Privacy Policy

The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is an important piece of legislation that is designed to strengthen and unify data protection laws for all individuals within the European Union. The regulation became effective and enforceable on the 25th May 2018.

International Federation for Theatre Research (hereafter IFTR) values your privacy and is fully committed to achieving compliance with the GDPR.

Please note that the information stated below only pertains to the data of those users and/or subscribers to IFTR.org, and not the data that is held by Cambridge Journals Online.

Here is how we will achieve compliance:

Processing Activities:

IFTR.org collects the following types of data:

If you subscribe for our newsletter, then we collect your email address provided by you.
If you use your email address and password of your Cambridge Core account to login as a member, then Cambridge University Press will transfer your first name and your e-mail address to us, which we will collect. We will not have access to the rest of your personal data such as your bank account information. If you wish you can upload a profile picture in your IFTR account.
In order to distinguish you from other users of the website, data is collected automatically by our IT system when you visit the IFTR web pages (cookies that are used, for example, for google analytics and other statistical information). This type of data is primarily technical data, such as information on the browser and operating system you are using, or the date, time and location at which you accessed the pages.

Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive (A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer.) Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences and generally improve the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.

Our Site sets cookies which remain on your computer or device for differing times. Some expire at the end of each session and some remain for longer so that when you return to our Site, you will have a better user experience.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our Site may become inaccessible or not function properly.

We use the following cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.
Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users can easily find what they are looking for.
Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

IFTR uses this data in order to handle your membership and to keep you informed of our activities and relevant other activities in the field of drama, theatre and performance studies (via our weekly news digest email).

Name and Contact of Responsible Persons, who have access to your data:

Data Controller:

Chris Collins
Secretary General, Communications
International Federation for Theatre Research
School of English,
Trent Building,
University Park
University of Nottingham
Nottingham
United Kingdom
NG7 2RD

(responsible until end of appointed term, July 2020)

and

Data Processor:

The Web Bureau
Studio 4
Potters Quay,
5 Ravenhill Rd
Belfast
BT6 8DN
United Kingdom.

Purposes and Legal Bases of the Processing

Your data was / is being collected to:

provide you with information about the activities of the Federation
provide you with information about relevant activities in the field of drama, theatre and performance studies

Duration of Storage of Personal Data

We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for. The data will be available to IFTR from the moment you upload your information until you request deletion, terminate your membership or until IFTR stops working with the Web Bureau.

Access to your Personal Data

Anyone who has access to the Content Management System (CMS) for the website has access to your personal data. This includes:

the Secretary General, Communications for IFTR as the data controller,
any person who is appointed by the data controller to manage the content of the website and
the data processor.

Affected Rights

Under the EU Data Protection Regulation, you have the following rights:

* If your personal data is processed, you have the right to obtain information about the data stored about you (Art. 15 GDPR).

* If inaccurate personal data is processed, you are entitled to a correction (Art. 16 GDPR).

* If the legal prerequisites exist, you can request the deletion or limitation of the processing and appeal against the processing (Art. 17, 18 and 21 GDPR). We would like to point out that in this case the management of your membership will be affected.

Contact

If you have questions or concerns about how IFTR deals with your data and how we comply with the GDPR, please contact the Secretary General, Communications for IFTR: