• ANZ Privacy Policy
• Ireland Privacy Notice

Pulse+IT ANZ – Privacy Policy

Introduction

Pulse+IT is your leading voice in digital health news. We take our privacy responsibilities seriously and are committed to protecting your rights and complying with all applicable privacy laws. The Privacy Act 1988 requires Pulse+IT to provide a privacy policy to explain how Pulse+IT collects, uses and discloses your personal information and to answer any queries you may have about your personal information. If you require further details, please contact: dpocwg@bsigroup.com

Overview

The Pulse+IT website collects, uses, discloses and holds personal information for the purpose of:

• Publishing comments submitted by readers associated with articles
• Providing and managing eNewsletter subscription services
• Providing and managing website subscription services
• Managing relationships with advertisers
• Managing relationships with content writers
• Facilitating online payments with Stripe, a third-party payment solution.

The Pulse+IT website also collects, uses, discloses and holds personal information to carry out certain business functions, such as assessing suitable candidates for career opportunities with Pulse+IT.

Processing subscription card payments

The Pulse+IT website accepts Visa and MasterCard payments using the Stripe payment gateway via the online store service. After a sale has been completed using the Stripe service, Pulse+IT receives an email that contains the personal information entered by the customer.

Please be aware that Pulse+IT does not receive or store any credit card information provided by the customer or processed to complete the transaction.

Website Analytics

The Pulse+IT website uses Google Analytics to collect information about how you interact with our website based on your consent to access to terminal equipment storage, as explained below in the Cookies section.

Google AdWords

Pulse+IT uses Google Adwords to promote its services to both eNewsletter subscribers and people who have visited the Pulse+IT website.

Mailchimp

The Pulse+IT website uses the MailChimp email marketing platform to facilitate the dissemination of eNewsletters.

With whom and where will we share your personal information

Your personal information may be shared with government authorities and/or law enforcement officials if mandated by law or if necessary for compliance with applicable laws. Personal information may also be shared with third-party service providers who will process it on behalf of BSI for the purposes of managing online payments and disseminating eNewsletters.

Collection of your personal information

Pulse+IT aims to only collect the personal information required for the provision of subscription services to our eNewsletter and website or for managing relationships with advertisers and content writers.

The primary method by which Pulse+IT collects personal information about you is when you interact with our website or subscription services. For example, Pulse+IT collects personal information such as contact and payment details when you make an enquiry or payment in relation to our subscription services.

Collection of sensitive information

Pulse+IT does not collect sensitive information.

Indirect collection

Pulse+IT collects personal information directly from our subscribers and eNewsletters readers, with the exception of our relationship with membership institutions that provide Pulse+IT subscriptions on behalf of their members and are obliged to share member information with us for the creation of member accounts.

Anonymity

Individuals have the option to interact with Pulse+IT anonymously or using a pseudonym, where reasonably possible. For example, if you make general enquiries online, you will not be asked for your name unless it is required to adequately handle your enquiry.

However, for most of your interactions with Pulse+IT, your name, contact information and sufficient information will be required to enable Pulse+IT to personalise and manage your subscription efficiently.

What are my rights in relation to my personal data?

Pulse+IT respects your rights in relation to the Privacy Laws, as outlined below:

• The right of access – providing access to all your personal information we hold
• The right to correction of personal information – Pulse+IT will ensure the information we hold is accurate, up-to-date, complete, relevant and not misleading.

Cookies

Cookies are small data files transferred onto computers or devices by websites for aiding functionality, remembering purchase selections and preferences.

Most browsers allow you to choose whether to accept cookies or not. If you do not wish to have cookies placed on your computer, please set your browser preferences to reject all cookies before accessing the Pulse+IT website. Please note, however, that some data may still be collected separately by tools such as Google Analytics, even though you may have set your browser preferences to reject all cookies.

The information collected about you using cookies will not ordinarily be your personal information, because you will not be identified or reasonably identifiable to Pulse+IT from it.

Use

Primary purpose uses

Pulse+IT usually uses your personal information for the purpose for which it was collected. This ordinarily includes the provision of subscription services to the website and eNewsletter.

Secondary purpose uses

Pulse+IT does not use your personal information for secondary purposes.

Pulse+IT Ireland – Privacy Notice

Introduction

Pulse+IT is located in Australia and specialises in publishing online digital health new. It recently expanded its operations into the Irish health market. At Pulse+IT we take our data protection and privacy responsibilities seriously and are committed to protecting your rights and complying with all applicable data protection laws. This Privacy Notice is intended to explain your rights and answer any queries you may have about your personal data. If you require further details, please contact: dpocwg@bsigroup.com

What personal data do we collect?

At Pulse+IT we are committed to providing our customers prompt and reliable access to our website and subscription services and to ensure the nature of the content you are provided is relevant to your interests. Therefore, to facilitate the creation of your account and support our ongoing relationship, we are required to process the following personal data.

• Name
• Business address
• Organisation
• Position title
• Phone number
• Email address
• Payment card details.

If you opt-in to receiving our free eNewsletters, we will request your name, email address and job title.

What is the source of this information?

Pulse+IT collects personal data directly from our subscribers and eNewsletters readers, with the exception of our relationship with membership institutions that provide Pulse+IT subscriptions on behalf of their members and are obliged to share member data with us for the creation of their accounts.

Purpose for processing

Pulse+IT processes personal data for the following purposes:

• Publishing comments submitted by readers associated with articles
• Providing and managing eNewsletter services
• Providing and managing website subscription services
• Managing relationships with advertisers.
• Managing relationships with content writers.

Processing subscription card payments

The Pulse+IT website accepts Visa and MasterCard payments using Stripe functionality via the online store service. After a sale has been completed using the Stripe service, Pulse+IT receives an email that contains the personal data entered by the customer.

Please be aware that Pulse+IT does not receive or store any credit card information provided by the customer to Stripe.

Website Analytics

• The Pulse+IT website uses Google Analytics to collect data about how you interact with our website. The lawful basis for this is your consent to access to terminal equipment storage, as set out in our Cookie policy.

Google AdWords

• Pulse+IT uses Google Adwords to promote its services to both eNewsletter subscribers and people who have visited the Pulse+IT website.

Mailchimp

• The Pulse+IT website uses the MailChimp email marketing platform to facilitate the dissemination of eNewsletters.

Lawful basis for processing

The lawful basis for processing personal data is as follows:

• Performance of a contract – to set up and manage paid subscription services
• Legal obligations – to comply with laws and regulations
• Legitimate interests
• Consent – Pulse+IT does not request consent for routine data processing activities but when required, we ensure your consent can be withdrawn in a manner as easy as it is to provide.

With whom and where will we share your personal data?

Personal data may be shared with government authorities and/or law enforcement officials if mandated by law or if needed for the legal protection of our legitimate interests in compliance with applicable laws. Personal data may also be shared with third-party service providers who will process it on behalf of Pulse+IT for the purposes described above.

The period for which the personal data will be stored

Pulse+IT will retain your information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice, such as; for as long as your account is active (i.e., for the lifetime of your Pulse+IT customer account), or as needed to provide the services to you. If you no longer want Pulse+IT to use your information to provide the services to you, you may close your account. Pulse+IT will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements.

Where is my data stored?

Your personal data is stored in our secure servers hosted in Sydney, Australia, and processed by staff operating outside the United Kingdom or EEA.

What are my rights in relation to my personal data?

The data protection law grants you the following rights:

• The right of access
• The right to rectification 
• The right to erasure
• The right to object to processing of your personal data or to restrict it to certain purposes
• The right to data portability
• Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw consent at any time
• Pulse+IT does not engage in any automated decision making or profiling.

The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority:

If you are dissatisfied with any responses from Pulse+IT regarding the processing of your data, you can contact the Data Protection Commission or other relevant supervisory authority.

Data Protection Commission

21 Fitzwilliam Square South

Dublin 2

D02 rd28

Ireland

https://forms.dataprotection.ie/contact

Contact us

We have appointed a Data Protection Officer to investigate and respond to privacy issues. You can contact us, depending on the nature of your inquiry, by using the relevant contact information below.

Data Protection Officer – dpocwg@bsigroup.com

Pulse+IT – either call +61 3 7066 5475 or complete the online form https://www.pulseit.news/contact-us/