Privacy Policy

Data Administration

The Data Administrator of personal data collected via General-CON-Fusion.com is General CON Fusion (hereafter referred to as the “Administrator”).

General CON Fusion uses a third party data processor called MailChimp to process data collected for the newsletter. MailChimp is a marketing automation service provided by the Rocket Science Group, LLC. General CON Fusion cares about your privacy. Unlike most websites, we do not use Google Analytics or any other analytics. We use Google reCAPTCHA for bot prevention. reCAPTCHA is provided by Google, LLC.

Communications relating to the collection of data should be sent via our contact form.

Collecting of Non-identifying data

As is common with many websites, non-identifying data which does not allow for individual Website Users to be identified, is collected by General CON Fusion in order to better understand how Website Users make use of the site. This data is of the sort that is usually made available by browsers, such as which browser is being used, or date and timestamps showing when the Website Users accessed the website. We do not use cookies.

Collection of Identifying Data

General CON Fusion collects data that can be used to personally identify Website Users in only one instance; when a user contacts us via our contact form. The collected data is limited to a name, email address, phone number, company name and IP address, which allows for any enquiry to be responded to accordingly.

The use of this data is limited to delivery of the General Fusion email newsletter. The newsletter consists of a regular quarterly publication, as well as a series of four emails introducing readers to the history of fusion development. These introductory emails are sent over a twelve week period from the date of subscription. Emails may also be sent on an ad-hoc basis notifying newsletter subscribers about breaking news or events in the world of fusion.

Collected data will be treated with utmost care by the Administrator to protect the interests of Website Users whom the data relates to, and processed in accordance with the law; that is, it will be collected and used only for the purposes expressly noted in this policy.

Web Beacons

We use web beacons in our emails. When we send emails to Members, we may track behaviour such as who opened the emails and who clicked the links. This allows us to measure the performance of our email campaigns and to improve what articles and content we feature. To do this, we include single pixel gifs, also called web beacons, in emails we send. Web beacons allow us to collect information about when you open the email, your IP address, your browser or email client type, and other similar details.

Disclosure of Identifying Data

The Administrator may disclose personally-identifying data only to its contractors directly involved with processing of the data in accordance with this policy, providing that the data needs to be known by the contractor so that they may process it in accordance with the law, and provided that the contractor has agreed to be bound by the particulars of this Privacy Policy and laws regarding protection of the data.

Revoking Right to Process Data

Personally-identifying information as well as consent is required by General CON Fusion in order to respond to enquiries. However, the rights to personal data remain with the Website Users at all times. Website Users retain the right to control, access, amend or delete the contents of own personal data in the Administrator’s database.

Consent to send newsletters or other marketing materials is given during the sign-up process, however such consent may be revoked or objected to at any time by Website Users. In order to do so, the Website Users may contact the Administrator by sending an appropriate message in writing or via our contact form, or utilize the provided links at the bottom of any newsletter-related electronic correspondence from General Fusion to remove oneself from the database.

Once General CON Fusion has been notified of a request to update or remove the Website User’s data, General CON Fusion will conduct the appropriate action to either update the Website User’s data or completely remove it from General CON Fusion’s collected data.

Contacts, Questions or Concerns

If you have any questions or comments, or if you want to update, delete, or change any Personal Information we hold, or you have a concern about the way in which we have handled any privacy matter, please contact us.

Final provisions

Both General-CON-Fusion.com and any marketing materials sent by General CON Fusion may contain external links to other websites. Website Users are encouraged to become familiar with the privacy policies in effect on these websites; this privacy policy applies exclusively to General-CON-Fusion.com and is not transferable to external websites.

The Administrator takes advantage of technical and organizational means which ensure protection of the processed personal data appropriate to the threats and categories of protected data. This includes securing against disclosure to unauthorized persons, take-over by an unauthorized person, processing in violation of currently applicable regulations, as well as change, loss, damage or destruction.