BAoG Privacy Policy
GDPR Compliance
As with every EU organisation, the BAoG has a privacy and data protection policy to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation law from 25thMay 2018.
Unless we hear from you, we will consider that we have your ongoing consent to keep a record of your basic data as follows under our privacy policy.
What information do we collect about you?
We collect information about you when you sign up for the Diploma Course.
How will we use the information about you?
We will use the information about you to administer the BAoG announcements and news on latest developments and and courses.
We will not disclose any information about you to any other company unless required to do so by law.
Marketing
We would like to send you BAoG news and, if you are a member, and articles on the latest research and developments..
Access to your information and correction
You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. We also want to make sure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate.
Retention of data
Once you no longer wish to be involved with the BAOG, we will delete your data upon your written request.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about our privacy policy or the information we hold about you, please contact us by emailing enquiriesbaog@gmail.com
BAOG CODE OF ETHICS & PRIVACY
INTRODUCTION
01 The object of the Code of Graphology is to define, in summary form, the rights and duties of the Graduate Member of The British Academy of Graphology (BAOG) who has already signed the Statement of Ethics of the Student Members of BAOG.
02 The Code contains 22 articles and is effective from 1 September 1991.
03 Each new Graduate Member will receive a copy of the Code and will sign an undertaking to adhere to it, which will be kept in a Register in the archives of BAOG.
GRAPHOLOGY
04 Graphology, a human science and a technique of observation and interpretation, enables the personality to be studied through the examination of handwriting.
05 Working exclusively on handwritten documents where authenticity is not disputed, the Graphologist studies the personality, inclinations and behaviour of the writer, carrying out this work of analysis and synthesis in response to a request of a professional or private nature. The graphologist must refuse to work on photocopied or faxed documents.
06 The Graphologist is to be distinguished from the Handwriting Expert. The latter is entrusted with the identification of the authorship of documents by means of the comparison of handwritings.
ETHICS OF THE GRADUATE MEMBER OF BAOG
07 The work undertaken by the Graphologist relates to human dignity. Such work demands respect for moral and professional values. The Graduate Member must maintain and develop his/her professional competence, safeguarding at all times his/her independence, probity and sense of humanity.
08 The Graduate Member must be objective and work within the limits of his/her knowledge and experience.
09 In every professional analysis, the Graduate Member must maintain tact and discretion. In work involving the selection of personnel, he/she must avoid touching upon those aspects of the writer's personality which do not have a direct bearing upon the aptitudes necessary to carry out such functions as the employer has defined. His/her language must always be clear, prudent and unambiguous. He/she must be completely impartial in his/her professional undertakings, and not be swayed by personal prejudices in respect of sex, race, politics, social class or religion.
10 The Graduate Member must not be influenced by flattery, bribery or threat and should refuse to carry out an analysis or make an interpretative statement 'merely to oblige'.
11 The Graduate Member must not use the documents which he/she holds in a manner harmful to anyone, or in such a way as to acquire personal advantage.'
12 The Graduate Member must not make a medical diagnosis.
13 Graphology is a diagnostic science and the Graduate Member must not indulge in prediction or divination in any circumstances including the Media. The Graduate Member must remember at all times that he/she is the custodian of the integrity of Graphology as a validated science.
14 The Graduate Member must not become associated with the psychic, occult or divination, nor must he/she allow the title of Member of BAOG to appear or be quoted in any work, book, newspaper, journal, periodical or document or in any film, television or radio programme which is related to the above activities.
15 If the Graduate Member is called upon to take the place of a colleague, he/she must use his/her best endeavours to complete all necessary work, and must cease from such work upon his/her colleague's return and furnish him/her with any information he/she might require. Furthermore, he/she must not retain any professional connection with his/her colleague's client.
16 The Graduate Member who passes his/her clients over to another Graphologist, other than on an agreed temporary basis must, having done so, refrain utterly from any further (professional) contact with his/her former clients.
17 The Graduate Member must show respect and consideration at all times to his/her colleagues in their professional work and capacity.
18 The Graduate Member is bound by professional secrecy, which must be maintained both verbally and in the transmission of documents. The analyses sent to the possessors of documents must not bear any device which identifies the writer by name.
19 The Graduate Member must only communicate or publish texts, or analyses thereof, with the agreement of the interested party or the possessor of the document.
20 The utmost discretion is demanded of teachers and conference lecturers of Graphology, who display documents for an educational purpose. They must take precautionary measures to avoid indiscretions, reminding their pupils of this requirement. Nothing can absolve the Graduate Member from his/her duty of discretion, save in duly defined cases of legal obligation.
21 The Graduate Member may undertake the analysis of a document which is legitimately in his/her possession. The possessor is solely responsible for any consequences which might arise from the use of the analysis by himself/herself or by third parties.
SANCTIONS
22 The Principal of BAOG is the disciplinary operative in respect of the Code.
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