Privacy Policy

What information do we collect?

We may collect personal information from you when you use this Website.

We may collect or obtain such data because you give it to us (for example in a form on our Website).  We may also collect or obtain personal information from you because we observe or infer that data about you from the way you interact with us or others. For example, to improve your experience when you use this Website and ensure that it is functioning effectively, we (or our service providers) may use cookies (small text files stored in a user’s browser) and Web beacons which may collect personal information. Additional information on how we use cookies and other tracking technologies and how you can control these can be found in our cookie notice.

The personal information that we collect or obtain in such circumstances may include: your name; e-mail address; country of residence; employment and education details; your postings on any blogs, forums, wikis and any other social media applications that we provide; your IP address; your browser type and language; your access times; complaint details; details of how you like to interact with us and other similar information.

The personal information we collect may also include so-called ‘sensitive’ or ‘special categories’ of personal information, such as details about your dietary requirements (for example, where we provide you with lunch during a meeting). 

The types of personal information and special categories of personal information that we collect may vary depending on how you use our Website. In some rare circumstances, we might also gather other special categories of personal information about you because you volunteer that data to us or we are required to gather that data as a result of legal requirements imposed on us.

We understand the importance of protecting children`s privacy. Our website and services are not designed for, or intentionally targeted at, children. It is not our policy to intentionally collect or store information about children.

How we use information about you

Use of personal information collected via our Website

·         We may also use your personal information collected via our Website:

·         to manage and improve our Website

·         to manage and respond to any request you submit through our Website.

Use of personal information for other activities that form part of the operation of our business

In addition to the purposes connected to the operation of our Website above, we may use your personal information for the purposes of, or in connection with:

·         applicable legal or regulatory requirements

·         requests and communications from competent authorities

·         protecting our rights.

The legal grounds we use for processing personal information

We are required by law to set out in this privacy statement the legal grounds on which we rely in order to process your personal information. 

We use your personal information for the purposes outlined above because of: (a) our legitimate interests in the effective delivery of our Website; (b) our legitimate interests in the effective and lawful operation of our Website so long as such interests are not outweighed by your interests; (c) the legal and regulatory obligations that we are subject to, such as keeping records for tax purposes or providing information to a public body or law enforcement agency.

To the extent that we process any sensitive personal information relating to you for any of the purposes outlined above, we will do so because either: (i) you have given us your explicit consent to process that data; (ii) the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or (iii) you have made the data manifestly public.

Where we are legally required to obtain your explicit consent to provide you with certain marketing materials, we will only provide you with such marketing materials where we have obtained such consent from you. If you do not want to continue receiving any marketing materials from us, you can click on the unsubscribe function in the communication or e-mail.   

To whom we disclose your information

Our Website may host various blogs, forums, wikis and other social media applications that allow you to share content with other users (collectively “Social Media Applications”). Importantly, any personal information that you contribute to these Social Media Applications can be read, collected and used by other users of the application. We have little or no control over these other users and, therefore, we cannot guarantee that any information that you contribute to any Social Media Applications will be handled in accordance with this privacy statement. 

Further details of the transfers described above and the adequate safeguards used by us in respect of such transfers are also available from us by contacting the Privacy Office.

We may also need to disclose your personal information if required to do so by law, by a regulator or during legal proceedings.

We may share non-personal, de-identified and aggregated information with third parties for several purposes, including data analytics, research, submissions, thought leadership and promotional purposes.

Protection of your personal information

We use a range of physical, electronic and managerial measures to ensure that we keep your personal information secure, accurate and up to date. These measures include:

·         education and training to relevant staff to ensure they are aware of our privacy obligations when handling personal information

·         administrative and technical controls to restrict access to personal information on a ‘need to know’ basis

·         technological security measures, including fire walls, encryption and anti-virus software

·         physical security measures, such as staff security passes to access our premises.  

Although we use appropriate security measures once we have received your personal information, the transmission of data over the internet (including by e-mail) is never completely secure.  We endeavor to protect personal information, but we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to us or by us.

How long do we keep your information?

We will hold your personal information on our systems for the longest of the following periods: (i) as long as is necessary for the relevant activity or services; (ii) any retention period that is required by law; (iii) the end of the period in which litigation or investigations might arise in respect of the services. 

Your rights

You have various rights in relation to your personal information. In particular, you have a right to:

·         obtain confirmation that we are processing your personal information and request a copy of the personal information we hold about you

·         ask that we update the personal information we hold about you, or correct such personal information that you think is incorrect or incomplete

·         ask that we delete personal information that we hold about you, or restrict the way in which we use such personal information

·         object to our processing of your personal information.

To exercise any of your rights, or if you have any other questions about our use of your personal information, please contact us.

Right to complain

If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your personal information or any privacy query or request that you have raised with us, you have a right to complain to the EU Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) in your jurisdiction. If you would like to be directed to the appropriate DPA, please contact us.

Changes to this privacy statement

We may modify or amend this privacy statement from time to time.

To let you know when we make changes to this privacy statement, we will amend the revision date at the top of this page. The new modified or amended privacy statement will apply from that revision date. Therefore, we encourage you to periodically review this statement to be informed about how we are protecting your information.