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IFT Event Policy

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) may at any time revise its policies associated to services associated to IFT FIRST. By accessing, browsing, or using the IFT Event Site, you accept and agree to, without limitation or qualification, these Terms and Services (and any amendments) and IFT’s Policies. You are encouraged to visit this page from time to time to review the current policies.

For more information on IFT’s Privacy Policy, please visit https://www.ift.org/about-ift/policies/privacy-policy

Security Note / Encryption Disclaimer

All Credit Card information provided is private and fully secured.

Cancellation / Refund Policy
You may cancel your registration, events, and tickets through the advance deadline of June 5, 2024, for a full refund less a $50 service charge. After that time, there are no refunds. You may transfer your registration to an alternate participant before June 5, 2024. Cancellations and changes must be in writing and sent to IFT FIRST Registration and Housing at [email protected] on/before June 5, 2024. Donations are not refundable.

Registration Policies
By registering for this event, I agree to the collection, use and disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information. Personal data includes any information that identifies me personally (e.g. name, address, email address, phone numbers, etc.). IFT will use Personal data to: (a) enable your event registration; (b) review, evaluate and administer IFT initiatives; (c) market IFT opportunities you may potentially be interested in; and to (d) share your personal data with third parties that perform services on behalf of IFT, including but not limited to, database management, third party suppliers and sponsors. IFT may use your Personal Data for so long as IFT remains active in conducting any of the above purposes.

GDPR
The Follow Provisions Apply Only to Citizens and Residents of the United Kingdom, EEA, or Switzerland

The following provisions apply only if you are a citizen or resident of the UK, EEA or Switzerland. For such citizens or residents, all processing of your Personal Information is performed in accordance with privacy rights and regulations, in particular, (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), and our processing will take place in accordance with the GDPR. For purposes of the GDPR, we will be the “data controller” of Personal Information (referred to and defined in the GDPR (available here) as “Personal Data”) we collect through the Website, unless we collect such information on behalf of a “data controller” in which case we will be a “data processor.” This Privacy Policy does not apply to websites, applications or services that do not display or link to this Privacy Policy or that display or link to a different privacy policy. For UK, EEA, and Switzerland residents and citizens only, to the extent any definition in this Privacy Policy conflicts with a definition under the GDPR, the GDPR definition shall control.

Our Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (UK, EEA and Swiss Visitors Only)
If you are a visitor using our Website from the UK, EEA or Switzerland, our legal basis for collecting and using the Personal Data described above will depend on the Personal Data concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. However, we will normally collect Personal Data from you only where we need the Personal Data to perform Services for you for which you have contracted with us, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests or rely upon your consent where we are legally required to do so and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect Personal Data from you or may otherwise need the Personal Data to protect your vital interests or those of another person.

Your Rights and Choices Regarding Your Information
If you are subject to GDPR, your rights include the following:

  • The right to access - Upon request, we will confirm any processing of your Personal Information and, and provide you with a copy of that Personal Information in an acceptable machine-readable format.
  • The right to rectification - You have the right to have us correct any inaccurate Personal Information or to have us complete any incomplete Personal Information.
  • The right to erasure - You may ask us to delete or remove your Personal Information and we will do so in some circumstances, such as where we no longer need it (we may not delete your data when other interests outweigh your right to deletion).
  • The right to restrict processing - You have the right to ask us to suppress the processing of your Personal Information but we may still store your Personal Information. See below for more information.
  • The right to object to processing - You have the right to object to your Personal Information used in the following manners: (a) processing based on legitimate interests or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority (including profiling); (b) direct marketing (including profiling); and, (c) processing for purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics. See below for more information.
  • The right to data portability - You have the right to obtain your Personal Information from us that you consented to give us or that is necessary to perform fulfillment of member benefits with you. We will give you your Personal Information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
  • The right to complain to a supervisory authority - You have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the European member state of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of Personal Information relating to you infringes upon your rights.
  • The right to withdraw consent - If we are processing your Personal Information based on your consent to do so, you may withdraw that consent.

The following policies are provided during registration:

By registering for this event, I agree to the collection, use and disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information, Personal data includes any information that identifies me personally (e.g. name, address, email address, phone number, etc.) IFT will use Personal data to: (a) enable your event registration; (b) review, evaluate and administer IFT initiatives; (c) market IFT opportunities you may potentially be interested in; and to (d) share your personal data with third parties that perform services on behalf of IFT, including but not limited to database management, third party suppliers and sponsors. IFT may use your Personal Data for so long IFT remains active in conducting any of the above purposes.