Privacy Policy

WATS.ON Ltd. is contracted by the French Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (SFTCG) to provide association and event management support. We collect, manage and process your details on behalf of the SFTCG. WATS.ON take a role of joint ‘data controller’ with the SFTCG in regards to the personal data you provide to us. We have a data protection regime in place to oversee the effective and secure processing of your personal data.

1. What information do we collect?
2. Why do we need your data?
3. What we would also like to do with your data
4. How we store and collect your data
5. Sharing your data
6. Accessing your data and your rights
7. The website
8. Queries and complaints
9. Changes to this policy
10. How to contact us


1. What information do we collect?


Your areas of speciality
We may also ask you to indicate your areas of speciality. This is for SFTCG information and interest only, and we may use it, for example, to invite you to serve on a scientific committee, become part of the abstract review board based on your areas of interest, or when submitting an abstract so we can classify it appropriately.




2. Why do we need your data?

  > To process any orders you make (such as event bookings or membership purchases)
  > To provide the service or information you have requested (such as conference registration or abstract submission)
  > To gather feedback.


3. What we would also like to do with your data

If you agree, we will email you with information about SFTCG's events, activities and memberships, and occasionally other related activities or information we think may be of interest to you.

Once you have provided your express consent for us to contact you on behalf of SFTCG, or on behalf of other organisations, there are a number of methods available to you to change your preferences:
  > By changing your preferences via the ‘My Communication Preferences’ tab in your online account
  > By contacting us at


4. How we store and collect your data

Your personal data is collected, stored and processed on a membership management system which was built, and is subsequently maintained and updated, by a UK-based, third-party processor. This is a secure, password-protected system, and the data is stored on servers located in the UK.

How long we store your data
Your personal profile will be deleted from our membership management system if your online account has been inactive for 3 years. Although your information may still be stored in archived materials.


5. Sharing your data

We may share your personal data:
  > With all WATS.ON staff members and all SFTCG board members.
  > With SFTCG sub-committees if relevant.

We will not share your data:

Any personal data we share is transferred securely.

Information about data sharing specific to conference and event registration is available to view in the terms and conditions on the event booking page.


6. Accessing your data and your rights


You have a right to request the following:
  > A copy of the information that we hold about you
  > To have your personal data erased

Please submit such requests to


7. The website

Traffic patterns/site statistics

Links to third parties’ sites



8. Queries and complaints







9. Changes to this policy



10. How to contact us

  > By email to
  > Or write to us at: WATS.ON Ltd., 1 Abbey Street, Eynsham, OX29 4TB, UK.