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The IFKF understands the importance to its supporters of the discreet and confidential handling of their personal information. It is the IFKF's policy to comply with the requirements of global privacy principles in all activities of the IFKF involving the collection, use, disclosure and handling of personal information.
In this Privacy Statement personal information means information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion provided.
Where practical, the IFKF will only collect personal information on an individual, from that individual The IFKF will collect personal information by lawful and fair means and not in an unreasonably intrusive way.
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The IFKF may use personal information for a purpose other than the primary purpose (known as a secondary purpose), without explicit consent from the individual, only if the secondary purpose is in accordance with global privacy principles (i.e if related to the primary purpose, or if there is a reasonable expectation that the information could be used for a secondary purpose).
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Privacy Officer - International Federation of Kidney Foundations
IFKF Global Headquarters
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Ph +31 35 697 8010 * Fx +31 35 697 8080
Jan Lantink - IFKF Special Project Director
lantink@nwq.nl
Updated 10 June 2010