TERMS & CONDITIONS: purchasing membership with BSGCT

Members must be 18 years old or older.

Applications for membership are received by the Society in good faith. Each application and any related membership subscription will be acknowledged by the Society on completion of the online process.

Membership benefits are available as soon as membership registration and payment has taken place.

Society members can benefit from a lower fee to BSGCT events. An active and paid membership must be in place in order to be able to register at the lower member rates.

BSGCT membership runs for 12 months from the date of purchase.

Usually, refunds are not given; requests can be sent to office@bsgct.org.

Membership fees and benefits are subject to change at no notice. By agreeing to these Terms & Conditions, you agree to the membership benefits as outlined on the membership page.

Payment
Payment is accepted by card only and can be made online using our partnered payment processing gateway STRIPE. BSGCT do not capture or store any of your financial or payment information.

Your membership purchase and payment will be acknowledged by an automated emailed to the email address in your profile. Your invoice will be attached to the membership confirmation email.

AGM
Members are invited to attend the annual AGM during the BSGCT Annual Conference. During this AGM members will be allowed to vote on society issues raised during the AGM.

Members are also eligible to stand for election to the Board; elections are scheduled as announced in society emails.

DATA SHARING
The BSGCT partners with Human Gene Therapy Journals as its publishing journal for its Annual Conference abstracts. Please note that as part of your BSGCT membership and acceptance of these conditions, you agree that your data may be shared with Human Gene Therapy. Please note they will not be using your details for marketing purposes but may contact you by email to opt in to receiving such emails, which you may decline or accept.

Please note that Human Gene Therapy is based in the US, which requires us to transfer your profile data outside of the EU without the adequate protections in place as stipulated by EU data protection regulations. In this instance;

Human Gene Therapy agrees to BSGCT’s requirements regarding data protection
No unnecessary data will be shared
Data will be transferred securely

For further details about our data protection procedure, please see our Privacy Policy.