The Society holds personal data in its database, as completed by the member on joining the Society. This is only accessible to the member and the Executive Director of the Society and is not shared with others. By ticking the button "Members Directory" you agree to sharing your name, telephone number and email address with other members via the online directory and the diary. If you do not wish this information to be shared you should untick the button by logging into the website and clicking member details. Additionally, when applying for membership, members consent to receiving the electronic newsletter by email, for which the email address is used. You can unsubscribe from these at any time.

The Society does not use cookies to track information and does not sell or exchange data with any other site nor do we share statistical information. The site does not use any third-party cookies. Personal data supplied by you is only used in order to contact you with relevant information and updates from the Society. 

The following Privacy Policy is relevant to those publishing in the International Journal of Dairy Technology:

The Society of Dairy Technology works with Wiley Publishing and our authors' data is not used by the Society. It may be used by the Editorial team in which case the policy below applies. Any author who subsequently joins the Society is governed by the policy stated at the top of this page.

Wiley Publishing takes the privacy of its customers very seriously. Please read the following policy to understand how we will treat your personal information when you use our site. If this policy changes then we will let you know via this page, and will give you the opportunity to opt out of any changes which affect you. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our web site periodically.

Our postal address is:
Wiley Publishing
9600 Garsington Road
Oxford, OX4 2DQ
UK

We can be reached via e-mail at customsiteshelp@wiley.com or you can reach us by telephone at +44 1865 776868 or fax at +44 1865 714591.

What information do we collect?

When you use services on the site, we will require information about you to fulfil your request. This information may include, but is not limited to, details such as your name, your address and your credit card details. When you supply us with this information you can choose not to receive additional email, post or telephone contact from us by selecting the appropriate options on the web page. When you view our site by linking from another web page we may store the name of that web page for purposes of internal administration.

We also collect general data about the movement of visitors through our site, but this does not use any personal identifiable information. It is used to improve web site structure and content.

What are cookies and how do we use them?

Cookies are small amounts of information that are sent from a web server to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive and contain information as to the internet sites you have visited.

We may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you and to personalise your contact with us.

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but you can usually change your browser to prevent this, although you may not be able to access some parts of our site without them.

How do we use your information?

We will use the information you give us within WlieyPublishing Limited and its associated companies (including Blackwell Publishing Inc):

• To notify you occasionally about important changes to our site and new services, and about publications that may be of interest to you. If you would rather not receive this information, write to us at the above address or email our Data Protection Officer at privacy@wiley.com
• In order to provide some services free of charge we may display advertisements. By knowing our users we are able to deliver specific advertisements and content.

We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties.

We do not sell, trade or rent the information we get from you on this site to others.

We do share statistical information with other organisations as part of our marketing. These statistics will not include any personal identifying information. We collect this by monitoring traffic on the site and using anonymous data. We can then construct a specific interest group which assists us in improving and marketing our site.

With respect to Ad Servers: we do not partner with or have special relationships with any ad server companies.

Where there are links on our site to other sites, the content of those linked sites is not covered by this privacy policy. These other sites will have separate privacy and data collection practices. We do not have responsibility or liability for these independent policies.

We may disclose information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is:

• reasonably necessary to comply with the law
• enforce or apply our terms of business
• protect our rights and those of our users

What security measures do we use?

All the data we collect from you on our site is protected against unauthorised access. In addition the information you give us is always stored in a database that is not directly connected to the internet. We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site.

How can you access or correct your information?

Upon request we will provide you with access to information we maintain about you. You can access this information by writing to us at the above address or emailing our Data Protection Officer at privacy@wiley.com. If you believe we hold incorrect information on you, we will correct this error upon written request. Please contact our Data Protection Officer for further assistance at:

Wiley Publishing
9600 Garsington Road
Oxford , OX4 2DQ
UK

Residual information will remain in our archive records.

Your consent

By using our website you consent to the collection and use of the information you provide to us. If we change our privacy policy we will highlight the changes on this page.

If you feel that this site is not following its stated privacy policy, you may contact us at the above address or phone number. If you are not satisfied with this response, you may appeal to the Information Commissioner at http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk/ .