Mexican Association of Preventive and Functional Medicine (AMMPF)

The Mexican Association of Preventive and Functional Medicine, hereinafter "AMMPF", with official website https://ammpf.mx/, is responsible for the processing, use, safeguarding, and protection of personal data provided by users, affiliates, applicants, doctors, specialists, authors, collaborators, commercial partners, or any person who interacts with our forms, digital platforms, means of contact, or services.

In compliance with the applicable legislation on the protection of personal data held by private parties, we make this Integral Privacy Notice available.

1. Personal data we may collect

AMMPF may collect the following personal data:

• Full name
• Email address
• Telephone or WhatsApp
• Area of interest
• Medical specialty
• Professional license number
• Official identification documents, such as INE/ID
• Professional or academic documents
• Information sent through contact, membership, or academic publication forms
• Materials, articles, files, or documents sent for editorial, academic, or scientific review

In the event that data related to professional career, academic background, medical documents, scientific content, or information linked to the holder's professional practice is requested, it will be treated solely for the purposes indicated in this notice.

2. Purposes of the processing of personal data

The personal data collected will be used for the following main purposes:

• Receive, review, and manage membership requests to AMMPF.
• Validate the identity, documentation, and professional profile of applicants or affiliates.
• Contact users regarding their requests, registrations, memberships, or pending processes.
• Manage access, benefits, contents, events, academic programs, certifications, or activities of the association.
• Review, validate, and, if applicable, publish academic, medical, scientific, or editorial content sent by authors or collaborators.
• Follow up on requests for contact, collaboration, alliances, or institutional participation.
• Send information related to activities, courses, congresses, clinical updates, educational content, or communications of AMMPF itself.
• Comply with applicable administrative, legal, fiscal, operational, or security obligations.

3. Secondary purposes

Additionally, AMMPF may use your personal data to:

• Send informative, academic, promotional, or institutional communications.
• Invite you to events, courses, congresses, diplomas, certifications, or activities related to preventive, functional medicine, health, research, and continuous medical education.
• Prepare internal statistics on interests, participation, requests, and user behavior within our platforms.
• Improve our services, content, membership processes, and digital experience.

The holder may request at any time that their data not be used for secondary or promotional purposes.

4. Confidentiality and data protection

AMMPF recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy and confidentiality of information provided by its users, affiliates, applicants, authors, and collaborators.

The personal data and documents received will be treated confidentially and used only for authorized purposes. AMMPF implements reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures to protect information against damage, loss, alteration, destruction, use, access, or unauthorized treatment.

Access to personal data will be limited only to authorized personnel or third parties who, by the nature of their functions, must participate in the operation, validation, management, administration, communication, or provision of services related to AMMPF.

5. Transfer of personal data

AMMPF will not sell, rent, or commercialize the personal data of the holders.

The data may only be shared when necessary to comply with the purposes described in this notice, with providers of technological, administrative, legal, accounting, educational, editorial services, digital platforms, or operational allies that support AMMPF in the development of its activities.

Data may also be shared when there is a legal obligation, request from a competent authority, or when necessary to protect the rights, safety, or legitimate interests of AMMPF, its affiliates, or users.

In all cases, AMMPF will ensure that third parties who have access to personal data maintain adequate confidentiality and protection measures.

6. Publication of academic or scientific content

When a user, physician, specialist, author, or collaborator submits articles, research, documents, texts, images, academic or scientific materials for review, validation, or possible publication on AMMPF platforms, they authorize these materials to be evaluated by the corresponding team.

In case of approval, the content may be disseminated in media, digital platforms, website, Medical Journal, social networks, or institutional channels of AMMPF, respecting the authorship and applicable editorial conditions.

The author's personal data will be treated solely for the purposes of review, validation, contact, editorial management, and possible publication.

7. ARCO Rights

The holder of the personal data may exercise at any time their rights of:

• Access: know what personal data we have.
• Rectification: request the correction of incorrect or outdated data.
• Cancellation: request the deletion of their data when appropriate.
• Opposition: oppose the use of their data for certain purposes.

To exercise these rights, the holder may send a request to the email: hola@ammpf.mx or, if applicable, to the email indicated for membership processes: membresia@ammpf.mx.

The request must include full name, contact method, clear description of the right they wish to exercise, and a document proving their identity.

8. Revocation of consent

The holder may revoke at any time the consent granted for the processing of their personal data, provided there is no legal, contractual, administrative, or academic obligation that prevents its immediate deletion.

To request the revocation of consent, they must send a request to the contact email indicated in this notice.

9. Use of cookies and similar technologies

The AMMPF website may use cookies, analytical tools, forms, pixels, tags, or similar technologies to improve the user experience, analyze website operations, measure interactions, and optimize content.

The user may disable the use of cookies from their browser settings, taking into account that some website functions may be limited.

10. Data conservation

Personal data will be kept for the time necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this notice, as well as to meet applicable legal, administrative, fiscal, academic, editorial, or security obligations.

Once this period is concluded, AMMPF may delete, block, or anonymize the data in accordance with its internal processes and applicable legislation.

11. Changes to the Privacy Notice

AMMPF may modify, update, or supplement this Privacy Notice at any time, derived from legal, administrative, operational, technological, or service changes.

Any modification will be published on the official website: https://ammpf.mx/.

It is recommended to consult this notice periodically to know about any updates.

12. Consent

By providing their personal data through forms, registrations, emails, digital platforms, or any means of contact of AMMPF, the holder acknowledges having read and understood this Privacy Notice and accepts the processing of their data in accordance with the terms established herein.

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Last update: June 2026