Download a copy of this policy
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 16 November 2021. For the changes made since the last version of this policy please see section 15.
ERNDIM is committed to respecting our customers’ privacy and protecting their personal information from misuse or authorised disclosure and complying with privacy laws. This website complies with all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy. ERNDIM values its reputation and aims to maintain high ethical standards in the conduct of our business affairs.
This privacy policy applies across all websites that we own and operate and all services we provide including how we use any personal information that we collect.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon when you first start using our services.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about an aspect of this privacy policy or how ERNDIM handles your information please email admin@erndim.org.
In this document “We/Us/Our” means ERNDIM (European Research Network for evaluation and improvement of screening, Diagnosis and treatment of Inherited disorders of Metabolism).
ERNDIM is a charitable foundation, registered with the Maastricht Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel, www.kvk.nl/english, registration number 41078752); registered address: The Accounting House, Sheepbridge Centre, Sheepbridge Lane, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 9RX.
ERNDIM is the controller and is responsible for your personal data. We have appointed a Data Protection Officer who is responsible for the content in this Privacy Policy.
Data Protection Office, ERNDIM Administration Office
c/o EMQN CIC Office, Enterprise House, Manchester Science Park,
Pencroft Way, Manchester, M15 6SE, United Kingdom.
Telephone: +44 (0) 161 757 4952
Fax: +44 (0) 161 850 1145
Email: admin@erndim.org
In this document “Personal data” means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data. In this case, it means personal data that you give us directly or that is provided to us by another named contact for an EQA scheme participant. This definition shall, where applicable, incorporate the definitions provided in the UK’s Data Protection Act 2018 which is the UK’s implementation of the EU Regulation 2016/679 – the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (“GDPR”).
The Personal data we collect from you includes:
We also collect financial information for your Institute during the EQA scheme registration process.
The legal basis for processing the data we collect is to allow us to provide the service(s) you have agreed to (i.e., EQA scheme participation) or given specific consent for.
It is important that the data we hold about you is accurate, please contact us (admin@erndim.org) regarding any changes and updates.
We use the data you provide for the purposes of:
We treat all personal data as confidential. The identity of EQA participants is confidential and known only to those persons involved in the operation of the EQA scheme, unless the named contacts for a participating laboratory waives confidentiality for the purpose of discussion and mutual assistance (for example to improve performance).
ERNDIM sub-contracts some EQA and financial activities to supplier organisations. The data we collect may be shared with these sub-contractors for the purposes of EQA participation. All our sub-contractors are required to have a confidentiality agreement within their contract with ERNDIM.
We will not:
We will share your data if we are required to do so by law (for example by court order, or to prevent fraud or other crime) or if we are contacted by a regulatory body. If a regulatory body requires the EQA results to be provided directly by ERNDIM we will contact the relevant participants before sharing any information.
We process data within the UK, the EU, the EEA, and countries deemed by the UK as having adequate safeguards for protecting personal data. These countries are recognised by the UK as having suitable safeguards for the rights and freedoms of individuals and recourse processes by which data subjects can exercise their rights.
We will only consider transferring your data to a third country which is not recognised by the UK as having suitable safeguards etc. if either a contractual agreement or data transfer agreement is in place.
We will hold your personal data related to EQA scheme participation for as long as you remain a named contact for a laboratory participating in the ERNDIM EQA schemes.
If you stop being a named contact for an existing EQA participant, we will hold your details for a maximum of 5 years after you stop being a named contact.
If your laboratory stops participating in the ERNDIM EQA schemes while you are a named contact for the laboratory, we will hold your personal information for a maximum of 5 years after the last participating scheme year. After 5 years we will remove personal names and email addresses from the information for previous EQA participants. However, we will store the participation and performance data related to previous EQA participants for 10 years after the last participating scheme year.
If you send us a claim for travel expenses or a travel grant, we will hold the full details until the end of the next financial year. After this time we will remove any personal financial information from the documents we hold but we will retain your name and email address for a further 5 years.
If you have consented to us contacting you for purposes other than those related to EQA scheme participation or payment of travel expenses or grant awards, we will keep your data until you tell us that you wish to be removed from the relevant contact list or for a maximum of 5 years after you last gave your consent to be contacted.
If we are storing your information for purposes other than those related to EQA scheme participation or payment of travel expenses or grant awards, and you wish to have your personal information removed from our records please contact us at admin@erndim.org.
Our services are not designed for, or intentionally targeted at, children 13 years of age or younger. We do not intentionally collect or maintain data about anyone under the age of 13.
We are committed to doing all that we can to keep your data secure. We have set up systems and processes to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure of your data.
We also make sure that any third parties that we deal with keep all personal data they process on our behalf secure.
You have the right to request:
You can also:
If you have any of these requests, get in contact with our Data Protection Officer.
Contact the ERNDIM Data Protection Officer (DPO) if you:
Data Protection Officer, ERNDIM Administration Office
c/o EMQN CIC Office, Enterprise House, Manchester Science Park,
Pencroft Way, Manchester, M15 6SE, United Kingdom.
Telephone: +44 (0) 161 757 4952
Fax: +44 (0) 161 850 1145
Email: admin@erndim.org
You can also make a complaint to the Information Commissioner, who is an independent regulator. You can find the contact details of the UK ICO here: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/
This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. A “cookie” is a small data text file that is saved to your computer’s hard drive, that tracks, saves and stores information about your interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide you with a tailored experience within this website.. Cookies themselves do not contain any personal information, and ERNDIM does not use cookies to collect personal information. Cookies may also be used by 3rd party content providers such as newsfeeds.
You are advised that if you wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to your computers hard drive you should take the necessary steps within your web browser’s security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors.
This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save, or collect personal information. You can read Google’s privacy policy here for further information [http://www.google.com/privacy.html].
Other cookies may be stored on your computer’s hard drive by external vendors when this website uses referral programs, sponsored links, or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved, or collected.
If you contact this website and/or its owners, you do so at your own discretion and provide any personal details requested at your own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use, in compliance with the UK’s Data Protection Act 2018 (see sections 5, 6 and 7). Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form for the email submission process, but you are advised that if you use such a form to email us then you do so at your own risk.
This website contains links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to www.erndim.org and sub-domains.
Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, you are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website. If you follow a link to another website from this one, read the privacy policy on that website to find out what it does with your information.
The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should, therefore, note they click on external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
We will review and update this privacy policy at least once a year. When this happens the ‘last updated’ date at the top of this page will also change. Any changes to this privacy policy will apply to you and your data immediately.
If these changes affect how your personal data is processed, ERNDIM will take reasonable steps to let you know.
This policy was last updated on the 16 November 2021.
Changes made to this policy are:
| Version | Date | Change |
| 5 | 16 November 2021 | Section 12 (Use of Cookies and other technologies) updated to reflect that the ERNDIM websites will use cookies and Google Analytics from 17 November 2021. Section 13 (Contact and Communication) added. Section 14 (Links to other websites) updated. |
| 4 | 10 November 2021 | Phone number for ERNDIM Administration Office corrected in document header on page 1, item 2, and item 11. |
| 3 | 13 September 2021 | ERNDIM Administration Office address updated in document header on page 1, item 2, and item 11. |
| 2 | 14 September 2020 | Section 3 updated to include a reference to the UK’s Data Protection Act 2018 which is the UK’s implementation of the EU Regulation 2016/679 – the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) Section 6 updated to recognise that data is processed in the UK which is no longer part of the EU. |
| 1 | 13 September 2019 | Document Control header and footer added; table of contents added. |
| – | 30 August 2018 | Privacy Policy published to comply with the requirements of new European data protection laws (specifically, the General Data Protection Regulation). |