is intended to exclude or limit any liability that may not by law be excluded or limited, and in particular none of the exclusions and limitations in this clause are intended to limit any rights you may have as a consumer under local law or other statutory rights which may not be excluded, nor in any way to exclude or limit (site owner) liability to you for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or that of our employees or agents.
  10. Your permission to use the Site is personal to you and non-transferable, and you may not use the Site for commercial purposes. Your use of the Site is conditional on your compliance with the rules of conduct set forth in these Terms of Use and you agree that you will not:
    1. use the Site for any fraudulent or unlawful purpose;
    2. use the Site to defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the rights of others, including without limitation others' privacy rights or rights of publicity;
    3. impersonate any person or entity, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity in connection with the Site; or express or imply that we endorse any statement you make;
    4. interfere with or disrupt the operation of the Site or the servers or networks used to make the Site available; or violate any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of such networks;
    5. transmit or otherwise make available in connection with the Site any virus, worm, Trojan horse or other computer code that is harmful or invasive or may or is intended to damage the operation of, or to monitor the use of, any hardware, software, or equipment;
    6. reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, or otherwise exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of, use of, or access to the Site;
    7. modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the Site. If you wish to reverse engineer any part of the Site to create an interoperable program you must contact us and we may provide interface data subject to verification of your identity and other information;
    8. remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notice from the Site or materials originating from the Site;
    9. frame or mirror any part of the Site without our express prior written consent;
    10. create a database by systematically downloading and storing Site content; and/or
    11. use any manual or automatic device in any way to gather Site content or reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Site without our express prior written consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we grant the operators of public online search engines limited permission to use search retrieval applications to reproduce materials from the Site for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of such materials solely in connection with each operator's public online search service.
  11. We reserve the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific instances.
  12. The Site may provide links to other websites and online resources. We are not responsible for and do not endorse such external sites or resources. Your use of third party websites and resources is at your own risk.
  13. We may block any links to or from the Site. Additionally, we may provide tools to allow you to link to the Site directly from a third party site; if you do link to the Site (whether using such tools or otherwise), you agree that you will disable and remove any such link promptly upon our request.
  14. We may collect and use information about you in accordance with our privacy policy. You can view a copy of this policy by clicking here [INSERT.
  15. These Terms of Use are effective until terminated. We may, at any time and for any reason, terminate your access to or use of the Site. If we terminate your access to the Site you will not have the right to bring claims against us or our affiliates with respect to such termination. We and our affiliates shall not be liable for any termination of your access to the Site.
  16. These Terms of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England, and the courts of England will have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or dispute arising under or in connection with these Terms of Use.

 

 

OUR PRIVACY POLICY 

This document explains how we use your personal data.
European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites with registered name of ESCCAP is a private limited company by guarantee with registered in England and Wales. ESCCAP is the data controller in respect to all personal data collected by it.
We are committed to ensuring the privacy of our clients and website visitors. In this policy we explain how we hold, process and retain your personal data.

  1. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
    1. This section provides you with information about:
      1. what personal data we hold and process;
      2. in respect of personal data that we did not collect from you directly, where we obtained that data from, and what types of data we have collected;
      3. the purposes for which we may process your personal data; and
      4. the legal grounds on which we process your data.
      We will not pass on your information to any third party without your explicit consent.
    2. Contact data/enquiry data. We may process contact details that you provide to us ("contact data"). This contact data may include your name and email address and possibly your postal address and telephone and may be provided through our website.
      The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in responding to your enquiries and ensuring the efficient administration and continued function of our website.
    3. Sensitive personal data. During the course of using our services, you may provide us with sensitive information about yourself (“sensitive data”). However, we will only process this sensitive data if you consent to us doing so.
    4. Transaction data. We may process information relating to any payments made by you to us ("transaction data"). The transaction data may include your contact details, your bank account details, and the transaction details. The transaction data may be processed for the purposes of processing these payments and keeping proper records of those transactions.
      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 and our legitimate interests, namely our interest in the proper administration of our business and website.
    5. Website data. We may process data about your use of our website and services ("website data"). The website data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of the website data is our analytics tracking system. This website data may be processed for the purposes of analysing the use of the website and services.
      The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services.
    6. Notification data. We may process information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our newsletters ("notification data"). The notification data may be processed for the purposes of sending you newsletters.
      The legal basis for this processing is consent.
    7. Correspondence data. We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us ("correspondence data"). The correspondence data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. Our website will generate the metadata associated with communications made using the website contact forms. The correspondence data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and record-keeping.
      The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business and communications with users.
    8. Other processing activities. In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out above, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
  2. PROVIDING YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO OTHERS
    1. Our partner service providers. We may share your data to our partners who manage and support us. We may use third party service providers to help us operate our business and our website or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes provided that you have given us your permission.
    2. Our professional advisers. We may disclose your personal data to our professional advisers insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes of managing risks, obtaining professional advice and managing legal disputes.
    3. Where we provide your personal data to any third party. Where we share your personal data with any third party, we will ensure this processing is protected by appropriate safeguards including a suitable data processing agreement with that third party.
    4. To comply with legal obligations. In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data detailed above, we may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation we have to comply with, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another individual.
  3. RETAINING AND DELETING PERSONAL DATA
    1. Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
    2. Unless we contact you and obtain your consent for us to retain your personal data for a longer period, we will retain and delete your personal data as follows:
    3. Contact data will be retained for 4 years following the date of our last contact or dealing with you, at the end of which period it will be deleted from our systems.
    4. Sensitive data will be retained for 4 years following the date of our last contact or dealing with you, at the end of which period it will be deleted from our systems.
    5. Transaction data will be retained for 4 years following the date of our last contact or dealing with you, at the end of which period it will be deleted from our systems.
    6. Website data will be retained for 4 years following the date of our last contact or dealing with you, at the end of which period it will be deleted from our systems.
    7. Notification data will be retained for 4 years following the date of our last contact or dealing with you, at the end of which period it will be deleted from our systems.
    8. Correspondence data will be retained for 4 years following the date of our last contact or dealing with you, at the end of which period it will be deleted from our systems.
    9. We may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
  4. AMENDMENTS
    1. We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.
    2. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.
    3. We may notify you of changes to this policy by email.
  5. YOUR RIGHTS
    1. You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you; provision of such information will be subject to:
      1. your request not being found to be unfounded or excessive, in which case a charge may apply; and
      2. the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity (for this purpose, we will usually accept a photocopy of your passport certified by a solicitor or bank plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address).
    2. We may withhold personal information that you request to the extent permitted by law.
    3. The rights you have under data protection law are:
      1. the right to access;
      2. the right to rectification;
      3. the right to erasure;
      4. the right to restrict processing;
      5. the right to object to processing;
      6. the right to data portability;
      7. the right to complain to a supervisory authority; and
      8. the right to withdraw consent.
    4. Your right to access your data. You have the right to ask us to confirm whether or not we process your personal data and, to have access to the personal data, and any additional information. That additional information includes the purposes for which we process your data, the categories of personal data we hold and the recipients of that personal data. You may request a copy of your personal data. The first copy will be provided free of charge, but we may charge a reasonable fee for additional copies.
    5. Your right to rectification. If we hold any inaccurate personal data about you, you have the right to have these inaccuracies rectified. Where necessary for the purposes of the processing, you also have the right to have any incomplete personal data about you completed.
    6. Your right to erasure. In certain circumstances you have the right to have personal data that we hold about you erased. This will be done without undue delay. These circumstances include the following: it is no longer necessary for us to hold those personal data in relation to the purposes for which they were originally collected or otherwise processed; you withdraw your consent to any processing which requires consent; the processing is for direct marketing purposes; and the personal data have been unlawfully processed. However, there are certain general exclusions of the right to erasure, including where processing is necessary: for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information; for compliance with a legal obligation; or for establishing, exercising or defending legal claims.
    7. Your right to restrict processing. In certain circumstances you have the right for the processing of your personal data to be restricted. This is the case where: you do not think that the personal data we hold about you is accurate; your data is being processed unlawfully, but you do not want your data to be erased; it is no longer necessary for us to hold your personal data for the purposes of our processing, but you still require that personal data in relation to a legal claim; and you have objected to processing, and are waiting for that objection to be verified. Where processing has been restricted for one of these reasons, we may continue to store your personal data. However, we will only process it for other reasons: with your consent; in relation to a legal claim; for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or for reasons of important public interest.
    8. Your right to object to processing. You can object to us processing your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation, but only as far as our legal basis for the processing is that it is necessary for: the performance of a task carried out in the public interest, or in the exercise of any official authority vested in us; or the purposes of our legitimate interests or those of a third party. If you make an objection, we will stop processing your personal information unless we are able to: demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing, and that these legitimate grounds override your interests, rights and freedoms; or the processing is in relation to a legal claim.
    9. Your right to object to direct marketing. You may instruct us at any time not to process your personal information for marketing purposes.
      In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.
      You can object to us processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. If you make an objection, we will stop processing your personal data for this purpose.
    10. Your right to object for statistical purposes. You can object to us processing your personal data for statistical purposes on grounds relating to your particular situation, unless the processing is necessary for performing a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
    11. Automated data processing. To the extent that the legal basis we are relying on for processing your personal data is consent, and where the processing is automated, you are entitled to receive your personal data from us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. However, you may not have this right if it would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
    12. Complaining to a supervisory authority. If you think that our processing of your personal data infringes data protection laws, you can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do this in the EU member state of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.
    13. Right to withdraw consent. To the extent that the legal basis we are relying on for processing your personal data is consent, you are entitled to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.
    14. Exercising your rights. You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us in addition to the other methods specified above.
  6. COOKIE POLICY
    1. A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
    2. We use cookies such as a time-limited cookie which is used to refer to information you enter into our website (rather than storing such information as less-secure cookie-data). The cookie expires after being inactive for a short time so the information is only stored with us briefly. This is useful to you for facilities such as remembering form information completed by you so you do not have to re-enter details if you make a mistake completing the form. This type of data is usually removed as soon as form information is successfully submitted.
    3. Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
    4. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
  7. OUR DETAILS
    1. This website is owned and operated by ESCCAP.
    2. We are a private limited company by guarantee with registered in England and Wales with company registration number 05821601 and registered address at Granta Lodge, 71 Graham Road, Malvern, Worcester, WR14 2JS.
    3. You can contact us:
      1. by post, using the postal address; ESCCAP, Malvern Hills Science Park, Geraldine Road, Malvern WR14 3SZ UK
      2. using our website contact form
      3. by telephone, on +44 (0) 1684 585135
      4. by email, at info@esccap.org

 

 

ESCCAP SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT

ESCCAP is committed to protecting the environment and recognises that it has a responsibility to reduce waste and minimise its carbon footprint.

 

MEETINGS & BUSINESS TRAVEL

  • Most ESCCAP meetings are conducted online. Annual general meetings to take place in person every other year.
  • Public transport should be used for transfers and internal journeys whenever possible. Car shares should be used for private transfers whenever possible.
  • ESCCAP personnel must fly economy and direct wherever possible.
  • ESCCAP has a “no-print” travel policy and encourages ESCCAP representatives to go digital.
  • Responsible behaviour is encouraged during hotel stays (towels, bedding, water consumption, disposable products etc).
  • ESCCAP supports local communities and businesses by using restaurants that embrace the 0 km food concept.
  • Single-use plastic bottles have been eliminated from ESCCAP organised meetings and events and replaced with reusable cups.
  • ESCCAP contractors work from home whenever possible and commit to the practices of this statement.

 

OFFICE SPACE

  • Malvern Hills Science Park, where the ESCCAP office is located, was designed with high energy efficiency performance in mind. The site is partially heated and cooled with ground source heat pumps and uses solar energy.
  • Charging points are available for electric cars.
  • On-site recycling is available for cardboard, paper, plastic, metal, glass, batteries and printer toners.
  • To reduce waste, unwanted office furniture and equipment is rehomed/repurposed to other on-site companies or offered to local educational establishments.

 

ENERGY

  • Power sources should be turned off completely when not in use (e.g. computers, monitors, heaters and other office equipment) and are never left in stand-by mode.

 

WASTE

  • Recycling facilities are used to recycle waste carefully.
  • ESCCAP’s information is supplied electronically. Materials are rarely printed.
  • If documents are printed, double-sided printing is used.

 

MATERIALS

  • ESCCAP-branded goods should only be produced using sustainable materials, not plastic.
  • “Green” packaging should be used, including recycled packaging.
  • The environmental impact associated with the transportation of goods should always be considered and locally sourced products used whenever possible.

 

We will consistently base all our actions on sustainability principles to protect our planet and future.

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