Data Protection Act 1998

IFST stores and uses the information supplied by applicants to facilitate the running of the organisation, to maintain contact with all the members of the Institute and to arrange for the distribution of IFST publications to members.

In order to provide members with our regular publications and with occasional benefits such as our Year Planner and Members' Directory, we may provide your name and address to the companies that supply these items. We do not provide your details to anyone outside the IFST without your permission. If you do not wish your details (or any part of them) to be disclosed to any of these companies, you should let us know by writing to us.

We may use the information you give us to produce a directory of members (or lists of specific groups of members) which we publish from time to time. We may also publish the details of some members in our publications and on our website. The IFST publications and directory may be sent to members worldwide. We only provide the directory to members of the Institute. However, IFST publications may be bought eg by public or university libraries. There is also unrestricted access to the public area of our website. This means that information in our publications and on our website is available to the general public worldwide. Access to the Members Only area of our website is restricted to members worldwide. You should note that many countries do not offer the same level of protection to data as that provided within the EEA.

If you would prefer that your details (or any part of them) are not disclosed in any of these ways, please ask the Membership Executive to provide you with further details as to how you may limit the availability of your personal data.