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Privacy Policy

Your Privacy is Important to us

Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. It is FulMed.org’s policy to respect your privacy and comply with any applicable law and regulation regarding any personal information we may collect about you, including across our website, https://fulmed.org, and other sites we own and operate.

The privacy statement describes the type of information that we collect on our website www.fumled.org or the application portal www.apply.fulmed.org, how we process it, with whom such data is shared, the security of your data, the choice you can make about your information, and how you can contact us about the privacy practices. This policy is effective as of 25 May 2022 and was last updated on 25 May 2022.

Section I - Information We Collect

Information we collect includes both information you knowingly and actively provide us when using or participating in any of our services, registering and submitting applications on our applicant portal and promotions, and any information automatically sent by your devices while accessing our products and services. This information includes:

1. Registration Data

To be able to register on our application portal to submit the scholarship application, you are obliged to provide your email address and create a username and password. Without these data fields, you will not be able to complete the registration.

2. Scholarship Application Data

As a part of the application process, the FulMed.org collects the following personal data for evaluation of your application:

  1. Name
  2. Address
  3. Email address
  4. Phone number
  5. Birthday
  6. Educational background/Qualifications
  7. Employment history
  8. Personal & Professional activity history (Volunteer experiences, Research experiences)
  9. Research Interests
  10. Statement of purpose
  11. Any additional information that you voluntarily provide

Section II - Purpose of Processing your Personal Data

Section IIa - Collection and Use of Information

Your personal data listed above is collected and processed for the following purposes and ways:

  1. To process your scholarship application
  2. To evaluate your academic and professional profile to evaluate your basis for scholarship
  3. To administer scholarship
  4. To contact you for updates and processing of your application and further information if required
  5. To contact you for new scholarships
  6. For proper operation and improvement of this website
  7. To enable you to customize or personalize your experience of our website
  8. To consider your application for a job
  9. To consider your application for a volunteer opportunity
  10. For internal record keeping and administrative purposes

We may also collect personal information from you when you do any of the following on our website:

  1. Use a mobile device or web browser to access our content
  2. Contact us via email, social media, or on any similar technologies
  3. When you mention us on social media

Section IIb - Log Data

When you visit our website, our servers may automatically log the standard data provided by your web browser. It may include your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, other details about your visit, and technical details that occur in conjunction with any errors you may encounter.

Please be aware that while this information may not be personally identifying by itself, it may be possible to combine it with other data to personally identify individual persons.

Section IIc - Legitimate Reasons for Processing Your Personal Information

We only collect and use your personal information when we have a legitimate reason for doing so. In which instance, we only collect personal information that is reasonably necessary to provide our services to you. As for the application data, the legal basis for processing your data is set out in section I i.e., for the determination of merit for the scholarship for which you are applying.

As for the registration data, the legal basis for processing such data is set out in section I i.e., for purpose of operating and enabling the use of the website, account creation, and application submission.

Section III - Security of Your Personal Information

When we collect and process personal information, and while we retain this information, we will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification.

Although we will do our best to protect the personal information you provide to us, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, and no one can guarantee absolute data security. We will comply with laws applicable to us in respect of any data breach. You are responsible for selecting any password and its overall security strength, ensuring the security of your own information within the bounds of our services.

Section IV - How Long We Keep Your Personal Information

When you apply for a scholarship, we keep your application data as long as it is necessary for us to complete the scholarship administration process unless there is any other legal basis for continued storage and processing of your data. This time period may depend on what we are using your information for, in accordance with this privacy policy. If your personal information is no longer required, we will delete it or make it anonymous by removing all details that identify you.

Your registration data is stored and processed by us until you close your account unless any other legal basis for continued storage and processing of data exists. Please note that, in case you close your account, you will no longer be able to access the full functionalities of the website including viewing and reviewing your profile, your submitted applications, and documents.

However, if necessary, we may retain your personal information for our compliance with a legal, accounting, or reporting obligation or for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific, or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes.

Section V - Children’s Privacy

We do not aim any of our products or services directly at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information about children under 13.

Section VI - International Transfers of Personal Information

The personal information we collect is stored and/or processed where we or our partners, affiliates, and third-party providers maintain facilities. Please be aware that the locations to which we store, process, or transfer your personal information may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. If we transfer your personal information to third parties in other countries: (I) we will perform those transfers in accordance with the requirements of applicable law; and (ii) we will protect the transferred personal information in accordance with this privacy policy.

Section VII - Your Rights and Controlling Your Personal Information

You always retain the right to withhold personal information from us, with the understanding that your experience of our website may be affected. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights over your personal information. If you do provide us with personal information, you understand that we will collect, hold, use and disclose it in accordance with this privacy policy. You retain the right to request details of any personal information we hold about you.

If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time. We will provide you with the ability to unsubscribe from our email database or opt-out of communications. Please be aware we may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity.

If you believe that we have breached a relevant data protection law and wish to make a complaint, please contact us using the details below and provide us with full details of the alleged breach. We will promptly investigate your complaint and respond to you, in writing, setting out the outcome of our investigation and the steps we will take to deal with your complaint. You also have the right to contact a regulatory body or data protection authority in relation to your complaint.

Section VIII - Use of Cookies

We use “cookies” to collect information about you and your activity across our site. A cookie is a small piece of data that our website stores on your computer, and accesses each time you visit, so we can understand how you use our site. This helps us serve you content based on the preferences you have specified.

Section IX - Limits of Our Policy

Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of those sites and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices

Section X - Changes to This Policy

At our discretion, we may change our privacy policy to reflect updates to our business processes, current acceptable practices, or legislative or regulatory changes. If we decide to change this privacy policy, we will post the changes here at the same link by which you are accessing this privacy policy.

If required by law, we will get your permission or allow you to opt in to or opt-out of, as applicable, any new uses of your personal information.

Section XI - Contact Us

For any questions or concerns regarding your privacy, you may contact us using the following details:

FulMed.org

Email: info@fulmed.org

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