DFI Privacy Policy

DFI is an association that combines a wide range of activities in the field of deep foundations, including:

1. Provision of membership Services
2. Collection and dissemination of technical information
3. Provision of products, publications and services

This may require the handling of personal information of the individuals involved in these activities and, hence, DFI collects personal information in a number of ways from a number of sources. The sources of personal information received by DFI are:

1. The individuals themselves;
2. Third parties acting on behalf of individuals (e.g. an agent arranging registration or hotel accommodation for a DFI conference);

B.1 The ways in which DFI collects personal information are:

1. When you visit a DFI website with cookies enabled.
2. When you register personal details when creating or updating a ‘My DFI’ account on DFI’s website;
3. When you, or an agent on your behalf, enter personal details on a form requesting a DFI product or service (e.g. when registering for a DFI conference or online event activity);
4. When you, or someone on your behalf, submits proposals or content in connection with technical sessions at a DFI conference or meeting (e.g. abstracts submission, videos, papers uploaded, disclosures, etc.);
5. When you subscribe to DFI newsletters or publications.

B.2 What Personal Information is Collected by DFI:

This policy applies to personal information held about individuals. It does not apply to information DFI holds about companies and other organizations.

B.2.1 Mandatory personal information

As a general rule, to enable DFI to correctly identify you, to provide you with the products and services you have requested and to communicate with you, the following minimum information must be provided in order for your order, request, application, etc., to be processed:

1. Title, First Name(s), Family Name(s)
2. Full Postal Address
3. Email address
4. Phone number

Other personal information may be requested to help identification (e.g. date of birth), or to enable DFI to understand your profile so you can be provided with better and more appropriate products and services. (e.g. Professional Activities and Fields of Interest).

B.2.2 Email Address

In order to be able to communicate with you directly, DFI needs your email address. You are, therefore, required to supply your email address when you create your “MyDFI” account on the DFI website, which enables you to access a variety of services online and acts as a unique identifier and username for your profile.

For your convenience and security, your email address is unique to you in the system. You are strongly recommended to use an email address which is personal to you and that is not shared with others. This is to ensure that communications which are sent to you personally are not read by others, and that others do not gain access to the information in your ‘MyDFI’ account.

B.2.3 Credit Card Information

Credit card information, along with other information required to process financial transactions, is collected at the time of your order, request or application, and is used only for the purposes of that particular transaction. For your protection, the credit card information is not retained in the DFI system for later use for any other transactions.

B.3 How DFI Uses Personal information

Personal information is needed by DFI to enable it to properly fulfil its role in providing a wide range of services to its members, contributors and customers.

Your personal information may be used to:

1. Enable DFI to provide you with the products or services you request;
2. Enable DFI to communicate about your membership;
3. Enable DFI to send you information about DFI activities which are of interest to you;

B.4 How Long is My Personal Information Kept

As a general rule, personal information is kept indefinitely until a deletion request is received from you.

Additionally, the unique email permits automated retrieval of your log-in details, which are sent to your personal email address.